Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Belles Katz LLC

5 pending office actions • 5 clients • 5 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 25 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=601 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

94.0%
Allowance Rate
n=601
+0.39σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=601
1.5
OAs to Allowance
n=455
-1.42σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=455
799 days
Time to Allowance
n=455
+1.8pp
Interview Lift
n=601
7.6%
RCE Rate
n=601
2.1%
Appeal Rate
n=601

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=10 (min 20)
95.0%
§102 Overcome
n=40
83.9%
§103 Overcome
n=137
98.5%
§112 Overcome
n=68

Specialization & Scale

A47G, F16B, F16M
Top CPC Subclasses
19%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=601
1
Practitioners
n=601
601.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=601

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. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

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

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (80%)
§112 only1 (20%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
60% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
20% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
20% 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
MCDUFFIE, MICHAEL D 1 67.5% -10.3%
CEPLUCH, ALYSSA L 1 62.3% +25.1%
AZAD, ABUL K 1 85.3% +14.2%
CHANG, KYUNG SOOK 1 60.4% +41.1%
SCHWARTZ, PHILIP N 1 55.5% +17.6%

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
18573542 A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING DOMAIN OR USE-CASE SWITCH SUGGESTION FOR AN ONGOING CONVERSATION AZAD, ABUL K 70d

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
18553657 A NANOFORMULATION FOR GLIOMA TREATMENT AND PROCESS FOR ITS PREPARATION THEREOF CHANG, KYUNG SOOK 14d
18573542 A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING DOMAIN OR USE-CASE SWITCH SUGGESTION FOR AN ONGOING CONVERSATION AZAD, ABUL K 70d
18613733 SINGLE-STEP CATALYTIC PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ALKYLATED AROMATICS USING CO2 CEPLUCH, ALYSSA L
18035732 PROCESS FOR RECOVERY OF METALS AND CARBON POWDER FROM SPENT LITHIUM ION BATTERIES SCHWARTZ, PHILIP N

Client Portfolio (5 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36321
17721
26561
16131
17491

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18890944 HANGING APPARATUS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Mcs Industries Inc. MCDUFFIE, MICHAEL D 3632 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 20, 2024
18613733 SINGLE-STEP CATALYTIC PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ALKYLATED AROMATICS USING CO2 COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH CEPLUCH, ALYSSA L 1772 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 22, 2024
18573542 A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING DOMAIN OR USE-CASE SWITCH SUGGESTION FOR AN ONGOING CONVERSATION Hishab India Private Limited AZAD, ABUL K 2656 §103 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Dec 22, 2023
18553657 A NANOFORMULATION FOR GLIOMA TREATMENT AND PROCESS FOR ITS PREPARATION THEREOF Jawaharlal Nehru Centre For Advanced Scientific Research CHANG, KYUNG SOOK 1613 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Oct 02, 2023
18035732 PROCESS FOR RECOVERY OF METALS AND CARBON POWDER FROM SPENT LITHIUM ION BATTERIES Hydromet Technology Solutions Private Limited SCHWARTZ, PHILIP N 1749 §112 Final Rejection Pending May 05, 2023

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