Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Apex Juris, Pllc

22 pending office actions • 17 clients • 22 examiners • 18 art units • 0 of 22 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 62 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=2305 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

81.8%
Allowance Rate
n=2305
+0.45σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=2305
2.5
OAs to Allowance
n=1570
-0.55σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=1570
947 days
Time to Allowance
n=1570
+3.0pp
Interview Lift
n=2305
15.8%
RCE Rate
n=2305
0.3%
Appeal Rate
n=2305

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=17 (min 20)
84.5%
§102 Overcome
n=226
75.3%
§103 Overcome
n=926
93.4%
§112 Overcome
n=181

Specialization & Scale

G02B, G06F, Y10T
Top CPC Subclasses
12%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=2305
4
Practitioners
n=2305
576.2
Apps / Practitioner
n=2305

Portfolio Summary

22
Total Pending OAs
13
Non-Final OAs
8
Final Rejections
1
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.

9
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
1
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. 12 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (9)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 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%)
18
Medium (82%)
3
Easy (14%)
1
Unknown (5%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only15 (68%)
§102 only3 (14%)
§112 only3 (14%)
No statute on record1 (5%)

Industry Mix

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

5
Life Sciences
23% of docket
1
Information Tech
5% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
4
Semiconductors
18% of docket
9
Mechanical / Eng
41% of docket
3
Business / Other
14% 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.

220 h
Manual time on pending OAs
44 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
77 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HOEY, ALISSA L 1 44.4% +31.9%
KAVANAUGH, JOHN T 1 72.0% +32.5%
GHIMIRE, SHANKAR RAJ 1 76.4% +18.9%
KUDIRKA, JOSEPH R 1 90.9% +10.0%
AHMED, JAMIL 1 82.2% +15.0%
WAITS, ALAN B 1 68.9% +29.6%
LEE, MICHAEL S 1 63.4% +21.0%
HOQUE, SHAHEDA SHABNAM 1 44.6% +38.0%
KLOECKER, KATHERINE ANNE 1 45.1% +37.0%
KIM, PAUL D 1 87.7% +6.7%

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
18846664 PROCESSING SYSTEM AND PROCESSING METHOD CAPABLE OF AUTOMATICALLY MONITORING SURFACE FEATURES OF OBJECT AHMED, JAMIL 4d overdue
18963533 SIGNAL PAIRING ANALYSIS METHOD KUDIRKA, JOSEPH R
18583890 ELECTRONIC DEVICE ASSEMBLY APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE ASSEMBLY METHOD KIM, PAUL D

Interview Candidates (9)

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
18650130 VERTICAL FARMING SYSTEM KLOECKER, KATHERINE ANNE 50d overdue
18660248 COLLABORATIVE ROBOT SYSTEM HOQUE, SHAHEDA SHABNAM 45d overdue
19230081 FILLING-MATERIAL FILLED CLOTH PRODUCT HOEY, ALISSA L 11d overdue
18846664 PROCESSING SYSTEM AND PROCESSING METHOD CAPABLE OF AUTOMATICALLY MONITORING SURFACE FEATURES OF OBJECT AHMED, JAMIL 4d overdue
18741743 BUCKLE LEE, MICHAEL S 27d
19038660 FOAMED SHOE MATERIAL KAVANAUGH, JOHN T
19001382 STEERABLE ENDOSCOPE DEVICE GHIMIRE, SHANKAR RAJ
18963533 SIGNAL PAIRING ANALYSIS METHOD KUDIRKA, JOSEPH R

Client Portfolio (17 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17312
37321
37951
21141
28771
36171
36771
36581
36421
28311

