Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Dykema Gossett Pllc

42 pending office actions • 21 clients • 37 examiners • 26 art units • 0 of 42 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 134 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=8813 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

81.9%
Allowance Rate
n=8813
+0.47σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=8813
3.1
OAs to Allowance
n=5286
-0.18σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=5286
1122 days
Time to Allowance
n=5286
+5.6pp
Interview Lift
n=8813
19.6%
RCE Rate
n=8813
3.3%
Appeal Rate
n=8813

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

88.8%
§101 Overcome
n=89
85.1%
§102 Overcome
n=529
78.7%
§103 Overcome
n=2436
90.0%
§112 Overcome
n=617

Specialization & Scale

A61B, Y10T, G06F
Top CPC Subclasses
12%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=8813
11
Practitioners
n=8813
801.2
Apps / Practitioner
n=8813

Portfolio Summary

42
Total Pending OAs
24
Non-Final OAs
15
Final Rejections
3
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
0
Due this week
5
Due this month
4
Due in next 60 days
2
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 ≤ 30 days (5)Due ≤ 60 days (4)Due later (2)

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.

0
Hard (0%)
26
Medium (62%)
10
Easy (24%)
6
Unknown (14%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only23 (55%)
§102 only3 (7%)
§112 only8 (19%)
Double-patenting only2 (5%)
No statute on record6 (14%)

Industry Mix

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

16
Life Sciences
38% of docket
3
Information Tech
7% of docket
3
Communications
7% of docket
3
Semiconductors
7% of docket
8
Mechanical / Eng
19% of docket
9
Business / Other
21% 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.

420 h
Manual time on pending OAs
84 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
147 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BIEGER, VIRGINIA RUTH 3 42.4% +18.7%
DUNWOODY, AARON M 2 75.0% +11.5%
SCHNEIDER, THOMAS FRANK 2 49.5% +37.5%
YAARY, ERIC 2 73.7% +3.1%
BRIDGES, CHRISTOPHER 1 44.9% +10.5%
ROHRHOFF, DANIEL J 1 77.9% +14.4%
PARKER, LAURA EBERT 1 57.0% +25.5%
CUMAR, NATHAN 1 78.6% +14.7%
VU, TUAN A 1 73.3% +21.1%
SHAW, BRIAN F 1 73.4% +16.3%

Interview Candidates (13)

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
18960782 SYSTEM FOR CONTAINER CONTENT IDENTIFICATION PARKER, LAURA EBERT 73d overdue
18767439 ULTRA-SEAL GASKET FOR JOINING HIGH PURITY FLUID PATHWAYS CUMAR, NATHAN 8d
17243074 SMOKING SUBSTITUTE CONSUMABLE BIEGER, VIRGINIA RUTH 28d
18819421 UNIVERSAL TUBE STUB PLUG WITH SEAL PORT DUNWOODY, AARON M 83d
18755289 I-BRIDGE DUNWOODY, AARON M 83d
19230741 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A MULTI-CLOUD MODULAR PAYMENT SWITCH BRIDGES, CHRISTOPHER
18881571 TABLE WITH MOVABLE GUIDE ELEMENT ROHRHOFF, DANIEL J
18766251 DATA CONNECTION FOR AN ELECTRONIC SMOKING DEVICE VU, TUAN A

Client Portfolio (21 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
16133
17553
36792
28772
16552
37331
36751
24321
17721
26941

