Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Ascent Intellectual Property Law

16 pending office actions • 13 clients • 16 examiners • 12 art units • 0 of 16 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=298 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

87.5%
Allowance Rate
n=298
+0.55σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=298
4.2
OAs to Allowance
n=168
+0.36σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=168
908 days
Time to Allowance
n=168
+8.1pp
Interview Lift
n=298
48.4%
RCE Rate
n=298
0.0%
Appeal Rate
n=298

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

45.8%
§101 Overcome
n=24
76.8%
§102 Overcome
n=138
73.2%
§103 Overcome
n=168
75.0%
§112 Overcome
n=116

Specialization & Scale

G06F, G06Q, H04L
Top CPC Subclasses
15%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=298
0
Practitioners
n=298
Apps / Practitioner
n=298 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

16
Total Pending OAs
9
Non-Final OAs
7
Final Rejections
0
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.

8
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
2
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 (8)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (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.

7
Hard (44%)
7
Medium (44%)
1
Easy (6%)
1
Unknown (6%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (12%)
§101 + other3 (19%)
§103 only7 (44%)
§112 only1 (6%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (12%)
No statute on record1 (6%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
2
Information Tech
12% of docket
3
Communications
19% of docket
2
Semiconductors
12% of docket
8
Mechanical / Eng
50% of docket
1
Business / Other
6% 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.

160 h
Manual time on pending OAs
32 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
56 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HASAN, SYED HAROON 1 81.6% +15.4%
KING, ANITA M 1 79.7% +14.8%
MAI, THIEN T 1 59.1% +20.2%
TEJADA, JOSEANE ECLAIR 1 51.4% +63.0%
SHARMA, NEERAJ 1 84.8% +11.9%
BAYS, MARIE D 1 74.6% +19.6%
NELSON JR, MILTON 1 84.6% +5.6%
STEINBERG, AMANDA L 1 51.4% +27.9%
SUMMERS, GEOFFREY E 1 71.9% +35.4%
AYRES, TIMOTHY MICHAEL 1 58.9% +21.5%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18759639 MECHANICAL TRANSMISSIONS, AND ASSOCIATED DEVICES AND METHODS NELSON JR, MILTON 71d
18887468 LINK-BASED AUDIO RECORDING, COLLECTION, COLLABORATION, EMBEDDING AND DELIVERY SYSTEM SHARMA, NEERAJ

Hard Cases (7)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17734027 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMAL PERSONALIZED INFANT NUTRITION, DISEASE PREVENTION, AND GROWTH MONITORING FURTADO, WINSTON RAHUL 77d overdue
18389186 Breastfeeding Monitor and Smart Insight System STEINBERG, AMANDA L 26d overdue
17341008 SPECTRAL ANALYSIS VISUALIZATION SYSTEM AND METHOD LEE, PAUL D 23d overdue
18384770 Dimensional Measurement Method Based on Deep Learning SUMMERS, GEOFFREY E 18d overdue
17371081 PROCESS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR COLLECTING, PREDICTING, AND INSTRUCTING THE PRONUNCIAITON OF WORDS PATEL, SHREYANS A 8d
19206688 Systems, Methods, and Media for Identification, Disambiguation, Verification and for Communicating Knowledge HASAN, SYED HAROON 34d
19091358 WIRE CONNECTION SYSTEM AND DEVICE KING, ANITA M

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
18780775 INTERCHANGEABLE STRAP SYSTEM AND DEVICE FOR OPEN-TOED FOOTWEAR BAYS, MARIE D 58d overdue
18389186 Breastfeeding Monitor and Smart Insight System STEINBERG, AMANDA L 26d overdue
18384770 Dimensional Measurement Method Based on Deep Learning SUMMERS, GEOFFREY E 18d overdue
19206688 Systems, Methods, and Media for Identification, Disambiguation, Verification and for Communicating Knowledge HASAN, SYED HAROON 34d
19053875 WRITER FOR HUMAN-READABLE EXTREMELY HIGH DENSITY PERMANENT DATA STORAGE MAI, THIEN T 76d
19091358 WIRE CONNECTION SYSTEM AND DEVICE KING, ANITA M
18958595 PORTABLE OUTDOOR SLEEP SYSTEM TEJADA, JOSEANE ECLAIR
18887468 LINK-BASED AUDIO RECORDING, COLLECTION, COLLABORATION, EMBEDDING AND DELIVERY SYSTEM SHARMA, NEERAJ

