Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
7 pending office actions • 6 clients • 7 examiners • 7 art units • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A. shows a strong performance in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area, with 1075 career applications and a resolved allowance rate of 91.96 percent. The firm currently has 7 pending office actions, indicating a manageable active workload. This high allowance rate suggests a successful strategy in securing patent grants for its clients.
On average, the firm handles 3.93 office actions per allowance. This figure, based on 1075 career applications, reflects a determined prosecution style that often requires multiple rounds of interaction with the patent office. The 91.96 percent resolved allowance rate is a testament to the firm's effectiveness in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector. With 7 pending office actions in progress, the firm continues to leverage its experience in this technical field to achieve favorable outcomes.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 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. 5 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 | 1 (14%) |
| §101 + other | 1 (14%) |
| §103 only | 1 (14%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (57%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| COOPER, JONATHAN EPHRAIM | 1 | 46.4% | +31.8% |
| BOECKELMAN, JACOB A | 1 | 34.9% | +46.5% |
| CHAN, KEVIN | 1 | — | — |
| COLEY, ZADE JAMES | 1 | 72.3% | +26.0% |
| LANE, DANIEL E | 1 | 3.8% | +8.3% |
| MEHTA, BHISMA | 1 | 58.2% | +43.3% |
| TRAN, AMY NMN | 1 | 40.0% | +39.2% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18594836 | Neurological and Motor Function Screening Apparatus | LANE, DANIEL E | 51d overdue |
| 18433218 | Self-Administered Injection Device And Method | MEHTA, BHISMA | 5d |
| 17400797 | DATA-ADAPTIVE INSIGHT AND ACTION PLATFORM FOR HIGHER EDUCATION | TRAN, AMY NMN | 9d |
| 18705966 | SYSTEM AND DEVICE FOR PERFORMING VERTEBRAL AUGMENTATION | COLEY, ZADE JAMES | 12d |
| 19237779 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSESSING RESPIRATION | COOPER, JONATHAN EPHRAIM | 29d |
| 18653947 | SYSTEM FOR STOWING AND DEPLOYING AN ACCESSORY ON A WATERCRAFT | CHAN, KEVIN | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18433218 | Self-Administered Injection Device And Method | MEHTA, BHISMA | 5d |
| 17400797 | DATA-ADAPTIVE INSIGHT AND ACTION PLATFORM FOR HIGHER EDUCATION | TRAN, AMY NMN | 9d |
| 18705966 | SYSTEM AND DEVICE FOR PERFORMING VERTEBRAL AUGMENTATION | COLEY, ZADE JAMES | 12d |
| 19237779 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSESSING RESPIRATION | COOPER, JONATHAN EPHRAIM | 29d |
| 18893414 | SOLID DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR A SKINCARE ACTIVE INGREDIENT | BOECKELMAN, JACOB A | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| REFLEXION INTERACTIVE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | 2 |
| Mana Products, Inc. | 1 |
| Premier Marine, LLC | 1 |
| EncapsuleMED, Inc. | 1 |
| DJ Medical | 1 |
| Civitas Learning | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3791 | 1 |
| 1655 | 1 |
| 3615 | 1 |
| 3775 | 1 |
| 3715 | 1 |
| 3783 | 1 |
| 2126 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19237779 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSESSING RESPIRATION | Reflexion Interactive Technologies, Inc. | COOPER, JONATHAN EPHRAIM | 3791 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 29d | Pending | Jun 13, 2025 |
| 18893414 | SOLID DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR A SKINCARE ACTIVE INGREDIENT | Mana Products, Inc. | BOECKELMAN, JACOB A | 1655 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 23, 2024 |
| 18653947 | SYSTEM FOR STOWING AND DEPLOYING AN ACCESSORY ON A WATERCRAFT | Premier Marine, LLC | CHAN, KEVIN | 3615 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 02, 2024 |
| 18705966 | SYSTEM AND DEVICE FOR PERFORMING VERTEBRAL AUGMENTATION | Encapsulemed, Inc. | COLEY, ZADE JAMES | 3775 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Apr 29, 2024 |
| 18594836 | Neurological and Motor Function Screening Apparatus | Reflexion Interactive Technologies, Inc. | LANE, DANIEL E | 3715 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 51d overdue | Pending | Mar 04, 2024 |
| 18433218 | Self-Administered Injection Device And Method | Dj Medical, LLC | MEHTA, BHISMA | 3783 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 5d | Pending | Feb 05, 2024 |
| 17400797 | DATA-ADAPTIVE INSIGHT AND ACTION PLATFORM FOR HIGHER EDUCATION | Civitas Learning, Inc. | TRAN, AMY NMN | 2126 | §101 | Final Rejection | 9d | Pending | Aug 12, 2021 |
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Start Free Trial92.0% of resolved applications prosecuted by Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A. were allowed, across 1,075 applications in USPTO records.
3.93 office actions per allowed application on average.
7 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 6 clients, before 7 examiners in 7 art units.
