Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Fish Ip Law, LLP

31 pending office actions • 25 clients • 30 examiners • 21 art units • 0 of 31 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 63 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=37792 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

77.4%
Allowance Rate
n=37792
+0.36σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=37792
4.0
OAs to Allowance
n=24678
+0.11σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=24678
1236 days
Time to Allowance
n=24678
+15.6pp
Interview Lift
n=37792
29.4%
RCE Rate
n=37792
6.8%
Appeal Rate
n=37792

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

73.7%
§101 Overcome
n=1441
76.0%
§102 Overcome
n=3862
75.6%
§103 Overcome
n=16877
88.4%
§112 Overcome
n=3223

Specialization & Scale

A61B, G06T, G16H
Top CPC Subclasses
23%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=37792
3
Practitioners
n=37792
12597.3
Apps / Practitioner
n=37792

Portfolio Summary

31
Total Pending OAs
20
Non-Final OAs
10
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 16 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

12
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
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. 16 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (12)Due ≤ 30 days (2)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.

3
Hard (10%)
21
Medium (68%)
5
Easy (16%)
2
Unknown (6%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only3 (10%)
§103 only17 (55%)
§102 only3 (10%)
§112 only3 (10%)
Double-patenting only2 (6%)
Double-patenting + other1 (3%)
No statute on record2 (6%)

Industry Mix

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

5
Life Sciences
16% of docket
2
Information Tech
6% of docket
1
Communications
3% of docket
1
Semiconductors
3% of docket
16
Mechanical / Eng
52% of docket
6
Business / Other
19% 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.

310 h
Manual time on pending OAs
62 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
108 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BERGIN, JAMES S 2 79.4% +9.9%
SORRELL, ERON J 1 80.7% +7.0%
TRAN, HAI V 1 79.0% +18.7%
MAI, TRI M 1 36.2% +20.5%
ALEKSIC, NEVENA 1 74.1% +12.9%
CORNETT, ROBERT D 1 40.8% +42.9%
NEIBAUR, ROBERT F 1 76.2% +32.7%
CHU JOY, JORGE A 1 77.2% +35.6%
JUSTICE, MICHAEL W 1 83.4% +17.1%
VO, HUYEN X 1 83.3% +20.0%

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 (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18656466 SYSTEMS AND METHOD OF PROVIDING HEALTH INFORMATION THROUGH USE OF A PERSON'S VOICE VO, HUYEN X 15d overdue
18529259 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING MERCHANT REWARDS TRAN, HAI 43d
18205785 SPIROXMETER SMART SYSTEM WEARE, MEREDITH H

Interview Candidates (8)

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
18834418 Small-Sized Wire Saw Device CORNETT, ROBERT D 35d overdue
18656466 SYSTEMS AND METHOD OF PROVIDING HEALTH INFORMATION THROUGH USE OF A PERSON'S VOICE VO, HUYEN X 15d overdue
18657093 Four Polarization Antenna Arrangement JUSTICE, MICHAEL W 29d
19069641 Lens Arrays Configuration for Improved Signal Performance TRAN, HAI V
19049065 LUGGAGE WITH BUILT-IN SCALE MAI, TRI M
19005339 Movable Back Support With Mechanically Advantaged Adjustment ALEKSIC, NEVENA
18729154 Apparatus For Reverse Cutting Process For Nuclear Power Plant Structure NEIBAUR, ROBERT F
18661033 PRE-SCHEDULING OPTIMIZATION FOR COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED GENETIC ALGORITHMS CHU JOY, JORGE A

Client Portfolio (25 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36413
37913
37972
39921
37331
37241
36481
26561
16771
17381

