Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Dicke, Billig & Czaja

66 pending office actions • 30 clients • 63 examiners • 47 art units • 0 of 66 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 127 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=6836 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

86.6%
Allowance Rate
n=6836
+0.40σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=6836
3.4
OAs to Allowance
n=4810
+0.01σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=4810
1104 days
Time to Allowance
n=4810
+2.9pp
Interview Lift
n=6836
26.2%
RCE Rate
n=6836
3.1%
Appeal Rate
n=6836

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

77.9%
§101 Overcome
n=249
82.3%
§102 Overcome
n=2280
80.1%
§103 Overcome
n=2827
82.0%
§112 Overcome
n=1751

Specialization & Scale

H01L, G11C, H10W
Top CPC Subclasses
26%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=6836
10
Practitioners
n=6836
683.6
Apps / Practitioner
n=6836

Portfolio Summary

66
Total Pending OAs
38
Non-Final OAs
21
Final Rejections
7
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 28 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

13
Overdue
0
Due this week
6
Due this month
3
Due in next 60 days
6
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. 28 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (13)Due ≤ 30 days (6)Due ≤ 60 days (3)Due later (6)

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.

31
Hard (47%)
28
Medium (42%)
7
Easy (11%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only3 (5%)
§101 + other7 (11%)
§103 only23 (35%)
§102 only4 (6%)
§112 only5 (8%)
Double-patenting only2 (3%)
Double-patenting + other1 (2%)
Multi-statute (no §101)21 (32%)

Industry Mix

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

19
Life Sciences
29% of docket
3
Information Tech
5% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
5
Semiconductors
8% of docket
29
Mechanical / Eng
44% of docket
10
Business / Other
15% 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.

660 h
Manual time on pending OAs
132 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
231 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
5.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MARSH, OWEN LEWIS 2 100.0% +0.0%
FRANKLIN, JODI COHEN 2 61.3% +25.3%
LANGEL, WAYNE A 2 78.5% +23.4%
GOKHALE, PRASAD V 1 85.9% +8.4%
MCDUFFIE, MICHAEL D 1 67.5% -10.3%
RAMANA, ANURADHA 1 82.9% +22.4%
SONG, INJA 1 66.7% +48.0%
TEJANI, ANKIT D 1 81.0% +16.9%
SUMMERS, KIERSTEN V 1 11.6% +13.9%
PANDEY, KESHAB R 1 87.6% +8.3%

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
19075419 BONE CEMENT MIXING SYSTEM WITH PUNCTURE CONNECTION AND MULTIFUNCTIONAL OPERATION RAMANA, ANURADHA
18867327 A COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD AND A COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM PANDEY, KESHAB R

Hard Cases (31)

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
18983069 SELF-HEALING MULTIMEDIA EMPLOYMENT GENERATIVE AI SYSTEM SUMMERS, KIERSTEN V 93d overdue
18837769 DEVICE FOR HANDLING ADJACENT SHEET ELEMENTS CICCHINO, PATRICK D 66d overdue
18017610 WEARABLE AMBULATORY SENSORS FOR MEASUREMENT OF BREATHING MOTIONS AGAHI, PUYA 46d overdue
18816877 FISHING ROD TRAN, ZOE T 44d overdue
18281087 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATING BLADDER AND/OR BOWEL DYSFUNCTION PORTER, JR, GARY A 43d overdue
18779603 COATED ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME DUMBRIS, SETH M 36d overdue
17907899 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MODELING AND FORMING FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITE OBJECTS OCHOA, JUAN CARLOS 8d overdue
19184906 CONTROL DEVICE GOKHALE, PRASAD V 27d

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
18983069 SELF-HEALING MULTIMEDIA EMPLOYMENT GENERATIVE AI SYSTEM SUMMERS, KIERSTEN V 93d overdue
18791985 DEVICE FOR HOLDING A TUBULAR SIO2 BLANK IN AN EXTERNAL DEPOSITION PROCESS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A TUBULAR SIO2 BLANK FRANKLIN, JODI COHEN 72d
18140405 LIQUID SUSPENSION COMPOSITIONS AND COATED FERTILIZER PARTICLES LANGEL, WAYNE A 83d
19075419 BONE CEMENT MIXING SYSTEM WITH PUNCTURE CONNECTION AND MULTIFUNCTIONAL OPERATION RAMANA, ANURADHA
19100792 SINTERING DEVICE WITH TEMPERATURE GRADIENT CONTROL SONG, INJA
19039312 IMPLANT-ACCESS INCISION AND SENSING FOR SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING (SDB) CARE TEJANI, ANKIT D
18791953 Tubular composite body made of quartz glass and method for producing and using the same FRANKLIN, JODI COHEN
18032658 LIQUID SUSPENSION COMPOSITIONS AND COATED FERTILIZER PARTICLES LANGEL, WAYNE A

