Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Computing & Software • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
6 pending office actions • 5 clients • 5 examiners • 4 art units • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Vitruvian IP Law LLC operates in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems with 62 career applications. The firm has achieved a resolved allowance rate of 85.71 percent. This performance involves an average of 3.83 office actions per allowance, which suggests a detailed negotiation process with examiners.
There are 6 pending office actions currently under management. The 85.71 percent allowance rate indicates a strong success rate for its 62 career applications. The 3.83 average office actions per allowance provides a baseline for the expected effort required to secure grants in this technology area. The 6 pending office actions represent the firm's current active cases.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (17%) |
| §112 only | 1 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KWIECINSKI, RYAN D | 2 | 68.2% | +19.7% |
| HTAY, LIN LIN M | 1 | 71.4% | +24.6% |
| BIRCH, EKATERINA THOMASA | 1 | — | — |
| MOTT, ADAM JOSEPH | 1 | 96.7% | -14.3% |
| SKUBINNA, CHRISTINE J | 1 | 61.7% | +20.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18656629 | DOUBLE NOTCH ETCH TO REDUCE UNDER CUT OF MICRO ELECTRO-MECHANICAL SYSTEM (MEMS) DEVICES | MOTT, ADAM JOSEPH | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18542131 | ADJUSTABLE SUPPORT SYSTEMS AND METHODS | KWIECINSKI, RYAN D | 84d overdue |
| 18350007 | URINE BASED NUTRIENT-RECOVERY SYSTEMS AND METHODS | SKUBINNA, CHRISTINE J | 8d |
| 19071935 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTENT CREATION COLLABORATION | HTAY, LIN LIN M | — |
| 18820419 | METHODS OF MANUFACTURE OF MEMS MIRROR ARRAYS WITH REDUCED CROSSTALK | BIRCH, EKATERINA THOMASA | — |
| 18629299 | BOX BEAM ADJUSTABLE SUPPORT SYSTEMS | KWIECINSKI, RYAN D | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18542131 | ADJUSTABLE SUPPORT SYSTEMS AND METHODS | KWIECINSKI, RYAN D | 84d overdue |
| 18350007 | URINE BASED NUTRIENT-RECOVERY SYSTEMS AND METHODS | SKUBINNA, CHRISTINE J | 8d |
| 19071935 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTENT CREATION COLLABORATION | HTAY, LIN LIN M | — |
| 18629299 | BOX BEAM ADJUSTABLE SUPPORT SYSTEMS | KWIECINSKI, RYAN D | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| SIMPSON STRONG-TIE COMPANY INC. | 2 |
| Localbuzz, Inc. | 1 |
| Calient.Al Inc. | 1 |
| Calient.AI | 1 |
| Earle Barnhart | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3635 | 2 |
| 2153 | 1 |
| 1713 | 1 |
| 3754 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19071935 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTENT CREATION COLLABORATION | Localbuzz, Inc. | HTAY, LIN LIN M | 2153 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2025 |
| 18820419 | METHODS OF MANUFACTURE OF MEMS MIRROR ARRAYS WITH REDUCED CROSSTALK | Calient.Al Inc. | BIRCH, EKATERINA THOMASA | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2024 | |
| 18656629 | DOUBLE NOTCH ETCH TO REDUCE UNDER CUT OF MICRO ELECTRO-MECHANICAL SYSTEM (MEMS) DEVICES | Calient AI Inc. | MOTT, ADAM JOSEPH | 1713 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 07, 2024 |
| 18629299 | BOX BEAM ADJUSTABLE SUPPORT SYSTEMS | Simpson Strong-Tie Company Inc. | KWIECINSKI, RYAN D | 3635 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 08, 2024 |
| 18542131 | ADJUSTABLE SUPPORT SYSTEMS AND METHODS | Simpson Strong-Tie Company Inc. | KWIECINSKI, RYAN D | 3635 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 84d overdue | Pending | Dec 15, 2023 |
| 18350007 | URINE BASED NUTRIENT-RECOVERY SYSTEMS AND METHODS | Earle Barnhart | SKUBINNA, CHRISTINE J | 3754 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 8d | Pending | Jul 11, 2023 |
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