Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Farber LLC

Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

62 pending office actions • 30 clients • 58 examiners • 45 art units • 0 of 62 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Farber LLC has 61 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering and 1083 career applications. The current docket shows meaningful ongoing activity, while the application history provides a basis for interpreting the firm’s prosecution experience.

The resolved allowance rate is 91.75%, and the average is 4.5 office actions per allowance. The outcome rate indicates that a large share of resolved matters reached allowance, while the higher action average signals that allowance often followed repeated examination exchanges. This distinction is useful when evaluating both expected results and the resources required to reach them.

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)

91.8%
Allowance Rate
n=1083
+0.65σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1083
4.5
OAs to Allowance
n=467
+0.37σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=467
1101 days
Time to Allowance
n=467
+5.4pp
Interview Lift
n=1083
48.3%
RCE Rate
n=1083
1.5%
Appeal Rate
n=1083

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

62.8%
§101 Overcome
n=43
72.0%
§102 Overcome
n=339
66.7%
§103 Overcome
n=441
71.2%
§112 Overcome
n=361

Specialization & Scale

A61B, A61F, B01D
Top CPC Subclasses
29%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1083
7
Practitioners
n=1083
154.7
Apps / Practitioner
n=1083

Portfolio Summary

62
Total Pending OAs
36
Non-Final OAs
24
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 14 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

7
Overdue
0
Due this week
6
Due this month
1
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. 14 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (7)Due ≤ 30 days (6)Due ≤ 60 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.

40
Hard (65%)
18
Medium (29%)
4
Easy (6%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (2%)
§101 + other6 (10%)
§103 only14 (23%)
§102 only1 (2%)
§112 only3 (5%)
Double-patenting only1 (2%)
Double-patenting + other3 (5%)
Multi-statute (no §101)33 (53%)

Industry Mix

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

21
Life Sciences
34% of docket
5
Information Tech
8% of docket
1
Communications
2% of docket
2
Semiconductors
3% of docket
32
Mechanical / Eng
52% of docket
1
Business / Other
2% 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.

620 h
Manual time on pending OAs
124 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
217 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
5.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
EDWARDS, PHILIP CHARLES 3 85.0% +15.5%
BOICE, JAMES EDWARD 2 75.7% +9.9%
HENDERSON, RYAN N 2 63.9% +18.7%
GREEN, MICHELLE CHRISTINE 1 83.0% +12.2%
CHRISTY, KATHERINE A 1 75.4% +34.2%
STEVENS, ALLAN D 1 41.5% +50.3%
GILBERT, WILLIAM V 1 58.0% +25.8%
COMSTOCK, DAVID C 1 86.6% -8.3%
HANNA, SAMUEL SALEEB 1 58.3% +36.6%
CHOI, PETER Y 1 20.4% +32.5%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18397104 SYSTEMS, METHODS AND DEVICES FOR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION THERAPY EDWARDS, PHILIP CHARLES 16d
19465615 ELECTRICAL STIMULATION DEVICES WITH INTEGRATED MOTION AND IMPEDANCE SENSING EDWARDS, PHILIP CHARLES —

Hard Cases (40)

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
17786296 OPTICAL COMPONENTS FOR ENDOSCOPE COMPANION DEVICES BOICE, JAMES EDWARD 35d overdue
18276924 Pressure Driven Microfluidic Chip And Method For Delivering A Sample At A Determined Flow Rate MUTREJA, JYOTI NAGPAUL 19d overdue
18460900 DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF AUTONOMOUS RESOURCE PLANNING HOLZMACHER, DERICK J 12d
18324076 Automatic Normalization for Service Level Agreement Monitoring and Conformance Engine KRAISINGER, EMILY MARIE 20d
18782721 STRETCHABLE PACKAGING MATERIAL MINSKEY, JACOB T 41d
19465830 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING BONE HEALING EDWARDS, PHILIP CHARLES —
19410553 INTERVERTEBRAL DISC IMPLANTS HAVING VARYING ENDPLATE GEOMETRIES GREEN, MICHELLE CHRISTINE —
19305685 ALUMINUM LITZ WIRE HAVING AN ELECTRICALLY INSULATIVE LAYER CHRISTY, KATHERINE A —

Interview Candidates (11)

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
17936882 ACCESSORY DEVICE FOR AN ENDOSCOPIC DEVICE HENDERSON, RYAN N 24d overdue
18397104 SYSTEMS, METHODS AND DEVICES FOR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION THERAPY EDWARDS, PHILIP CHARLES 16d
19465615 ELECTRICAL STIMULATION DEVICES WITH INTEGRATED MOTION AND IMPEDANCE SENSING EDWARDS, PHILIP CHARLES —
19465830 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING BONE HEALING EDWARDS, PHILIP CHARLES —
19410553 INTERVERTEBRAL DISC IMPLANTS HAVING VARYING ENDPLATE GEOMETRIES GREEN, MICHELLE CHRISTINE —
19305685 ALUMINUM LITZ WIRE HAVING AN ELECTRICALLY INSULATIVE LAYER CHRISTY, KATHERINE A —
19251966 MOLDED METER PIT FRAME STEVENS, ALLAN D —
19243601 Lighting System For Suspended Ceiling GILBERT, WILLIAM V —

