Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
244 pending office actions • 25 clients • 216 examiners • 91 art units • 35 of 244 (14%) have an AI response strategy ready
STAAS & HALSEY LLP handles 36580 career applications in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The firm has a resolved allowance rate pct of 85.43. Prosecution involves an avg office actions per allowance of 3.67.
The firm is currently managing 148 pending office actions. The 85.43 resolved allowance rate pct and 3.67 avg office actions per allowance are based on the firm's 36580 career applications. These metrics provide a data-driven profile of the firm's performance in its primary technology area.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 57 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. 57 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 only | 7 (3%) |
| §101 + other | 21 (9%) |
| §103 only | 88 (36%) |
| §102 only | 18 (7%) |
| §112 only | 16 (7%) |
| Double-patenting only | 2 (1%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (1%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 87 (36%) |
| No statute on record | 3 (1%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGUYEN, NGOC T | 5 | 83.5% | +19.3% |
| LAUGHLIN, ELIZABETH ANN | 4 | 57.9% | +59.1% |
| TREMARCHE, CONNOR J. | 3 | 65.6% | +27.7% |
| KHALID, OMER | 2 | 66.7% | +23.1% |
| PILKINGTON, JAMES | 2 | 70.2% | +35.7% |
| SANDHU, AMRITBIR K | 2 | 83.0% | +10.8% |
| WRIGHT, KIMBERLEY S | 2 | 70.3% | +18.7% |
| MARONEY, JENNA M | 2 | 64.5% | +20.2% |
| BABAA, NAEL N | 2 | 77.0% | +4.0% |
| SATTI, HUMAM M | 2 | 63.7% | +17.8% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18975184 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING SIGNAL CORRELATION | SANDHU, AMRITBIR K | — |
| 18646131 | CLOTHES DRYER AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR | NGUYEN, NGOC T | — |
| 18640864 | CLOTHES DRYER AND ANTI-FREEZING DRIVING METHOD | NGUYEN, NGOC T | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18406990 | DUST SEPARATION DEVICE AND CLEANER INCLUDING SAME | MCFARLAND, TYLER JAMES | 46d overdue |
| 19225439 | NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, TOUCH PANEL CONTROLLER, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TOUCH PANEL | DAVIS, DAVID DONALD | 31d overdue |
| 18825420 | MIRROR DISPLAY AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF | AWAD, AMR A | 28d overdue |
| 18625643 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED RISK AND DIAGNOSIS METHOD AND SYSTEM | TIEDEMAN, JASON S | 16d overdue |
| 18478042 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR DETERMINING A SCORE FOR A SLEEP QUALITY COMPONENT | ELSHAER, ALAAELDIN M | 9d overdue |
| 18184935 | PARKING ASSISTANCE METHOD FOR A DRIVE WITH A MOTOR VEHICLE, PARKING ASSISTANCE DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM, MOBILE PORTABLE TERMINAL, SERVER DEVICE AND MOTOR VEHICLE | LEITE, PAULO ROBERTO GONZ | 5d overdue |
| 18101204 | ASSET MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND METHOD | KRAISINGER, EMILY MARIE | 3d overdue |
| 18625430 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME | BEARDSLEY, JONAS TYLER | 2d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18511198 | COOKING APPLIANCE | LAUGHLIN, ELIZABETH ANN | 19d overdue |
| 19025065 | IMAGE OUTPUT DEVICE | KHALID, OMER | 2d overdue |
| 18897613 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF | SATTI, HUMAM M | 39d |
| 18972216 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND COLOR CALIBRATION METHOD THEROF | SATTI, HUMAM M | 40d |
| 18379459 | REFRIGERATOR | WRIGHT, KIMBERLEY S | 62d |
| 19327307 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF | KHALID, OMER | — |
| 19169324 | ROLLING BEARING | PILKINGTON, JAMES | — |
| 19060044 | OPTICAL NETWORK MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND OPTICAL NETWORK MANAGEMENT METHOD | SANDHU, AMRITBIR K | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Samsung | 147 |
| Fujitsu | 29 |
| Fuji Electric | 22 |
| NIKON CORPORATION | 9 |
| Audi | 7 |
| NIKON-ESSILOR CO., LTD. | 5 |
| NTN | 4 |
| Toppan | 3 |
| FCL COMPONENTS | 2 |
| Fsas Technologies | 1 |
| National University Corporation Tokai National Higher Education and Research System | 1 |
| Koken Ltd. | 1 |
| NTT | 1 |
| Rsd Aviation Patent, LLC | 1 |
| PAGA, LLC | 1 |
| Mediaever.Co., Ltd. | 1 |
| Gembared LLC | 1 |
| KOREA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATION | 1 |
| Dae Chang Co., Ltd. | 1 |
| Acuity Inc. | 1 |
| UNICAMP | 1 |
| Villares Metals S.A. | 1 |
| Volkswagen | 1 |
| CARIAD SE | 1 |
| Hikari Glass | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3762 | 6 |
| 3723 | 5 |
| 2422 | 4 |
| 3637 | 4 |
| 2874 | 4 |
| 3761 | 4 |
| 3661 | 3 |
| 2634 | 3 |
| 3763 | 3 |
| 2893 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19322179 | Untitled | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | MATTHEWS, ANDRE L | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | ||
