Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Farber LLC

69 pending office actions • 30 clients • 62 examiners • 37 art units • 0 of 69 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=1039 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

92.1%
Allowance Rate
n=1039
+0.67σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1039
4.5
OAs to Allowance
n=445
+0.46σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=445
1108 days
Time to Allowance
n=445
+4.5pp
Interview Lift
n=1039
47.0%
RCE Rate
n=1039
1.6%
Appeal Rate
n=1039

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

66.7%
§101 Overcome
n=42
72.1%
§102 Overcome
n=323
68.9%
§103 Overcome
n=408
75.0%
§112 Overcome
n=332

Specialization & Scale

A61B, A61F, B01D
Top CPC Subclasses
30%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1039
5
Practitioners
n=1039
207.8
Apps / Practitioner
n=1039

Portfolio Summary

69
Total Pending OAs
41
Non-Final OAs
28
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 26 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

9
Overdue
1
Due this week
9
Due this month
5
Due in next 60 days
2
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. 26 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (9)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (9)Due ≤ 60 days (5)Due later (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.

31
Hard (45%)
35
Medium (51%)
3
Easy (4%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (1%)
§101 + other6 (9%)
§103 only29 (42%)
§102 only3 (4%)
§112 only2 (3%)
Double-patenting only1 (1%)
Double-patenting + other3 (4%)
Multi-statute (no §101)24 (35%)

Industry Mix

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

26
Life Sciences
38% of docket
5
Information Tech
7% of docket
1
Communications
1% of docket
3
Semiconductors
4% of docket
25
Mechanical / Eng
36% of docket
9
Business / Other
13% 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.

690 h
Manual time on pending OAs
138 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
241 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
6.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MCKENZIE, THOMAS B 4 57.4% +22.5%
KHAN, TAHSEEN 3 61.6% +21.1%
WALSHON, SCOTT R 2 50.8% +20.8%
TURNER, SONJI 2 73.7% +20.9%
ERB, NATHAN 1 51.8% +0.2%
GONZALEZ RAMOS, MAYLA 1 54.3% +13.8%
ALLEN, JEFFREY R 1 47.7% +27.0%
CHOU, ALAN S 1 75.4% +13.6%
PACKARD, BENJAMIN J 1 66.5% +15.6%
CARLSON, MARC 1 71.1% +23.4%

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
18527660 User Configurable and Editable Real time CGI Image Rendering SHENG, XIN 98d overdue
18038147 Mouthpiece For A Product Dispensing Device DIXON, ANNETTE FREDRICKA 30d overdue
16989209 LOW TRAUMA WOUND DRESSINGS AND ADHESIVES FOR SAME DUCHENEAUX, FRANK D 25d overdue
18040593 Ultrasonic Gas Flow Calibration Device ZHANG, TINA 16d overdue
18580759 INSTRUMENT BOURNE POSITION SENSING SYSTEM FOR PRECISION 3D GUIDANCE AND METHODS OF SURGERY GIBSON, ERIC SHANE 9d overdue
17426462 POSITION SENSING SYSTEM FOR MEDICAL DEVICES, ORTHOPEDIC DRILL OR DRIVER, AND METHOD OF PERFORMING SURGERY KU, SI MING 2d overdue
19016390 PRODUCT CONTAINERS AND CONTAINER ASSEMBLIES ALLEN, JEFFREY R 8d
17195479 MATTER MANIPULATOR WITH CONDUCTIVE COATING PEFFLEY, MICHAEL F 8d

Interview Candidates (16)

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
18297198 FILTRATION MEDIA AND FILTERS INCLUDING NANOPARTICLES MCKENZIE, THOMAS B 10d overdue
19016390 PRODUCT CONTAINERS AND CONTAINER ASSEMBLIES ALLEN, JEFFREY R 8d
18036369 FILTER MEDIUM COMPRISING A NONWOVEN ELECTRET TURNER, SONJI 22d
19194195 SOLAR CONTROL INTERLAYERS GONZALEZ RAMOS, MAYLA
18964975 Cloud Instantiation Based on Machine Learned Prediction CHOU, ALAN S
18938595 DRESSINGS AND MEDICATED PADS FOR REMOVING SKIN DISORDERS PACKARD, BENJAMIN J
18938650 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DRYING ENDOSCOPIC DEVICES CARLSON, MARC
18910197 IMPREGNATED CELLULOSE FIBRE-BASED SHEET KHAN, TAHSEEN

