Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Avek Ip, LLC (Op Orig)

65 pending office actions • 41 clients • 59 examiners • 40 art units • 0 of 65 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=4019 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

90.5%
Allowance Rate
n=4019
+0.56σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=4019
2.5
OAs to Allowance
n=2634
-0.56σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=2634
924 days
Time to Allowance
n=2634
+6.4pp
Interview Lift
n=4019
19.2%
RCE Rate
n=4019
1.4%
Appeal Rate
n=4019

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

77.0%
§101 Overcome
n=204
83.5%
§102 Overcome
n=990
81.9%
§103 Overcome
n=1535
82.7%
§112 Overcome
n=1143

Specialization & Scale

G06F, B64D, B64C
Top CPC Subclasses
8%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=4019
12
Practitioners
n=4019
334.9
Apps / Practitioner
n=4019

Portfolio Summary

65
Total Pending OAs
40
Non-Final OAs
24
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 19 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

8
Overdue
1
Due this week
6
Due this month
2
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. 19 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (8)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (6)Due ≤ 60 days (2)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.

30
Hard (46%)
27
Medium (42%)
8
Easy (12%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (3%)
§101 + other6 (9%)
§103 only18 (28%)
§102 only6 (9%)
§112 only7 (11%)
Double-patenting only1 (2%)
Double-patenting + other3 (5%)
Multi-statute (no §101)22 (34%)

Industry Mix

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

13
Life Sciences
20% of docket
1
Information Tech
2% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
6
Semiconductors
9% of docket
28
Mechanical / Eng
43% of docket
17
Business / Other
26% 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.

650 h
Manual time on pending OAs
130 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
227 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
5.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MCKANE, ELIZABETH L 3 62.8% +25.9%
KURPLE, KARL 3 51.8% +63.8%
AMAR, MARC J 2 75.0% +38.1%
KENNEDY, TIMOTHY J 2 71.2% +17.4%
CHAMPAGNE, LUNA 1 45.9% +34.7%
DOYLE, BRANDI M 1 62.6% +11.8%
BALAJ, ANTHONY MICHAEL 1 30.0% +33.1%
SITTNER, MICHAEL J 1 11.1% +14.7%
JOHNSON, WILLIAM DONALD 1
SCHOECH, ASHLEY TIFFANY 1 66.7% +30.0%

Hard Cases (30)

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
18569816 A System and Method for Registering the Use of an Activity Area BOYCE, ANDRE D 53d overdue
18259391 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING LESION FEATURES OF HYPERTENSIVE RETINOPATHY MUHAMMAD, KEY 30d overdue
18258638 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONDUCTING AUTOMATED CLINICAL DIAGNOSTIC CROSSOVER STUDIES BARBEE, MANUEL L 18d overdue
18157992 Apparatus for Dispersing Impact Forces TORRES WILLIAMS, MELANIE 18d overdue
17757660 DEVICE FOR MENISCAL REPAIR POLAND, CHERIE MICHELLE 1d overdue
18097361 OSTOMY POUCH EMPTYING DEVICE AND METHOD OF USE RASSAVONG, ERIC 7d
18822218 ACCOUNTING METHOD FOR CARBON FOOTPRINT OF LEATHER PRODUCT CASTILHO, EDUARDO D 9d
18273704 HYBRID MODULAR POWER SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH SMART CONTROL GONZALEZ RAMOS, MAYLA 13d

Interview Candidates (15)

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
18925394 Incremental Neural Network Model Inference SCHOECH, ASHLEY TIFFANY 48d
19231441 BATCH COATING APPARATUS AND BATCH COATING METHOD MCKANE, ELIZABETH L
19231443 BATCH COATING APPARATUS AND BATCH COATING METHOD MCKANE, ELIZABETH L
19205365 BATCH COATING APPARATUS AND BATCH COATING METHOD MCKANE, ELIZABETH L
19059079 MOBILE PAYMENT AND MONITORING DEVICE FOR GAMING MACHINES CHAMPAGNE, LUNA
18717908 Process and Plant for Producing One or More Hydrocarbons DOYLE, BRANDI M
18881947 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CUSTOMIZED AUTOMATED CLINICAL DIAGNOSTIC CROSSOVER STUDIES BALAJ, ANTHONY MICHAEL
18927523 MODELING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CARBON EMISSIONS IN LEATHER MANUFACTURING PROCESS SITTNER, MICHAEL J

