Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Fisherbroyles LLP - C Mueller

9 pending office actions • 5 clients • 9 examiners • 6 art units • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 37 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=20340 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

75.6%
Allowance Rate
n=20340
+0.46σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=20340
3.2
OAs to Allowance
n=11665
-0.20σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=11665
1101 days
Time to Allowance
n=11665
+14.8pp
Interview Lift
n=20340
22.0%
RCE Rate
n=20340
1.0%
Appeal Rate
n=20340

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

65.7%
§101 Overcome
n=1490
69.7%
§102 Overcome
n=4929
70.2%
§103 Overcome
n=7773
73.4%
§112 Overcome
n=6276

Specialization & Scale

A61K, A61P, G06F
Top CPC Subclasses
12%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=20340
25
Practitioners
n=20340
813.6
Apps / Practitioner
n=20340

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
7
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.

4
Hard (44%)
5
Medium (56%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (11%)
§103 only3 (33%)
§102 only1 (11%)
Double-patenting + other1 (11%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
22% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
22% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
33% of docket
2
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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HOFFPAUIR, ANDREW ELI 1 41.1% +49.6%
CHANG, OLIVIA C 1 84.3% +13.4%
CHEN, DANIEL GUANG-DIAN 1 100.0% +0.0%
LUKS, JEREMY AUSTIN 1 73.6% +21.8%
CHOI, TAEKWON NMN 1 83.3% +0.0%
CHOI, PETER Y 1 20.7% +33.3%
FIGUEROA, JOHN J 1 83.2% +8.7%
ELLIOTT, TOPAZ L 1 83.5% +10.4%
OLSON, JENNIFER MAR B 1 54.5% +19.4%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18823877 ACOUSTIC FRONT STORAGE COMPARTMENT FOR A VEHICLE CHEN, DANIEL GUANG-DIAN
18512494 MOUNTING AND SEALING ASSEMBLY CHOI, TAEKWON NMN
18246371 IMPROVEMENTS IN LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY SUBSTRATES FIGUEROA, JOHN J

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18043410 AUTOMOTIVE TRIM PART WITH INTEGRATED HEATING DEVICE ELLIOTT, TOPAZ L 43d overdue
18247944 MULTI-FUNCTIONAL AUTOMOTIVE FLOORING PART COMPRISING FIBERS FROM TEXTILE WASTE CHOI, PETER Y 8d overdue
18858249 CLOSED SYSTEM BLOOD TRANSFER DEVICE HOFFPAUIR, ANDREW ELI
18917351 ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANT SYSTEM FOR VARIABLE ANGLE LOCKING HAVING ENGINEERED MATING THREAD ENGAGEMENT CHANG, OLIVIA C

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
18043410 AUTOMOTIVE TRIM PART WITH INTEGRATED HEATING DEVICE ELLIOTT, TOPAZ L 43d overdue
18247944 MULTI-FUNCTIONAL AUTOMOTIVE FLOORING PART COMPRISING FIBERS FROM TEXTILE WASTE CHOI, PETER Y 8d overdue
18717338 PARTICLE ACOUSTIC DAMPER POUCH LUKS, JEREMY AUSTIN 4d overdue
18858249 CLOSED SYSTEM BLOOD TRANSFER DEVICE HOFFPAUIR, ANDREW ELI
18917351 ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANT SYSTEM FOR VARIABLE ANGLE LOCKING HAVING ENGINEERED MATING THREAD ENGAGEMENT CHANG, OLIVIA C
18000253 AUTOMOTIVE TRIM PART WITH VIBRATION DAMPING PROPERTIES OLSON, JENNIFER MAR B

Client Portfolio (5 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28372
37751
36151
17861
17631
37611

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18858249 CLOSED SYSTEM BLOOD TRANSFER DEVICE Lifeoutcomes LLC HOFFPAUIR, ANDREW ELI §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 18, 2024
18917351 ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANT SYSTEM FOR VARIABLE ANGLE LOCKING HAVING ENGINEERED MATING THREAD ENGAGEMENT Ortho Solutions Holdings Limited CHANG, OLIVIA C 3775 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 16, 2024
18823877 ACOUSTIC FRONT STORAGE COMPARTMENT FOR A VEHICLE Autoneum Management AG CHEN, DANIEL GUANG-DIAN §103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Sep 04, 2024
18717338 PARTICLE ACOUSTIC DAMPER POUCH Autoneum Management AG LUKS, JEREMY AUSTIN 2837 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Jun 06, 2024
18512494 MOUNTING AND SEALING ASSEMBLY L&H Industrial, Inc. CHOI, TAEKWON NMN 3615 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 17, 2023
18247944 MULTI-FUNCTIONAL AUTOMOTIVE FLOORING PART COMPRISING FIBERS FROM TEXTILE WASTE Autoneum Management AG CHOI, PETER Y 1786 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Apr 05, 2023
18246371 IMPROVEMENTS IN LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY SUBSTRATES UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA FIGUEROA, JOHN J 1763 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 23, 2023
18043410 AUTOMOTIVE TRIM PART WITH INTEGRATED HEATING DEVICE Autoneum Management AG ELLIOTT, TOPAZ L 3761 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Feb 28, 2023
18000253 AUTOMOTIVE TRIM PART WITH VIBRATION DAMPING PROPERTIES Autoneum Management AG OLSON, JENNIFER MAR B 2837 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 29, 2022

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