Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Defillo & Associates, Inc.

13 pending office actions • 12 clients • 13 examiners • 13 art units • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 50 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=1067 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

83.1%
Allowance Rate
n=1067
+0.53σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1067
2.8
OAs to Allowance
n=761
-0.40σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=761
980 days
Time to Allowance
n=761
+9.3pp
Interview Lift
n=1067
18.2%
RCE Rate
n=1067
0.1%
Appeal Rate
n=1067

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

81.8%
§101 Overcome
n=22
81.6%
§102 Overcome
n=87
76.9%
§103 Overcome
n=455
87.1%
§112 Overcome
n=233

Specialization & Scale

A61K, B64C, A61B
Top CPC Subclasses
7%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1067
0
Practitioners
n=1067
Apps / Practitioner
n=1067 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

13
Total Pending OAs
11
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
1
Due this week
0
Due this month
3
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. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (3)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.

0
Hard (0%)
11
Medium (85%)
1
Easy (8%)
1
Unknown (8%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only10 (77%)
§102 only1 (8%)
§112 only1 (8%)
No statute on record1 (8%)

Industry Mix

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

6
Life Sciences
46% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
7
Mechanical / Eng
54% 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.

130 h
Manual time on pending OAs
26 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
46 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MERSHON, JAYNE L 1 66.3% +18.9%
RIBADENEYRA, THEODORE C 1 88.9% +9.5%
FUNK, ERICA HARTSELL 1 70.1% +13.2%
KIM, BOBBY YEONJIN 1 76.5% +21.6%
WITTENSCHLAEGER, THOMAS M 1 71.5% +12.0%
KONVES, ADRIANNA N 1 75.7% +14.4%
ARMSTRONG, KYLE 1 72.2% +29.9%
REINERT, JONATHAN E 1 87.0% +4.7%
PARKIN, JEFFREY S 1 63.7% +21.2%
SAOUD, CHRISTINE J 1 58.0% +37.9%

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
18870826 WIND ROUTERS FOR VERTICAL WIND TURBINES RIBADENEYRA, THEODORE C 42d
18255135 DRIVING EMULATION APPARATUS REINERT, JONATHAN E

Interview Candidates (8)

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
18682964 DEVICE COMPACT ROLL STAND FOR FLEXIBLE MATERIAL COILS WITTENSCHLAEGER, THOMAS M 93d overdue
18547365 TRANSPORT CAP OF A SEA FOUNDATION PILE, INSTALLATION CRADLE OF THE TRANSPORT CAP OF A SEA FOUNDATION PILE, METHOD OF INSTALLING A TRANSPORT CAP INSIDE A FOUNDATION PILE, TOWING SET OF SEA FOUNDATION PILES, METHOD OF SEA TOWAGE FOUNDATION PILES AND PREPARATION OF A FOUNDATION PILE FOR INSTALLATION IN THE SEABED ARMSTRONG, KYLE 24d overdue
18876726 SELF-CLEANING PHOTOVOLTAIC ROOF TILE MERSHON, JAYNE L 5d overdue
18030089 METHOD OF TREATMENT OF FIBROSIS AND WOUND HEALING SAOUD, CHRISTINE J 7d
18683276 TOOL FOR MAKING WOODEN STRAWS AND THE PROCESS OF PRODUCTION KIM, BOBBY YEONJIN 56d
18252212 DNA CONSTRUCT FOR STABLY PRODUCING EMPTY CAPSIDS OF THE FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE VIRUS IN MAMMALIAN CELLS; PROCESSES, USES, AND COMPOSITIONS THEREOF PARKIN, JEFFREY S 60d
18549017 INSTALLATION FOR WELDING PARTS MADE OF THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE MATERIALS, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SAME KONVES, ADRIANNA N 71d
18854534 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A HYBRID ONE-PIECE COMPOSITE STRUCTURE AND DOOR PRODUCED BY SAID METHOD FUNK, ERICA HARTSELL

Client Portfolio (12 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17211
37451
17411
37251
37311
17481
36191
36681
16711
16451

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18876726 SELF-CLEANING PHOTOVOLTAIC ROOF TILE Ml System Spolka Akcyjna MERSHON, JAYNE L 1721 §103 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Dec 19, 2024
18870826 WIND ROUTERS FOR VERTICAL WIND TURBINES Fondacija Mozaik RIBADENEYRA, THEODORE C 3745 §102 Non-Final OA 42d Pending Dec 02, 2024
18854534 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A HYBRID ONE-PIECE COMPOSITE STRUCTURE AND DOOR PRODUCED BY SAID METHOD Latecoere FUNK, ERICA HARTSELL 1741 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 06, 2024
18683276 TOOL FOR MAKING WOODEN STRAWS AND THE PROCESS OF PRODUCTION Damjan Puljic KIM, BOBBY YEONJIN 3725 Other Non-Final OA 56d Pending Feb 13, 2024
18682964 DEVICE COMPACT ROLL STAND FOR FLEXIBLE MATERIAL COILS Mekatronica Mx S.A.S. WITTENSCHLAEGER, THOMAS M 3731 §112 Non-Final OA 93d overdue Pending Feb 12, 2024
18549017 INSTALLATION FOR WELDING PARTS MADE OF THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE MATERIALS, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SAME Latecoere KONVES, ADRIANNA N 1748 §103 Non-Final OA 71d Pending Sep 05, 2023
18547365 TRANSPORT CAP OF A SEA FOUNDATION PILE, INSTALLATION CRADLE OF THE TRANSPORT CAP OF A SEA FOUNDATION PILE, METHOD OF INSTALLING A TRANSPORT CAP INSIDE A FOUNDATION PILE, TOWING SET OF SEA FOUNDATION PILES, METHOD OF SEA TOWAGE FOUNDATION PILES AND PREPARATION OF A FOUNDATION PILE FOR INSTALLATION IN THE SEABED Fairplay Towage Polska Sp. Z O.O. Sp. K. ARMSTRONG, KYLE 3619 §103 Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending Aug 22, 2023
18255135 DRIVING EMULATION APPARATUS Paradigma S.r.l. REINERT, JONATHAN E 3668 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 31, 2023
18252212 DNA CONSTRUCT FOR STABLY PRODUCING EMPTY CAPSIDS OF THE FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE VIRUS IN MAMMALIAN CELLS; PROCESSES, USES, AND COMPOSITIONS THEREOF National Research Council Of Canada PARKIN, JEFFREY S 1671 §103 Non-Final OA 60d Pending May 09, 2023
18030089 METHOD OF TREATMENT OF FIBROSIS AND WOUND HEALING Radbio Usa, Inc. SAOUD, CHRISTINE J 1645 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Apr 14, 2023
17965487 Implant With Ceramic Joint Surface Fx Solutions RIOS, GABRIELLA GISELLE BONO 3774 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 13, 2022
17753237 KIT COMPRISING IMPLANTABLE, FLEXIBLE MULTI-LEAD CARDIAC MONITOR WITH OPEN-CIRCULAR SHAPE AND IMPLANTATION TOOL TO ACCOMMODATE REVERSIBLY SAID MONITOR Berne University Of Applied Sciences SISON, CHRISTINE ANDREA PAN 3796 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 24, 2022
17608270 MEDICAMENT AND METHOD FOR TREATING INFECTIOUS DISEASES Oleg Iliich Epshtein IANNUZO, NATALIE NMN 1653 §103 Final Rejection 98d overdue Pending Nov 02, 2021

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