Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Botos Churchill Ip Law LLP

15 pending office actions • 11 clients • 15 examiners • 10 art units • 1 of 15 (7%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=2354 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

96.0%
Allowance Rate
n=2354
+0.76σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=2354
4.1
OAs to Allowance
n=1704
+0.09σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=1704
1256 days
Time to Allowance
n=1704
+2.9pp
Interview Lift
n=2354
36.5%
RCE Rate
n=2354
3.8%
Appeal Rate
n=2354

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

84.8%
§101 Overcome
n=257
86.1%
§102 Overcome
n=655
86.6%
§103 Overcome
n=1089
87.1%
§112 Overcome
n=746

Specialization & Scale

A61M, A61B, G16H
Top CPC Subclasses
39%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=2354
13
Practitioners
n=2354
181.1
Apps / Practitioner
n=2354

Portfolio Summary

15
Total Pending OAs
12
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
2
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. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due later (2)

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.

11
Hard (73%)
4
Medium (27%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (13%)
§103 only3 (20%)
§102 only1 (7%)
Multi-statute (no §101)9 (60%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
27% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
7% of docket
7
Mechanical / Eng
47% of docket
3
Business / Other
20% 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.

150 h
Manual time on pending OAs
30 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
52 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
NIGAM, NATASHA 1 61.5% +38.3%
HYLINSKI, STEVEN J 1 75.5% +17.5%
PHILIPS, BRADLEY H 1 67.4% +30.3%
SIMMONS, VALERIE MICHELLE 1 30.2% +50.5%
MACASIANO, MARILYN G 1 57.3% +16.9%
GEDEON, BRIAN T 1 87.1% +6.9%
BEISNER, WILLIAM H 1 61.6% +29.4%
GIORDANO, MICHAEL JAMES 1 78.8% +19.5%
WYROUGH, PAUL CHRISTIAN ST 1 57.6% +34.4%
WILLS, MONIQUE M 1 85.8% -31.2%

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
17961265 NON-HALIDE ZINC ADDITIVES FOR A SECONDARY ZINC HALIDE BATTERY WILLS, MONIQUE M 65d

Hard Cases (11)

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
17521410 IDENTIFICATION OF MICROORGANISMS USING MALDI-TOF-MS ON-PLATE EXTRACTION TICHY, JENNIFER M.H. 197d overdue
17908087 BREATH DETECTION WITH MOVEMENT COMPENSATION LUARCA, MARGARET M 154d overdue
17711660 PROCESS FOR PRODUCING AN OPTOELECTRONIC COMPONENT, OPTOELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND PROTECTIVE LAYER SEHAR, FAKEHA 104d overdue
18390738 PERSONALIZATION FROM SEQUENCES AND REPRESENTATIONS IN ADS MACASIANO, MARILYN G 73d overdue
18278734 SOLAR CHIMNEY AND A METHOD FOR VENTILATING A BUILDING USING A SOLAR CHIMNEY GIORDANO, MICHAEL JAMES 28d overdue
18074864 SEALED STATIC BIPOLAR BATTERY AND METHOD OF MAKING AND ASSEMBLING SAME WYROUGH, PAUL CHRISTIAN ST 70d
18853557 IMAGING SYSTEM NIGAM, NATASHA
18683413 FACE MASK PHILIPS, BRADLEY H

Interview Candidates (8)

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
18390738 PERSONALIZATION FROM SEQUENCES AND REPRESENTATIONS IN ADS MACASIANO, MARILYN G 73d overdue
18278734 SOLAR CHIMNEY AND A METHOD FOR VENTILATING A BUILDING USING A SOLAR CHIMNEY GIORDANO, MICHAEL JAMES 28d overdue
18074864 SEALED STATIC BIPOLAR BATTERY AND METHOD OF MAKING AND ASSEMBLING SAME WYROUGH, PAUL CHRISTIAN ST 70d
18853557 IMAGING SYSTEM NIGAM, NATASHA
18846699 PROGRAM, VIRTUAL SPACE PROVIDING METHOD, AND VIRTUAL SPACE PROVIDING SYSTEM HYLINSKI, STEVEN J
18683413 FACE MASK PHILIPS, BRADLEY H
18293849 TUBE ADAPTERS FOR SAMPLE RACKS SIMMONS, VALERIE MICHELLE
18289923 CELL-CULTURE PLATFORM AND A MAGNETIC MATERIAL FOR SUCH A PLATFORM BEISNER, WILLIAM H

Client Portfolio (11 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17232
37912
37151
36221
37961
17991
37621
37851
28931
16531

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18853557 IMAGING SYSTEM National University Of Singapore NIGAM, NATASHA §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 02, 2024
18846699 PROGRAM, VIRTUAL SPACE PROVIDING METHOD, AND VIRTUAL SPACE PROVIDING SYSTEM Cover Corp. HYLINSKI, STEVEN J 3715 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 13, 2024
18683413 FACE MASK Western Health PHILIPS, BRADLEY H §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Feb 13, 2024
18293849 TUBE ADAPTERS FOR SAMPLE RACKS BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY SIMMONS, VALERIE MICHELLE §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 31, 2024
18390738 PERSONALIZATION FROM SEQUENCES AND REPRESENTATIONS IN ADS Etsy, Inc. MACASIANO, MARILYN G 3622 §101 Non-Final OA 73d overdue Pending Dec 20, 2023
18521410 NON-INVASIVE PREDICTION OF RISK FOR SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH Spangler Scientific LLC GEDEON, BRIAN T 3796 §101Other Non-Final OA Pending Nov 28, 2023
18289923 CELL-CULTURE PLATFORM AND A MAGNETIC MATERIAL FOR SUCH A PLATFORM Rexadvance Technology Pte. Ltd. BEISNER, WILLIAM H 1799 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 08, 2023
18278734 SOLAR CHIMNEY AND A METHOD FOR VENTILATING A BUILDING USING A SOLAR CHIMNEY National University Of Singapore GIORDANO, MICHAEL JAMES 3762 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Aug 24, 2023
18074864 SEALED STATIC BIPOLAR BATTERY AND METHOD OF MAKING AND ASSEMBLING SAME Eos Energy Technology Holdings, LLC WYROUGH, PAUL CHRISTIAN ST 1723 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Dec 05, 2022
17961265 NON-HALIDE ZINC ADDITIVES FOR A SECONDARY ZINC HALIDE BATTERY Eos Energy Technology Holdings, LLC WILLS, MONIQUE M 1723 §103 Non-Final OA 65d Pending Oct 06, 2022
17908087 BREATH DETECTION WITH MOVEMENT COMPENSATION ResMed LUARCA, MARGARET M 3785 §102§103 Non-Final OA 154d overdue AI Ready Aug 30, 2022
17711660 PROCESS FOR PRODUCING AN OPTOELECTRONIC COMPONENT, OPTOELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND PROTECTIVE LAYER Pictiva Displays International Limited SEHAR, FAKEHA 2893 §103§112 Non-Final OA 104d overdue Pending Apr 01, 2022
17632381 DISPOSABLE BLOOD METERING DEVICE BD KIESTRA B.V. LOPEZ, SEVERO ANTON P 3791 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 02, 2022
17631964 BLOOD COLLECTION DEVICE THAT SEQUESTERS AN INITIAL COLLECTED PORTION BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY PORTILLO, JAIRO H 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Feb 01, 2022
17521410 IDENTIFICATION OF MICROORGANISMS USING MALDI-TOF-MS ON-PLATE EXTRACTION BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY TICHY, JENNIFER M.H. 1653 §103§112 Non-Final OA 197d overdue Pending Nov 08, 2021

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