Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

The Emanuelson Firm, P.C.

Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

5 pending office actions • 2 clients • 5 examiners • 1 art unit • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

The Emanuelson Firm, P.C. focuses on Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering, with a history of 201 career applications. The firm has achieved a resolved allowance rate pct of 72.37. A notable aspect of their practice is the avg office actions per allowance of 1.85, which indicates the path to grant.

Currently, the firm has 3 pending office actions. This count of 3 pending office actions, when compared to the 201 career applications, represents the active docket. The avg office actions per allowance of 1.85 is a specific metric, implying that the firm often secures allowances with few office actions.

For clients in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering, the 72.37 resolved allowance rate pct combined with resolution metrics provides a view of the firm's prosecution style. The firm maintains a rate of success across its historical filings. The historical filings serve as the foundation for their current prosecution results.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Quality Metrics (n=201 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

72.4%
Allowance Rate
n=201
-0.06σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=201
1.8
OAs to Allowance
n=55
-0.81σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=55
1386 days
Time to Allowance
n=55
+29.6pp
Interview Lift
n=201
7.9%
RCE Rate
n=201
3.3%
Appeal Rate
n=201

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

—
§101 Overcome
n=10 (min 20)
37.0%
§102 Overcome
n=27
47.6%
§103 Overcome
n=21
—
§112 Overcome
n=14 (min 20)

Specialization & Scale

G06F, H04L, H10P
Top CPC Subclasses
17%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=201
1
Practitioners
n=201
201.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=201

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 30 days (2)

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

2
Hard (40%)
3
Medium (60%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (20%)
§102 only1 (20%)
Double-patenting + other1 (20%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (40%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
80% of docket
1
Business / Other
20% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
JANG, JAEICK 1 66.7% +52.6%
LEDERER, SARAH B 1 55.7% +36.9%
ASHIMIU, MAUTIN ISAAC 1 50.6% +51.3%
BUGG, PAIGE KATHLEEN 1 58.6% +58.7%
KHONG, BRIAN THAI-BINH 1 67.1% +36.9%

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17925600 PERSONAL RESPIRATORY PROTECTION DEVICE KHONG, BRIAN THAI-BINH 15d
18231608 SPINAL DECOMPRESSION DEVICE WITH PNEUMATIC BODY HARNESS ASHIMIU, MAUTIN ISAAC —

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18231669 PROGRESSIVE SPINE UNLOCK LEDERER, SARAH B 24d overdue
18231681 SPINAL DECOMPRESSION CONTROLLER BUGG, PAIGE KATHLEEN 9d
17925600 PERSONAL RESPIRATORY PROTECTION DEVICE KHONG, BRIAN THAI-BINH 15d
18747870 Spinal Decompression Treatment Modulation System JANG, JAEICK —
18231608 SPINAL DECOMPRESSION DEVICE WITH PNEUMATIC BODY HARNESS ASHIMIU, MAUTIN ISAAC —

Client Portfolio (2 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Excite Medical of Tampa Bay 4
Gen5 Group, LLC 1

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37854

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18747870 Spinal Decompression Treatment Modulation System Excite Medical Of Tampa Bay, LLC JANG, JAEICK §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 19, 2024
18231669 PROGRESSIVE SPINE UNLOCK Excite Medical Of Tampa Bay, LLC LEDERER, SARAH B 3785 §103 Final Rejection 24d overdue Pending Aug 08, 2023
18231608 SPINAL DECOMPRESSION DEVICE WITH PNEUMATIC BODY HARNESS Excite Medical Of Tampa Bay, LLC ASHIMIU, MAUTIN ISAAC 3785 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 08, 2023
18231681 SPINAL DECOMPRESSION CONTROLLER Excite Medical Of Tampa Bay, LLC BUGG, PAIGE KATHLEEN 3785 §103DP Final Rejection 9d Pending Aug 08, 2023
17925600 PERSONAL RESPIRATORY PROTECTION DEVICE Gen5 Group, LLC KHONG, BRIAN THAI-BINH 3785 §102§103 Final Rejection 15d Pending Nov 15, 2022

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