Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
7 pending office actions • 3 clients • 7 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Sheridan Law LLC has managed 453 career applications, primarily in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The firm has achieved a resolved allowance rate pct of 88.12. Currently, there are 3 pending office actions in its docket. The 453 career applications reflect the firm's experience in handling medical and mechanical inventions.
The average office actions per allowance for this profile is 3.05. This metric suggests the prosecution process for reaching an allowance in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field. The 88.12 resolved allowance rate pct is an indicator of success for the 453 career applications managed by the firm. With only 3 pending office actions, the firm's current active workload is small. These data points provide a concise summary of the firm's performance and its focus on medical and mechanical technology.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (14%) |
| §102 only | 1 (14%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (71%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| PRONE, CHRISTOPHER D | 1 | 64.8% | +19.0% |
| RIOS, GABRIELLA GISELLE BONO | 1 | 16.0% | +0.0% |
| BUCK, MATTHEW R | 1 | 83.3% | +14.4% |
| ALVESTEFFER, STEPHEN D | 1 | 57.2% | +24.8% |
| FRISBY, KESHA | 1 | 52.8% | +23.2% |
| DO, NHAT CHIEU Q | 1 | 64.0% | +48.9% |
| STAVROU, CONSTANTINA E | 1 | 43.7% | +36.9% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18954937 | METHOD AND TOOL FOR DIRECTING AN ANNULAR FLOW ACROSS A WELL BORE INTERVAL | BUCK, MATTHEW R | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16707681 | PRE-SHAPED ALLOGRAFT IMPLANT FOR RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL USE AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE AND USE | STAVROU, CONSTANTINA E | 22d |
| 19440083 | CRYOPRESERVED OSTEOCHONDRAL ALLOGRAFT (COCA) TRANSPLANTATION DEFECT SIZERS AND INSTRUMENT KITS | PRONE, CHRISTOPHER D | — |
| 18877293 | ACELLULAR DERMAL MATRIX SHEET ALLOGRAFTS HAVING SPECIALIZED MESH PATTERNS | RIOS, GABRIELLA GISELLE BONO | — |
| 18279572 | TACTILE TISSUE SIMULATING STRUCTURES | ALVESTEFFER, STEPHEN D | — |
| 17899270 | PRE-SHAPED ALLOGRAFT IMPLANT FOR RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL USE AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE AND USE, AND TOOLS FOR FORMING A PRE-SHAPED ALLOGRAFT IMPLANT FOR RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL USE | DO, NHAT CHIEU Q | — |
Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18221059 | SYSTEM FOR ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY TRAINING | FRISBY, KESHA | 3d overdue |
| 16707681 | PRE-SHAPED ALLOGRAFT IMPLANT FOR RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL USE AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE AND USE | STAVROU, CONSTANTINA E | 22d |
| 19440083 | CRYOPRESERVED OSTEOCHONDRAL ALLOGRAFT (COCA) TRANSPLANTATION DEFECT SIZERS AND INSTRUMENT KITS | PRONE, CHRISTOPHER D | — |
| 18954937 | METHOD AND TOOL FOR DIRECTING AN ANNULAR FLOW ACROSS A WELL BORE INTERVAL | BUCK, MATTHEW R | — |
| 18279572 | TACTILE TISSUE SIMULATING STRUCTURES | ALVESTEFFER, STEPHEN D | — |
| 17899270 | PRE-SHAPED ALLOGRAFT IMPLANT FOR RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL USE AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE AND USE, AND TOOLS FOR FORMING A PRE-SHAPED ALLOGRAFT IMPLANT FOR RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL USE | DO, NHAT CHIEU Q | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Allosource | 4 |
| TACTILE ORTHOPAEDICS INC. | 2 |
| Basin Energy Solutions Ip Holdings Corporation | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3774 | 2 |
| 3715 | 2 |
| 3672 | 1 |
| 3724 | 1 |
| 1632 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19440083 | CRYOPRESERVED OSTEOCHONDRAL ALLOGRAFT (COCA) TRANSPLANTATION DEFECT SIZERS AND INSTRUMENT KITS | AlloSource | PRONE, CHRISTOPHER D | 3774 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 05, 2026 |
| 18877293 | ACELLULAR DERMAL MATRIX SHEET ALLOGRAFTS HAVING SPECIALIZED MESH PATTERNS | AlloSource | RIOS, GABRIELLA GISELLE BONO | 3774 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18954937 | METHOD AND TOOL FOR DIRECTING AN ANNULAR FLOW ACROSS A WELL BORE INTERVAL | Basin Energy Solutions Ip Holdings Corporation | BUCK, MATTHEW R | 3672 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2024 |
| 18279572 | TACTILE TISSUE SIMULATING STRUCTURES | Tactile Orthopaedics Inc. | ALVESTEFFER, STEPHEN D | 3715 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2023 |
| 18221059 | SYSTEM FOR ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY TRAINING | Tactile Orthopaedics Inc. | FRISBY, KESHA | 3715 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 3d overdue | Pending | Jul 12, 2023 |
| 17899270 | PRE-SHAPED ALLOGRAFT IMPLANT FOR RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL USE AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE AND USE, AND TOOLS FOR FORMING A PRE-SHAPED ALLOGRAFT IMPLANT FOR RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL USE | AlloSource | DO, NHAT CHIEU Q | 3724 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2022 |
| 16707681 | PRE-SHAPED ALLOGRAFT IMPLANT FOR RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL USE AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE AND USE | AlloSource | STAVROU, CONSTANTINA E | 1632 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 22d | Pending | Dec 09, 2019 |
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