Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Tutunjian & Bitetto, P.C.

Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

57 pending office actions • 44 clients • 55 examiners • 43 art units • 0 of 57 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

TUTUNJIAN & BITETTO, P.C. manages 3004 career applications in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The firm maintains a resolved allowance rate pct of 86.09. Prosecution efficiency is reflected in 2.99 avg_office_actions_per_allowance. This 2.99 avg_office_actions_per_allowance indicates the typical number of rounds of examination required to reach an allowance.

Currently, the firm is addressing 50 pending office actions. The 86.09 resolved allowance rate pct across 3004 career applications indicates a strong track record of securing grants. The 2.99 avg_office_actions_per_allowance suggests a balanced approach to overcoming examiner rejections. With 50 pending office actions, the firm is actively prosecuting its 3004 career applications. The 86.09 resolved allowance rate pct demonstrates the firm's effectiveness in the mechanical engineering sector, providing clients with a high probability of success.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Quality Metrics (n=3005 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

86.2%
Allowance Rate
n=3005
+0.46σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=3005
3.0
OAs to Allowance
n=2208
-0.45σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=2208
975 days
Time to Allowance
n=2208
+2.7pp
Interview Lift
n=3005
22.6%
RCE Rate
n=3005
2.9%
Appeal Rate
n=3005

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

72.6%
§101 Overcome
n=281
76.0%
§102 Overcome
n=783
76.7%
§103 Overcome
n=1250
80.2%
§112 Overcome
n=1087

Specialization & Scale

G06F, G06Q, H04N
Top CPC Subclasses
13%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=3005
5
Practitioners
n=3005
601.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=3005

Portfolio Summary

57
Total Pending OAs
35
Non-Final OAs
20
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
0
Due this week
4
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 30 days (4)

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

33
Hard (58%)
17
Medium (30%)
7
Easy (12%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only6 (11%)
§101 + other8 (14%)
§103 only14 (25%)
§102 only2 (4%)
§112 only7 (12%)
Double-patenting + other1 (2%)
Multi-statute (no §101)19 (33%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

12
Life Sciences
21% of docket
5
Information Tech
9% of docket
3
Communications
5% of docket
4
Semiconductors
7% of docket
22
Mechanical / Eng
39% of docket
11
Business / Other
19% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

570 h
Manual time on pending OAs
114 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
200 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
5.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
WOOD, KIMBERLY T 2 54.8% +27.6%
PATEL, BRIJESH V 2 64.7% +40.6%
GEIST, RICHARD EDWIN 1 52.0% +27.4%
RUHL, DENNIS WILLIAM 1 26.3% +23.5%
ALSHACK, OSMAN M 1 86.3% +14.7%
GURSKI, AMANDA KAREN 1 33.7% +29.2%
SMITH, NKEISHA 1 73.0% +16.8%
PATEL, TAJASH D 1 80.8% +7.3%
CHOUDHURY, RAQIUL A 1 86.5% +5.7%
SWEARINGEN, JEFFREY R 1 76.3% +21.3%

Quick Wins (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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19200833 GARMENT PATEL, TAJASH D —
19116338 A DIGITAL TWIN-BASED SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR THE 6G ECOSYSTEM CHOUDHURY, RAQIUL A —

Hard Cases (33)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17752282 AUXILIARY QUBIT VERIFICATION IN QUANTUM CIRCUITS CALLE, ANGEL JAVIER 5d overdue
19030586 METHODS AND SYSTEMS TO QUANTIFY AND INDEX LIQUIDITY RISK IN FINANCIAL MARKETS AND RISK MANAGEMENT CONTRACTS THEREON PUTTAIAH, ASHA 4d overdue
18251906 THYRISTOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME GONDARENKO, NATALIA A 4d overdue
18110215 COMPUTING NETWORKS, ARCHITECTURES AND TECHNIQUES FOR PROCESSING USER-SOURCED DATA IN CHANNEL EVENTS HENRY, MATTHEW D 8d
18949229 DYNAMIC MUTUAL FEEDBACK-BASED METHOD FOR PROPERTY PLACEMENT IN FLOOD EVACUATION, PRODUCT, MEDIUM, AND DEVICE SCHEUNEMANN, RICHARD N 9d
18553453 PLANT AND PROCESS FOR REMOVING SUSPENDED SOLIDS, OILS AND GREASES FROM COOLING WATER IN THE STEEL AND METALLURGICAL SECTOR KEYWORTH, PETER 12d
19161784 OPTIMISED MANAGEMENT OF INTERVENTIONS BETWEEN AT LEAST TWO INDIVIDUALS AT THE SAME PLACE OF INTEREST GEIST, RICHARD EDWIN —
18860171 CO2 EMISSION CALCULATION SYSTEM, CO2 EMISSION CALCULATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM RUHL, DENNIS WILLIAM —

