Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Bass Patent Law, LLC

5 pending office actions • 4 clients • 4 examiners • 4 art units • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=128 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

82.8%
Allowance Rate
n=128
+0.41σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=128
1.5
OAs to Allowance
n=53
-1.13σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=53
706 days
Time to Allowance
n=53
-5.5pp
Interview Lift
n=128
17.2%
RCE Rate
n=128
0.0%
Appeal Rate
n=128

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=4 (min 20)
56.0%
§102 Overcome
n=25
45.7%
§103 Overcome
n=35
61.9%
§112 Overcome
n=21

Specialization & Scale

A63B, A61M, G06F
Top CPC Subclasses
28%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=128
1
Practitioners
n=128
128.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=128

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
1
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

1
Hard (20%)
4
Medium (80%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (80%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (20%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
20% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
20% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
60% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
NGUYEN, SON T 2 28.8% +16.5%
LEVY, BRANDON WILLIAM 1 62.0% +48.1%
KUMAR, PREETI 1 31.4% +44.1%
LU, TOM Y 1 87.6% +3.5%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18474927 ANIMAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT LU, TOM Y

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19083280 LIGHTING FOR VERTICAL GROWING OF PLANTS NGUYEN, SON T
19083236 VERTICAL PLANT GROWING SYSTEMS AND TECHNIQUES NGUYEN, SON T

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18592009 PERFORMANCE GEAR, TEXTILE TECHNOLOGY, AND CLEANING AND PROTECTING SYSTEMS AND METHODS KUMAR, PREETI 6d
19083280 LIGHTING FOR VERTICAL GROWING OF PLANTS NGUYEN, SON T
19083236 VERTICAL PLANT GROWING SYSTEMS AND TECHNIQUES NGUYEN, SON T
18740190 CONTAINER FOR FLUID FOR DELIVERY TO A PATIENT LEVY, BRANDON WILLIAM

Client Portfolio (4 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Midrib Farms 2
Fresenius 1
HEX Performance 1
Ollie Pets Inc. 1

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36432
37811
17611
26671

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19083280 LIGHTING FOR VERTICAL GROWING OF PLANTS Midrib Farms Holding, LLC NGUYEN, SON T 3643 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Mar 18, 2025
19083236 VERTICAL PLANT GROWING SYSTEMS AND TECHNIQUES Midrib Farms Holding, LLC NGUYEN, SON T 3643 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 18, 2025
18740190 CONTAINER FOR FLUID FOR DELIVERY TO A PATIENT Fresenius Medical Care LEVY, BRANDON WILLIAM 3781 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 11, 2024
18592009 PERFORMANCE GEAR, TEXTILE TECHNOLOGY, AND CLEANING AND PROTECTING SYSTEMS AND METHODS Hex Performance, LLC KUMAR, PREETI 1761 §103Other Final Rejection 6d Pending Feb 29, 2024
18474927 ANIMAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT Ollie Pets Inc. LU, TOM Y 2667 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 26, 2023

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