Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
6 pending office actions • 6 clients • 6 examiners • 4 art units • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
SMIRMAN IP LAW, PLLC manages 614 career applications in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The firm has a resolved allowance rate pct of 82.48. Prosecution involves an avg office actions per allowance of 3.0.
There are 5 pending office actions currently active. The 82.48 resolved allowance rate pct and 3.0 avg office actions per allowance are based on the firm's 614 career applications. These metrics provide a data-driven profile of the firm's performance in its primary technology area.
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 (17%) |
| §112 only | 1 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TROY, DANIEL J | 1 | 57.1% | +30.4% |
| GOLLAMUDI, NEERAJA | 1 | 72.7% | +39.9% |
| SCHMIDT, IZABELA MARIA | 1 | 65.3% | +42.5% |
| ESTES, JONATHAN WILLIAM | 1 | 69.0% | +6.5% |
| TURNER, BRIAN | 1 | 83.4% | +4.4% |
| LOVE, TREVOR M | 1 | 43.0% | +26.7% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18750711 | MEDICAL FLUID CONNECTOR | GOLLAMUDI, NEERAJA | — |
| 18578252 | A SELF-EMULSIFYING DRUG DELIVERY FORMULATION WITH IMPROVED ORAL BIOAVAILABILITY OF LIPOPHILIC COMPOUND | SCHMIDT, IZABELA MARIA | — |
| 18571612 | An Improved Battery Grid and Electrode Thereof Vehicle | ESTES, JONATHAN WILLIAM | — |
| 18268141 | A METHOD FOR FABRICATING SEMICONDUCTOR ARTICLES AND SYSTEM THEREOF | TURNER, BRIAN | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18865248 | FALL-ARREST DEVICES | TROY, DANIEL J | — |
| 18750711 | MEDICAL FLUID CONNECTOR | GOLLAMUDI, NEERAJA | — |
| 18578252 | A SELF-EMULSIFYING DRUG DELIVERY FORMULATION WITH IMPROVED ORAL BIOAVAILABILITY OF LIPOPHILIC COMPOUND | SCHMIDT, IZABELA MARIA | — |
| 17434422 | SYNERGISTIC COMBINATION OF PHYTOACTIVES | LOVE, TREVOR M | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| International Safety Components Ltd | 1 |
| Welford Manufacturing (M) Sdn Bhd | 1 |
| Avantsar Sdn Bhd | 1 |
| Atoa Scientific Technologies Pvt. Ltd. | 1 |
| Inari Technology Sdn Bhd | 1 |
| Shankaranarayanan JEYAKODI | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3634 | 1 |
| 1621 | 1 |
| 2818 | 1 |
| 1611 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18865248 | FALL-ARREST DEVICES | International Safety Components Ltd. | TROY, DANIEL J | 3634 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 12, 2024 |
| 18750711 | MEDICAL FLUID CONNECTOR | Welford Manufacturing (M) Sdn Bhd | GOLLAMUDI, NEERAJA | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 21, 2024 | |
| 18578252 | A SELF-EMULSIFYING DRUG DELIVERY FORMULATION WITH IMPROVED ORAL BIOAVAILABILITY OF LIPOPHILIC COMPOUND | Avantsar Sdn Bhd | SCHMIDT, IZABELA MARIA | 1621 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2024 |
| 18571612 | An Improved Battery Grid and Electrode Thereof Vehicle | Atoa Scientific Technologies Pvt. Ltd. | ESTES, JONATHAN WILLIAM | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2023 | |
| 18268141 | A METHOD FOR FABRICATING SEMICONDUCTOR ARTICLES AND SYSTEM THEREOF | Inari Technology Sdn Bhd | TURNER, BRIAN | 2818 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 16, 2023 |
| 17434422 | SYNERGISTIC COMBINATION OF PHYTOACTIVES | Shankaranarayanan Jeyakodi | LOVE, TREVOR M | 1611 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 27, 2021 |
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