Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Arentfox Schiff LLP - Los Angeles

21 pending office actions • 13 clients • 18 examiners • 13 art units • 0 of 21 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 28 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=33105 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

88.1%
Allowance Rate
n=33105
+0.53σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=33105
3.3
OAs to Allowance
n=22173
-0.12σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=22173
1015 days
Time to Allowance
n=22173
+7.4pp
Interview Lift
n=33105
28.9%
RCE Rate
n=33105
1.4%
Appeal Rate
n=33105

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

81.6%
§101 Overcome
n=3320
80.4%
§102 Overcome
n=9027
80.9%
§103 Overcome
n=14466
81.1%
§112 Overcome
n=8656

Specialization & Scale

H04L, H04W, G06F
Top CPC Subclasses
17%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=33105
20
Practitioners
n=33105
1655.2
Apps / Practitioner
n=33105

Portfolio Summary

21
Total Pending OAs
16
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
1
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
1
Due this month
0
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 30 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.

10
Hard (48%)
9
Medium (43%)
2
Easy (10%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other3 (14%)
§103 only7 (33%)
§112 only1 (5%)
Double-patenting only1 (5%)
Double-patenting + other2 (10%)
Multi-statute (no §101)7 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

11
Life Sciences
52% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
5% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
24% of docket
4
Business / Other
19% 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.

210 h
Manual time on pending OAs
42 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
74 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KOSLOW, CAROL M 3 81.8% +12.0%
TRAN, LIEN THUY 2 28.2% +26.8%
RUNYAN, SILVANA C 1 82.4% +17.1%
PAQUETTE, SEDEF ESRA AYALP 1 63.2% +45.0%
KNAUSS, CHRISTIAN D 1 71.0% +33.8%
FREDERIKSEN, DAVID B 1 86.1% +12.8%
ZILBERING, ASSAF 1 35.0% +28.2%
QUIGLEY, KYLE ROBERT 1 53.9% +32.7%
HULBERT, AMANDA K 1 84.5% +4.0%
O'KEEFE, SEAN P 1 65.5% +12.6%

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
19273006 METHODS FOR CARBON DIOXIDE OR HYDROGEN SULFIDE SEQUESTRATION IN A SUBTERRANEAN RESERVOIR USING SORBENT PARTICLES RUNYAN, SILVANA C 23d overdue
19002609 CURRENT SENSOR AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF FREDERIKSEN, DAVID B
18705947 MICROWAVE FERRITE MATERIAL SUITABLE FOR 5G RADIO FREQUENCY DEVICE AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR KOSLOW, CAROL M

Hard Cases (12)

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
18489403 HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE STIMULATION TO TREAT OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA IN THE ABSENCE OF A RESPIRATORY SIGNAL HULBERT, AMANDA K 45d overdue
18355219 USE OF SMO INHIBITOR IN PREPARATION OF DRUG FOR PREVENTING, DELAYING OR ALLEVIATING ACCESS STENOSIS OF ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA DROUIN, STEVE HOANG 11d overdue
18253138 DECISION FLOWCHART-BASED ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE MINOR, AYANNA YVETTE 9d
18184405 SENSORS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING RESPIRATION TEJANI, ANKIT D 71d
18994599 COLUMN-AND-TIE-ROD-TYPE TIRE VULCANIZATION MACHINE ELECTRIC CENTER MECHANISM PAQUETTE, SEDEF ESRA AYALP
18879740 CRANIAL HOLE ELECTRODE SECURING DEVICE KNAUSS, CHRISTIAN D
18705830 PREPARATION METHOD FOR LOW-LINE-WIDTH W-TYPE HEXAGONAL CRYSTAL SYSTEM MICROWAVE FERRITE MATERIAL KOSLOW, CAROL M
18400753 STRUCTURING FATS TRAN, LIEN THUY

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
19273006 METHODS FOR CARBON DIOXIDE OR HYDROGEN SULFIDE SEQUESTRATION IN A SUBTERRANEAN RESERVOIR USING SORBENT PARTICLES RUNYAN, SILVANA C 23d overdue
18994599 COLUMN-AND-TIE-ROD-TYPE TIRE VULCANIZATION MACHINE ELECTRIC CENTER MECHANISM PAQUETTE, SEDEF ESRA AYALP
18879740 CRANIAL HOLE ELECTRODE SECURING DEVICE KNAUSS, CHRISTIAN D
19002609 CURRENT SENSOR AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF FREDERIKSEN, DAVID B
18705830 PREPARATION METHOD FOR LOW-LINE-WIDTH W-TYPE HEXAGONAL CRYSTAL SYSTEM MICROWAVE FERRITE MATERIAL KOSLOW, CAROL M
18705947 MICROWAVE FERRITE MATERIAL SUITABLE FOR 5G RADIO FREQUENCY DEVICE AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR KOSLOW, CAROL M
18400753 STRUCTURING FATS TRAN, LIEN THUY
18400978 STRUCTURING FATS TRAN, LIEN THUY

