Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Dilworth & Barrese, LLP

48 pending office actions • 21 clients • 45 examiners • 40 art units • 0 of 48 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 139 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=5690 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

86.0%
Allowance Rate
n=5690
+0.59σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=5690
3.2
OAs to Allowance
n=4012
-0.31σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=4012
985 days
Time to Allowance
n=4012
+6.9pp
Interview Lift
n=5690
22.6%
RCE Rate
n=5690
2.9%
Appeal Rate
n=5690

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

73.1%
§101 Overcome
n=67
87.4%
§102 Overcome
n=531
83.4%
§103 Overcome
n=2377
89.5%
§112 Overcome
n=581

Specialization & Scale

A61K, H10K, G09G
Top CPC Subclasses
10%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=5690
5
Practitioners
n=5690
1138.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=5690

Portfolio Summary

48
Total Pending OAs
26
Non-Final OAs
16
Final Rejections
6
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 22 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

11
Overdue
1
Due this week
4
Due this month
3
Due in next 60 days
3
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. 22 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (11)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (4)Due ≤ 60 days (3)Due later (3)

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.

1
Hard (2%)
34
Medium (71%)
8
Easy (17%)
5
Unknown (10%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (2%)
§103 only32 (67%)
§102 only2 (4%)
§112 only5 (10%)
Double-patenting only3 (6%)
No statute on record5 (10%)

Industry Mix

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

15
Life Sciences
31% of docket
2
Information Tech
4% of docket
6
Communications
12% of docket
10
Semiconductors
21% of docket
13
Mechanical / Eng
27% of docket
2
Business / Other
4% 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.

480 h
Manual time on pending OAs
96 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
168 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
4.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
FAROKHROOZ, FATIMA N 2 48.5% +33.3%
SANTIAGO, MARICELI 2 80.8% +8.4%
CONIGLIO, AUDREA JUNE BUCKLEY 2 52.8% +21.2%
NGUYEN, KEVIN M 1 79.0% +4.5%
YEUNG, MATTHEW 1 74.0% +9.2%
DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R 1 68.9% +13.8%
ZHENG, XUEMEI 1 84.7% +13.9%
FLORES SANCHEZ, OMAR 1 73.8% +14.4%
WALKER, JARED T 1 84.7% +10.2%
KIRBY, BRIAN R 1 71.6% +20.2%

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
18555566 DISPLAY SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY DEVICE SANTIAGO, MARICELI 47d
19006477 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING/DECODING AN IMAGE SIGNAL WALKER, JARED T
18279631 DISPLAY SUBSTRATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, AND DISPLAY DEVICE SANTIAGO, MARICELI

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
17091627 Electronic Skill Game RENWICK, REGINALD A

Interview Candidates (9)

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
17795731 SELENIDE DERIVATIVES OF FRAGRANCE COMPOUNDS CONIGLIO, AUDREA JUNE BUCKLEY 197d overdue
19192661 SHIFT REGISTER UNIT, GATE DRIVING CIRCUIT, DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD ZHENG, XUEMEI 15d
18279418 DISPLAY SUBSTRATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, AND DISPLAY DEVICE FAROKHROOZ, FATIMA N 22d
18292598 BACKLIGHT ASSEMBLY, DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE FAROKHROOZ, FATIMA N 83d
19230400 BOX FOR TRANSPORTING, DISPLAYING AND SERVING FOOD DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R
19012249 LOCKABLE TOOL WITH SLIDING SCALE RELEASE FLORES SANCHEZ, OMAR
19006477 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING/DECODING AN IMAGE SIGNAL WALKER, JARED T
18863837 CONTROLLER FOR ESTIMATING INDIVIDUAL AXLE WEIGHTS OF A RAIL VEHICLE, COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHOD THEREFOR, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND NON-VOLATILE DATA CARRIER KIRBY, BRIAN R

Client Portfolio (21 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37342
28752
28962
16172
17612
16192
26281
26251
26291
24261

