Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Dennemeyer & Associates, LLC

Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals

24 pending office actions • 17 clients • 24 examiners • 17 art units • 0 of 24 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=945 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

84.2%
Allowance Rate
n=945
+0.52σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=945
2.8
OAs to Allowance
n=645
-0.49σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=645
951 days
Time to Allowance
n=645
+15.7pp
Interview Lift
n=945
21.8%
RCE Rate
n=945
0.4%
Appeal Rate
n=945

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

72.3%
§101 Overcome
n=112
73.8%
§102 Overcome
n=229
73.5%
§103 Overcome
n=412
75.8%
§112 Overcome
n=434

Specialization & Scale

A61K, G06F, A61Q
Top CPC Subclasses
18%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=945
2
Practitioners
n=945
472.5
Apps / Practitioner
n=945

Portfolio Summary

24
Total Pending OAs
16
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
1
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
2
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. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due later (2)

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.

17
Hard (71%)
6
Medium (25%)
1
Easy (4%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (8%)
§103 only4 (17%)
Double-patenting only1 (4%)
Double-patenting + other2 (8%)
Multi-statute (no §101)15 (62%)

Industry Mix

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

9
Life Sciences
38% of docket
2
Information Tech
8% of docket
1
Communications
4% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
25% of docket
6
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.

240 h
Manual time on pending OAs
48 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
84 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HODGE, LINDA J 1 87.5% +27.3%
ELAHI, TOWFIQ 1 79.7% +14.4%
TURNBAUGH, ASHLEIGH NICOLE 1 51.4% +6.9%
PALLAY, MICHAEL B 1 55.8% +34.0%
BAZARGANI, ARYA AHMADI 1 62.5% +31.3%
DIAMOND, ALAN D 1 71.5% +8.5%
DHILLON, PUNEET S 1 80.6% +20.2%
QI, ZHENGQING J 1 68.1% +12.8%
SANDERSON, LEE E 1 45.4% +44.6%
DIZON, EDWARD ANDREW IZON 1 0.0% +0.0%

Hard Cases (18)

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
18261062 BURNER IGUE, ROBERTO TOSHIHARU 30d overdue
18012528 Distributed Quantum Computing Simulation Method and Apparatus MCINTOSH, ANDREW T 7d
18044138 PERMANENT HAIR SHAPING COMPOSITION ATKINSON, JOSHUA ALEXANDER 14d
18701149 CAMERA ARRANGEMENT FOR A VEHICLE, AND VEHICLE DHILLON, PUNEET S 86d
19394178 METHOD OF WINDING AND PACKAGING WIDE WALLPAPER HODGE, LINDA J —
19141137 APPARATUS FOR TRANSPORTING A PAYLOAD TURNBAUGH, ASHLEIGH NICOLE —
18837463 VAT PLUS OXIDATIVE COLORS PALLAY, MICHAEL B —
18703282 WATER REDUCED COMPACT SHAMPOO COMPOSITION BAZARGANI, ARYA AHMADI —

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
18701149 CAMERA ARRANGEMENT FOR A VEHICLE, AND VEHICLE DHILLON, PUNEET S 86d
19394178 METHOD OF WINDING AND PACKAGING WIDE WALLPAPER HODGE, LINDA J —
19156443 HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR REALTIME GUIDANCE ELAHI, TOWFIQ —
18837463 VAT PLUS OXIDATIVE COLORS PALLAY, MICHAEL B —
18703282 WATER REDUCED COMPACT SHAMPOO COMPOSITION BAZARGANI, ARYA AHMADI —
18689749 METHOD FOR OPERATING A GATED CAMERA, CONTROL DEVICE FOR CARRYING OUT SUCH A METHOD, GATED CAMERA WITH SUCH A CONTROL DEVICE, AND MOTOR VEHICLE WITH SUCH A GATED CAMERA QI, ZHENGQING J —
18687212 Flame-retardant, partially aromatic polyamides SANDERSON, LEE E —

Client Portfolio (17 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
16133
37311
26251
36671
39911
24881
36631
37541
16161
16321

