Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Curatolo Sidoti & Trillis Co., Lpa

48 pending office actions • 12 clients • 42 examiners • 20 art units • 0 of 48 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 37 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=1475 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

85.7%
Allowance Rate
n=1475
+0.86σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1475
4.1
OAs to Allowance
n=877
+0.04σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=877
1103 days
Time to Allowance
n=877
+5.0pp
Interview Lift
n=1475
32.2%
RCE Rate
n=1475
7.7%
Appeal Rate
n=1475

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=19 (min 20)
88.3%
§102 Overcome
n=128
78.8%
§103 Overcome
n=671
84.6%
§112 Overcome
n=123

Specialization & Scale

A23L, C04B, A61K
Top CPC Subclasses
21%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1475
0
Practitioners
n=1475
Apps / Practitioner
n=1475 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

48
Total Pending OAs
33
Non-Final OAs
13
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 24 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

9
Overdue
1
Due this week
5
Due this month
3
Due in next 60 days
6
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. 24 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (9)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (5)Due ≤ 60 days (3)Due later (6)

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.

1
Hard (2%)
39
Medium (81%)
7
Easy (15%)
1
Unknown (2%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (2%)
§103 only39 (81%)
§112 only4 (8%)
Double-patenting only3 (6%)
No statute on record1 (2%)

Industry Mix

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

39
Life Sciences
81% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
6% of docket
6
Business / Other
12% 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.

480 h
Manual time on pending OAs
96 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
168 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
4.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
DOUYON, LORNA M 3 57.1% +71.7%
YOO, HONG THI 3 45.7% +26.0%
ROBERTS, LEZAH 2 48.8% +35.8%
MCNEIL, JENNIFER C 2 22.6% +16.7%
DINH, BACH T 1 55.2% +31.6%
EKECHUKWU, CHINEDU U 1 1.5% +2.4%
EPSTEIN, TODD MATTHEW 1 60.5% +44.1%
OH, TAYLOR V 1 81.1% +15.5%
DIOU BERDECIA, LUIS EUGENIO 1 51.7% +23.4%
RAGHU, GANAPATHIRAM 1 73.7% +26.2%

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
18797477 SOLID FORM OF (-)-AMBROX FORMED BY A BIOCONVERSION OF HOMOFARNESOL IN THE PRESENCE OF A BIOCATALYST OH, TAYLOR V

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18887989 COMPUTER SOFTWARE, COMPUTER SYSTEM, COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR PREPARING INSURANCE CLAIMS PACKAGE AND INSURANCE CLAIMS PACKAGE PREPARED BY SAME EKECHUKWU, CHINEDU U 103d overdue
17999243 IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO CONSUMER INSIGHTS NGUYEN, NGA B 36d overdue
18141109 COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CLEAR BEVERAGES COMPRISING NANOEMULSIONS WITH QUILLAJA SAPONINS MCNEIL, JENNIFER C 43d
18031041 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MASKING OFF-NOTES IN CONSUMABLES MCNEIL, JENNIFER C

Interview Candidates (15)

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
18633492 COMPOSITIONS YOO, HONG THI 18d overdue
18275055 FLAVOUR COMPOSITIONS ROBERTS, LEZAH 17d overdue
18141109 COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CLEAR BEVERAGES COMPRISING NANOEMULSIONS WITH QUILLAJA SAPONINS MCNEIL, JENNIFER C 43d
19207571 BIFACIAL PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICE TEST METHOD DINH, BACH T
18852988 FABRIC CARE COMPOSITION DOUYON, LORNA M
18815248 METHOD TO PRODUCE ENANTIOMERS OF UNDECAVERTOL EPSTEIN, TODD MATTHEW
18797477 SOLID FORM OF (-)-AMBROX FORMED BY A BIOCONVERSION OF HOMOFARNESOL IN THE PRESENCE OF A BIOCATALYST OH, TAYLOR V
18730774 Improvements In or Relating to Organic Compounds DIOU BERDECIA, LUIS EUGENIO

Client Portfolio (12 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17918
17926
17935
17612
16552
17312
16122
16132
16252
17261

