Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Dla Piper LLP (Us) Boston

31 pending office actions • 20 clients • 31 examiners • 27 art units • 0 of 31 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 88 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=21056 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

84.5%
Allowance Rate
n=21056
+0.61σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=21056
3.7
OAs to Allowance
n=14247
+0.03σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=14247
1078 days
Time to Allowance
n=14247
+7.9pp
Interview Lift
n=21056
29.9%
RCE Rate
n=21056
2.4%
Appeal Rate
n=21056

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

81.2%
§101 Overcome
n=2050
82.7%
§102 Overcome
n=5639
82.9%
§103 Overcome
n=9433
84.2%
§112 Overcome
n=5902

Specialization & Scale

G06F, G06Q, A61K
Top CPC Subclasses
12%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=21056
29
Practitioners
n=21056
726.1
Apps / Practitioner
n=21056

Portfolio Summary

31
Total Pending OAs
17
Non-Final OAs
14
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 14 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

8
Overdue
2
Due this week
2
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. 14 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (8)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (2)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.

16
Hard (52%)
11
Medium (35%)
3
Easy (10%)
1
Unknown (3%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (3%)
§101 + other7 (23%)
§103 only8 (26%)
§112 only1 (3%)
Double-patenting only2 (6%)
Double-patenting + other3 (10%)
Multi-statute (no §101)8 (26%)
No statute on record1 (3%)

Industry Mix

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

9
Life Sciences
29% of docket
4
Information Tech
13% of docket
4
Communications
13% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
10
Mechanical / Eng
32% of docket
4
Business / Other
13% 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.

310 h
Manual time on pending OAs
62 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
108 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SHARIFI-TAFRESHI, KOOSHA 1 78.1% +10.0%
PYO, KEVIN K 1 87.1% +10.8%
EVANISKO, GEORGE ROBERT 1 70.4% +34.7%
JIANG, YONG HANG 1 61.8% +20.8%
LE, TIEN MINH 1 70.7% +18.8%
DIABY, MOUSTAPHA 1 83.8% +10.0%
MEHEDI, MORSHED 1 85.9% -0.8%
TEITELBAUM, DAVID J 1 68.9% +24.7%
ALLEN, KYLA GUAN-PING TI 1 89.9% +15.6%
SADLON, JOSEPH 1 63.3% +26.5%

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
19058731 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INFRARED SYNCHRONIZATION PYO, KEVIN K
18943368 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SECURING A FACILITY DIABY, MOUSTAPHA
18908477 METHOD, SYSTEMS AND APPARATUS FOR INTELLIGENTLY EMULATING FACTORY CONTROL SYSTEMS AND SIMULATING RESPONSE DATA MEHEDI, MORSHED

Hard Cases (16)

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
18667421 DIGITAL SOLUTIONS FOR DIFFERENTIATING ASTHMA FROM COPD GILLIGAN, CHRISTOPHER L 35d overdue
17645258 CARRIAGELESS PRINT HEAD ASSEMBLY FOR EXTRUSION-BASED ADDITIVE CONSTRUCTION TAUFIQ, FARAH N 31d overdue
18832764 DUAL OUTPUT HEAT PUMPS TEITELBAUM, DAVID J 24d overdue
18523357 Three-Dimensional Animated Personality Assessment SINGH, ISHAYU NMN 18d overdue
18682569 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CARDIAC PACING USING BETA BLOCKERS HILSMIER, HEIDI ANN 6d
18677423 SMART SURVEILLANCE DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS FOR SAFE UNCREWED AIRCRAFT AND SURFACE VESSEL OPERATION BEYOND VISUAL LINE OF SIGHT BROSH, BENJAMIN J 19d
16562861 DIAGNOSTIC AND PROGNOSTIC LIQUID BIOPSY BIOMARKERS FOR ASTHMA SITTON, JEHANNE SOUAYA 28d
18251134 Artificial Intelligence Platform for Vehicle Electrification POUDEL, SANTOSH RAJ 40d