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19394178 METHOD OF WINDING AND PACKAGING WIDE WALLPAPER Grand Canvas Ltd. HODGE, LINDA J 3731 §103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 19, 2025
19156443 HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR REALTIME GUIDANCE Arspectra S.À.R.L. ELAHI, TOWFIQ 2625 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 14, 2025
19141137 APPARATUS FOR TRANSPORTING A PAYLOAD Jevons Ip Pty Limited TURNBAUGH, ASHLEIGH NICOLE 3667 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 19, 2025
18837463 VAT PLUS OXIDATIVE COLORS Wella Germany GmbH PALLAY, MICHAEL B §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 09, 2024
18703282 WATER REDUCED COMPACT SHAMPOO COMPOSITION Wella Germany GmbH BAZARGANI, ARYA AHMADI 1613 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 19, 2024
18635580 SUBSTITUTED IMIDAZOLIDIN-2-ONE DERIVATIVES AS PRMT5 INHIBITORS Aurigene Discovery Technologies Limited DIAMOND, ALAN D 3991 DP Final Rejection — Pending Apr 15, 2024
18701149 CAMERA ARRANGEMENT FOR A VEHICLE, AND VEHICLE Daimler Truck AG DHILLON, PUNEET S 2488 §103§112 Final Rejection 86d Pending Apr 12, 2024
18689749 METHOD FOR OPERATING A GATED CAMERA, CONTROL DEVICE FOR CARRYING OUT SUCH A METHOD, GATED CAMERA WITH SUCH A CONTROL DEVICE, AND MOTOR VEHICLE WITH SUCH A GATED CAMERA Daimler Truck AG QI, ZHENGQING J §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 06, 2024
18687212 Flame-retardant, partially aromatic polyamides Empa Eidgenössische Materialprüfungs- Und Forschungsanstalt SANDERSON, LEE E §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 27, 2024
18685699 METHOD FOR PLANNING THE VEHICLE UTILIZATION OF A VEHICLE Daimler Truck AG DIZON, EDWARD ANDREW IZON 3663 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 22, 2024
18576632 FLUID DISPENSER CONTAINER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A FLUID DISPENSER CONTAINER Ecospenser Technologies BV PANCHOLI, VISHAL J 3754 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Jan 04, 2024
18454579 SULFATE-FREE SHAMPOO Wella Germany GmbH ZHANG SPIERING, DONGXIU 1616 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 23, 2023
18453944 SELECTION OF A CHEMICAL COMPOUND APPLICABLE ON A CLASS OF HUMAN HAIRS Wella Germany GmbH NGUYEN, PETER §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 22, 2023
18546236 TREATMENT OF AN IOP CONDITION The Research Foundation for the State University of New York CORDAS, EMILY ANN 1632 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 11, 2023
18359021 MULTICOMPONENT COMPOSITION (Michael Addition) Wella International Operations Switzerland Sarl BERRIOS, JENNIFER A 1613 §112DPOther Non-Final OA 70d Pending Jul 26, 2023
18261062 BURNER Crosstown H2R AG IGUE, ROBERTO TOSHIHARU 3741 §103§112 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Jul 11, 2023
18258083 Robotic Panel Module Removal and Replacement in Ore Treatment Apparatus Schenck Process Australia Pty Limited MCCLAIN, GERALD 3611 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 16, 2023
18044138 PERMANENT HAIR SHAPING COMPOSITION Wella Germany GmbH ATKINSON, JOSHUA ALEXANDER 1612 §103§112 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Mar 06, 2023
18167197 Fibre reinforced polyamide moulding compound Ems Chemie AG REDDY, KARUNA P 1764 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 10, 2023
18013812 Data Consistency Check Method and System based on ICC Inspur Suzhou Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. WAJE, CARLO C §101§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 29, 2022
18003148 METHODS FOR PREPARATION OF KERATIN FIBER COLOR COATINGS WITH A SILICONE AZA MICHAEL COMPOSITION Wella Germany GmbH KHAN, AMINA S 1761 §112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 22, 2022
18012528 Distributed Quantum Computing Simulation Method and Apparatus Suzhou Inspur Intelligent Technology Cp., Ltd. MCINTOSH, ANDREW T 2144 §101§103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Dec 22, 2022
17923330 PRESERVATIVE FREE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR OPHTHALMIC ADMINISTRATION COMPRISING BRIMONIDINE Pharmathen S.A. KWON, YONG SOK 1613 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 04, 2022
17844239 ANTIMICROBIAL AND ANTIBACTERIAL THERMAL-REGULATING FABRIC FOR USE IN GARMENTS, WITHIN GARMENTS AND IN OTHER OBJECTS AG Thermal Products, LLC WAX, ROBERT A 1617 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 20, 2022

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