Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
184 pending office actions • 69 clients • 161 examiners • 86 art units • 0 of 184 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
STINSON LLP has a presence in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems, with 9195 career applications. The firm holds a resolved allowance rate of 81.62 percent. On average, the firm navigates 3.31 office actions per allowance.
Currently, the firm has 140 pending office actions. The 3.31 average office actions per allowance reflects the complexity of the 9195 career applications handled by the firm. An 81.62 percent resolved allowance rate shows an ability to secure patent rights across its primary technology areas. The 140 pending office actions indicate a level of current prosecution activity. Practitioners can rely on the 9195 career applications as a sign of technical expertise. The 81.62 percent resolved allowance rate provides an expectation for success in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. These metrics offer a comprehensive view of the firm's historical and current performance.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 69 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. 69 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 | 2 (1%) |
| §101 + other | 10 (5%) |
| §103 only | 61 (33%) |
| §102 only | 13 (7%) |
| §112 only | 10 (5%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (1%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 6 (3%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 80 (43%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WAITS, ALAN B | 7 | 68.8% | +29.8% |
| NGUYEN, AIMEE TRAN | 3 | 78.8% | +16.8% |
| SIMMS JR, JOHN ELLIOTT | 2 | 65.2% | +12.7% |
| COOPER, JOHN | 2 | 79.4% | +17.7% |
| PILKINGTON, JAMES | 2 | 70.2% | +35.7% |
| CLEMENT, MICHELLE RENEE | 2 | 69.7% | +18.5% |
| FERGUSON, MICHAEL P | 2 | 63.3% | +73.5% |
| NICONOVICH, ALEXANDER R | 2 | 72.8% | +21.9% |
| ADAMOS, THEODORE V | 2 | 55.3% | +44.6% |
| ROYSTON, JOHN M | 2 | 77.8% | +17.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18763412 | MEDICAL TUBE AND CABLE ORGANIZER | GUAN, GUANG H | 155d overdue |
| 18357373 | CONTROL NODE FOR A MAGNETIC BEARING, ASSOCIATED SYSTEM AND METHOD | CLEARY, THOMAS J | 134d overdue |
| 18894698 | PORTABLE NATURAL GAS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM | CHAUDRY, ATIF H | 100d overdue |
| 18946787 | DYNAMIC TRANSACTION SYSTEM | SHARON, AYAL I | 70d overdue |
| 17926505 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE ARRAY | YEMELYANOV, DMITRIY | 66d overdue |
| 18749737 | BULK DISPENSING DEVICE FOR SEALING COMPOUNDS | CARROLL, JEREMY W | 49d overdue |
| 18278557 | MODULAR SYSTEM FOR A GRAIN CRACKER AND A GRAIN CRACKING SYSTEM AND METHOD | KIM, BRYAN | 32d overdue |
| 18585189 | DEVICE FOR DETECTING THE DIRECTION OF ROTATION OF A ROTOR, ASSOCIATED CONTROL AND DRIVE SYSTEMS, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD | HULS, NATALIE F | 31d 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18901136 | DEEP GROOVE BALL BEARING | WAITS, ALAN B | 43d overdue |
| 18654139 | CAGE FOR ROLLING ELEMENTS OF HIGH-SPEED BEARING AND HIGH-SPEED BEARING | NGUYEN, AIMEE TRAN | 11d overdue |
| 18053019 | FIREARM ACCESSORY WITH PATH LIGHT | CLEMENT, MICHELLE RENEE | 3d overdue |
| 18385459 | MODULAR SUPPORT ASSEMBLY | NGUYEN, AIMEE TRAN | 5d |
| 18532615 | ARC-SHAPED SEGMENT FOR ASSEMBLING A SEGMENTED CAGE, CAGE AND BEARING | WAITS, ALAN B | 28d |
| 18614850 | SHOOTING TARGET THROWER | NICONOVICH, ALEXANDER R | 30d |
| 18662540 | GUTTER GUARD WITH REAR PROFILE FOR ACCOMMODATING GUTTER HANGER | ADAMOS, THEODORE V | 33d |
| 19040301 | FIREARM ACCESSORY MOUNTING ASSEMBLY | CLEMENT, MICHELLE RENEE | 42d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3617 | 10 |
| 3711 | 6 |
| 2855 | 6 |
| 3641 | 5 |
| 3679 | 3 |
| 3635 | 3 |
| 1792 | 3 |
| 1745 | 3 |
| 1754 | 3 |
| 3761 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19427233 | NOVEL TREATMENTS | 3Z Ehf | KOSTURKO, GEORGE W | 1627 | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2025 |
| 19426483 | SHOOTING TARGET LAUNCHER | Aob Products Company | SIMMS JR, JOHN ELLIOTT | 3711 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2025 |