Client Portfolio (30 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17766
37333
37953
37863
17813
17883
17733
17872
17482
17592

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19281724 Dynamic Real Time Average Monthly Energy Management System Budderfly, Inc. ERB, NATHAN DP Non-Final OA Pending Jul 27, 2025
19194195 SOLAR CONTROL INTERLAYERS Delstar Technologies, Inc. GONZALEZ RAMOS, MAYLA 1721 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 30, 2025
19016390 PRODUCT CONTAINERS AND CONTAINER ASSEMBLIES Kenzinc LLC ALLEN, JEFFREY R 3733 §103§112 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Jan 10, 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
18938595 DRESSINGS AND MEDICATED PADS FOR REMOVING SKIN DISORDERS Delstar Technologies, Inc. PACKARD, BENJAMIN J §102 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 06, 2024
18938650 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DRYING ENDOSCOPIC DEVICES Gi Scientific, LLC CARLSON, MARC 3795 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 06, 2024
18910197 IMPREGNATED CELLULOSE FIBRE-BASED SHEET Neenah Gessner GmbH KHAN, TAHSEEN §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 09, 2024
18901592 INTERVERTEBRAL IMPLANT WITH COMBINATION FIXATION ELEMENTS Centinel Spine LLC HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY §112DP Non-Final OA Pending Sep 30, 2024
18849483 COMPOSICION DE EXTRACTOS VEGETALES PARA PALIAR LOS EFECTOS DEL ENVEJECIMIENTO O RETRASO DE LA SENESCENCIA CELULAR Monteloeder S.L. BURKE, MATTHEW RYAN §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 21, 2024
18829751 LAMINATES AND INTERLAYERS THEREOF AND METHODS FOR THE SAME Delstar Technologies, Inc. SHUKLA, KRUPA 1787 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 10, 2024
18820981 WOUND DRESSING Scapa UK Limited CARREIRO, CAITLIN ANN 3786 §103Other Final Rejection 34d Pending Aug 30, 2024
18813425 WATER OR UTILITY METER BOX LID SUITABLE FOR MULTIPLE TYPES OF LATCH MECHANISMS Bingham & Taylor Corp. BALDRIGHI, ERIC C 3733 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 23, 2024
18813494 LID INSERT AND COVER FOR A UTILITY BOX ENABLING INSTRUMENTATION SIGNALS Bingham & Taylor Corp. PARKER, LAURA EBERT 3733 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 23, 2024
18806259 DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EROSION CONTROL Conwed Plastics Acquisition Company V LLC ANDERSON, AMBER R 3678 §103Other Final Rejection Pending Aug 15, 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 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 30, 2024
18783694 ACTIVE BOW FOIL FOR SHIP MOTION CONTROL Naiad Maritime Group, Inc. HAYES, JOVON E §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 25, 2024
18782721 STRETCHABLE PACKAGING MATERIAL Neenah Gessner GmbH MINSKEY, JACOB T 1748 §102§103 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Jul 24, 2024
18775305 HYDROCOLLOID ADHESIVES AND WOUND DRESSINGS CONTAINING A HYDROCOLLOID ADHESIVE Euromed, Inc. HAN, ROBIN 3786 §103§112 Final Rejection 56d Pending Jul 17, 2024
18756917 CURRENT DETECTOR Suncall Corporation ISLA, RICHARD 2858 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jun 27, 2024
18756791 BUS BAR Suncall Corporation MAYO III, WILLIAM H 2841 §103 Final Rejection 12d Pending Jun 27, 2024
18755603 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR E-BONDING ARCHITECTURE Tangoe US, Inc. CADORNA, CHRISTOPHER PALACA 2444 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 26, 2024
18723433 NOVEL ASSAY AND NOVEL METHODS OF TREATING HUTCHINSON-GILFORD PROGERIA SYNDROME The Progeria Research Foundation SVEIVEN, MICHAEL CAMERON §101§102§103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Jun 23, 2024
