Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Wissing Miller LLP

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

37 pending office actions • 24 clients • 33 examiners • 26 art units • 0 of 37 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Wissing Miller LLP has 39 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering and 1319 career applications. Its resolved allowance rate is 91.23%, with an average of 3.11 office actions per allowance.

The reported allowance rate is the central outcome measure for this profile, while the pending docket identifies ongoing examination work. The office-action average indicates that allowed matters typically involve repeated prosecution activity rather than immediate resolution. Practitioners handling device and mechanical claims can use the figures to set expectations for amendment and response planning, while recognizing that aggregate results do not predict any individual application.

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

Quality Metrics (n=1319 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

91.2%
Allowance Rate
n=1319
+0.54σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1319
3.1
OAs to Allowance
n=770
-0.22σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=770
973 days
Time to Allowance
n=770
+5.8pp
Interview Lift
n=1319
31.6%
RCE Rate
n=1319
1.4%
Appeal Rate
n=1319

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

62.9%
§101 Overcome
n=62
75.4%
§102 Overcome
n=394
75.4%
§103 Overcome
n=540
79.8%
§112 Overcome
n=402

Specialization & Scale

H01R, E05Y, E05F
Top CPC Subclasses
20%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1319
4
Practitioners
n=1319
329.8
Apps / Practitioner
n=1319

Portfolio Summary

37
Total Pending OAs
27
Non-Final OAs
10
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

7
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
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. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (7)

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.

24
Hard (65%)
12
Medium (32%)
1
Easy (3%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (5%)
§103 only11 (30%)
§102 only1 (3%)
§112 only1 (3%)
Multi-statute (no §101)22 (59%)

Industry Mix

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

5
Life Sciences
14% of docket
2
Information Tech
5% of docket
2
Communications
5% of docket
2
Semiconductors
5% of docket
26
Mechanical / Eng
70% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

370 h
Manual time on pending OAs
74 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
130 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HENDERSON, RYAN N 3 63.9% +18.7%
BOLER, RYNAE E 3 62.4% +8.8%
WONG, YUEN H 1 82.1% +33.3%
HESCHEL, SUSAN MARIE 1 77.0% +17.8%
NGUYEN, HIEN NGOC 1 52.7% +40.8%
GREENE, DANIEL LAWSON 1 76.6% +16.7%
TAUFIQ, FARAH N 1 61.3% +23.9%
WILSON, BRIAN P 1 62.5% +41.3%
NEAL, TIMOTHY JAY 1 78.0% +13.2%
SURGAN, ALEXANDRA L 1 47.7% +28.6%

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
19138519 SUBSTRUCTURE WONG, YUEN H —

Hard Cases (24)

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
17843217 ENDOSCOPIC FLUORESCENCE IMAGING HENDERSON, RYAN N 81d overdue
17910699 Subsea desalination system for shallow water GERMAIN, ADAM ADRIEN 67d overdue
19219180 ELECTROMECHANICAL ACTUATOR FOR A SUN PROTECTION OR A PRIVACY DEVICE HESCHEL, SUSAN MARIE —
19218437 Breast Cancer Screening of Xray-Dense Breasts Using Rotary ABUS and Advanced Artificial Intelligence NGUYEN, HIEN NGOC —
19197510 COSMETIC APPLICATOR WITH SEPARATELY FORMED SURFACE TAUFIQ, FARAH N —
19123550 METHOD FOR DETECTING AN OBSTRUCTION OF AN AUTOMATIC DOOR SYSTEM AS WELL AS A DETECTION UNIT WILSON, BRIAN P —
18993116 DOOR LEAF AS WELL AS A DOOR SYSTEM AGUDELO, PAOLA —
18880198 ASSEMBLY TYPE BAR STOOL BASE AND BAR STOOL COMPRISING SAME ISLAM, SYED A —

Interview Candidates (11)

