Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Buchalter

64 pending office actions • 37 clients • 62 examiners • 44 art units • 0 of 64 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 98 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=2646 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

89.3%
Allowance Rate
n=2646
+0.54σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=2646
3.5
OAs to Allowance
n=1459
-0.03σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=1459
905 days
Time to Allowance
n=1459
+9.2pp
Interview Lift
n=2646
31.9%
RCE Rate
n=2646
1.6%
Appeal Rate
n=2646

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

69.9%
§101 Overcome
n=226
76.3%
§102 Overcome
n=695
76.9%
§103 Overcome
n=1057
80.4%
§112 Overcome
n=637

Specialization & Scale

H04L, H04W, H04B
Top CPC Subclasses
19%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=2646
11
Practitioners
n=2646
240.6
Apps / Practitioner
n=2646

Portfolio Summary

64
Total Pending OAs
39
Non-Final OAs
23
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 27 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

14
Overdue
2
Due this week
5
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
4
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. 27 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (14)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (5)Due ≤ 60 days (2)Due later (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.

29
Hard (45%)
31
Medium (48%)
4
Easy (6%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (3%)
§101 + other10 (16%)
§103 only28 (44%)
§102 only2 (3%)
§112 only2 (3%)
Double-patenting only2 (3%)
Double-patenting + other1 (2%)
Multi-statute (no §101)17 (27%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
3% of docket
12
Information Tech
19% of docket
5
Communications
8% of docket
9
Semiconductors
14% of docket
26
Mechanical / Eng
41% of docket
10
Business / Other
16% 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.

640 h
Manual time on pending OAs
128 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
224 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
5.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
FLYNN, RANDY A 2 65.4% +16.3%
TIMILSINA, SHARAD 2 76.3% +14.9%
DURAN, ARTHUR D 1 15.6% +24.0%
CORBO, NICHOLAS T 1 68.4% +31.7%
LYONS, MICHAEL A 1 86.4% +10.1%
MICHENER, BLAKE E 1 77.1% +25.7%
ORTIZ, ELIM 1 79.1% +22.9%
CHBOUKI, TAREK 1 81.1% +24.1%
MACASIANO, MARILYN G 1 57.3% +16.9%
GAYE, SAMBA NMN 1 63.6% +36.4%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19192138 PORTABLE OPTICAL GYROSCOPE AND COMPASS UNIT LYONS, MICHAEL A
19179980 DATA CLEAN ROOM CHBOUKI, TAREK

Hard Cases (29)

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
19182288 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING A HOUSINGLESS TUBING ANCHOR CATCHER MICHENER, BLAKE E 66d overdue
18075611 CARGO TRANSPORT SYSTEM KEENAN, JAMES W 38d overdue
17757702 TREMOR STABILISATION APPARATUS WOLFF, ARIELLE R 38d overdue
18832505 ALL-PLASTIC SINGLE-MATERIAL PRESS PUMP CARROLL, JEREMY W 9d overdue
18889229 FORCE SENSOR APPARATUS AND KEYBOARD YODICHKAS, ANEETA 2d overdue
18773092 SIGN ASSEMBLY GRABOWSKI, KYLE ROBERT 2d overdue
18256147 ABNORMALITY DETECTION DEVICE, ABNORMALITY DETECTION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM MANG, LAL C 5d
18900495 USER AUTHENTICATION TRAN, TRI MINH 16d

Interview Candidates (12)

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
19182288 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING A HOUSINGLESS TUBING ANCHOR CATCHER MICHENER, BLAKE E 66d overdue
18247356 COMPUTER PROGRAM, DETERMINING DEVICE, AND DETERMINING METHOD TIMILSINA, SHARAD 22d
19216598 OUTCOME MEASUREMENT IN A CLEANROOM DURAN, ARTHUR D
19195582 OUT-OF-HOME MEDIA MEASUREMENT CORBO, NICHOLAS T
19192138 PORTABLE OPTICAL GYROSCOPE AND COMPASS UNIT LYONS, MICHAEL A
19121364 ENERGY STORAGE UNIT, ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM, AND ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE AND CONVERSION SYSTEM ORTIZ, ELIM
19179980 DATA CLEAN ROOM CHBOUKI, TAREK
19173760 CROSS-SCREEN OPTIMIZATION OF ADVERTISING PLACEMENT FLYNN, RANDY A