Interview Candidates (10)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19144836 PIPE CLIP WITH WIDTH CURVATURE AT FLANGES WOOD, KIMBERLY T 17d overdue
19161784 OPTIMISED MANAGEMENT OF INTERVENTIONS BETWEEN AT LEAST TWO INDIVIDUALS AT THE SAME PLACE OF INTEREST GEIST, RICHARD EDWIN —
18860171 CO2 EMISSION CALCULATION SYSTEM, CO2 EMISSION CALCULATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM RUHL, DENNIS WILLIAM —
19223201 DETERMINING DYNAMIC QUANTUM ERROR CORRECTION SCHEMES ALSHACK, OSMAN M —
18849863 WAREHOUSE WORK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, WAREHOUSE WORK MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAM GURSKI, AMANDA KAREN —
19128723 PIPE CLIP SMITH, NKEISHA —
19116342 A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIGITAL TWIN INTEGRATION IN IOT NETWORKS USED IN RURAL AREAS SWEARINGEN, JEFFREY R —
19077658 FOOD SERVING SYSTEM PATEL, BRIJESH V —

Client Portfolio (44 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
24442
37362
16622
37832
36651
36261
36311
36321
37321
24451

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19161784 OPTIMISED MANAGEMENT OF INTERVENTIONS BETWEEN AT LEAST TWO INDIVIDUALS AT THE SAME PLACE OF INTEREST Iavc GEIST, RICHARD EDWIN 3665 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 03, 2025
18860171 CO2 EMISSION CALCULATION SYSTEM, CO2 EMISSION CALCULATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM Logisteed, Ltd. RUHL, DENNIS WILLIAM 3626 §101 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 07, 2025
19144836 PIPE CLIP WITH WIDTH CURVATURE AT FLANGES J. Van Walraven Holding B.V. WOOD, KIMBERLY T 3631 §103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Jun 30, 2025
19223201 DETERMINING DYNAMIC QUANTUM ERROR CORRECTION SCHEMES Classiq Technologies Ltd. ALSHACK, OSMAN M §101 Non-Final OA — Pending May 30, 2025
18849863 WAREHOUSE WORK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, WAREHOUSE WORK MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAM Logisteed, Ltd. GURSKI, AMANDA KAREN §101§102 Non-Final OA — Pending May 23, 2025
19128723 PIPE CLIP J. Van Walraven Holding B.V. SMITH, NKEISHA 3632 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 09, 2025
19200833 GARMENT J Tut Upper Hand, LLC PATEL, TAJASH D 3732 §103 Final Rejection — Pending May 07, 2025
19116338 A DIGITAL TWIN-BASED SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR THE 6G ECOSYSTEM Bts Kurumsal Bilisim Teknolojileri Anonim Sirketi CHOUDHURY, RAQIUL A 2444 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 27, 2025
19116342 A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIGITAL TWIN INTEGRATION IN IOT NETWORKS USED IN RURAL AREAS Bts Kurumsal Bilisim Teknolojileri Anonim Sirketi SWEARINGEN, JEFFREY R 2445 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 27, 2025
19116344 A LOW LATENCY REINFORCEMENT LEARNING-SUPPORTED AND DIGITAL TWIN-ENABLED DATA TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT AND OPTIMIZATION SYSTEM FOR 6G SMART CITY INFRASTRUCTURES AND AN OPERATION METHOD THEREOF Bts Kurumsal Bilisim Teknolojileri Anonim Sirketi CELANI, NICHOLAS P §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 27, 2025
19116345 A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CHANNEL ACCESS IN OPPORTUNISTIC REINFORCEMENT LEARNING-BASED 802.11 NETWORKS Bts Kurumsal Bilisim Teknolojileri Anonim Sirketi GEE, JASON KAI YIN 2495 §101§102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 27, 2025
19077658 FOOD SERVING SYSTEM Lifetime Brands, Inc. PATEL, BRIJESH V 3736 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 12, 2025
19108470 METHOD AND APPARATUS OF GENERATING HAPTIC EFFECT FROM AUDIO CONTENT Wyvrn GARCIA, CARLOS E 2686 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 04, 2025
18849148 WAREHOUSE WORK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, WAREHOUSE WORK MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAM Logisteed, Ltd. STIVALETTI, MATHEUS R 3623 §101§103 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 26, 2025
19050311 BIONIC SAILFISH Muqing Yu PAULSON, SHEETAL R. 3615 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 11, 2025
35524925 Application roller for cosmetics Sofis S.R.L TSEHAYE, REBECCA 2932 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 30, 2025
