Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Duane Morris LLP - San Diego

39 pending office actions • 15 clients • 39 examiners • 32 art units • 0 of 39 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 62 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=13206 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

87.8%
Allowance Rate
n=13206
+0.65σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=13206
3.4
OAs to Allowance
n=8298
-0.18σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=8298
1054 days
Time to Allowance
n=8298
+8.4pp
Interview Lift
n=13206
25.8%
RCE Rate
n=13206
1.6%
Appeal Rate
n=13206

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

80.0%
§101 Overcome
n=1019
81.6%
§102 Overcome
n=3407
82.1%
§103 Overcome
n=5432
83.3%
§112 Overcome
n=4545

Specialization & Scale

H10K, A61B, C09K
Top CPC Subclasses
14%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=13206
0
Practitioners
n=13206
Apps / Practitioner
n=13206 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

39
Total Pending OAs
30
Non-Final OAs
7
Final Rejections
2
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.

6
Overdue
1
Due this week
3
Due this month
1
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. 14 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (6)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (1)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.

25
Hard (64%)
11
Medium (28%)
1
Easy (3%)
2
Unknown (5%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (3%)
§101 + other10 (26%)
§103 only8 (21%)
§102 only2 (5%)
§112 only1 (3%)
Double-patenting + other1 (3%)
Multi-statute (no §101)14 (36%)
No statute on record2 (5%)

Industry Mix

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

10
Life Sciences
26% of docket
11
Information Tech
28% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
5% of docket
13
Mechanical / Eng
33% of docket
3
Business / Other
8% 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.

390 h
Manual time on pending OAs
78 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
136 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
STONER, KILEY SHAWN 1 80.8% +15.4%
TOLENTINO, RODERICK 1 77.6% +35.2%
BOYD, JENNIFER A 1 32.5% +44.7%
BARSKY, JARED 1 50.3% +23.1%
DOUMBIA, MOHAMED 1 72.2% +30.6%
DO, KHANG D 1 80.8% +44.9%
MARI VALCARCEL, FERNANDO MARIANO 1 49.7% +20.4%
BUI, TOAN D. 1 58.6% +43.7%
AHMED, MAHABUB S 1 85.5% +8.2%
CHAMPAGNE, LUNA 1 45.9% +34.7%

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
18992952 LAYUP AND BUSSING MACHINE STONER, KILEY SHAWN
18975603 USER AUTHENTICATION INFORMATION-BASED REGISTRATION METHOD AND APPARATUS AND USER AUTHENTICATION INFORMATION-BASED QUERY METHOD AND APPARATUS DO, KHANG D

Hard Cases (25)

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
18861087 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EVALUATING ROBUSTNESS OF SERVICE FORECASTING MODEL AND COMPUTING DEVICE OSMAN, RAMY M 44d overdue
19026003 COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING GENITAL HERPES AND METHODS OF THEIR USE BARSKY, JARED 42d overdue
18219477 SURGICAL TOOL FOR TRANSRETINAL PNEUMATIC DISPLACEMENT OF SUB-RETINAL HEMORRHAGE PATEL, SHEFALI DILIP 37d overdue
18760702 FLUID MANAGEMENT SYSTEM HADEN, SALLY CLINE 30d overdue
18306254 AMINO ACID COMPOSITIONS AND FUNCTIONAL FOOD AFFECTING TUMOR GROWTH AND USES THEREOF DAHLIN, HEATHER RAQUEL 24d overdue
19202728 FLUID MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, APPARATUS FOR MAKING FLUID MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING FLUID MANAGEMENT SYSTEM BOYD, JENNIFER A 6d
18501879 SURGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH GUARDED BLADE LYNCH, ROBERT A 14d
18938034 PAYMENT METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND DEVICES BASED ON NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION, AND MEDIA CHISM, STEVEN R 62d

