Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Fishman Stewart Pllc

67 pending office actions • 33 clients • 66 examiners • 46 art units • 0 of 67 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=12308 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

87.2%
Allowance Rate
n=12308
+0.44σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=12308
2.4
OAs to Allowance
n=9771
-0.42σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=9771
1126 days
Time to Allowance
n=9771
+3.0pp
Interview Lift
n=12308
15.6%
RCE Rate
n=12308
2.8%
Appeal Rate
n=12308

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

80.7%
§101 Overcome
n=373
81.4%
§102 Overcome
n=2600
81.4%
§103 Overcome
n=3749
84.4%
§112 Overcome
n=2526

Specialization & Scale

H04N, Y10T, G09G
Top CPC Subclasses
10%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=12308
7
Practitioners
n=12308
1758.3
Apps / Practitioner
n=12308

Portfolio Summary

67
Total Pending OAs
40
Non-Final OAs
23
Final Rejections
4
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 24 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

13
Overdue
1
Due this week
6
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
4
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. 24 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (13)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (6)Due later (4)

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.

41
Hard (61%)
20
Medium (30%)
6
Easy (9%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other5 (7%)
§103 only16 (24%)
§102 only3 (4%)
§112 only6 (9%)
Double-patenting + other1 (1%)
Multi-statute (no §101)36 (54%)

Industry Mix

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

31
Life Sciences
46% of docket
1
Information Tech
1% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
6
Semiconductors
9% of docket
23
Mechanical / Eng
34% of docket
6
Business / Other
9% 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.

670 h
Manual time on pending OAs
134 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
234 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
5.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ARMSTRONG, KAREN JOYCE 2 66.7% +13.3%
LIETHEN, KURT PHILIP 1 79.3% +9.9%
OLADAPO, TAIWO 1 53.0% +11.7%
MORGAN, DERRICK R 1 72.5% +27.2%
LEE, GEOFFREY S 1 60.8% +19.7%
DANDRIDGE, CHRISTOPHER R. 1 65.9% +36.7%
HOLLY, LEE A 1 74.9% +6.2%
CAMPBELL, KEITH 1 89.9% +0.8%
HALPRIN, MOLLY SARA 1 38.9% +66.7%
LEE, DAVINA EN-YIN 1 39.2% +13.0%

Hard Cases (41)

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
17921030 DIAZINE AND TRIAZINE COMPOUNDS TO TREAT CYTOKINE STORM SYNDROME CHANDRAKUMAR, NIZAL S 142d overdue
18144382 IN VIVO IMMUNOIMAGING OF INTERFERON-GAMMA SHOMER, ISAAC 91d overdue
18070424 VENTILATION DEVICE TURNER, SONJI 78d overdue
18384375 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A BUSBAR, A BUSBAR FOR A MOTOR, AND A MOTOR SINGH, ALEXANDER A 36d overdue
19107407 EMULSION OLADAPO, TAIWO 17d overdue
18988861 CAMSHAFT HOLLY, LEE A 17d overdue
18015958 COOLING SYSTEM RUBY, TRAVIS C 4d overdue
18897583 BEARING AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE HASAN, SYED O 6d

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
17860101 BATTERY DEVICE AND USE THEREOF IN A MOTOR VEHICLE ARMSTRONG, KAREN JOYCE 187d overdue
17739116 BATTERY MODULE ARMSTRONG, KAREN JOYCE 42d overdue
19107407 EMULSION OLADAPO, TAIWO 17d overdue
19105034 SLIDE AND A FRAME FOR A PISTOL AND PISTOL EQUIPPED WITH THE SLIDE AND THE FRAME MORGAN, DERRICK R 70d
19100560 PUMPING DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE LEE, GEOFFREY S
19031221 GAS FUEL INJECTOR DANDRIDGE, CHRISTOPHER R.
18865536 SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC DEVICE FOR MEASURING BLOOD OXYGEN SATURATION HALPRIN, MOLLY SARA
18859992 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SKIN TEMPERATURE REGULATION LEE, DAVINA EN-YIN

Client Portfolio (33 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28344
16184
37472
16632
16622
37542
16222
16122
37612
16812

