Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Fish Ip Law, LLP

Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

32 pending office actions • 24 clients • 28 examiners • 21 art units • 0 of 32 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

FISH IP LAW, LLP focuses its practice on Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The firm has handled 4286 career applications and currently manages 23 pending office actions. This workload reflects a steady practice with a focused technical specialization.

The firm maintains a resolved allowance rate of 85.94 percent. On average, it takes 3.8 office actions to secure an allowance. These figures indicate a persistent prosecution strategy where the firm frequently navigates multiple examiner interactions to achieve successful outcomes for its clients.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Quality Metrics (n=4286 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

85.9%
Allowance Rate
n=4286
+0.64σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=4286
3.8
OAs to Allowance
n=2408
+0.02σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=2408
985 days
Time to Allowance
n=2408
+11.7pp
Interview Lift
n=4286
33.2%
RCE Rate
n=4286
2.4%
Appeal Rate
n=4286

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

80.7%
§101 Overcome
n=379
79.9%
§102 Overcome
n=947
82.1%
§103 Overcome
n=1678
81.7%
§112 Overcome
n=1328

Specialization & Scale

G06F, G06Q, H04L
Top CPC Subclasses
15%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=4286
3
Practitioners
n=4286
1428.7
Apps / Practitioner
n=4286

Portfolio Summary

32
Total Pending OAs
20
Non-Final OAs
11
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 13 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

9
Overdue
1
Due this week
1
Due this month
2
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. 13 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

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

16
Hard (50%)
12
Medium (38%)
3
Easy (9%)
1
Unknown (3%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (3%)
§101 + other3 (9%)
§103 only10 (31%)
§112 only2 (6%)
Double-patenting only1 (3%)
Double-patenting + other2 (6%)
Multi-statute (no §101)12 (38%)
No statute on record1 (3%)

Industry Mix

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

7
Life Sciences
22% of docket
1
Information Tech
3% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
3
Semiconductors
9% of docket
14
Mechanical / Eng
44% of docket
7
Business / Other
22% 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.

320 h
Manual time on pending OAs
64 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
112 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TRAN, HAI 3 62.1% +31.8%
NEIBAUR, ROBERT F 2 76.8% +31.6%
HOPPE, EMMA RUTH 2 42.1% +56.8%
BERGIN, JAMES S 1 79.4% +10.0%
MAI, TRI M 1 36.3% +20.6%
MULLINS, BURTON S 1 68.8% +1.5%
DEKARSKE, MADELINE MCGUIRE 1 0.0% +0.0%
JUSTICE, MICHAEL W 1 83.0% +16.9%
ALVARE, PAUL 1 57.6% +37.0%
PHAN, AN BACH 1 75.0% +50.0%

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
18657093 Four Polarization Antenna Arrangement JUSTICE, MICHAEL W 29d

Hard Cases (16)

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
18207336 REAL-TIME HUMAN ACTIVITY RECOGNITION ENGINE FERNANDES, PATRICK M 131d overdue
18531414 Systems And Methods for Automatically Initiating Secondary Transacions From A Consumer To A Pre - Selected Account TRAN, HAI 124d overdue
19086508 PROJECTILE DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR SUPPLIES WITH IMPACT ATTENUATION BERGIN, JAMES S 46d overdue
18528463 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING PAYMENTS TO A THIRD PARTY FOR THE THIRD PARTY PROVIDING A PRODUCT OR SERVICE TRAN, HAI 2d overdue
18656497 Immersion Cooling Systems for Use with Single-Phase Operating Fluids PHAN, AN BACH 6d
18529259 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING MERCHANT REWARDS TRAN, HAI 43d
19049065 LUGGAGE WITH BUILT-IN SCALE MAI, TRI M —
18889293 METHOD FOR TREATING CALCIFIC HEART VALVE DISEASE(CHVD) DEKARSKE, MADELINE MCGUIRE —

Interview Candidates (12)

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
18531414 Systems And Methods for Automatically Initiating Secondary Transacions From A Consumer To A Pre - Selected Account TRAN, HAI 124d overdue
18035850 Compositions and Methods for High Sensitivity Detection of Rare Mutations HOPPE, EMMA RUTH 49d overdue
19086508 PROJECTILE DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR SUPPLIES WITH IMPACT ATTENUATION BERGIN, JAMES S 46d overdue
18528463 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING PAYMENTS TO A THIRD PARTY FOR THE THIRD PARTY PROVIDING A PRODUCT OR SERVICE TRAN, HAI 2d overdue
18656497 Immersion Cooling Systems for Use with Single-Phase Operating Fluids PHAN, AN BACH 6d
18657093 Four Polarization Antenna Arrangement JUSTICE, MICHAEL W 29d
18529259 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING MERCHANT REWARDS TRAN, HAI 43d
19049065 LUGGAGE WITH BUILT-IN SCALE MAI, TRI M —

Client Portfolio (24 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36953
37972
16832
28452
36411
37331
37241
36481
37001
37631

