Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Defillo & Associates, Inc.

Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

9 pending office actions • 7 clients • 9 examiners • 9 art units • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

The profile covers Chemistry & Materials and shows 9 pending office actions. It records 1085 career applications, which provides a substantial historical activity measure for the current docket.

The resolved allowance rate is 82.51%, and the average is 2.84 office actions per allowance. These measures indicate the relationship between resolved outcomes and examination effort in the reported record. Practitioners can use the allowance rate for outcome assessment and the office-action average to anticipate the response cycle associated with allowed matters.

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

Quality Metrics (n=1085 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

82.5%
Allowance Rate
n=1085
+0.52σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1085
2.8
OAs to Allowance
n=764
-0.40σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=764
982 days
Time to Allowance
n=764
+10.1pp
Interview Lift
n=1085
17.9%
RCE Rate
n=1085
0.1%
Appeal Rate
n=1085

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

78.8%
§101 Overcome
n=66
74.3%
§102 Overcome
n=253
76.6%
§103 Overcome
n=491
78.4%
§112 Overcome
n=583

Specialization & Scale

A61K, B64C, A61F
Top CPC Subclasses
7%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1085
0
Practitioners
n=1085
—
Apps / Practitioner
n=1085 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

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

5
Hard (56%)
3
Medium (33%)
1
Easy (11%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (33%)
§112 only1 (11%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (56%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
44% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
56% 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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TULLIA, STEVEN A 1 74.7% +18.8%
ROGERS, ADAM D 1 82.2% +22.6%
HOBAN, MELISSA A 1 62.6% +13.6%
COOK, WILLIAM J 1 86.2% +11.0%
SMITH, CHAIM A 1 39.0% +50.9%
KIM, BOBBY YEONJIN 1 76.5% +20.7%
JAUHARI, SACHI 1 60.0% +80.0%
KONVES, ADRIANNA N 1 76.3% +14.7%
TATESURE, VINCENT 1 44.8% +31.9%

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
19108755 PLASTIC-MOULDED HYBRID SPRING ROD AND BISTABLE MECHANISM COMPRISING SUCH A ROD ROGERS, ADAM D —

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18722019 MECHANICAL DRIVE CONNECTION FOR DRIVING A SHAFT IN ROTATION BY TRANSMISSION UNDER TENSION COOK, WILLIAM J 38d overdue
18683276 TOOL FOR MAKING WOODEN STRAWS AND THE PROCESS OF PRODUCTION KIM, BOBBY YEONJIN 56d
19166615 CURVED TWO-SEGMENT FOLDABLE CONNECTING ROD TULLIA, STEVEN A —
18755854 Glenoid Trial Implant for Reverse Total Shoulder Prosthesis HOBAN, MELISSA A —
18644190 BANANA LEAF PRESERVATION PROCESS SMITH, CHAIM A —

Interview Candidates (9)

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
18722019 MECHANICAL DRIVE CONNECTION FOR DRIVING A SHAFT IN ROTATION BY TRANSMISSION UNDER TENSION COOK, WILLIAM J 38d overdue
18490806 TOPICAL COMPOSITION FOR REGULATION OF INFLAMMATION AND SKIN REGENERATION JAUHARI, SACHI 12d
18683276 TOOL FOR MAKING WOODEN STRAWS AND THE PROCESS OF PRODUCTION KIM, BOBBY YEONJIN 56d
18549017 INSTALLATION FOR WELDING PARTS MADE OF THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE MATERIALS, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SAME KONVES, ADRIANNA N 71d
19166615 CURVED TWO-SEGMENT FOLDABLE CONNECTING ROD TULLIA, STEVEN A —
19108755 PLASTIC-MOULDED HYBRID SPRING ROD AND BISTABLE MECHANISM COMPRISING SUCH A ROD ROGERS, ADAM D —
18755854 Glenoid Trial Implant for Reverse Total Shoulder Prosthesis HOBAN, MELISSA A —
18644190 BANANA LEAF PRESERVATION PROCESS SMITH, CHAIM A —

Client Portfolio (7 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36751
36171
37741
36181
17911
37251
16541
17481
17861

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19166615 CURVED TWO-SEGMENT FOLDABLE CONNECTING ROD Technical Airborne Components Industries TULLIA, STEVEN A 3675 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 18, 2025
19108755 PLASTIC-MOULDED HYBRID SPRING ROD AND BISTABLE MECHANISM COMPRISING SUCH A ROD Latecoere ROGERS, ADAM D 3617 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 05, 2025
18755854 Glenoid Trial Implant for Reverse Total Shoulder Prosthesis Fx Shoulder Solutions HOBAN, MELISSA A 3774 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 27, 2024
18722019 MECHANICAL DRIVE CONNECTION FOR DRIVING A SHAFT IN ROTATION BY TRANSMISSION UNDER TENSION Latecoere COOK, WILLIAM J 3618 §103§112 Non-Final OA 38d overdue Pending Jun 20, 2024
18644190 BANANA LEAF PRESERVATION PROCESS Agro Velazquez Produce S.P.R. De R.L. SMITH, CHAIM A 1791 §102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 24, 2024
18683276 TOOL FOR MAKING WOODEN STRAWS AND THE PROCESS OF PRODUCTION Damjan Puljic KIM, BOBBY YEONJIN 3725 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 56d Pending Feb 13, 2024
18490806 TOPICAL COMPOSITION FOR REGULATION OF INFLAMMATION AND SKIN REGENERATION Glycopep Therapeutics, S.A.S. De C.V. JAUHARI, SACHI 1654 §103 Final Rejection 12d Pending Oct 20, 2023
18549017 INSTALLATION FOR WELDING PARTS MADE OF THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE MATERIALS, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SAME Latecoere KONVES, ADRIANNA N 1748 §103 Final Rejection 71d Pending Sep 05, 2023
17045202 SYNTHETIC FIBER WITH ADDITION OF NATURAL MATERIAL AND METHOD OF ITS PRODUCTION Bjv Research, S.R.O. TATESURE, VINCENT 1786 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 05, 2020

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Defillo & Associates, Inc.'s patent allowance rate?

82.5% of resolved applications prosecuted by Defillo & Associates, Inc. were allowed, across 1,085 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Defillo & Associates, Inc. average before allowance?

2.84 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Defillo & Associates, Inc. have?

9 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 7 clients, before 9 examiners in 9 art units.

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