| 19381955 | ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY MODULE AND ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY APPARATUS | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | ZUBAJLO, JENNIFER L | 2627 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2025 |
| 19353062 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | HOANG, KEN | 2168 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 08, 2025 |
| 19332822 | Driver assistance method, control device, motor vehicle, storage medium, and server device for operation in the Internet | Audi AG | VORCE, AMELIA J.I. | 3666 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 18, 2025 |
| 19327307 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | KHALID, OMER | 2422 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2025 |
| 19324707 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS FOR CONTENT PLAYBACK AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THEREOF | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | KIM, WILLIAM JW | 2409 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 10, 2025 |
| 19310524 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | SNIDER, SCOTT | 3621 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 26, 2025 |
| 19297734 | IMAGING DEVICE INCLUDING AN IMAGING ELEMENT, A MOUNT, AND MEMBERS | Nikon Corporation | CALDERON, CYNTHIA | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 12, 2025 | |
| 19296218 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | Fsas Technologies Inc. | GIBSON, JONATHAN D | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 11, 2025 | |
| 19279709 | BANKNOTE CONVEYING APPARATUS, BANKNOTE CONVEYING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY INFORMATION PROCESSING COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM | Fujitsu Frontech Systems Limited | SANDERS, HOWARD J | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 24, 2025 | |
| 19261566 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | DHARIA, PRABODH M | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 07, 2025 | |
| 19251003 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING COATED TUBULAR MEMBER HAVING AMORPHOUS CARBON DEPOSITION FILM FORMED ON INNER SURF ACE OF TUBULAR MEMBER | National University Corporation Tokai National Higher Education And Research System | WIECZOREK, MICHAEL P | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 26, 2025 | |
| 19246307 | REFRIGERATOR FOAMING APPARATUS | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | MALEKZADEH, SEYED MASOUD | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 23, 2025 | |
| 19141887 | METHOD FOR CARRYING OUT SETTINGS ON AT LEAST ONE FIRST ACTUATOR OF A MOTOR VEHICLE, METHOD FOR ENABLING SETTINGS TO BE CHANGED, AND MOTOR VEHICLE | Audi AG | REAGAN, JAMES A | 3697 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2025 |
| 19230846 | Method for actuating at least one system component of a system according to surroundings information generated by the system | Audi AG | HILGENDORF, DALE W | 3661 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2025 |
| 19228089 | BALL BEARING | Ntn Corporation | WAITS, ALAN B | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 04, 2025 | |
| 19225439 | NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, TOUCH PANEL CONTROLLER, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TOUCH PANEL | Fcl Components Limited | DAVIS, DAVID DONALD | 2627 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 31d overdue | Pending | Jun 02, 2025 |
| 19214754 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | TAYLOR, NICHOLAS R | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 21, 2025 | |
| 19210511 | PAPER SHEET HANDLING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF PAPER SHEET HANDLING APPARATUS | Fujitsu Frontech Systems Limited | MORRISON, THOMAS A | 3653 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 16, 2025 |
| 19207538 | MOLD APPARATUS | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | TAUFIQ, FARAH N | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 14, 2025 | |
| 19197633 | STAND AND DISPLAY APPARATUS | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | MCNICHOLS, ERET C | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 02, 2025 | |
| 19196190 | METHOD AND SERVER FOR PROVIDING RECOMMENDED CHANNEL LIST BY USING CLUSTERING | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | CORBO, NICHOLAS T | 2426 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 01, 2025 |
| 19169324 | ROLLING BEARING | Ntn Corporation | PILKINGTON, JAMES | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 03, 2025 | |
| 19088352 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. | THOMAS, LUCY M | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 24, 2025 | |
| 19087990 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CHAT SERVICE | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | BATURAY, ALICIA | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 24, 2025 | |
