Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Epstein Drangel, LLP

Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

7 pending office actions • 4 clients • 7 examiners • 7 art units • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

EPSTEIN DRANGEL LLP handles patent matters in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. Its profile records 1083 career applications and 7 pending office actions, indicating a substantial application history alongside a limited current action docket.

The resolved allowance rate is 83.64%, while the average office actions per allowance is 2.15. These figures suggest that prosecution outcomes are generally favorable, with allowances typically reached after multiple rounds of examination. Practitioners evaluating this profile should consider both the favorable allowance result and the need for recurring office-action responses.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Quality Metrics (n=1083 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

83.6%
Allowance Rate
n=1083
+0.33σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1083
2.2
OAs to Allowance
n=726
-0.76σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=726
853 days
Time to Allowance
n=726
+5.4pp
Interview Lift
n=1083
14.5%
RCE Rate
n=1083
1.6%
Appeal Rate
n=1083

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

72.4%
§101 Overcome
n=29
76.8%
§102 Overcome
n=185
75.7%
§103 Overcome
n=288
85.9%
§112 Overcome
n=269

Specialization & Scale

Y10T, B65D, A01K
Top CPC Subclasses
10%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1083
2
Practitioners
n=1083
541.5
Apps / Practitioner
n=1083

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
2
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.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (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.

3
Hard (43%)
4
Medium (57%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (14%)
§103 only3 (43%)
§102 only1 (14%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (29%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
14% of docket
1
Communications
14% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
71% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PRICE JR, RICHARD THOMAS 1 87.4% +5.9%
FLYNN, ABBY J 1 33.0% +55.4%
PHAM, QUANG 1 54.4% +57.0%
KLOECKER, KATHERINE ANNE 1 44.1% +38.1%
OUELLETTE, JONATHAN P 1 66.4% +29.5%
UNG, LANNY N 1 71.4% +25.8%
EIDE, HEIDI MARIE 1 50.6% +32.5%

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
19413573 CORRECTIVE COLLAR UTILIZING GEOLOCATION TECHNOLOGY PRICE JR, RICHARD THOMAS —

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18453548 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ANALYZING SOFTWARE APPLICATION PERFORMANCE UNG, LANNY N 15d overdue
18776078 SELF SERVICE ART VALIDATION TOOL FLYNN, ABBY J —
18458260 PET AND BUSINESS RATING SYSTEM AND METHODS OUELLETTE, JONATHAN P —

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
18375699 CORRECTIVE COLLAR UTILIZING GEOLOCATION TECHNOLOGY KLOECKER, KATHERINE ANNE 38d overdue
18453548 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ANALYZING SOFTWARE APPLICATION PERFORMANCE UNG, LANNY N 15d overdue
18351383 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DENTAL CROWN RESTORATIONS USING PREFABRICATED SLEEVE-CROWN PAIRS EIDE, HEIDI MARIE 26d
18776078 SELF SERVICE ART VALIDATION TOOL FLYNN, ABBY J —
18750313 CORRECTIVE COLLAR FOR ANIMAL BEHAVIOR TRAINING PHAM, QUANG —
18458260 PET AND BUSINESS RATING SYSTEM AND METHODS OUELLETTE, JONATHAN P —

Client Portfolio (4 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36431
36631
26851
36421
36281
21971
37721

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19413573 CORRECTIVE COLLAR UTILIZING GEOLOCATION TECHNOLOGY Protect Animals With Satellites, LLC PRICE JR, RICHARD THOMAS 3643 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 09, 2025
18776078 SELF SERVICE ART VALIDATION TOOL Leedsworld, Inc. FLYNN, ABBY J 3663 §101§103 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 17, 2024
18750313 CORRECTIVE COLLAR FOR ANIMAL BEHAVIOR TRAINING Protect Animals With Satellites, LLC PHAM, QUANG 2685 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 21, 2024
18375699 CORRECTIVE COLLAR UTILIZING GEOLOCATION TECHNOLOGY Protect Animals With Satellites, LLC KLOECKER, KATHERINE ANNE 3642 §103 Non-Final OA 38d overdue Pending Oct 02, 2023
18458260 PET AND BUSINESS RATING SYSTEM AND METHODS Protect Animals With Satellites, LLC OUELLETTE, JONATHAN P 3628 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 30, 2023
18453548 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ANALYZING SOFTWARE APPLICATION PERFORMANCE Product Science Inc. UNG, LANNY N 2197 §103§112 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Aug 22, 2023
18351383 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DENTAL CROWN RESTORATIONS USING PREFABRICATED SLEEVE-CROWN PAIRS Rsl Dental Technologies LLC EIDE, HEIDI MARIE 3772 §103 Final Rejection 26d Pending Jul 12, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Epstein Drangel, LLP's patent allowance rate?

83.6% of resolved applications prosecuted by Epstein Drangel, LLP were allowed, across 1,083 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Epstein Drangel, LLP average before allowance?

2.15 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Epstein Drangel, LLP have?

7 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 4 clients, before 7 examiners in 7 art units.

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