Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Duane Morris LLP - Washington, D.C.

14 pending office actions • 10 clients • 13 examiners • 8 art units • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 24 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

14
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
7
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)

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.

9
Hard (64%)
5
Medium (36%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (7%)
§101 + other1 (7%)
§103 only5 (36%)
Multi-statute (no §101)7 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
14% of docket
1
Information Tech
7% of docket
1
Communications
7% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
43% of docket
4
Business / Other
29% 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.

140 h
Manual time on pending OAs
28 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
49 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LYNCH, MEGAN E 2 38.3% +40.6%
ELCHANTI, TAREK 1 50.2% +36.1%
GHIMIRE, SHANKAR RAJ 1 76.8% +18.7%
YANG, JIANXUN 1 74.7% +18.6%
KIM, HEE SOO 1 79.1% -0.5%
HENDERSON, RYAN N 1 63.7% +18.4%
MCCARRY JR, ROBERT J 1 81.9% +16.7%
OKEBATO, SAHLU 1 76.2% +19.1%
PINDERSKI, JACQUELINE M 1 26.7% +44.3%
GREIG, THOMAS W 1 74.2% +24.7%

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
18738965 SOLAR ENERGY INTERMODAL CONTAINER SYSTEM AND METHODS MCCARRY JR, ROBERT J

Hard Cases (9)

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
18522857 OPHTHALMIC MEDICAL DEVICE FOR TREATMENT OF MEIBOMIAN GLAND DYSFUNCTION AND EVAPORATIVE DRY EYE DISEASE UTILIZING SHEAR THINNING TECHNOLOGY PINDERSKI, JACQUELINE M 100d overdue
17618239 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR LUNG CANCER DETECTION TURPIN, ZACHARY MARK 53d overdue
18983835 KNITTED UPPER FOR A SPORTS SHOE LYNCH, MEGAN E 24d overdue
19041096 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PACKING OPTMIZATION AND VISUALIZATION ELCHANTI, TAREK
18990834 VARIABLE STIFFNESS MEDICAL DEVICE SHAFT GHIMIRE, SHANKAR RAJ
18793144 VIDEO ENDOSCOPE WITH FLEXIBLE TIP HENDERSON, RYAN N
18561537 THERAPEUTIC SPECTACLES FOR RELIEVING DRY EYES GREIG, THOMAS W
18490751 VEHICLE SEALING MATERIAL PONCIANO, PATRICK BERNAS

Interview Candidates (10)

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
18566439 CONFIGURATION FOR MUSCLE-STRENGTHENING EXERCISE EQUIPMENT OKEBATO, SAHLU 153d overdue
18522857 OPHTHALMIC MEDICAL DEVICE FOR TREATMENT OF MEIBOMIAN GLAND DYSFUNCTION AND EVAPORATIVE DRY EYE DISEASE UTILIZING SHEAR THINNING TECHNOLOGY PINDERSKI, JACQUELINE M 100d overdue
18983835 KNITTED UPPER FOR A SPORTS SHOE LYNCH, MEGAN E 24d overdue
18530658 SHOE UPPER LYNCH, MEGAN E 19d overdue
19041096 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PACKING OPTMIZATION AND VISUALIZATION ELCHANTI, TAREK
18990834 VARIABLE STIFFNESS MEDICAL DEVICE SHAFT GHIMIRE, SHANKAR RAJ
18909026 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENDOSCOPIC IMAGE DEPTH ESTIMATION YANG, JIANXUN
18793144 VIDEO ENDOSCOPE WITH FLEXIBLE TIP HENDERSON, RYAN N

Client Portfolio (10 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37322
37852
24431
37951
26251
36341
16251
16821

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19041096 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PACKING OPTMIZATION AND VISUALIZATION Paccurate, LLC ELCHANTI, TAREK §101Other Non-Final OA Pending Jan 30, 2025
18990834 VARIABLE STIFFNESS MEDICAL DEVICE SHAFT Verathon Inc. GHIMIRE, SHANKAR RAJ §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 20, 2024
18983835 KNITTED UPPER FOR A SPORTS SHOE Adidas AG LYNCH, MEGAN E 3732 §102§103 Final Rejection 24d overdue Pending Dec 17, 2024
18909026 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENDOSCOPIC IMAGE DEPTH ESTIMATION Verathon Inc. YANG, JIANXUN §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 08, 2024
18794598 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF ANALYZING DATA IN AN AD-HOC NETWORK FOR PREDICTIVE DECISION-MAKING TransVoyant, Inc. KIM, HEE SOO 2443 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 05, 2024
18793144 VIDEO ENDOSCOPE WITH FLEXIBLE TIP Verathon Inc. HENDERSON, RYAN N 3795 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 02, 2024
18738965 SOLAR ENERGY INTERMODAL CONTAINER SYSTEM AND METHODS The Sovereign Corporation MCCARRY JR, ROBERT J §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 10, 2024
18530658 SHOE UPPER Adidas AG LYNCH, MEGAN E 3732 §103 Final Rejection 19d overdue Pending Dec 06, 2023
18566439 CONFIGURATION FOR MUSCLE-STRENGTHENING EXERCISE EQUIPMENT Functional Patterns Holdings, LLC OKEBATO, SAHLU 2625 §103 Final Rejection 153d overdue Pending Dec 01, 2023
18522857 OPHTHALMIC MEDICAL DEVICE FOR TREATMENT OF MEIBOMIAN GLAND DYSFUNCTION AND EVAPORATIVE DRY EYE DISEASE UTILIZING SHEAR THINNING TECHNOLOGY Eyedetec Medical, Inc. PINDERSKI, JACQUELINE M 3785 §103§112 Non-Final OA 100d overdue Pending Nov 29, 2023
18561537 THERAPEUTIC SPECTACLES FOR RELIEVING DRY EYES Eyedetec Medical, Inc. GREIG, THOMAS W 3785 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 16, 2023
18490751 VEHICLE SEALING MATERIAL Kasei Kogyo Co., Ltd. PONCIANO, PATRICK BERNAS 3634 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Oct 20, 2023
17786037 COMBINATION CANCER THERAPY USING CHK INHIBITOR Shanghai Huayu Biotechnology Co., Ltd. ISMAIL, REHANA 1625 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jun 16, 2022
17618239 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR LUNG CANCER DETECTION Suzhou Hoho Health Co., Ltd. TURPIN, ZACHARY MARK 1682 §101§103§112Other Final Rejection 53d overdue Pending Dec 10, 2021

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