Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Alumen Ip Law Pc

23 pending office actions • 12 clients • 23 examiners • 16 art units • 0 of 23 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=381 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

91.4%
Allowance Rate
n=381
+0.49σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=381
2.3
OAs to Allowance
n=233
-0.77σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=233
899 days
Time to Allowance
n=233
+0.4pp
Interview Lift
n=381
21.2%
RCE Rate
n=381
2.3%
Appeal Rate
n=381

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

52.4%
§101 Overcome
n=21
68.2%
§102 Overcome
n=107
70.4%
§103 Overcome
n=162
70.2%
§112 Overcome
n=131

Specialization & Scale

F05D, B64D, F02C
Top CPC Subclasses
14%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=381
1
Practitioners
n=381
381.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=381

Portfolio Summary

23
Total Pending OAs
17
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 30 days (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.

16
Hard (70%)
6
Medium (26%)
1
Easy (4%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (4%)
§101 + other1 (4%)
§103 only5 (22%)
§102 only1 (4%)
§112 only1 (4%)
Multi-statute (no §101)14 (61%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
4% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
16
Mechanical / Eng
70% of docket
6
Business / Other
26% 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.

230 h
Manual time on pending OAs
46 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
80 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BEEBE, JOSHUA R 1 67.5% +26.1%
STEVENS, ALLAN D 1 41.3% +49.8%
DAVISON, LAURA L 1 32.6% +36.2%
KONERU, LAKSHMI S 1 62.7% +16.3%
MERCADO, LOUIS A 1 79.1% +18.5%
MANCHO, RONNIE M 1 75.9% +2.1%
SHABARA, HOSAM 1 82.5% +16.0%
HOPKINS, ROBERT A 1 84.5% +7.4%
CERNOCH, STEVEN MICHAEL 1 53.1% +41.4%
XU, PETER 1 0.0% +0.0%

Hard Cases (17)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18405754 TREAD SOLE FOR OVERSHOE STABILIZED SHOE LYNCH, MEGAN E 30d overdue
18361339 PROJECT PLANNING SYSTEM WEBB III, JAMES L 8d overdue
17997334 NEEDLE ASSEMBLY AND RELATED METHODS BOUCHELLE, LAURA A 12d
19150376 INNER SHROUD SECTOR FOR AN AIRCRAFT TURBOMACHINE BEEBE, JOSHUA R
19183361 CARD HOLDER AND RELATED METHODS STEVENS, ALLAN D
19170585 PROTECTIVE COVER FOR A LAPTOP COMPUTER DAVISON, LAURA L
18704776 BUCKLE CLASP WITH REMOVABLE CAPSULE MERCADO, LOUIS A
18857387 AUTONOMOUS AGRICULTURAL VEHICLE COMPRISING A HYDROGEN-POWERED MAIN PROPULSION SYSTEM SHABARA, HOSAM

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19150376 INNER SHROUD SECTOR FOR AN AIRCRAFT TURBOMACHINE BEEBE, JOSHUA R
19183361 CARD HOLDER AND RELATED METHODS STEVENS, ALLAN D
19170585 PROTECTIVE COVER FOR A LAPTOP COMPUTER DAVISON, LAURA L
19095220 SEALS WITH BELLOWS AND RELATED METHODS KONERU, LAKSHMI S
18704776 BUCKLE CLASP WITH REMOVABLE CAPSULE MERCADO, LOUIS A
18857387 AUTONOMOUS AGRICULTURAL VEHICLE COMPRISING A HYDROGEN-POWERED MAIN PROPULSION SYSTEM SHABARA, HOSAM
18888911 CLOSING DEVICE AND EXTRACTING DEVICE OF PHYTOSANITARY PRODUCT CERNOCH, STEVEN MICHAEL

Client Portfolio (12 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37412
37832
37451
37361
39931
36751
36771
37531
36151
37321

