Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Computing & Software • Networking & Security • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
5 pending office actions • 4 clients • 5 examiners • 4 art units • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
SMYRSKI PATENT LAW PC manages 375 career applications within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The firm has achieved a resolved allowance rate of 88.82 percent, indicating its success rate in obtaining patent grants. This performance is a significant indicator of the firm's results in its primary technical field. The 375 career applications form the basis for these historical metrics.
The firm's prosecution style involves an average of 5.31 office actions per allowance. This suggests a persistent approach to overcoming examiner rejections through multiple rounds of communication. There are currently 5 pending office actions being handled by the firm. These 5 actions represent the active phase for a portion of its 375 career applications in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector. The firm continues to work toward maintaining its 88.82 percent allowance rate.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (20%) |
| §103 only | 3 (60%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (20%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHELTON, IAN BRYCE | 1 | 77.4% | +15.5% |
| WAGGENSPACK, ADAM J | 1 | 45.8% | +46.9% |
| YIP, JACK | 1 | 33.0% | +37.8% |
| DOAN, HIEN VAN | 1 | 50.8% | +34.8% |
| GIROUX, GEORGE | 1 | 65.3% | +27.2% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18793653 | TRAY APPARATUS FOR USE WITH STROLLER/WAGON | WAGGENSPACK, ADAM J | 28d overdue |
| 15707892 | COGNITIVE MODELING APPARATUS FOR DEFUZZIFICATION OF MULTIPLE QUALITATIVE SIGNALS INTO HUMAN-CENTRIC THREAT NOTIFICATIONS | GIROUX, GEORGE | 12d |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18793653 | TRAY APPARATUS FOR USE WITH STROLLER/WAGON | WAGGENSPACK, ADAM J | 28d overdue |
| 15707892 | COGNITIVE MODELING APPARATUS FOR DEFUZZIFICATION OF MULTIPLE QUALITATIVE SIGNALS INTO HUMAN-CENTRIC THREAT NOTIFICATIONS | GIROUX, GEORGE | 12d |
| 18961257 | FOLDING MULTI-PERSON STROLLER/WAGON | SHELTON, IAN BRYCE | — |
| 18421041 | ENHANCED TRAINING SYSTEM FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT, SECURITY, AND MILITARY PERSONNEL | YIP, JACK | — |
| 15943585 | ENHANCED PERSONAL CARE SYSTEM EMPLOYING BLOCKCHAIN FUNCTIONALITY | DOAN, HIEN VAN | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| WonderFold Corporation | 2 |
| A.U.FIRE | 1 |
| Mores, Inc. | 1 |
| Scianta Analytics, LLC | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3734 | 1 |
| 3715 | 1 |
| 2449 | 1 |
| 2128 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18961257 | FOLDING MULTI-PERSON STROLLER/WAGON | Wonderfold Corporation | SHELTON, IAN BRYCE | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 26, 2024 | |
| 18793653 | TRAY APPARATUS FOR USE WITH STROLLER/WAGON | Wonderfold Corporation | WAGGENSPACK, ADAM J | 3734 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 28d overdue | Pending | Aug 02, 2024 |
| 18421041 | ENHANCED TRAINING SYSTEM FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT, SECURITY, AND MILITARY PERSONNEL | A.U.Fire | YIP, JACK | 3715 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2024 |
| 15943585 | ENHANCED PERSONAL CARE SYSTEM EMPLOYING BLOCKCHAIN FUNCTIONALITY | Mores, Inc. | DOAN, HIEN VAN | 2449 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 02, 2018 |
| 15707892 | COGNITIVE MODELING APPARATUS FOR DEFUZZIFICATION OF MULTIPLE QUALITATIVE SIGNALS INTO HUMAN-CENTRIC THREAT NOTIFICATIONS | Scianta Analytics, LLC | GIROUX, GEORGE | 2128 | §101§112 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Sep 18, 2017 |
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