Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
105 pending office actions • 59 clients • 96 examiners • 50 art units • 0 of 105 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
The Belles Group, P.C. maintains a large-scale practice with 3676 career applications, primarily in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The firm boasts a resolved allowance rate of 90.89 percent, indicating a very high success rate in securing patent rights. This extensive experience across 3676 career applications suggests a deep expertise in handling complex medical and mechanical inventions.
Efficiency is a hallmark of their practice, with an average of 2.56 office actions per allowance. This average of 2.56 office actions indicates a streamlined approach to overcoming examiner rejections and reaching a favorable outcome. Currently, the firm is managing 76 pending office actions, reflecting a high volume of ongoing prosecution work in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering fields.
The resolved allowance rate of 90.89 percent demonstrates the firm's effectiveness in the patent office. With 76 pending office actions, the firm continues to be a significant participant in the medical device sector. Monitoring these active cases can provide valuable insights into the firm's current prosecution tactics and its ability to maintain high success rates across a large docket.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 19 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. 19 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 | 3 (3%) |
| §101 + other | 3 (3%) |
| §103 only | 30 (29%) |
| §102 only | 10 (10%) |
| §112 only | 7 (7%) |
| Double-patenting only | 4 (4%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 3 (3%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 44 (42%) |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WEN, KEVIN GUANHUA | 3 | 60.8% | +38.2% |
| RUPPERT, ERIC S | 3 | 59.8% | +24.2% |
| DANG, ANH TIEU | 2 | 65.4% | +35.2% |
| CASILLASHERNANDEZ, OMAR | 2 | 76.7% | +17.6% |
| JACKSON, SHAWQUIA | 2 | 78.0% | -3.4% |
| WEINERT, WILLIAM C | 2 | 58.0% | +34.8% |
| SAN MARTIN, JAYDI A | 2 | 84.7% | +12.3% |
| YOON, TAE H | 1 | 66.6% | +24.7% |
| TILLMAN, JR, REGINALD S | 1 | 77.8% | +11.3% |
| CAUDLE, LOGAN WILLIAM | 1 | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18561701 | RESONATOR, RESONATOR ASSEMBLY, FILTER, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING RESONATOR | SAN MARTIN, JAYDI A | — |
| 18561458 | RESONATOR, RESONATOR ASSEMBLY, FILTER, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD FOR FABRICATING RESONATOR AND PACKAGING STRUCTURE | SAN MARTIN, JAYDI A | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18800402 | ARCUATE CUTTING TOOL PART, CUTTING TOOL AND MACHINING DEVICE | DONG, LIANG | 44d overdue |
| 18479216 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING MEASUREMENTS ON A WORKPIECE AS WELL AS MACHINING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MACHINING A WORKPIECE | EL SAYAH, MOHAMAD O | 16d overdue |
| 19283811 | TIGHTENING STRAP FOR SKI BOOTS AND SKI BOOT PROVIDED WITH SUCH STRAP | PRANGE, SHARON M | 9d overdue |
| 18267356 | DEVICE FOR DISINFECTING A FLUID FLOW IN A CONDUIT BY MEANS OF UV-C RADIATION | CHOI, JAMES J | 4d overdue |
| 18386899 | EDDY CURRENT TESTING APPARATUS AND RELATED METHODS | LANE, DEVON | 29d |
| 19407373 | FIREARM STOCK WITH ACCESSORY RAIL MOUNTING SYSTEM | TILLMAN, JR, REGINALD S | — |
| 19398919 | RECOIL PAD ASSEMBLY FOR FIREARM | CAUDLE, LOGAN WILLIAM | — |
