Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Esplin & Associates, Pc

52 pending office actions • 19 clients • 44 examiners • 25 art units • 0 of 52 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=894 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

83.2%
Allowance Rate
n=894
+0.51σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=894
3.4
OAs to Allowance
n=576
-0.05σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=576
891 days
Time to Allowance
n=576
-6.4pp
Interview Lift
n=894
34.2%
RCE Rate
n=894
2.7%
Appeal Rate
n=894

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

62.8%
§101 Overcome
n=255
75.6%
§102 Overcome
n=217
71.0%
§103 Overcome
n=397
77.3%
§112 Overcome
n=185

Specialization & Scale

A63F, G06F, G06Q
Top CPC Subclasses
40%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=894
5
Practitioners
n=894
178.8
Apps / Practitioner
n=894

Portfolio Summary

52
Total Pending OAs
34
Non-Final OAs
18
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 22 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

12
Overdue
0
Due this week
6
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
4
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. 22 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (12)Due ≤ 30 days (6)Due later (4)

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.

30
Hard (58%)
13
Medium (25%)
9
Easy (17%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only10 (19%)
§101 + other16 (31%)
§103 only9 (17%)
§102 only2 (4%)
Double-patenting only9 (17%)
Double-patenting + other2 (4%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (8%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
6% of docket
4
Information Tech
8% of docket
3
Communications
6% of docket
2
Semiconductors
4% of docket
25
Mechanical / Eng
48% of docket
15
Business / Other
29% 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.

520 h
Manual time on pending OAs
104 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
182 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
4.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
YEN, JASON TAHAI 4 77.0% +23.6%
NGUYEN, TAN D 3 24.3% +19.1%
THOMAS, ERIC M 3 70.1% +14.2%
KONERU, SUJAY 2 58.1% +37.3%
WONG, JESSICA BOWEN 1 67.1% +20.4%
ZHAO, DAQUAN 1 77.2% +14.5%
MCQUITERY, DIEDRA M 1 73.0% +29.8%
HSU, AMY R 1 86.5% -1.2%
SITTNER, MATTHEW T 1 57.8% +56.2%
NGUYEN, THUY N 1 57.3% +25.1%

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
19191553 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STABILIZING VIDEOS HSU, AMY R

Hard Cases (31)

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
19066602 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO AUTOMATICALLY CLASSIFY RECORDS MANAGED BY A COLLABORATION ENVIRONMENT NGUYEN, CINDY 58d overdue
18525557 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING AN EVENT SPACE ASSOCIATED WITH A PRIMARY VIRTUAL SPACE YEN, JASON TAHAI 45d overdue
18819295 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO PROCESS PAYMENTS FOR SUBSCRIBERSHIP WITHIN A MEMBERSHIP PLATFORM HAMILTON, SARA CHANDLER 37d overdue
17225746 BLENDER WITH TOUCHSCREEN INTERFACE INSLER, ELIZABETH 17d overdue
17859810 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING POTENTIAL TRAFFIC PATTERNS WITHIN AN INTERIOR PHYSICAL SPACE AND DETERMINING A FURNISHING LAYOUT FOR THE INTERIOR PHYSICAL SPACE BASED ON THE POTENTIAL TRAFFIC PATTERNS LEATHERS, EMILY GORMAN 15d overdue
18348550 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO IMPLEMENT PHYSICAL AND/OR BEHAVIORAL ATTRIBUTES THAT DEFINE A PERSONALITY ENTITY ASSOCIATED WITH A DIGITAL ASSET VIA A PHYSICAL OBJECT HYDER, MD SAKIB 8d overdue
18999200 GENERATION OF ENGAGEMENT AND SUPPORT RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CONTENT CREATORS KONERU, SUJAY 15d
18662386 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO GENERATE AGENDAS FOR GROUP MEETINGS KONERU, SUJAY 15d

Interview Candidates (17)