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19230081 FILLING-MATERIAL FILLED CLOTH PRODUCT Goldwin Inc. HOEY, ALISSA L 3732 §102 Final Rejection 11d overdue Pending Jun 06, 2025
19038660 FOAMED SHOE MATERIAL Glory Steel Enterprise Co., Ltd. KAVANAUGH, JOHN T §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 27, 2025
19001382 STEERABLE ENDOSCOPE DEVICE Unoscope Technology Inc. GHIMIRE, SHANKAR RAJ 3795 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 24, 2024
18963533 SIGNAL PAIRING ANALYSIS METHOD Zeroplus Technology Co., Ltd. KUDIRKA, JOSEPH R 2114 §112 Final Rejection Pending Nov 28, 2024
18846664 PROCESSING SYSTEM AND PROCESSING METHOD CAPABLE OF AUTOMATICALLY MONITORING SURFACE FEATURES OF OBJECT Glory Steel Enterprise Co., Ltd. AHMED, JAMIL 2877 §112 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Sep 13, 2024
18804213 BEARING Tien Hsin Industries Co., Ltd. WAITS, ALAN B 3617 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 14, 2024
18741743 BUCKLE Yoke Industrial Corp. LEE, MICHAEL S 3677 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Jun 12, 2024
18660248 COLLABORATIVE ROBOT SYSTEM Nachi-Fujikoshi Corp. HOQUE, SHAHEDA SHABNAM 3658 §103 Final Rejection 45d overdue Pending May 10, 2024
18650130 VERTICAL FARMING SYSTEM Changyang Technology Ltd. KLOECKER, KATHERINE ANNE 3642 §103 Non-Final OA 50d overdue Pending Apr 30, 2024
18583890 ELECTRONIC DEVICE ASSEMBLY APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE ASSEMBLY METHOD Nachi-Fujikoshi Corp. KIM, PAUL D §102 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 22, 2024
18424898 ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT ASSEMBLY APPARATUS Nachi-Fujikoshi Corp. SIMMONS, SYDNEY JEANINE §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 29, 2024
18423222 CABLE CONNECTOR Taiwan Master Hill Technology Co., Ltd. DINH, PHUONG K 2831 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Jan 25, 2024
18409787 LIQUID-COOLING RADIATOR AND HEAT PIPE THEREOF Accton Technology Corporation AL SAMIRI, KHALED AHMED ALI 3763 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 10, 2024
18542796 MODULE SOCKET ASSEMBLY WITH AIR DUCT Accton Technology Corporation SHIRSAT, VIVEK K 3762 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Dec 18, 2023
18533023 THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTED THERMAL EXPANSION STRUCTURE MANUFACTURING METHOD BAUER HOCKEY LLC SONG, INJA 1744 §103 Final Rejection 112d overdue Pending Dec 07, 2023
18207096 CASING OF OVEN Grand Mate Co., Ltd. MANSINGH, GARGI 3761 §103 Non-Final OA 50d Pending Jun 07, 2023
18204253 ROTOR ASSEMBLY Mainpack Industrial Co., Ltd. STOUT, RILEY OWEN 2834 §103 Final Rejection 44d overdue Pending May 31, 2023
18024768 LEAD SULFATE FILM REMOVING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND SYSTEM Power Support Company Limited DOMONE, CHRISTOPHER P 1725 Other Final Rejection Pending Mar 05, 2023
18093740 POWER TOOL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME Mobiletron Electronics Co., Ltd. KOTOWSKI, LISA MICHELLE 2859 §103 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Jan 05, 2023
17992341 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-ASSISTED PREDICTION OF EMBRYO IMPLANTATION RATE IN ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY National Cheng Kung University KRIANGCHAIVECH, KETTIP 1686 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 22, 2022
17907968 FRICTION MATERIAL Nisshinbo Brake, Inc. GUINO-O UZZLE, MARITES A 1731 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 30, 2022
17627711 FRICTION MATERIAL COMPOSITION, FRICTION MATERIAL, AND DISC BRAKE PAD Nisshinbo Brake, Inc. GREEN, ANTHONY J 1731 §102 Non-Final OA 147d overdue Pending Jan 17, 2022

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