Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Communications • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
7 pending office actions • 4 clients • 7 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Best Mode IP Law PLLC operates in the Communications sector, having managed 68 career applications. The firm has achieved a resolved allowance rate of 88.0 percent, indicating its success rate for clients in this field. Currently, the firm is addressing 5 pending office actions, which represent its active workload relative to the 68 career applications filed.
The prosecution process at the firm averages 2.27 office actions per allowance. This 2.27 average suggests a prosecution cycle that typically involves multiple interactions with the patent office. For practitioners, the 88.0 percent resolved allowance rate provides a clear performance indicator. The 5 pending office actions and the 2.27 office actions per allowance metric offer a view of the firm's current activity and its typical prosecution experience. These figures together provide a data-driven perspective on the firm's effectiveness in the Communications sector for its clients.
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.
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.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (14%) |
| §103 only | 3 (43%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (14%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (29%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
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.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEEDS, DANIEL JEREMY | 1 | 69.3% | +35.4% |
| BRADEN, SHAWN M | 1 | 66.7% | +32.4% |
| CATO, MIYA J | 1 | 76.7% | +12.7% |
| HELCO, NICHOLAS JOHN | 1 | 70.2% | +43.1% |
| CAI, PHUONG HAU | 1 | 76.9% | +26.4% |
| SALEH, ZAID MUHAMMAD | 1 | 65.0% | +46.7% |
| DANG, CHRISTINE | 1 | 50.0% | +51.1% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18970913 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM | CATO, MIYA J | — |
| 18896688 | OCT IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM STORING OCT IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM AND OCT IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD | HELCO, NICHOLAS JOHN | — |
| 18403357 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM | CAI, PHUONG HAU | — |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18271740 | VOTING SYSTEM AND VOTING PROGRAM | DANG, CHRISTINE | 4d overdue |
| 18477067 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD | SALEH, ZAID MUHAMMAD | 69d |
| 19133224 | PACKAGING DEVICE | LEEDS, DANIEL JEREMY | — |
| 19097889 | CONNECTOR | BRADEN, SHAWN M | — |
| 18970913 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM | CATO, MIYA J | — |
| 18896688 | OCT IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM STORING OCT IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM AND OCT IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD | HELCO, NICHOLAS JOHN | — |
| 18403357 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM | CAI, PHUONG HAU | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| NIDEK CO., LTD. | 4 |
| Tosho Inc. | 1 |
| Kura Sushi | 1 |
| Asteria | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3731 | 1 |
| 3736 | 1 |
| 2673 | 1 |
| 2668 | 1 |
| 3698 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19133224 | PACKAGING DEVICE | Tosho Inc. | LEEDS, DANIEL JEREMY | 3731 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 28, 2025 |
| 19097889 | CONNECTOR | Kura Sushi, Inc. | BRADEN, SHAWN M | 3736 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 02, 2025 |
| 18970913 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM | Nidek Co., Ltd. | CATO, MIYA J | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2024 | |
| 18896688 | OCT IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM STORING OCT IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM AND OCT IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD | Nidek Co., Ltd. | HELCO, NICHOLAS JOHN | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 25, 2024 | |
| 18403357 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM | Nidek Co., Ltd. | CAI, PHUONG HAU | 2673 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 03, 2024 |
| 18477067 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD | Nidek Co., Ltd. | SALEH, ZAID MUHAMMAD | 2668 | §103 | Final Rejection | 69d | Pending | Sep 28, 2023 |
| 18271740 | VOTING SYSTEM AND VOTING PROGRAM | Asteria Corporation | DANG, CHRISTINE | 3698 | §103 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Jul 11, 2023 |
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