Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Apex Attorneys AT Law, LLP

56 pending office actions • 33 clients • 54 examiners • 32 art units • 0 of 56 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=1366 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

89.4%
Allowance Rate
n=1366
+0.58σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1366
2.2
OAs to Allowance
n=900
-0.70σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=900
834 days
Time to Allowance
n=900
+7.8pp
Interview Lift
n=1366
11.5%
RCE Rate
n=1366
0.0%
Appeal Rate
n=1366

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

78.7%
§101 Overcome
n=127
73.5%
§102 Overcome
n=377
75.3%
§103 Overcome
n=592
76.5%
§112 Overcome
n=524

Specialization & Scale

A61K, G06F, A61P
Top CPC Subclasses
14%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1366
1
Practitioners
n=1366
1366.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=1366

Portfolio Summary

56
Total Pending OAs
39
Non-Final OAs
15
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 12 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

7
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 12 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (7)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (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.

30
Hard (54%)
22
Medium (39%)
3
Easy (5%)
1
Unknown (2%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (4%)
§103 only15 (27%)
§102 only5 (9%)
§112 only3 (5%)
Double-patenting + other2 (4%)
Multi-statute (no §101)28 (50%)
No statute on record1 (2%)

Industry Mix

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

21
Life Sciences
38% of docket
2
Information Tech
4% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
4
Semiconductors
7% of docket
13
Mechanical / Eng
23% of docket
16
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.

560 h
Manual time on pending OAs
112 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
196 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
4.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
REID, MICHAEL ROBERT 3 79.0% +19.7%
DINH, BACH T 1 55.2% +31.6%
KASTURE, DNYANESH G 1 48.2% +26.9%
NIEVES, NELSON J 1 75.4% +16.4%
GOLIK, ARTHUR PAUL 1 68.1% +47.7%
WEILAND, HANS R. 1 55.6% +13.0%
ADAMS, CARL 1 71.8% +16.4%
ROYSTON, JOHN M 1 78.0% +16.5%
DAVIS, RUTH A 1 60.8% +31.2%
DO, HAILEY KYUNG AE 1 73.9% +15.9%

Hard Cases (30)

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
18026592 THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMER WITH EXCELLENT RESILIENCE AND HIGH STRENGTH AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF MOORE, MARGARET G 16d overdue
18878897 FLUID ASSEMBLY AND FLUID CONTROL DEVICE GOLIK, ARTHUR PAUL 15d overdue
18852486 CONTROL VALVE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR REID, MICHAEL ROBERT 10d overdue
18555871 SINGLE-TRANSISTOR STRUCTURE, MULTI-TRANSISTOR STRUCTURE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS KNUDSON, BRAD ALLAN 13d
18843323 CONTROL VALVE REID, MICHAEL ROBERT 14d
18703331 STATIC CUTTER OF HAIR CUTTER AND HAIR CUTTER LEE, LAURA MICHELLE 28d
18560686 REFRIGERATING SYSTEM, EXPANSION VALVE ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING REFRIGERATING SYSTEM BABAA, NAEL N 41d
18236085 USE OF GOJI GLYCOPEPTIDE IN PREPARATION OF DRUG FOR PREVENTING AND/OR TREATING AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS STEELE, AMBER D 72d

Interview Candidates (12)

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
18685252 FLUID CONTROL ASSEMBLY AND FLUID CONTROL APPARATUS REID, MICHAEL ROBERT 196d overdue
18878897 FLUID ASSEMBLY AND FLUID CONTROL DEVICE GOLIK, ARTHUR PAUL 15d overdue
18852486 CONTROL VALVE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR REID, MICHAEL ROBERT 10d overdue
18843323 CONTROL VALVE REID, MICHAEL ROBERT 14d
19121787 BACK CONTACT SOLAR CELL AND METHOD FOR PREPARING SAME DINH, BACH T
19120775 ELECTRIC PUMP KASTURE, DNYANESH G
18878946 HEAT DISSIPATION ELEMENT AND THERMOSIPHON RADIATOR NIEVES, NELSON J
18869337 FIN ASSEMBLY AND EVAPORATOR HAVING THE SAME WEILAND, HANS R.

