Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
19 pending office actions • 10 clients • 18 examiners • 15 art units • 0 of 19 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
STOUT, UXA & BUYAN, LLP has 18 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering and 2781 career applications. Its resolved allowance rate is 84.44%, indicating that most resolved matters reached allowance.
The average of 3.23 office actions per allowance shows that favorable outcomes generally followed multiple examination interactions. The active docket is meaningful but remains separate from the larger historical application record. For practitioners, the profile combines a substantial experience base with an outcome rate and action average that help frame expected prosecution engagement in this technology area.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 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. 4 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 | 5 (26%) |
| §102 only | 1 (5%) |
| §112 only | 1 (5%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (5%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 9 (47%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (5%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KUHFUSS, ZACHARY L | 2 | 77.9% | +18.2% |
| BORSCH, NICHOLAS S | 1 | 73.1% | +12.5% |
| LONDON, STEPHEN FLOYD | 1 | 69.3% | +37.9% |
| FLOHRE, JASON A | 1 | 68.8% | +18.1% |
| KALIHER, HANS CHRISTIAN | 1 | 62.9% | +27.3% |
| GRABOWSKI, KYLE ROBERT | 1 | 48.4% | +16.5% |
| BROWNE, SCOTT A | 1 | 71.9% | +35.9% |
| SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | 1 | 83.6% | +13.0% |
| ALMO, KHAREEM E | 1 | 87.4% | +5.8% |
| LIENG, MALANE | 1 | 92.7% | +9.1% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18797259 | INVERTER-BASED COMPARATOR | ALMO, KHAREEM E | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16952015 | SYSTEM TO PREVENT LEAKS OF LIQUIDS IN MANUAL SPRAYERS | DURDEN, RICHARD KYLE | 30d overdue |
| 18917362 | VEHICLE MOUNTED CRASH ATTENUATOR | GRABOWSKI, KYLE ROBERT | 20d |
| 19084330 | Systems and Methods for Percutaneous Access, Formation, and Maintenance of Arteriovenous Fistulas | BORSCH, NICHOLAS S | — |
| 18953050 | VASCULAR FLOW CONTROL DEVICES AND METHODS | KALIHER, HANS CHRISTIAN | — |
| 18853031 | TRACK | BROWNE, SCOTT A | — |
| 18845804 | Rapid Charging Arrangement | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | — |
| 18787906 | OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIER | LIENG, MALANE | — |
| 18693164 | A BOGIE AND A VEHICLE WITH SUCH BOGIE | KUHFUSS, ZACHARY L | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18917362 | VEHICLE MOUNTED CRASH ATTENUATOR | GRABOWSKI, KYLE ROBERT | 20d |
| 19084330 | Systems and Methods for Percutaneous Access, Formation, and Maintenance of Arteriovenous Fistulas | BORSCH, NICHOLAS S | — |
| 19059800 | CORDLESS DISPOSABLE ENDOSCOPE | LONDON, STEPHEN FLOYD | — |
| 18976027 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM | FLOHRE, JASON A | — |
| 18953050 | VASCULAR FLOW CONTROL DEVICES AND METHODS | KALIHER, HANS CHRISTIAN | — |
| 18853031 | TRACK | BROWNE, SCOTT A | — |
| 18845804 | Rapid Charging Arrangement | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | — |
| 18693164 | A BOGIE AND A VEHICLE WITH SUCH BOGIE | KUHFUSS, ZACHARY L | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Himax | 4 |
| Avenu Medical | 3 |
| Integrated Endoscopy, Inc. | 2 |
| TRAFFIX DEVICES, INC. | 2 |
| Tdi Greenway Technologies Ltd. | 2 |
| Vlr Technologies Limited | 2 |
| WISTRON CORPORATION | 1 |
| Climax Technology Co., Ltd. | 1 |
| Flexicare | 1 |
| Swissmex-Rapid, S.A. de C.V. | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3615 | 3 |
| 3794 | 2 |
| 3795 | 2 |
| 2637 | 1 |
| 3781 | 1 |
| 3637 | 1 |
| 3666 | 1 |
| 2849 | 1 |
| 2843 | 1 |