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19230741 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A MULTI-CLOUD MODULAR PAYMENT SWITCH Finresults, Inc. BRIDGES, CHRISTOPHER §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 06, 2025
18881571 TABLE WITH MOVABLE GUIDE ELEMENT Seisenbacher GmbH ROHRHOFF, DANIEL J §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 06, 2025
18960782 SYSTEM FOR CONTAINER CONTENT IDENTIFICATION Grove Collaborative, Inc. PARKER, LAURA EBERT 3733 Other Final Rejection 73d overdue Pending Nov 26, 2024
18819421 UNIVERSAL TUBE STUB PLUG WITH SEAL PORT Compart Systems Pte. Ltd. DUNWOODY, AARON M 3679 DP Final Rejection 83d Pending Aug 29, 2024
18767439 ULTRA-SEAL GASKET FOR JOINING HIGH PURITY FLUID PATHWAYS Compart Systems Pte. Ltd. CUMAR, NATHAN 3675 Other Final Rejection 8d Pending Jul 09, 2024
18766251 DATA CONNECTION FOR AN ELECTRONIC SMOKING DEVICE Fontem Ventures B.V. VU, TUAN A §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 08, 2024
18759297 PROBABILISTIC ANTI-ENCRYPTING MALWARE PROTECTIONS FOR CLOUD-BASED FILE SYSTEMS Jungle Disk, LLC SHAW, BRIAN F 2432 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 28, 2024
18755289 I-BRIDGE Compart Systems Pte. Ltd. DUNWOODY, AARON M 3679 §112 Final Rejection 83d Pending Jun 26, 2024
18716361 WATER, MINERALS AND COOLING GENERATION SYSTEM Xdi Holdings, LLC MILLER, JONATHAN 1772 §103 Non-Final OA 25d overdue Pending Jun 04, 2024
18694950 SMOKING SUBSTITUTE APPARATUS Imperial Tobacco Limited SCHNEIDER, THOMAS FRANK §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 22, 2024
18694957 SMOKING SUBSTITUTE APPARATUS Imperial Tobacco Limited SCHNEIDER, THOMAS FRANK §102 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 22, 2024
18692283 AEROSOL DELIVERY DEVICE/SYSTEM Imperial Tobacco Limited SPARKS, RUSSELL E §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 14, 2024
18692279 A SMOKING SUBSTITUTE DEVICE Imperial Tobacco Limited BIEGER, VIRGINIA RUTH §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 14, 2024
18692275 A SMOKING SUBSTITUTE DEVICE Imperial Tobacco Limited BIEGER, VIRGINIA RUTH §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 14, 2024
18692284 AEROSOL DELIVERY DEVICE/SYSTEM Imperial Tobacco Limited YAARY, ERIC §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 14, 2024
18572931 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A CONCENTRATION OF A MATERIAL IN A MEASUREMENT VOLUME Avl List GmbH SMITH, MAURICE C 2877 §112 Non-Final OA 195d overdue Pending Dec 21, 2023
18539174 FLAT ELECTRODYNAMIC ACTUATOR Sound Solutions International (Zhenjiang) Co. Ltd. LIEBGOTT, TYLER MICHAEL 2694 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Dec 13, 2023
18539188 ACTUATOR WITH DISTRIBUTED RESONANCES Sound Solutions International (Zhenjiang) Co. Ltd. BRINEY III, WALTER F 2692 §102 Final Rejection Pending Dec 13, 2023
18564550 BODY CAVITY GEL Cs Medica A/S TRUONG, QUANGLONG N 1615 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 27, 2023
18564563 PAIN RELIEF PATCH Cs Medica A/S CHANG, KYUNG SOOK 1613 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Nov 27, 2023
18515991 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE PERFORMANCE IMPACT OF CHANGES IN A COMPUTING SYSTEM Lakeside Software, LLC BARBEE, MANUEL L 2857 Other Non-Final OA 25d overdue Pending Nov 21, 2023
18289726 NASAL SLEEP FORMULATION Cs Medica A/S BAEK, BONG-SOOK 1611 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Nov 06, 2023
