Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Edmonds & Cmaidalka, P.C.

8 pending office actions • 6 clients • 8 examiners • 7 art units • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=431 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

83.8%
Allowance Rate
n=431
+0.48σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=431
3.2
OAs to Allowance
n=207
-0.16σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=207
995 days
Time to Allowance
n=207
+17.5pp
Interview Lift
n=431
17.4%
RCE Rate
n=431
2.6%
Appeal Rate
n=431

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=10 (min 20)
72.4%
§102 Overcome
n=87
73.2%
§103 Overcome
n=157
76.3%
§112 Overcome
n=118

Specialization & Scale

B63B, E21B, F16L
Top CPC Subclasses
18%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=431
1
Practitioners
n=431
431.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=431

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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 (50%)
4
Medium (50%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (50%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
38% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
3
Semiconductors
38% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
12% of docket
1
Business / Other
12% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
COLEMAN, RYAN L 1 55.7% +59.7%
DZIERZYNSKI, EVAN P 1 77.4% +12.2%
LEE, JONG SUK 1 17.7% +25.3%
PICHLER, MARIN 1 63.3% +8.9%
POLLOCK, AUSTIN M 1 51.7% +36.5%
PASKO, NICHOLAS R 1 64.8% +27.3%
GAMBLE JR, RANDALL LEE 1 50.0% +25.8%
KOESTER, MICHAEL RICHARD 1 40.1% +24.6%

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18416701 MECHANICAL JOINTS AND PROCESS FOR USING SAME LEE, JONG SUK 11d overdue
19112981 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CLEANING POT-SHAPED HOLLOW BODIES, IN PARTICULAR TRANSPORT CONTAINERS FOR SEMICONDUCTOR WAFERS OR FOR LITHOGRAPHY MASKS COLEMAN, RYAN L
18971043 SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES FOR MOORING A VESSEL AND TRANSFERRING ENERGY TO OR FROM A VESSEL DZIERZYNSKI, EVAN P
18330166 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION OF GAS ATOMIZED METAL POWDERS POLLOCK, AUSTIN M
17999957 EXIT PUPIL EXPANDER PASKO, NICHOLAS R

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18416701 MECHANICAL JOINTS AND PROCESS FOR USING SAME LEE, JONG SUK 11d overdue
19112981 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CLEANING POT-SHAPED HOLLOW BODIES, IN PARTICULAR TRANSPORT CONTAINERS FOR SEMICONDUCTOR WAFERS OR FOR LITHOGRAPHY MASKS COLEMAN, RYAN L
18971043 SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES FOR MOORING A VESSEL AND TRANSFERRING ENERGY TO OR FROM A VESSEL DZIERZYNSKI, EVAN P
18330166 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION OF GAS ATOMIZED METAL POWDERS POLLOCK, AUSTIN M
17999957 EXIT PUPIL EXPANDER PASKO, NICHOLAS R
18048597 VIRAL DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHODS OF USING SAME GAMBLE JR, RANDALL LEE
17050024 Methods and Systems for Booking Resources and Access Management of Booked Resources KOESTER, MICHAEL RICHARD

Client Portfolio (6 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17141
28751
28721
17381
28961
17951
36241

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19112981 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CLEANING POT-SHAPED HOLLOW BODIES, IN PARTICULAR TRANSPORT CONTAINERS FOR SEMICONDUCTOR WAFERS OR FOR LITHOGRAPHY MASKS Gsec German Semiconductor Equipment Company GmbH COLEMAN, RYAN L 1714 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 19, 2025
18971043 SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES FOR MOORING A VESSEL AND TRANSFERRING ENERGY TO OR FROM A VESSEL Sofec, Inc. DZIERZYNSKI, EVAN P §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 06, 2024
18416701 MECHANICAL JOINTS AND PROCESS FOR USING SAME Sofec, Inc. LEE, JONG SUK 2875 §103 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Jan 18, 2024
18550417 DISPLAY STRUCTURE AND DISPLAY DEVICE Dispelix OY PICHLER, MARIN 2872 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 13, 2023
18330166 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION OF GAS ATOMIZED METAL POWDERS Tenova S.p.A. POLLOCK, AUSTIN M 1738 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 06, 2023
17999957 EXIT PUPIL EXPANDER Dispelix OY PASKO, NICHOLAS R 2896 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 28, 2022
18048597 VIRAL DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHODS OF USING SAME Purdue Research Foundation GAMBLE JR, RANDALL LEE 1795 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 21, 2022
17050024 Methods and Systems for Booking Resources and Access Management of Booked Resources Air Stayz Pty Limited KOESTER, MICHAEL RICHARD 3624 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 23, 2020

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