Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
16 pending office actions • 13 clients • 16 examiners • 8 art units • 0 of 16 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
WELSH FLAXMAN & GITLER LLC handles patent prosecution in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area, with 2249 career applications on record. The firm has a resolved allowance rate of 78.63 percent. Its prosecution history shows an average of 3.15 office actions per allowance. Currently, the firm is managing 10 pending office actions.
The 2249 career applications and 78.63 percent allowance rate establish the firm's historical performance in this sector. The 3.15 average helps practitioners understand the typical procedural requirements for reaching an allowance. With 10 pending office actions, the firm maintains its presence in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. This data set reflects the firm's documented experience and current workload within the patent office. The recorded metrics provide a baseline for procedural duration in this specific field. Practitioners can evaluate the intensity of examiner interaction and resource requirements based on these historical figures. These statistics offer a view of the firm's prosecution profile.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 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. 4 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 | 1 (6%) |
| §103 only | 6 (38%) |
| §102 only | 1 (6%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (6%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 7 (44%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRANDALL, RICHARD W. | 1 | 30.2% | +33.8% |
| SPAMER, DONALD R | 1 | 59.2% | +32.1% |
| ZHANG, RICHARD Z | 1 | 65.9% | +64.5% |
| NORDMEYER, PATRICIA L | 1 | 56.5% | +37.2% |
| WALSH, RYAN D | 1 | 86.9% | +5.6% |
| CHEN, CATHERYNE | 1 | 37.4% | +18.0% |
| MATHEW, SEEMA | 1 | 71.4% | +26.1% |
| WILLSE, DAVID H | 1 | 67.3% | +13.7% |
| PONTON, JAMES D | 1 | 79.9% | +32.7% |
| CARREON, ADRIAN JOHN | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18311641 | FLAME RETARDANT WOOD PLASTIC COMPOSITE TO PASS SMOKE TEST AND METHOD OF MAKING | ANTHONY, JOSEPH DAVID | 55d |
| 19332854 | PROMPT MONITORING SYSTEM FOR GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS | CRANDALL, RICHARD W. | — |
| 18986043 | PIPETTE TIP WASHING DEVICE | ZHANG, RICHARD Z | — |
| 18924272 | SURFACE MATERIALS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE | NORDMEYER, PATRICIA L | — |
| 18911638 | DIAPER RASH PREVENTION SYSTEM UTILIZING GAS ANALYSIS | WALSH, RYAN D | — |
| 18784351 | CRANIAL PLUG INCLUDING A LUCENT DISK | MATHEW, SEEMA | — |
| 18603428 | IN-SITE COMPOSTING SYSTEM FOR COMMUNITY KITCHEN WASTE | CARREON, ADRIAN JOHN | — |
| 18686671 | METHOD AND PLANT FOR PROCESSING BIOLOGICAL SUBSTRATE | FRONDA, CHRISTIAN L | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19332854 | PROMPT MONITORING SYSTEM FOR GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS | CRANDALL, RICHARD W. | — |
| 19062426 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR STERILIZING AND STORAGE OF LABORATORY CONSUMABLES | SPAMER, DONALD R | — |
| 18986043 | PIPETTE TIP WASHING DEVICE | ZHANG, RICHARD Z | — |
| 18924272 | SURFACE MATERIALS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE | NORDMEYER, PATRICIA L | — |
| 18800611 | NUTRACEUTICAL COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN ARTERIAL ENDOTHELIAL CELLS FROM ENDOTHELIAL CELL DYSFUNCTION | CHEN, CATHERYNE | — |
| 18784351 | CRANIAL PLUG INCLUDING A LUCENT DISK | MATHEW, SEEMA | — |
| 18652184 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING SINGLE-STAGE CRANIOPLASTY RECONSTRUCTION WITH A CLEAR CUSTOM CRANIOFACIAL IMPLANT | WILLSE, DAVID H | — |
| 18629434 | NEEDLE STICK PROTECTION DEVICE | PONTON, JAMES D | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Grenova, Inc. | 2 |
| Wilsonart LLC | 2 |
| Longeviti | 2 |