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
17843217 ENDOSCOPIC FLUORESCENCE IMAGING HENDERSON, RYAN N 81d overdue
18209947 PORTABLE ENDOSCOPE WITH STEERABLE CANNULA HENDERSON, RYAN N 77d overdue
19138519 SUBSTRUCTURE WONG, YUEN H —
19219180 ELECTROMECHANICAL ACTUATOR FOR A SUN PROTECTION OR A PRIVACY DEVICE HESCHEL, SUSAN MARIE —
19218437 Breast Cancer Screening of Xray-Dense Breasts Using Rotary ABUS and Advanced Artificial Intelligence NGUYEN, HIEN NGOC —
19132597 BRAKING SYSTEM COMPRISING A PARKING BRAKING DEVICE WITH INCREASED OPERATIONAL RELIABILITY GREENE, DANIEL LAWSON —
19197510 COSMETIC APPLICATOR WITH SEPARATELY FORMED SURFACE TAUFIQ, FARAH N —
19123550 METHOD FOR DETECTING AN OBSTRUCTION OF AN AUTOMATIC DOOR SYSTEM AS WELL AS A DETECTION UNIT WILSON, BRIAN P —

Client Portfolio (24 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37958
36343
36332
37722
36671
36371
37971
36651
17541
26891

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19138519 SUBSTRUCTURE Devlp WONG, YUEN H 3667 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 12, 2025
19219180 ELECTROMECHANICAL ACTUATOR FOR A SUN PROTECTION OR A PRIVACY DEVICE Somfy Activites SA HESCHEL, SUSAN MARIE 3637 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 27, 2025
19218437 Breast Cancer Screening of Xray-Dense Breasts Using Rotary ABUS and Advanced Artificial Intelligence Shih-Ping Wang NGUYEN, HIEN NGOC 3797 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 26, 2025
19132597 BRAKING SYSTEM COMPRISING A PARKING BRAKING DEVICE WITH INCREASED OPERATIONAL RELIABILITY Hitachi Astemo Heilbronn GmbH GREENE, DANIEL LAWSON 3665 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 23, 2025
19197510 COSMETIC APPLICATOR WITH SEPARATELY FORMED SURFACE Toly Management Ltd. TAUFIQ, FARAH N 1754 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 02, 2025
19123550 METHOD FOR DETECTING AN OBSTRUCTION OF AN AUTOMATIC DOOR SYSTEM AS WELL AS A DETECTION UNIT Assa Abloy Entrance System AB WILSON, BRIAN P 2689 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 23, 2025
19176809 ENDOSCOPY SYSTEM WITH OFF-CENTER DIRECTION OF VIEW Suzhou AcuVu Medical Technology Co., Ltd. NEAL, TIMOTHY JAY 3795 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 11, 2025
19095283 PORTABLE ENDOSCOPE WITH SIDE-MOUNTABLE DISPOSABLE PORTION UroViu Corp. SURGAN, ALEXANDRA L 3799 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 31, 2025
18993116 DOOR LEAF AS WELL AS A DOOR SYSTEM Assa Abloy Entrance Systesms AB AGUDELO, PAOLA 3633 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 10, 2025
18992497 ACTUATOR FOR DRIVING A SCREEN Somfy Activites SA SHABLACK, JOHNNIE A 3634 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 08, 2025
18880198 ASSEMBLY TYPE BAR STOOL BASE AND BAR STOOL COMPRISING SAME Yuhua Wang ISLAM, SYED A 3636 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 30, 2024
18873811 LID AND LID SYSTEM Jets AS NICHOLS, PHYLLIS M 3753 §102 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Dec 11, 2024
18960739 METHOD OF PRODUCTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES FROM CORN USING AN ALKALINE COOKING PROCESS, TREATMENT-USE OF ALKALINE COOKING RESIDUES FOR PRODUCTION OF DISTILLED ALCOHOL FOR PURPOSES OF HUMAN CONSUMPTION AND/OR INDUSTRIAL USE Casa Lumbre S.A.P.I De C.V. DUBOIS, PHILIP A 1791 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 26, 2024
18927416 APPARATUS AND METHOD TO FACILITATE INTRODUCTION OF CERVICAL BALLOON CATHETER The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research LONG, SARAH A 3771 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 25, 2024
18840160 TENSION ARRANGEMENT FOR A DOOR OPERATOR SYSTE Assa Abloy AB MASSAD, ABE L 3634 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 21, 2024
18800017 Structural Assembly Andrew Taylor BUCKLE JR, JAMES J 3633 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 10, 2024
18835192 THERMALLY BONDED GRANULATE Rockpore AS GREEN, ANTHONY J 1731 §101§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 01, 2024