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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18525557 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING AN EVENT SPACE ASSOCIATED WITH A PRIMARY VIRTUAL SPACE YEN, JASON TAHAI 45d overdue
18999200 GENERATION OF ENGAGEMENT AND SUPPORT RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CONTENT CREATORS KONERU, SUJAY 15d
18662386 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO GENERATE AGENDAS FOR GROUP MEETINGS KONERU, SUJAY 15d
18456745 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO FACILITATE RESOLUTION OF WORK ITEMS IN A FRAUD RESOLUTION WORKFLOW NGUYEN, TAN D 22d
18662530 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO PROVIDE MEASURES OF USER WORKLOAD WHEN GENERATING UNITS OF WORK BASED ON CHAT SESSIONS BETWEEN USERS OF A COLLABORATION ENVIRONMENT NGUYEN, TAN D 28d
19405185 HORIZONTAL FEED STORAGE SYSTEM WONG, JESSICA BOWEN
19340979 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO ATTRIBUTE AUTOMATED ACTIONS WITHIN A COLLABORATION ENVIRONMENT NGUYEN, TAN D
19290082 REDUCING NUMBER OF VIDEO FRAMING ZHAO, DAQUAN

Client Portfolio (19 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36296
37154
36253
36242
17742
36441
21561
36571
21541
36651