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18725301 Untitled BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD. NGUYEN, KEVIN M 2628 Non-Final OA Pending
18725399 Untitled BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. YEUNG, MATTHEW 2625 Non-Final OA Pending
19230400 BOX FOR TRANSPORTING, DISPLAYING AND SERVING FOOD Tony's Tacos Holding LLC DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R 3734 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 06, 2025
19192661 SHIFT REGISTER UNIT, GATE DRIVING CIRCUIT, DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. ZHENG, XUEMEI 2629 Other Non-Final OA 15d Pending Apr 29, 2025
19012249 LOCKABLE TOOL WITH SLIDING SCALE RELEASE Latama, LLC FLORES SANCHEZ, OMAR DP Non-Final OA Pending Jan 07, 2025
19006477 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING/DECODING AN IMAGE SIGNAL Industry Academy Cooperation Foundation Of Sejong University WALKER, JARED T 2426 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 31, 2024
18863837 CONTROLLER FOR ESTIMATING INDIVIDUAL AXLE WEIGHTS OF A RAIL VEHICLE, COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHOD THEREFOR, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND NON-VOLATILE DATA CARRIER Dellner Bubenzer AB KIRBY, BRIAN R 3747 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 07, 2024
18848740 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLING MOTION OF VIRTUAL CHARACTER, AND STORAGE MEDIUM BIGO TECHNOLOGY PTE. LTD. LI, RAYMOND CHUN LAM §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 19, 2024
18840270 METHOD, SYSTEM, AND DEVICE FOR MANAGING SESSION STATE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM BIGO TECHNOLOGY PTE. LTD. HOSSAIN, KAMAL M 2444 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 21, 2024
18838685 DISPLAY SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. ABDIN, SHAHEDA A 2627 §103 Non-Final OA 22d overdue Pending Aug 15, 2024
18726586 BIOINSPIRED SKIRTED FOOTING AND ITS METHOD OF INSTALLATION Unifytech Global, Inc. TOLEDO-DURAN, EDWIN J 3678 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Jul 03, 2024
18746480 COVER FOR AIR CONDITIONER SLEEVE Proof Industries Inc. ZERPHEY, CHRISTOPHER R 3799 §103 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Jun 18, 2024
18745167 COMMODITY-BACKED NFT TOKENS AND DUAL TOKENS App Cats LLC GREGG, MARY M 3695 §103 Non-Final OA 26d overdue Pending Jun 17, 2024
18719391 METHOD FOR MODEL TRAINING AND TONE CONVERSION, DEVICE, AND MEDIUM BIGO TECHNOLOGY PTE. LTD. ABEBE, DANIEL DEMELASH 2657 §112 Non-Final OA 35d overdue Pending Jun 13, 2024
18684024 COMPOSITIONS Symrise AG LAZARO, DOMINIC 1611 §103 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Feb 15, 2024
18681703 METHOD FOR DETECTING OBJECT POSES, AND COMPUTER DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREOF BIGO TECHNOLOGY PTE. LTD. KOPPOLU, VAISALI RAO 2664 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 06, 2024
18292598 BACKLIGHT ASSEMBLY, DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. FAROKHROOZ, FATIMA N 2875 §103 Final Rejection 83d Pending Jan 26, 2024
18291389 OXIDE THIN FILM TRANSISTOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. LEE, EUGENE 2815 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 23, 2024
18578514 DISPLAY SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY DEVICE BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. BODNAR, JOHN A 2893 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 11, 2024
18576600 PREFABRICATED POOL Plungie Ip Pty Ltd. SKUBINNA, CHRISTINE J 3754 §103 Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending Jan 04, 2024
18566823 COMPOSITIONS FOR FIGHTING MALODORS Symrise AG SU, SUSAN SHAN 3781 §103 Final Rejection 17d overdue Pending Dec 04, 2023
18561915 PAPER BAG Dy-Pack Verpackungen Gustav Dyckerhoff GmbH BATTISTI, DEREK J 3734 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 17, 2023
18559409 ARRAY SUBSTRATE, DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. YUSHINA, GALINA G 2811 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 07, 2023
18289274 ANTIDEPRESSANT AND ANXIOLYTIC SUBSTITUTED CINNAMAMIDE COMPOUND Tasly Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd. SHIAO, REI TSANG 1691 DP Final Rejection Pending Nov 02, 2023