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
19026003 COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING GENITAL HERPES AND METHODS OF THEIR USE BARSKY, JARED 42d overdue
19202728 FLUID MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, APPARATUS FOR MAKING FLUID MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING FLUID MANAGEMENT SYSTEM BOYD, JENNIFER A 6d
18873452 DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS MARI VALCARCEL, FERNANDO MARIANO 14d
18956355 PAYMENT METHOD, APPARATUS, AND DEVICE CHAMPAGNE, LUNA 65d
18992952 LAYUP AND BUSSING MACHINE STONER, KILEY SHAWN
19221525 TEST CASE GENERATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE TOLENTINO, RODERICK
18881109 PROJECTION METHOD AND SYSTEM BASED ON THREE-DIMENSIONAL SCANNING PROJECTION LINE OF STRUCTURED LIGHT DOUMBIA, MOHAMED
18975603 USER AUTHENTICATION INFORMATION-BASED REGISTRATION METHOD AND APPARATUS AND USER AUTHENTICATION INFORMATION-BASED QUERY METHOD AND APPARATUS DO, KHANG D

Client Portfolio (15 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36272
24952
36252
16432
17861
16281
28771
24921
21591
36931

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18992952 LAYUP AND BUSSING MACHINE Wuxi Autowell Technology Co., Ltd. STONER, KILEY SHAWN §102 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 15, 2025
19221525 TEST CASE GENERATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd. TOLENTINO, RODERICK §101§102§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 29, 2025
19202728 FLUID MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, APPARATUS FOR MAKING FLUID MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING FLUID MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Maine-Lee Technology Group LLC BOYD, JENNIFER A 1786 §102§103Other Final Rejection 6d Pending May 08, 2025
19026003 COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING GENITAL HERPES AND METHODS OF THEIR USE Pagari Life Science Corp. BARSKY, JARED 1628 §102§103 Final Rejection 42d overdue Pending Jan 16, 2025
18881109 PROJECTION METHOD AND SYSTEM BASED ON THREE-DIMENSIONAL SCANNING PROJECTION LINE OF STRUCTURED LIGHT (Shanghai Alliedstar Medical Technology Co., Ltd.) DOUMBIA, MOHAMED 2877 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 03, 2025
18975603 USER AUTHENTICATION INFORMATION-BASED REGISTRATION METHOD AND APPARATUS AND USER AUTHENTICATION INFORMATION-BASED QUERY METHOD AND APPARATUS Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd. DO, KHANG D 2492 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 10, 2024
18873452 DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd. MARI VALCARCEL, FERNANDO MARIANO 2159 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Dec 10, 2024
18872600 RISK FEATURE DESCRIPTION EXTRACTION Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd. BUI, TOAN D. 3693 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 06, 2024
18869032 SERVICE PROCESSING METHOD, APPARATUS, AND DEVICE Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd. AHMED, MAHABUB S 2434 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 25, 2024
18956355 PAYMENT METHOD, APPARATUS, AND DEVICE Alipay.com Co., Ltd. CHAMPAGNE, LUNA 3627 §103 Non-Final OA 65d Pending Nov 22, 2024
18868580 DATA PROCESSING METHOD, APPARATUS AND DEVICE Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd. WILLIAMS, JEFFERY L 2495 §101§102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 22, 2024
18938034 PAYMENT METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND DEVICES BASED ON NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION, AND MEDIA Shanghai Ant Chuangjiang Information Technology Co., Ltd. CHISM, STEVEN R 3692 §103§112 Non-Final OA 62d Pending Nov 05, 2024
18861087 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EVALUATING ROBUSTNESS OF SERVICE FORECASTING MODEL AND COMPUTING DEVICE Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd. OSMAN, RAMY M 2457 §101§103 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Oct 28, 2024
18771128 Data security detection method and device for privacy computing Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd. NGUYEN, CAROLINE HOANG-ANH 2495 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 12, 2024
18760702 FLUID MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Maine-Lee Technology Group LLC HADEN, SALLY CLINE 3732 §103§112 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Jul 01, 2024
18572325 GRAPH DATABASE PROCESSING Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd. HALM, KWEKU WILLIAM 2166 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 20, 2023
18572718 KNOWLEDGE GRAPH PROCESSING Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd. ALABI, OLUWATOSIN O §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 20, 2023
