Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Eastman Ip

6 pending office actions • 5 clients • 5 examiners • 4 art units • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 24 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=735 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

81.5%
Allowance Rate
n=735
+0.43σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=735
3.0
OAs to Allowance
n=402
-0.28σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=402
923 days
Time to Allowance
n=402
+11.7pp
Interview Lift
n=735
21.5%
RCE Rate
n=735
0.2%
Appeal Rate
n=735

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

64.9%
§101 Overcome
n=37
71.1%
§102 Overcome
n=149
77.4%
§103 Overcome
n=257
82.6%
§112 Overcome
n=212

Specialization & Scale

G06F, G06Q, H04N
Top CPC Subclasses
10%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=735
1
Practitioners
n=735
735.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=735

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 30 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.

2
Hard (33%)
3
Medium (50%)
1
Easy (17%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (33%)
§112 only1 (17%)
Double-patenting + other1 (17%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
17% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
67% of docket
1
Business / Other
17% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KOTTER, KIP T 2 67.7% +21.5%
CRAWLEY, TALIA F 1 48.2% +25.1%
LIEUWEN, CODY J 1 59.5% +45.9%
HERRING, LISA L 1 72.7% +17.2%
PAIK, SANG YEOP 1 65.3% +16.5%

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18667425 CONSOLIDATED AERIAL HIGH CAPACITY FOAM FIREFIGHTING SYSTEM LIEUWEN, CODY J 24d overdue
18667959 Optical Fiber Manufacturing Using Centrifugal Injection Molding in Microgravity HERRING, LISA L 8d

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18667425 CONSOLIDATED AERIAL HIGH CAPACITY FOAM FIREFIGHTING SYSTEM LIEUWEN, CODY J 24d overdue
18667959 Optical Fiber Manufacturing Using Centrifugal Injection Molding in Microgravity HERRING, LISA L 8d
18935524 DYNAMIC INVENTORY TRACKING AND DISPENSING SYSTEM CRAWLEY, TALIA F 84d
19012758 Wheel With Flexible Wide-Body Spokes KOTTER, KIP T
18486109 ELECTRIC FLAME CIRCUIT AND STOVE PAIK, SANG YEOP
16915815 Lightweight Wheel with High Strength Flexible Spokes KOTTER, KIP T

Client Portfolio (5 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36152
36271
37521
17411

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19012758 Wheel With Flexible Wide-Body Spokes Spinergy Inc. KOTTER, KIP T 3615 §102§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Jan 07, 2025
18935524 DYNAMIC INVENTORY TRACKING AND DISPENSING SYSTEM Itsware Inc. CRAWLEY, TALIA F 3627 §103 Non-Final OA 84d Pending Nov 02, 2024
18667425 CONSOLIDATED AERIAL HIGH CAPACITY FOAM FIREFIGHTING SYSTEM Western States Fire, Inc. LIEUWEN, CODY J 3752 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending May 17, 2024
18667959 Optical Fiber Manufacturing Using Centrifugal Injection Molding in Microgravity Flawless Photonics, Inc. HERRING, LISA L 1741 §103§112 Non-Final OA 8d Pending May 17, 2024
18486109 ELECTRIC FLAME CIRCUIT AND STOVE Serrano Stove LLC PAIK, SANG YEOP §112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 12, 2023
16915815 Lightweight Wheel with High Strength Flexible Spokes Spinergy Inc. KOTTER, KIP T 3615 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 29, 2020

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