Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Best & Flanagan LLP

28 pending office actions • 23 clients • 28 examiners • 22 art units • 0 of 28 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=10107 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

86.0%
Allowance Rate
n=10107
+0.50σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=10107
1.6
OAs to Allowance
n=8466
-1.03σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=8466
849 days
Time to Allowance
n=8466
+5.0pp
Interview Lift
n=10107
4.6%
RCE Rate
n=10107
0.8%
Appeal Rate
n=10107

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

75.3%
§101 Overcome
n=182
80.1%
§102 Overcome
n=2282
78.8%
§103 Overcome
n=3606
83.2%
§112 Overcome
n=2540

Specialization & Scale

Y10T, B25B, A63B
Top CPC Subclasses
12%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=10107
0
Practitioners
n=10107
Apps / Practitioner
n=10107 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

28
Total Pending OAs
21
Non-Final OAs
7
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 12 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

8
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
1
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. 12 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (8)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (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.

17
Hard (61%)
8
Medium (29%)
3
Easy (11%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (7%)
§103 only7 (25%)
§102 only1 (4%)
§112 only3 (11%)
Multi-statute (no §101)15 (54%)

Industry Mix

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

9
Life Sciences
32% of docket
1
Information Tech
4% of docket
1
Communications
4% of docket
2
Semiconductors
7% of docket
10
Mechanical / Eng
36% of docket
5
Business / Other
18% 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.

280 h
Manual time on pending OAs
56 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
98 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PADUA, NICO LAUREN 1 14.3% +30.7%
ARAQUE JR, GERARDO 1 9.5% +15.9%
DORNBUSCH, DIANNE 1 73.8% +34.9%
ARCE, MARLON ALEXANDER 1 85.4% +11.0%
MAXIE, CHRISTOPHER SEAN 1
BRITTMAN-ALABI, FELICIA LUCILLE 1 78.7% +12.9%
TRAN, HANH VAN 1 74.0% +14.2%
WEISS, NICHOLAS J 1 60.1% +42.6%
WEI, SIREN 1 87.0% +12.5%
WHITE, DYLAN C 1 77.2% +13.0%

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
18971216 Bicycle wire-holding seat and a headset thereof ARCE, MARLON ALEXANDER

Hard Cases (17)

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
18522359 MULTI-LAYERED SKATES PLESZCZYNSKA, JOANNA 15d overdue
18338551 Method of Manufacturing a Positive Electrode Material and Battery Produced Therefrom YOUNG, WILLIAM D 15d overdue
19110908 METAL RECOVERY AND REGENERATION PRODUCTION HISTORY RECORDING APPLICATION PROGRAM WITH CARBON DISCLOSURE FUNCTION PADUA, NICO LAUREN 4d overdue
18581545 PADDLE RACKET WITH A CENTRALIZED CORE WHITE, DYLAN C 4d overdue
18258451 Automated Cell Culture Device WRIGHT, PATRICIA KATHRYN 1d overdue
18315546 LAPTOP CHARGER TRISCHLER, JOHN T 13d
18461627 POLARIZIED QUICK PLUG HAVING REPLACEABLE FUSE FIGUEROA, FELIX O 19d
18457403 PREPARATION METHOD OF BATTERY COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND PRECURSOR THEREOF MCCARTY, PATRICK M 20d

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
19110908 METAL RECOVERY AND REGENERATION PRODUCTION HISTORY RECORDING APPLICATION PROGRAM WITH CARBON DISCLOSURE FUNCTION PADUA, NICO LAUREN 4d overdue
18581545 PADDLE RACKET WITH A CENTRALIZED CORE WHITE, DYLAN C 4d overdue
19108569 METHOD FOR METAL RECYCLING AND REGENERATION PRODUCTION TRACEABILITY WITH CARBON DISCLOSURE ARAQUE JR, GERARDO
19038123 Stone Removal Device DORNBUSCH, DIANNE
18971216 Bicycle wire-holding seat and a headset thereof ARCE, MARLON ALEXANDER
18889276 METHOD FOR FORMING A BICYCLE FRAME COMPONENT MADE OF THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE LAMINATES AND THE BICYCLE FRAME FOR THE SAME BRITTMAN-ALABI, FELICIA LUCILLE
18819664 SLIDE RAIL MECHANISM TRAN, HANH VAN
18597429 PADDLE RACKET WITH SEGMENTED CORES WEISS, NICHOLAS J

Client Portfolio (23 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37612
36261
36291
36371
37111
24671
36251
16171
26311
17731