Client Portfolio (37 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36223
28573
28362
24242
36422
37112
37962
37912
24261
36761

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19216598 OUTCOME MEASUREMENT IN A CLEANROOM VIDEOAMP, INC. DURAN, ARTHUR D 3622 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 22, 2025
19195582 OUT-OF-HOME MEDIA MEASUREMENT VIDEOAMP, INC. CORBO, NICHOLAS T 2426 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 30, 2025
19192138 PORTABLE OPTICAL GYROSCOPE AND COMPASS UNIT Anello Photonics, Inc. LYONS, MICHAEL A DP Non-Final OA Pending Apr 28, 2025
19182288 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING A HOUSINGLESS TUBING ANCHOR CATCHER Tech Tac Company, Inc. MICHENER, BLAKE E 3676 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 66d overdue Pending Apr 17, 2025
19121364 ENERGY STORAGE UNIT, ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM, AND ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE AND CONVERSION SYSTEM Gs Yuasa International Ltd. ORTIZ, ELIM 2836 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 15, 2025
19179980 DATA CLEAN ROOM VIDEOAMP, INC. CHBOUKI, TAREK 2165 §103Other Final Rejection Pending Apr 15, 2025
19173760 CROSS-SCREEN OPTIMIZATION OF ADVERTISING PLACEMENT VIDEOAMP, INC. FLYNN, RANDY A 2424 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 08, 2025
19173752 AUDIENCE MATCHING AND PRE-VERIFICATION VIDEOAMP, INC. MACASIANO, MARILYN G 3622 §101§102 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 08, 2025
18876637 STORABLE DEHUMIDIFIER Guangdong Invitop Technology Co., Ltd. GAYE, SAMBA NMN §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 18, 2024
18953686 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTI-DOMAIN FACIAL LANDMARK DETECTION Datum Point Labs Inc. PEDAPATI, CHANDHANA §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 20, 2024
18953970 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SPEECH GENERATION BY EMOTIONAL VOICE CONVERSION Datum Point Labs Inc. COLUCCI, MICHAEL C §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 20, 2024
18946726 EFFICIENT RAG MODEL FOR MEDICAL APPLICATIONS Datum Point Labs Inc. LE, DEBBIE M 2168 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 13, 2024
18916882 WINCH UTILITY Tie Down, Inc. SOTO, HENRIX 3654 §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Oct 16, 2024
18900495 USER AUTHENTICATION Peratech IP Ltd. TRAN, TRI MINH 2432 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA 16d Pending Sep 27, 2024
18851481 INVERTER CIRCUIT Gs Yuasa International Ltd. NASH, GARY A 2838 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 26, 2024
18889229 FORCE SENSOR APPARATUS AND KEYBOARD Peratech IP Ltd. YODICHKAS, ANEETA 2627 §102§103 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Sep 18, 2024
18810448 MULTI-TRACK DEPOSITION AND EVIDENCE RECORDING SYSTEM Cvisualevidence, LLC PARK, SUNGHYOUN 2484 DP Final Rejection Pending Aug 20, 2024
18797953 ENERGY MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND ENERGY MANAGEMENT METHOD Gs Yuasa International Ltd. LAUGHLIN, NATHAN L §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Aug 08, 2024
18832505 ALL-PLASTIC SINGLE-MATERIAL PRESS PUMP Majesty Holdings Co., Ltd. CARROLL, JEREMY W 3754 §102§103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Jul 23, 2024
18773092 SIGN ASSEMBLY Fourth Wall Industries, LLC GRABOWSKI, KYLE ROBERT 3637 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Jul 15, 2024
18768065 SPINNER TOYS AND METHODS Wonder If Game Company, LLC HUSON, JOSHUA DANIEL 3642 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Jul 10, 2024
18745898 MODULAR PLAY CENTER Whitewater West Industries, Ltd. ELLIOTT, ANDREW JAMES 3711 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 17, 2024
