Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Dambrosio & Menon, P.L.L.C.

Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Computing & Software

23 pending office actions • 15 clients • 22 examiners • 21 art units • 0 of 23 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

DAMBROSIO & MENON, P.L.L.C. has 24 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals and 1166 career applications. The current docket is meaningful against a substantial record of prior application activity.

The resolved allowance rate is 87.4%, and successful matters average 2.45 office actions per allowance. The combination shows a majority of resolved cases reaching allowance with fewer than three actions on average, although the rate leaves room for varied outcomes across applications.

For prosecution planning, the profile supports attention to both outcome probability and response efficiency. Practitioners can use the action average to anticipate examination effort, while the allowance rate provides context for evaluating the firm’s historical results in this technical field.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Quality Metrics (n=1166 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

87.4%
Allowance Rate
n=1166
+0.63σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1166
2.4
OAs to Allowance
n=742
-0.70σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=742
943 days
Time to Allowance
n=742
+3.4pp
Interview Lift
n=1166
18.6%
RCE Rate
n=1166
1.3%
Appeal Rate
n=1166

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

61.0%
§101 Overcome
n=77
80.6%
§102 Overcome
n=268
76.6%
§103 Overcome
n=418
78.6%
§112 Overcome
n=323

Specialization & Scale

A61K, A61P, C02F
Top CPC Subclasses
12%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1166
0
Practitioners
n=1166
—
Apps / Practitioner
n=1166 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

23
Total Pending OAs
14
Non-Final OAs
9
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

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

15
Hard (65%)
7
Medium (30%)
1
Easy (4%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (4%)
§101 + other8 (35%)
§103 only7 (30%)
§112 only1 (4%)
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (26%)

Industry Mix

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

10
Life Sciences
43% of docket
5
Information Tech
22% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
3
Semiconductors
13% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
22% 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.

230 h
Manual time on pending OAs
46 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
80 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BUNKER, AMY M 2 29.1% +45.6%
MCCORMACK, JASON L 1 84.7% +8.1%
EL-CHANTI, KARMA AHMAD 1 37.4% +28.9%
THOMAE, EVAN GODFREY 1 — —
CHEN, PATRICK C 1 82.5% +9.9%
STONER, KILEY SHAWN 1 80.8% +15.4%
GALVIN-SIEBENALER, PAUL MICHAEL 1 27.3% +27.8%
NORTON, JENNIFER L 1 49.7% +2.4%
SPAINE, ROBERT FRANKLIN 1 75.0% +0.0%
CHEN, TSE W 1 55.0% +25.4%

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
18936558 POWER OVER ETHERNET (POE++) LIGHT EMITTING DIODE (LED) DRIVER AND A FIVE-CHANNEL CONTROLLER ASSEMBLY CHEN, PATRICK C 9d overdue
18808049 SMART GOLF BALL AND A SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING BALL FLIGHT INFORMATION FOR GOLF SWINGS USING IT STONER, KILEY SHAWN —

Hard Cases (15)

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
17861588 SKIN MOISTURIZING COMPOSITIONS YU, HONG 16d overdue
18016293 TCR-T CELL FOR KILLING TUMORS, AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF ROGERS, ERIC JASON 3d overdue
19076867 FACILITATING ATTENDING OF EVENTS BETWEEN USERS OF A COMPUTER NETWORK, AND CONTROLLING A USER INTERFACE ON A MOBILE DEVICE EL-CHANTI, KARMA AHMAD 1d overdue
19381987 SYSTEM FOR RENOVATING FACILITIES TO PROVIDE A DISINFECTED AIR FLOW MCCORMACK, JASON L —
18766733 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZING PERFORMANCE OF GENETIC ALGORITHM IN SOLVING SCHEDULING PROBLEMS GALVIN-SIEBENALER, PAUL MICHAEL —
18732269 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTELLIGENT SCHEDULING OF MANUFACTURING JOBS NORTON, JENNIFER L —
18639128 ANTI-ALLERGENIC OCULAR COMPOSITIONS SPAINE, ROBERT FRANKLIN —
18701064 ELECTRICAL SENSOR AND BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM CHEN, TSE W —

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
19076867 FACILITATING ATTENDING OF EVENTS BETWEEN USERS OF A COMPUTER NETWORK, AND CONTROLLING A USER INTERFACE ON A MOBILE DEVICE EL-CHANTI, KARMA AHMAD 1d overdue
18808049 SMART GOLF BALL AND A SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING BALL FLIGHT INFORMATION FOR GOLF SWINGS USING IT STONER, KILEY SHAWN —
18766733 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZING PERFORMANCE OF GENETIC ALGORITHM IN SOLVING SCHEDULING PROBLEMS GALVIN-SIEBENALER, PAUL MICHAEL —
18701064 ELECTRICAL SENSOR AND BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM CHEN, TSE W —
18564896 METHOD FOR SCREENING EXTERNALLY-INTRODUCED MRNA CAPABLE OF EXISTING FOR LONG TIME IN CELL BUNKER, AMY M —
17812747 METHOD OF SCREENING INHIBITORS OF ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE AND INHIBITORS OBTAINED THEREBY BUNKER, AMY M —