18676879 POROUS, LOW OPACITY PAPER Mativ Holdings, Inc. CALANDRA, ANTHONY J 1748 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending May 29, 2024
18676850 LOW OPACITY PAPER Mativ Holdings, Inc. KHAN, TAHSEEN 1781 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending May 29, 2024
18676867 LOW OPACITY PAPER PACKAGING MATERIAL Mativ Holdings, Inc. KHAN, TAHSEEN 1781 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 29, 2024
18659267 ADHESIVE COMPOSITIONS AND TAPES MADE THERFROM Delstar Technologies, Inc. WALSHON, SCOTT R 1759 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending May 09, 2024
18621614 MULTI-DOSE MEDICAMENT DELIVERY DEVICE Nemera La Verpilliere RUDDIE, ELLIOT S §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Mar 29, 2024
18617571 ROWING PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION SYSTEM AND METHODS X Boat LLC SINGH, ISHAYU NMN 3715 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 26, 2024
18595506 ABSORBENT MATERIAL FOR WOUND DRESSINGS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME Delstar Technologies, Inc. HAWTHORNE, OPHELIA ALTHEA 3786 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 05, 2024
18433973 ZERO TOUCH PROVISIONING FOR IoT DEVICES Volta Energy Products, Inc. KHANAL, SANDARVA 2453 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 06, 2024
18418639 HEAT RESISTANT MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAME Delstar Technologies, Inc. FIGG, LAURA B 1781 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 22, 2024
18580759 INSTRUMENT BOURNE POSITION SENSING SYSTEM FOR PRECISION 3D GUIDANCE AND METHODS OF SURGERY Surgical Targeted Solutions, Inc. GIBSON, ERIC SHANE 3775 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Jan 19, 2024
18574220 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR SUPPORTING CARDIAC FUNCTION Corisma Cardiovascular ROZANSKI, MICHAEL T 3797 §102§103DP Non-Final OA Pending Dec 26, 2023
18390386 REPULPABLE, PAPER-BASED BACKING LAYER Neenah Gessner GmbH MANGOHIG, THOMAS A 1788 §103 Final Rejection 15d Pending Dec 20, 2023
18527660 User Configurable and Editable Real time CGI Image Rendering Katana Spooka Zoo SHENG, XIN 2619 §103§112 Final Rejection 98d overdue Pending Dec 04, 2023
18498728 TRAFFIC SIGNAL BATTERY BACKUP SYSTEM Viridi Parente, Inc. YESHAW, ESAYAS G 2849 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 31, 2023
18483063 OPTICAL INTERLAYERS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME Delstar Technologies, Inc. DICUS, TAMRA 1787 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Oct 09, 2023
18481527 VARIABLE PRESSURE CLEANING DEVICE AND METHOD Gi Scientific, LLC GUIDOTTI, LAURA COLE 3723 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 05, 2023
18477432 SEALED LAMINATED WINDOW UNIT Delstar Technologies, Inc. WALSHON, SCOTT R 1759 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 28, 2023
18477474 FILTERS WITH ELECTROSTATIC FILTERING CAPABILITIES Delstar Technologies, Inc. TURNER, SONJI 1776 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 28, 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
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 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Aug 02, 2023
18271298 COUPLING DEVICE FOR AN ENDOSCOPE WITH AN ADJUSTABLE OPTICAL LENS Gi Scientific, LLC WOO, JAE KYUN 3795 §103 Final Rejection 84d Pending Jul 07, 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
18038147 Mouthpiece For A Product Dispensing Device Nemera La Verpillière DIXON, ANNETTE FREDRICKA 3785 §102§103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending May 22, 2023