18571428 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DEPLOYING FEDERATED LEARNING TASK BASED ON CONTAINER Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd. LU, KEVIN X 2199 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 18, 2023
18530959 APPLICATION MIGRATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd. JAKOVAC, RYAN J 2445 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 06, 2023
18567265 MULTI-OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION BASED SERVICE POLICY GENERATION Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd. SINGLETARY, TYRONE E 3625 Final Rejection Pending Dec 05, 2023
18565437 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PERFORMING SERVICE VERIFICATION ON A PLURALITY OF PARTIES IN FEDERATED COMPUTATION BASED ON CONTAINER CLUSTER Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd. KHAN, MOEEN 2436 §103 Final Rejection 40d Pending Nov 29, 2023
18563603 TICKET PROCESSING Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd. LUDWIG, PETER L 3627 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 22, 2023
18560048 STAKE SHARING PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd. REFAI, SAM M 3621 §101§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 09, 2023
18501879 SURGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH GUARDED BLADE Opticgon LLC LYNCH, ROBERT A 3771 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Nov 03, 2023
18494417 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COLOCATION OF PLURALITY OF BUSINESS SERVICES Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd. SINGH, GURKANWALJIT 3625 §101§103 Non-Final OA 69d Pending Oct 25, 2023
18555835 REIMBURSEMENT CODE-BASED DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd. PUTTAIAH, ASHA 3691 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 17, 2023
18374304 SURGICAL TOOL FOR TRANSRETINAL PNEUMATIC DISPLACEMENT OF SUB-RETINAL HEMORRHAGE Opticgon LLC MALATEK, KATHERYN A 3741 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 28, 2023
18243558 KNOWLEDGE GRAPH CONSTRUCTION METHOD AND SYSTEM Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd. RODEN, DONALD THOMAS 2128 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 07, 2023
18230978 METHOD FOR TRIETHYLENETETRAMINE PURIFICATION Philera New Zealand Ltd. SAWYER, JENNIFER C 1691 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 07, 2023
18219477 SURGICAL TOOL FOR TRANSRETINAL PNEUMATIC DISPLACEMENT OF SUB-RETINAL HEMORRHAGE Opticgon LLC PATEL, SHEFALI DILIP 3783 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA 37d overdue Pending Jul 07, 2023
18270459 FACIAL RECOGNITION PAYMENT METHODS AND APPARATUSES Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd. NGUYEN, LIZ P 3696 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 29, 2023
18212127 ANTIGEN-SPECIFIC T CELL RECEPTORS AND CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTORS, AND METHODS OF USE IN IMMUNE SIGNALING MODULATION FOR CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY The Methodist Hospital NICKOL, GARY B 1643 §102§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Jun 20, 2023
18195849 METHOD OF DIFFERENTIATION OF PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS TO RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM CELLS R.P. Scherer Technologies, LLC MONTANARI, DAVID A 1632 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 10, 2023
18035079 CONNECTION COMPONENT, SHIELD MODULE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Kyocera Corporation ALHAWAMDEH, NADER J 2831 §102 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending May 02, 2023
18306254 AMINO ACID COMPOSITIONS AND FUNCTIONAL FOOD AFFECTING TUMOR GROWTH AND USES THEREOF Chengdu Shangyi Information Technology Co., Ltd. DAHLIN, HEATHER RAQUEL 1629 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 24d overdue Pending Apr 25, 2023
18002969 ANTIGEN-SPECIFIC T CELL RECEPTORS AND CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTORS, AND METHODS OF USE IN IMMUNE SIGNALING MODULATION FOR CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY The Methodist Hospital CHATTIN, AMY MARIE 1643 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 22, 2022
17685268 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MODULATING EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION Inflammx Therapeutics, Inc. LEE, WILLIAM Y 1623 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 02, 2022
17119776 CHANNEL MODULATORS Ocunexus Therapeutics, Inc. CHERNYSHEV, OLGA N 1675 Other Non-Final OA 30d Pending Dec 11, 2020
16380936 ATOMIZER AND ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE Shenzhen Smoore Technology Limited SPARKS, RUSSELL E 1755 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 10, 2019

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