Client Portfolio (13 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17932
17922
16272
37962
36741
17491
28571
37921
17341
17381

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19273006 METHODS FOR CARBON DIOXIDE OR HYDROGEN SULFIDE SEQUESTRATION IN A SUBTERRANEAN RESERVOIR USING SORBENT PARTICLES Cenovus Energy Inc. RUNYAN, SILVANA C 3674 §103 Final Rejection 23d overdue Pending Jul 17, 2025
18994599 COLUMN-AND-TIE-ROD-TYPE TIRE VULCANIZATION MACHINE ELECTRIC CENTER MECHANISM Arp Technologies (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. PAQUETTE, SEDEF ESRA AYALP 1749 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 14, 2025
18879740 CRANIAL HOLE ELECTRODE SECURING DEVICE Sceneray Co., Ltd. KNAUSS, CHRISTIAN D §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 27, 2024
19002609 CURRENT SENSOR AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF Heyuan Power Supply Bureau Of Guangdong Power Grid Corporation FREDERIKSEN, DAVID B §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 26, 2024
18705830 PREPARATION METHOD FOR LOW-LINE-WIDTH W-TYPE HEXAGONAL CRYSTAL SYSTEM MICROWAVE FERRITE MATERIAL Hengdian Group Dmegc Magnetics Co., Ltd. KOSLOW, CAROL M §101§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 29, 2024
18705947 MICROWAVE FERRITE MATERIAL SUITABLE FOR 5G RADIO FREQUENCY DEVICE AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR Hengdian Group Dmegc Magnetics Co., Ltd. KOSLOW, CAROL M §112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 29, 2024
18400753 STRUCTURING FATS Flora Food Global Principal B.V. TRAN, LIEN THUY 1793 §102§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Dec 29, 2023
18400978 STRUCTURING FATS Flora Food Global Principal B.V. TRAN, LIEN THUY 1793 §102§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Dec 29, 2023
18563755 EDIBLE FAT-CONTAINING PRODUCTS Flora Food Global Principal B.V. ZILBERING, ASSAF 1792 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 22, 2023
18561278 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROTECTING HIGH-VOLTAGE DIRECT-CURRENT LINE, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM State Grid Sichuan Electric Power Research Institute QUIGLEY, KYLE ROBERT 2857 §101§103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 15, 2023
18489403 HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE STIMULATION TO TREAT OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA IN THE ABSENCE OF A RESPIRATORY SIGNAL The Alfred E. Mann Foundation For Scientific Research HULBERT, AMANDA K 3792 §103§112 Final Rejection 45d overdue Pending Oct 18, 2023
18546960 MANGANESE ZINC FERRITE, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF Hengdian Group Dmegc Magnetics Co., Ltd. KOSLOW, CAROL M 1734 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 17, 2023
18546966 INDUCTIVE COMPONENT, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND APPLICATION THEREOF Hengdian Group Dmegc Magnetics Co., Ltd. O'KEEFE, SEAN P 1738 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 17, 2023
18355219 USE OF SMO INHIBITOR IN PREPARATION OF DRUG FOR PREVENTING, DELAYING OR ALLEVIATING ACCESS STENOSIS OF ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA Jinan University DROUIN, STEVE HOANG 1627 §102§103 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Jul 19, 2023
18351368 DRINK PRODUCT AND USE THEREOF Hygia Pharmaceuticals, LLC RAMACHANDRAN, UMAMAHESWARI 1627 DP Non-Final OA Pending Jul 12, 2023
18253138 DECISION FLOWCHART-BASED ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Polixir Technologies Limited MINOR, AYANNA YVETTE 3624 §101§103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending May 16, 2023
18298308 ENZYMATIC AND DEALLOYED PLATINUM HONEYCOMB SYSTEM Astracell LLC SON, TAEYOUNG 1751 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 10, 2023
18193386 AUTOMATIC TITRATION FOR VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION The Alfred E. Mann Foundation For Scientific Research SCHLUETER, MARY GRACE 3796 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 30, 2023
18184405 SENSORS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING RESPIRATION The Alfred E. Mann Foundation For Scientific Research TEJANI, ANKIT D 3796 §102§103Other Non-Final OA 71d Pending Mar 15, 2023
18042202 SOLID FAT TRIGLYCERIDE COMPOSITION Flora Food Global Principal B.V. MUKHOPADHYAY, BHASKAR 1792 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 17, 2023
17659821 PROCESS FOR OBTAINING ALKYL-NAPHTHENICS Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras STEIN, MICHELLE 1771 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 19, 2022

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