| 19345358 | SHOOTING TARGET LAUNCHER | Aob Products Company | SIMMS JR, JOHN ELLIOTT | 3711 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2025 |
| 19341653 | INTERBODY SPACER FOR SPINAL FUSION | Corelink, LLC | PLIONIS, NICHOLAS J | 3773 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2025 |
| 19299056 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR CONTROLLING ROOT LESION NEMATODES | Newleaf Symbiotics, Inc. | FAN, WEIHUA | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 13, 2025 | |
| 19279876 | WEAPON SIGHT GRIP | Crimson Trace Corporation | COOPER, JOHN | 3641 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 24, 2025 |
| 19253172 | METERING VALVE FOR ABRASIVE MEDIA | Clementina Clemco Holdings, Inc. | BARRY, DAPHNE MARIE | 3753 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2025 |
| 19242844 | DISPENSER FOR FIREARM AMMUNITION POWDER | Aob Products Company | MORGAN, DERRICK R | 3641 | §103 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Jun 18, 2025 |
| 19230874 | AUTOMATED INSECT DETECTION AND RESPONSE PRESCRIPTION | The Curators of the University of Missouri | TRUONG, KATELYN T | 3647 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 21d | Pending | Jun 06, 2025 |
| 19221835 | SUPPORT ASSEMBLY FOR FOOD APPLICATIONS | Aktiebolaget SKF | WAITS, ALAN B | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 29, 2025 | |
| 19217079 | BEARING UNIT PROVIDED WITH A SEALING DEVICE | Aktiebolaget SKF | PILKINGTON, JAMES | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2025 | |
| 19213721 | MANIFOLD AND FITTING FOR GAS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM | M.B. Sturgis, Inc. | COLON MORALES, DAVID | 3679 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 20, 2025 |
| 19202469 | BIOSAFETY CABINET WITH DIVIDED PLENUM | Labconco Corporation | DILLON JR, JOSEPH A | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 08, 2025 | |
| 19181095 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING REFRIGERATION APPLIANCES | True Manufacturing Co., Inc. | ARAQUE JR, GERARDO | 3629 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 16, 2025 |
| 19175505 | WEAPON SIGHT GRIP | Crimson Trace Corporation | COOPER, JOHN | 3641 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2025 |
| 19172403 | INTERBODY SPACER FOR SPINAL FUSION | ZAVATION MEDICAL PRODUCTS, LLC | SEVILLA, CHRISTIAN ANTHONY | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 07, 2025 | |
| 19172511 | Non-Threaded Quick-Connect for Threaded Coupling | Clayton Corporation | JELLETT, MATTHEW WILLIAM | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 07, 2025 | |
| 19091259 | ENERGY DIRECTOR FOR ULTRASONIC WELDING OF THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITES | Wichita State University | HARM, NICKOLAS R | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 26, 2025 | |
| 19089850 | Roughened Carrier for Debonding of Bonded Stack | Pulseforge, Inc. | BEHA, CAROLINE | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2025 | |
| 19071483 | LOCKABLE CABINET SYSTEM AND LOCKING ASSEMBLY THEREFOR | True Manufacturing Company, Inc.. | LUGO, CARLOS | 3675 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2025 |
| 19066383 | SECURITY ENCLOSURE | Aob Products Company | GEHMAN, BRYON P | 3736 | §103 | Final Rejection | 13d | Pending | Feb 28, 2025 |
| 19055381 | ADJUSTABLE WATERFOWL DECOY | Fowl Innovations LLC | ARK, DARREN W | 3647 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 17, 2025 |
| 19052770 | KNIFE SHEATH | Aob Products Company | VANTERPOOL, LESTER L | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 13, 2025 | |
| 19045170 | ROUTER AND DEBRIS RECEPTACLE | Jessem Tool Corporation | KATCOFF, MATTHEW GORDON | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 04, 2025 | |
| 19040301 | FIREARM ACCESSORY MOUNTING ASSEMBLY | Crimson Trace Corporation | CLEMENT, MICHELLE RENEE | 3641 | §102 | Final Rejection | 42d | Pending | Jan 29, 2025 |
| 19034450 | Vehicle Seat with Storage Capacity | Trek Armor Incorporated | LIBBY, TROY ALAN | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 22, 2025 | |
