Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Communications • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
15 pending office actions • 9 clients • 14 examiners • 9 art units • 0 of 15 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
STOUT, UXA & BUYAN, LLP has handled 2778 career applications, primarily in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The firm has a resolved allowance rate pct of 84.43. This figure reflects the firm's success in obtaining allowances for its resolved applications across its 2778 career applications.
The firm averages 3.23 office actions per allowance, which describes the typical level of examiner interaction for each grant. Currently, there are 11 pending office actions. This workload is managed within the context of the firm's established practice in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 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. 3 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 (7%) |
| §103 only | 4 (27%) |
| §102 only | 1 (7%) |
| §112 only | 1 (7%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (7%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (40%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (7%) |
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 | 72.9% | +12.1% |
| LONDON, STEPHEN FLOYD | 1 | 69.4% | +38.9% |
| FLOHRE, JASON A | 1 | 68.8% | +18.2% |
| KALIHER, HANS CHRISTIAN | 1 | 62.9% | +27.3% |
| BROWNE, SCOTT A | 1 | 72.0% | +35.6% |
| ALMO, KHAREEM E | 1 | 87.3% | +5.6% |
| SHAH, SUJIT | 1 | 66.5% | +11.2% |
| PATEL, PINALBEN V | 1 | 89.2% | +9.5% |
| FAIRCHILD, AARON BENJAMIN | 1 | 79.6% | +20.2% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18797259 | INVERTER-BASED COMPARATOR | ALMO, KHAREEM E | — |
| 18596269 | RGBIR IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM | PATEL, PINALBEN V | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17570257 | TRANSITIONS FOR JOINING CRASH IMPACT ATTENUATOR SYSTEMS TO FIXED STRUCTURES | FERGUSON, MICHAEL P | 63d |
| 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 | — |
| 18787866 | DISPLAY SYSTEM | SHAH, SUJIT | — |
| 18693164 | A BOGIE AND A VEHICLE WITH SUCH BOGIE | KUHFUSS, ZACHARY L | — |
| 18200973 | NON-CONTACT VITAL-SIGN MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD | GHAND, JENNIFER LEIGH-STEWAR | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18445000 | WIRELESS CAMERA ASSEMBLY | FAIRCHILD, AARON BENJAMIN | 70d |
| 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 | — |
| 18787866 | DISPLAY SYSTEM | SHAH, SUJIT | — |
| 18693163 | A Panel, Support Rib and Cantrail | KUHFUSS, ZACHARY L | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Avenu Medical | 3 |
| Himax | 3 |
| Integrated Endoscopy, Inc. | 2 |
| Vlr Technologies Limited | 2 |
| Tdi Greenway Technologies Ltd. | 1 |
| Prilit Optronics, Inc. | 1 |
| WISTRON CORPORATION | 1 |
| TRAFFIX DEVICES, INC. | 1 |
| University of Nebraska | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3795 | 2 |
| 2637 | 1 |
| 2849 | 1 |
| 2624 | 1 |
| 2673 | 1 |
| 3796 | 1 |
| 3794 | 1 |
| 3671 | 1 |
| 3619 | 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 | §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 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 19, 2024 | |
| 18853031 | TRACK | Tdi Greenway Technologies Ltd. | BROWNE, SCOTT A | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2024 | |
| 18797259 | INVERTER-BASED COMPARATOR | Himax Technologies Limited | ALMO, KHAREEM E | 2849 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 07, 2024 |
| 18787866 | DISPLAY SYSTEM | Prilit Optronics, Inc. | SHAH, SUJIT | 2624 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 29, 2024 |
| 18693163 | A Panel, Support Rib and Cantrail | Vlr Technologies Limited | KUHFUSS, ZACHARY L | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 19, 2024 | |
| 18693164 | A BOGIE AND A VEHICLE WITH SUCH BOGIE | Vlr Technologies Limited | KUHFUSS, ZACHARY L | §102§103§112 | 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 |
| 18071557 | CRASH IMPACT ATTENUATOR SYSTEMS AND METHODS | Traffix Devices, Inc. | CHU, KATHERINE J | 3671 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 29, 2022 |
| 17570257 | TRANSITIONS FOR JOINING CRASH IMPACT ATTENUATOR SYSTEMS TO FIXED STRUCTURES | Nutech Ventures | FERGUSON, MICHAEL P | 3619 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 63d | Pending | Jan 06, 2022 |
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