Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Communications • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
9 pending office actions • 7 clients • 9 examiners • 4 art units • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
TIAJOLOFF & KELLY LLP has managed 536 career applications in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The firm maintains a resolved allowance rate pct of 81.09. Its prosecution process involves an avg office actions per allowance of 2.87, providing a benchmark for the expected intensity of the examination process.
The firm currently has 5 pending office actions. This small number of active matters relative to 536 career applications suggests a high rate of case resolution. The avg office actions per allowance of 2.87 highlights the firm's consistent approach to overcoming examiner objections. With a resolved allowance rate pct of 81.09, the firm shows a solid track record in the mechanical engineering sector. These 5 pending office actions represent the current focus of its ongoing prosecution work.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 2 (22%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 7 (78%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NIA, ALIREZA | 1 | 41.7% | +49.5% |
| KAISER, SYED M | 1 | 86.1% | +6.7% |
| WALSH, MICHAEL THOMAS | 1 | 77.6% | +26.5% |
| BARBOZA, MARCUS ALEXANDER | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| JONES, JAMES WILLIAM | 1 | 73.0% | +20.8% |
| PRESSLEY, PAUL DEREK | 1 | 60.5% | +28.1% |
| SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | 1 | 83.6% | +13.0% |
| EKIERT, TERESA M | 1 | 79.3% | +3.1% |
| IGUE, ROBERTO TOSHIHARU | 1 | 57.7% | +20.8% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18289879 | TAMPING MACHINE FOR COMPACTING THE BALLAST BED OF A TRACK | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18372646 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING AMMONIA AS A FUEL SOURCE FOR ENGINES | IGUE, ROBERTO TOSHIHARU | 5d overdue |
| 18561301 | DRAWBENCH | PRESSLEY, PAUL DEREK | 56d |
| 19226100 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PAIN SUPPRESSION WITH COOLING | NIA, ALIREZA | — |
| 19094347 | METHOD FOR GENERATING A NEW LIGHTING FEATURE AND/OR A NEW PIECE OF LIGHTING INFORMATION TAKING INTO ACCOUNT A PIECE OF PERFORMANCE INFORMATION, A COMPUTER SYSTEM CONFIGURED TO EXECUTE THE METHOD AND A COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT COMPRISING SECTIONS OF SOFTWARE CODE | KAISER, SYED M | — |
| 18977559 | SPLASH GUARD FOR PARTIALLY COVERING A WET REGION SURROUNDING A ROTATING COMPONENT | WALSH, MICHAEL THOMAS | — |
| 18869208 | ELECTOACOUSTIC TRANSDUCER | BARBOZA, MARCUS ALEXANDER | — |
| 18558199 | HOT FORMING A CAST FORGING INGOT | EKIERT, TERESA M | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18372646 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING AMMONIA AS A FUEL SOURCE FOR ENGINES | IGUE, ROBERTO TOSHIHARU | 5d overdue |
| 18561301 | DRAWBENCH | PRESSLEY, PAUL DEREK | 56d |
| 19226100 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PAIN SUPPRESSION WITH COOLING | NIA, ALIREZA | — |
| 18977559 | SPLASH GUARD FOR PARTIALLY COVERING A WET REGION SURROUNDING A ROTATING COMPONENT | WALSH, MICHAEL THOMAS | — |
| 18700858 | DEVICE FOR DETECTING CROSSTIES OF A TRACK | JONES, JAMES WILLIAM | — |
| 18289879 | TAMPING MACHINE FOR COMPACTING THE BALLAST BED OF A TRACK | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| University of Central Florida Research Foundation Inc. | 2 |
| HP3 Real | 2 |
| Ma Lighting Technology GmbH | 1 |
| Technische Universität Graz | 1 |
| Carl Maria Ingwar Lechleitner | 1 |
| Most Technik GmbH | 1 |
| GFM GmbH | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3725 | 2 |
| 2692 | 1 |
| 3615 | 1 |
| 3741 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19226100 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PAIN SUPPRESSION WITH COOLING | UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. | NIA, ALIREZA | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 02, 2025 | |
| 19094347 | METHOD FOR GENERATING A NEW LIGHTING FEATURE AND/OR A NEW PIECE OF LIGHTING INFORMATION TAKING INTO ACCOUNT A PIECE OF PERFORMANCE INFORMATION, A COMPUTER SYSTEM CONFIGURED TO EXECUTE THE METHOD AND A COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT COMPRISING SECTIONS OF SOFTWARE CODE | Ma Lighting Technology GmbH | KAISER, SYED M | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2025 | |
| 18977559 | SPLASH GUARD FOR PARTIALLY COVERING A WET REGION SURROUNDING A ROTATING COMPONENT | Technische Universität Graz | WALSH, MICHAEL THOMAS | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 | |
| 18869208 | ELECTOACOUSTIC TRANSDUCER | Carl Maria Ingwar Lechleitner | BARBOZA, MARCUS ALEXANDER | 2692 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
| 18700858 | DEVICE FOR DETECTING CROSSTIES OF A TRACK | Hp3 Real GmbH | JONES, JAMES WILLIAM | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 12, 2024 | |
| 18561301 | DRAWBENCH | Most Technik GmbH | PRESSLEY, PAUL DEREK | 3725 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 56d | Pending | Nov 16, 2023 |
| 18289879 | TAMPING MACHINE FOR COMPACTING THE BALLAST BED OF A TRACK | Hp3 Real GmbH | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | 3615 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 07, 2023 |
| 18558199 | HOT FORMING A CAST FORGING INGOT | Gfm GmbH | EKIERT, TERESA M | 3725 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2023 |
| 18372646 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING AMMONIA AS A FUEL SOURCE FOR ENGINES | UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. | IGUE, ROBERTO TOSHIHARU | 3741 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 5d overdue | Pending | Sep 25, 2023 |
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