Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Delio Peterson & Curcio LLC

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

12 pending office actions • 10 clients • 9 examiners • 7 art units • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

DeLio Peterson & Curcio LLC is a patent law firm with 1769 career applications. The firm specializes in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. It maintains a resolved allowance rate pct of 92.76. This performance is achieved with an avg office actions per allowance of 2.99. The firm currently has 12 pending office actions.

The avg office actions per allowance of 2.99 suggests a prosecution cycle that typically concludes in several rounds of interaction. In the Chemistry & Materials sector, this level of efficiency occurs across a total of 1769 career applications. The resolved allowance rate pct of 92.76 indicates a degree of reliability in securing patent grants. With 12 pending office actions, the firm shows a focused active docket. These figures demonstrate a prosecution practice capable of maintaining a success rate in a technical field. The firm's 1769 career applications establish its experience in Chemistry & Materials.

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

Quality Metrics (n=1769 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

92.8%
Allowance Rate
n=1769
+0.76σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1769
3.0
OAs to Allowance
n=1294
-0.29σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=1294
944 days
Time to Allowance
n=1294
+6.1pp
Interview Lift
n=1769
19.1%
RCE Rate
n=1769
2.5%
Appeal Rate
n=1769

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

86.3%
§101 Overcome
n=73
90.4%
§102 Overcome
n=449
89.7%
§103 Overcome
n=728
90.6%
§112 Overcome
n=563

Specialization & Scale

Y10T, B01D, H01R
Top CPC Subclasses
15%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1769
0
Practitioners
n=1769
—
Apps / Practitioner
n=1769 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

12
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (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.

9
Hard (75%)
3
Medium (25%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other3 (25%)
§103 only1 (8%)
Double-patenting + other2 (17%)
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

5
Life Sciences
42% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
8% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
25% of docket
3
Business / Other
25% 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.

120 h
Manual time on pending OAs
24 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
42 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KURTZ, BENJAMIN M 3 56.8% +17.6%
ADAMOS, THEODORE V 2 55.4% +44.6%
GRUSBY, REBECCA LYNN 1 32.3% +41.8%
BOGUE, JESSE SAMUEL 1 79.1% +20.9%
LUGO, CARLOS 1 74.9% +14.0%
MOTSINGER, SEAN T 1 78.5% +11.9%
ELLINGTON, MARRIAH C G 1 50.0% +31.4%
EBERSMAN, BRUCE I 1 64.1% +58.6%
PERRIN, CLARE M 1 68.0% +42.7%

Hard Cases (9)

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
18310905 SORBENT FOR REMOVAL OF IONS FROM LIQUID STREAMS AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME PERRIN, CLARE M 125d overdue
19235069 FOLDABLE SHOWER SYSTEM GRUSBY, REBECCA LYNN —
18846934 AN OUTDOOR COOKING DEVICE BOGUE, JESSE SAMUEL —
18818108 FILTER MEDIA INSERT STRUCTURES AND METHODS OF INSTALLATION KURTZ, BENJAMIN M —
18790307 FILTER HOUSING WITH FILTER KEY ATTACHMENT KURTZ, BENJAMIN M —
18629475 MODULAR COOLING TOWER STRUCTURE, DESIGN, AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLY ADAMOS, THEODORE V —
18588571 VISION-BASED QUALITY CONTROL AND AUDIT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF AUDITING, FOR CARCASS PROCESSING FACILITY MOTSINGER, SEAN T —
18420230 METHOD OF OBTAINING THE REQUESTED SALT DOSE BY ADJUSTING THE FILL TIME TO COMPENSATE FOR LACK OF SATURATED BRINE ELLINGTON, MARRIAH C G —

Interview Candidates (12)

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
18310905 SORBENT FOR REMOVAL OF IONS FROM LIQUID STREAMS AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME PERRIN, CLARE M 125d overdue
18657194 SWING DOOR HANDLE AND ESCUTCHEON LUGO, CARLOS 56d
18385580 PUSH FILTER WITH FLOATING KEY LOCK KURTZ, BENJAMIN M 61d
19235069 FOLDABLE SHOWER SYSTEM GRUSBY, REBECCA LYNN —
19016474 MODULAR COOLING TOWER STRUCTURE, DESIGN, AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLY ADAMOS, THEODORE V —
18846934 AN OUTDOOR COOKING DEVICE BOGUE, JESSE SAMUEL —
18818108 FILTER MEDIA INSERT STRUCTURES AND METHODS OF INSTALLATION KURTZ, BENJAMIN M —
18790307 FILTER HOUSING WITH FILTER KEY ATTACHMENT KURTZ, BENJAMIN M —

Client Portfolio (10 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17793
17851
36751
36351
26731
17731
36931

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19235069 FOLDABLE SHOWER SYSTEM Laticrete International, Inc. GRUSBY, REBECCA LYNN 1785 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 11, 2025
19016474 MODULAR COOLING TOWER STRUCTURE, DESIGN, AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLY Marmon Industrial Water Limited ADAMOS, THEODORE V §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 10, 2025
18846934 AN OUTDOOR COOKING DEVICE Doc Konto Ltd. BOGUE, JESSE SAMUEL §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 13, 2024
18818108 FILTER MEDIA INSERT STRUCTURES AND METHODS OF INSTALLATION Solidification Products International, Inc. KURTZ, BENJAMIN M §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 28, 2024
18790307 FILTER HOUSING WITH FILTER KEY ATTACHMENT Kx Technologies LLC KURTZ, BENJAMIN M 1779 §101§102DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 31, 2024
18657194 SWING DOOR HANDLE AND ESCUTCHEON Assa Abloy Fenestration, LLC LUGO, CARLOS 3675 §103 Non-Final OA 56d Pending May 07, 2024
18629475 MODULAR COOLING TOWER STRUCTURE, DESIGN, AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLY Marmon Industrial Water Limited ADAMOS, THEODORE V 3635 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 08, 2024
18588571 VISION-BASED QUALITY CONTROL AND AUDIT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF AUDITING, FOR CARCASS PROCESSING FACILITY Jarvis Products Corporation MOTSINGER, SEAN T 2673 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 27, 2024
18420230 METHOD OF OBTAINING THE REQUESTED SALT DOSE BY ADJUSTING THE FILL TIME TO COMPENSATE FOR LACK OF SATURATED BRINE Ecowater System LLC ELLINGTON, MARRIAH C G 1773 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 23, 2024
18417581 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MAXIMIZING SHARE PURCHASE UNDER AN EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN WITH LIMITED PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS Carver Edison, Inc. EBERSMAN, BRUCE I 3693 §101§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 19, 2024
18385580 PUSH FILTER WITH FLOATING KEY LOCK Kx Technologies LLC KURTZ, BENJAMIN M 1779 DPOther Final Rejection 61d Pending Oct 31, 2023
18310905 SORBENT FOR REMOVAL OF IONS FROM LIQUID STREAMS AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME Graver Technologies LLC PERRIN, CLARE M 1779 §103§112 Final Rejection 125d overdue Pending May 02, 2023

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