Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Evergreen Valley Law Group

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

Quality Metrics (n=766 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

76.6%
Allowance Rate
n=766
+0.42σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=766
2.8
OAs to Allowance
n=291
-0.43σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=291
758 days
Time to Allowance
n=291
+6.5pp
Interview Lift
n=766
25.5%
RCE Rate
n=766
0.5%
Appeal Rate
n=766

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

48.0%
§101 Overcome
n=25
71.2%
§102 Overcome
n=52
68.3%
§103 Overcome
n=227
85.7%
§112 Overcome
n=42

Specialization & Scale

G06Q, G06F, H04L
Top CPC Subclasses
33%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=766
1
Practitioners
n=766
766.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=766

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
4
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.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
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 (3)

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.

0
Hard (0%)
6
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only5 (83%)
§102 only1 (17%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
17% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
17% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
67% 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
O'SHEA, BRENDAN S 1 30.8% +38.6%
MENDEZ, KATHERINE H 1 67.4% +33.8%
SHIH, HAOSHIAN 1 69.3% +20.6%
BALLOU, MAAME BOAKYEWAA 1 17.4% +19.0%
ZAAB, SHARAH 1 70.4% +25.7%
DEEAN, DEEPAK A 1 48.9% +43.2%

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18582590 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING ONLINE REPUTATION OF DIGITAL PROFILES BALLOU, MAAME BOAKYEWAA

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
17226804 HYDRONIC SPACE CONDITIONING AND WATER HEATING SYSTEMS WITH INTEGRATED DISINFECTING DEVICE DEEAN, DEEPAK A 85d overdue
19091657 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SERVICE EXCHANGE IN DORMANT AND UNTAPPED LABOR MARKETS O'SHEA, BRENDAN S 30d overdue
18645162 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING ENGAGING KNOWLEDGE ARTICLES SHIH, HAOSHIAN 8d overdue
18805278 TAMPONADE DEVICE MENDEZ, KATHERINE H
18582590 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING ONLINE REPUTATION OF DIGITAL PROFILES BALLOU, MAAME BOAKYEWAA
18340876 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TESTING A DEVICE AS PER GRID INTERCONNECTION STANDARDS ZAAB, SHARAH

Client Portfolio (6 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36261
37711
21791
36291
28571
37621

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19091657 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SERVICE EXCHANGE IN DORMANT AND UNTAPPED LABOR MARKETS Prende Inc. O'SHEA, BRENDAN S 3626 §103 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Mar 26, 2025
18805278 TAMPONADE DEVICE Myodynamics, LLC MENDEZ, KATHERINE H 3771 §102 Final Rejection Pending Aug 14, 2024
18645162 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING ENGAGING KNOWLEDGE ARTICLES Wildboom Corporation Dba Intellective SHIH, HAOSHIAN 2179 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Apr 24, 2024
18582590 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING ONLINE REPUTATION OF DIGITAL PROFILES Real Grader, Inc. BALLOU, MAAME BOAKYEWAA 3629 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 20, 2024
18340876 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TESTING A DEVICE AS PER GRID INTERCONNECTION STANDARDS BLOOM ENERGY CORPORATION ZAAB, SHARAH 2857 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 25, 2023
17226804 HYDRONIC SPACE CONDITIONING AND WATER HEATING SYSTEMS WITH INTEGRATED DISINFECTING DEVICE Harvest Thermal, Inc. DEEAN, DEEPAK A 3762 §103 Non-Final OA 85d overdue Pending Apr 09, 2021

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