Client Portfolio (30 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37957
37923
37733
37833
28582
37332
17482
17982
17732
17841

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19465615 ELECTRICAL STIMULATION DEVICES WITH INTEGRATED MOTION AND IMPEDANCE SENSING Theragen, Inc. EDWARDS, PHILIP CHARLES 3792 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 30, 2026
19465830 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING BONE HEALING Theragen, Inc. EDWARDS, PHILIP CHARLES 3792 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 30, 2026
19410553 INTERVERTEBRAL DISC IMPLANTS HAVING VARYING ENDPLATE GEOMETRIES Centinel Spine, LLC GREEN, MICHELLE CHRISTINE 3773 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 05, 2025
19305685 ALUMINUM LITZ WIRE HAVING AN ELECTRICALLY INSULATIVE LAYER Kenyon International, Inc. CHRISTY, KATHERINE A 1784 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 20, 2025
19251966 MOLDED METER PIT FRAME Bingham & Taylor Corp. STEVENS, ALLAN D 3736 §102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 27, 2025
19244499 OPTICAL COMPONENTS FOR ENDOSCOPE COMPANION DEVICES Gi Scientific, LLC BOICE, JAMES EDWARD 3795 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 20, 2025
19243601 Lighting System For Suspended Ceiling USAI, LLC GILBERT, WILLIAM V 3993 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 19, 2025
19222630 Adjustable Spinal Implants, Associated Instruments and Methods Blue Ocean Spine GmbH COMSTOCK, DAVID C 3773 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 29, 2025
19202250 CERVICAL IMPLANT Silony Spine Corp. HANNA, SAMUEL SALEEB 3775 §103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending May 08, 2025
19173950 HIGH LOFT NONWOVEN MATERIAL Delstar Technologies, Inc. CHOI, PETER Y 1789 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 09, 2025
19094978 SELF CONTAINED ICE-MAKER ENERGY EFFICIENCY BOOSTING SYSTEM Budderfly, Inc. FURDGE, LARRY L 3763 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 30, 2025
19090567 CRACK DETECTION METHOD FOR PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT AND CRACK DETECTION DEVICE FOR PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT Suncall Corporation MCANDREW, CHRISTOPHER P 2858 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 26, 2025
19053491 CONDUCTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENT Gi Scientific, LLC FAIRCHILD, AARON BENJAMIN 3795 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 14, 2025
19027354 GUIDEWIRE NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH DIRECT VISUALIZATION FEATURE Cardioguidance Biomedical, LLC BUI PHO, PASCAL M 3798 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 17, 2025
18964975 Cloud Instantiation Based on Machine Learned Prediction Tangoe US, Inc. CHOU, ALAN S 2451 §101§102 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 02, 2024
18938650 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DRYING ENDOSCOPIC DEVICES Gi Scientific, LLC CARLSON, MARC 3795 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 06, 2024
18935183 CANNULA STABILIZATION DEVICE Delstar Technologies, Inc. GRASMEDER, SARAH DYMPNA 3783 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 01, 2024
18924352 SURGICAL ELEMENT HOUSINGS, STRUCTURES, CONTENTS, AND ACCESSORIES Origami Surgical, Inc. FREHE, WILLIAM R 3783 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 23, 2024
18855872 SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR DELIVERING THERAPEUTIC AGENTS FOR NERVE STIMULATION Tranquillum Medical, LLC CHERNYSHEV, OLGA N 1675 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 10, 2024
18901592 INTERVERTEBRAL IMPLANT WITH COMBINATION FIXATION ELEMENTS Centinel Spine LLC HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY 3773 §112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 30, 2024
18897476 LOW SOLIDS TALALAY COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE SAME Talalay Global, Inc. RUMMEL, IAN A 1785 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 26, 2024
18849483 COMPOSICION DE EXTRACTOS VEGETALES PARA PALIAR LOS EFECTOS DEL ENVEJECIMIENTO O RETRASO DE LA SENESCENCIA CELULAR Monteloeder S.L. BURKE, MATTHEW RYAN 1619 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 21, 2024
18884982 Intelligent Automated Creation of Electronic Data Exchange Templates for Telecommunication Expense Management Inventory Processing Tangoe US, Inc. DEBROW, JAMES J 2174 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 13, 2024
18824631 EXTERNAL PROTECTIVE SHEATH FOR STERILIZATION WRAP Delstar Technologies, Inc. TALBERT, ERIC MICHAEL 1758 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 04, 2024
18813494 LID INSERT AND COVER FOR A UTILITY BOX ENABLING INSTRUMENTATION SIGNALS Bingham & Taylor Corp. PARKER, LAURA EBERT 3733 §102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 23, 2024
18813425 WATER OR UTILITY METER BOX LID SUITABLE FOR MULTIPLE TYPES OF LATCH MECHANISMS Bingham & Taylor Corp. BALDRIGHI, ERIC C 3733 §102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 23, 2024