| 19276293 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE ELECTRIC MOTOR OF A ROAD MOTOR VEHICLE | KINGSLAND, KYLE J | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18636433 | MOTOR VEHICLE WITH A SOUND GENERATION ASSEMBLY | CASILLASHERNANDEZ, OMAR | 16d overdue |
| 18289929 | MACHINE AND METHOD FOR COOKING FOOD | WEINERT, WILLIAM C | 5d |
| 18266572 | DISPENSING NOZZLE FOR A MILK MODULE FOR PRODUCING HOT OR COLD, FOAMED OR NON-FOAMED MILK | WEN, KEVIN GUANHUA | 29d |
| 18427167 | Controlled Tissue Dissection Systems and Methods | DANG, ANH TIEU | 34d |
| 19632518 | BINDER COMPOSITIONS AND USE THEREOF | YOON, TAE H | — |
| 19407373 | FIREARM STOCK WITH ACCESSORY RAIL MOUNTING SYSTEM | TILLMAN, JR, REGINALD S | — |
| 19288727 | Controlled Tissue Dissection Systems and Methods | DANG, ANH TIEU | — |
| 19173315 | VISUAL DISTRESS SIGNAL DEVICE | CASILLASHERNANDEZ, OMAR | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3761 | 6 |
| 3753 | 5 |
| 3763 | 5 |
| 3771 | 4 |
| 3641 | 3 |
| 2951 | 3 |
| 3732 | 3 |
| 3663 | 2 |
| 3617 | 2 |
| 3725 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19632518 | BINDER COMPOSITIONS AND USE THEREOF | Nilo Limited | YOON, TAE H | 1762 | §112DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 30, 2026 |
| 19407373 | FIREARM STOCK WITH ACCESSORY RAIL MOUNTING SYSTEM | Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. | TILLMAN, JR, REGINALD S | 3641 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 03, 2025 |
| 19398919 | RECOIL PAD ASSEMBLY FOR FIREARM | Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. | CAUDLE, LOGAN WILLIAM | 3641 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 24, 2025 |
| 19380028 | TOUCH SENSOR AND TOUCH INPUT DEVICE COMPRISING SAME | HiDeep, Inc. | PATEL, SANJIV D | 2625 | §103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 05, 2025 |
| 19341530 | DISPLAY DRIVING DEVICE OF PIXEL ARRAY HAVING A PLURALITY OF PIXEL DRIVING CIRCUITS | Raontech, Inc. | GILES, EBONI N | 2622 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2025 |
| 35526635 | Buckle | Calzaturificio S.C.A.R.P.A. S.p.A. | CUSTER, KELLY A | 2951 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2025 |
| 19288727 | Controlled Tissue Dissection Systems and Methods | Bioprotect Ltd. | DANG, ANH TIEU | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 01, 2025 | |
| 19283811 | TIGHTENING STRAP FOR SKI BOOTS AND SKI BOOT PROVIDED WITH SUCH STRAP | Calzaturificio S.C.A.R.P.A.S.P.A. | PRANGE, SHARON M | 3732 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 9d overdue | Pending | Jul 29, 2025 |
| 19276293 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE ELECTRIC MOTOR OF A ROAD MOTOR VEHICLE | Ferrari S.p.A. | KINGSLAND, KYLE J | 3663 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 22, 2025 |
| 19247563 | MOTOR VEHICLE AND RELATED CONTROL METHOD | Ferrari S.p.A. | PETTIEGREW, TOYA R | 3662 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2025 |
| 19246514 | CONVERTIBLE SILENCER | Discovery Energy, LLC | TRAN, BINH Q | 3746 | §101§102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 23, 2025 |
| 19243820 | SLIDE TAKEDOWN AND MAGAZINE DISCONNECT ASSEMBLY FOR FIREARMS | Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. | KLEIN, GABRIEL J | 3641 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2025 |
| 19243904 | ZONAL ELASTIC SHOE MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | Fujian Ligang New Material Technology Co., Ltd. | ZHAO, AIYING | 3732 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2025 |
| 19239897 | MOTOR VEHICLE WITH ACTIVE SUSPENSIONS AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE | Ferrari S.p.A. | HUYNH, HAI H | 3747 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 16, 2025 |
