Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Acapo Onsagers AS

7 pending office actions • 6 clients • 7 examiners • 4 art units • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=451 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

79.1%
Allowance Rate
n=451
+0.56σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=451
3.5
OAs to Allowance
n=318
+0.07σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=318
1153 days
Time to Allowance
n=318
+5.9pp
Interview Lift
n=451
25.9%
RCE Rate
n=451
2.8%
Appeal Rate
n=451

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=4 (min 20)
77.6%
§102 Overcome
n=49
77.7%
§103 Overcome
n=220
92.4%
§112 Overcome
n=79

Specialization & Scale

E21B, B63B, A61B
Top CPC Subclasses
13%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=451
0
Practitioners
n=451
Apps / Practitioner
n=451 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
1
Due this week
1
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (1)

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.

0
Hard (0%)
6
Medium (86%)
1
Easy (14%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (57%)
§102 only2 (29%)
Double-patenting only1 (14%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
57% of docket
3
Business / Other
43% 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
LEEDS, DANIEL JEREMY 1 68.8% +36.0%
NGUYEN, LILLIAN T 1 84.0% +14.0%
MELARAGNO, MICHAEL 1 67.2% +11.7%
GONZALEZ, LUIS A 1 84.8% +4.4%
DENNIS, KEVIN M 1 36.3% +49.1%
MAMILLAPALLI, PAVAN 1 80.5% +16.7%
WESTFALL, SARAH ANN 1 0.0% +0.0%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19108163 Powertrain NGUYEN, LILLIAN T
18867023 WINCH HANDLE FOR SAILBOAT WINCHES GONZALEZ, LUIS A
18607613 TOOTH MOVEMENTS MAMILLAPALLI, PAVAN

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18010815 METHOD AND APPARATUS OF ASSESSING OR MONITORING SKIN SYMPATHETIC NERVE ACTIVITY IN A LIVING SUBJECT WESTFALL, SARAH ANN 16d

Interview Candidates (5)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19108749 FILLING MACHINE COMPRISING AIRFLOW SYSTEM LEEDS, DANIEL JEREMY 8d overdue
18710626 Pump and cleaning system for fish farm DENNIS, KEVIN M 5d
19108163 Powertrain NGUYEN, LILLIAN T
19023683 CLOSURE DEVICE FOR ASEPTIC LIQUID CONTAINING CONTAINERS MELARAGNO, MICHAEL
18607613 TOOTH MOVEMENTS MAMILLAPALLI, PAVAN

Client Portfolio (6 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37311
36551
36471
37911

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19108749 FILLING MACHINE COMPRISING AIRFLOW SYSTEM Elopak GmbH LEEDS, DANIEL JEREMY 3731 §102 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Mar 05, 2025
19108163 Powertrain Brudeli Green Mobility AS NGUYEN, LILLIAN T 3655 §102 Final Rejection Pending Mar 02, 2025
19023683 CLOSURE DEVICE FOR ASEPTIC LIQUID CONTAINING CONTAINERS Elopak Asa MELARAGNO, MICHAEL DP Non-Final OA Pending Jan 16, 2025
18867023 WINCH HANDLE FOR SAILBOAT WINCHES Proxdrive AS GONZALEZ, LUIS A §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 19, 2024
18710626 Pump and cleaning system for fish farm Westcon Yards AS DENNIS, KEVIN M 3647 §103 Non-Final OA 5d Pending May 16, 2024
18607613 TOOTH MOVEMENTS Droodi AS MAMILLAPALLI, PAVAN §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 18, 2024
18010815 METHOD AND APPARATUS OF ASSESSING OR MONITORING SKIN SYMPATHETIC NERVE ACTIVITY IN A LIVING SUBJECT Med Storm Innovation AS WESTFALL, SARAH ANN 3791 §103 Final Rejection 16d Pending Dec 16, 2022

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