Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
63 pending office actions • 45 clients • 60 examiners • 38 art units • 0 of 63 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
WOODARD, EMHARDT, HENRY, REEVES & WAGNER, LLP focuses on Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering, with 5368 career applications. The firm currently has 44 pending office actions. It maintains a resolved allowance rate of 83.89 percent, indicating a reliable success rate in obtaining patent grants for mechanical and medical innovations. The firm averages 3.22 office actions per allowance, which reflects a typical iterative process with patent examiners.
This average of 3.22 suggests that the firm effectively manages the examination cycle to reach an allowance. For practitioners, the 83.89 percent allowance rate across 5368 career applications provides a clear measure of the firm's established performance in its primary technology area. The 44 pending office actions show that the firm remains active in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field. By averaging 3.22 office actions per allowance, the firm demonstrates a consistent approach to overcoming rejections and securing the 83.89 percent allowance rate for its clients, reflecting its long term experience and success in these engineering disciplines.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 19 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. 19 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 | 2 (3%) |
| §101 + other | 6 (10%) |
| §103 only | 17 (27%) |
| §102 only | 3 (5%) |
| §112 only | 2 (3%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (2%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 3 (5%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 29 (46%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEMER, OSAMA MOHAMMAD | 2 | 66.0% | +51.2% |
| THOMAS, LUCY M | 2 | 62.4% | +17.9% |
| TURK, BROCK E | 2 | 30.2% | +37.5% |
| TILLMAN, JR, REGINALD S | 1 | 77.8% | +11.3% |
| LANGE, ELISABETH MINNEMA | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| TRUONG, MILTON LARSON | 1 | 61.4% | +41.6% |
| WANG, XIAOBEI | 1 | 65.4% | +48.3% |
| VU, BAI DUC | 1 | 78.6% | +18.8% |
| DIVELBISS, MATTHEW H | 1 | 24.0% | +25.2% |
| WHITESELL, STEVEN H | 1 | 81.9% | +12.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19079616 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPTICALLY PROCESSING AN OBJECT | WHITESELL, STEVEN H | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18698986 | DEVICE FOR COVERING AN AREA OF THE BODY OF A PATIENT | CARREIRO, CAITLIN ANN | 53d overdue |
| 18044288 | METHODS FOR GENERATING NEURAL PROGENITOR CELLS WITH A SPINAL CORD IDENTITY | CONNORS, ALEXANDRA F | 45d overdue |
| 17798921 | DETECTION OF COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT IN HUMAN BRAINS FROM IMAGES | BARNES JR, CARL E | 45d overdue |
| 18479456 | EXPANDABLE MESH WITH LOCKING FEATURE | MCEVOY, THOMAS M | 30d overdue |
| 17753496 | APPARATUS AND METHOD | SISON, CHRISTINE ANDREA PAN | 18d overdue |
| 18338819 | EMBOLIC COIL DELIVERY SYSTEMS AND COMPONENTS | NEMER, OSAMA MOHAMMAD | 15d overdue |
| 18605900 | TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM UTILIZING DRONES | SRIVASTAVA, VIVEK | 8d overdue |
| 18556797 | COMPONENTS FOR AN APPARATUS THAT PRODUCES A NEUTRON FLUX | DAVIS, SHARON M | 19d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18338819 | EMBOLIC COIL DELIVERY SYSTEMS AND COMPONENTS | NEMER, OSAMA MOHAMMAD | 15d overdue |
| 18460010 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCALIZED PERMISSION-BASED SHARING OF PERSONAL INFORMATION | TURK, BROCK E | 62d |
| 18338618 | LOCAL TRANSACTION AUTHORIZATION USING BIOMETRIC INFORMATION PROVIDED BY A USER DEVICE | TURK, BROCK E | 69d |
| 19479667 | RECOIL SPRING ASSEMBLY | TILLMAN, JR, REGINALD S | — |
| 19270527 | PERCUTANEOUS, ULTRASOUND-GUIDED INTRODUCTION OF MEDICAL DEVICES | TRUONG, MILTON LARSON | — |
| 19222923 | PRE-EXTRUSION BILLET DESIGNS FOR IMPROVED METAL MATRIX COMPOSITES SYNTHESIZED BY SOLID PHASE PROCESSES | WANG, XIAOBEI | — |
| 19095338 | SELF EXPANDING STENTS AND METHODS | NEMER, OSAMA MOHAMMAD | — |
| 19094057 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR HIGH TRUST DATA GOVERNANCE AND STEWARDSHIP | VU, BAI DUC | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3795 | 4 |