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19086508 PROJECTILE DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR SUPPLIES WITH IMPACT ATTENUATION Insights International Holdings, LLC Dba Nantrak Industries BERGIN, JAMES S 3641 §102§103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Mar 21, 2025
19049065 LUGGAGE WITH BUILT-IN SCALE Trendygroup Nyc Inc. MAI, TRI M 3733 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 10, 2025
19006928 Electric Devices, Generators, and Motors Francis Gentile MULLINS, BURTON S §112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 31, 2024
18859142 ROBOT DIAMOND SAW Egun Co., Ltd. NEIBAUR, ROBERT F 3724 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 22, 2024
18889293 METHOD FOR TREATING CALCIFIC HEART VALVE DISEASE(CHVD) UNION HOSPITAL, TONGJI MEDICAL COLLEGE, HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEKARSKE, MADELINE MCGUIRE §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 18, 2024
18729154 Apparatus For Reverse Cutting Process For Nuclear Power Plant Structure Egun Co., Ltd. NEIBAUR, ROBERT F §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 15, 2024
18657093 Four Polarization Antenna Arrangement Matsing, Inc. JUSTICE, MICHAEL W 3648 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending May 07, 2024
18656495 Immersion Cooling Systems for Use with Single-Phase Operating Fluids Mara Holdings, Inc. ALVARE, PAUL 3700 §103 Final Rejection — Pending May 06, 2024
18656497 Immersion Cooling Systems for Use with Single-Phase Operating Fluids Mara Holdings, Inc. PHAN, AN BACH 3763 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 6d Pending May 06, 2024
18646463 Systems And Methods For Shockwave Mediated Delivery Of Microvesicles And Stem Cells Synaptec Limited CWERN, JONATHAN §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 25, 2024
18701911 METHOD FOR SINGLE-CRYSTALLIZATION REGENERATION OF WASTE CATHODE MATERIAL BY VACUUM PYROLYSIS PROCESS Kunming University Of Science And Technology NGUYEN, HAIDUNG D 1761 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 16, 2024
18634228 Methods and Apparatus for Determination of Sensitivity to Wheat Cyrex Laboratories, LLC MARCSISIN, ELLEN JEAN 1677 §103 Non-Final OA 57d Pending Apr 12, 2024
18604368 Passive Stereoscopic Led Display Modules Having Optically Isolated Light Emitters Liminal Space, Inc. SIPLING, KENNETH MARK 4100 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 13, 2024
18406079 MODULAR FRAMES FOR ARRANGEMENT AND ORIENTATION OF GEOMETRIC SOLIDS Ark Crystal, LLC FERNSTROM, KURT 3715 DP Final Rejection 49d overdue Pending Jan 05, 2024
18531414 Systems And Methods for Automatically Initiating Secondary Transacions From A Consumer To A Pre - Selected Account Quercus (Bvi) Limited TRAN, HAI 3695 §101 Non-Final OA 124d overdue Pending Dec 06, 2023
18529259 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING MERCHANT REWARDS Quercus (Bvi) Limited TRAN, HAI 3695 §101§112 Non-Final OA 43d Pending Dec 05, 2023
18528463 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING PAYMENTS TO A THIRD PARTY FOR THE THIRD PARTY PROVIDING A PRODUCT OR SERVICE Quercus (Bvi) Limited TRAN, HAI 3695 §101§112 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Dec 04, 2023
18510984 Systems and Methods For Delivering Exosomes Through the Blood-Brain Barrier Synaptec Limited NGUYEN, HIEN NGOC 3797 §103 Final Rejection 28d overdue Pending Nov 16, 2023
18558162 Method for the Preparation of a Recycled Polymeric Material from Spent Coffee Capsules Addi' S.r.l. RIETH, STEPHEN EDWARD §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 30, 2023
18384825 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR RELEASE AND AMPLIFICATION OF NUCLEIC ACIDS Nova Scientifix LLC HOPPE, EMMA RUTH 1683 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 27, 2023
18286206 SOLID MICROCAPSULE HAVING SELF-EMULSIFYING CAPACITY Salix S.r.l. TRUONG, QUANGLONG N 1615 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 09, 2023
18233111 HIGH SINR SYNCHRONIZED-BEAMS MOBILE NETWORK AND BASE-STATION ANTENNA DESIGN Matsing, Inc. OLUBODUN, AYODELE LAWRENCE 2845 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 11, 2023
18206179 ISOLATED PLASMA TUBE TREATMENT SYSTEMS Thrivaltech, LLC TAI, XIUYU §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 29, 2023
18207336 REAL-TIME HUMAN ACTIVITY RECOGNITION ENGINE Virtualbeam, Inc. FERNANDES, PATRICK M 3791 §101§103§112 Final Rejection 131d overdue Pending Jun 08, 2023
18202594 WEARABLE RECORDING SYSTEM WITH MEMORY DESIGNATION Stellar, LLC BRANIFF, CHRISTOPHER 2484 Other Non-Final OA — Pending May 26, 2023
18035850 Compositions and Methods for High Sensitivity Detection of Rare Mutations Cy Molecular Diagnostics, Inc. HOPPE, EMMA RUTH 1683 §103 Final Rejection 49d overdue Pending May 08, 2023
18169768 VARIABLE GAIN AMPLIFIER-BASED OUTPUT CURRENT CONTROL Litrinium, Inc. HAGAN, SEAN P 2828 §103 Final Rejection 9d overdue Pending Feb 15, 2023
17948904 Compositions and Methods for Treating Multidrug Resistant Bacterial Infection UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA KATAKAM, SUDHAKAR 1658 §103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 20, 2022
17940977 ANISOTROPIC LENSES FOR REMOTE PARAMETER ADJUSTMENT Matsing, Inc. SALIH, AWAT M 2845 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 08, 2022
16706250 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TARGETED BRAIN STIMULATION Synaptec Limited MCDONALD, JAMES F 3797 §102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 06, 2019
16661873 Chemical Dispersant With Animal-Deterrent Visual Effects Bird-B-Gone, Inc. WANG, MICHAEL H 3642 §103 Non-Final OA 1980d overdue Pending Oct 23, 2019
16209461 Matrial Matrix of Blocks of Dielectric Materials Matsing Inc. CHAU, LISA N 1785 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 04, 2018

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