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19218585 AIR INTAKE DUCT FOR MOTOR VEHICLE Mahle International GmbH LIETHEN, KURT PHILIP 3747 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 26, 2025
19107407 EMULSION VERTORO B.V. OLADAPO, TAIWO 1771 §103§112 Final Rejection 17d overdue Pending Feb 27, 2025
19105034 SLIDE AND A FRAME FOR A PISTOL AND PISTOL EQUIPPED WITH THE SLIDE AND THE FRAME Glock Technology GmbH MORGAN, DERRICK R 3641 §102§103 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Feb 19, 2025
19100560 PUMPING DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE Mahle International GmbH LEE, GEOFFREY S 3746 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 31, 2025
19031221 GAS FUEL INJECTOR Nikki Co., Ltd. DANDRIDGE, CHRISTOPHER R. §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 17, 2025
18988861 CAMSHAFT Mahle International GmbH HOLLY, LEE A 3726 §102§103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Dec 19, 2024
18874719 PENDULUM CONVEYOR Magnetic Products, Inc. CAMPBELL, KEITH 3651 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 13, 2024
18865536 SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC DEVICE FOR MEASURING BLOOD OXYGEN SATURATION Carag AG HALPRIN, MOLLY SARA 3791 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 13, 2024
18859992 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SKIN TEMPERATURE REGULATION Barc Innovations, Inc. LEE, DAVINA EN-YIN 3794 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 24, 2024
18859903 USE OF PROTOPORPHYRINOGEN OXIDASE BEIJING DABEINONG BIOTECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. STOCKDALE, JESSICA NICOLE 1663 §101§102§103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Oct 24, 2024
18926303 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PUMP DEVICE Mahle International GmbH DODDS, SCOTT 1746 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 24, 2024
18858937 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HYPERPOLARIZING SUBSTRATE MOLECULES North Carolina State University NGUYEN, HOAI AN D §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 22, 2024
18858953 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE (MR) CONTRAST AGENTS Wayne State University ZHANG, LEI 3798 §103 Final Rejection 69d Pending Oct 22, 2024
18897583 BEARING AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE Mahle France SAS HASAN, SYED O 3747 §102§103Other Final Rejection 6d Pending Sep 26, 2024
18839890 Nucleic Acid Sequence for Detecting Glycine Max Plant DBN8205 and Detection Method Therefor BEIJING DABEINONG BIOTECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. ZHENG, LI 1662 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 20, 2024
18805701 MOBILE CART WITH HIGH-POWER SLURRY VACUUM AND CONTAINMENT Refuse Materials, Inc. JENNINGS, MICHAEL DEANGILO §102§103Other Non-Final OA Pending Aug 15, 2024
18805953 HIGH CAPACITY HYBRID FRAME-WALL INTENDED FOR COLD-FORMED STEEL CONSTRUCTION Wayne State University AGUDELO, PAOLA 3633 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 15, 2024
18839020 BAG ON VALVE TECHNOLOGY Simply Breath Holdings Limited WALCZAK, DAVID J 3754 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 15, 2024
18836347 CLIP DEVICE FOR SECURING A SINK TO A WORKTOP Inter Ikea Systems B.V. ROS, NICHOLAS A 3754 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 12d Pending Aug 06, 2024
18742267 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS RELATING TO USE OF PHOSPHATIDIC ACID TO RESCUE FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDER (FASD) GROWTH RESTRICTION AND BLOOD VESSEL CONSTRICTION Wayne State University REILLY, SOPHIA JANE §101§102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 13, 2024
18719723 MUTATED HYDROXYPHENYLPYRUVATE DIOXYGENASE POLYPEPTIDE, AND CODING GENE AND USE THEREOF BEIJING DABEINONG BIOTECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. SPEED, DEQUANTARIUS JAVON 1663 §103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Jun 13, 2024
