Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Ecotech Law Group, P.C.

6 pending office actions • 5 clients • 5 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=409 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

89.3%
Allowance Rate
n=409
+0.83σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=409
2.4
OAs to Allowance
n=251
-0.61σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=251
986 days
Time to Allowance
n=251
+6.8pp
Interview Lift
n=409
16.0%
RCE Rate
n=409
1.7%
Appeal Rate
n=409

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=17 (min 20)
78.2%
§102 Overcome
n=87
78.1%
§103 Overcome
n=137
81.1%
§112 Overcome
n=111

Specialization & Scale

G06F, G10K, Y02E
Top CPC Subclasses
11%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=409
2
Practitioners
n=409
204.5
Apps / Practitioner
n=409

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
1
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
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 60 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.

4
Hard (67%)
2
Medium (33%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (17%)
Double-patenting + other1 (17%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (67%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
33% of docket
2
Information Tech
33% of docket
1
Communications
17% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
17% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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
LAUGHLIN, NATHAN L 2 66.7% +11.2%
AKHTER, SHARMIN 1 70.0% +28.7%
SMITH, NKEISHA 1 72.8% +16.9%
KAMM, JUDITH MARIE 1 45.8% +59.4%
NGUYEN, BOI-LIEN THI 1 24.2% +29.6%

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18738060 Beam Clamp, and a Mounting Assembly SMITH, NKEISHA 162d overdue
17442142 SEWAGE TREATMENT METHOD NGUYEN, BOI-LIEN THI 26d overdue
18621142 NOVEL SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT OF A FLUID INFRASTRUCTURE NETWORK LAUGHLIN, NATHAN L
18686444 NOVEL SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT OF A FLUID INFRASTRUCTURE NETWORK LAUGHLIN, NATHAN L

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
18738060 Beam Clamp, and a Mounting Assembly SMITH, NKEISHA 162d overdue
17442142 SEWAGE TREATMENT METHOD NGUYEN, BOI-LIEN THI 26d overdue
18974826 SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING AND MONITORING A SMALL AREA WILDFIRE AND METHODS RELATED THERETO AKHTER, SHARMIN 34d
18709033 ACTIVE METAL MICROSPHERES AND COMPOSITE EMBOLIC AGENT BASED ON SAME KAMM, JUDITH MARIE 77d
18621142 NOVEL SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT OF A FLUID INFRASTRUCTURE NETWORK LAUGHLIN, NATHAN L
18686444 NOVEL SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT OF A FLUID INFRASTRUCTURE NETWORK LAUGHLIN, NATHAN L

Client Portfolio (5 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
21192
26891
36321
16111
17791

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18974826 SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING AND MONITORING A SMALL AREA WILDFIRE AND METHODS RELATED THERETO Balloon Tech Co. AKHTER, SHARMIN 2689 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Dec 10, 2024
18738060 Beam Clamp, and a Mounting Assembly Polyplas International Ply Ltd. SMITH, NKEISHA 3632 §103§112 Final Rejection 162d overdue Pending Jun 10, 2024
18709033 ACTIVE METAL MICROSPHERES AND COMPOSITE EMBOLIC AGENT BASED ON SAME Chongqing Baimaitengshi Pharmaceutical Technology Co., Ltd. KAMM, JUDITH MARIE 1611 §102§103§112DPOther Non-Final OA 77d Pending May 10, 2024
18621142 NOVEL SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT OF A FLUID INFRASTRUCTURE NETWORK Hydrodigital, LLC LAUGHLIN, NATHAN L 2119 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 29, 2024
18686444 NOVEL SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT OF A FLUID INFRASTRUCTURE NETWORK Hydrodigital, LLC LAUGHLIN, NATHAN L 2119 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 26, 2024
17442142 SEWAGE TREATMENT METHOD Evocra Pty Limited NGUYEN, BOI-LIEN THI 1779 §103§112 Non-Final OA 26d overdue Pending Sep 23, 2021

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