18289540 WOUND TREATMENT COMPOSITION Cs Medica A/S COPPINS, JANET L 1628 DP Non-Final OA Pending Nov 03, 2023
18286990 HAIR SERUM AND SUPPLEMENT Cs Medica A/S KIM, DANIELLE A 1613 §103 Non-Final OA 26d overdue Pending Oct 13, 2023
18286837 DATA ACQUISITION IN A VEHICLE Avl List GmbH STRAUB, D'ARCY WINSTON 2491 §103 Final Rejection 72d overdue Pending Oct 13, 2023
18222106 Soft Tissue Filler and Methods Carbon Medical Technologies, Inc. LEE, HOI YAN NMN 1693 Other Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Jul 14, 2023
18270266 SURGICAL INSTRUMENT TO IMPLANT PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ELEMENTS Bonearmed S.R.L SHARMA, YASHITA 3774 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 29, 2023
17923553 A SMOKING SUBSTITUTE DEVICE Imperial Tobacco Limited YAARY, ERIC 1755 §103 Non-Final OA 23d Pending May 09, 2023
18139749 USE OF TLR4 MODULATOR IN THE TREATMENT OF COCCIDIOSIS Zivo Bioscience, Inc. DEVI, SARVAMANGALA 1645 Other Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending Apr 26, 2023
18139650 NATURAL LANGUAGE GENERATION USING PINNED TEXT AND MULTIPLE DISCRIMINATORS Jungle Disk, LLC NGUYEN, QUYNH H 2693 Other Final Rejection 50d Pending Apr 26, 2023
18134133 SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE FOR A DIGITAL PLATFORM Finresults, Inc. TC 3600, DOCKET 3600 §102 Final Rejection 53d overdue Pending Apr 13, 2023
18029175 METHOD AND ELEMENTAL ANALYZER FOR ORGANIC AND INORGANIC SAMPLES VELP SCIENTIFICA SRL NGUYEN, KEMAYA DEANN HUU 2877 §103 Final Rejection 44d overdue Pending Mar 29, 2023
18011478 AN INSULATED DOOR LEAF FOR A GATE, A GATE COMPRISING AN INSULATED DOOR LEAF, AND USE OF AN INSULATING BAFFLE IN A DOOR LEAF Dan-Doors A/S SHEPHERD, MATTHEW RICHARD 3634 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 19, 2022
18077132 BREVUNDIMONAS SP FOR USE IN DISEASE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT Zivo Bioscience, Inc. BOECKELMAN, JACOB A 1655 §112 Final Rejection Pending Dec 07, 2022
17913812 COMPOSITION COMPRISING EGG YOLK AND BURNT CERAL POWDER FOR WOUND HEALING Sahebi Aps CAIN, JENNIFER LYNN 1655 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 22, 2022
17776148 LIFTING COLUMN Linak A/S IJAZ, MUHAMMAD 3631 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 11, 2022
17633006 TOPICAL FORMULATIONS COMPRISING CANNABIDIOL, METHOD OF PREPARING THE COMPOSITION AND USE THEREOF Cs Medica A/S LEE, SIN J 1613 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Feb 04, 2022
17587582 MATURATION OF IMMUNE AND METABOLIC PROCESSES VIA ALGAL BIOMASS AND/OR RELATED MATERIAL ADMINISTERED TO ANIMALS Zivo Bioscience, Inc. DURYEE, ALEXANDER MARSH 1657 §112 Final Rejection Pending Jan 28, 2022
17504184 UNSATURATED POLYESTER RESIN SYSTEM FOR CURED IN-PLACE PIPING Interplastic Corporation BUTCHER, ROBERT T 1764 §103 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Oct 18, 2021
17243074 SMOKING SUBSTITUTE CONSUMABLE Imperial Tobacco Limited BIEGER, VIRGINIA RUTH 1755 §103 Final Rejection 28d Pending Apr 28, 2021
15885777 SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING AND MITIGATING ORGANIZATION DISRUPTION BASED ON FILE ACCESS PATTERNS Jungle Disk, LLC TRAN, AMY NMN 2126 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 31, 2018
14890400 FLAVOR VORTEX DEVICE Loec, Inc. NGUYEN, SONNY V 1755 §112 Non-Final OA 53d Pending Nov 10, 2015

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