Client Portfolio (30 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
16623
37833
37752
17412
37522
28982
17362
36531
36261
36851

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19184906 CONTROL DEVICE Wolf Tooth Components, LLC GOKHALE, PRASAD V 3653 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Apr 21, 2025
19091340 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANCHORING WITHIN A CHANNEL Pure Safety Group, Inc. MCDUFFIE, MICHAEL D §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 26, 2025
19075419 BONE CEMENT MIXING SYSTEM WITH PUNCTURE CONNECTION AND MULTIFUNCTIONAL OPERATION Heraeus RAMANA, ANURADHA 3775 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 10, 2025
19100792 SINTERING DEVICE WITH TEMPERATURE GRADIENT CONTROL Heraeus SONG, INJA §103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Feb 03, 2025
19039312 IMPLANT-ACCESS INCISION AND SENSING FOR SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING (SDB) CARE Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. TEJANI, ANKIT D §102§103Other Non-Final OA Pending Jan 28, 2025
19028048 METHOD OF TREATING SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. MARSH, OWEN LEWIS §103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Jan 17, 2025
18983069 SELF-HEALING MULTIMEDIA EMPLOYMENT GENERATIVE AI SYSTEM Peozzle Corporation SUMMERS, KIERSTEN V 3626 §101§102 Non-Final OA 93d overdue Pending Dec 16, 2024
18867327 A COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD AND A COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM Ilnumerics GmbH PANDEY, KESHAB R §102 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 19, 2024
18952679 PREDICTIVE HEALTH RISK SCORE TO ENABLE PROACTIVE TRIAGING Allina Health System NGUYEN, TRAN N 3685 §101 Final Rejection 41d Pending Nov 19, 2024
18943454 METHOD OF TREATING SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. MARSH, OWEN LEWIS §103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Nov 11, 2024
18917886 PET LOCATING SYSTEM AND METHOD Locatepet911, LLC GAO, JING §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 16, 2024
18912305 FLAKE MEASUREMENT Interstates, Inc. ADEDIRAN, ABDUL -SAMAD A §102 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 10, 2024
18888302 CONDUIT SUPPORT ASSEMBLY Ptw Products Inc. DUCKWORTH, BRADLEY 3632 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 18, 2024
18844179 SCOOTER-LIKE VEHICLE WITH OPTIMIZED LOADING SPACE Constin GmbH COLILLA, DANIEL JAMES §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 05, 2024
18816877 FISHING ROD Chambers Technology Inc. TRAN, ZOE T 3647 §101§102§103 Final Rejection 44d overdue Pending Aug 27, 2024
18837769 DEVICE FOR HANDLING ADJACENT SHEET ELEMENTS Open Mind Ventures, S.L.U. CICCHINO, PATRICK D 3619 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 66d overdue Pending Aug 12, 2024
18791985 DEVICE FOR HOLDING A TUBULAR SIO2 BLANK IN AN EXTERNAL DEPOSITION PROCESS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A TUBULAR SIO2 BLANK Heraeus FRANKLIN, JODI COHEN 1741 §103 Non-Final OA 72d Pending Aug 01, 2024
18791953 Tubular composite body made of quartz glass and method for producing and using the same Heraeus FRANKLIN, JODI COHEN 1741 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 01, 2024
18779603 COATED ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME Heraeus DUMBRIS, SETH M 1784 §103§112 Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending Jul 22, 2024
18729745 INFLATABLE CAMPING ASSEMBLY Purple Line Limited LAUX, JESSICA L 3635 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 17, 2024
18729777 CAMPING ACCESSORY INFLATION SYSTEM Purple Line Limited CAJILIG, CHRISTINE T 3633 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 17, 2024
18746423 ENGINEERING WHEAT WITH INCREASED DIETARY FIBER Cellectis DEVEAU ROSEN, JASON 1662 DP Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending Jun 18, 2024
18715885 WATER GENERATOR FOR GENERATING WATER FROM ATMOSPHERIC AMBIENT AIR Imhotep.Industries GmbH COMINGS, DANIEL C 3763 §112 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Jun 03, 2024
