Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Dekel Patent Ltd., David Klein

7 pending office actions • 2 clients • 7 examiners • 7 art units • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 28 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=1018 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

76.8%
Allowance Rate
n=1018
+0.47σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1018
3.9
OAs to Allowance
n=516
+0.21σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=516
1060 days
Time to Allowance
n=516
+13.1pp
Interview Lift
n=1018
23.5%
RCE Rate
n=1018
5.9%
Appeal Rate
n=1018

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=9 (min 20)
82.6%
§102 Overcome
n=115
77.4%
§103 Overcome
n=425
88.4%
§112 Overcome
n=69

Specialization & Scale

A61B, A61F, A61M
Top CPC Subclasses
24%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1018
0
Practitioners
n=1018
Apps / Practitioner
n=1018 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (6)Due ≤ 60 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.

0
Hard (0%)
6
Medium (86%)
1
Easy (14%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only5 (71%)
§102 only1 (14%)
§112 only1 (14%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
29% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
3
Semiconductors
43% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
29% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SMITH, MAURICE C 1 84.5% -4.2%
DOAN, JENNIFER 1 90.7% +6.1%
SCHMITT, BENJAMIN R 1 84.5% +15.8%
KRUER, KEVIN R 1 26.9% +29.5%
NICHOLS, CHARLES W 1 56.1% +54.5%
ARBLE, JESSICA R 1 65.9% +26.0%
RAYMOND, BRITTANY L 1 77.3% +10.6%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18681151 CURING KINETICS OPTIMIZATION MODULE (C-KOM) FOR AXIAL DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS SCHMITT, BENJAMIN R 38d overdue
18681149 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ULTRAFAST SELECTION OF OPTICAL SPECTRUM DOAN, JENNIFER 23d overdue
18718441 VECTOR MAGNETIC SENSOR BASED ON A STRETCHABLE WHISPERING GALLERY MODE MICRORESONATOR SMITH, MAURICE C 56d

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18574145 POLYPOSS-POLYIMIDE TWO WAY SHAPE MEMORY POLYMER ACTUATORS KRUER, KEVIN R 46d overdue

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
18574145 POLYPOSS-POLYIMIDE TWO WAY SHAPE MEMORY POLYMER ACTUATORS KRUER, KEVIN R 46d overdue
18485446 SUBSTANCE DELIVERY DEVICE ARBLE, JESSICA R 46d overdue
18681151 CURING KINETICS OPTIMIZATION MODULE (C-KOM) FOR AXIAL DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS SCHMITT, BENJAMIN R 38d overdue
18006904 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ALIGNING ARRAYS OF OPTICAL FIBERS RAYMOND, BRITTANY L 30d overdue
18485451 SUBSTANCE DELIVERY DEVICE NICHOLS, CHARLES W 5d overdue

Client Portfolio (2 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Soreq Nuclear Research Center 5
TG Medwise Ltd. 2

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28581
28741
28521
17871
37831
37811
17221

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18718441 VECTOR MAGNETIC SENSOR BASED ON A STRETCHABLE WHISPERING GALLERY MODE MICRORESONATOR Soreq Nuclear Research Center SMITH, MAURICE C 2858 §103 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Jun 11, 2024
18681149 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ULTRAFAST SELECTION OF OPTICAL SPECTRUM Soreq Nuclear Research Center DOAN, JENNIFER 2874 §103 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Feb 05, 2024
18681151 CURING KINETICS OPTIMIZATION MODULE (C-KOM) FOR AXIAL DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS Soreq Nuclear Research Center SCHMITT, BENJAMIN R 2852 §103 Non-Final OA 38d overdue Pending Feb 05, 2024
18574145 POLYPOSS-POLYIMIDE TWO WAY SHAPE MEMORY POLYMER ACTUATORS Soreq Nuclear Research Center KRUER, KEVIN R 1787 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Dec 26, 2023
18485451 SUBSTANCE DELIVERY DEVICE Tg Medwise Ltd. NICHOLS, CHARLES W 3783 §103 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Oct 12, 2023
18485446 SUBSTANCE DELIVERY DEVICE Tg Medwise Ltd. ARBLE, JESSICA R 3781 §102 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Oct 12, 2023
18006904 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ALIGNING ARRAYS OF OPTICAL FIBERS Soreq Nuclear Research Center RAYMOND, BRITTANY L 1722 §112 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Jan 26, 2023

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