Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Simpson & Simpson, Pllc

Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

18 pending office actions • 18 clients • 18 examiners • 17 art units • 0 of 18 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

This profile has 18 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. Its career record includes 2895 applications, and the resolved allowance rate is 87.49%. The profile shows ongoing activity supported by a broad historical application base.

The average of 3.22 office actions per allowance provides a workload reference for allowed matters. Practitioners can use the historical allowance rate to review outcomes and the average to anticipate prosecution interaction, while analyzing the pending docket separately as current activity.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Quality Metrics (n=2895 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

87.5%
Allowance Rate
n=2895
+0.56σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=2895
3.2
OAs to Allowance
n=1994
-0.08σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=1994
1067 days
Time to Allowance
n=1994
+8.4pp
Interview Lift
n=2895
21.3%
RCE Rate
n=2895
4.0%
Appeal Rate
n=2895

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

85.4%
§101 Overcome
n=137
86.4%
§102 Overcome
n=866
85.8%
§103 Overcome
n=1166
88.9%
§112 Overcome
n=931

Specialization & Scale

F16H, Y10T, F16D
Top CPC Subclasses
22%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=2895
4
Practitioners
n=2895
723.8
Apps / Practitioner
n=2895

Portfolio Summary

18
Total Pending OAs
12
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 30 days (2)

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

12
Hard (67%)
5
Medium (28%)
1
Easy (6%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (11%)
§103 only5 (28%)
§112 only1 (6%)
Multi-statute (no §101)10 (56%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

3
Life Sciences
17% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
6% of docket
1
Semiconductors
6% of docket
12
Mechanical / Eng
67% of docket
1
Business / Other
6% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

180 h
Manual time on pending OAs
36 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
63 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TANNER, JOCELIN C 1 72.3% +34.7%
ZADEH, BOB 1 76.9% +38.7%
CHEYNEY, CHARLES 1 56.7% +42.6%
CHEUNG, CHUN HOI 1 62.4% +39.1%
JACKSON, DANIELLE 1 65.4% +26.5%
PERREAULT, ANDREW D 1 46.7% +18.2%
VO, HAI 1 57.1% +72.5%
BOATENG, AFUA BAMFOAA 1 46.7% +64.5%
HUYNH, AN SON PHI 1 54.0% +45.5%
ALAVI, AMIR 1 93.6% +3.8%

Quick Wins (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18606929 INFUSION DEVICE, INFUSION DEVICE COMPONENTS, AND METHOD OF DETERMINING FLOW RATE ALAVI, AMIR —

Hard Cases (12)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17830128 OPTICAL APPARATUS NIGAM, NATASHA 13d
18318444 SMART CAGE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HOUSING AND ASSAYING MULTIPLE VERTEBRATE ANIMALS ALEKSIC, NEVENA 27d
19079099 CONDUIT DEVICE AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED EVACUATION OF MEDIA ZADEH, BOB —
19061516 AEROSOL DISPENSING APPARATUS CHEYNEY, CHARLES —
19054362 CONTACT LENS BLISTER PACKAGING ARRANGEMENT AND METHODS CHEUNG, CHUN HOI —
18946451 APPARATUS FOR TRANSPORTING LIQUID MATERIALS PERREAULT, ANDREW D —
18850116 MOISTURE-CURABLE ONE-COMPONENT ADHESIVE COMPOSITION VO, HAI —
18714181 INSECTICIDE COMPOSITION, FORMULATIONS AND PROCESS FOR PREPARATION THEREOF BOATENG, AFUA BAMFOAA —

Interview Candidates (9)

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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19295158 VIBRATION UNIT FOR STIMULATING AN ACUPRESSURE POINT TANNER, JOCELIN C —
19079099 CONDUIT DEVICE AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED EVACUATION OF MEDIA ZADEH, BOB —
19061516 AEROSOL DISPENSING APPARATUS CHEYNEY, CHARLES —
19054362 CONTACT LENS BLISTER PACKAGING ARRANGEMENT AND METHODS CHEUNG, CHUN HOI —
18873057 ANCHOR BRACKET FOR A SAFETY LINE JACKSON, DANIELLE —
18946451 APPARATUS FOR TRANSPORTING LIQUID MATERIALS PERREAULT, ANDREW D —
18850116 MOISTURE-CURABLE ONE-COMPONENT ADHESIVE COMPOSITION VO, HAI —
18714181 INSECTICIDE COMPOSITION, FORMULATIONS AND PROCESS FOR PREPARATION THEREOF BOATENG, AFUA BAMFOAA —