| 2673 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19084330 | Systems and Methods for Percutaneous Access, Formation, and Maintenance of Arteriovenous Fistulas | Avenu Medical, Inc. | BORSCH, NICHOLAS S | 3794 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 19, 2025 |
| 19059800 | CORDLESS DISPOSABLE ENDOSCOPE | Integrated Endoscopy, Inc. | LONDON, STEPHEN FLOYD | 3795 | §102DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2025 |
| 18976027 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM | Himax Technologies Limited | FLOHRE, JASON A | 2637 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 10, 2024 |
| 18953050 | VASCULAR FLOW CONTROL DEVICES AND METHODS | Avenu Medical, Inc. | KALIHER, HANS CHRISTIAN | 3781 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 19, 2024 |
| 18917362 | VEHICLE MOUNTED CRASH ATTENUATOR | Traffix Devices, Inc. | GRABOWSKI, KYLE ROBERT | 3637 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 20d | Pending | Oct 16, 2024 |
| 18853031 | TRACK | Tdi Greenway Technologies Ltd. | BROWNE, SCOTT A | 3666 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2024 |
| 18845804 | Rapid Charging Arrangement | Tdi Greenway Technologies Ltd. | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | 3615 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 10, 2024 |
| 18797259 | INVERTER-BASED COMPARATOR | Himax Technologies Limited | ALMO, KHAREEM E | 2849 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 07, 2024 |
| 18787906 | OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIER | Himax Technologies Limited | LIENG, MALANE | 2843 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 29, 2024 |
| 18693164 | A BOGIE AND A VEHICLE WITH SUCH BOGIE | Vlr Technologies Limited | KUHFUSS, ZACHARY L | 3615 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 19, 2024 |
| 18693163 | A Panel, Support Rib and Cantrail | Vlr Technologies Limited | KUHFUSS, ZACHARY L | 3615 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 19, 2024 |
| 18596269 | RGBIR IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM | Himax Technologies Limited | PATEL, PINALBEN V | 2673 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2024 |
| 18445000 | WIRELESS CAMERA ASSEMBLY | Integrated Endoscopy, Inc. | FAIRCHILD, AARON BENJAMIN | 3795 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 70d | Pending | Feb 19, 2024 |
| 18200973 | NON-CONTACT VITAL-SIGN MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD | Wistron Corporation | GHAND, JENNIFER LEIGH-STEWAR | 3796 | §101§102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 23, 2023 |
| 18320817 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING ARTERIOVENOUS (AV) FISTULAS | Avenu Medical, Inc. | DELLA, JAYMI E | 3794 | Other | Final Rejection | 56d | Pending | May 19, 2023 |
| 18196994 | INTRUDER DETECTION SYSTEM | Climax Technology Co., Ltd. | JENKINS, KIMBERLY YVETTE | 3648 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 12, 2023 |
| 18135577 | Intubation Devices | Flexicare (Group) Limited | LOUIS, LATOYA M | 3785 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 17, 2023 |
| 18071557 | CRASH IMPACT ATTENUATOR SYSTEMS AND METHODS | Traffix Devices, Inc. | CHU, KATHERINE J | 3671 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 29, 2022 |
| 16952015 | SYSTEM TO PREVENT LEAKS OF LIQUIDS IN MANUAL SPRAYERS | Swissmex-Rapid, S.A. de C.V. | DURDEN, RICHARD KYLE | 3753 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 30d overdue | Pending | Nov 18, 2020 |
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Start Free Trial84.4% of resolved applications prosecuted by Stout, Uxa & Buyan, LLP were allowed, across 2,781 applications in USPTO records.
3.23 office actions per allowed application on average.
19 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 10 clients, before 18 examiners in 15 art units.