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19207571 BIFACIAL PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICE TEST METHOD Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. DINH, BACH T 1726 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 14, 2025
18852988 FABRIC CARE COMPOSITION Givaudan SA DOUYON, LORNA M §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 30, 2024
18887989 COMPUTER SOFTWARE, COMPUTER SYSTEM, COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR PREPARING INSURANCE CLAIMS PACKAGE AND INSURANCE CLAIMS PACKAGE PREPARED BY SAME Dcr Ip Company, LLC EKECHUKWU, CHINEDU U 3695 §103 Non-Final OA 103d overdue Pending Sep 17, 2024
18815248 METHOD TO PRODUCE ENANTIOMERS OF UNDECAVERTOL Givaudan SA EPSTEIN, TODD MATTHEW §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 26, 2024
18797477 SOLID FORM OF (-)-AMBROX FORMED BY A BIOCONVERSION OF HOMOFARNESOL IN THE PRESENCE OF A BIOCATALYST Givaudan SA OH, TAYLOR V §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 07, 2024
18730774 Improvements In or Relating to Organic Compounds Givaudan SA DIOU BERDECIA, LUIS EUGENIO §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 21, 2024
18772512 ENZYMES AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF Givaudan SA RAGHU, GANAPATHIRAM DP Non-Final OA Pending Jul 15, 2024
18753526 FUEL COMBUSTOR, COMBUSTION TURBINE, AND METHOD OF COMBUSTION Georgia Tech Research Corporation MEADE, LORNE EDWARD 3741 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 25, 2024
18703527 A FRAGRANCE COMPOSITION COMPRISING ALPHA-GUAIENE Givaudan SA DOUYON, LORNA M 1761 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 22, 2024
18700566 COMPOSITIONS Givaudan SA WATTS, JENNA A 1791 §103 Non-Final OA 26d overdue Pending Apr 11, 2024
18633492 COMPOSITIONS Givaudan SA YOO, HONG THI 1792 §103 Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending Apr 11, 2024
18699822 PROCESS FOR IMPROVING FLAVOR OF MEAT ANALOGS Givaudan SA PRAKASH, SUBBALAKSHMI 1793 §103 Non-Final OA 55d Pending Apr 09, 2024
18698892 COMPOSITIONS AND CONSUMABLES INCLUDING SAME Givaudan SA YOO, HONG THI 1792 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 05, 2024
18698849 (R,E)-3,7-DIMETHYLNON-6-ENAL, ISOMERIC MIXTURES OF THE COMPOUND AND THE USE IN PERFUMERY Givaudan SA HINES, LATOSHA D §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 05, 2024
18695795 COLOURING COMPOSITION Givaudan SA MERCHLINSKY, JOSEPH CULLEN 1791 §103 Non-Final OA 71d Pending Mar 26, 2024
18695696 COSMETIC COMPOSITION COMPRISING CRANBERRY EXTRACT AND CRANBERRY SEED OIL Givaudan SA SPAINE, ROBERT FRANKLIN 1655 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 26, 2024
18686392 IMPROVED STABILIZATION OF PHYCOCYANINS IN ACIDIC COMPOSITIONS The Williamson Group, LLC MERRIAM, ANDREW E 1791 §103 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Feb 23, 2024
18681639 METHOD OF MITIGATING OFF-ODORS Givaudan SA KERSHAW, KELLY P 1791 §103 Non-Final OA 84d Pending Feb 06, 2024
18293714 IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO ORGANIC COMPOUNDS Givaudan SA DOUYON, LORNA M 1761 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 30, 2024
18578929 FLAVOR ENHANCER FOR PROVIDING ROASTED CHICKEN FLAVOR Givaudan SA YOO, HONG THI 1792 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 12, 2024
18566090 CEMENT DISPERSANT COMPRISING A NAPHTHALENESULFONIC ACID POLYCONDENSATE AND AT LEAST ONE OF A PHOSPHORYLATED POLYCONDENSATE AND A POLYCARBOXYLATE ETHER, AND CONSTRUCTION COMPOSITION Construction Research & Technology GmbH LOUGHRAN, RYAN PATRICK 1731 §112 Non-Final OA 75d Pending Dec 01, 2023
18564793 FLAVOR ENHANCER FOR PROVIDING ROASTED RED MEAT FLAVOR Givaudan SA LIU, DEBORAH YANG-HAO 1791 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 28, 2023
18564666 FLAVOUR COMPOSITION Givaudan SA O'HERN, BRENT T 1793 §103 Non-Final OA 55d Pending Nov 28, 2023