18649943 EXTERNAL COUNTER PULSATION DEVICE WITH EMR INTEGRATION FOR IDENTIFYING SUBJECTS Cocardio, Inc. HAWTHORNE, OPHELIA ALTHEA §102§103DP Non-Final OA Pending Apr 29, 2024
18649898 EXTERNAL COUNTER PULSATION DEVICE WITH IMPROVED TIMING AND CONTROL Cocardio, Inc. JONES, AISLINN MOIRA §101§102§103Other Non-Final OA Pending Apr 29, 2024
18634867 GENERATING DIGITAL COMPONENTS Theaimegroup Ltd. LUU, CUONG V 2192 §101§102 Non-Final OA 83d Pending Apr 12, 2024
18627298 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTI-PARTY TRANSACTIONS Datum Point Labs Inc. POUNCIL, DARNELL A 3622 §101§102§103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 04, 2024
18609402 PARACHUTE RANGE AUGMENTER Rhea Higher Education And Aviation LLC GORDON, ANNA L 3642 §103§112 Non-Final OA 71d Pending Mar 19, 2024
18604278 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TEXT-TO-SPEECH SYNTHESIS Datum Point Labs Inc. SOLAIMAN, FOUZIA HYE 2653 §103 Non-Final OA 63d Pending Mar 13, 2024
18602505 INTERACTIVE AMUSEMENT ATTRACTION SYSTEM AND METHOD Whitewater West Industries, Ltd. DENNIS, MICHAEL DAVID 3711 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 12, 2024
18582292 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AI ENABLED DELIVERY OF USER SPECIFIC SERVICES Datum Point Labs Inc. NGUYEN, PHUNG HOANG JOSEPH 2691 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 20, 2024
18436497 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AI ENABLED DELIVERY OF USER SPECIFIC SERVICES Datum Point Labs Inc. SHEHNI, GHAZAL B 2499 §101§103Other Final Rejection 28d Pending Feb 08, 2024
18413953 ADJUSTABLE MATERIAL HOIST Tie Down, Inc. MEKHAEIL, SHIREF M 3634 §103§112 Final Rejection 71d Pending Jan 16, 2024
18577830 ENERGY STORAGE APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF DIAGNOSING FAILURE OF CURRENT INTERRUPTION DEVICE Gs Yuasa International Ltd. CANTELMO, GREGG §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 09, 2024
18396688 TARGETING TV ADVERTISING SLOTS BASED ON CONSUMER ONLINE BEHAVIOR VIDEOAMP, INC. FLYNN, RANDY A 2424 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 26, 2023
18389663 INTEGRATED PHOTONICS CHIP WITH ELECTRO-OPTIC MATERIAL BASED WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS Anello Photonics, Inc. RIZVI, AKBAR HASSAN 2877 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 19, 2023
18537722 CONTACT TRACING AMONG WORKERS AND EMPLOYEES Noodle Technology Inc. DHRUV, DARSHAN I 2498 §103Other Non-Final OA 169d overdue Pending Dec 12, 2023
18535978 DEVICE FOR REMOVING HAIR COLOR Sophoxy LLC SAHAND, SANA 3796 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 11, 2023
18568068 CELL CULTURE DEVICE Fullstem Co., Ltd. ABEL, LENORA A §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 07, 2023
18533168 TEMPERATURE CONTROLLER Zhongshan Chuancheng Precision Electronics Co., Ltd. NGUYEN, PHUONG T §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 07, 2023
18563639 CORRECTION DEVICE, ENERGY STORAGE APPARATUS, AND CORRECTION METHOD Gs Yuasa International Ltd. NGUYEN, LAM S 2853 §103 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Nov 22, 2023
18556626 CHARGING/DISCHARGING SYSTEM, METHOD OF CONTROLLING CHARGING/DISCHARGING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM Gs Yuasa International Ltd. KESSIE, DANIEL 2836 §103Other Final Rejection 7d Pending Oct 20, 2023
18553730 PORTABLE HYPERSPECTRAL SYSTEM Kulia Labs, Inc. WOO, JAE KYUN 3795 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 02, 2023
18551500 ABNORMALITY DETECTION DEVICE, ABNORMALITY DETECTION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM Gs Yuasa International Ltd. TIMILSINA, SHARAD 2857 §101§102§103§112Other Final Rejection Pending Sep 20, 2023
18450127 COOLING SYSTEM FOR DECREASING THE TEMPERATURE OF A SOLUTION J.C. Uni-Tec, Inc. SCHERMERHORN, JON 3763 §102 Non-Final OA 32d overdue Pending Aug 15, 2023
