Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Fisherbroyles, LLP - Dayton, Ohio

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

10 pending office actions • 8 clients • 10 examiners • 8 art units • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 18 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

This profile records 11 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems and 20556 career applications. The open docket indicates current activity, while the application figure reflects the broader recorded prosecution base.

The resolved allowance rate is 75.45%, with 3.18 office actions per allowance on average. The reported history combines an allowance result below four-fifths with more than three office actions for allowed matters.

Practitioners can use the figures to distinguish current workload from historical context. The data does not identify outcomes specific to the Dayton, Ohio grouping or predict any particular transportation or mechanical application.

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

Quality Metrics (n=20556 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

75.4%
Allowance Rate
n=20556
+0.46σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=20556
3.2
OAs to Allowance
n=11818
-0.19σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=11818
1100 days
Time to Allowance
n=11818
+14.8pp
Interview Lift
n=20556
22.1%
RCE Rate
n=20556
1.0%
Appeal Rate
n=20556

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

65.2%
§101 Overcome
n=1528
69.5%
§102 Overcome
n=5008
69.8%
§103 Overcome
n=7908
72.8%
§112 Overcome
n=6379

Specialization & Scale

A61K, A61P, G06F
Top CPC Subclasses
12%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=20556
25
Practitioners
n=20556
822.2
Apps / Practitioner
n=20556

Portfolio Summary

10
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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 (30%)
6
Medium (60%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (10%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (40%)
§102 only1 (10%)
Double-patenting + other1 (10%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (30%)
No statute on record1 (10%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
30% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
10% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
50% of docket
1
Business / Other
10% 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.

100 h
Manual time on pending OAs
20 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
35 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LIU, HENRY Y 1 75.7% +13.0%
AKINYEMI, AJIBOLA A 1 80.5% +18.2%
KOWALKOWSKI, FIONA MARGARET 1 100.0% +0.0%
BUSE, MARK KENNETH 1 77.5% +9.0%
WARTALOWICZ, PAUL A 1 64.3% +18.8%
NIEBAUER, RONALD T 1 40.8% +34.0%
RASSAVONG, ERIC 1 70.7% +35.4%
JUSTICE, GINA CHIEUN YU 1 55.6% +8.5%
HOFFMAN, SUSAN COE 1 54.2% +25.7%
NELSON, CHRISTINE L 1 62.4% +33.9%

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
19051651 CATHETER TREATMENT SEGMENT AND TOOL FOR USE THEREWITH KOWALKOWSKI, FIONA MARGARET —
18628261 MUCOSAL FORM FOR DRUG DELIVERY THROUGH THE MUCOSA AND METHODS OF TREATMENT WITH SAME NIEBAUER, RONALD T —
17098355 MAXILLARY AND MANDIBULAR DEVICES, CONTROLLER STATION, AND METHODS OF TREATING AND/OR DIAGNOSING MEDICAL DISORDERS NELSON, CHRISTINE L —

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17438095 NOVEL SOLVENT FOR EXTRACTING, SOLUBILISING AND/OR FORMULATING VOLATILE AND NON-VOLATILE COMPOUNDS OF INTEREST IN ANIMAL NUTRITION AND HEALTH, PREPARATION METHOD AND USES THEREOF HOFFMAN, SUSAN COE 26d
19154133 IMPROVED FILTERING PULLEY LIU, HENRY Y —
19074771 JEWELRY FORM FACTOR WITH EMBEDDED FUNCTIONALITY AND ADORNED WITH EMBELLISHMENTS AKINYEMI, AJIBOLA A —
18768541 CAUSTIC SCRUBBING SOLUTION FOR REMOVAL OF HYDROGEN SULFIDE, ACID GAS, AND CARBON DIOXIDE FROM NATURAL GAS AND METHODS FOR SAME WARTALOWICZ, PAUL A —
18628261 MUCOSAL FORM FOR DRUG DELIVERY THROUGH THE MUCOSA AND METHODS OF TREATMENT WITH SAME NIEBAUER, RONALD T —
18546819 WOUND DRESSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USE RASSAVONG, ERIC —
17098355 MAXILLARY AND MANDIBULAR DEVICES, CONTROLLER STATION, AND METHODS OF TREATING AND/OR DIAGNOSING MEDICAL DISORDERS NELSON, CHRISTINE L —

Client Portfolio (8 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36542
26491
37921
17361
37811
16171
16551
37721

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19154133 IMPROVED FILTERING PULLEY Muviq S.r.l. LIU, HENRY Y 3654 §102Other Final Rejection — Pending Aug 06, 2025
19074771 JEWELRY FORM FACTOR WITH EMBEDDED FUNCTIONALITY AND ADORNED WITH EMBELLISHMENTS Notocard LLC AKINYEMI, AJIBOLA A 2649 Other Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 10, 2025
19051651 CATHETER TREATMENT SEGMENT AND TOOL FOR USE THEREWITH Sleep Solutions Of Texas, LLC KOWALKOWSKI, FIONA MARGARET 3792 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 12, 2025
18854207 CVT BELT Dayco Europe S.r.l. BUSE, MARK KENNETH 3654 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 04, 2024
18768541 CAUSTIC SCRUBBING SOLUTION FOR REMOVAL OF HYDROGEN SULFIDE, ACID GAS, AND CARBON DIOXIDE FROM NATURAL GAS AND METHODS FOR SAME Ripcord Energy Solutions, LLC WARTALOWICZ, PAUL A 1736 §103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 10, 2024
18628261 MUCOSAL FORM FOR DRUG DELIVERY THROUGH THE MUCOSA AND METHODS OF TREATMENT WITH SAME Sleep Solutions Of Texas, LLC NIEBAUER, RONALD T §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 05, 2024
18546819 WOUND DRESSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USE 145 Ltd. RASSAVONG, ERIC 3781 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 17, 2023
17999267 PROCESS FOR PREPARING A TOTAL EXTRACT OR A FILTRATE ENABLING THE STABILIZATION OF FRESH PLANT MATTER Id4Feed JUSTICE, GINA CHIEUN YU 1617 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 18, 2022
17438095 NOVEL SOLVENT FOR EXTRACTING, SOLUBILISING AND/OR FORMULATING VOLATILE AND NON-VOLATILE COMPOUNDS OF INTEREST IN ANIMAL NUTRITION AND HEALTH, PREPARATION METHOD AND USES THEREOF Avignon Université HOFFMAN, SUSAN COE 1655 §103 Final Rejection 26d Pending Sep 10, 2021
17098355 MAXILLARY AND MANDIBULAR DEVICES, CONTROLLER STATION, AND METHODS OF TREATING AND/OR DIAGNOSING MEDICAL DISORDERS Sleep Solutions Of Texas, LLC NELSON, CHRISTINE L 3772 §102§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 14, 2020

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Fisherbroyles, LLP - Dayton, Ohio's patent allowance rate?

75.5% of resolved applications prosecuted by Fisherbroyles, LLP - Dayton, Ohio were allowed, across 20,556 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Fisherbroyles, LLP - Dayton, Ohio average before allowance?

3.18 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Fisherbroyles, LLP - Dayton, Ohio have?

10 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 8 clients, before 10 examiners in 8 art units.

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