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19240818 MULTI-APPLICATION SAAS METERING ENGINE Corent Technology, Inc. SORRELL, ERON J 3992 Other Non-Final OA Pending Jun 17, 2025
19086508 PROJECTILE DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR SUPPLIES WITH IMPACT ATTENUATION Insights International Holdings, LLC Dba Nantrak Industries BERGIN, JAMES S 3641 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Mar 21, 2025
19086382 PROJECTILE WITH TAGGING CAPABILITY Insights International Holdings, LLC Dba Nantrak Industries BERGIN, JAMES S 3641 §103 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Mar 21, 2025
19069641 Lens Arrays Configuration for Improved Signal Performance Matsing, Inc. TRAN, HAI V DP Non-Final OA Pending Mar 04, 2025
19049065 LUGGAGE WITH BUILT-IN SCALE Trendygroup Nyc Inc. MAI, TRI M 3733 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 10, 2025
19005339 Movable Back Support With Mechanically Advantaged Adjustment Convaid By Etac ALEKSIC, NEVENA §102 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 30, 2024
18834418 Small-Sized Wire Saw Device Egun Co., Ltd. CORNETT, ROBERT D 3724 §103 Non-Final OA 35d overdue Pending Jul 30, 2024
18729154 Apparatus For Reverse Cutting Process For Nuclear Power Plant Structure Egun Co., Ltd. NEIBAUR, ROBERT F §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 15, 2024
18661033 PRE-SCHEDULING OPTIMIZATION FOR COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED GENETIC ALGORITHMS Nmetric, LLC CHU JOY, JORGE A §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 10, 2024
18657093 Four Polarization Antenna Arrangement Matsing, Inc. JUSTICE, MICHAEL W 3648 §103 Final Rejection 29d Pending May 07, 2024
18656466 SYSTEMS AND METHOD OF PROVIDING HEALTH INFORMATION THROUGH USE OF A PERSON'S VOICE Sonaphi, LLC VO, HUYEN X 2656 §101 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending May 06, 2024
18646463 Systems And Methods For Shockwave Mediated Delivery Of Microvesicles And Stem Cells Synaptec Limited CWERN, JONATHAN §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 25, 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
18691447 IN-SITU AUTOGENOUS NANO OXIDE- AND CARBIDE-SYNERGISTICALLY TOUGHENED FINE-GRAINED MOLYBDENUM ALLOY AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF Henan University Of Science And Technology O'KEEFE, SEAN P 1738 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 12, 2024
18411639 Projectile with EW Payload Insights International Holdings, LLC, Dba Nantrak Industries LEE, BENJAMIN P 3641 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 12, 2024
18406079 MODULAR FRAMES FOR ARRANGEMENT AND ORIENTATION OF GEOMETRIC SOLIDS Ark Crystal, LLC FERNSTROM, KURT 3715 §102 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Jan 05, 2024
18529259 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING MERCHANT REWARDS Quercus (Bvi) Limited TRAN, HAI 3695 §101 Non-Final OA 43d Pending Dec 05, 2023
18510984 Systems and Methods For Delivering Exosomes Through the Blood-Brain Barrier Synaptec Limited NGUYEN, HIEN NGOC 3797 §103 Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Nov 16, 2023
18381098 Cooling System With Strategically Located Bellow Mara Holdings, Inc. TEITELBAUM, DAVID J 3763 §103 Final Rejection 37d overdue Pending Oct 17, 2023
18273181 Use Of Naturally Occurring Cyclic Peptides For Treatment Of SARS-COV-2 Infection The University of Southern California BOWLES, DAVID PAUL 1654 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Jul 19, 2023
18208216 Apparatus and Methods of Manufacturing a Apparatus and Methods of Manufacturing a Combined 2D/3D Led Display System Liminal Space, Inc. MESSMORE, JONATHAN R 2482 §103 Final Rejection 10d overdue Pending Jun 09, 2023
18207336 REAL-TIME HUMAN ACTIVITY RECOGNITION ENGINE Virtualbeam, Inc. FERNANDES, PATRICK M 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 131d overdue Pending Jun 08, 2023
18205785 SPIROXMETER SMART SYSTEM Hd Data Incorporated WEARE, MEREDITH H 3791 §101 Final Rejection Pending Jun 05, 2023
18202594 WEARABLE RECORDING SYSTEM WITH MEMORY DESIGNATION Stellar, LLC BRANIFF, CHRISTOPHER 2484 Other Non-Final OA Pending May 26, 2023
17919248 6,8-dioxa-3-azabicyclo[3.2.l]Octane Carboxylic Acids And Their Derivatives For Use In The Treatment Of Inflammations Mimetech S.r.l. RODRIGUEZ, RAYNA B 1628 DPOther Final Rejection Pending Oct 14, 2022
17940977 ANISOTROPIC LENSES FOR REMOTE PARAMETER ADJUSTMENT Matsing, Inc. SALIH, AWAT M 2845 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 08, 2022
17739660 Compositions and Methods for Treating Elevated Secretory Activity BIOMADISON, INC. REGLAS, GEORGIANA C 1651 §112 Final Rejection 22d Pending May 09, 2022
17383234 METHODS AND DEVICES FOR APPLYING DYNAMIC, NON-LINEAR OSCILLATIONS AND VIBRATIONS Solace Lifesciences, Inc. REDDY, SUNITA 3791 DP Final Rejection 188d overdue Pending Jul 22, 2021
16706250 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TARGETED BRAIN STIMULATION Synaptec Limited MCDONALD, JAMES F 3797 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 06, 2019
16677453 Vertical Flight Aircraft With Improved Stability Karem Aircraft, Inc. SHUR, STEVEN JAMES 3647 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 07, 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

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