| 3711 | 2 |
| 3771 | 2 |
| 3692 | 2 |
| 3641 | 1 |
| 2951 | 1 |
| 3798 | 1 |
| 1784 | 1 |
| 2163 | 1 |
| 3624 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19479667 | RECOIL SPRING ASSEMBLY | Dubravko Jagunic | TILLMAN, JR, REGINALD S | 3641 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 28, 2025 |
| 35526796 | Cupboard for a washing machine | Washtower Ip B.V. | LANGE, ELISABETH MINNEMA | 2951 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2025 |
| 19270527 | PERCUTANEOUS, ULTRASOUND-GUIDED INTRODUCTION OF MEDICAL DEVICES | Muffin Incorporated | TRUONG, MILTON LARSON | 3798 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 16, 2025 |
| 19222923 | PRE-EXTRUSION BILLET DESIGNS FOR IMPROVED METAL MATRIX COMPOSITES SYNTHESIZED BY SOLID PHASE PROCESSES | Naeco, LLC | WANG, XIAOBEI | 1784 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 29, 2025 |
| 19095338 | SELF EXPANDING STENTS AND METHODS | Cook Medical Technologies LLC | NEMER, OSAMA MOHAMMAD | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 31, 2025 | |
| 19094057 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR HIGH TRUST DATA GOVERNANCE AND STEWARDSHIP | Tiny Maple Ventures Inc. | VU, BAI DUC | 2163 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2025 |
| 19089429 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR EFFICIENT VEHICLE FLEET TRACKING, DEPLOYMENT, AND MANAGEMENT | Fleetwatcher, LLC | DIVELBISS, MATTHEW H | 3624 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2025 |
| 19079616 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPTICALLY PROCESSING AN OBJECT | Vanguard Automation GmbH | WHITESELL, STEVEN H | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2025 | |
| 19106247 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING THE NOISE TEMPERATURE OF SYSTEMS COMPRISING SAMPLES WHICH INTERACT WITH OSCILLATING ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS SUPPORTED BY ELECTROMAGNETIC RESONATORS | Imperial College Innovations Limited | MCANDREW, CHRISTOPHER P | 2858 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 25, 2025 |
| 18994754 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING SURFACE WAVE DATA IN LIQUIDS | Apoha Limited | DOUMBIA, MOHAMED | 2877 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 19019651 | PROCESS FOR CONVERTING C2-C5 HYDROCARBONS TO GASOLINE AND DIESEL FUEL BLENDSTOCKS | Swift Fuels, LLC | CHONG, JASON Y | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2025 | |
| 18878418 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESS MONITORING DURING PRODUCTION OF A FINISHED PART FROM A HOT-CROSSLINKING MATERIAL IN A PRIMARY SHAPING PROCESS | Baden-Württemberg Stiftung Ggmbh | SMITH JR., JIMMY R | 1745 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 |
| 18991839 | MULTIDIRECTIONAL WALL MOUNTED STORAGE PANEL | Noble Industries Inc. | KRYCINSKI, STANTON L | 3631 | §102§112DP | Final Rejection | 119d overdue | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 |
| 18874320 | GRID PROTECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD | Qbyss Ltd. | THOMAS, LUCY M | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2024 | |
| 18698986 | DEVICE FOR COVERING AN AREA OF THE BODY OF A PATIENT | Cook Medical Technologies LLC | CARREIRO, CAITLIN ANN | 3786 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 53d overdue | Pending | Dec 02, 2024 |
| 18868348 | EMP PROTECTION SYSTEM | Energy Research Lab Ltd. | THOMAS, LUCY M | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2024 | |
| 18956471 | COIN HOPPER | Innovative Technology Limited | UEBERSCHAER, JONATHAN REED | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2024 | |
| 18935757 | BILLIARD CUE | Tai Chuan Intelligent Sports Technology (Dongguan) Co., Ltd. | PASSANITI, SEBASTIANO | 3711 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 04, 2024 |
| 18860786 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH AN EMBEDDED HFAC POWER DISTRIBUTION BUS | Qbyss Ltd. | DAVIS, DAVID DONALD | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 28, 2024 | |
| 18921507 | PATIENT MONITORING SYSTEM | Palarum LLC | GIRMA, FEKADESELASS | 2689 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | 15d | Pending | Oct 21, 2024 |