Client Portfolio (13 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36732
26592
36362
21541
28761
37321
37921
26691
36371
24341

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19206688 Systems, Methods, and Media for Identification, Disambiguation, Verification and for Communicating Knowledge Pinx, Inc. HASAN, SYED HAROON 2154 §101§102 Non-Final OA 34d Pending May 13, 2025
19091358 WIRE CONNECTION SYSTEM AND DEVICE Star Blinds, LLC KING, ANITA M §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 26, 2025
19053875 WRITER FOR HUMAN-READABLE EXTREMELY HIGH DENSITY PERMANENT DATA STORAGE Brigham Young University MAI, THIEN T 2876 §103 Final Rejection 76d Pending Feb 14, 2025
18958595 PORTABLE OUTDOOR SLEEP SYSTEM Kammok Holdings, LLC TEJADA, JOSEANE ECLAIR 3673 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 25, 2024
18887468 LINK-BASED AUDIO RECORDING, COLLECTION, COLLABORATION, EMBEDDING AND DELIVERY SYSTEM Namecoach, Inc. SHARMA, NEERAJ 2659 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 17, 2024
18780775 INTERCHANGEABLE STRAP SYSTEM AND DEVICE FOR OPEN-TOED FOOTWEAR Flp/Flp LLC BAYS, MARIE D 3732 Other Non-Final OA 58d overdue Pending Jul 23, 2024
18759639 MECHANICAL TRANSMISSIONS, AND ASSOCIATED DEVICES AND METHODS Kammok Gear, LLC NELSON JR, MILTON 3636 §112 Non-Final OA 71d Pending Jun 28, 2024
18389186 Breastfeeding Monitor and Smart Insight System BIB HEALTH & TECHNOLOGIES, LLC STEINBERG, AMANDA L 3792 §101§103 Non-Final OA 26d overdue Pending Nov 13, 2023
18384770 Dimensional Measurement Method Based on Deep Learning UNITX, INC. SUMMERS, GEOFFREY E 2669 §102§103 Final Rejection 18d overdue Pending Oct 27, 2023
18093984 PALLET WITH INTERNAL FRAME Eco Green Equipment, LLC AYRES, TIMOTHY MICHAEL 3637 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 06, 2023
17980467 ASYMMETRICAL PORTABLE HAMMOCK STAND Kammok Holdings, LLC CONLEY, FREDRICK C 3673 §103 Non-Final OA 38d overdue Pending Nov 03, 2022
17976231 Information Acquisition, Filtering and Analyzing System and Method Chanalytics Io, LLC AHMED, MAHABUB S 2434 §103 Non-Final OA 168d overdue Pending Oct 28, 2022
17948577 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR ENVIRONMENT DETECTION FOR THE VISION IMPAIRED Andiee's, LLC JACKSON, DANIELLE 3636 §103 Final Rejection 140d overdue Pending Sep 20, 2022
17734027 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMAL PERSONALIZED INFANT NUTRITION, DISEASE PREVENTION, AND GROWTH MONITORING Tellspec, Ltd. FURTADO, WINSTON RAHUL 3687 §101 Final Rejection 77d overdue Pending Apr 30, 2022
17371081 PROCESS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR COLLECTING, PREDICTING, AND INSTRUCTING THE PRONUNCIAITON OF WORDS Namecoach, Inc. PATEL, SHREYANS A 2659 §101§103 Final Rejection 8d Pending Jul 08, 2021
17341008 SPECTRAL ANALYSIS VISUALIZATION SYSTEM AND METHOD Tellspec, Ltd. LEE, PAUL D 2857 §101 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Jun 07, 2021

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