Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

5 pending office actions • 5 clients • 5 examiners • 4 art units • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 17 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=685 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

85.0%
Allowance Rate
n=685
+0.52σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=685
2.6
OAs to Allowance
n=323
-0.34σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=323
816 days
Time to Allowance
n=323
+5.6pp
Interview Lift
n=685
13.4%
RCE Rate
n=685
1.4%
Appeal Rate
n=685

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=6 (min 20)
83.7%
§102 Overcome
n=43
77.1%
§103 Overcome
n=210
87.8%
§112 Overcome
n=49

Specialization & Scale

E01C, B02C, A61F
Top CPC Subclasses
16%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=685
1
Practitioners
n=685
685.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=685

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

0
Hard (0%)
4
Medium (80%)
1
Easy (20%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (60%)
§102 only1 (20%)
§112 only1 (20%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
40% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
20% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
20% of docket
1
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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
RESTAINO, ANDREW PETER 1 72.4% +42.1%
AHN, CHRISTINE YERA 1 68.4% +38.9%
RAMOS, NICOLE N 1 81.3% +9.7%
LOUGHRAN, RYAN PATRICK 1 80.6% +23.3%
RIETH, STEPHEN EDWARD 1 45.1% +33.1%

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
18483941 VARIABLE CONTROL LOGIC FOR ROTATING MACHINERY RAMOS, NICOLE N
18330500 CONSTRUCTION METHODS USING SYNTHETIC POLYMER BINDERS LOUGHRAN, RYAN PATRICK

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18768601 METHODS FOR GENERATING AND USING EXTENDED REALITY SPACES WITH PHYSICAL SPACES AHN, CHRISTINE YERA 49d
19080284 INTERLOCKING TWO-PART STRUCTURES RESTAINO, ANDREW PETER
18330500 CONSTRUCTION METHODS USING SYNTHETIC POLYMER BINDERS LOUGHRAN, RYAN PATRICK
17282593 MEMBRANES FOR MEMBRANE DISTILLATION DESALINATION TECHNOLOGY RIETH, STEPHEN EDWARD

Client Portfolio (5 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
26151
37221
17311
17591

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19080284 INTERLOCKING TWO-PART STRUCTURES Winter Innovations, Inc. RESTAINO, ANDREW PETER §112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 14, 2025
18768601 METHODS FOR GENERATING AND USING EXTENDED REALITY SPACES WITH PHYSICAL SPACES Avrio Analytics LLC AHN, CHRISTINE YERA 2615 §103 Non-Final OA 49d Pending Jul 10, 2024
18483941 VARIABLE CONTROL LOGIC FOR ROTATING MACHINERY Hydropoint, LLC RAMOS, NICOLE N 3722 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 10, 2023
18330500 CONSTRUCTION METHODS USING SYNTHETIC POLYMER BINDERS Pike Scientific Industries LLC LOUGHRAN, RYAN PATRICK 1731 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 07, 2023
17282593 MEMBRANES FOR MEMBRANE DISTILLATION DESALINATION TECHNOLOGY University of South Africa RIETH, STEPHEN EDWARD 1759 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 02, 2021

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