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19110908 METAL RECOVERY AND REGENERATION PRODUCTION HISTORY RECORDING APPLICATION PROGRAM WITH CARBON DISCLOSURE FUNCTION Hf Investment Ltd. PADUA, NICO LAUREN 3626 §101§103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Mar 12, 2025
19108569 METHOD FOR METAL RECYCLING AND REGENERATION PRODUCTION TRACEABILITY WITH CARBON DISCLOSURE Hf Investment Ltd. ARAQUE JR, GERARDO 3629 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 04, 2025
19038123 Stone Removal Device Silver Bell Enterprise Inc. DORNBUSCH, DIANNE §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 27, 2025
18971216 Bicycle wire-holding seat and a headset thereof Glory Wheel Enterprise Co., Ltd. ARCE, MARLON ALEXANDER §112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 06, 2024
18971256 Bicycle saddle Glory Wheel Enterprise Co., Ltd. MAXIE, CHRISTOPHER SEAN §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 06, 2024
18889276 METHOD FOR FORMING A BICYCLE FRAME COMPONENT MADE OF THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE LAMINATES AND THE BICYCLE FRAME FOR THE SAME Astro Tech Co., Ltd. BRITTMAN-ALABI, FELICIA LUCILLE §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 18, 2024
18819664 SLIDE RAIL MECHANISM King Slide Technology Co., Ltd. TRAN, HANH VAN 3637 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 29, 2024
18597429 PADDLE RACKET WITH SEGMENTED CORES Gearbox, Inc. WEISS, NICHOLAS J 3711 §102§103Other Non-Final OA Pending Mar 06, 2024
18583546 NETWORK CONNECTION MODULE AND METHOD FOR SELECTING BRIDGING POINT THEREOF Gunitech Corp. WEI, SIREN 2467 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 21, 2024
18581545 PADDLE RACKET WITH A CENTRALIZED CORE Gearbox, Inc. WHITE, DYLAN C 3625 §102§103Other Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Feb 20, 2024
18434050 SOLUTION FOR PRESERVING EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES/EXOSOMES, METHOD FOR PRESERVING THE SAME, AND MIXED SOLUTION THEREOF China Medical University AZPURU, CARLOS A 1617 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 06, 2024
18426696 NANO-CATALYSTS SYNTHESIS METHOD National Taiwan University Of Science And Technology BAUM, ZACHARY JOHN §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 30, 2024
18392285 DIGITAL CIRCUIT FOR MULTIPLE ANTENNA REMOTE RADIO HEAD AND RADIO UNIT Ranictek Inc. AHN, SUNG S 2631 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 21, 2023
18540048 BUFFERING DEVICE FOR FILTER BOTTLE Ching-Hsiung Lin GURTOWSKI, RICHARD C 1773 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 14, 2023
18522359 MULTI-LAYERED SKATES Pufeng New Technology Materials Co., Ltd. PLESZCZYNSKA, JOANNA 1783 §103§112 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Nov 29, 2023
18499404 SEGMENTED GUIDE RAIL AND FRAME OF MASSAGE CHAIR AND MASSAGE CHAIR Shanghai Rongtai Health Technology Corporation Limited PRATT, LEROME DEWAYNE 3785 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 01, 2023
18497628 PAPER COSMETIC CONTAINER Zhuhai Sheencolor Biotech Co., Ltd. CONNELL, JENNIFER PETSCHE 3772 §103 Final Rejection 49d overdue Pending Oct 30, 2023
18474896 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING BAMBOO PLASTIC COMPOSITE MATERIAL M.J.International Flooring And Interior Products Inc. THOMAS, PATRICK ROY 1764 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 26, 2023
18461627 POLARIZIED QUICK PLUG HAVING REPLACEABLE FUSE Guang Zhou Ting Shen Electric Co., Ltd. FIGUEROA, FELIX O 2831 §102§103 Final Rejection 19d Pending Sep 06, 2023
18457403 PREPARATION METHOD OF BATTERY COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND PRECURSOR THEREOF Advanced Lithium Electrochemistry Co., Ltd. MCCARTY, PATRICK M 1774 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Aug 29, 2023
18452121 Hollow Fiber Membrane Filtration Device Kun San Co., Ltd. KUMAR, SRILAKSHMI K 1779 §103 Non-Final OA 86d overdue Pending Aug 18, 2023
18452208 METHOD FOR QUALITY EXAMINATION OF CATHODE MATERIALS FOR LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES Advanced Lithium Electrochemistry Co., Ltd. KOPEC, MARK T 1762 §112 Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Aug 18, 2023
18353961 SAUNA HEATER Dcc Technology Co., Ltd. BOSS, MARISSA RAE 3761 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 18, 2023
18338551 Method of Manufacturing a Positive Electrode Material and Battery Produced Therefrom Advanced Lithium Electrochemistry Co., Ltd. YOUNG, WILLIAM D 1761 §103§112 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Jun 21, 2023
18258451 Automated Cell Culture Device Medigen Biotechnology Corp. WRIGHT, PATRICIA KATHRYN 1798 §103§112 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Jun 20, 2023
18315546 LAPTOP CHARGER Yuantai Innovative Enterprise Ltd. TRISCHLER, JOHN T 2859 §102§103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending May 11, 2023
18195365 PHOTOPLETHYSMOGRAM SYSTEM AND METHOD Pranaq Pte. Ltd. MOHAMMED, SHAHDEEP 3797 §103§112 Final Rejection 40d Pending May 09, 2023
18168365 Adjusting Device of Imitation Flame of Electric Fireplace Uni-Splendor Corporation MITCHUM, DREW JOSEPH 3761 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 13, 2023

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