Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Aurora Consulting LLC

16 pending office actions • 15 clients • 16 examiners • 15 art units • 0 of 16 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=656 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

89.0%
Allowance Rate
n=656
+0.74σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=656
2.9
OAs to Allowance
n=309
-0.49σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=309
791 days
Time to Allowance
n=309
+11.7pp
Interview Lift
n=656
27.1%
RCE Rate
n=656
1.5%
Appeal Rate
n=656

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

86.9%
§101 Overcome
n=61
84.0%
§102 Overcome
n=131
81.2%
§103 Overcome
n=223
79.1%
§112 Overcome
n=163

Specialization & Scale

A61B, G01N, G06F
Top CPC Subclasses
21%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=656
2
Practitioners
n=656
328.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=656

Portfolio Summary

16
Total Pending OAs
9
Non-Final OAs
6
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
0
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (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.

10
Hard (62%)
6
Medium (38%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (6%)
§103 only4 (25%)
Double-patenting + other2 (12%)
Multi-statute (no §101)9 (56%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
19% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
3
Communications
19% of docket
1
Semiconductors
6% 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
HOFFA, ANGELA MARIE 1 67.7% +27.6%
TOWA, RENE T 1 49.1% +17.4%
STEVENS, ALLAN D 1 41.3% +49.8%
EDWARDS, PHILIP CHARLES 1 85.4% +14.8%
KUCKLA, ANNA GRACE 1 50.0% +53.3%
ZHU, JIANJIAN 1 61.0% +83.7%
THERKORN, ERICA GERALDINE 1 100.0% +0.0%
LETTERMAN, CATRINA A 1 66.9% +30.5%
FUJITA, KATRINA R 1 70.6% +23.6%
PATEL, RISHI R 1 82.3% +2.6%

Hard Cases (10)

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
19231148 METHOD FOR NAVIGATING FLEXIBLE URINARY CATHETERS TOWA, RENE T 81d overdue
18707061 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR USING INDIVIDUALIZED GENOME ASSEMBLIES AND INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL LINES OF NONHUMAN PRIMATES FOR PRE-CLINICAL EVALUATION ZHU, JIANJIAN 29d overdue
18511901 ACQUISITION TECHNIQUE WITH DYNAMIC k-SPACE SAMPLING PATTERN PATEL, RISHI R 10d overdue
17905865 SYRINGE APPARATUS AND SYRINGE ADAPTER DEVICE TRINH, HONG-VAN N 68d
18946043 DISPOSABLE IRRIGATION BASIN FOR EXTREMITY PROCEDURES STEVENS, ALLAN D
18726392 Device and Method for Delivery of Transcutaneous Current EDWARDS, PHILIP CHARLES
18617164 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING A MULTI-USER ENVIRONMENT THERKORN, ERICA GERALDINE
18584332 DYNAMIC RECOMMENDATION ENGINE FUJITA, KATRINA R

Interview Candidates (8)

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
19231148 METHOD FOR NAVIGATING FLEXIBLE URINARY CATHETERS TOWA, RENE T 81d overdue
18707061 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR USING INDIVIDUALIZED GENOME ASSEMBLIES AND INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL LINES OF NONHUMAN PRIMATES FOR PRE-CLINICAL EVALUATION ZHU, JIANJIAN 29d overdue
18693918 PORTABLE PHYSICAL PARALLEL BAR SYSTEM LETTERMAN, CATRINA A 39d
19543732 IMPLANT STABILITY SENSOR SYSTEM AND METHOD HOFFA, ANGELA MARIE
18946043 DISPOSABLE IRRIGATION BASIN FOR EXTREMITY PROCEDURES STEVENS, ALLAN D
18726392 Device and Method for Delivery of Transcutaneous Current EDWARDS, PHILIP CHARLES
18710603 CHEMICAL SPRAY FOR INTRUDER DETERRENT AND RELATED METHODS KUCKLA, ANNA GRACE
18584332 DYNAMIC RECOMMENDATION ENGINE FUJITA, KATRINA R

Client Portfolio (15 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37991
37911
37361
37921
16311
37151
37841
26721
28961
26711

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19543732 IMPLANT STABILITY SENSOR SYSTEM AND METHOD Orthoiq, Inc. HOFFA, ANGELA MARIE 3799 §112DP Non-Final OA Pending Feb 18, 2026
19231148 METHOD FOR NAVIGATING FLEXIBLE URINARY CATHETERS Foldé Inc. TOWA, RENE T 3791 §103§112 Non-Final OA 81d overdue Pending Jun 06, 2025
18946043 DISPOSABLE IRRIGATION BASIN FOR EXTREMITY PROCEDURES Mdm Wound Ventures, Inc. STEVENS, ALLAN D 3736 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 13, 2024
18726392 Device and Method for Delivery of Transcutaneous Current Exact Neuro LLC EDWARDS, PHILIP CHARLES 3792 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 02, 2024
18710603 CHEMICAL SPRAY FOR INTRUDER DETERRENT AND RELATED METHODS Crotega LLC KUCKLA, ANNA GRACE §102DP Non-Final OA Pending May 15, 2024
18707061 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR USING INDIVIDUALIZED GENOME ASSEMBLIES AND INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL LINES OF NONHUMAN PRIMATES FOR PRE-CLINICAL EVALUATION Exir LLC ZHU, JIANJIAN 1631 §103§112 Final Rejection 29d overdue Pending May 02, 2024
18617164 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING A MULTI-USER ENVIRONMENT Lit8 SAS THERKORN, ERICA GERALDINE 3715 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 26, 2024
18693918 PORTABLE PHYSICAL PARALLEL BAR SYSTEM Wareologie, Inc. LETTERMAN, CATRINA A 3784 §103 Non-Final OA 39d Pending Mar 20, 2024
18584332 DYNAMIC RECOMMENDATION ENGINE Q Bio, Inc. FUJITA, KATRINA R 2672 §101§102 Final Rejection Pending Feb 22, 2024
18511901 ACQUISITION TECHNIQUE WITH DYNAMIC k-SPACE SAMPLING PATTERN Q Bio, Inc. PATEL, RISHI R 2896 §102§103 Final Rejection 10d overdue Pending Nov 16, 2023
18558041 MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING AND CLASSIFYING RARE CELLS X-Zell Biotech Pte. Ltd. KRASNIC, BERNARD 2671 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 30, 2023
18485534 FOOD ADDITIVE AS A FLAVOR ENHANCER OR TEXTURE MODIFIER, AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME Uppala Rajakaruna HAWKINS, AMANDA SALATA 1793 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 12, 2023
18258103 OBTAINING SUGAR FROM FERMENTED GRAINS Nova Pangaea Technologies (UK) Limited RAJA, JAANZEB CHAANGEZ 1736 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 16, 2023
18253555 DEVICES FOR PRODUCING CLEAR ICE PRODUCTS AND RELATED METHODS Abstract Ice, Inc. GAYE, SAMBA NMN 3763 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 18, 2023
18000987 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED DETECTION AND PROCESSING OF ORAL FEATURES Oral Tech AI Pty Ltd. BUDISALICH, ANDREW STEVEN 2662 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 07, 2022
17905865 SYRINGE APPARATUS AND SYRINGE ADAPTER DEVICE Medica Instrumentae Limited TRINH, HONG-VAN N 3783 §102§103 Final Rejection 68d Pending Sep 08, 2022

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