Client Portfolio (33 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37535
37634
16212
17261
37461
37451
16781
28841
37241
16531

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19121787 BACK CONTACT SOLAR CELL AND METHOD FOR PREPARING SAME Chint New Energy Technology Co., Ltd. DINH, BACH T 1726 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 16, 2025
19120775 ELECTRIC PUMP Zhejiang Sanhua Automotive Components Co., Ltd. KASTURE, DNYANESH G 3746 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 13, 2025
18878946 HEAT DISSIPATION ELEMENT AND THERMOSIPHON RADIATOR Shenzhen Envicool Technology Co., Ltd. NIEVES, NELSON J §112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 26, 2024
18878897 FLUID ASSEMBLY AND FLUID CONTROL DEVICE Zhejiang Sanhua Automotive Components Co., Ltd. GOLIK, ARTHUR PAUL 3745 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending Dec 25, 2024
18869337 FIN ASSEMBLY AND EVAPORATOR HAVING THE SAME Guangdong Envicool Technology Co., Ltd. WEILAND, HANS R. §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 26, 2024
18942847 MONOCULAR HANDHELD DEVICE AND OBJECTIVE LENS ASSEMBLY Raytron Technology Co., Ltd. ADAMS, CARL §102 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 11, 2024
18860721 ONLINE MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HYDRAULIC OIL OF POWER AERIAL WORK VEHICLE, AND DEVICE Electric Power Research Institute, China Southern Power Grid ROYSTON, JOHN M §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 28, 2024
18917849 GUT BACTERIUM STARIN AND USE THEREOF Sun Yat-sen University DAVIS, RUTH A §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 16, 2024
18852486 CONTROL VALVE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR Zhejiang Sanhua Commercial Refrigeration Controls Co., Ltd. REID, MICHAEL ROBERT 3753 §102§103 Final Rejection 10d overdue Pending Sep 29, 2024
18850633 FLUID CONNECTOR AND ENERGY STORAGE AND HEAT DISSIPATION SYSTEM Shenzhen Envicool Smart Connection Technology Co., Ltd. DO, HAILEY KYUNG AE 3753 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 25, 2024
18848548 HETEROCYCLE-SUBSTITUTED AROMATIC COMPOUND, METHOD FOR PREPARING SAME, HERBICIDAL COMPOSITION, AND USE THEREOF Qingdao Kingagroot Chemical Compound Co., Ltd. HIRT, ERIN E §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Sep 19, 2024
18845900 SAMPLE REFRIGERATION STORAGE DEVICE AND SAMPLE FLOW-LINE ANALYSIS SYSTEM Autobio Labtec Instruments Co., Ltd. DELEON, DARIO ANTONIO §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 11, 2024
18843323 CONTROL VALVE Zhejiang Sanhua Automotive Components Co., Ltd. REID, MICHAEL ROBERT 3753 §102§103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Sep 03, 2024
18814638 LIQUID COLLECTING DEVICE Shenzhen Envicool Technology Co., Ltd. TANENBAUM, TZVI SAMUEL §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 26, 2024
18805977 LIQUID LEAKAGE DETECTION DEVICE AND LIQUID LEAKAGE DETECTION SENSOR Shenzhen Envicool Technology Co., Ltd. FRANK, RODNEY T §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 15, 2024
18806016 SERVER Shenzhen Envicool Technology Co., Ltd. SMITH, COURTNEY L §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 15, 2024
18806087 LIQUID LEAKAGE PROTECTION DEVICE Shenzhen Envicool Technology Co., Ltd. PHAN, AN BACH 3763 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Aug 15, 2024
18805939 LIQUID LEAKAGE DETECTION BAND Shenzhen Envicool Technology Co., Ltd. WOODWARD, NATHANIEL T §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 15, 2024
18725130 CONVEYING TRACK Autobio Labtec Instruments Co., Ltd. WALSH, RYAN D §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 28, 2024
18725126 DOUBLE-LAYER RAIL APPARATUS AND TRANSFER METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING A SAMPLE HOLDER Autobio Labtec Instruments Co., Ltd. RAEVIS, ROBERT R §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 27, 2024
18721917 METHOD AND KIT FOR IMMUNOTYPING OF T LYMPHOCYTE DEVELOPMENT SUBGROUPS Children’S Hospital Of Chongqing Medical University RAMADAN, OMAR 1678 §103 Non-Final OA 176d overdue Pending Jun 20, 2024
