Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Sisson & Banyas, Attorneys AT Law, LLC

Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

26 pending office actions • 22 clients • 25 examiners • 18 art units • 0 of 26 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

This profile covers Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering and has 22 pending office actions. Its career record includes 771 applications, with a resolved allowance rate of 88.49%. The data shows active prosecution work alongside a meaningful historical record.

The average of 2.86 office actions per allowance provides context for the effort recorded in allowed matters. Practitioners can use the historical rate and average to assess past prosecution patterns, but should treat the pending docket as a separate measure of present workload.

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

Quality Metrics (n=771 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

88.5%
Allowance Rate
n=771
+0.65σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=771
2.9
OAs to Allowance
n=415
-0.41σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=415
854 days
Time to Allowance
n=415
+9.9pp
Interview Lift
n=771
23.2%
RCE Rate
n=771
1.3%
Appeal Rate
n=771

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

81.0%
§101 Overcome
n=21
71.9%
§102 Overcome
n=160
74.6%
§103 Overcome
n=279
76.7%
§112 Overcome
n=240

Specialization & Scale

C08L, Y10T, B65D
Top CPC Subclasses
11%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=771
1
Practitioners
n=771
771.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=771

Portfolio Summary

26
Total Pending OAs
16
Non-Final OAs
8
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
2
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. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due later (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.

17
Hard (65%)
8
Medium (31%)
1
Easy (4%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only7 (27%)
§102 only1 (4%)
§112 only1 (4%)
Multi-statute (no §101)17 (65%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
8% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
20
Mechanical / Eng
77% of docket
4
Business / Other
15% 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.

260 h
Manual time on pending OAs
52 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
91 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
DAVISON, LAURA L 2 32.5% +37.0%
ZAWORSKI, JONATHAN R 1 52.4% +26.0%
LEE, GEOFFREY S 1 60.6% +20.4%
CASTELLANO, STEPHEN J 1 65.1% +35.7%
PANG, ROGER L 1 89.3% +7.1%
KIM, CRAIG SANG 1 86.4% +9.9%
BARRERA, JUAN C 1 63.2% +35.2%
WAGGENSPACK, ADAM J 1 46.1% +47.2%
SHEPHERD, MATTHEW RICHARD 1 54.5% +39.7%
HANES JR., JOHN 1 47.6% +38.8%

Hard Cases (17)

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
18894336 Pinch valve DO, HAILEY KYUNG AE 126d overdue
18775582 CANNISTER FOR CONTAINING A LIQUID BALDRIGHI, ERIC C 26d overdue
18580968 DEVICE FOR CONNECTING TO A LOAD TO BE MOVED FERGUSON, TYLER RAY 62d
18390283 SNAP-ON AUTOMOTIVE WHEEL COVER OVERLAY WITH EXTENDED SURROUND AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME DAVISON, LAURA L 69d
19375638 SNAP-ON AUTOMOTIVE WHEEL COVER OVERLAY WITH EXTENDED SURROUND AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME DAVISON, LAURA L —
19288005 ADAPTER AND KIT FOR JOINING A TOOL TO A THREADED POLE ZAWORSKI, JONATHAN R —
19092019 RIBBED FRICTION FIT ACCESSORY FOOT FOR CARGO BLOCKERS PANG, ROGER L —
19114644 A GASIFICATION CHAMBER FOR A SOLID PROPELLANT CHARGE KIM, CRAIG SANG —

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
18995757 COVER ASSEMBLY FOR TRUCK BED HANES JR., JOHN 27d
18390283 SNAP-ON AUTOMOTIVE WHEEL COVER OVERLAY WITH EXTENDED SURROUND AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME DAVISON, LAURA L 69d
19375638 SNAP-ON AUTOMOTIVE WHEEL COVER OVERLAY WITH EXTENDED SURROUND AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME DAVISON, LAURA L —
19288005 ADAPTER AND KIT FOR JOINING A TOOL TO A THREADED POLE ZAWORSKI, JONATHAN R —
19119188 Gamma stable composite elastomeric and thermoplastic material for pump tubing and other polymer geometries LEE, GEOFFREY S —
19171831 Bottle for containing liquid CASTELLANO, STEPHEN J —
19053517 SYSTEM FOR DISCHARGING A LIQUID COMPONENT FROM A REMOTE OPERATED VEHICLE BARRERA, JUAN C —
19051665 VEHICLE HITCH MOUNTED CARGO BASKET WAGGENSPACK, ADAM J —

Client Portfolio (22 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
39932
37332
36122
36342
36112
37612
37231
37461
37411
36791

