Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
8 pending office actions • 8 clients • 8 examiners • 6 art units • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Thompson Patent Law Offices PC has handled 914 career applications in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The firm has a resolved allowance rate pct of 87.55. Its prosecution efficiency is characterized by an avg office actions per allowance of 2.24, indicating a focused and effective approach to resolving examiner issues.
There are 5 pending office actions currently being managed by the firm. This small number of active matters relative to 914 career applications suggests a high rate of case closure. The avg office actions per allowance of 2.24 highlights the firm's ability to move applications toward allowance efficiently. With a resolved allowance rate pct of 87.55, the firm demonstrates its success in the mechanical engineering sector. These 5 pending office actions represent the current phase of the firm's ongoing work.
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 (12%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (12%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (62%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (12%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AYAD, TAMIR | 1 | 42.3% | +47.9% |
| POON, ROBERT | 1 | 41.9% | +27.0% |
| ISLAM, PROMOTTO TAJRIAN | 1 | 77.4% | +13.8% |
| PARK, HAEJIN S | 1 | 55.0% | +38.4% |
| NEGIN, RUSSELL SCOTT | 1 | 55.9% | +34.2% |
| SNIEZEK, ANDREW L | 1 | 84.9% | +8.7% |
| ZIEGLER, MATTHEW D | 1 | 48.3% | +53.6% |
| TRAN, JULIE THI | 1 | 33.3% | +70.5% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18333266 | DETACHABLE AMPLIFIER AND SPEAKER MODULE | SNIEZEK, ANDREW L | 100d overdue |
| 19074218 | RECYCLABLE CONTAINER MODULAR DISPENSING SYSTEM | POON, ROBERT | 30d overdue |
| 17447234 | SYMPHONIC PULSED ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THERAPY | TRAN, JULIE THI | 26d |
| 18256393 | GENERIC MODULAR RESPIRATOR | ZIEGLER, MATTHEW D | 34d |
| 18509112 | Biocompatible Protein-Based Particles and Methods Thereof | PARK, HAEJIN S | — |
| 18451735 | COMPOSITION TRACKING OF MIXED SPECIES IN CHEMICAL PROCESSES | NEGIN, RUSSELL SCOTT | — |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19074218 | RECYCLABLE CONTAINER MODULAR DISPENSING SYSTEM | POON, ROBERT | 30d overdue |
| 17447234 | SYMPHONIC PULSED ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THERAPY | TRAN, JULIE THI | 26d |
| 18256393 | GENERIC MODULAR RESPIRATOR | ZIEGLER, MATTHEW D | 34d |
| 19271158 | ELECTRICAL ENERGY GENERATION AND STORAGE SYSTEM WITH SUPERCONDUCITIVITY | AYAD, TAMIR | — |
| 18947585 | INTELLIGENT GUIDANCE 360 BOOTH CAPTURE SYSTEM | ISLAM, PROMOTTO TAJRIAN | — |
| 18509112 | Biocompatible Protein-Based Particles and Methods Thereof | PARK, HAEJIN S | — |
| 18451735 | COMPOSITION TRACKING OF MIXED SPECIES IN CHEMICAL PROCESSES | NEGIN, RUSSELL SCOTT | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Castorena, Juanita | 1 |
| C-Loop Packaging Sweden | 1 |
| Jay Smithweck | 1 |
| PETVIVO HOLDINGS, INC. | 1 |
| Bryan Research & Engineering, LLC | 1 |
| Bassmoto | 1 |
| Aimwell Holding Pty Ltd. | 1 |
| HAELOX, LLC | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1726 | 1 |
| 3735 | 1 |
| 1614 | 1 |
| 2693 | 1 |
| 3785 | 1 |
| 3791 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19271158 | ELECTRICAL ENERGY GENERATION AND STORAGE SYSTEM WITH SUPERCONDUCITIVITY | Castorena, Juanita | AYAD, TAMIR | 1726 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 16, 2025 |
| 19074218 | RECYCLABLE CONTAINER MODULAR DISPENSING SYSTEM | C-Loop Packaging Sweden AB | POON, ROBERT | 3735 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 30d overdue | Pending | Mar 07, 2025 |
| 18947585 | INTELLIGENT GUIDANCE 360 BOOTH CAPTURE SYSTEM | Jay Smithweck | ISLAM, PROMOTTO TAJRIAN | — | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2024 | |
| 18509112 | Biocompatible Protein-Based Particles and Methods Thereof | Petvivo Holdings, Inc. | PARK, HAEJIN S | 1614 | §103§112Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2023 |
| 18451735 | COMPOSITION TRACKING OF MIXED SPECIES IN CHEMICAL PROCESSES | Bryan Research & Engineering, LLC | NEGIN, RUSSELL SCOTT | §101§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 17, 2023 | |
| 18333266 | DETACHABLE AMPLIFIER AND SPEAKER MODULE | BASSMOTO LLC | SNIEZEK, ANDREW L | 2693 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 100d overdue | Pending | Jun 12, 2023 |
| 18256393 | GENERIC MODULAR RESPIRATOR | Aimwell Holding Pty Ltd. | ZIEGLER, MATTHEW D | 3785 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 34d | Pending | Jun 07, 2023 |
| 17447234 | SYMPHONIC PULSED ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THERAPY | Haelox, LLC | TRAN, JULIE THI | 3791 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 26d | Pending | Sep 09, 2021 |
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