Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
23 pending office actions • 21 clients • 22 examiners • 20 art units • 0 of 23 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 64 patents granted in the last 365 days
Themis Law handles Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering matters, with 1,659 career applications and 23 pending office actions. Its resolved allowance rate is 87.1%, indicating a substantial allowance outcome across the recorded resolved applications.
Allowed matters average 2.4 office actions, showing that resolution generally follows more than one examination exchange. Practitioners can use the figure to plan response resources while separately managing the pending docket. The application total supplies context for the historical rate, and the pending-action count identifies current prosecution work.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 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. 8 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 (4%) |
| §103 only | 5 (22%) |
| §102 only | 2 (9%) |
| §112 only | 3 (13%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 12 (52%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RUFO, RYAN C | 2 | 59.0% | +40.8% |
| LI, JOHN DENNY | 1 | 63.2% | +48.4% |
| WITTENSCHLAEGER, THOMAS M | 1 | 71.6% | +11.7% |
| LEWIS, IYONDA LATIFAH | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| MCCARRY JR, ROBERT J | 1 | 81.7% | +16.9% |
| TOLEDO-DURAN, EDWIN J | 1 | 70.0% | +31.7% |
| ZHANG, LEI | 1 | 13.3% | +100.0% |
| DOERRLER, WILLIAM CHARLES | 1 | 77.6% | +14.3% |
| YABUT, DANIEL D | 1 | 56.6% | +27.2% |
| IQBAL, HAMNA FATHIMA | 1 | 81.8% | +22.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18876680 | System for detecting the position of a target located within a reference space | LEWIS, IYONDA LATIFAH | — |
| 18864525 | Bonded electrically insulated joint system for railway rails, method for fabricating such, method of modifying at least one starting type switch rail and use of two switch rails modified in accordance with said modifying method | MCCARRY JR, ROBERT J | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17817770 | Electrode support device for the registration of electroencephalographic signals | WELCH, WILLOW GRACE | 56d overdue |
| 18557220 | Low environmental impact flexible hose, as well as manufacturing method thereof | WOLLSCHLAGER, JEFFREY MICHAEL | 49d overdue |
| 18771896 | Recirculation system for ink or other material in a printing apparatus, in particular inkjet, and apparatus comprising said recirculation system | LEBRON, JANNELLE M | 35d overdue |
| 18556767 | System consisting of modular elements for making raised and/or aerated ribbed floors | SADLON, JOSEPH | 5d |
| 18258477 | Sock or the like comprising sock structure with biomechanical effects particularly suitable for football. cycling and similar sports | HADEN, SALLY CLINE | 26d |
| 18554639 | Mold for the forming of a spacer device for the replacement of an articular prosthesis | BEHA, CAROLINE | 29d |
| 19473612 | System for acquiring images in intraoperative magnetic resonance | LI, JOHN DENNY | — |
| 18851039 | Method for the analysis of radiographic images, and in particular lateral-lateral teleradiographic images of the skull, and relative analysis system | ZHANG, LEI | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19206126 | Apparatus for producing folded underwear pads | WITTENSCHLAEGER, THOMAS M | 15d overdue |
| 19473612 | System for acquiring images in intraoperative magnetic resonance | LI, JOHN DENNY | — |
| 18864525 | Bonded electrically insulated joint system for railway rails, method for fabricating such, method of modifying at least one starting type switch rail and use of two switch rails modified in accordance with said modifying method | MCCARRY JR, ROBERT J | — |
| 18858326 | System for cleaning rivers and waterways in general | TOLEDO-DURAN, EDWIN J | — |
| 18851039 | Method for the analysis of radiographic images, and in particular lateral-lateral teleradiographic images of the skull, and relative analysis system | ZHANG, LEI | — |
| 18847238 | System for reducing the regeneration consumption of a dehumidifier | DOERRLER, WILLIAM CHARLES | — |
| 18829027 | Process for separating, collecting and storing pieces cut from one or more metal sheets and system implementing said process | YABUT, DANIEL D | — |
| 18839431 | Method for manufacturing a diode radiation sensor | IQBAL, HAMNA FATHIMA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3798 | 2 |
| 3761 | 2 |
| 3731 | 1 |
| 2647 | 1 |
| 3615 | 1 |
| 3678 | 1 |
| 3993 | 1 |
| 3724 | 1 |
| 2817 | 1 |
| 2853 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19473612 | System for acquiring images in intraoperative magnetic resonance | Esaote S.p.A. | LI, JOHN DENNY | 3798 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 08, 2025 |
| 19206126 | Apparatus for producing folded underwear pads | Gdm S.p.A. | WITTENSCHLAEGER, THOMAS M | 3731 | §112 | Final Rejection | 15d overdue | Pending | May 13, 2025 |