19030586 METHODS AND SYSTEMS TO QUANTIFY AND INDEX LIQUIDITY RISK IN FINANCIAL MARKETS AND RISK MANAGEMENT CONTRACTS THEREON Economic Alchemy Inc. PUTTAIAH, ASHA 3691 §101 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Jan 17, 2025
18995642 DEVICE FOR THE TREATMENT OF OCULAR DISORDERS Espansione Marketing S.p.A. COLLARD JR, DWANE EDWARD §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 16, 2025
19023529 METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING TYPE OF SHALE LAMINASET BASED ON ELECTRICAL IMAGING LOGGING Chongqing University Of Science And Technology MILLER, JOHN W §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 16, 2025
19001805 FOOD PREPARATION AND SERVING SYSTEM Lifetime Brands, Inc. PATEL, BRIJESH V 3736 §102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 26, 2024
18874450 HIGH DENSITY BRAIN ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY FOR READ-OUT AND/OR STIMULATION OF BRAIN TISSUE Phosphoenix B.V. CIRULNICK, EMILY NICOLE 3792 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 12, 2024
18872987 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A GARMENT OR BAG, ASSOCIATED COMPUTER PROGRAM AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEM Paris Sciences Et Lettres HARTMAN JR, RONALD D §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 09, 2024
18872642 ANCHORING ASSEMBLY, COMBINATION OF AN ANCHORING ASSEMBLY AND A STRUCTURAL ELEMENT, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN ANCHORING ASSEMBLY, METHOD FOR MOUNTING AN ANCHORING ASSEMBLY IN AN ELONGATE OPENING IN A STRUCTURAL ELEMENT J. Van Walraven Holding B.V. MCCALISTER, WILLIAM M 3753 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 06, 2024
18871719 PRESERVING PRIVACY IN GENERATING A PREDICTION MODEL FOR PREDICTING USER METADATA BASED ON NETWORK FINGERPRINTING Anagog Ltd. FIORILLO, JAMES N 2444 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 04, 2024
18953444 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OPTIMIZED SCHEDULING OF MASSIVE TRANSPORT VEHICLES IN FLOOD DISASTERS China Three Gorges University HEIM, MARK ROBERT 3668 §101§112 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 20, 2024
18949229 DYNAMIC MUTUAL FEEDBACK-BASED METHOD FOR PROPERTY PLACEMENT IN FLOOD EVACUATION, PRODUCT, MEDIUM, AND DEVICE China Three Gorges University SCHEUNEMANN, RICHARD N 3624 §101 Final Rejection 9d Pending Nov 15, 2024
18865711 USE OF GLYCINE MAX ASPARTATE KINASE/HOMOSERINE DEHYDROGENASE FAMILY GENE GmAK-HSDH Nanjing Agricultural University CHATTERJEE, JAYANTA 1662 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 14, 2024
18859233 PRODUCTION OF THERAPEUTIC ANTIBODIES BY THE MICROALGAE PHAEODACTYLUM TRICORNUTUM UNIVERSITE DE ROUEN NORMANDIE IBRAHIM, MEDINA AHMED 1662 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 23, 2024
18894395 BIONIC RESCUE ROBOT FISH Dongguan University Of Technology OLSON, LARS A §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 24, 2024
18883021 INSTRUMENT STAND FOR MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS Adam Hall GmbH DONELS, JEFFREY §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 12, 2024
18815746 Comparative Exercisa Session Equivalende, Differential Air Pressure (DAP) Systems, Controls And Related Devices And Methods Robert Tremaine Whalen FISK, KATHLEEN M 3784 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 26, 2024
18839299 A PORTABLE DIGITAL NIGHTVISION DEVICE WITH EXTENDED DYNAMIC RANGE AND METHOD USING THE SAME Uab "Yukon Advanced Optics Worldwide" DABBI, JYOTSNA V 2872 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 16, 2024
18838901 SPRING CLIP J. Van Walraven Holding B.V. WOOD, KIMBERLY T §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 15, 2024
18777065 COMPOSITION FOR OBTAINING A MATERIAL FOR TISSUE REGENERATION OR RECONSTRUCTION, FOR EXAMPLE OF BONE TISSUE, OR DRUG DELIVERY, AS WELL AS THE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING SUCH COMPOSITION Brenta S.r.l. BARBER, KIMBERLY 1615 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 18, 2024
18743936 DEVICE FOR REMOVING AND MOUNTING TIRES FROM/ONTO RIMS Femas S.r.l. SHAKERI, HADI §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 14, 2024
18719685 MEDICAL SAMPLING DEVICE FOR CAPTURING BIOANALYTES Idris Oncology B.V. YOON, CHANEL J 3791 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 13, 2024