18286503 TASTE MODIFIER Givaudan SA MORENO, LARK JULIA 1793 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 11, 2023
18284973 PROCESS FOR THE ISOLATION OF AMINES Givaudan SA PERRIN, CLARE M 1779 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 29, 2023
18282053 METHOD FOR TREATING WATER Nexco Technology Limited MCGANN, BERNADETTE KAREN 1773 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 14, 2023
18275055 FLAVOUR COMPOSITIONS Givaudan SA ROBERTS, LEZAH 1612 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Jul 31, 2023
18275080 METHODS OF MASKING OFF-TASTES Givaudan SA ROBERTS, LEZAH 1612 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 31, 2023
18212715 Mass Spectrometric Determination of Cell Toxicity Bruker Daltonics GmbH & Co. Kg HYUN, PAUL SANG HWA 1796 §103 Non-Final OA 32d overdue Pending Jun 22, 2023
18141109 COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CLEAR BEVERAGES COMPRISING NANOEMULSIONS WITH QUILLAJA SAPONINS Givaudan S.A. MCNEIL, JENNIFER C 1793 §103 Non-Final OA 43d Pending Apr 28, 2023
18034617 IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO ORGANIC COMPOUNDS Givaudan SA PHAN, DOAN THI-THUC 1613 DP Non-Final OA 84d Pending Apr 28, 2023
18033410 CONCRETE ADMIXTURE Kenta Kameshima KUVAYSKAYA, ANASTASIA ALEKSEYEVNA 1731 §103 Non-Final OA 125d overdue Pending Apr 24, 2023
18136683 COLOURING COMPOSITION FOR FOOD PRODUCTS Givaudan SA STULII, VERA 1791 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 19, 2023
18031041 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MASKING OFF-NOTES IN CONSUMABLES Givaudan SA MCNEIL, JENNIFER C 1793 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 10, 2023
18114512 FLAVOR DELIVERY SYSTEM, METHOD OF MAKING THE FLAVOR DELIVERY SYSTEM, AND FOOD PRODUCT CONTAINING THE FLAVOR DELIVERY SYSTEM Givaudan SA LI, CHANGQING 1791 §103 Final Rejection 22d overdue Pending Feb 27, 2023
18023101 SET CONTROL COMPOSITION FOR CEMENTITIOUS SYSTEMS Construction Research & Technology GmbH USELDING, JOHN E 1763 DP Final Rejection 9d Pending Feb 24, 2023
18021620 PROCESS Givaudan SA ROSENTHAL, ANDREW S 1613 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 16, 2023
17999243 IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO CONSUMER INSIGHTS Givaudan SA NGUYEN, NGA B 3625 §101 Final Rejection 36d overdue Pending Nov 18, 2022
17917725 PROBIOTIC COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE Chandler Biopharmaceutical Corporation SWIFT, CANDICE LEE 1657 §112 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Oct 07, 2022
17800049 HETEROCYCLIC DERIVATIVES AS TRMP8 ANTAGONISTS Givaudan SA CHANDRAKUMAR, NIZAL S 1625 §103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Aug 16, 2022
17777910 TRPM8 MODULATORS Givaudan SA KENYON, JOHN S 1625 §112 Non-Final OA 16d Pending May 18, 2022
17774881 EMULSIONS Givaudan SA LACHICA, ERICSON M 1792 §112 Non-Final OA 6d Pending May 06, 2022
17639085 TASTE MODIFYING INGREDIENT DERIVED FROM RICE PROTEIN Givaudan SA GERLA, STEPHANIE RAE 1791 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 28, 2022
17619014 EUTECTIC EXTRACTION OF SOLIDS Givaudan SA HOFFMAN, SUSAN COE 1655 §103 Final Rejection 23d Pending Dec 14, 2021
17439142 DARK BROWN CARAMEL COLOR The Williamson Group, LLC AXTELL, ASHLEY 1792 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 14, 2021
17365193 READY-TO-EAT AND READY-TO-DRINK PRODUCTS Givaudan SA THAKUR, VIREN A 1792 §103 Final Rejection 69d Pending Jul 01, 2021
17256813 IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO ORGANIC COMPOUNDS Givaudan SA REGLAS, GEORGIANA C 1651 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Dec 29, 2020
17256875 EMULSION COMPRISING ANTIOXIDANT PARTICLES Wageningen University LAZARO, DOMINIC 1611 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 29, 2020

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