| 18848050 | MONOCOQUE VEHICLE, STRUCTURED BATTERY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE | The Structural Battery Company Ltd. | LARSEN, JEFFREY R | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 17, 2024 | |
| 18828270 | VEHICLE WASHING SYSTEM AND METHOD | Jud Smith | POON, DANA LEE | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 09, 2024 | |
| 18814639 | REAR COLLISION WARNING DEVICE FOR A TRUCK TRAILER | Grote Industries, Inc. | TRIEU, VAN THANH | 2685 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 26, 2024 |
| 18810593 | SOLID DELTA9-TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL (DELTA9-THC) COMPOSITIONS | Canna-Chemistries LLC | ARNOLD, ERNST V | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 21, 2024 | |
| 18839462 | A SORTER SYSTEM WITH PICK AND PLACE ROBOTS AND A METHOD FOR SORTING OBJECTS | Beumer Group GmbH & Co. Kg | MATTHEWS, TERRELL HOWARD | 3653 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 19, 2024 |
| 18804234 | CRAPS GAME WITH A REPEATED NUMBER BASED WAGERING AREA | Repeater Bets, LLC | PIERCE, WILLIAM M | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 14, 2024 | |
| 18788324 | BAG WITH HIGH WATER VAPOR PROTECTION | Fiorini Packaging S.p.A. | MIGGINS, MICHAEL C | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 30, 2024 | |
| 18773713 | ADSORBENT AND PROCESS FOR METHANOL AND OXYGENATES SEPARATION | M Chemical Company, Inc. | JONES, CHRISTOPHER P | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 16, 2024 | |
| 18770895 | CLEAN-BURNING AVIATION GASOLINE ADDITIVE TO ELIMINATE VALVE SEAT RECESSION AND DEPOSITS | Swift Fuels, LLC | HINES, LATOSHA D | 1771 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 12, 2024 |
| 18746676 | VASCULAR ANCHORING INTRODUCER SHEATH | National Institutes Of Health, An Agency Of The Department Of Health And Human Services | BECCIA, CHRISTOPHER J | 3775 | DP | Final Rejection | 114d overdue | Pending | Jun 18, 2024 |
| 18664828 | COMMUNICATION METHOD AND SYSTEM THAT USES LOW LATENCY/LOW DATA BANDWIDTH AND HIGH LATENCY/HIGH DATA BANDWIDTH PATHWAYS | Skywave Networks LLC | CHENG, CHI TANG P | 2463 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 15, 2024 |
| 18663307 | TOOLLESS TERMINATION MODULAR CONNECTOR PLUG | Speaker Snap LLC | MOUNTAIN, JEFFREY WIGHTMAN | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 14, 2024 | |
| 18654372 | DETACHABLE TERMINAL BLOCK FOR AUDIO EXPANDER CONTROL NETWORK | Speaker Snap LLC | CHAMBERS, TRAVIS SLOAN | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 03, 2024 | |
| 18651029 | CATHETER HUB WITH SEALED ACCESS PORT | Cook Medical Technologies LLC | FREDRICKSON, COURTNEY B | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 30, 2024 | |
| 18641885 | VENTILATION BOX | Joseph Szakel | EZELUOMBA, MIRIAM NCHEKWUBECHU | 1776 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 22, 2024 |
| 18609312 | SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE WITH LIPID INTERFACE | Apoha Limited | FRITCHMAN, JOSEPH C | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 19, 2024 | |
| 18605900 | TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM UTILIZING DRONES | Skywave Networks LLC | SRIVASTAVA, VIVEK | 2449 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | 8d overdue | Pending | Mar 15, 2024 |
| 18605181 | PEEP VALVE APPARATUS | Engineered Medical Systems, Inc. | LEDERER, SARAH B | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2024 | |
| 18403055 | MOUNTING BRACKET SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE | Black Belt Racing LLC | MEDANI, MOHAMED | 3611 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 03, 2024 |
| 18544668 | CLOUD-BASED SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING POSITION INDICATORS | Leading Lights, LLC | WU, RUTAO | 3623 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2023 |
| 18572001 | MOLTEN IRON CATALYST FOR PRODUCING HIGH-CARBON ALPHA-OLEFINS FROM SYNTHESIS GAS AND PREPARATION METHOD AND APPLICATION THEREOF | Yankuang Energy R&D Co., Ltd. | SIMKINS, SLONE ELIZABETH | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2023 | |
| 18532209 | PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS | Novast Laboratories Ltd. | SANCHEZ, JUSTIN CHRISTOPHER | 1622 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 07, 2023 |