18833700 ROLLER SKI COMPRISING AN IMPROVED SHOCK ABSORBER DEVICE Ff Rollerskis AS WALSH, MICHAEL THOMAS 3613 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 26, 2024
18722204 SIDE SEALING Assa Abloy AB PONCIANO, PATRICK BERNAS 3634 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 20, 2024
18714938 ERROR DATA REPORTING FOR ENTRANCE SYSTEMS Assa Abloy AB POPE, DARYL C 2686 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 30, 2024
18656006 Core biopsy tissue sample dislodging onto an adhesives-free strip on an insert fitting into industry-standard cassette for further processing URO-1, Inc. TOWA, RENE T 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 88d overdue Pending May 06, 2024
18628133 ERGONOMIC URETEROSCOPE HAVING SINGLE-USE AND REUSABLE PORTIONS Micronvision Corp. HENDERSON, RYAN N 3795 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 05, 2024
18692959 SPEED AND LANDING ZONE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Precision Approach LLC HANSELL JR., RICHARD A 2486 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 18, 2024
18685945 METHOD FOR MONITORING AN AUTOMATIC DOOR SYSTEM AS WELL AS SYSTEM WITH AN AUTOMATIC DOOR SYSTEM Assa Abloy AB FORRISTALL, JOSHUA L 2857 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 23, 2024
18288272 INSTALLATION FOR TREATING WASTEWATER FROM A TOILET AND SANITARY UNIT COMPRISING SUCH AN INSTALLATION Mizufalls SA GURTOWSKI, RICHARD C 1773 §103 Final Rejection 42d overdue Pending Oct 25, 2023
18288325 AUTOMATIC DOOR OPERATOR IN ENTRANCE SYSTEM Assa Abloy AB LAUGHLIN, NATHAN L 2119 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 25, 2023
18378057 CHARGING ADAPTER FOR CHARGING A BATTERY FOR BLINDS AND ELECTRIC CURTAINS ALL HAVING A DC BATTERY Somfy Activites SA MCDANIEL, TYNESE V 2859 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 09, 2023
18374740 HAND-HELD ENDOSCOPIC SYSTEM WITH A SINGLE-USE CANNULA AND A SINGLE-USE ACCESS SHEATH Micronvision Corp. BOLER, RYNAE E 3795 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 29, 2023
18211486 HAND-HELD, MULTI-BAND IMAGING PEN Micronvision Corp. BOLER, RYNAE E 3795 §103 Final Rejection 104d overdue Pending Jun 19, 2023
18209947 PORTABLE ENDOSCOPE WITH STEERABLE CANNULA UroViu Corp. HENDERSON, RYAN N 3795 §103 Non-Final OA 77d overdue Pending Jun 14, 2023
18113395 PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY IMAGING Micronvision Corp. BOLER, RYNAE E 3795 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 23, 2023
18083209 Compact Robotic Endoscope Micronvision Corp. CHOU, WILLIAM B 3795 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 16, 2022
17979512 MULTIPRONG APPLICATOR WITH MEMBRANE Shya Hsin Packaging Industry (China) Co., Ltd. RUIZ MARTIN, LUIS MIGUEL 3772 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 02, 2022
17910699 Subsea desalination system for shallow water Waterise AS GERMAIN, ADAM ADRIEN 1777 §103§112 Final Rejection 67d overdue Pending Sep 09, 2022
17843217 ENDOSCOPIC FLUORESCENCE IMAGING Micronvision Corp. HENDERSON, RYAN N 3795 §103§112 Final Rejection 81d overdue Pending Jun 17, 2022
17194094 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING USER INTENTION FROM LIMB OR BODY MOTION OR TRAJECTORY TO CONTROL NEUROMUSCULAR STIMUATION OR PROSTHETIC DEVICE OPERATION The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research MARSH, OWEN LEWIS 3796 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 05, 2021
16850292 COSMETIC APPLICATOR WITH SEPARATE BRUSH AND MOLDED APPLICATOR STRUCTURES Toly Management Ltd. GILL, JENNIFER FRANCES 3772 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 16, 2020

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Wissing Miller LLP's patent allowance rate?

91.2% of resolved applications prosecuted by Wissing Miller LLP were allowed, across 1,319 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Wissing Miller LLP average before allowance?

3.11 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Wissing Miller LLP have?

37 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 24 clients, before 33 examiners in 26 art units.

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