Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Decode Legal Inc.

22 pending office actions • 21 clients • 22 examiners • 19 art units • 0 of 22 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=1630 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

87.5%
Allowance Rate
n=1630
+0.64σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1630
3.2
OAs to Allowance
n=1036
-0.23σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=1036
964 days
Time to Allowance
n=1036
+11.4pp
Interview Lift
n=1630
21.7%
RCE Rate
n=1630
1.0%
Appeal Rate
n=1630

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

87.2%
§101 Overcome
n=117
84.6%
§102 Overcome
n=441
84.3%
§103 Overcome
n=694
84.1%
§112 Overcome
n=572

Specialization & Scale

G01N, H01J, A61K
Top CPC Subclasses
19%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1630
1
Practitioners
n=1630
1630.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=1630

Portfolio Summary

22
Total Pending OAs
16
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 13 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

7
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
4
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. 13 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

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

13
Hard (59%)
5
Medium (23%)
3
Easy (14%)
1
Unknown (5%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (18%)
§102 only1 (5%)
§112 only3 (14%)
Multi-statute (no §101)13 (59%)
No statute on record1 (5%)

Industry Mix

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

6
Life Sciences
27% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
5% of docket
11
Mechanical / Eng
50% of docket
4
Business / Other
18% 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.

220 h
Manual time on pending OAs
44 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
77 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CELESTINE, NYROBI I 1 81.4% +23.1%
STEVENS, ALLAN D 1 41.3% +49.8%
PAPE, JOSEPH 1 88.2% +3.9%
PATTERSON, GARRETT CHRISTOPHER 1
DIOU BERDECIA, LUIS EUGENIO 1 51.7% +23.4%
LYJAK, LORI LYNN 1 89.8% +8.6%
BOWERS, ERIN M 1 55.1% +10.5%
SADLON, JOSEPH 1 63.3% +26.5%
GASSEN, CHRISTOPHER J 1 79.4% +24.9%
SOTO, HENRIX 1 71.2% +31.3%

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
19163065 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS CELESTINE, NYROBI I 41d
18973345 STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR SECURING A SKIRT PANEL TO A VEHICLE PAPE, JOSEPH

Hard Cases (13)

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
18521044 ANCHOR BOLT WITH ANTI PROJECTION MECHANISM ARMSTRONG, KYLE 46d overdue
18272413 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING EMULSIONS USING ULTRASONIC ROTATING MAGNETIC FIELD GOLOBOY, JAMES C 23d overdue
18519896 PIVOTABLE LOG SAW FOR MAINTENANCE IMPROVEMENT NGUYEN, PHONG H 16d overdue
17778768 SNOW PLOW ROTATING SIDEWALL WITH SUSPENSION TSUI, ALFRED H 27d
17863597 FLEXIBLE SUCTION TOOL FOR A GRABBING APPARATUS MACKEY, PATRICK HEWEY 33d
18280981 USE OF OREGOVOMAB AND BEVACIZUMAB, PACLITAXEL, CARBOPLATIN FOR TREATMENT OF BRCA-WILD TYPE PLATINUM SENSITIVE RECURRENT SULLIVAN, DENNIS JOHN 55d
19198439 WASTE CONTAINER ADAPTED FOR CAT LITTER AND ALIKE STEVENS, ALLAN D
18964191 REINFORCED TRUSS STRUCTURE PATTERSON, GARRETT CHRISTOPHER

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18523158 METHOD FOR DESORBING AND IONIZING OF SAMPLE MATERIAL GASSEN, CHRISTOPHER J 17d overdue
19163065 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS CELESTINE, NYROBI I 41d
19198439 WASTE CONTAINER ADAPTED FOR CAT LITTER AND ALIKE STEVENS, ALLAN D
18730655 ANTI-INFLAMMATORY FEED FORMULATION AND USES THEREOF DIOU BERDECIA, LUIS EUGENIO
18703139 READY-TO-CONSTITUTE ANALYTICAL PLATFORMS FOR CHEMICAL ANALYSES AND QUANTIFICATION OF ANALYTES IN BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES BOWERS, ERIN M
18416237 PREFABRICATED MODULAR UNIT SADLON, JOSEPH
18521075 MULTI-ANGLE BEARING HEAD SOTO, HENRIX

Client Portfolio (21 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37981
37361
36121
16531
36351
28811
36541
36191
37241
36281