| 18506262 | ACTUATION UNIT FOR A MULTI VALVE DEVICE AND MULTI VALVE DEVICE | Memetis GmbH | SANCHEZ-MEDINA, REINALDO | 3753 | §102 | Final Rejection | 36d overdue | Pending | Nov 10, 2023 |
| 18556797 | COMPONENTS FOR AN APPARATUS THAT PRODUCES A NEUTRON FLUX | Oxford Sigma Limited | DAVIS, SHARON M | 3646 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 19d | Pending | Oct 23, 2023 |
| 18479456 | EXPANDABLE MESH WITH LOCKING FEATURE | Cook Medical Technologies LLC | MCEVOY, THOMAS M | 3771 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 30d overdue | Pending | Oct 02, 2023 |
| 18550022 | PHOTOVOLTAIC SUPPORT SPINDLE AND PHOTOVOLTAIC TRACKING SUPPORT | Arctech Solar Holding Co. Ltd. | MOWLA, GOLAM | 1721 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 11, 2023 |
| 18460010 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCALIZED PERMISSION-BASED SHARING OF PERSONAL INFORMATION | Simpello LLC | TURK, BROCK E | 3692 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | 62d | Pending | Sep 01, 2023 |
| 18364159 | BIOACTIVE AGENT COATED MEDICAL DEVICE AND METHOD OF COATING SUCH A DEVICE | Cook Medical Technologies LLC | BOWMAN, ANDREW J | 1717 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 02, 2023 |
| 18338618 | LOCAL TRANSACTION AUTHORIZATION USING BIOMETRIC INFORMATION PROVIDED BY A USER DEVICE | Simpello LLC | TURK, BROCK E | 3692 | §101 | Final Rejection | 69d | Pending | Jun 21, 2023 |
| 18338819 | EMBOLIC COIL DELIVERY SYSTEMS AND COMPONENTS | Cook Medical Technologies LLC | NEMER, OSAMA MOHAMMAD | 3771 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 15d overdue | Pending | Jun 21, 2023 |
| 18258019 | A LIGHTING AND DISINFECTION DEVICE | Energy Research Lab Ltd. | PILSBURY, BRADY CHARLES | 1799 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 16, 2023 |
| 18330730 | ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM AND ASSEMBLIES | Adaptivendo LLC | SONG, LI-TING | 3795 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 07, 2023 |
| 18328815 | DYNAMIC PROFILE ASSIGNMENT AND ADJUSTMENT FOR CAMERA BASED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OBJECT DETECTION | Wyze Labs, Inc. | GONZALES, VINCENT | 2124 | §101§102§103 | Final Rejection | 76d | Pending | Jun 05, 2023 |
| 18255136 | METHODS AND USES FOR NDFIP1 FUSION POLYPEPTIDES IN TREATING NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES, BRAIN AND/OR TRAUMATIC AND NON-TRAUMATIC SPINAL CORD INJURIES, AND/OR OPTIC NEUROPATHIES | UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK | HELLMAN, KRISTINA M | 1654 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 31, 2023 |
| 18319963 | ENDOSCOPE HANDLE WITH ADJUSTABLE KNOB OFFSET | Adaptivendo LLC | FAIRCHILD, AARON BENJAMIN | 3795 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 18, 2023 |
| 18123548 | BASKETBALL SYSTEM SHAKE REDUCTION SYSTEM | Indian Industries, Inc. | WEISS, NICHOLAS J | 3711 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 69d | Pending | Mar 20, 2023 |
| 18044288 | METHODS FOR GENERATING NEURAL PROGENITOR CELLS WITH A SPINAL CORD IDENTITY | UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK | CONNORS, ALEXANDRA F | 1634 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 45d overdue | Pending | Mar 07, 2023 |
| 18168237 | ENDOSCOPE WITH SEPARABLE, DISPOSABLE SHAFT | Adaptivendo LLC | WOO, JAE KYUN | 3795 | §103 | Final Rejection | 49d | Pending | Feb 13, 2023 |
| 18086165 | SUPPORT STAND FOR FILLING BEVERAGE CONTAINERS | Jack Enkema | HUNTER, JOHN S | 3700 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 21, 2022 |
| 17798921 | DETECTION OF COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT IN HUMAN BRAINS FROM IMAGES | Imperial College Innovations Limited | BARNES JR, CARL E | 2178 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | 45d overdue | Pending | Aug 11, 2022 |
| 17753496 | APPARATUS AND METHOD | Imperial College Innovations Limited | SISON, CHRISTINE ANDREA PAN | 3796 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 18d overdue | Pending | Mar 04, 2022 |
| 17650008 | ENDOSCOPE HANDLE | Adaptivendo LLC | LUU, TIMOTHY TUAN | 3795 | §103 | Final Rejection | 70d | Pending | Feb 04, 2022 |
| 17613889 | METHOD FOR NAVIGATING MEDICAL DATA | Novartis AG | LAM, ELIZA ANNE | 3681 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 2d overdue | Pending | Nov 23, 2021 |
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