Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
21 pending office actions • 10 clients • 20 examiners • 17 art units • 0 of 21 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Sorell, Lenna & Schmidt, LLP manages 821 career applications in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The firm has a resolved allowance rate pct of 92.32. Prosecution involves an avg office actions per allowance of 4.39.
There are 21 pending office actions currently active. The 92.32 resolved allowance rate pct for its 821 career applications reflects the firm's outcomes in its primary technology area. An avg office actions per allowance of 4.39 provides a benchmark for the examination process.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 (5%) |
| §103 only | 4 (19%) |
| §102 only | 1 (5%) |
| §112 only | 3 (14%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (10%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 10 (48%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUSON, MONICA ANNE | 2 | 79.6% | +13.5% |
| LACHICA, ERICSON M | 1 | 30.0% | +35.4% |
| ROERSMA, ANDREW MARK | 1 | 63.3% | +24.5% |
| KURILLA, ERIC J | 1 | 70.6% | +26.4% |
| HICKS, ROBERT J | 1 | 72.2% | +3.7% |
| SWIER, WAYNE K. | 1 | 67.6% | +19.6% |
| BAEK, BONG-SOOK | 1 | 41.7% | +69.9% |
| HALL, LUKE F | 1 | 49.8% | +63.5% |
| SHANSKE, JASON D | 1 | 76.3% | +14.2% |
| KASSA, TIGABU | 1 | 36.7% | +27.9% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17461862 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING TAU OLIGOMERS | BALLARD, KIMBERLY | 34d |
| 19236048 | CONTAINER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE | LACHICA, ERICSON M | 55d |
| 18432224 | SHELVING SYSTEMS | TRAN, HANH VAN | 56d |
| 18686305 | IRON COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THEM | KASSA, TIGABU | 62d |
| 18960339 | METHODS OF MAKING AN ORAL APPLIANCE | SWIER, WAYNE K. | — |
| 18884886 | BODY SUPPORT SYSTEM | SHANSKE, JASON D | — |
| 18350272 | HEAT TRANSFER MIXTURE | DIAZ, MATTHEW R | — |
| 17950365 | CONTAINER SYSTEM AND METHOD | KIRSCH, ANDREW THOMAS | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19053038 | AMBIENT BED HAVING A HEAT RECLAIM SYSTEM | KURILLA, ERIC J | 23d |
| 19236048 | CONTAINER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE | LACHICA, ERICSON M | 55d |
| 18686305 | IRON COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THEM | KASSA, TIGABU | 62d |
| 19196047 | CONTAINER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE | HUSON, MONICA ANNE | — |
| 19169121 | DRAWER ASSEMBLY | ROERSMA, ANDREW MARK | — |
| 18960339 | METHODS OF MAKING AN ORAL APPLIANCE | SWIER, WAYNE K. | — |
| 18955379 | TRACE ELEMENT COMPOSITIONS, METHODS OF MAKING AND USE | BAEK, BONG-SOOK | — |
| 18944241 | MATTRESS ASSEMBLY AND METHOD | HALL, LUKE F | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3637 | 2 |
| 3772 | 2 |
| 1792 | 1 |
| 1742 | 1 |
| 3619 | 1 |
| 3736 | 1 |
| 1748 | 1 |
| 3673 | 1 |
| 3614 | 1 |
| 1615 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19236048 | CONTAINER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE | Ring Container Technologies, LLC | LACHICA, ERICSON M | 1792 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | 55d | Pending | Jun 12, 2025 |
| 19196047 | CONTAINER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE | Ring Container Technologies, LLC | HUSON, MONICA ANNE | 1742 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 01, 2025 |
| 19169121 | DRAWER ASSEMBLY | Dejana Truck And Utility Equipment Co., Inc. | ROERSMA, ANDREW MARK | 3637 | §112Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 03, 2025 |
| 19053038 | AMBIENT BED HAVING A HEAT RECLAIM SYSTEM | BEDGEAR, LLC | KURILLA, ERIC J | 3619 | §102 | Final Rejection | 23d | Pending | Feb 13, 2025 |
| 19050379 | CONTAINER SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE | Ring Container Technologies, LLC | HICKS, ROBERT J | 3736 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 11, 2025 |
| 18960339 | METHODS OF MAKING AN ORAL APPLIANCE | Emanate Biomedical, Inc. | SWIER, WAYNE K. | 1748 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 26, 2024 |
| 18955379 | TRACE ELEMENT COMPOSITIONS, METHODS OF MAKING AND USE | American Regent, Inc. | BAEK, BONG-SOOK | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2024 | |
| 18944241 | MATTRESS ASSEMBLY AND METHOD | BEDGEAR, LLC | HALL, LUKE F | 3673 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 12, 2024 |
| 18884886 | BODY SUPPORT SYSTEM | BEDGEAR, LLC | SHANSKE, JASON D | 3614 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 |
| 18638958 | CONTAINER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE | Ring Container Technologies, LLC | HUSON, MONICA ANNE | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 18, 2024 | |
| 18686305 | IRON COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THEM | American Regent, Inc. | KASSA, TIGABU | 1615 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 62d | Pending | Feb 23, 2024 |
| 18432224 | SHELVING SYSTEMS | Dejana Truck & Utility Equipment Company, LLC | TRAN, HANH VAN | 3637 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 56d | Pending | Feb 05, 2024 |
| 18350272 | HEAT TRANSFER MIXTURE | Ht Materials Science (Ip) Limited | DIAZ, MATTHEW R | 1761 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 11, 2023 |
| 17922691 | AN AUTO-INJECTOR DEVICE FOR DELIVERING MEDICAMENTS | BIOCON LIMITED | MEDWAY, SCOTT J | 3783 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 01, 2022 |
| 17950365 | CONTAINER SYSTEM AND METHOD | Ring Container Technologies LLC | KIRSCH, ANDREW THOMAS | 3733 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 22, 2022 |
| 17783994 | MATERIAL SCIENCES APPLICATIONS FOR AN ORAL APPLIANCE FOR DELIVERY OF A MEDICAMENT | Emanate Biomedical, Inc. | RUIZ MARTIN, LUIS MIGUEL | 3772 | §103 | Final Rejection | 105d overdue | Pending | Jun 09, 2022 |
| 17778564 | ORAL APPLIANCE FOR DELIVERY OF AN ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOSITION | Emanate Biomedical, Inc. | EIDE, HEIDI MARIE | 3772 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 20, 2022 |
| 17626936 | Equine Esomeprazole Formulations and Methods of Use | American Regent, Inc. | CHEN, PO-CHIH | 1621 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2022 |
| 17527530 | CONTAINER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE | Ring Container Technologies, LLC | SANGHERA, SYMREN K | 3735 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 16, 2021 |
| 17488572 | COOLING MATERIAL | BEDGEAR, LLC | PIZIALI, ANDREW T | 1789 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 29, 2021 |
| 17461862 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING TAU OLIGOMERS | Oligomerix, Inc. | BALLARD, KIMBERLY | 1675 | §101§112Other | Non-Final OA | 34d | Pending | Aug 30, 2021 |
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