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
18832764 DUAL OUTPUT HEAT PUMPS TEITELBAUM, DAVID J 24d overdue
19210010 EARBUD SENSORY ASSEMBLY SHARIFI-TAFRESHI, KOOSHA 5d
19058731 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INFRARED SYNCHRONIZATION PYO, KEVIN K
18992847 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING SYSTEMIC VASCULAR RESISTANCE USING PHOTOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY EVANISKO, GEORGE ROBERT
18982563 DOUBLE-SIDED STORAGE LOCKER SYSTEM HAVING A CAMERA INSTALLED INSIDE EACH STORAGE LOCKER THAT IS ACCESSED AND CONTROLLED USING A MOBILE PHONE TO SCAN A MACHINE-READABLE CODE ON THE STORAGE LOCKER JIANG, YONG HANG
18959158 Imitation Learning in a Manufacturing Environment LE, TIEN MINH
18943368 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SECURING A FACILITY DIABY, MOUSTAPHA
18766823 AUTONOMOUS VISION-BASED GEOREGISTRATION ALLEN, KYLA GUAN-PING TI

Client Portfolio (20 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
26281
37751
26891
36561
24081
37631
26611
36351
36581
36831

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19210010 EARBUD SENSORY ASSEMBLY Naqi Logix Inc. SHARIFI-TAFRESHI, KOOSHA 2628 §103DP Final Rejection 5d Pending May 16, 2025
19058731 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INFRARED SYNCHRONIZATION Bea Inc. PYO, KEVIN K DP Non-Final OA Pending Feb 20, 2025
18992847 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING SYSTEMIC VASCULAR RESISTANCE USING PHOTOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY Baropace, Inc. EVANISKO, GEORGE ROBERT 3775 §101§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 09, 2025
18982563 DOUBLE-SIDED STORAGE LOCKER SYSTEM HAVING A CAMERA INSTALLED INSIDE EACH STORAGE LOCKER THAT IS ACCESSED AND CONTROLLED USING A MOBILE PHONE TO SCAN A MACHINE-READABLE CODE ON THE STORAGE LOCKER Best Lockers, LLC JIANG, YONG HANG 2689 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 16, 2024
18959158 Imitation Learning in a Manufacturing Environment Nanotronics Imaging, Inc. LE, TIEN MINH 3656 Other Non-Final OA Pending Nov 25, 2024
18943368 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SECURING A FACILITY Volan Technology, Inc. DIABY, MOUSTAPHA §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 11, 2024
18908477 METHOD, SYSTEMS AND APPARATUS FOR INTELLIGENTLY EMULATING FACTORY CONTROL SYSTEMS AND SIMULATING RESPONSE DATA Nanotronics Imaging, Inc. MEHEDI, MORSHED 2408 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 07, 2024
18832764 DUAL OUTPUT HEAT PUMPS Green Matters Technologies Inc. TEITELBAUM, DAVID J 3763 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending Jul 24, 2024
18766823 AUTONOMOUS VISION-BASED GEOREGISTRATION Technology Innovation Institute-Sole Proprietorship LLC ALLEN, KYLA GUAN-PING TI 2661 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 09, 2024
18745625 Integrated Roofing System for Renewable Energy Applications Nanotronics Imaging, Inc. SADLON, JOSEPH 3635 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 17, 2024
18677423 SMART SURVEILLANCE DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS FOR SAFE UNCREWED AIRCRAFT AND SURFACE VESSEL OPERATION BEYOND VISUAL LINE OF SIGHT Accipiter Radar Technologies, Inc. BROSH, BENJAMIN J 3658 §102§112 Non-Final OA 19d Pending May 29, 2024
18667421 DIGITAL SOLUTIONS FOR DIFFERENTIATING ASTHMA FROM COPD Novartis AG GILLIGAN, CHRISTOPHER L 3683 §101§103 Final Rejection 35d overdue Pending May 17, 2024
18701806 AI-ASSISTED CLINICIAN CONTOUR REVIEWING AND REVISION The Board Of Regents Of The University Of Texas System POTTS, RYAN PATRICK 2672 §103 Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending Apr 16, 2024