| 18876680 | System for detecting the position of a target located within a reference space | Adant Technologies, Inc. | LEWIS, IYONDA LATIFAH | 2647 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
| 18864525 | Bonded electrically insulated joint system for railway rails, method for fabricating such, method of modifying at least one starting type switch rail and use of two switch rails modified in accordance with said modifying method | AB Consulting S.A.S. Di Andrea Bracciali & C. | MCCARRY JR, ROBERT J | 3615 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 09, 2024 |
| 18858326 | System for cleaning rivers and waterways in general | Mold Srl | TOLEDO-DURAN, EDWIN J | 3678 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 20, 2024 |
| 18851039 | Method for the analysis of radiographic images, and in particular lateral-lateral teleradiographic images of the skull, and relative analysis system | Cefla S.C. | ZHANG, LEI | 3798 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 25, 2024 |
| 18847238 | System for reducing the regeneration consumption of a dehumidifier | Mst Engineering Dell'Ing. Francesco Marzaro | DOERRLER, WILLIAM CHARLES | 3993 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 14, 2024 |
| 18829027 | Process for separating, collecting and storing pieces cut from one or more metal sheets and system implementing said process | Starmatik Srl Uninominale | YABUT, DANIEL D | 3724 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 09, 2024 |
| 18839431 | Method for manufacturing a diode radiation sensor | Fondazione Bruno Kessler | IQBAL, HAMNA FATHIMA | 2817 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 18, 2024 |
| 18839394 | Improved gantry machine tool | Hpt Sinergy S.r.l. | RUFO, RYAN C | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 16, 2024 | |
| 18771896 | Recirculation system for ink or other material in a printing apparatus, in particular inkjet, and apparatus comprising said recirculation system | Cefla Società Cooperativa | LEBRON, JANNELLE M | 2853 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 35d overdue | Pending | Jul 12, 2024 |
| 18602027 | Femoral element of knee spacer | Cossington Limited | SHARMA, YASHITA | 3774 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 12, 2024 |
| 18689002 | A UWB radar device | Aria Sensing S.r.l. | WOLFORD, NAOMI M | 3648 | §103 | Final Rejection | 18d overdue | Pending | Mar 04, 2024 |
| 18681185 | Filtering device for plastic materials with cleaning system | Alessandro Sartori | ROTONDI, CONNOR JON | 1779 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 05, 2024 |
| 18293762 | Electrochemical biofilm sensor | Alvim Srl | QIAN, SHIZHI | 1795 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2024 |
| 18579488 | Coffee grinder with control of the ground coffee quantity dispensed in each dose | Cma Macchine Per Caffè S.r.l. | DANG, KET D | 3761 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2024 |
| 18575258 | An electrospindle | Saccardo Gcf S.r.l. | RUFO, RYAN C | 3763 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 28, 2023 |
| 18560373 | Delivery assembly for a machine for preparing beverages, comprising a piercing element for capsules | Cma Macchine Per Caffè S.r.l. | EVANGELISTA, THEODORE JUSTINE | 3761 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 10, 2023 |
| 18557220 | Low environmental impact flexible hose, as well as manufacturing method thereof | Fitt S.p.A. | WOLLSCHLAGER, JEFFREY MICHAEL | 1742 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 49d overdue | Pending | Oct 25, 2023 |
| 18556767 | System consisting of modular elements for making raised and/or aerated ribbed floors | Geoplast Spa | SADLON, JOSEPH | 3635 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 5d | Pending | Oct 23, 2023 |
| 18554639 | Mold for the forming of a spacer device for the replacement of an articular prosthesis | Cossington Limited | BEHA, CAROLINE | 1748 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 29d | Pending | Oct 10, 2023 |
| 18258477 | Sock or the like comprising sock structure with biomechanical effects particularly suitable for football. cycling and similar sports | Coffinardi & Delpanno Industries Srl | HADEN, SALLY CLINE | 3732 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 26d | Pending | Jun 20, 2023 |
| 17817770 | Electrode support device for the registration of electroencephalographic signals | Spes Medica Srl | WELCH, WILLOW GRACE | 3792 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 56d overdue | Pending | Aug 05, 2022 |
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Start Free Trial87.1% of resolved applications prosecuted by Themis Law were allowed, across 1,659 applications in USPTO records.
2.40 office actions per allowed application on average.
23 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 21 clients, before 22 examiners in 20 art units.
