Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Networking & Security • Communications • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
17 pending office actions • 11 clients • 17 examiners • 8 art units • 0 of 17 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
TROP, PRUNER & HU, P.C. specializes in Networking & Security with 5955 career applications. The firm maintains a resolved allowance rate pct of 84.7. Prosecution in this technical area involves 4.3 avg_office_actions_per_allowance to reach a grant. This 4.3 avg_office_actions_per_allowance reflects the complexity of networking patents and the persistence required to overcome examiner rejections.
The firm is currently managing 9 pending office actions. With 5955 career applications, the firm has deep experience in complex networking technologies. The 4.3 avg_office_actions_per_allowance indicates a rigorous examination environment that requires multiple responses to reach an allowance. The 84.7 resolved allowance rate pct demonstrates that despite the number of office actions, the firm successfully secures patents for the vast majority of its clients. These 5955 career applications and the 84.7 resolved allowance rate pct highlight the firm's established presence in the networking and security domain.
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 only | 2 (12%) |
| §103 only | 4 (24%) |
| §102 only | 3 (18%) |
| §112 only | 1 (6%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (35%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (6%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARRY, DAPHNE MARIE | 1 | 75.9% | +28.7% |
| TIETJEN, MARINA ANNETTE | 1 | 75.0% | +20.8% |
| SIPP, AMY R. | 1 | 71.1% | +25.6% |
| ZIMMERMAN, BRIAN A | 1 | 18.2% | +18.5% |
| GAGNON, GRANT A | 1 | 82.8% | +7.8% |
| TANNER, JOCELIN C | 1 | 72.2% | +34.8% |
| GOLDEN, CHINESSA T | 1 | 57.9% | +4.8% |
| SALCE, JASON P | 1 | 68.1% | +16.2% |
| BILODEAU, DAVID | 1 | 77.0% | +14.5% |
| DOUGHERTY, SEAN PATRICK | 1 | 74.7% | +15.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19245547 | CHOKE SYSTEM WITH CAPACITY FOR PASSAGE OF LARGE DEBRIS | TIETJEN, MARINA ANNETTE | — |
| 19125074 | SPINAL RETRACTOR SYSTEM | SIPP, AMY R. | — |
| 19055050 | UNIFIED RECEIVER ARCHITECTURE FOR A PLURALITY OF WIRELESS PROTOCOLS | ZIMMERMAN, BRIAN A | — |
| 19019753 | VISION TRAINING DEVICE WITH REFRACTIVE INDEX-ADJUSTABLE LENS | GAGNON, GRANT A | — |
| 18925951 | INTELLIGENT SYNCHRONOUS DATA TRANSMISSION SCHEDULING FOR CO-EXISTENCE | BILODEAU, DAVID | — |
| 18917029 | ORTHOTIC SUPPORT AND STIMULUS SYSTEMS AND METHODS | DOUGHERTY, SEAN PATRICK | — |
| 18736721 | IV Catheter Securement Device | AHMED, TASNIM M | — |
| 18601408 | VOLTAGE REGULATOR TO ENABLE REDUCED MEMORY EFFECTS IN POWER AMPLIFIER | MARANO, NATASHA YOLANDA | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18971076 | MEDIA DISTRIBUTION AND MANAGEMENT PLATFORM | SALCE, JASON P | 81d overdue |
| 19266319 | ACTUATOR | BARRY, DAPHNE MARIE | — |
| 19245547 | CHOKE SYSTEM WITH CAPACITY FOR PASSAGE OF LARGE DEBRIS | TIETJEN, MARINA ANNETTE | — |
| 19125074 | SPINAL RETRACTOR SYSTEM | SIPP, AMY R. | — |
| 19055050 | UNIFIED RECEIVER ARCHITECTURE FOR A PLURALITY OF WIRELESS PROTOCOLS | ZIMMERMAN, BRIAN A | — |
| 19018495 | BIOCOMPATIBLE BIOMEDICAL OCCLUSION DEVICE | TANNER, JOCELIN C | — |
| 18925951 | INTELLIGENT SYNCHRONOUS DATA TRANSMISSION SCHEDULING FOR CO-EXISTENCE | BILODEAU, DAVID | — |
| 18917029 | ORTHOTIC SUPPORT AND STIMULUS SYSTEMS AND METHODS | DOUGHERTY, SEAN PATRICK | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Silicon Laboratories Inc. | 5 |