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19405185 HORIZONTAL FEED STORAGE SYSTEM Perdue Foods LLC WONG, JESSICA BOWEN 3644 DP Non-Final OA Pending Dec 01, 2025
19340979 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO ATTRIBUTE AUTOMATED ACTIONS WITHIN A COLLABORATION ENVIRONMENT Asana, Inc. NGUYEN, TAN D 3629 DP Non-Final OA Pending Sep 26, 2025
19290082 REDUCING NUMBER OF VIDEO FRAMING Gopro, Inc. ZHAO, DAQUAN DP Non-Final OA Pending Aug 04, 2025
19242059 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING USER INTERFACES FOR CONFIGURATION OF A FLOW FOR EXTRACTING INFORMATION FROM DOCUMENTS VIA A LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL Instabase, Inc. MCQUITERY, DIEDRA M DP Non-Final OA Pending Jun 18, 2025
19191553 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STABILIZING VIDEOS Gopro, Inc. HSU, AMY R DP Non-Final OA Pending Apr 28, 2025
19191878 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO CHARACTERIZE WORK UNIT RECORDS OF A COLLABORATION ENVIRONMENT BASED ON STAGES WITHIN A WORKFLOW Asana, Inc. SITTNER, MATTHEW T 3629 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 28, 2025
19078012 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO TRACK DISPLAY OF A DIGITAL CONTENT ITEM AND DISTRIBUTE REWARDS BASED ON THE DISPLAY Watch Skins Corporation NGUYEN, THUY N §103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Mar 12, 2025
19066655 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO PROVIDE RECORDS FOR NEW USERS OF A COLLABORATION ENVIRONMENT Asana, Inc. STIVALETTI, MATHEUS R §101 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 28, 2025
19066602 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO AUTOMATICALLY CLASSIFY RECORDS MANAGED BY A COLLABORATION ENVIRONMENT Asana, Inc. NGUYEN, CINDY 2156 §102§103Other Non-Final OA 58d overdue Pending Feb 28, 2025
19050997 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO GENERATE A VIDEO OF A USER-DEFINED VIRTUAL REALITY SCENE Mindshow Inc. SAMS, MICHELLE L DP Non-Final OA Pending Feb 11, 2025
18999200 GENERATION OF ENGAGEMENT AND SUPPORT RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CONTENT CREATORS Patreon, Inc. KONERU, SUJAY 3624 §101§103Other Final Rejection 15d Pending Dec 23, 2024
18989997 GENERATION OF SUBSCRIPTION RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CONTENT CREATORS Patreon, Inc. PADOT, TIMOTHY 3625 §101§103Other Final Rejection 27d Pending Dec 20, 2024
18987558 FACILITATING USERS TO COMPLETE ACTIVE GAME ACTIONS Kabam, Inc. THOMAS, ERIC M §101§103Other Non-Final OA Pending Dec 19, 2024
18982468 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING DATA DESCRIBING PHYSICAL SURROUNDINGS OF A VEHICLE Smartdrive Systems, Inc. OH, HARRY Y 3657 §103 Final Rejection 84d Pending Dec 16, 2024
18962298 DYNAMIC ITEM OBTAIN RATE BASED ON PLAYER PROGRESSION, ACTION, AND OTHER IN-GAME BEHAVIOR Kabam, Inc. YEN, JASON TAHAI §102 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 27, 2024
18960393 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING IN-GAME PRICING RELATIVE TO PLAYER STATISTICS Kabam, Inc. ROWLAND, STEVE 3715 DP Non-Final OA Pending Nov 26, 2024
18960186 UNLOCKING GAME CONTENT FOR USERS BASED ON AFFILIATION SIZE Kabam, Inc. THOMAS, ERIC M §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 26, 2024
18960334 PHYSICS ENGINE USING DEPTH INFORMATION Kabam, Inc. LIDDLE, JAY TRENT DP Non-Final OA Pending Nov 26, 2024
18956704 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO GENERATE UNITS OF WORK IN A COLLABORATION ENVIRONMENT Asana, Inc. EDMONDS, DONALD J 3629 §103 Final Rejection 11d overdue Pending Nov 22, 2024
18953717 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO RECOMMEND BENEFIT TYPES OF BENEFIT ITEMS TO OFFER WITHIN A MEMBERSHIP PLATFORM Patreon, Inc. ELCHANTI, TAREK §101Other Non-Final OA Pending Nov 20, 2024
18917092 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A QUEST FROM A PROBABILITY ITEM BUNDLE IN AN ONLINE GAME Kabam, Inc. LANEAU, RONALD §101 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 16, 2024
18917204 EVENT-BASED CURRENCY Kabam, Inc. YEN, JASON TAHAI §101Other Non-Final OA Pending Oct 16, 2024
18897386 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO GENERATE UNITS OF WORK WITHIN A COLLABORATION ENVIRONMENT BASED ON SELECTION OF TEXT Asana, Inc. NGUYEN, THU N 2154 §101§103 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Sep 26, 2024
18894394 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CAPTURING AND OFFLOADING DIFFERENT INFORMATION BASED ON EVENT TRIGGER TYPE Smartdrive Systems, Inc. MERLINO, DAVID P 3665 §101§103§112 Final Rejection 20d Pending Sep 24, 2024
18894347 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VERIFYING WHETHER VEHICLE OPERATORS ARE PAYING ATTENTION Smartdrive Systems, Inc. FOXX, CHICO A 2685 §103 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Sep 24, 2024
18819295 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO PROCESS PAYMENTS FOR SUBSCRIBERSHIP WITHIN A MEMBERSHIP PLATFORM Patreon, Inc. HAMILTON, SARA CHANDLER 3695 §101§103Other Final Rejection 37d overdue Pending Aug 29, 2024
18819082 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO GENERATE A USER INTERFACE CONVEYING SUBSCRIBER BEHAVIOR OF SUBSCRIBERS WITHIN A MEMBERSHIP PLATFORM Patreon, Inc. CARVALHO, ERROL A 3622 §101Other Final Rejection Pending Aug 29, 2024
18817983 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO GENERATE SUBSCRIPTION RECOMMENDATIONS WITHIN A MEMBERSHIP PLATFORM Patreon, Inc. VANDERHORST, MARIA VICTORIA 3621 §101§103Other Non-Final OA 84d Pending Aug 28, 2024