18680669 MIXING SYSTEM WITH SIDE AMPULE BREAKER Heraeus SIPP, AMY R. 3775 §103 Non-Final OA 19d Pending May 31, 2024
18707456 COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PATENT-DATA BASED INDICATOR Econsight AG TRAN, LOC 2164 §103 Non-Final OA 30d Pending May 03, 2024
18649253 DEVICE FOR PREPARING AND DISPENSING ACTIVE INGREDIENT SOLUTIONS Heraeus DANIEL, ANTARIUS S §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 29, 2024
18694075 DRIP IRRIGATION EMITTER WITH OUTLET SUSPENSION FEATURE The Toro Company SCHWARTZ, KEVIN EDWARD 3752 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 21, 2024
18693764 MULTI-TRANSITIONAL EMITTER FOR DRIP IRRIGATION The Toro Company GREENLUND, JOSEPH A 3752 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 20, 2024
18607412 MULTI-TIER MULTIMEDIA EMPLOYMENT DISTRIBUTION HUB Peozzle Corporation YESILDAG, LAURA G 3629 §101 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Mar 15, 2024
18690818 SOLID ELECTROLYTE, SOLID ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR, ELECTROCONDUCTIVE POLYMER DISPERSION, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SOLID ELECTROLYTE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ELECTROCONDUCTIVE POLYMER DISPERSION UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI SINCLAIR, DAVID M 2848 §102 Final Rejection 71d Pending Mar 11, 2024
18584286 PACKAGE WITH ENCAPSULANT AND FURTHER ENCAPSULANT THEREON Infineon Technologies AG MOJADDEDI, OMAR F 2898 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 22, 2024
18435281 IMPLANT FOR THE SUSTAINED RELEASE OF AN ACTIVE INGREDIENT Heraeus WENG, KAI H 3781 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 07, 2024
18524251 ELECTRIC VEHICLE WITH REMOTE ACTIVATION Taiga Motors Inc. HALL, HANA VICTORIA 3664 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 30, 2023
18388581 CHIP PACKAGE AND METHOD INCLUDING ENCAPSULATING SPACED CHIPS BY LOCALLY CURABLE MATERIAL Infineon Technologies AG PALANISWAMY, KRISHNA JAYANTHI 2899 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 10, 2023
18482436 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SECURED SHARING OF MEDICAL DATA GENERATED BY A PATIENT MEDICAL DEVICE Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. PATEL, HARESH N 2496 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 06, 2023
18281087 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATING BLADDER AND/OR BOWEL DYSFUNCTION Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. PORTER, JR, GARY A 3796 §103§112 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Sep 08, 2023
18460146 COMPOSITION FOR PRODUCING A BONE REPLACEMENT MATERIAL, METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PHARMACEUTICAL EXCIPIENT, PHARMACEUTICAL EXCIPIENT, AND USE THEREOF Heraeus MILLER, MAKENNA RYLEIGH 1611 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 01, 2023
18239907 METHODS OF MANEUVERING STIMULATION ELEMENTS WITHIN VESSELS VIA A GUIDE TOOL Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. ADAM, MOHAMMED SOHAIL 3771 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Aug 30, 2023
18275277 IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICES AT LEAST PARTIALLY FORMED FROM A THERMOSET MATERIAL Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. WOLLSCHLAGER, JEFFREY MICHAEL 1742 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 01, 2023
18214922 VEHICLE DRIVE TRANSMISSION AND ELECTRICALLY ASSISTED STEERING SYSTEM Ontario Drive & Gear Limited BOEHLER, ANNE MARIE M 3611 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 27, 2023
18333778 GENETICALLY ENGINEERED DIAGNOSTIC CELLS AND ANTIGEN TESTS Sri International ALFANO, ALAN 1641 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 13, 2023
18195188 SOLID COMPOUND RAPID REDUCTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS Regents Of The University Of Minnesota HILL, STEPHANI A 1735 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 09, 2023
18313788 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THE METERED DISPENSING OF A LIQUID Heraeus RODRIGUEZ, CRIS LOIREN 3783 §103 Non-Final OA 75d Pending May 08, 2023
