Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Bruce Stone LLP

16 pending office actions • 9 clients • 16 examiners • 10 art units • 0 of 16 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=1091 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

85.0%
Allowance Rate
n=1091
+0.37σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1091
1.6
OAs to Allowance
n=840
-1.06σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=840
725 days
Time to Allowance
n=840
+12.6pp
Interview Lift
n=1091
5.4%
RCE Rate
n=1091
0.3%
Appeal Rate
n=1091

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=18 (min 20)
71.8%
§102 Overcome
n=301
65.1%
§103 Overcome
n=416
75.9%
§112 Overcome
n=307

Specialization & Scale

G02B, H05B, F21V
Top CPC Subclasses
17%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1091
1
Practitioners
n=1091
1091.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=1091

Portfolio Summary

16
Total Pending OAs
13
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due later (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.

8
Hard (50%)
8
Medium (50%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (6%)
§103 only5 (31%)
§102 only3 (19%)
Multi-statute (no §101)7 (44%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
6% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
7
Semiconductors
44% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
31% of docket
3
Business / Other
19% 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.

160 h
Manual time on pending OAs
32 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
56 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LABAZE, EDWYN 1 89.4% +9.3%
NUNNERY, GRADY ALEXANDER 1 44.2% +44.8%
NEGRON, ISMAEL 1 73.5% +15.2%
CRAWFORD, JASON 1 85.0% +8.9%
LE, TUNG X 1 87.0% +3.2%
SOROWAR, GOLAM 1 81.2% +18.0%
TIKU, SISAY G 1 91.6% +9.1%
KENNEDY, JOSHUA T 1 51.2% +48.2%
HUNNINGS, TRAVIS R 1 82.6% +13.7%
ALLGOOD, ALESA M 1 82.4% +18.2%

Quick Wins (5)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18964660 LIGHTING DEVICE WITH CURRENT SELF-BALANCING FUNCTION LE, TUNG X 19d overdue
19332016 PANEL LIGHT LABAZE, EDWYN
19015681 MULTI-CHANNEL LIGHTING CONTROL SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF CRAWFORD, JASON
18963513 LOCAL AREA NETWORK CONTROL SYSTEM BASED ON BLUETOOTH AND USER DATAGRAM PROTOCOL AND METHOD THEREOF SOROWAR, GOLAM
18749597 SENTRY DEVICE AND LIGHTING SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME HUNNINGS, TRAVIS R

Hard Cases (8)

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
18239760 CROWBAR FOR PULLING A PLASTIC NAIL HALL JR, TYRONE VINCENT 60d overdue
18232322 GLASSES STRUCTURE BOURQUINE, MACKENZI TATE 13d
18677854 TEST SOCKET FOR IC TESTING AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF ALLGOOD, ALESA M 28d
19218384 GOGGLE STRUCTURE NUNNERY, GRADY ALEXANDER 62d
19097831 LIGHT TUBE WITH A MULTI-LAYER OPTICAL MEDIUM STRUCTURE NEGRON, ISMAEL
18963410 FLYBACK CONVERTER WITH ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE SUPPRESSION FUNCTION TIKU, SISAY G
18625202 METHOD FOR SURFACE TREATMENT OF CORROSION-RESISTANT NICKEL-BASED ALLOY AND ITS STRUCTURE WEYDEMEYER, ETHAN
18597922 STRAPPING TOOL RAHMAN, MD ARIFUR

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18764134 TREADMILL KENNEDY, JOSHUA T 17d overdue
18677854 TEST SOCKET FOR IC TESTING AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF ALLGOOD, ALESA M 28d
19218384 GOGGLE STRUCTURE NUNNERY, GRADY ALEXANDER 62d
19097831 LIGHT TUBE WITH A MULTI-LAYER OPTICAL MEDIUM STRUCTURE NEGRON, ISMAEL
18963513 LOCAL AREA NETWORK CONTROL SYSTEM BASED ON BLUETOOTH AND USER DATAGRAM PROTOCOL AND METHOD THEREOF SOROWAR, GOLAM
18749597 SENTRY DEVICE AND LIGHTING SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME HUNNINGS, TRAVIS R

Client Portfolio (9 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28442
37232
28722
28761
37321
28751
37841
28581
17831
37251

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19332016 PANEL LIGHT Xiamen Pvtech Co., Ltd. LABAZE, EDWYN 2876 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 17, 2025
19218384 GOGGLE STRUCTURE Argus Vision International Limited NUNNERY, GRADY ALEXANDER 3732 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA 62d Pending May 26, 2025
19097831 LIGHT TUBE WITH A MULTI-LAYER OPTICAL MEDIUM STRUCTURE Xiamen Pvtech Co., Ltd. NEGRON, ISMAEL 2875 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 01, 2025
19015681 MULTI-CHANNEL LIGHTING CONTROL SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF Xiamen Pvtech Co., Ltd. CRAWFORD, JASON 2844 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 10, 2025
18964660 LIGHTING DEVICE WITH CURRENT SELF-BALANCING FUNCTION Xiamen Pvtech Co., Ltd. LE, TUNG X 2844 §102 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Dec 01, 2024
18963513 LOCAL AREA NETWORK CONTROL SYSTEM BASED ON BLUETOOTH AND USER DATAGRAM PROTOCOL AND METHOD THEREOF Xiamen Pvtech Co., Ltd. SOROWAR, GOLAM §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 28, 2024
18963410 FLYBACK CONVERTER WITH ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE SUPPRESSION FUNCTION Xiamen Pvtech Co., Ltd. TIKU, SISAY G §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 27, 2024
18764134 TREADMILL Tung Keng Enterprise Co., Ltd. KENNEDY, JOSHUA T 3784 §102 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Jul 03, 2024
18749597 SENTRY DEVICE AND LIGHTING SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME Xiamen Pvtech Co., Ltd. HUNNINGS, TRAVIS R §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 20, 2024
18677854 TEST SOCKET FOR IC TESTING AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF He Chou Technology Inc. ALLGOOD, ALESA M 2858 §102§103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending May 29, 2024
18625202 METHOD FOR SURFACE TREATMENT OF CORROSION-RESISTANT NICKEL-BASED ALLOY AND ITS STRUCTURE Feedback Technology Corp. WEYDEMEYER, ETHAN 1783 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 03, 2024
18597922 STRAPPING TOOL Yang Bey Industrial Co., Ltd. RAHMAN, MD ARIFUR 3725 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 07, 2024
18427750 OIL FILTER-USED APPARATUS U-CAR INDUSTRY CO., LTD. THOMAS, DAVID B 3723 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Jan 30, 2024
18239760 CROWBAR FOR PULLING A PLASTIC NAIL Comlock Enterprise Co., Ltd. HALL JR, TYRONE VINCENT 3723 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 60d overdue Pending Aug 30, 2023
18232322 GLASSES STRUCTURE Argus Vision International Limited BOURQUINE, MACKENZI TATE 2872 §102§103 Final Rejection 13d Pending Aug 09, 2023
18220281 OPTICAL LENS ASSEMBLY AND HEAD-MOUNTED ELECTRONIC DEVICE Newmax Technology Co., Ltd. RICKEL, ALEX PARK 2872 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 11, 2023

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