18557996 DISPLAY SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY DEVICE BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. TOBERGTE, NICHOLAS J 2817 §102 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Oct 30, 2023
18555566 DISPLAY SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY DEVICE BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. SANTIAGO, MARICELI 2896 §103 Non-Final OA 47d Pending Oct 16, 2023
18555039 DISPLAY SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY DEVICE BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. NIX, NORA TAYLOR 2891 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 12, 2023
18375636 FERMENTED PLANT PROTEINS DMK DEUTSCHES MILCHKONTOR GMBH LI, CHANGQING 1791 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 02, 2023
18281339 A FRAGRANCE MIXTURE CONTAINING ISOCITRONELLOL Symrise AG CONIGLIO, AUDREA JUNE BUCKLEY 1617 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 11, 2023
18548993 TOILET RIM BLOCKS WITH SCENT CHANGE Symrise AG MRUK, BRIAN P 1761 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 05, 2023
18279631 DISPLAY SUBSTRATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, AND DISPLAY DEVICE BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. SANTIAGO, MARICELI 2896 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 01, 2023
18279418 DISPLAY SUBSTRATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, AND DISPLAY DEVICE BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. FAROKHROOZ, FATIMA N 2875 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Aug 30, 2023
18233382 LOG HANDLER Liebherr-Werk Bischofshofen GmbH JACKSON, DANIELLE MARIE 3657 §103 Non-Final OA 81d overdue Pending Aug 14, 2023
18277133 2,6,6-TRIMETHYL-NORPINAN-2-OL AS AN ODORIFEROUS SUBSTANCE Symrise AG WALKER, AJA ARYANNA 1761 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 14, 2023
18276518 MEDICAMENT FOR PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF HYPERPIGMENTATION Symrise AG WISTNER, SARAH CLINKSCALES 1616 DP Final Rejection 26d overdue Pending Aug 09, 2023
18275512 COOLING AND/OR FREEZING DEVICE Liebherr-Hausgeräte Lienz GmbH TEFERA, HIWOT E 3637 §103 Final Rejection 139d overdue Pending Aug 02, 2023
18265840 A METHOD FOR FIGHTING MICROORGANISMS USING MENTHOL DERIVATIVES Symrise AG ROBERTS, LEZAH 1612 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 07, 2023
18009597 A MIXTURE COMPRISING 1,2-ALKANEDIOLS Symrise AG STEINKE, SEAN JAMES 1619 §103 Non-Final OA 19d Pending Dec 09, 2022
17928077 FOOD FORMING METHOD AND FOOD FORMING DEVICE Rheon Automatic Machinery Co., Ltd. NGUYEN, THANH H 1792 §103 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Nov 28, 2022
17908989 COAXIAL BIOPSY NEEDLE WITH INTEGRATED STYLET AND ANESTHESIA NEEDLE ARRANGED WITH LOCKING MEANS WITH PREDETERMINED AND DIFFERENT RELEASE TORQUES Apriomed AB KREMER, MATTHEW 3791 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 02, 2022
17795731 SELENIDE DERIVATIVES OF FRAGRANCE COMPOUNDS Symrise AG CONIGLIO, AUDREA JUNE BUCKLEY 1617 §112 Non-Final OA 197d overdue Pending Jul 27, 2022
17789552 PHOTOELECTRIC SENSOR, IMAGE SENSOR AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. CHEEK, EDWARD RHETT 2813 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 28, 2022
17622315 BLEND OF BEESWAX AND A LACTYLATE ESTER Symrise AG TCHERKASSKAYA, OLGA V 1615 §103 Final Rejection 61d Pending Dec 23, 2021
17617125 DAMPER FOR A RAIL VEHICLE, MONITORING SYSTEM FOR A DAMPER AND METHOD FOR MONITORING A DAMPER Dellner Couplers AB BURCH, MELODY M 3616 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 07, 2021
17430086 MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL SHEET AND USE THEREOF BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. RIGA, MICHAEL ANGELO 1634 §103 Final Rejection 9d Pending Aug 11, 2021
17281407 THERMALLY INSULATING FABRIC Prtc NV TATESURE, VINCENT 1786 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 30, 2021
17091627 Electronic Skill Game Banilla Games, Inc. RENWICK, REGINALD A 3715 §101 Final Rejection Pending Nov 06, 2020
15888433 MEDICAMENT Symrise AG BABSON, NICOLE PLOURDE 1619 §103 Final Rejection 35d overdue Pending Feb 05, 2018

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