| 35526554 | Office table | 2Workfromx Aps | YOSINSKI, JENNIFER SIERRA | 2951 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 02, 2025 |
| 19208044 | GARMENT HANGER WITH A ROTATABLE HOOK | Mainetti (Uk) Limited | HALL, FORREST G | 3732 | §102 | Final Rejection | 43d overdue | Pending | May 14, 2025 |
| 19173315 | VISUAL DISTRESS SIGNAL DEVICE | Sirius Signal, LLC | CASILLASHERNANDEZ, OMAR | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 08, 2025 | |
| 19084937 | STEERING WHEEL FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE WITH A GLASS CONTROL INTERFACE | Ferrari S.p.A. | YABUT, DANIEL D | 3617 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2025 |
| 19079411 | STABILIZATION OF DC-TO-DC CONVERTER | Curtis Instruments, Inc. | CAULK, JENNIFER CHRISTINE | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2025 | |
| 19068714 | DETECTING FAILED PULSE FROM RF POWER SOURCE | Asm Ip Holding B.V. | PRETLOW, DEMETRIUS R | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 03, 2025 | |
| 19055594 | MOTOR VEHICLE WITH HILL DESCENT CONTROL CONTROLLED BY PEDALS AND RELATIVE CONTROL PROCESS | Ferrari S.p.A. | DAGER, JONATHAN M | 3663 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 18, 2025 |
| 19102826 | A LOCK AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A KEY | Henry Squire & Sons Holdings Ltd. | HOROWITZ, NOAH NMN | 3675 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 10, 2025 |
| 19016340 | FLOW CONTROL SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS | Ichor Systems, Inc. | SANCHEZ-MEDINA, REINALDO | 3753 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2025 |
| 19014670 | SUPPORT FOR A REAR-VIEW MIRROR AND METHOD FOR MOUNTING A SUPPORT FOR A REAR-VIEW MIRROR | Ferrari S.p.A. | AKARAGWE, YANICK A | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 09, 2025 | |
| 19013782 | GUIDED FLOW VALVE ASSEMBLY AND SYSTEM INCORPORATING SAME | Ichor Systems, Inc. | ROST, ANDREW J | 3753 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2025 |
| 18983538 | ELECTRIC MOTOR FOR AUTO-TRACTION AND ROAD VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH SUCH MOTOR | Ferrari S.p.A. | YOUNG, EDWIN | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2024 | |
| 18980182 | VEHICLE FOR TRANSPORTING MOTOR VEHICLES | Ferrari S.p.A. | RESTIFO, JEFFREY J | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2024 | |
| 18713569 | SHIELD RING INCLUDED IN SPACER FOR GAS INSULATION SWITCHGEAR HAVING ELECTRONIC TRANSFORMER EMBEDDED THEREIN | Tai Han Electric Wire Co., Ltd. | SMITH, COURTNEY L | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2024 | |
| 18872451 | A Cell Surface Marker Signature for Arrhythmogenic Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes | The University of Queensland | KELLY, ROBERT M | 1638 | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2024 |
| 18871984 | MOBILE ASSEMBLY LINE AND ASSOCIATED METHOD, PARTICULARLY FOR THE ASSEMBLY OF VEHICLES | Cpm S.p.A. | HESS, DOUGLAS A | 3651 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2024 |
| 18968312 | SELECTOR KNOB FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE | Ferrari S.p.A. | ROGERS, ADAM D | 3617 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2024 |
| 18869126 | NOVEL HEPATOSELECTIVE POLYADENYLATING POLYMERASES INHIBITORS AND THEIR METHOD OF USE | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | JACKSON, SHAWQUIA | 1626 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
| 18957004 | PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING A STRUCTURAL COMPONENT IN COMPOSITE MATERIAL STIFFENED WITH AT LEAST ONE STRINGER | Leonardo S.p.A. | DODDS, SCOTT | 1746 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2024 |