18140405 LIQUID SUSPENSION COMPOSITIONS AND COATED FERTILIZER PARTICLES Keystone Specialty Chemicals LLC LANGEL, WAYNE A 1736 §103Other Final Rejection 83d Pending Apr 27, 2023
18032658 LIQUID SUSPENSION COMPOSITIONS AND COATED FERTILIZER PARTICLES Keystone Specialty Chemicals LLC LANGEL, WAYNE A 1736 §103DP Final Rejection Pending Apr 19, 2023
18303291 AUGMENTATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ADAPTING AN AUGMENTATION DEVICE Heraeus BLASS, PARIS MARIE 3774 §103 Non-Final OA 75d Pending Apr 19, 2023
18248632 ZIRCONIA TOUGHENED ALUMINA CERAMIC SINTERED BODIES Heraeus IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE 1789 §103 Final Rejection 26d overdue Pending Apr 11, 2023
18297770 CANOLA WITH HIGH OLEIC ACID Cellectis ZHONG, WAYNESHAOBIN 1662 DP Final Rejection 60d overdue Pending Apr 10, 2023
18178199 HYPER-SPECTRAL ASSESSMENT OF MULTIPLE VARIANTS OF CANNABIS Regents Of The University Of Minnesota SMITH, MAURICE C 2800 §101§103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 03, 2023
18103024 ELECTRIC VEHICLE WITH BOOST OPERATING MODE Taiga Motors Inc. REIDY, SEAN PATRICK 3663 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 30, 2023
18017610 WEARABLE AMBULATORY SENSORS FOR MEASUREMENT OF BREATHING MOTIONS Regents Of The University Of Minnesota AGAHI, PUYA 3791 §101§102 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Jan 23, 2023
18058551 MARKING MADE OF POROUS MATERIAL Heraeus HARRIS, WESLEY G 3783 §102§103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Nov 23, 2022
17952896 BIDDER SUPPORT IN MULTI-ITEM MULTI-UNIT COMBINATORIAL AUCTIONS Regents Of The University Of Minnesota MISIASZEK, MICHAEL 3688 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 26, 2022
17946471 WAFER, ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND METHOD USING LINED AND CLOSED SEPARATION TRENCH Infineon Technologies AG PETERSON, ERIK T 2898 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 16, 2022
17906211 PROGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT METHODS FOR THYROID CANCER Qualisure Diagnostics Inc. BAUSCH, SARAE L 1699 §101§102 Final Rejection Pending Sep 13, 2022
17907899 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MODELING AND FORMING FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITE OBJECTS 9T Labs AG OCHOA, JUAN CARLOS 2186 §103§112 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Aug 29, 2022
17889469 MEDICAL END-SITE DISINFECTING DEVICE WITH CAPILLARY ACTION 1Worldvista Medical, Inc. PILSBURY, BRADY CHARLES 1799 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 17, 2022
17780792 TAL-EFFECTOR NUCLEASES FOR GENE EDITING Cibus US LLC BYRNES, DAVID R 1662 §112 Non-Final OA 30d Pending May 27, 2022
17748809 PURGE VALVE ASSEMBLIES SYSTEMS AND METHODS Regents Of The University Of Minnesota FREDRICKSON, COURTNEY B 3783 §102§103 Final Rejection 40d Pending May 19, 2022
17690196 LOCK ASSEMBLY Qub LLC WATSON, PETER HUCKLEBERRY 3675 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 09, 2022
17438698 DOPED FUSED SILICA COMPONENT FOR USE IN A PLASMA-ASSISTED MANUFACTURING PROCESS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE COMPONENT Heraeus WEYDEMEYER, ETHAN 1783 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Sep 13, 2021
17313456 RECESSED ELECTRODES FOR FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATES Heraeus STUMPFOLL, DANA LYNN 3794 §103 Final Rejection 11d overdue Pending May 06, 2021
17245147 WIRE HANDLING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LASER ABLATION Heraeus WUNDERLICH, ERWIN J 3761 §103 Final Rejection 71d overdue Pending Apr 30, 2021
17205354 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SPACERS WITH A VARIABLE HEAD Heraeus WOO, JONATHAN BRIAN 1754 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 18, 2021
17165293 Affinity Reagent and Catalyst Discovery Through Fiber-Optic Array Scanning Technology Sri International BUNKER, AMY M 1684 §112 Final Rejection 70d Pending Feb 02, 2021
15263078 GENETICALLY ENGINEERED CELLS AS A MODULAR PLATFORM FOR CELL-BASED MEDICINE Sri International ANGELL, JON E 1637 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 12, 2016

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