| 19021664 | TOOL SHEATH | Aob Products Company | LARSON, JUSTIN MATTHEW | 3734 | §102§103DPOther | Final Rejection | 70d | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 19017877 | INSULATED BEARING AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | Aktiebolaget SKF | WAITS, ALAN B | 3617 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2025 |
| 19007791 | HANDHELD MEASURING APPARATUS | Aktiebolaget SKF | NGUYEN, QUANG X.L. | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 02, 2025 | |
| 19007211 | CABLE GLAND WITH COMPRESSION LIMITING ASSEMBLY | Eaton Intelligent Power Limited | NGUYEN, CHAU N | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 31, 2024 | |
| 18990619 | Hot Pluggable Electrical Device Assembly | Eaton Intelligent Power Limited | REISNER, NOAM S | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 | |
| 18965854 | SPLICE PLATE WITH SPACING INDICIA FOR CABLE TRAY SECTION SPACING | Eaton Intelligent Power Limited | FERGUSON, MICHAEL P | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 02, 2024 | |
| 18869649 | BATCH PROCESS FOR ENZYMATIC MODIFICATION OF LIPIDS | Enginzyme AB | STEADMAN, DAVID J | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 26, 2024 | |
| 18959112 | POLYMER LUMINAIRE | Eaton Intelligent Power Limited | TUMEBO, TSION M | 2875 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 72d | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
| 18946787 | DYNAMIC TRANSACTION SYSTEM | Odditt, Inc. | SHARON, AYAL I | 3695 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 70d overdue | Pending | Nov 13, 2024 |
| 18943348 | SMART HOME AND SECURITY SYSTEM | Aob Products Company | NGUYEN, NAM V | 2685 | §103 | Final Rejection | 3d overdue | Pending | Nov 11, 2024 |
| 18938388 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A MAGNETIC BEARING AND ASSOCIATED METHOD | SKF Magnetic Mechatronics | BOUZIANE, SAID | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2024 | |
| 18931488 | PORT CONNECTORS | Ideate Medical, Inc. | SARANTAKOS, KAYLA ROSE | 3679 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 30, 2024 |
| 18922973 | APPARATUS FOR MAKING A FILM | Inteplast Group Corporation | WANG, ALEXANDER A | 1741 | §102§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 22, 2024 |
| 18919744 | WOODEN MODULE CONSTRUCTION | Mitek Holdings, Inc. | KWIECINSKI, RYAN D | 3635 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 18, 2024 |
| 18858092 | A GRAPHENE-CONTAINING LAMINATE | Paragraf Limited | EMPIE, NATHAN H | 1784 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 18, 2024 |
| 18918542 | ANCHOR FOR A CONCRETE FLOOR | Mitek Holdings, Inc. | FORD, GISELE D | 3633 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 17, 2024 |
| 18913060 | HANDHELD SHOOTING TARGET THROWER | Aob Products Company | NICONOVICH, ALEXANDER R | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2024 | |
| 18913233 | CONNECTOR BRACKET | Mitek Holdings, Inc. | ADAMOS, THEODORE V | 3635 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2024 |
| 18904559 | Removable Blade Knife System | Aob Products Company | PAYER, HWEI-SIU C | 3724 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 02, 2024 |
| 18901136 | DEEP GROOVE BALL BEARING | Aktiebolaget SKF | WAITS, ALAN B | 3617 | §103 | Final Rejection | 43d overdue | Pending | Sep 30, 2024 |
| 18899672 | ADJUSTABLE DEVICE PROJECTION SYSTEM | Crayola LLC | OWENS, DANELL L | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 | |
| 18894698 | PORTABLE NATURAL GAS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM | Comanche Gas Solutions LLC | CHAUDRY, ATIF H | 3753 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 100d overdue | Pending | Sep 24, 2024 |
| 18890844 | SPIN AND/OR SPIRAL DECORATING DEVICE FOR ARTWORK | Crayola LLC | WILKERSON, LOUIS JAWAYNE | 4100 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2024 |
| 18885069 | POURABLE AND DESTROYABLE SPACECRAFT MATERIAL AND COSMIC RAY RADIATION SHIELD | Wichita State University | LUCK, SEAN M | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 |
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Start Free Trial81.6% of resolved applications prosecuted by Stinson LLP were allowed, across 9,195 applications in USPTO records.
3.31 office actions per allowed application on average.
184 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 69 clients, before 161 examiners in 86 art units.