| 19082410 | COOKING APPLIANCE THAT PROVIDES TIME-LAPSE VIDEO AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | ADAMS, EILEEN M | 2481 | §103 | Final Rejection | 8d | AI Ready | Mar 18, 2025 |
| 19078403 | CLOTHES DRYER | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | HESCHEL, SUSAN MARIE | 3637 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2025 |
| 19075945 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | KRZYSTAN, ALEXANDER J | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2025 | |
| 19070932 | MOVING ROBOT | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | KIM, SEOKJIN | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2025 | |
| 19069868 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR MATCHING PROJECTION SCREEN WITH SOUND IMAGE, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | NI, SUHAN | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 04, 2025 | |
| 19068527 | SPEAKER APPARATUS | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | JOSHI, SUNITA | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 03, 2025 | |
| 19060044 | OPTICAL NETWORK MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND OPTICAL NETWORK MANAGEMENT METHOD | Fujitsu Limited | SANDHU, AMRITBIR K | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2025 | |
| 19059613 | OPTICAL TRANSMITTER AND OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER | Fujitsu Limited | KRETZER, CASEY L | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2025 | |
| 19053684 | DISPLAY SYSTEM | Audi AG | WEISFELD, MATTHIAS S | 3661 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2025 |
| 19052955 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | SIDDO, IBRAHIM | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 13, 2025 | |
| 19052803 | REFRIGERATOR | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | WRIGHT, KIMBERLEY S | 3637 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 13, 2025 |
| 19044887 | REFRIGERATOR | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | TADESSE, MARTHA | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 04, 2025 | |
| 19099707 | Mask | Koken Ltd. | ALBERS, KEVIN S | 3786 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2025 |
| 19034378 | REFRIGERATOR | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | MENGESHA, WEBESHET | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 22, 2025 | |
| 19034389 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE CAPABLE OF PROVIDING VIDEO CALL SERVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR SAME | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | NGUYEN, PHUNG HOANG JOSEPH | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 22, 2025 | |
| 19029318 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | LE, BAO-LUAN Q | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 | |
| 19027035 | DEVICE FOR INTERACTION WITH A USER IN A MOTOR VEHICLE, AND MOTOR VEHICLE | Audi AG | LAMB, CHRISTOPHER RAY | 2622 | §103 | Final Rejection | 43d overdue | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19025028 | CLOTHES CARE APPARATUS | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | NGUYEN, UYEN T | 3732 | §103 | Final Rejection | 26d | AI Ready | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 19025065 | IMAGE OUTPUT DEVICE | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | KHALID, OMER | 2422 | §103 | Final Rejection | 2d overdue | AI Ready | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 19021787 | AIR CONDITIONER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | MYERS, KEITH STANLEY | 3663 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 19022650 | REFRIGERATOR AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | ZERVOS, NIKOLAOS PHILLIP | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 | |
| 19022283 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THEREOF | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | REFAI, SAM M | 3621 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | AI Ready | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 19020259 | REFRIGERATOR | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | MARONEY, JENNA M | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2025 | |
| 19016621 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PERFORMING WATER DISCHARGE OPERATION BY INTERWORKING WITH EXTERNAL TERMINAL, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | LAUGHLIN, NATHAN L | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2025 | |
| 19016302 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | PENDLETON, BRIAN T | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2025 |
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Start Free Trial85.4% of resolved applications prosecuted by Staas & Halsey LLP were allowed, across 36,593 applications in USPTO records.
3.67 office actions per allowed application on average.
244 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 25 clients, before 216 examiners in 91 art units.