Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Da Vinci Partners LLC

6 pending office actions • 5 clients • 6 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=379 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

81.5%
Allowance Rate
n=379
+0.50σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=379
3.8
OAs to Allowance
n=211
+0.11σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=211
1245 days
Time to Allowance
n=211
+14.2pp
Interview Lift
n=379
30.1%
RCE Rate
n=379
0.8%
Appeal Rate
n=379

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

67.7%
§101 Overcome
n=31
71.6%
§102 Overcome
n=88
81.9%
§103 Overcome
n=138
77.4%
§112 Overcome
n=146

Specialization & Scale

A61B, G04B, Y10T
Top CPC Subclasses
19%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=379
1
Practitioners
n=379
379.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=379

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
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. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 60 days (1)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.

4
Hard (67%)
0
Medium (0%)
2
Easy (33%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (17%)
§112 only2 (33%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
33% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
67% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
JOHANAS, JACQUELINE T 1 63.8% +30.1%
COLLINS, JASON M 1 74.6% +13.1%
HOEKSTRA, JEFFREY GERBEN 1 55.7% +39.6%
DUONG, THO V 1 67.0% +17.2%
HWANG, MATTHEW DANIEL 1 83.7% +7.5%
SHARMA, YASHITA 1 81.7% +25.1%

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
17874333 ASTRONOMICAL DISPLAY HWANG, MATTHEW DANIEL 45d overdue

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
18078433 Drilling method for a geothermal installation DUONG, THO V 390d overdue
18208401 FEMORAL NECK SUPPORT STRUCTURE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF USE JOHANAS, JACQUELINE T 44d overdue
18022772 CAPILLARY BLOOD SAMPLING DEVICE AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME HOEKSTRA, JEFFREY GERBEN 48d
17794334 ANATOMIC KNEE PROSTHESIS AND DESIGNING METHOD SHARMA, YASHITA 61d

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18078433 Drilling method for a geothermal installation DUONG, THO V 390d overdue
18198305 WEARABLE LUMINOUS DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING INFORMATION ORIGINATING FROM A MECHANICAL SOURCE COLLINS, JASON M 73d overdue
18208401 FEMORAL NECK SUPPORT STRUCTURE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF USE JOHANAS, JACQUELINE T 44d overdue
18022772 CAPILLARY BLOOD SAMPLING DEVICE AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME HOEKSTRA, JEFFREY GERBEN 48d
17794334 ANATOMIC KNEE PROSTHESIS AND DESIGNING METHOD SHARMA, YASHITA 61d

Client Portfolio (5 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28312
37731
37911
37631
37741

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18208401 FEMORAL NECK SUPPORT STRUCTURE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF USE Mjp Innovations, Inc. JOHANAS, JACQUELINE T 3773 §101§102§103§112 Final Rejection 44d overdue Pending Jun 12, 2023
18198305 WEARABLE LUMINOUS DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING INFORMATION ORIGINATING FROM A MECHANICAL SOURCE Preciflex SA COLLINS, JASON M 2831 §112 Non-Final OA 73d overdue Pending May 17, 2023
18022772 CAPILLARY BLOOD SAMPLING DEVICE AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME Preci Health SA HOEKSTRA, JEFFREY GERBEN 3791 §102§112 Non-Final OA 48d Pending Feb 23, 2023
18078433 Drilling method for a geothermal installation Eaposys SA DUONG, THO V 3763 §102§112 Non-Final OA 390d overdue Pending Dec 09, 2022
17874333 ASTRONOMICAL DISPLAY Preciflex SA HWANG, MATTHEW DANIEL 2831 §112 Final Rejection 45d overdue Pending Jul 27, 2022
17794334 ANATOMIC KNEE PROSTHESIS AND DESIGNING METHOD Symbios Orthopédie S.A. SHARMA, YASHITA 3774 §103§112 Non-Final OA 61d Pending Jul 21, 2022

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