18709596 ENERGY SUPPLY SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM Steeretail Co., Ltd. OBAYANJU, OMONIYI 2645 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 13, 2024
18706164 OPTICAL UNIT AND OPTICAL LINE SENSOR HAVING SAME Vienex Corporation AMARA, MOHAMED K 2877 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 30, 2024
18700319 DIAGNOSTIC SUPPORT PROGRAM Mediott Co., Ltd. NASHER, AHMED ABDULLALIM-M 2675 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 11, 2024
18605657 SIMILAR MATERIAL FOR ROCK SLOPE MODEL TEST UNDER WATER-ROCK INTERACTION, AND PREPARATION METHOD AND USE THEREOF Wuhan University GUINO-O UZZLE, MARITES A 1731 §112 Final Rejection 17d overdue Pending Mar 14, 2024
18576229 IMPROVED ENRICHMENT OF VITAMIN D3 IN TRANSFORMED COLEOPTERAN LARVAE BY A METHOD OF ULTRAVIOLET TREATMENT AND ASSOCIATED FOOD POWDER Nutri'Earth SONG, JIANFENG 1613 §103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 03, 2024
18576234 MULTILAYER DEVICE FOR A MOULD FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF COMPOSITE PARTS WITH THERMAL BLOCKING BELT Ecole Nationale Superieure D'Arts Et Metiers KIM, YUNJU 1742 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 03, 2024
18559952 SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODE Shindengen Electric Manufacturing Co., Ltd. HOSSAIN, MOAZZAM 2898 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 09, 2023
17914636 COMPOSITE PRE-COATING FILM AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF, AND COMPOSITE FLOOR BANFERT NEW MATERIALS CO., LTD. FLETCHER III, WILLIAM P 1759 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 26, 2023
18553453 PLANT AND PROCESS FOR REMOVING SUSPENDED SOLIDS, OILS AND GREASES FROM COOLING WATER IN THE STEEL AND METALLURGICAL SECTOR Danieli & C. Officine Meccaniche S.p.A. KEYWORTH, PETER 1777 §103§112 Final Rejection 12d Pending Sep 29, 2023
18214162 WATER-SOLUBLE DIETARY FIBER, USE THEREOF IN PREPARATION OF MEDICAMENT THAT PROMOTES METABOLISM OF ELLAGIC ACID INTO UROLITHIN A, AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY CRAIGO, BAHAR ALAWI 1699 §103 Final Rejection 22d Pending Jun 26, 2023
18256782 BALLOON CATHETER SYSTEM Togo Medikit Co., Ltd. TAYLOR, MARISSA ENVENESIA 3783 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 09, 2023
18035797 CRUCIAN CARP (CARASSIUS AURATUS) STRAIN WITHOUT INTERMUSCULAR BONES AND BREEDING METHOD THEREOF Heilongjiang River Fisheries Research Institute Of Chinese Academy Of Fishery Sciences WILSON, MICHAEL C 1638 §112 Final Rejection — Pending May 08, 2023
18251906 THYRISTOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME Shindengen Electric Manufacturing Co., Ltd. GONDARENKO, NATALIA A 2891 §102§103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending May 05, 2023
18249129 ULTRAVIOLET TREATMENT OF COLEOPTERA LARVAE OIL FOR VITAMIN D3 ENRICHMENT Nutri'Earth HAWKINS, AMANDA SALATA 1793 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 14, 2023
18248954 SOYBEAN OLIGOSACCHARIDE-RELATED KOMPETITIVE ALLELE-SPECIFIC PCR (KASP) MARKER AND USE THEREOF Jiangsu Academy Of Agricultural Sciences WILLIAMS, KEITH RICHARD 1663 §101§112 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 13, 2023
18031272 PROCESS FOR THE MILLING OF VEGETABLE-BASED MATERIALS, IN PARTICULAR PLANTS LIKE SEEDS Societe Financiere Industrielle PRESSLEY, PAUL DEREK 3725 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 11, 2023
18110215 COMPUTING NETWORKS, ARCHITECTURES AND TECHNIQUES FOR PROCESSING USER-SOURCED DATA IN CHANNEL EVENTS Surgetech M LLC HENRY, MATTHEW D 3625 §101 Final Rejection 8d Pending Feb 15, 2023
17826610 PORTABLE MICROPROCESSOR-CONTROLLED PERISTALTIC SUCTION APPARATUS Drw Medical LLC KALIHER, HANS CHRISTIAN 3781 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 27, 2022
17752282 AUXILIARY QUBIT VERIFICATION IN QUANTUM CIRCUITS Classiq Technologies Ltd. CALLE, ANGEL JAVIER 2189 §102§103 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending May 24, 2022
17616856 CASE-LIKE DEVICE AND PROSTHETIC COMPONENT EQUIPPED WITH SUCH DEVICE Tecres S.p.A. RIOS, GABRIELLA GISELLE BONO 3774 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 06, 2021
15931631 HYPODERMIC DEVICE WITH AN ARRAY OF HYPODERMIC NEEDLES Gravity Holdings, LLC SWANSON, LEAH JENNINGS 3783 §103 Final Rejection — Pending May 14, 2020

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