18717417 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AN ELECTRIC MOTOR Mahle International GmbH KENERLY, TERRANCE L 2834 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 06, 2024
18661196 SINTERING PASTE, METHOD FOR ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE, MATERIALLY BONDED CONNECTION OF AN ALUMINUM CONDUCTOR COVERED WITH AN OXIDE LAYER TO AN ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCT Mahle International GmbH MCALLISTER, MICHAEL F 2847 §102§103 Non-Final OA 30d Pending May 10, 2024
18708161 INDUCTIVELY ELECTRICALLY SYNCHRONOUS MACHINE Mahle International GmbH ISLAM, MUHAMMAD S 2846 §102§112 Non-Final OA 72d Pending May 07, 2024
18704447 ROTOR FOR AN EXTERNALLY EXCITED SYNCHRONOUS MACHINE Mahle International GmbH GUGGER, SEAN A 2834 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 24, 2024
18690717 CABINET Ikea Supply AG ING, MATTHEW W 3637 §102§103 Final Rejection 9d Pending Mar 08, 2024
18689413 ELECTRIC MOTOR Mahle International GmbH MANN JR, CHARLIE FRANK 2834 §103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Mar 05, 2024
18686399 METHOD FOR OPERATING A PORTABLE PRIMIARY ELECTRONIC DEVICE Ecom Instruments GmbH TAHA, SHUKRI ABDALLAH 2478 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 23, 2024
18442071 AN ELECTRIC DRIVE SYSTEM FOR AN ASSISTED PEDALING BICYCLE Mahle International GmbH LEE, MATTHEW D 3617 §112 Final Rejection 15d Pending Feb 14, 2024
18572604 BIGLYCAN PEPTIDE AND ANTIBODIES Sgpth Life Science AB TRAN HO, LAM THUY VI §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 20, 2023
18568835 FLOOR ASSEMBLY FOR INDUCTIVE CHARGING DEVICE Mahle International GmbH DIAO, M BAYE §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 10, 2023
18568757 DAURICHROMENIC ACID AND IT'S USE IN MEDICINE Phytotherapeutix Ltd. VAJDA, KRISTIN ANN 1622 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 08, 2023
18568641 GEMCITABINE ANTICANCER DERIVATIVE AND ANTICANCER PHARMACEUTICAL USE Ascentawits Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. BERRY, LAYLA D 1693 §112 Final Rejection Pending Dec 08, 2023
18557777 USE OF PROTOPORPHYRINOGEN OXIDASE BEIJING DABEINONG BIOTECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. DELEO, VICTORIA LYNN 1662 §103 Final Rejection 22d Pending Oct 27, 2023
18557854 PRECURSOR AND RADIOTRACER FOR NEUROENDOCRINE THERANOSTICS Itm Oncologics GmbH LEWOCZKO, EVAN MICHAEL 1612 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 27, 2023
18384375 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A BUSBAR, A BUSBAR FOR A MOTOR, AND A MOTOR Mahle International GmbH SINGH, ALEXANDER A 2834 §102§103 Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending Oct 26, 2023
18373522 SHUTTLE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HANDLING A LOAD CARRIER Gebhardt Fördertechnik GmbH PATEL, JAIMIN GHANSHYAM 3652 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 27, 2023
18552575 USE OF PPAR(gamma) AGONISTS OR MPC INHIBITORS FOR TREATING PRIMARY, INNATE DISEASES OF THE CARDIAC MUSCLE (CARDIOMYOPATHIES) Preventage Therapeutics GmbH ABDALHAMEED, MANAHIL MIRGHANI ALI 1622 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 26, 2023
18552124 [161Tb]-BASED RADIOPEPTIDES Paul Scherrer Institut ROGERS, JAMES WILLIAM 1618 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 22, 2023
18280203 NEEDLE TIP SHIELDING DEVICE, PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING A THERMOPLASTIC ELEMENT Greiner Bio-One GmbH BARTLETT, VICTORIA 1744 §112 Final Rejection 26d overdue Pending Sep 01, 2023
18238648 HIGH TEMPERATURE LITHIUM-ION BATTERY AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME Wayne State University BROWN, MADISON ELIZABETH 1787 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 28, 2023
18239109 MOTOR DEVICE FOR AN ELECTRIC BICYCLE Mahle International GmbH STANLEY, TYLER JAY 3611 §102§103§112Other Final Rejection 12d Pending Aug 28, 2023