18802112 INTERLAYERS HAVING FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES FOR LAMINATED ASSEMBLIES Delstar Technologies, Inc. VONCH, JEFFREY A 1781 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 13, 2024
18795409 PROTECTIVE STRUCTURES FOR LAMINATES Delstar Technologies, Inc. KHATRI, PRASHANT J 1783 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 06, 2024
18788396 POROUS MEMBRANES FOR FILTRATION MEDIA Delstar Technologies, Inc. HUANG, RYAN 1772 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 30, 2024
18783694 ACTIVE BOW FOIL FOR SHIP MOTION CONTROL Naiad Maritime Group, Inc. HAYES, JOVON E 3615 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 25, 2024
18783890 Intelligent Distribution Of Thermostat Profiles For Energy Management Budderfly, Inc. WORKU, KIDEST 2119 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 25, 2024
18782721 STRETCHABLE PACKAGING MATERIAL Neenah Gessner GmbH MINSKEY, JACOB T 1748 §102§103 Final Rejection 41d Pending Jul 24, 2024
18756917 CURRENT DETECTOR Suncall Corporation ISLA, RICHARD 2858 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 27, 2024
18723433 NOVEL ASSAY AND NOVEL METHODS OF TREATING HUTCHINSON-GILFORD PROGERIA SYNDROME The Progeria Research Foundation SVEIVEN, MICHAEL CAMERON 1678 §101§102§103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 23, 2024
18676879 POROUS, LOW OPACITY PAPER Mativ Holdings, Inc. CALANDRA, ANTHONY J 1748 DP Final Rejection — Pending May 29, 2024
18659267 ADHESIVE COMPOSITIONS AND TAPES MADE THERFROM Delstar Technologies, Inc. WALSHON, SCOTT R 1759 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 09, 2024
18595507 NOVEL ASSAY AND NOVEL METHODS OF TREATING AGING-RELATED CONDITIONS The Progeria Research Foundation GZYBOWSKI, MICHAEL STANLEY 1798 §101§102§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 05, 2024
18429776 MULTI-LAYER SURFACE PROTECITON FILMS AND METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAME Delstar Technologies, Inc. STRAH, ELI D 1782 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 01, 2024
18397104 SYSTEMS, METHODS AND DEVICES FOR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION THERAPY Theragen, Inc. EDWARDS, PHILIP CHARLES 3792 §103 Final Rejection 16d Pending Dec 27, 2023
18545509 Food Warming System Utilizing Repurposed Air From Cooking Vents Budderfly, Inc. JONES, LOGAN P 3762 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 19, 2023
18527660 User Configurable and Editable Real time CGI Image Rendering Katana Spooka Zoo SHENG, XIN 2619 §103 Non-Final OA 98d overdue Pending Dec 04, 2023
18481527 VARIABLE PRESSURE CLEANING DEVICE AND METHOD Gi Scientific, LLC GUIDOTTI, LAURA COLE 3723 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 05, 2023
18460900 DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF AUTONOMOUS RESOURCE PLANNING Grene Robotics (India) Private Limited HOLZMACHER, DERICK J 3625 §101§112 Final Rejection 12d Pending Sep 05, 2023
18459235 System and Method Of Annotating Data Models Allowing The Factoring In Or Out Of Recurring Events To Improve The Outcome Of Predictive Systems Tangoe US, Inc. ANYA, CHARLES E 2194 §103 Final Rejection 52d overdue Pending Aug 31, 2023
18235335 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REMODELING AN EAR Eargear, LLC DANG, ANH TIEU 3771 §102 Final Rejection 14d Pending Aug 17, 2023
18276924 Pressure Driven Microfluidic Chip And Method For Delivering A Sample At A Determined Flow Rate Enzyre B.V. MUTREJA, JYOTI NAGPAUL 1798 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 19d overdue Pending Aug 11, 2023
18276151 IMPROVED OYSTERS AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME Whitaferd LLC ALEKSIC, NEVENA 3647 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Aug 07, 2023
18364086 COMPOSITE MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR INHIBITING RODENT INGRESS Delstar Technologies, Inc. NORDMEYER, PATRICIA L 1788 §103 Final Rejection 29d Pending Aug 02, 2023
18324076 Automatic Normalization for Service Level Agreement Monitoring and Conformance Engine Tangoe US, Inc. KRAISINGER, EMILY MARIE 3626 §101 Final Rejection 20d Pending May 25, 2023
18297232 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SEPARATING AND/OR ISOLATING NANOPARTICLES WITHIN A GASEOUS MEDIUM Lms Technologies, Inc. ORLANDO, AMBER ROSE 1731 §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 07, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Farber LLC's patent allowance rate?

91.8% of resolved applications prosecuted by Farber LLC were allowed, across 1,083 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Farber LLC average before allowance?

4.50 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Farber LLC have?

62 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 30 clients, before 58 examiners in 45 art units.

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