Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Additon, Pendleton & Witherspoon, P.A.

12 pending office actions • 3 clients • 9 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=1994 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

87.9%
Allowance Rate
n=1994
+0.79σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1994
3.2
OAs to Allowance
n=1449
-0.09σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=1449
1007 days
Time to Allowance
n=1449
+1.2pp
Interview Lift
n=1994
21.4%
RCE Rate
n=1994
1.6%
Appeal Rate
n=1994

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

86.3%
§101 Overcome
n=51
90.1%
§102 Overcome
n=544
88.6%
§103 Overcome
n=1074
89.3%
§112 Overcome
n=607

Specialization & Scale

C08L, C08K, G02B
Top CPC Subclasses
34%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1994
0
Practitioners
n=1994
Apps / Practitioner
n=1994 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

12
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
3
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
2
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due later (2)

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.

1
Hard (8%)
11
Medium (92%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only8 (67%)
§102 only1 (8%)
Double-patenting + other2 (17%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (8%)

Industry Mix

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

8
Life Sciences
67% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
8% of docket
3
Business / Other
25% 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.

120 h
Manual time on pending OAs
24 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
42 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SHUKLA, KRUPA 2 15.1% +23.0%
BUTCHER, ROBERT T 2 71.3% +17.4%
DICUS, TAMRA 2 30.2% +21.5%
NGUYEN, TUAN VAN 1 81.8% +19.3%
RABAGLIA, BRIDGET ELIZABETH 1 68.3% +16.3%
BHUSHAN, KUMAR R 1 73.4% +32.7%
EGWIM, KELECHI CHIDI 1 69.9% +13.9%
BANERJEE, KOYELI 1
USELDING, JOHN E 1 53.5% +17.6%

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
19020121 FORCE MODULATING TISSUE BRIDGES, ASSOCIATED TOOLS, KITS, AND METHODS NGUYEN, TUAN VAN

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18269614 Thermoplastic Resin Composition and Molded Product Manufactured Therefrom SHUKLA, KRUPA 79d overdue
18032942 Thermoplastic Resin Composition and Article Manufactured Using Same USELDING, JOHN E 76d
18849698 Thermoplastic Resin Composition and Molded Article Manufactured by the Same SHUKLA, KRUPA

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
18269614 Thermoplastic Resin Composition and Molded Product Manufactured Therefrom SHUKLA, KRUPA 79d overdue
18644717 APPLICATOR TOOL CAPABLE OF USE WITH FORCE MODULATING TISSUE BRIDGE, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS, METHODS AND KITS RABAGLIA, BRIDGET ELIZABETH 19d overdue
18032942 Thermoplastic Resin Composition and Article Manufactured Using Same USELDING, JOHN E 76d
18083788 Thermoplastic Resin Composition and Article Produced Therefrom BUTCHER, ROBERT T 86d
19020121 FORCE MODULATING TISSUE BRIDGES, ASSOCIATED TOOLS, KITS, AND METHODS NGUYEN, TUAN VAN
18849698 Thermoplastic Resin Composition and Molded Article Manufactured by the Same SHUKLA, KRUPA
18580305 Thermoplastic Resin Composition and Molded Article Manufactured Therefrom BHUSHAN, KUMAR R
18579939 Thermoplastic Resin Composition and Molded Product Formed Therefrom EGWIM, KELECHI CHIDI

Client Portfolio (3 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Lotte 9
BRIJ Medical, Inc. 2
Cem Corporation 1

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17874
17642
37711
16581
17631

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19020121 FORCE MODULATING TISSUE BRIDGES, ASSOCIATED TOOLS, KITS, AND METHODS Brij Medical, Inc. NGUYEN, TUAN VAN §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 14, 2025
18849698 Thermoplastic Resin Composition and Molded Article Manufactured by the Same Lotte Chemical Corporation SHUKLA, KRUPA 1787 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 23, 2024
18644717 APPLICATOR TOOL CAPABLE OF USE WITH FORCE MODULATING TISSUE BRIDGE, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS, METHODS AND KITS Brij Medical, Inc. RABAGLIA, BRIDGET ELIZABETH 3771 §102 Final Rejection 19d overdue Pending Apr 24, 2024
18580305 Thermoplastic Resin Composition and Molded Article Manufactured Therefrom Lotte Chemical Corporation BHUSHAN, KUMAR R §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 18, 2024
18579939 Thermoplastic Resin Composition and Molded Product Formed Therefrom Lotte Chemical Corporation EGWIM, KELECHI CHIDI §103DP Non-Final OA Pending Jan 17, 2024
18237576 Peptide Synthesis Processes Cem Corporation BANERJEE, KOYELI 1658 §103DP Non-Final OA Pending Aug 24, 2023
18269614 Thermoplastic Resin Composition and Molded Product Manufactured Therefrom Lotte Chemical Corporation SHUKLA, KRUPA 1787 §103 Non-Final OA 79d overdue Pending Jun 26, 2023
18039039 Thermoplastic Resin Composition and Molded Product Manufactured Therefrom Lotte Chemical Corporation BUTCHER, ROBERT T 1764 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 26, 2023
18039057 Thermoplastic Resin Composition and Molded Article Using Same Lotte Chemical Corporation DICUS, TAMRA 1787 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 26, 2023
18032942 Thermoplastic Resin Composition and Article Manufactured Using Same Lotte Chemical Corporation USELDING, JOHN E 1763 §103§112 Non-Final OA 76d Pending Apr 20, 2023
18135277 Polyamide Resin Composition and Molded Article Comprising the Same Lotte Chemical Corporation DICUS, TAMRA 1787 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 17, 2023
18083788 Thermoplastic Resin Composition and Article Produced Therefrom Lotte Chemical Corporation BUTCHER, ROBERT T 1764 §103 Non-Final OA 86d Pending Dec 19, 2022

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