18710627 FLUID MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Zhejiang Sanhua Automotive Components Co., Ltd. JONES, GORDON A 3763 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending May 16, 2024
18705530 UNCOOLED INFRARED POLARIZATION DETECTION PIXEL STRUCTURE, CHIP, AND DETECTOR Yantai Raytron Technology Co., Ltd. FAYE, MAMADOU 2884 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 27, 2024
18703331 STATIC CUTTER OF HAIR CUTTER AND HAIR CUTTER Zhejiang Haishun Electric Enterprises Ltd. LEE, LAURA MICHELLE 3724 §103§112 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Apr 20, 2024
18699902 COUPLING SYSTEM OF BIOMASS GASIFICATION AND WASTE INCINERATION Huadian Electric Power Research Institute Co., Ltd. AKRAM, IMRAN §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 11, 2024
18693552 SAMARIUM-IRON-BASED RARE EARTH PERMANENT MAGNET MATERIAL CONTAINING GRAIN BOUNDARY PHASE AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF Ningbo Institute Of Materials Technology And Engineering, Chinese Academy Of Sciences ROE, JESSEE RANDALL §102 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 20, 2024
18692851 HIGH TEMPERATURE RESISTANT MANNANASE MUTANT Qingdao Vland Biotech Group Co., Ltd. BOWERS, ERIN M 1653 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 18, 2024
18685252 FLUID CONTROL ASSEMBLY AND FLUID CONTROL APPARATUS Zhejiang Sanhua Automotive Components Co., Ltd. REID, MICHAEL ROBERT 3753 Other Non-Final OA 196d overdue Pending Feb 21, 2024
18681103 AROMATIC ACETYLENE DERIVATIVE, AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF Shanghai Aryl Pharmtech Co., Ltd. HEASLEY, MEGHAN CHRISTINE 1626 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 05, 2024
18580592 FLUID DRIVE DEVICE Hangzhou Ao Ke Mei Rui Technology Co., Ltd. STEFANON, JUSTIN 2834 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 18, 2024
18571213 SALT OF SELECTIVE FGFR4 INHIBITOR, AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND APPLICATION THEREOF Zhejiang Hisun Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. WHITE, DAWANNA SHAR-DAY 1627 §103DP Final Rejection Pending Dec 16, 2023
18531723 COMPUTING TERMINAL FOR PARAMETER IDENTIFICATION Shanghai Makesens Energy Storage Technology Co., Ltd. SHOHATEE, IBRAHIM NAGI 2857 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 07, 2023
18520513 CHIMERIC BROAD-SPECTRUM ONCOLYTIC ADENOVIRUS WITH MULTIPLE MECHANISMS SYNERGIZING WITH AND ENHANCING EFFICACY OF IMMUNOTHERAPY, AND APPLICATION THEREOF IN TUMOR TREATMENT Voncolytic Therapeutics Co., Ltd. BUCKMASTER, MARLENE VRENI 1672 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 27, 2023
18562355 LOW-VOLTAGE USER DEMAND RESPONSE INTERACTION APPARATUS AND OPERATION METHOD THEREFOR Electric Power Research Institute, China Southern Power Grid TAN, ALVIN H 2118 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 20, 2023
18560686 REFRIGERATING SYSTEM, EXPANSION VALVE ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING REFRIGERATING SYSTEM Zhejiang Sanhua Automotive Components Co., Ltd. BABAA, NAEL N 3763 §102§103 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Nov 14, 2023
18560381 IN-VITRO DIAGNOSIS DEVICE AND BASKET THEREOF Autobio Labtec Instruments Co., Ltd. KRCHA, MATTHEW D 1796 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 11, 2023
18560382 MAGNETIC ATTRACTION INCUBATION MECHANISM OF AUTOMATIC MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC INSTRUMENT Autobio Labtec Instruments Co., Ltd. MUTREJA, JYOTI NAGPAUL 1798 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 11, 2023
18560100 DESIGN METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DIRECT-CURRENT LOOP IMPEDANCE China Southern Power Grid DOAN, NGHIA M §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 10, 2023
18490795 HETEROGENEOUS COMPUTING TERMINAL FOR TASK SCHEDULING Shanghai Makesens Energy Storagetechnology Co., Ltd. AKBARI, FARAZ TIMA 2196 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 20, 2023