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19375638 SNAP-ON AUTOMOTIVE WHEEL COVER OVERLAY WITH EXTENDED SURROUND AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME Neo Design, LLC DAVISON, LAURA L 3993 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 31, 2025
19288005 ADAPTER AND KIT FOR JOINING A TOOL TO A THREADED POLE Ez Smart Co. ZAWORSKI, JONATHAN R 3723 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 01, 2025
19119188 Gamma stable composite elastomeric and thermoplastic material for pump tubing and other polymer geometries Synth-Bio, LLC LEE, GEOFFREY S 3746 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 08, 2025
19171831 Bottle for containing liquid Kyung Il Jung CASTELLANO, STEPHEN J 3733 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 07, 2025
19092019 RIBBED FRICTION FIT ACCESSORY FOOT FOR CARGO BLOCKERS Tmat Products, LLC PANG, ROGER L 3612 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 27, 2025
19114644 A GASIFICATION CHAMBER FOR A SOLID PROPELLANT CHARGE Tovarystvo Z Obmezhenoiu Vidpovidalnistiu "Zaarbird" KIM, CRAIG SANG 3741 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 24, 2025
19053517 SYSTEM FOR DISCHARGING A LIQUID COMPONENT FROM A REMOTE OPERATED VEHICLE Lucid Bots, Inc. BARRERA, JUAN C §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 14, 2025
19051665 VEHICLE HITCH MOUNTED CARGO BASKET Pakmule, LLC WAGGENSPACK, ADAM J §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 12, 2025
18995782 KITS FOR A TRUCK BED COVER ASSEMBLY Gi.Anso 4X4 Club, S.A. SHEPHERD, MATTHEW RICHARD 3634 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 16, 2025
18995757 COVER ASSEMBLY FOR TRUCK BED Gi.Anso 4X4 Club, S.A. HANES JR., JOHN 3634 §103 Final Rejection 27d Pending Jan 16, 2025
18961933 INSTRUMENT TEE WITH REDUCED OR ELIMINATED DEAD ZONES Contour Biosolutions, LLC LINFORD, JAMES ALBERT 3679 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 27, 2024
18854339 3-D PRINTED MULTI-ORGAN-ON-A-CHIP Phase, Inc. SONG, INJA 1744 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 04, 2024
18894336 Pinch valve Contour Biosolutions, LLC DO, HAILEY KYUNG AE 3753 §102§103 Non-Final OA 126d overdue Pending Sep 24, 2024
18886099 WHEEL COVER OVERLAY WITH EXTENDED SURROUND Neo Design, LLC BELLINGER, JASON R 3615 §102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 16, 2024
18775582 CANNISTER FOR CONTAINING A LIQUID David Murrell BALDRIGHI, ERIC C 3733 §102§103 Non-Final OA 26d overdue Pending Jul 17, 2024
18678361 SELF-CLEANING FILTER Ahlstrom Oyj MCCULLOUGH, ERIC J. 1773 §103 Final Rejection 46d overdue Pending May 30, 2024
18708492 EASILY-ASSEMBLED SWING-TYPE TRICYCLE Ningbo Xinglong Juchuang Electrical Technology Co., Ltd. HYMEL, ABIGAIL R 3611 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 08, 2024
18707938 SELF-PROPELLED WORK MACHINE Allu Innovation And Research Center OY MAYO, TARA LEIGH 3671 §103 Final Rejection — Pending May 07, 2024
18580968 DEVICE FOR CONNECTING TO A LOAD TO BE MOVED M-Mover Holdings Limited FERGUSON, TYLER RAY 3611 §102§103 Final Rejection 62d Pending Jan 19, 2024
18390283 SNAP-ON AUTOMOTIVE WHEEL COVER OVERLAY WITH EXTENDED SURROUND AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME Neo Design, LLC DAVISON, LAURA L 3993 §103§112 Non-Final OA 69d Pending Dec 20, 2023
18502187 HEATING ASSEMBLY WITH LIGHT PROJECTOR AND ELECTRIC FIREPLACE COMPRISING SAME Source Pro Industries Ltd. CAMPBELL, THOR S 3761 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 06, 2023
18352948 Electric Fireplace with Undermounted Flame Projector Module Source Pro Industries Ltd. DAVIS, CASSANDRA HOPE 3761 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 14, 2023
18051978 PERSONALIZED BAG BECCO IP, LLC HELVEY, PETER N. 3734 §112Other Final Rejection — Pending Nov 02, 2022
18047017 Truck bed accessory mounting panels Builtright Industries LLC GUTMAN, HILARY L 3612 §102 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Oct 17, 2022
17676620 REPAINT TRAY Repaint Studios , Inc. WEINERTH, GIDEON R 3736 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 21, 2022
17649909 ORIFICE INSPECTION SYSTEM Throat Scope Pty Ltd SHARPLESS, CHRISTEN ALICIA 3795 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 03, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Sisson & Banyas, Attorneys AT Law, LLC's patent allowance rate?

88.5% of resolved applications prosecuted by Sisson & Banyas, Attorneys AT Law, LLC were allowed, across 771 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Sisson & Banyas, Attorneys AT Law, LLC average before allowance?

2.86 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Sisson & Banyas, Attorneys AT Law, LLC have?

26 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 22 clients, before 25 examiners in 18 art units.

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