18632809 RECOVERY OF LITHIUM FROM LITHIUM IRON PHOSPHATE BLACK MASS Glencore Ltd. RUMP, RICHARD M §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 11, 2024
18695660 WATER EMULSIONS SEPARATION SYSTEM AND PROCESS Avonlea Technology Holdings Corp. DRODGE, JOSEPH W §103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Mar 26, 2024
18682569 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CARDIAC PACING USING BETA BLOCKERS Baropace, Inc. HILSMIER, HEIDI ANN 3796 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Feb 09, 2024
18571009 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BLOOD PRESSURE DEVICE CALIBRATION Baropace, Inc. ABOUELELA, MAY A 3791 §112 Final Rejection Pending Dec 15, 2023
18523357 Three-Dimensional Animated Personality Assessment Paradox, Inc. SINGH, ISHAYU NMN 3715 §101§103 Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending Nov 29, 2023
18508697 BIO-BASED HYDROGELS AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME Technology Innovation Institute - Sole Proprietorship LLC SHIN, MONICA A 1616 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 14, 2023
18479894 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENCRYPTING MACHINE LEARNING MODELS Technology Innovation Institute - Sole Proprietorship LLC CARNES, THOMAS A 2436 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Oct 03, 2023
18549878 Topical Cannabinoid Compositions and Methods for Treating Skin Diseases Avicanna Inc. TIEN, LUCY MINYU 1612 §103DPOther Final Rejection 70d Pending Sep 08, 2023
18263424 ALUMINUM CROSSLINKING AGENT FOR DIP MOLDING, DIP MOLDING COMPOSITION, GLOVES, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING GLOVES Midori Anzen Co., Ltd. SASTRI, SATYA B 1762 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 28, 2023
18220864 COMBINATION THERAPEUTICS USING TUMOR TREATING FIELDS (TTFIELDS) The Board Of Regents Of The University Of Texas System GOUGH, TIFFANY MAUREEN 1651 DP Final Rejection 45d overdue Pending Jul 12, 2023
18322886 FIBER REINFORCED SANDWICH COMPOSITE PANELS AND METHODS OF MAKING Technology Innovation Institute – Sole Proprietorship LLC VONCH, JEFFREY A 1781 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending May 24, 2023
18251134 Artificial Intelligence Platform for Vehicle Electrification 14156048 Canada Inc. POUDEL, SANTOSH RAJ 2115 §101§103 Final Rejection 40d Pending Apr 28, 2023
17906875 AUTONOMOUS ROOM BOUNDARY DETECTION AND CLASSIFICATION WITH LOW RESOLUTION SENSORS Jdrf Electromag Engineering Inc. CLOUSER, BENJAMIN WADE 3645 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 21, 2022
17801175 METHODS AND SYSTEMS TO TRAIN NEURAL NETWORKS The Board Of Regents Of The University Of Texas System PHAM, JESSICA THUY 2121 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 19, 2022
17645258 CARRIAGELESS PRINT HEAD ASSEMBLY FOR EXTRUSION-BASED ADDITIVE CONSTRUCTION R3 Printing, Inc. TAUFIQ, FARAH N 1754 §102§103 Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending Dec 20, 2021
17440993 COMPUTERIZED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANTIGEN-INDEPENDENT DE NOVO PREDICTION OF CANCER-ASSOCIATED TCR REPERTOIRE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM KALLAL, ROBERT JAMES 1685 §101 Final Rejection Pending Sep 20, 2021
16562861 DIAGNOSTIC AND PROGNOSTIC LIQUID BIOPSY BIOMARKERS FOR ASTHMA University of Sharjah SITTON, JEHANNE SOUAYA 1682 §101§103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Sep 06, 2019
15516444 ATROPINE SULFATE RAPIDLY-DISINTEGRATING SUBLINGUAL TABLETS AND METHODS FOR USE THEREOF FOR TREATMENT OF ACUTE ORGANOPHOSPHATE TOXICITY University of Sharjah LEE, WILLIAM Y 1623 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 03, 2017

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