Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Dla Piper LLP US - Reston

20 pending office actions • 17 clients • 20 examiners • 16 art units • 0 of 20 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 54 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

20
Total Pending OAs
12
Non-Final OAs
8
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 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
0
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

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

8
Hard (40%)
10
Medium (50%)
2
Easy (10%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only3 (15%)
§101 + other1 (5%)
§103 only10 (50%)
§112 only1 (5%)
Double-patenting only1 (5%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (20%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
5% of docket
5
Information Tech
25% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
10% of docket
9
Mechanical / Eng
45% of docket
3
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.

200 h
Manual time on pending OAs
40 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
70 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PENG, HUAWEN A 1 82.3% +20.3%
SINGH, DAPINDER 1 82.4% +18.7%
CHEN, JOSE V 1 78.0% +15.2%
BALDORI, JOSEPH B 1 44.8% +30.1%
ALLEN, ANDRE J 1 91.4% +6.3%
HUSSAIN, IMAD 1 82.0% +15.6%
SPAR, ILANA L 1 45.8% +26.8%
RODRIGUEZ, VICENTE M 1 77.4% +15.3%
LEWIS, JUSTIN V 1 55.2% +17.6%
FAULKNER, RYAN L 1 67.5% +17.0%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19139165 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MIGRATING DATABASE CONTENTS OF AN SAP SYSTEM PENG, HUAWEN A

Hard Cases (8)

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
18740135 ROBOTIC EAGLES AND BIRD-LIKE ROBOT WITH EMBODIED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE RODRIGUEZ, VICENTE M 78d overdue
18765923 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO AUTOMATE GLOBAL EMPLOYMENT SPAR, ILANA L 31d overdue
18849272 ROTARY COMPRESSOR AND REFRIGERATION CYCLE APPARATUS SINGH, DAPINDER
18835252 ON-MACHINE TOOL MEASUREMENT DEVICE ALLEN, ANDRE J
18768955 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BASED ASSISTANTS TO BUILD AND DEBUG ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODELS HUSSAIN, IMAD
18737612 WIDEPLATE LICENSE PLATE ACCESSORY LEWIS, JUSTIN V
18575508 NUMISMATIST SYSTEM PARK, YONG S
18358548 Systems and Methods for Forecasting Program Viewership MANG, VAN C

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
18740135 ROBOTIC EAGLES AND BIRD-LIKE ROBOT WITH EMBODIED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE RODRIGUEZ, VICENTE M 78d overdue
18765923 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO AUTOMATE GLOBAL EMPLOYMENT SPAR, ILANA L 31d overdue
19139165 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MIGRATING DATABASE CONTENTS OF AN SAP SYSTEM PENG, HUAWEN A
18849272 ROTARY COMPRESSOR AND REFRIGERATION CYCLE APPARATUS SINGH, DAPINDER
18883775 PRODUCT FOR HOLDING ITEMS AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME CHEN, JOSE V
18829015 TOYS CONFIGURED FOR USE WITH OTHER TOY SYSTEMS BALDORI, JOSEPH B
18768955 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BASED ASSISTANTS TO BUILD AND DEBUG ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODELS HUSSAIN, IMAD
18737612 WIDEPLATE LICENSE PLATE ACCESSORY LEWIS, JUSTIN V

Client Portfolio (17 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36372
21691
37461
24531
36221
36421
36351
21151
36941
21191

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19139165 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MIGRATING DATABASE CONTENTS OF AN SAP SYSTEM Lemongrass Holdings, Inc. PENG, HUAWEN A 2169 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 13, 2025
18849272 ROTARY COMPRESSOR AND REFRIGERATION CYCLE APPARATUS Carrier Japan Corporation SINGH, DAPINDER 3746 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 20, 2024
18883775 PRODUCT FOR HOLDING ITEMS AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME Nupur, LLC CHEN, JOSE V 3637 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 12, 2024
18829015 TOYS CONFIGURED FOR USE WITH OTHER TOY SYSTEMS Stickytek Pty Ltd. BALDORI, JOSEPH B §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 09, 2024
18835252 ON-MACHINE TOOL MEASUREMENT DEVICE Shibaura Machine Co., Ltd. ALLEN, ANDRE J §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 01, 2024
18768955 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BASED ASSISTANTS TO BUILD AND DEBUG ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODELS Arize AI, Inc. HUSSAIN, IMAD 2453 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 10, 2024
18765923 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO AUTOMATE GLOBAL EMPLOYMENT Oyster Hr, Inc. SPAR, ILANA L 3622 §101 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Jul 08, 2024
18740135 ROBOTIC EAGLES AND BIRD-LIKE ROBOT WITH EMBODIED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE General Cybernation Group Inc. RODRIGUEZ, VICENTE M 3642 §103§112 Final Rejection 78d overdue Pending Jun 11, 2024
18737612 WIDEPLATE LICENSE PLATE ACCESSORY Wideplate LLC LEWIS, JUSTIN V 3637 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 07, 2024
18664061 AIR VENT Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd. FAULKNER, RYAN L §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 14, 2024
18658625 EXTERIOR WALL SYSTEM Permasteelisa North America Corp. LAUX, JESSICA L 3635 §103Other Non-Final OA 14d Pending May 08, 2024
18698510 PROCESSING MACHINE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OBJECT TO BE PROCESSED Shibaura Machine Co., Ltd. COLLINS, GARY 2115 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 04, 2024
18575508 NUMISMATIST SYSTEM U.S. Money Reserve Inc. PARK, YONG S 3694 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 29, 2023
18532354 TRAINING A PATTERN RECOGNITION SYSTEM Cyberswarm, Inc. NIU, JIAHE 2119 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 07, 2023
18484167 SURGICAL INSTRUMENT The Johns Hopkins University FERNSTROM, KURT 3715 DP Final Rejection Pending Oct 10, 2023
18358548 Systems and Methods for Forecasting Program Viewership Sintecmedia, Nyc, Inc. MANG, VAN C 2126 §101 Final Rejection Pending Jul 25, 2023
18302470 COOLING AND HYDRATING CONTAINERS AND METHODS OF USE Qore Performance, Inc. VAZQUEZ, ANA M 3763 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 18, 2023
17817326 SIDE REAR-VIEW MIRROR CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR VEHICLE Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd. CARRUTH, JENNIFER DOAK 2871 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 03, 2022
17811013 LED MODULE Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd. STEPHENSON, KENNETH STEPHEN 2898 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 06, 2022
17650454 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING TOPPINGS ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF A BAKED FOOD ITEM Papa John'S International, Inc. TRAN, LIEN THUY 1793 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Feb 09, 2022

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