Client Portfolio (41 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37235
39913
36312
37412
17212
17432
28572
17742
36821
36211

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19231441 BATCH COATING APPARATUS AND BATCH COATING METHOD Shenzhen Sisensing Co., Ltd. MCKANE, ELIZABETH L 3991 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 07, 2025
19231443 BATCH COATING APPARATUS AND BATCH COATING METHOD Shenzhen Sisensing Co., Ltd. MCKANE, ELIZABETH L 3991 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 07, 2025
19205365 BATCH COATING APPARATUS AND BATCH COATING METHOD Shenzhen Sisensing Technology Co., Ltd. MCKANE, ELIZABETH L 3991 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 12, 2025
19059079 MOBILE PAYMENT AND MONITORING DEVICE FOR GAMING MACHINES Amusement Connect LLC CHAMPAGNE, LUNA §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 20, 2025
18717908 Process and Plant for Producing One or More Hydrocarbons Linde GmbH DOYLE, BRANDI M §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 09, 2025
18881947 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CUSTOMIZED AUTOMATED CLINICAL DIAGNOSTIC CROSSOVER STUDIES BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC. BALAJ, ANTHONY MICHAEL 3682 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 07, 2025
18927523 MODELING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CARBON EMISSIONS IN LEATHER MANUFACTURING PROCESS Sichuan University SITTNER, MICHAEL J 3621 §101§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Oct 25, 2024
18925635 Removable Bracket Textron Aviation Inc. JOHNSON, WILLIAM DONALD 3631 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 30d Pending Oct 24, 2024
18925394 Incremental Neural Network Model Inference Advanced Space, LLC SCHOECH, ASHLEY TIFFANY 3669 §101§103§112 Final Rejection 48d Pending Oct 24, 2024
18845143 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTING ANALYTICAL PRECISION IN CLINICAL DIAGNOSTIC PROCESSES BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC. SANGHERA, STEVEN G.S. 3684 §101§112 Final Rejection Pending Sep 09, 2024
18829172 METHOD FOR CALCULATING CARBON FOOTPRINT OF LEATHER CHEMICAL MATERIAL Sichuan Chuangzhiweiye Technology Co., Ltd. WARNER, PHILIP N 3624 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 09, 2024
18822218 ACCOUNTING METHOD FOR CARBON FOOTPRINT OF LEATHER PRODUCT Sichuan University CASTILHO, EDUARDO D 3698 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Sep 01, 2024
18818495 INVERTER CIRCUIT WITH TWO SERIALLY CONNECTED AND ALTERNATING TRANSFORMERS AND INVERTER EQUIPMENT Foshan Shunde Guanyuda Power Supply Co., Ltd. TRAN, NGUYEN 2838 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 28, 2024
18815420 FILTER COMPONENT Grace Precision Products, LLC BARRY, DAPHNE MARIE 3753 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 26, 2024
18811442 Adjustable Gradient Tinting for Aircraft Windscreen Textron Aviation Inc. BRIGGS, NATHANAEL R §102 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 21, 2024
18764301 PORT PROTECTOR AND COVER SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE Marsco Medical, LLC FREDRICKSON, COURTNEY B §101§102§103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Jul 04, 2024
18752457 SELF ADJUSTING ROLLER FOR USE WITH EXERCISE EQUIPMENT Bulletproof Fitness Equipment Inc. RAUBENSTRAW, TYLER ALLEN §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 24, 2024
18671896 Sauna With Multi-Sensory Transducers Immersion, LLC ROZANSKI, MICHAEL T §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 22, 2024
18668147 Masking System Chromalloy Gas Turbine LLC KURPLE, KARL §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 18, 2024
18664931 MATERIAL HANDLING MACHINE FOR USE WITH OPEN TOP RAIL CARS Herzog Railroad Services, Inc. MESHAKA, MAXWELL L §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 15, 2024
