Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Espatent OY

15 pending office actions • 6 clients • 15 examiners • 10 art units • 0 of 15 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 15 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=157 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

71.2%
Allowance Rate
n=157
+0.22σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=157
4.6
OAs to Allowance
n=42
+0.29σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=42
1063 days
Time to Allowance
n=42
+10.3pp
Interview Lift
n=157
49.2%
RCE Rate
n=157
2.1%
Appeal Rate
n=157

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=16 (min 20)
54.6%
§102 Overcome
n=44
47.7%
§103 Overcome
n=65
46.0%
§112 Overcome
n=63

Specialization & Scale

C23C, H04W, H04L
Top CPC Subclasses
17%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=157
1
Practitioners
n=157
157.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=157

Portfolio Summary

15
Total Pending OAs
11
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
1
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
2
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

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

11
Hard (73%)
3
Medium (20%)
1
Easy (7%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (7%)
§101 + other3 (20%)
§103 only2 (13%)
§102 only1 (7%)
§112 only1 (7%)
Multi-statute (no §101)7 (47%)

Industry Mix

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

5
Life Sciences
33% of docket
2
Information Tech
13% of docket
1
Communications
7% of docket
1
Semiconductors
7% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
7% of docket
5
Business / Other
33% 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.

150 h
Manual time on pending OAs
30 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
52 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MINSKEY, JACOB T 1 69.0% +33.3%
MARSH, OWEN LEWIS 1 100.0% +0.0%
SAN MARTIN, JAYDI A 1 84.7% +12.3%
FORTUNA, JOSE A 1 79.4% +9.9%
LE, JOHN H 1 87.9% +7.0%
DINH, JOSEPH NGHIA 1
GURTOWSKI, RICHARD C 1 72.3% +38.1%
JACKSON, JORDAN L 1 41.0% +38.5%
GRASER, JENNIFER E 1 76.5% +23.6%
NGUYEN, NGHI V 1 53.5% +50.6%

Hard Cases (11)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18552043 MEAT ANALOGUE FOOD PRODUCT AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THEREOF MERCHLINSKY, JOSEPH CULLEN 26d
18695977 A method for defining neighbor relations in a communication network DINH, JOSEPH NGHIA 30d
18875193 Biocide control in paper making MINSKEY, JACOB T
18976395 SENSOR GEOMETRY FOR A WEARABLE DEVICE MARSH, OWEN LEWIS
18926371 MEMS Resonator Arrangement SAN MARTIN, JAYDI A
18702834 Analyzing a target system LE, JOHN H
18695041 A METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A COAGULANT DOSAGE IN A WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM GURTOWSKI, RICHARD C
18565090 ANALYZING MEASUREMENT RESULTS OF A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK OR OTHER TARGET SYSTEM JACKSON, JORDAN 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
18875193 Biocide control in paper making MINSKEY, JACOB T
18926371 MEMS Resonator Arrangement SAN MARTIN, JAYDI A
18695041 A METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A COAGULANT DOSAGE IN A WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM GURTOWSKI, RICHARD C
18565090 ANALYZING MEASUREMENT RESULTS OF A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK OR OTHER TARGET SYSTEM JACKSON, JORDAN L
18553946 VARIANT BACTERIAL STRAINS AND PROCESSES FOR PROTEIN OR BIOMASS PRODUCTION GRASER, JENNIFER E
18553904 METHOD FOR PRODUCING CELL GROWTH MEDIUM NGUYEN, NGHI V

Client Portfolio (6 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Elisa 4
Solar Foods Oyj 4
Kemira 3
Kyocera 2
Oura 1
Yousician 1

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37961
17481
21151
26411
28571
16451
16531
17911
17921
24241

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18875193 Biocide control in paper making Kemira Oyj MINSKEY, JACOB T §101§102§103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Dec 16, 2024
18976395 SENSOR GEOMETRY FOR A WEARABLE DEVICE Oura Health OY MARSH, OWEN LEWIS 3796 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 11, 2024
18926371 MEMS Resonator Arrangement Kyocera Technologies OY SAN MARTIN, JAYDI A §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 25, 2024
18716969 A method for improving grease and oil resistance of a fiber based article Kemira Oyj FORTUNA, JOSE A 1748 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 06, 2024
18702834 Analyzing a target system Elisa Oyj LE, JOHN H 2115 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 19, 2024
18695977 A method for defining neighbor relations in a communication network Elisa Oyj DINH, JOSEPH NGHIA 2641 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Mar 27, 2024
18695041 A METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A COAGULANT DOSAGE IN A WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM Kemira Oyj GURTOWSKI, RICHARD C §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 25, 2024
18565090 ANALYZING MEASUREMENT RESULTS OF A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK OR OTHER TARGET SYSTEM Elisa Oyj JACKSON, JORDAN L 2857 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 29, 2023
18553946 VARIANT BACTERIAL STRAINS AND PROCESSES FOR PROTEIN OR BIOMASS PRODUCTION Solar Foods Oyj GRASER, JENNIFER E 1645 §112 Final Rejection Pending Oct 04, 2023
18553904 METHOD FOR PRODUCING CELL GROWTH MEDIUM Solar Foods Oyj NGUYEN, NGHI V 1653 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 04, 2023
18475278 Automatic musician assistance Yousician OY GILLESPIE, NICOLE KATHLEEN §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 27, 2023
18552043 MEAT ANALOGUE FOOD PRODUCT AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THEREOF Solar Foods Oyj MERCHLINSKY, JOSEPH CULLEN 1791 §103§112 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Sep 22, 2023
18551904 METHODS OF PRODUCING MEAT ANALOGUE FOOD INGREDIENTS Solar Foods Oyj DIVIESTI, KARLA ISOBEL 1792 §103 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Sep 22, 2023
18550137 Autoconfiguration of base stations of a communications network Elisa Oyj SHELEHEDA, JAMES R 2424 §102 Final Rejection 79d overdue Pending Sep 12, 2023
18002391 MEMS RESONATOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD Kyocera Technologies OY MATA, SARA M §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 19, 2022

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