Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Ascenda Law Group, Pc

21 pending office actions • 9 clients • 21 examiners • 14 art units • 0 of 21 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=4713 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

95.8%
Allowance Rate
n=4713
+0.65σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=4713
3.7
OAs to Allowance
n=4107
+0.10σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=4107
1127 days
Time to Allowance
n=4107
+1.4pp
Interview Lift
n=4713
28.6%
RCE Rate
n=4713
3.0%
Appeal Rate
n=4713

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

95.4%
§101 Overcome
n=588
94.5%
§102 Overcome
n=1191
93.8%
§103 Overcome
n=2162
94.5%
§112 Overcome
n=1096

Specialization & Scale

H04L, G06F, H04W
Top CPC Subclasses
24%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=4713
2
Practitioners
n=4713
2356.5
Apps / Practitioner
n=4713

Portfolio Summary

21
Total Pending OAs
18
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
1
Due this week
4
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. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (4)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.

5
Hard (24%)
12
Medium (57%)
2
Easy (10%)
2
Unknown (10%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (5%)
§101 + other1 (5%)
§103 only12 (57%)
§112 only2 (10%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (14%)
No statute on record2 (10%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
5% of docket
11
Information Tech
52% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
10% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
5% of docket
6
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.

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
LI, MENG 1 86.7% +19.8%
LE, BRIAN T 1 79.5% +29.5%
PEREZ BORROTO, ALFONSO 1 73.5% +19.1%
RAABE, CHRISTOPHER M 1 68.0% +27.6%
ALSIP, MICHAEL 1 75.2% +5.3%
BLANTON, JOHN D 1 77.6% +8.1%
ASSOUMAN, HERVE-LOUIS Y 1 91.3% +4.1%
ANYA, IGWE U 1 84.9% -4.8%
LEE, AIDEN Y 1 47.1% +26.1%
TAHA, SHUKRI ABDALLAH 1 84.1% +18.3%

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
19240524 USING AN LLM TO GENERATE API AND APPLICATION VULNERABILITY MITIGATION POLICIES FOR API GATEWAYS, WEB APPLICATION FIREWALLS, NEXT GENERATION FIREWALLS, AND IPS/IDS TOOLS LI, MENG
18654635 DEVICES INCLUDING REFLECTIVE GEOMETRIES FOR DISPLAYS AND LIGHTING APPLICATIONS ASSOUMAN, HERVE-LOUIS Y
18654432 OPTICALLY ACTIVE STRUCTURES AND PROCESSES FOR PREPARING AND DEVICES THEREOF ANYA, IGWE U

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18495104 3D PRINTER SYSTEM INCLUDING G-CODE CONVERSION PROCESS AND HARDWARE ABSTRACTION LAYER MONTY, MARZIA T 42d overdue
18350268 TOPICAL APPLICATION OF NERVE LABELING DYES FOR IMAGE-GUIDED SURGERY JONES, DAMERON LEVEST 2d overdue
18683000 WIRE-STRAIGHTENING APPARATUS FOR DIRECTED ENERGY DEPOSITION ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING PRESSLEY, PAUL DEREK 7d
18520578 METHOD AND DEVICE USED FOR POSITIONING EBRAHIM, ANEZ C 20d
18939772 DEVICES COMPATIBLE WITH NIGHT VISION EQUIPMENT RAABE, CHRISTOPHER M

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19049843 RECEIVER UNIT OF A WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER SYSTEM PEREZ BORROTO, ALFONSO 33d
19240524 USING AN LLM TO GENERATE API AND APPLICATION VULNERABILITY MITIGATION POLICIES FOR API GATEWAYS, WEB APPLICATION FIREWALLS, NEXT GENERATION FIREWALLS, AND IPS/IDS TOOLS LI, MENG
19191526 RESOURCE SELECTION FOR MULTIPLE COORDINATION MESSAGES LE, BRIAN T
18939772 DEVICES COMPATIBLE WITH NIGHT VISION EQUIPMENT RAABE, CHRISTOPHER M
18699006 CVD REACTOR WITH A SUPPORTING RING, AND SUPPORTING RING FOR A SUBSTRATE LEE, AIDEN Y
18624161 METHOD AND DEVICE IN NODES USED FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TAHA, SHUKRI ABDALLAH