18649761 Aircraft Charging Monitoring Pipistrel D.O.O. BUTLER, RODNEY ALLEN 3666 §103 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Apr 29, 2024
18645175 CUTTING HEAD Grace Precision Products, LLC MARKMAN, MAKENA 3723 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 24, 2024
18639923 Electric Auxiliary Power Unit Based Electric Taxi System for Aircraft Textron Aviation Inc. REIDY, SEAN PATRICK 3663 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 18, 2024
18636168 Emergency Autoland Braking System Textron Aviation Inc. RODRIGUEZ, PAMELA §112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 15, 2024
18633079 Swivel Locking System Textron Aviation Inc. MORRIS, TAYLOR L 3631 §112 Final Rejection Pending Apr 11, 2024
18694251 CIRCULAR GRIT REMOVER WITH TUBE SETTLERS Smith & Loveless, Inc. GONZALEZ, MADELINE §103DP Non-Final OA Pending Mar 21, 2024
18594479 Aircraft Thrust Reverser Corrosion Shield Textron Aviation Inc. AMAR, MARC J 3741 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 04, 2024
18594451 Automated Raw Stock Sheet Alignment Textron Aviation Inc. MORRISON, THOMAS A 3653 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 04, 2024
18686963 Energy Harvester and Method for Manufacturing an Energy Harvester Tegnology Aps MERSHON, JAYNE L 1721 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 27, 2024
18583412 3D Printer Head Textron Aviation Inc. KENNEDY, TIMOTHY J 1743 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 21, 2024
18583431 Nozzle Scraper Textron Aviation Inc. KENNEDY, TIMOTHY J 1743 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 21, 2024
18443244 Masking Systems Chromalloy Gas Turbine LLC MILLER, JR, JOSEPH ALBERT §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 15, 2024
18441156 Peak Efficiency Propeller Control Pipistrel D.O.O. REITZ, MICHAEL K. 3745 §112 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Feb 14, 2024
18438416 System and Method for Making Egg Products Utilizing Cooked Egg Isonova Technologies, LLC HAWKINS, AMANDA SALATA 1793 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 10, 2024
18433679 Masking System Chromalloy Gas Turbine LLC KURPLE, KARL 3723 §103DP Non-Final OA Pending Feb 06, 2024
18429389 Seat Belt Buckle Airbag Deactivation System Test Fqt CAROC, LHEIREN MAE ANGLO 2831 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 31, 2024
18415750 Multi-Component Masking System Chromalloy Gas Turbine LLC TADESSE, YEWEBDAR T 3723 §102§103 Non-Final OA 83d Pending Jan 18, 2024
18412954 DISPLAY APPARATUS COMPRISING PLURALITY OF FIRST CAPPING LAYERS SPACED APART FROM EACH OTHER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME Herzog Railroad Services, Inc. KUHFUSS, ZACHARY L 3615 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 15, 2024
18406838 AUTOMATED FACT-CHECKING INTEGRATED IN A WEB BROWSER Gen Digital Inc. DEWAN, KAMAL K 2163 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 08, 2024
18569816 A System and Method for Registering the Use of an Activity Area Count4Care Aps BOYCE, ANDRE D 3623 §101 Non-Final OA 53d overdue Pending Dec 13, 2023
18529258 Plating Tool Tooling System Chromalloy Gas Turbine LLC KEELING, ALEXANDER W §102 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 05, 2023
18521369 Hang On Portable Tree Stand Elevate Stand Co. LLC TRAN, ZOE T 3647 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 28, 2023
18514559 MODULAR PORTABLE TOILET WITH ROTARY AGITATOR Coversan, LLC LOEPPKE, JANIE MEREDITH 3754 §103§112 Final Rejection 71d Pending Nov 20, 2023
18562048 Chromogenic Absorbent Material for Animal Litter 7905122 Canada Inc. JONES-FOSTER, ERICA NICOLE 1656 DP Final Rejection Pending Nov 17, 2023
18477984 Low Drag Nacelle and Pylon Fairing Textron Aviation Inc. AMAR, MARC J 3741 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Sep 29, 2023
