Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
5 pending office actions • 5 clients • 5 examiners • 2 art units • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 26 patents granted in the last 365 days
Wong Meyer Smith & McConnell focuses on Chemistry & Materials, with 140 career applications. The firm currently has 5 pending office actions. It maintains a resolved allowance rate of 84.72 percent, which indicates a strong success rate for its clients in the chemical and materials sectors. The firm averages 3.15 office actions per allowance, suggesting a standard prosecution cycle that involves several interactions with patent examiners.
This average of 3.15 indicates that the firm effectively manages the examination process to achieve its 84.72 percent allowance rate. For a firm with 140 career applications, these metrics show a focused and successful practice in its chosen technology area. Practitioners can view the 5 pending office actions as a sign of an active, specialized docket. The combination of an 84.72 percent allowance rate and an average of 3.15 office actions per allowance demonstrates that the firm is capable of navigating the technical complexities of Chemistry & Materials to secure patent rights for its clients. These figures from 140 career applications provide a clear picture of the firm's established performance.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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 (20%) |
| §102 only | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (60%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHIRSAT, MARCELA | 1 | 73.6% | +19.0% |
| SWENSON, BRIAN L | 1 | 81.1% | +9.4% |
| CORMIER, DAVID G | 1 | 64.4% | +28.8% |
| BASICHAS, ALFRED | 1 | 72.1% | +3.9% |
| REYNOLDS, FRED H | 1 | 33.0% | +39.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19081153 | Tire Barrier Device | SWENSON, BRIAN L | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18783800 | Deep Cleaning Alignment Equipment | CORMIER, DAVID G | 62d |
| 19201056 | Method, Surgical Apparatus, and Surgical Implant for Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures | SHIRSAT, MARCELA | — |
| 18516211 | Gas Heat Exchanger with Baffle for a Combination Oven | BASICHAS, ALFRED | — |
| 18021593 | Effervescent Formulation Containing Apoaequorin | REYNOLDS, FRED H | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18783800 | Deep Cleaning Alignment Equipment | CORMIER, DAVID G | 62d |
| 19201056 | Method, Surgical Apparatus, and Surgical Implant for Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures | SHIRSAT, MARCELA | — |
| 18021593 | Effervescent Formulation Containing Apoaequorin | REYNOLDS, FRED H | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Relja Innovations, Inc. | 1 |
| Micetight, Inc. | 1 |
| Precision Iceblast Corporation | 1 |
| Alto-Shaam | 1 |
| Quincy Bioscience, LLC | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1711 | 1 |
| 1658 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19201056 | Method, Surgical Apparatus, and Surgical Implant for Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures | Relja Innovations, Inc. | SHIRSAT, MARCELA | §101§102DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 07, 2025 | |
| 19081153 | Tire Barrier Device | Micetight, Inc. | SWENSON, BRIAN L | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 17, 2025 | |
| 18783800 | Deep Cleaning Alignment Equipment | Precision Iceblast Corporation | CORMIER, DAVID G | 1711 | §102§112Other | Non-Final OA | 62d | Pending | Jul 25, 2024 |
| 18516211 | Gas Heat Exchanger with Baffle for a Combination Oven | Alto-Shaam, Inc. | BASICHAS, ALFRED | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2023 | |
| 18021593 | Effervescent Formulation Containing Apoaequorin | Quincy Bioscience, LLC | REYNOLDS, FRED H | 1658 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 16, 2023 |
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