18036369 FILTER MEDIUM COMPRISING A NONWOVEN ELECTRET Neenah Gessner GmbH TURNER, SONJI 1776 §112 Final Rejection 22d Pending May 10, 2023
18297194 NONWOVEN MATERIALS AND PRODUCTS CONTAINING NONWOVEN MATERIALS Lms Technologies, Inc. MCKENZIE, THOMAS B 1776 §103DP Non-Final OA Pending Apr 07, 2023
18297209 FILTRATION MEDIA INCORPORATING NANOPARTICLES AND LARGE LINEAR DENSITY FIBERS Lms Technologies, Inc. MCKENZIE, THOMAS B 1776 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 07, 2023
18297226 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RETAINING NANOPARTICLES WITHIN NONWOVEN MATERIAL Lms Technologies, Inc. VETERE, ROBERT A 1712 §102§103 Non-Final OA 86d Pending Apr 07, 2023
18297203 FILTRATION MEDIA AND FILTERS Lms Technologies, Inc. BUI, DUNG H 1773 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 07, 2023
18297198 FILTRATION MEDIA AND FILTERS INCLUDING NANOPARTICLES Lms Technologies, Inc. MCKENZIE, THOMAS B 1776 §103 Final Rejection 10d overdue Pending Apr 07, 2023
18297217 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION OF FIBROUS MATERIALS AND NANOPARTICLES Lms Technologies, Inc. FUNK, ERICA HARTSELL 1741 §103 Non-Final OA 39d Pending Apr 07, 2023
18297239 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF MAKING PRODUCTS CONTAINING FIBROUS MATERIAL Lms Technologies, Inc. MCKENZIE, THOMAS B 1776 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 07, 2023
18030350 System And Device For Dispensing A Product Nemera La Verpillière GONZALEZ, LEI NMN 3783 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 05, 2023
18179809 Machine Learning Application To Predictive Energy Management Budderfly, Inc. ERDMAN, CHAD G 2116 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 07, 2023
18040593 Ultrasonic Gas Flow Calibration Device USCOM Limited ZHANG, TINA 3785 §102§103 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Feb 03, 2023
17983309 Intelligent Patient Billing Communication Platform For Health Services Inbox Health Corp. SHARON, AYAL I 3695 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 08, 2022
17996062 GLASS FIBER FREE FILTER MEDIUM WITH A DENSIFIED LAYER MADE OF SYNTHETIC FIBERS Neenah Gessner GmbH MCCULLOUGH, ERIC J. 1773 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 12, 2022
17995291 ENDOSCOPE COMPANION DEVICES WITH LOCKING ELEMENTS Gi Scientific, LLC HENDERSON, RYAN N 3795 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 30, 2022
17664849 FILTER MEDIUM HAVING A NONWOVEN LAYER AND A MELT-BLOWN LAYER Neenah Gessner GmbH FITZSIMMONS, ALLISON GIONTA 1773 §103 Final Rejection 6d Pending May 24, 2022
17628290 RESIN COMPOSITIONS FOR OPTICAL FILMS Delstar Technologies, Inc. USELDING, JOHN E 1763 §103 Final Rejection 49d Pending Jan 19, 2022
17426462 POSITION SENSING SYSTEM FOR MEDICAL DEVICES, ORTHOPEDIC DRILL OR DRIVER, AND METHOD OF PERFORMING SURGERY Surgical Targeted Solutions, Inc. KU, SI MING 3775 §103§112 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Jul 28, 2021
17356010 SMART DRILL, JIG, AND METHOD OF ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY Surgical Targeted Solutions, Inc. BRUCE, FAROUK A 3797 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 23, 2021
17195479 MATTER MANIPULATOR WITH CONDUCTIVE COATING Gi Scientific LLC PEFFLEY, MICHAEL F 3794 §103§112 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Mar 08, 2021
16989209 LOW TRAUMA WOUND DRESSINGS AND ADHESIVES FOR SAME Delstar Technologies, Inc. DUCHENEAUX, FRANK D 1788 §103§112 Non-Final OA 25d overdue Pending Aug 10, 2020
16384051 GUIDEWIRE WITH ADJUSTABLE STIFFNESS Cardioguidance Biomedical, LLC TOWA, RENE T 3791 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 15, 2019

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