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19150376 INNER SHROUD SECTOR FOR AN AIRCRAFT TURBOMACHINE SAFRAN BEEBE, JOSHUA R 3745 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 23, 2025
19183361 CARD HOLDER AND RELATED METHODS Collectors Universe, Inc. STEVENS, ALLAN D 3736 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 18, 2025
19170585 PROTECTIVE COVER FOR A LAPTOP COMPUTER Max Interactive, Inc. DAVISON, LAURA L 3993 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Apr 04, 2025
19095220 SEALS WITH BELLOWS AND RELATED METHODS Bal Seal Engineering, LLC KONERU, LAKSHMI S 3675 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 31, 2025
18704776 BUCKLE CLASP WITH REMOVABLE CAPSULE Lvmh Swiss Manufactures SA MERCADO, LOUIS A 3677 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 04, 2024
18692134 AGRICULTURAL LOCALIZED SPRAYING SYSTEM WITH INTEGRATED ILLUMINATION SOURCE Excel Industries MANCHO, RONNIE M §112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 28, 2024
18857387 AUTONOMOUS AGRICULTURAL VEHICLE COMPRISING A HYDROGEN-POWERED MAIN PROPULSION SYSTEM Exel Industries SHABARA, HOSAM §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 16, 2024
18692453 BIOGAS PURIFICATION UNIT Prodeval SAS HOPKINS, ROBERT A §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 23, 2024
18888911 CLOSING DEVICE AND EXTRACTING DEVICE OF PHYTOSANITARY PRODUCT Exel Industries CERNOCH, STEVEN MICHAEL §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 18, 2024
18735521 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE CIRCULATION OF A FLUID IN A SPRAYING SYSTEM Exel Industries XU, PETER 3753 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 06, 2024
18712060 SYSTEM OF ARTICULATED FINS FOR A BOAT Exel Industries BURGESS, MARC R 3615 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 21, 2024
18696096 CATHETERS WITH GUIDEWIRE ADAPTORS AND RELATED METHODS B. Braun Melsungen AG GRAY, PHILLIP A §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 27, 2024
18405754 TREAD SOLE FOR OVERSHOE STABILIZED SHOE Loiodice, Laurence LYNCH, MEGAN E 3732 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Jan 05, 2024
18570027 NEEDLE DEVICES WITH GRIP ADAPTORS AND RELATED METHODS B. Braun Melsungen AG PATEL, OM 3791 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 13, 2023
18500377 POINT OF INTEREST SPRAY SYSTEM Exel Industries FOLLANSBEE, YVONNE TRANG 2117 §103 Final Rejection 26d overdue Pending Nov 02, 2023
18556597 OPTICAL ARRANGEMENT FOR LIGHT DETECTING SYSTEM Iridesense HAWKINS, ZAKI KEHINDE 3645 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 20, 2023
18483483 DIRECT INJECTION SPRAYING ASSEMBLY COMPRISING DIRECT A DOSING INTERFACE Exel Industries GREENLUND, JOSEPH A 3752 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 09, 2023
18553697 VENT DEVICE, PORT ASSEMBLY AND VASCULAR ACCESS ASSEMBLY B. Braun Melsungen AG KIM, CRAIG SANG 3741 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Oct 02, 2023
18361339 PROJECT PLANNING SYSTEM Greengo Systems, Inc. WEBB III, JAMES L 3624 §101 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Jul 28, 2023
18253375 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A TURBOMACHINE COMPRISING AN ELECTRIC MOTOR SAFRAN LIU, JINGCHEN 3741 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending May 17, 2023
18247023 NEEDLE ASSEMBLIES AND RELATED METHODS B. Braun Melsungen AG BOSWORTH, KAMI A 3783 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 28, 2023
17997334 NEEDLE ASSEMBLY AND RELATED METHODS B. Braun Melsungen AG BOUCHELLE, LAURA A 3783 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 12d Pending Oct 27, 2022
17812566 LIQUID CIRCUIT FOR AN AGRICULTURAL SPRAYER COMPRISING A SEALED TRANSFER SYSTEM AND A DOSING MECHANISM Exel Industries JARIWALA, CHIRAG 3746 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jul 14, 2022

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