| 18954887 | COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME | Leonardo S.p.A. | CHOI, PETER Y | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2024 | |
| 18955514 | FLUID DELIVERY SYSTEM | Ichor Systems, Inc. | ARUNDALE, ROBERT K | 3753 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2024 |
| 18950495 | MULTI-TARGET TRACKING SYSTEM | Leonardo S.p.A. | LE, HAILEY R | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2024 | |
| 18943350 | CONFIGURABLE WHEEL FOR A VEHICLE | Ferrari S.p.A. | MORANO IV, SAMUEL J | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 11, 2024 | |
| 18931589 | METHOD FOR THE MANUFACTURING OF A STIFFENED STRUCTURAL COMPONENT MADE OF COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND STRUCTURAL COMPONENT | Leonardo S.p.A. | WILLIAMS, CEDRICK S | 1749 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 30, 2024 |
| 35527031 | Electric grill | Smeg S.p.A. | PHAM, RICKY NGOC | 2951 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 15, 2024 |
| 18915152 | SYSTEMS AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING FLUID FLOW | Ichor Systems, Inc. | KEASEL, ERIC S | 3753 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 14, 2024 |
| 18902613 | MOTOR VEHICLE PROVIDED WITH FUEL CELLS WITH AN IMPROVED SOUND EMISSION | Ferrari S.p.A. | HUNTER, JOHN S | 3761 | §103 | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | Sep 30, 2024 |
| 18851873 | IMPROVED PLASTIC MASKS | Kajuem Holdings Pty Limited | DANIELS, MATTHEW J | 1742 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 |
| 18886890 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SEAM USING A BENDING MACHINE, AND BENDING MACHINE CONFIGURED FOR THIS PURPOSE | Evobend GmbH | EKIERT, TERESA M | 3725 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 16, 2024 |
| 18845998 | LIQUID HYDROGEN DEGASSING DEVICE | Fives Cryomec AG | BUI, DUNG H | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 11, 2024 | |
| 18845256 | NOVEL DIAZEPINES THAT TARGET YELLOW FEVER VIRUS NON-STRUCTURAL 4B (NS4B) PROTEIN AND THEIR METHOD OF USE | BARUCH S. BLUMBERG INSTITUTE | JACKSON, SHAWQUIA | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 09, 2024 | |
| 18844973 | CARBONATED WATER METERING SYSTEM FOR BEVERAGE MACHINE | Lavazza Professional North America LLC | BUSHEY, CHARLES S | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 08, 2024 | |
| 18822741 | MOTOR VEHICLE WITH IMPROVED ACTIVE ROAD NOISE CANCELLING APPARATUS | Ferrari S.p.A. | TESHALE, AKELAW | 2694 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 03, 2024 |
| 18800402 | ARCUATE CUTTING TOOL PART, CUTTING TOOL AND MACHINING DEVICE | Evobend GmbH | DONG, LIANG | 3724 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 44d overdue | Pending | Aug 12, 2024 |
| 18798912 | BRAKING APPARATUS FOR A VEHICLE WITH A FILTERING ASSEMBLY FOR FILTERING PARTICULATE PRODUCED BY THE OPERATION OF THE BRAKING APPARATUS | Ferrari S.p.A. | ALGARASH, KAREM AKRAM | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 09, 2024 | |
| 18796344 | NUCLEAR WASTE CASK WITH IMPACT PROTECTION, IMPACT AMELIORATION SYSTEM FOR NUCLEAR FUEL STORAGE, UNVENTILATED CASK FOR STORING NUCLEAR WASTE, AND STORAGE AND TRANSPORT CASK FOR NUCLEAR WASTE | Holtec International | IPPOLITO, NICOLE MARIE | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 07, 2024 |
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Start Free Trial90.9% of resolved applications prosecuted by The Belles Group, P.C. were allowed, across 3,676 applications in USPTO records.
2.56 office actions per allowed application on average.
105 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 59 clients, before 96 examiners in 50 art units.