Client Portfolio (9 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
24612
24371
28361
21391
24781
24631
37251
24641
24671
21171

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19240524 USING AN LLM TO GENERATE API AND APPLICATION VULNERABILITY MITIGATION POLICIES FOR API GATEWAYS, WEB APPLICATION FIREWALLS, NEXT GENERATION FIREWALLS, AND IPS/IDS TOOLS Wallarm Inc. LI, MENG 2437 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 17, 2025
19191526 RESOURCE SELECTION FOR MULTIPLE COORDINATION MESSAGES Bunker Hill Technologies LLC LE, BRIAN T §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Apr 28, 2025
19049843 RECEIVER UNIT OF A WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER SYSTEM Edison Innovations, LLC PEREZ BORROTO, ALFONSO 2836 §112Other Non-Final OA 33d Pending Feb 10, 2025
18939772 DEVICES COMPATIBLE WITH NIGHT VISION EQUIPMENT Edison Innovations, LLC RAABE, CHRISTOPHER M §101 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 07, 2024
18777334 BLOCK DEVICE INTERFACE USING NON-VOLATILE PINNED MEMORY Daedalus Cloud LLC ALSIP, MICHAEL 2139 §112 Final Rejection 32d overdue Pending Jul 18, 2024
18757852 Random Access Channel Configuration of a Base Station Peninsula Technologies, LLC BLANTON, JOHN D §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Jun 28, 2024
18654635 DEVICES INCLUDING REFLECTIVE GEOMETRIES FOR DISPLAYS AND LIGHTING APPLICATIONS Edison Innovations, LLC ASSOUMAN, HERVE-LOUIS Y §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 03, 2024
18654432 OPTICALLY ACTIVE STRUCTURES AND PROCESSES FOR PREPARING AND DEVICES THEREOF Edison Innovaions, Llc. ANYA, IGWE U §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 03, 2024
18699006 CVD REACTOR WITH A SUPPORTING RING, AND SUPPORTING RING FOR A SUBSTRATE Aixtron SE LEE, AIDEN Y §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 05, 2024
18624161 METHOD AND DEVICE IN NODES USED FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION Bunker Hill Technologies LLC TAHA, SHUKRI ABDALLAH 2478 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 02, 2024
18443373 Physical Uplink Shared Channel Processing Period Peninsula Technologies, LLC GHOWRWAL, OMAR J 2463 Other Non-Final OA 9d Pending Feb 16, 2024
18683000 WIRE-STRAIGHTENING APPARATUS FOR DIRECTED ENERGY DEPOSITION ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING Nexa3D Inc. PRESSLEY, PAUL DEREK 3725 §102§103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Feb 12, 2024
18539309 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION Bunker Hill Technologies LLC KAYAL, DAVID M 2464 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Dec 14, 2023
18520578 METHOD AND DEVICE USED FOR POSITIONING Bunker Hill Technologies LLC EBRAHIM, ANEZ C 2467 §102§103 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Nov 28, 2023
18509330 METHOD AND DEVICE USED FOR POSITIONING Bunker Hill Technologies LLC NGUYEN, BAO G 2461 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Nov 15, 2023
18495104 3D PRINTER SYSTEM INCLUDING G-CODE CONVERSION PROCESS AND HARDWARE ABSTRACTION LAYER Nexa3D Inc. MONTY, MARZIA T 2117 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Oct 26, 2023
18236957 METHOD AND DEVICE IN NODES USED FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION Bunker Hill Technologies LLC HARLEY, JASON A 2468 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 23, 2023
18350268 TOPICAL APPLICATION OF NERVE LABELING DYES FOR IMAGE-GUIDED SURGERY Edison Innovation, LLC JONES, DAMERON LEVEST 1618 §103§112 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Jul 11, 2023
18212186 METHOD AND DEVICE IN NODES USED FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION Bunker Hill Technologies LLC BEYEN, ZEWDU A 2461 §103 Non-Final OA 147d overdue Pending Jun 21, 2023
18098725 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION Bunker Hill Technologies LLC RAHMAN, M MOSTAZIR 2411 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 19, 2023
17934036 MULTI-FINGER RF nFET HAVING BURIED STRESSOR LAYER AND ISOLATION TRENCHES BETWEEN GATES Acorn Semi, LLC KHALIFA, MOATAZ 2817 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 21, 2022

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