Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Wentsler LLC

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

11 pending office actions • 7 clients • 10 examiners • 8 art units • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Wentsler LLC handles patent prosecution in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area, with 152 career applications on record. The firm has a resolved allowance rate of 83.95 percent. Its prosecution history shows an average of 3.06 office actions per allowance. Currently, the firm is managing 7 pending office actions.

The 152 career applications and 83.95 percent allowance rate establish the firm's historical performance in this sector. The 3.06 average helps practitioners understand the typical procedural requirements for reaching an allowance. With 7 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.

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

Quality Metrics (n=152 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

84.0%
Allowance Rate
n=152
+0.35σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=152
3.1
OAs to Allowance
n=68
-0.35σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=68
1019 days
Time to Allowance
n=68
+23.6pp
Interview Lift
n=152
27.2%
RCE Rate
n=152
0.0%
Appeal Rate
n=152

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

—
§101 Overcome
n=6 (min 20)
51.2%
§102 Overcome
n=41
59.4%
§103 Overcome
n=64
64.9%
§112 Overcome
n=57

Specialization & Scale

A01F, F16L, A01D
Top CPC Subclasses
14%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=152
5
Practitioners
n=152
30.4
Apps / Practitioner
n=152

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (1)

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.

6
Hard (55%)
3
Medium (27%)
2
Easy (18%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (9%)
§103 only3 (27%)
§112 only2 (18%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (45%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
18% of docket
1
Information Tech
9% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
45% of docket
3
Business / Other
27% 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.

110 h
Manual time on pending OAs
22 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
38 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
WEBB, SUNNY DANIELLE 2 82.1% +23.1%
AHMED, ARHAM NMN 1 — —
HUTCHINS, CATHLEEN R 1 83.9% +7.9%
ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S 1 74.1% +24.5%
NEWAY, BLAINE GIRMA 1 30.2% +39.8%
MELARAGNO, MICHAEL 1 67.4% +11.7%
ZHANG, MICHAEL N 1 54.2% +23.3%
TRINH, MINH N 1 85.5% +9.8%
RIPA, BRYAN D 1 53.9% +37.2%
MOSCOLA, MATTHEW JOHN 1 64.8% +15.8%

Quick Wins (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18030018 PIN ARRAYING DEVICE, ARRAY FOR PIN ARRAYING, AND PIN ARRAYING METHOD TRINH, MINH N —

Hard Cases (6)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18701028 CONTAINER, DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A LIQUID CLEANING AGENT MELARAGNO, MICHAEL 33d
19115736 METHOD FOR CREATING A TOKENIZED PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION, A COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND A DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM AHMED, ARHAM NMN —
18876658 BALER AND METHOD FOR FORMING ROUND BALES WEBB, SUNNY DANIELLE —
18876652 BALER HUTCHINS, CATHLEEN R —
18876649 BALER WEBB, SUNNY DANIELLE —
18876654 BALER ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S —

Interview Candidates (8)

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
17611166 ROUND BALER MOSCOLA, MATTHEW JOHN 42d overdue
18444832 SOILING SOLUTION ZHANG, MICHAEL N 8d overdue
18143311 REMOVING SYSTEM RIPA, BRYAN D 27d
18701028 CONTAINER, DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A LIQUID CLEANING AGENT MELARAGNO, MICHAEL 33d
18876658 BALER AND METHOD FOR FORMING ROUND BALES WEBB, SUNNY DANIELLE —
18876649 BALER WEBB, SUNNY DANIELLE —
18876654 BALER ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S —
18756300 DEVICE FOR STORING EVERYDAY OBJECTS AND A MUSIC MODULE FOR AN EVERYDAY OBJECT NEWAY, BLAINE GIRMA —

Client Portfolio (7 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
24371
36721
36711
37351
37541
17811
17941
36631

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19115736 METHOD FOR CREATING A TOKENIZED PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION, A COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND A DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM Cibex AG AHMED, ARHAM NMN 2437 §101§102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 26, 2025
18876658 BALER AND METHOD FOR FORMING ROUND BALES Kverneland Group Ravenna S.r.l. WEBB, SUNNY DANIELLE §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 18, 2024
18876652 BALER Kverneland Group Ravenna S.r.l. HUTCHINS, CATHLEEN R 3672 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 18, 2024
18876649 BALER Kverneland Group Ravenna S.r.l. WEBB, SUNNY DANIELLE 3671 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 18, 2024
18876654 BALER Kverneland Group Ravenna S.r.l. ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 18, 2024
18756300 DEVICE FOR STORING EVERYDAY OBJECTS AND A MUSIC MODULE FOR AN EVERYDAY OBJECT Tradaris Limited NEWAY, BLAINE GIRMA 3735 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 27, 2024
18701028 CONTAINER, DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A LIQUID CLEANING AGENT Schaerer AG MELARAGNO, MICHAEL 3754 §103§112 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Apr 12, 2024
18444832 SOILING SOLUTION USG INTERIORS, LLC ZHANG, MICHAEL N 1781 §112 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Feb 19, 2024
18030018 PIN ARRAYING DEVICE, ARRAY FOR PIN ARRAYING, AND PIN ARRAYING METHOD Finecs Co., Ltd. TRINH, MINH N §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 08, 2023
18143311 REMOVING SYSTEM Daido Metal Co., Ltd. RIPA, BRYAN D 1794 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending May 04, 2023
17611166 ROUND BALER Kverneland Group Ravenna S.r.l. MOSCOLA, MATTHEW JOHN 3663 §103 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Nov 14, 2021

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