Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
7 pending office actions • 5 clients • 7 examiners • 6 art units • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Trenner Law Firm, LLC specializes in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering with 731 career applications. The firm maintains a resolved allowance rate pct of 84.06. On average, it takes 2.35 avg_office_actions_per_allowance to secure a patent, which informs budget and timeline expectations for clients. This 2.35 avg_office_actions_per_allowance provides a benchmark for the effort required to reach an allowance in the mechanical sector.
There are 5 pending office actions currently awaiting response. The 84.06 resolved allowance rate pct indicates a reliable path to grant for the 731 career applications processed. This data reflects a stable prosecution practice in the mechanical engineering domain. The firm's experience with 731 career applications provides a solid foundation for navigating the USPTO examination process. Clients can expect a high probability of success, as evidenced by the 84.06 resolved allowance rate pct, while maintaining a manageable number of 5 pending office actions.
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.
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.
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 | 2 (29%) |
| §103 only | 1 (14%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (57%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FERGUSON SAMRETH, MARISSA LIANA | 1 | 69.9% | +11.0% |
| CHERN, CHRISTINA | 1 | 39.1% | +41.3% |
| LEE, BENJAMIN P | 1 | 80.0% | +17.0% |
| SIMMS JR, JOHN ELLIOTT | 1 | 65.3% | +12.5% |
| BAYNES, KEVIN J | 1 | 74.1% | +34.9% |
| KERSHAW, KELLY P | 1 | 17.7% | +16.0% |
| GONG, KRIS HANYU | 1 | 25.7% | +47.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17451108 | Skin Stimulation Tool | GONG, KRIS HANYU | 72d overdue |
| 17451419 | Oral Supplement to Trigger Repair Of Organs | KERSHAW, KELLY P | 46d overdue |
| 18789967 | QUICK MOUNT SYSTEM FOR BOW AND OTHER ACCESSORIES | SIMMS JR, JOHN ELLIOTT | 69d |
| 19221642 | VACUUM PLATEN FOR GARMENT DECORATING TECHNIQUE | FERGUSON SAMRETH, MARISSA LIANA | — |
| 19196980 | Increased-Yield Solar Energy Station | CHERN, CHRISTINA | — |
| 19011817 | Scent Luring Apparatus | LEE, BENJAMIN P | — |
| 18775074 | QUICK MOUNT SYSTEM FOR BOW AND OTHER ACCESSORIES | BAYNES, KEVIN 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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17451108 | Skin Stimulation Tool | GONG, KRIS HANYU | 72d overdue |
| 17451419 | Oral Supplement to Trigger Repair Of Organs | KERSHAW, KELLY P | 46d overdue |
| 18789967 | QUICK MOUNT SYSTEM FOR BOW AND OTHER ACCESSORIES | SIMMS JR, JOHN ELLIOTT | 69d |
| 19221642 | VACUUM PLATEN FOR GARMENT DECORATING TECHNIQUE | FERGUSON SAMRETH, MARISSA LIANA | — |
| 19196980 | Increased-Yield Solar Energy Station | CHERN, CHRISTINA | — |
| 19011817 | Scent Luring Apparatus | LEE, BENJAMIN P | — |
| 18775074 | QUICK MOUNT SYSTEM FOR BOW AND OTHER ACCESSORIES | BAYNES, KEVIN J | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| HAMSKEA ARCHERY SOLUTIONS LLC | 2 |
| Johnson Consulting | 2 |
| Livingston Systems, LLC | 1 |
| Envigor Energy, LLC | 1 |
| Ghost Drag, LLC | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2853 | 1 |
| 1722 | 1 |
| 3711 | 1 |
| 3678 | 1 |
| 1791 | 1 |
| 3785 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19221642 | VACUUM PLATEN FOR GARMENT DECORATING TECHNIQUE | Livingston Systems, LLC | FERGUSON SAMRETH, MARISSA LIANA | 2853 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 29, 2025 |
| 19196980 | Increased-Yield Solar Energy Station | Envigor Energy, LLC | CHERN, CHRISTINA | 1722 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 02, 2025 |
| 19011817 | Scent Luring Apparatus | Ghost Drag, LLC | LEE, BENJAMIN P | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 07, 2025 | |
| 18789967 | QUICK MOUNT SYSTEM FOR BOW AND OTHER ACCESSORIES | Hamskea Archery Solutions LLC | SIMMS JR, JOHN ELLIOTT | 3711 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 69d | Pending | Jul 31, 2024 |
| 18775074 | QUICK MOUNT SYSTEM FOR BOW AND OTHER ACCESSORIES | Hamskea Archery Solutions LLC | BAYNES, KEVIN J | 3678 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 17, 2024 |
| 17451419 | Oral Supplement to Trigger Repair Of Organs | Johnson Consulting, LLC | KERSHAW, KELLY P | 1791 | §103 | Final Rejection | 46d overdue | Pending | Oct 19, 2021 |
| 17451108 | Skin Stimulation Tool | Johnson Consulting, LLC | GONG, KRIS HANYU | 3785 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 72d overdue | Pending | Oct 15, 2021 |
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