18555871 SINGLE-TRANSISTOR STRUCTURE, MULTI-TRANSISTOR STRUCTURE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS Ningbo Institute Of Materials Technology And Engineering, Chinese Academy Of Sciences KNUDSON, BRAD ALLAN 2817 §102§103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Oct 18, 2023
18555869 LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI HAVING IMPROVED ANTI-AGING AND HAIR HEALTH ENHANCEMENT EFFECTS, AND APPLICATION THEREOF Qingdao Vland Biotech Group Co., Ltd. DEVI, SARVAMANGALA 1645 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 18, 2023
18282569 FLUID MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND HEAT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Zhejiang Sanhua Automotive Components Co., Ltd. MYERS, KEITH STANLEY 3763 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 18, 2023
18236085 USE OF GOJI GLYCOPEPTIDE IN PREPARATION OF DRUG FOR PREVENTING AND/OR TREATING AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS Ningxia Qipeptide Technology Co., Ltd. STEELE, AMBER D 1658 §101§102 Non-Final OA 72d Pending Aug 21, 2023
18277743 POLYPEPTIDE COMPOUND AND APPLICATION THEREOF Chengdu Sintanovo Biotechnology Co., Ltd. HA, JULIE 1654 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 17, 2023
18275004 ELECTRIC VALVE Zhejiang Sanhua Automotive Components Co., Ltd. GARDNER, NICOLE 3753 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 29, 2023
18271435 MULTI-DOSE ADJUSTABLE PRE-CHARGE INJECTION PEN Shandong Wego Prefills Pharmaceutical Packaging Co., Ltd. BRANDT, DAVID NELSON 3783 §112 Final Rejection Pending Jul 07, 2023
18270833 CROSSLINKED POLYVINYL CHLORIDE STRUCTURE FOAMED MATERIAL AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR Changchun Institute Of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy Of Science RIOJA, MELISSA A 1764 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 03, 2023
18266600 ANTI-TNFR2 ANTIBODY AND APPLICATION THEREOF Adlai Nortye Biopharma Co., Ltd. BUTTICE, AUDREY L 1647 §112 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Jun 12, 2023
18038976 MOLONEY MURINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS-BASED SELF-INACTIVATING VECTOR AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF Yunzhou Biosciences (Guangzhou) Co., Inc. SPENCER, ANDREA LYNNE MORRIS 1631 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 25, 2023
18038001 GLUCOSIDE DERIVATIVE, AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND APPLICATION THEREOF Beijing Increase Innovative Drug Co., Ltd. NOTTINGHAM, KYLE GREGORY 1621 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 19, 2023
18035281 COMPOUND ENZYME AND APPLICATION THEREOF IN PREPARATION OF L-ERGOTHIONEINE Shenzhen Readline Biotech Co., Ltd. RAMIREZ, DELIA M 1652 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 03, 2023
18026592 THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMER WITH EXCELLENT RESILIENCE AND HIGH STRENGTH AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF Ningbo Institute Of Materials Technology And Engineering, Chinese Academy Of Sciences MOORE, MARGARET G 1765 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending Mar 16, 2023
18020966 USE OF SORAFENIB IN TREATMENT OF TYPE 1 DIABETES The Second Xiangya Hospital Of Central South University OTTON, ALICIA L 1699 §103 Final Rejection 24d overdue Pending Feb 13, 2023
18016130 SORAFENIB, REGORAFENIB AND NOVEL USE OF ANALOGUE OR DERIVATIVE THEREOF The Second Xiangya Hospital Of Central South University BAUER, NICOLA MARIA 1621 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 13, 2023
17792740 FRESNEL LENS MOLD AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR FRESNEL LENS Chengdu Fscreen Sci-Tech Co., Ltd. KENNEDY, TIMOTHY J 1744 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 14, 2022
17739144 THERMAL MANAGEMENT METHOD, DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Shenzhen Envicool Technology Co., Ltd. MARTIN, TRAVIS LYNDEN 1721 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending May 08, 2022

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