18776020 MULTIMODAL SAFETY SYSTEMS AND METHODS Everguard, Inc. COLEMAN, STEPHEN P 2675 §101§103Other Non-Final OA Pending Jul 17, 2024
18764860 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO DETERMINE A THERAPY REGIMEN TO TREAT ASTHMA OF A SUBJECT Asthmatek, Inc. KASENGE, CHARLES R DP Non-Final OA Pending Jul 05, 2024
18758475 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UTILIZING A LIVING ENTITY AS A MARKER FOR AUGMENTED REALITY CONTENT Ar2 Project, LLC SALVUCCI, MATTHEW D 2613 §103DP Final Rejection 1d overdue Pending Jun 28, 2024
18748457 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO MEASURE AND VISUALIZE WORKLOAD FOR INDIVIDUAL USERS Asana, Inc. YOUNG, ASHLEY YA-SHEH 3625 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 20, 2024
18662530 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO PROVIDE MEASURES OF USER WORKLOAD WHEN GENERATING UNITS OF WORK BASED ON CHAT SESSIONS BETWEEN USERS OF A COLLABORATION ENVIRONMENT Asana, Inc. NGUYEN, TAN D 3629 §101 Final Rejection 28d Pending May 13, 2024
18662386 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO GENERATE AGENDAS FOR GROUP MEETINGS Asana, Inc. KONERU, SUJAY 3624 §101§103 Final Rejection 15d Pending May 13, 2024
18648847 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO GENERATE CREATOR PAGE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CONTENT CREATORS Patreon, Inc. EL-CHANTI, KARMA AHMAD 3629 §101Other Non-Final OA Pending Apr 29, 2024
18621632 UNLOCKING GAME CONTENT BASED ON AMOUNTS OF COLLABORATIVE GAMEPLAY Kabam, Inc. THOMAS, ERIC M 3715 §101§102Other Non-Final OA Pending Mar 29, 2024
18614132 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING A SITTING DUCK SCENARIO Smartdrive Systems, Inc. ELARABI, TAREK A 3661 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 22, 2024
18431316 HEALTH MONITORING FOR HYDRAULIC EQUIPMENT COMPONENTS Chevron U.S.A. Inc. QUIGLEY, KYLE ROBERT 2857 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 02, 2024
18525557 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING AN EVENT SPACE ASSOCIATED WITH A PRIMARY VIRTUAL SPACE Kabam, Inc. YEN, JASON TAHAI 3715 §101 Final Rejection 45d overdue Pending Nov 30, 2023
18482204 FACILITATING EVENT IMPLEMENTATION IN AN ONLINE GAME Kabam, Inc. YEN, JASON TAHAI 3715 §101§103Other Final Rejection Pending Oct 06, 2023
18478617 RE-USING DISTRIBUTED FIBER OPTIC SENSING TO DETECT LEAKS AT MULTIPLE LOCATIONS Chevron U.S.A. Inc. BREENE, JOHN E 2855 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 29, 2023
18476156 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO MANAGE CONTRIBUTIONS AND COMPLIANCE IN A DECENTRALIZED USER ENVIRONMENT Kronosapiens Labs, LLC GARCIA-GUERRA, DARLENE 3625 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA 75d Pending Sep 27, 2023
18456745 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO FACILITATE RESOLUTION OF WORK ITEMS IN A FRAUD RESOLUTION WORKFLOW Patreon, Inc. NGUYEN, TAN D 3629 §101 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Aug 28, 2023
18453864 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO EFFECTUATE SETS OF AUTOMATED ACTIONS OUTSIDE AND/OR WITHIN A COLLABORATION ENVIRONMENT BASED ON TRIGGER EVENTS OCCURRING OUTSIDE AND/OR WITHIN THE COLLABORATION ENVIRONMENT Asana, Inc. BOYCE, ANDRE D 3623 §103 Final Rejection 72d overdue Pending Aug 22, 2023
18451406 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO EFFECTUATE SETS OF AUTOMATED ACTIONS WITHIN A COLLABORATION ENVIRONMENT INCLUDING EMBEDDED THIRD-PARTY CONTENT BASED ON TRIGGER EVENTS Asana, Inc. PARCHER, DANIEL W 2174 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 17, 2023
18348550 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO IMPLEMENT PHYSICAL AND/OR BEHAVIORAL ATTRIBUTES THAT DEFINE A PERSONALITY ENTITY ASSOCIATED WITH A DIGITAL ASSET VIA A PHYSICAL OBJECT Disney Enterprises, Inc. HYDER, MD SAKIB 3698 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Jul 07, 2023
18169059 MEASURING OPERATOR READINESS AND READINESS TESTING TRIGGERING IN AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE Smartdrive Systems, Inc. NIEVES FLORES, NEIT JOSAFAT 3664 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 14, 2023
18150404 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MODIFYING NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCES TO ENHANCE COMPOUND PRODUCTION Form Bio Inc. FUELLING, MICHAEL §102§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Jan 05, 2023
17859810 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING POTENTIAL TRAFFIC PATTERNS WITHIN AN INTERIOR PHYSICAL SPACE AND DETERMINING A FURNISHING LAYOUT FOR THE INTERIOR PHYSICAL SPACE BASED ON THE POTENTIAL TRAFFIC PATTERNS Homster Inc. LEATHERS, EMILY GORMAN 2187 §101§103§112 Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending Jul 07, 2022
17225746 BLENDER WITH TOUCHSCREEN INTERFACE Mavorco Operations LLC INSLER, ELIZABETH 1774 §103§112 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Apr 08, 2021
17064886 LOCK MODE FOR A BLENDER Mavorco Operations LLC SORKIN, DAVID L 1774 §103 Final Rejection 78d overdue Pending Oct 07, 2020
16044281 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PACKAGING A SINGLE-SERVE PORTION OF HONEYCOMB Honey, Feel Better LLC LACHICA, ERICSON M 1792 §103 Final Rejection 85d overdue Pending Jul 24, 2018

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