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19163065 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS Opsens Inc. CELESTINE, NYROBI I 3798 §102 Final Rejection 41d Pending Sep 08, 2025
19198439 WASTE CONTAINER ADAPTED FOR CAT LITTER AND ALIKE J. E. Mondou Ltée STEVENS, ALLAN D 3736 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 05, 2025
18973345 STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR SECURING A SKIRT PANEL TO A VEHICLE Transtex Inc. PAPE, JOSEPH §112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 09, 2024
18964191 REINFORCED TRUSS STRUCTURE Les Enceintes Acoustiques Unisson Inc. PATTERSON, GARRETT CHRISTOPHER §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 29, 2024
18730655 ANTI-INFLAMMATORY FEED FORMULATION AND USES THEREOF Nat-Phen Nutrition DIOU BERDECIA, LUIS EUGENIO §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 19, 2024
18656255 AERODYNAMIC APPARATUSES FOR TRAILER Transtex Inc. LYJAK, LORI LYNN 3612 Final Rejection 41d Pending May 06, 2024
18703139 READY-TO-CONSTITUTE ANALYTICAL PLATFORMS FOR CHEMICAL ANALYSES AND QUANTIFICATION OF ANALYTES IN BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES Pinpoint Testing, LLC BOWERS, ERIN M 1653 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 19, 2024
18416237 PREFABRICATED MODULAR UNIT Gestion Rom Inc. SADLON, JOSEPH 3635 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jan 18, 2024
18523158 METHOD FOR DESORBING AND IONIZING OF SAMPLE MATERIAL Bruker Daltonics GmbH & Co. Kg GASSEN, CHRISTOPHER J 2881 §103 Final Rejection 17d overdue Pending Nov 29, 2023
18521075 MULTI-ANGLE BEARING HEAD 9105-0732 Québec Inc. SOTO, HENRIX 3654 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Nov 28, 2023
18521044 ANCHOR BOLT WITH ANTI PROJECTION MECHANISM Grillage Major Inc. ARMSTRONG, KYLE 3619 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Nov 28, 2023
18519896 PIVOTABLE LOG SAW FOR MAINTENANCE IMPROVEMENT Carbotech International NGUYEN, PHONG H 3724 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Nov 27, 2023
18551992 AUTOMATED GARMENT STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM Planiform Conveyors Inc. EL-BATHY, IBRAHIM N 3628 §103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Sep 22, 2023
18280981 USE OF OREGOVOMAB AND BEVACIZUMAB, PACLITAXEL, CARBOPLATIN FOR TREATMENT OF BRCA-WILD TYPE PLATINUM SENSITIVE RECURRENT Canariabio Inc. SULLIVAN, DENNIS JOHN 1642 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 55d Pending Sep 08, 2023
18272413 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING EMULSIONS USING ULTRASONIC ROTATING MAGNETIC FIELD Jin-Gook Bok GOLOBOY, JAMES C 1771 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Jul 14, 2023
18031435 A CATHETER ACCESSORY TO INCREASE A PUSHABILITY OF A CATHETER Les Entreprises Nanostent Inc. TANNER, JOCELIN C 3771 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 12, 2023
18023180 PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR SMOKING SEAFOOD AND MEAT WITH REDUCED GAS ODORS AND IMPROVED FLAVOR Crescent City Seafood Inc. TAYLOR, AUSTIN PARKER 1792 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Feb 24, 2023
18041643 PROCESSING OF TITANIFEROUS ORES AND MINERALS Fnc Technologies Inc. KESSLER, CHRISTOPHER S 1759 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 14, 2023
17778768 SNOW PLOW ROTATING SIDEWALL WITH SUSPENSION 9091-4532 Québec Inc. TSUI, ALFRED H 3671 §102§103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Oct 06, 2022
17801633 SMELTING APPARATUS AND METALLURGICAL PROCESSES THEREOF Nsgi Steel Inc. ABOAGYE, MICHAEL 1733 §103 Non-Final OA 66d overdue Pending Aug 23, 2022
17863597 FLEXIBLE SUCTION TOOL FOR A GRABBING APPARATUS Industries Machinex MACKEY, PATRICK HEWEY 3653 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Jul 13, 2022
35514481 Boat Eker Design AS CHIN, CYNTHIA M 2941 §112 Final Rejection 162d overdue Pending Jan 07, 2022

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