18478126 Additively Manufactured Masking System Chromalloy Gas Turbine LLC KURPLE, KARL 3723 §103DP Non-Final OA Pending Sep 29, 2023
18474441 UNATTENDED TRAILER HITCH LOCK B & W Custom Truck Beds, Inc. ENGLISH, PETER C 3993 §112 Final Rejection 77d overdue Pending Sep 26, 2023
18549584 Process and System for Preparing a Target Compound Clariant International Ltd. FADHEL, ALI Z 1692 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 07, 2023
18458474 Aircraft Weight and Balance Calculator Textron Aviation Inc. EDWARDS, ETHAN WESLEY 2857 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 30, 2023
18273704 HYBRID MODULAR POWER SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH SMART CONTROL Hci Energy, LLC GONZALEZ RAMOS, MAYLA 1721 §103§112 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Jul 21, 2023
18346200 Hydrogel Particle Encapsulation and Suspension Media Removal Celldrop Biosciences, Inc. CANDELARIA, JULIANA IRENE 1634 §112 Final Rejection Pending Jun 30, 2023
18259391 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING LESION FEATURES OF HYPERTENSIVE RETINOPATHY Shenzhen Sibright Technology Co., Ltd. MUHAMMAD, KEY 2872 §103§112 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Jun 26, 2023
18258638 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONDUCTING AUTOMATED CLINICAL DIAGNOSTIC CROSSOVER STUDIES BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC. BARBEE, MANUEL L 2857 §102§103 Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending Jun 21, 2023
18337807 Additively Manufactured Tooling for Coating Components Using Electrically Driven Aqueous Processes Chromalloy Gas Turbine LLC CHUNG, HOSUNG CHARLES 1794 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 20, 2023
18334977 Popcorn-Based Food Product The Hershey Company LEBLANC, KATHERINE DEGUIRE 1791 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Jun 14, 2023
18309186 INTELLIGENT MODULARIZED RECONSTRUCTION SYSTEM FOR SPACECRAFT BASED ON TASK TEXT ANALYSIS Xiangtan University MIRABITO, MICHAEL PAUL §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 28, 2023
18297766 Automated External Defibrillator with Integrated Medication Delivery Hearthero, Inc. MARRISON, SAMUEL JOSEPH 3783 §102§103 Final Rejection 43d Pending Apr 10, 2023
18246846 Device and Method for Controllably Carrying Out a Chemical Reaction BASF Corporation LEUNG, JENNIFER A 1774 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 27, 2023
18157992 Apparatus for Dispersing Impact Forces Newtonoid Technologies, L.L.C. TORRES WILLIAMS, MELANIE 3616 §102§103Other Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending Jan 23, 2023
18097361 OSTOMY POUCH EMPTYING DEVICE AND METHOD OF USE Catenation Enterprises, LLC RASSAVONG, ERIC 3781 §103§112 Final Rejection 7d Pending Jan 16, 2023
17929009 Reactor and Method for Carrying Out a Chemical Reaction BASF Corporation KUYKENDALL, ALYSSA LEE 1774 §103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Jan 10, 2023
17811094 FIBER-OPTIC FABRY-PEROT PRESSURE SENSOR AND BATCH PREPARATION METHOD FOR SENSING UNIT THEREOF North University Of China LEE, HWA S 2877 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 07, 2022
17807629 BLOWER ATTACHMENT FOR VEHICLES Harper Industries, Inc. SAENZ, ALBERTO 3723 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 17, 2022
17757660 DEVICE FOR MENISCAL REPAIR Lmf Industries Pty Ltd. POLAND, CHERIE MICHELLE 3771 §103§112 Final Rejection 1d overdue Pending Jun 17, 2022
17396669 METHOD FOR PREPARING NOVEL NATURAL OIL BASED HIGH TEMPERATURE ISOCYANURATE CONTAINING POLYURETHANE THERMOSETTING RESINS Mcpu Polymer Engineering, LLC SERGENT, RABON A 1765 §112 Final Rejection 13d Pending Aug 07, 2021

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