| Sri Energy, Inc. | 2 |
| Texas A&M | 2 |
| GENESYS SPINE | 1 |
| Edenlux Corporation | 1 |
| USTUDIO, INC. | 1 |
| Articulate Labs, Inc. | 1 |
| Horizontal Wireline Services, LLC | 1 |
| On-X Life Technologies, Inc. | 1 |
| Quest Medical, Inc. | 1 |
| SHAPE MEMORY MEDICAL, INC. | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3753 | 1 |
| 2686 | 1 |
| 1788 | 1 |
| 2421 | 1 |
| 2648 | 1 |
| 2471 | 1 |
| 3771 | 1 |
| 2147 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19266319 | ACTUATOR | Sri Energy, Inc. | BARRY, DAPHNE MARIE | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 11, 2025 | |
| 19245547 | CHOKE SYSTEM WITH CAPACITY FOR PASSAGE OF LARGE DEBRIS | Sri Energy, Inc. | TIETJEN, MARINA ANNETTE | 3753 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 23, 2025 |
| 19125074 | SPINAL RETRACTOR SYSTEM | Genesys Spine | SIPP, AMY R. | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 28, 2025 | |
| 19055050 | UNIFIED RECEIVER ARCHITECTURE FOR A PLURALITY OF WIRELESS PROTOCOLS | Silicon Laboratories Inc. | ZIMMERMAN, BRIAN A | 2686 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 17, 2025 |
| 19019753 | VISION TRAINING DEVICE WITH REFRACTIVE INDEX-ADJUSTABLE LENS | Edenlux Corporation | GAGNON, GRANT A | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2025 | |
| 19018495 | BIOCOMPATIBLE BIOMEDICAL OCCLUSION DEVICE | The Texas A&M University System | TANNER, JOCELIN C | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2025 | |
| 19017990 | MEDICAL DEVICES COATED WITH SHAPE MEMORY POLYMER FOAMS | The Texas A&M University System | GOLDEN, CHINESSA T | 1788 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2025 |
| 18971076 | MEDIA DISTRIBUTION AND MANAGEMENT PLATFORM | USTUDIO, INC. | SALCE, JASON P | 2421 | Other | Final Rejection | 81d overdue | Pending | Dec 06, 2024 |
| 18925951 | INTELLIGENT SYNCHRONOUS DATA TRANSMISSION SCHEDULING FOR CO-EXISTENCE | Silicon Laboratories Inc. | BILODEAU, DAVID | 2648 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2024 |
| 18917029 | ORTHOTIC SUPPORT AND STIMULUS SYSTEMS AND METHODS | Articulate Labs, Inc. | DOUGHERTY, SEAN PATRICK | §101Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 16, 2024 | |
| 18897264 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC DEPTH POSITIONING OF WIRE CONVEYED OPERATIONS | Horizontal Wireline Services, LLC | PATEL, JIGNESHKUMAR C | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2024 | |
| 18818901 | Biological Chord Repair System and Methods | On-X Life Technologies, Inc. | PELLEGRINO, BRIAN E | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2024 | |
| 18736721 | IV Catheter Securement Device | Quest Medical, Inc. | AHMED, TASNIM M | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 07, 2024 | |
| 18732504 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS TO ENABLE WAKE-UP ON TRIGGER IN A MESH NETWORK | Silicon Laboratories Inc. | CHOWDHURY, FAHMIDA S | 2471 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 03, 2024 |
| 18618018 | SHAPE MEMORY POLYMER VESSEL OCCLUSION DEVICE | Shape Memory Medical, Inc. | LAUER, CHRISTINA C | 3771 | §103 | Final Rejection | 3d overdue | Pending | Mar 27, 2024 |
| 18601408 | VOLTAGE REGULATOR TO ENABLE REDUCED MEMORY EFFECTS IN POWER AMPLIFIER | Silicon Laboratories Inc. | MARANO, NATASHA YOLANDA | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2024 | |
| 17677009 | COMPRESSING INFORMATION IN AN END NODE USING AN AUTOENCODER NEURAL NETWORK | Silicon Laboratories Inc. | LEY, SALLY THI | 2147 | §103 | Final Rejection | 5d overdue | Pending | Feb 22, 2022 |
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