Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

PHC Holdings Corporation

7 pending office actions • 4 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 21 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

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.

4
Hard (57%)
2
Medium (29%)
1
Easy (14%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (29%)
§112 only1 (14%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (57%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
14% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
57% of docket
2
Business / Other
29% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
NOGUEROLA, ALEXANDER STEPHAN 2 82.7% +2.9%
ING, MATTHEW W 1 64.8% +8.0%
ADEDIRAN, ABDUL -SAMAD A 1 78.5% +13.6%
KOO, BENJAMIN K 1 57.1% +49.7%
SWANSON, LEAH JENNINGS 1 65.7% +38.3%
ROZANSKI, GRACE NMN 1 61.0% +13.7%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18994196 ELECTRODE, SENSOR, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SENSOR NOGUEROLA, ALEXANDER STEPHAN
18893100 SENSOR UNIT AND CELL CULTURE ANALYZING DEVICE PROVIDED WITH SAME NOGUEROLA, ALEXANDER STEPHAN

Hard Cases (4)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19180995 GASKET AND REFRIGERATION APPARATUS ING, MATTHEW W
18222739 MEASUREMENT DEVICE KOO, BENJAMIN K
18023230 DRUG CARTRIDGE, CASSETTE, DRUG INJECTION DEVICE, AND DRUG INJECTION SYSTEM SWANSON, LEAH JENNINGS
17799432 SENSOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME ROZANSKI, GRACE NMN

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18408848 LED MODULE AND CULTURE APPARATUS ADEDIRAN, ABDUL -SAMAD A
18222739 MEASUREMENT DEVICE KOO, BENJAMIN K
18023230 DRUG CARTRIDGE, CASSETTE, DRUG INJECTION DEVICE, AND DRUG INJECTION SYSTEM SWANSON, LEAH JENNINGS
17799432 SENSOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME ROZANSKI, GRACE NMN

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3783 2
3637 1
1795 1
3791 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19180995 GASKET AND REFRIGERATION APPARATUS ING, MATTHEW W 3637 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 16, 2025
18994196 ELECTRODE, SENSOR, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SENSOR NOGUEROLA, ALEXANDER STEPHAN §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 14, 2025
18893100 SENSOR UNIT AND CELL CULTURE ANALYZING DEVICE PROVIDED WITH SAME NOGUEROLA, ALEXANDER STEPHAN 1795 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 23, 2024
18408848 LED MODULE AND CULTURE APPARATUS ADEDIRAN, ABDUL -SAMAD A §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 10, 2024
18222739 MEASUREMENT DEVICE KOO, BENJAMIN K 3783 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 17, 2023
18023230 DRUG CARTRIDGE, CASSETTE, DRUG INJECTION DEVICE, AND DRUG INJECTION SYSTEM SWANSON, LEAH JENNINGS 3783 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 24, 2023
17799432 SENSOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME ROZANSKI, GRACE NMN 3791 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Aug 12, 2022

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