18262649 ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE AND METHOD OF USING ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE Gs Yuasa International Ltd. DOUYETTE, KENNETH J 1725 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 24, 2023
18273974 PHOTOSYNTHETIC COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF PREPARING AND USING PHOTOSYNTHETIC COMPOSITIONS Symbiox, Inc. MARTIN, PAUL C 1653 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Jul 24, 2023
18256147 ABNORMALITY DETECTION DEVICE, ABNORMALITY DETECTION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM Gs Yuasa International Ltd. MANG, LAL C 2857 §101 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Jun 06, 2023
18314178 PREDICTION OF BUSINESS OUTCOMES BY ANALYZING MUSIC INTERESTS OF USERS Opensesame Inc. MITROS, ANNA MAE 3689 §101 Non-Final OA Pending May 09, 2023
18250198 Amusement Attraction with Coupled Ride Paths Whitewater West Industries, Ltd. MONTOYA, OSCHTA I 2421 §103 Non-Final OA 22d overdue Pending Apr 21, 2023
18295264 RECEIVER SENSITIVITY IMPROVEMENT BY PASSIVE INTERMODULATION CANCELLATION MaxLinear, Inc. TSVEY, GENNADIY 2648 §103 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Apr 03, 2023
18247356 COMPUTER PROGRAM, DETERMINING DEVICE, AND DETERMINING METHOD Gs Yuasa International Ltd. TIMILSINA, SHARAD 2857 §103 Final Rejection 22d Pending Mar 30, 2023
18111429 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING AND CLEANING CERTAIN SUBSTANCES Iot Technologies LLC UNDERBAKKE, JACOB DANIEL 3662 §103 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Feb 17, 2023
18108188 PROCESSING METHOD, DEVICE, AND APPLICATION OF INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE MONITORING AND DATA Zongyan He KIM, SAMUEL CHONG 3791 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 10, 2023
18069047 WEARABLE HEALTH MONITORING DEVICE National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC AGAHI, PUYA 3791 §102§103 Final Rejection 29d Pending Dec 20, 2022
18075611 CARGO TRANSPORT SYSTEM Stratom, Inc. KEENAN, JAMES W 3652 §103§112 Final Rejection 38d overdue Pending Dec 06, 2022
17907343 MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING METHOD AND DEVICE Imperial College Of Science, Technology And Medicine PATEL, RISHI R 2896 §112 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Sep 26, 2022
17944075 Fiber Reinforced Polymer Blade Hybron, Inc. SEABE, JUSTIN D 3745 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 13, 2022
17874054 PHOTOTHERAPY FACE MASK The Lotus Global Group, Inc., Dba Globalmed Technologies Co. ANJARIA, SHREYA PARAG 3796 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jul 26, 2022
17757702 TREMOR STABILISATION APPARATUS Gyrogear Limited WOLFF, ARIELLE R 3785 §102§103 Final Rejection 38d overdue Pending Jun 17, 2022
17806451 DELAY TOLERANT EDGE COMPUTE PROTOCOL Noodle Technology Inc. MOTTER, JORDAN SCOTT 2198 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 10, 2022
17664864 PORCELAIN TILE INSTALLATIONS FOR VEHICULAR USE Siteone Landscape Supply, LLC CHU, KATHERINE J 3671 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending May 24, 2022
17703609 VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION PROFILE METHODS AND SYSTEMS AT THE EDGE Neology, Inc. KRASNIC, BERNARD 2671 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 24, 2022
17683226 SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR A MICRO-ENGAGEMENT PLATFORM Ushur, Inc. PRASAD, NANCY N 3624 §101§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Feb 28, 2022
17196933 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RESIDENTIAL HABITABILITY SCORING AND DATA STORAGE Cribscore, Inc. RUHL, DENNIS WILLIAM 3626 §101§102§112 Final Rejection 40d Pending Mar 09, 2021

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