| Qwind, LLC | 1 |
| Nozy Technologies Inc. | 1 |
| K.L.R.M. | 1 |
| Longeviti Neuro Solutions. Inc. | 1 |
| Miller Medical LLC | 1 |
| China Agricultural University | 1 |
| Schmack Biogas Service GmbH | 1 |
| University of South Africa | 1 |
| Aktormed | 1 |
| Johns Hopkins | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3774 | 2 |
| 3619 | 1 |
| 1655 | 1 |
| 1652 | 1 |
| 3797 | 1 |
| 1764 | 1 |
| 3761 | 1 |
| 3795 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19332854 | PROMPT MONITORING SYSTEM FOR GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS | Qwind, LLC | CRANDALL, RICHARD W. | 3619 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 18, 2025 |
| 19062426 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR STERILIZING AND STORAGE OF LABORATORY CONSUMABLES | Grenova, Inc. | SPAMER, DONALD R | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 25, 2025 | |
| 18986043 | PIPETTE TIP WASHING DEVICE | Grenova, Inc. | ZHANG, RICHARD Z | §102§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2024 | |
| 18924272 | SURFACE MATERIALS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE | Wilsonart LLC | NORDMEYER, PATRICIA L | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 23, 2024 | |
| 18911638 | DIAPER RASH PREVENTION SYSTEM UTILIZING GAS ANALYSIS | Nozy Technologies Inc. | WALSH, RYAN D | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 10, 2024 | |
| 18800611 | NUTRACEUTICAL COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN ARTERIAL ENDOTHELIAL CELLS FROM ENDOTHELIAL CELL DYSFUNCTION | K.L.R.M., LLC | CHEN, CATHERYNE | 1655 | §102§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 12, 2024 |
| 18784351 | CRANIAL PLUG INCLUDING A LUCENT DISK | Longeviti Neuro Solutions, Inc. | MATHEW, SEEMA | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2024 | |
| 18652184 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING SINGLE-STAGE CRANIOPLASTY RECONSTRUCTION WITH A CLEAR CUSTOM CRANIOFACIAL IMPLANT | Longeviti Neuro Solutions. Inc. | WILLSE, DAVID H | 3774 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 01, 2024 |
| 18629434 | NEEDLE STICK PROTECTION DEVICE | Miller Medical LLC | PONTON, JAMES D | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 08, 2024 | |
| 18603428 | IN-SITE COMPOSTING SYSTEM FOR COMMUNITY KITCHEN WASTE | China Agricultural University | CARREON, ADRIAN JOHN | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2024 | |
| 18686671 | METHOD AND PLANT FOR PROCESSING BIOLOGICAL SUBSTRATE | Schmack Biogas Service GmbH | FRONDA, CHRISTIAN L | 1652 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2024 |
| 18355941 | SONOLUCENT CRANIAL RECONSTRUCTION DEVICE | Longeviti Neuro Solutions, Inc. | GROSS, JASON PATRICK | 3797 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 83d | Pending | Jul 20, 2023 |
| 18311641 | FLAME RETARDANT WOOD PLASTIC COMPOSITE TO PASS SMOKE TEST AND METHOD OF MAKING | Wilsonart LLC | ANTHONY, JOSEPH DAVID | 1764 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 55d | Pending | May 03, 2023 |
| 18247483 | METHOD OF PRODUCING A NANOFLUID USING LASER ABLATION, CORRESPONDING NANOFLUID AND LASER ABLATION SYSTEM FOR MANUFACTURING NANOFLUIDS | University of South Africa | DODSON, JUSTIN C | 3761 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 31, 2023 |
| 17452813 | SURGERY ASSISTANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING CONTROL SIGNALS FOR VOICE CONTROL OF MOTOR-CONTROLLED MOVABLE ROBOT KINEMATICS OF SUCH A SURGERY ASSISTANCE SYSTEM | Aktormed GmbH | CHOU, WILLIAM B | 3795 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 121d overdue | Pending | Oct 29, 2021 |
| 17344511 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A LOW-PROFILE INTERCRANIAL DEVICE AND THE LOW-PROFILE INTERCRANIAL DEVICE MANUFACTURED THEREBY | The Johns Hopkins University | BAHENA, CHRISTIE L. | 3774 | §103 | Final Rejection | 47d | Pending | Jun 10, 2021 |
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