Client Portfolio (18 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37542
37711
37361
36341
37351
17881
16171
37951
26681
17961

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19295158 VIBRATION UNIT FOR STIMULATING AN ACUPRESSURE POINT Ease GmbH TANNER, JOCELIN C 3771 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 08, 2025
19079099 CONDUIT DEVICE AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED EVACUATION OF MEDIA Modern Planet, Inc. ZADEH, BOB 3754 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 13, 2025
19061516 AEROSOL DISPENSING APPARATUS Avanti Usa Ltd. CHEYNEY, CHARLES 3754 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 24, 2025
19054362 CONTACT LENS BLISTER PACKAGING ARRANGEMENT AND METHODS BAUSCH + LOMB IRELAND LIMITED CHEUNG, CHUN HOI 3736 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 14, 2025
18873057 ANCHOR BRACKET FOR A SAFETY LINE On Top Safety Equipment, LLC JACKSON, DANIELLE 3634 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 09, 2024
18946451 APPARATUS FOR TRANSPORTING LIQUID MATERIALS Bulk Cargo Systems, LLC PERREAULT, ANDREW D 3735 §101§102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 13, 2024
18850116 MOISTURE-CURABLE ONE-COMPONENT ADHESIVE COMPOSITION Inoac Technical Center Co., Ltd. VO, HAI 1788 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 24, 2024
18714181 INSECTICIDE COMPOSITION, FORMULATIONS AND PROCESS FOR PREPARATION THEREOF Rallis India Limited BOATENG, AFUA BAMFOAA 1617 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 29, 2024
18641311 Endoscope Having a Dual Camera Module Retivue, LLC HUYNH, AN SON PHI 3795 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 19, 2024
18606929 INFUSION DEVICE, INFUSION DEVICE COMPONENTS, AND METHOD OF DETERMINING FLOW RATE Amgis, LLC ALAVI, AMIR 2668 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 15, 2024
18564706 BLOOD COLLECTION ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME Micro Lab Solutions, LLC SINES, BRIAN J 1796 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 28, 2023
18382739 HIGH-DEFINITION PYLON-MOUNTED CAMERA ASSEMBLY WITH MOUNTING STRUCTURE Admiral Video, LLC GE, YUZHEN 3992 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 23, 2023
18256363 POLYPROPYLENE AND POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE COMBINATION FACE MASK Entreprise Prémont Inc. DALE, ABIGAYLE ANN 3785 §103 Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending Jun 07, 2023
18318444 SMART CAGE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HOUSING AND ASSAYING MULTIPLE VERTEBRATE ANIMALS Olden Labs, Pbc. ALEKSIC, NEVENA 3647 §103§112 Non-Final OA 27d Pending May 16, 2023
18248247 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TEMPORARY VOUCHER SHARING Favordrop, Inc. EKECHUKWU, CHINEDU U 3600 §101§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 07, 2023
17990225 COMB-CLIP FOR USE WITH HAIR Amplify The Stylist, LLC GILL, JENNIFER FRANCES 3772 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 18, 2022
17822328 SCISSORS WITH REMOVABLE TAPERED RAZOR ASSEMBLY Shuman, Kourtney ALIE, GHASSEM 3724 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 25, 2022
17830128 OPTICAL APPARATUS Wavesense Engineering GmbH NIGAM, NATASHA 2872 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Jun 01, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Simpson & Simpson, Pllc's patent allowance rate?

87.5% of resolved applications prosecuted by Simpson & Simpson, Pllc were allowed, across 2,895 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Simpson & Simpson, Pllc average before allowance?

3.22 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Simpson & Simpson, Pllc have?

18 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 18 clients, before 18 examiners in 17 art units.

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