Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Berg Hill Greenleaf Ruscitti LLP

Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

10 pending office actions • 9 clients • 10 examiners • 9 art units • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Berg Hill Greenleaf Ruscitti LLP focuses on Chemistry & Materials, with a total of 1018 career applications. The firm maintains a resolved allowance rate of 84.54 percent, demonstrating its effectiveness in securing patent grants. There are currently 10 pending office actions being addressed by the firm relative to its 1018 career applications.

The prosecution cycle at the firm averages 3.45 office actions per allowance. This 3.45 figure indicates a detailed engagement with patent examiners, which is common in the Chemistry & Materials sector. For practitioners, the 1018 career applications and the 84.54 percent resolved allowance rate provide a clear picture of the firm's long-term performance. The 10 pending office actions and the 3.45 office actions per allowance metric further illustrate the firm's active workload and its typical path to achieving an allowance. These data points together highlight a firm with a consistent and reliable prosecution history.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Quality Metrics (n=1018 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

84.5%
Allowance Rate
n=1018
+0.51σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1018
3.4
OAs to Allowance
n=536
-0.05σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=536
1004 days
Time to Allowance
n=536
+15.0pp
Interview Lift
n=1018
27.6%
RCE Rate
n=1018
0.4%
Appeal Rate
n=1018

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

58.8%
§101 Overcome
n=51
65.5%
§102 Overcome
n=252
69.6%
§103 Overcome
n=395
72.9%
§112 Overcome
n=420

Specialization & Scale

A61K, C12N, A01K
Top CPC Subclasses
15%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1018
2
Practitioners
n=1018
509.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=1018

Portfolio Summary

10
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)

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.

6
Hard (60%)
3
Medium (30%)
1
Easy (10%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (10%)
§103 only1 (10%)
§112 only1 (10%)
Double-patenting + other2 (20%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

5
Life Sciences
50% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
10% of docket
1
Semiconductors
10% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
30% 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.

100 h
Manual time on pending OAs
20 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
35 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
GOLDEN, ANDREW J 1 43.0% +38.1%
JORDAN, MORGAN T 1 52.8% +34.0%
FULLER, RODNEY EVAN 1 83.9% +7.9%
WANG, YUEHAN 1 82.5% +13.6%
MALLEY JR., DANIEL PATRICK 1 56.5% +45.7%
LUKJAN, SEBASTIAN X 1 76.3% +40.3%
RAGHU, GANAPATHIRAM 1 73.6% +26.4%
MONSHIPOURI, MARYAM 1 79.1% +37.5%
KOLTONOW, ANDREW ROBERT 1 48.3% +33.3%
WALRAED-SULLIVAN, KYLE 1 73.3% +30.4%

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
18827381 Systems and Methods for Displaying and Interacting with a Dynamic Real-World Environment WANG, YUEHAN —

Hard Cases (6)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18460258 Cellulose for Use in Cellulosic Ethanol-Producing Applications RAGHU, GANAPATHIRAM 16d overdue
18452169 Improvements In Biomass Fermentation into Ethanol MONSHIPOURI, MARYAM 11d overdue
19077014 Pet Grooming Device JORDAN, MORGAN T —
18915739 Camera Carrying System With Lockable Strap And Tripod Adapter FULLER, RODNEY EVAN —
18843176 MULTIPLE CABLE, COLUMN AND BEAM STRUCTURES FOR SUPPORTING SOLAR PANELS WITHIN A STRUCTURAL GRID MALLEY JR., DANIEL PATRICK —
18177663 System And Method For Wastewater Treatment Including Use of Microporous Media Beds KOLTONOW, ANDREW ROBERT —

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
18440673 MICROCURRENT DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THE TREATMENT OF VISUAL DISEASE LUKJAN, SEBASTIAN X 84d overdue
17607203 Prop Head For Formwork Shoring And Method Of Using Same WALRAED-SULLIVAN, KYLE 24d overdue
18460258 Cellulose for Use in Cellulosic Ethanol-Producing Applications RAGHU, GANAPATHIRAM 16d overdue
18452169 Improvements In Biomass Fermentation into Ethanol MONSHIPOURI, MARYAM 11d overdue
19261509 Solar Panel Support Systems Including Moveable Single Axis Tracker Supports GOLDEN, ANDREW J —
19077014 Pet Grooming Device JORDAN, MORGAN T —
18827381 Systems and Methods for Displaying and Interacting with a Dynamic Real-World Environment WANG, YUEHAN —
18843176 MULTIPLE CABLE, COLUMN AND BEAM STRUCTURES FOR SUPPORTING SOLAR PANELS WITHIN A STRUCTURAL GRID MALLEY JR., DANIEL PATRICK —

Client Portfolio (9 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17262
36431
28521
26171
37921
16521
16511
17951
36351

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19261509 Solar Panel Support Systems Including Moveable Single Axis Tracker Supports P4P Holdings, LLC GOLDEN, ANDREW J 1726 §103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 07, 2025
19077014 Pet Grooming Device Bounce Enterprises LLC JORDAN, MORGAN T 3643 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 11, 2025
18915739 Camera Carrying System With Lockable Strap And Tripod Adapter Jinx Innovations, LLC FULLER, RODNEY EVAN 2852 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 15, 2024
18827381 Systems and Methods for Displaying and Interacting with a Dynamic Real-World Environment Nearme Ar, LLC WANG, YUEHAN 2617 §103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 06, 2024
18843176 MULTIPLE CABLE, COLUMN AND BEAM STRUCTURES FOR SUPPORTING SOLAR PANELS WITHIN A STRUCTURAL GRID P4P Energy LLC D/B/A Conger Solar MALLEY JR., DANIEL PATRICK 1726 §102§112 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 30, 2024
18440673 MICROCURRENT DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THE TREATMENT OF VISUAL DISEASE Macumira Medical Devices Inc. LUKJAN, SEBASTIAN X 3792 §103 Final Rejection 84d overdue Pending Feb 13, 2024
18460258 Cellulose for Use in Cellulosic Ethanol-Producing Applications Sixring Inc. RAGHU, GANAPATHIRAM 1652 §101§102§103§112 Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending Sep 01, 2023
18452169 Improvements In Biomass Fermentation into Ethanol Sixring Inc. MONSHIPOURI, MARYAM 1651 §103§112 Final Rejection 11d overdue Pending Aug 18, 2023
18177663 System And Method For Wastewater Treatment Including Use of Microporous Media Beds Agsmart, Inc. KOLTONOW, ANDREW ROBERT 1795 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 02, 2023
17607203 Prop Head For Formwork Shoring And Method Of Using Same Shinwide Pty. Ltd. WALRAED-SULLIVAN, KYLE 3635 §112 Final Rejection 24d overdue Pending Oct 28, 2021

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