Client Portfolio (15 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
21472
16842
28811
36291
16231
28421
17351
21171
16551
37911

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19381987 SYSTEM FOR RENOVATING FACILITIES TO PROVIDE A DISINFECTED AIR FLOW Perumala Holdings, LLC MCCORMACK, JASON L 2881 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 06, 2025
19076867 FACILITATING ATTENDING OF EVENTS BETWEEN USERS OF A COMPUTER NETWORK, AND CONTROLLING A USER INTERFACE ON A MOBILE DEVICE 2361307 Alberta Inc. EL-CHANTI, KARMA AHMAD 3629 §101§103 Final Rejection 1d overdue Pending Mar 11, 2025
19069015 TOPICAL FORMULATIONS FOR THERAPEUTICALLY ACTIVE AGENTS Ocusoft, Inc. THOMAE, EVAN GODFREY 1623 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 03, 2025
18936558 POWER OVER ETHERNET (POE++) LIGHT EMITTING DIODE (LED) DRIVER AND A FIVE-CHANNEL CONTROLLER ASSEMBLY Sgi Technology Group Limited CHEN, PATRICK C 2842 §103 Final Rejection 9d overdue Pending Nov 04, 2024
18808049 SMART GOLF BALL AND A SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING BALL FLIGHT INFORMATION FOR GOLF SWINGS USING IT Green Talk. Co., Ltd. STONER, KILEY SHAWN 1735 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 18, 2024
18766733 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZING PERFORMANCE OF GENETIC ALGORITHM IN SOLVING SCHEDULING PROBLEMS Quantiphi, Inc. GALVIN-SIEBENALER, PAUL MICHAEL 2147 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 09, 2024
18732269 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTELLIGENT SCHEDULING OF MANUFACTURING JOBS Quantiphi, Inc. NORTON, JENNIFER L 2117 §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 03, 2024
18639128 ANTI-ALLERGENIC OCULAR COMPOSITIONS Ocusoft, Inc. SPAINE, ROBERT FRANKLIN 1655 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 18, 2024
18701064 ELECTRICAL SENSOR AND BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM Simon Fraser University CHEN, TSE W 3791 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 12, 2024
18617328 HYPOCHLOROUS ACID-BASED DRY EYE FORMULATIONS Ocusoft, Inc. KWON, YONG SOK 1613 §103 Final Rejection 16d Pending Mar 26, 2024
18582384 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DIFFERENTIAL DRILLING MUD MEASUREMENT AND ALARMS Pason Systems Corp. KORANG-BEHESHTI, YOSSEF 2857 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 20, 2024
18527077 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERSONALIZED MULTIMODAL RESPONSE GENERATION THROUGH VIRTUAL AGENTS Quantiphi, Inc. TSAI, JAMES T 2147 §101§103 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 01, 2023
18564896 METHOD FOR SCREENING EXTERNALLY-INTRODUCED MRNA CAPABLE OF EXISTING FOR LONG TIME IN CELL Rnagene Inc. BUNKER, AMY M 1684 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 28, 2023
18511796 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTEGRATED MULTIMODAL INPUT PROCESSING FOR VIRTUAL AGENTS Quantiphi, Inc. THOMPSON, ALMA BENNETT 2129 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 16, 2023
18549751 VENTILATOR AND AIRBAG FOR A VENTILATOR Simon Fraser University LUARCA, MARGARET M 3785 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 08, 2023
18262906 TUBULAR REVERSE POLARITY SELF-CLEANING CELL De Nora Water Technologies, LLC PARENT, ALEXANDER RENE 1795 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 25, 2023
18016293 TCR-T CELL FOR KILLING TUMORS, AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF Guangzhou Finelmmune Biotechnology Co., Ltd. ROGERS, ERIC JASON 1638 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Jan 13, 2023
18065486 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SIMULATING AN EVENT Hifi Engineering Inc. COCCHI, MICHAEL EDWARD 2188 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 13, 2022
17924931 Immunologically Active Peptide-Biliverdin Conjugate, Preparation Method Therefor and Application Thereof Institute Of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy Of Sciences ROGERS, JAMES WILLIAM 1618 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 11, 2022
17812747 METHOD OF SCREENING INHIBITORS OF ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE AND INHIBITORS OBTAINED THEREBY Industry-University Cooperation Of Usw BUNKER, AMY M 1684 §101§102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 15, 2022
17861588 SKIN MOISTURIZING COMPOSITIONS Ocusoft, Inc. YU, HONG 1614 §102§103 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Jul 11, 2022
17844011 SYSTEM FOR USERS TO INCREASE AND MONETIZE LIVESTREAM AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT Lakshmanan Narayan KRAISINGER, EMILY MARIE 3626 §112 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 19, 2022
16683660 EYE MASK Ocusoft, Inc. EKRAMI, YASAMIN 3794 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 14, 2019

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Dambrosio & Menon, P.L.L.C.'s patent allowance rate?

87.4% of resolved applications prosecuted by Dambrosio & Menon, P.L.L.C. were allowed, across 1,166 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Dambrosio & Menon, P.L.L.C. average before allowance?

2.45 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Dambrosio & Menon, P.L.L.C. have?

23 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 15 clients, before 22 examiners in 21 art units.

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