18274906 MEDICAMENT PACKAGING Iconovo AB PHILIPS, BRADLEY H 3799 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 28, 2023
18266245 BALLOON CATHETERS Ridgeback Technologies Ltd. GEIGER, RACHAEL L 3771 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 08, 2023
18206288 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS RELATING TO CLOSTRIDIUM COCHLEARIUM AND LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS Wayne State University PAGUIO FRISING, MICHELLE F 1651 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 06, 2023
18204037 ELECTROPHORESIS-MEDIATED CHARACTERIZATION OF DNA CONTENT OF ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRUS CAPSIDS PerkinElmer Health Sciences, Inc. CASH, KAILEY ELIZABETH 1683 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 31, 2023
18039419 DEVICE FOR BINDING AND SEPARATION OF AT LEAST ONE COMPONENT FROM A BODY FLUID Alteco Medical AB PERRIN, CLARE M 1779 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 30, 2023
18252416 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR INHIBITION OF TISSUE ADHESION Wayne State University WASHVILLE, JEFFREY D 1766 §103§112 Non-Final OA 84d Pending May 10, 2023
18144382 IN VIVO IMMUNOIMAGING OF INTERFERON-GAMMA Wayne State University SHOMER, ISAAC 1612 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 91d overdue Pending May 08, 2023
18035662 COMBINATION OF PARA-AMINOHIPPURIC ACID (PAH) AND RADIOLABELED COMPLEXES FOR TREATING CANCER Itm Isotope Technologies Munich SE CRAIG, KAILA ANGELIQUE 1618 §103DP Non-Final OA Pending May 05, 2023
18029561 MATRICES FOR SELECTIVE BINDING OF AT LEAST ONE COMPONENT FROM A BODY FLUID Alteco Medical AB HELLMAN, KRISTINA M 1654 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 30, 2023
18119258 ELECTRIC HEATING DEVICE Mahle International GmbH ROSARIO-APONTE, ALBA T 3761 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 08, 2023
18015958 COOLING SYSTEM Mahle International GmbH RUBY, TRAVIS C 3763 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Jan 12, 2023
18012258 Ultra-Fast PCR Thermocycler Fast Mdx (Ip) Limited WILDER, CYNTHIA B 1681 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 22, 2022
18070424 VENTILATION DEVICE Mahle International GmbH TURNER, SONJI 1776 §102§103 Final Rejection 78d overdue Pending Nov 28, 2022
17921030 DIAZINE AND TRIAZINE COMPOUNDS TO TREAT CYTOKINE STORM SYNDROME UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH CHANDRAKUMAR, NIZAL S 1625 §103§112Other Final Rejection 142d overdue Pending Oct 24, 2022
17955923 [161Tb]-BASED RADIOPEPTIDES Paul Scherrer Institute COFFA, SERGIO 1658 §102 Final Rejection 72d overdue Pending Sep 29, 2022
17886126 METHODS AND KITS FOR DEPLETING UNDESIRED NUCLEIC ACIDS Revvity Health Sciences, Inc. BERTAGNA, ANGELA MARIE 1681 §103 Final Rejection 9d overdue Pending Aug 11, 2022
17860101 BATTERY DEVICE AND USE THEREOF IN A MOTOR VEHICLE Mahle International GmbH ARMSTRONG, KAREN JOYCE 1726 §103 Final Rejection 187d overdue Pending Jul 08, 2022
17749527 MOBILE CART COMBINING ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATION AND DUST COLLECTION Refuse Materials, Inc. SHUM, KENT N 3723 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 20, 2022
17739116 BATTERY MODULE Mahle International GmbH ARMSTRONG, KAREN JOYCE 1726 §103 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending May 07, 2022
17775292 INHALER BYPASS Iconovo AB RUDDIE, ELLIOT S 3785 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 07, 2022
17681773 ELECTRIC BATTERY AND MOTOR VEHICLE Mahle International GmbH ZENG, LINGWEN R 1723 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 26, 2022
17608921 PARA-AMINOHIPPURIC ACID (PAH) AS A RENAL PROTECTIVE SUBSTANCE Itm Isotope Technologies Munich SE JONES, DAMERON LEVEST 1618 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 04, 2021
17359858 ASSESSMENT OF AN ANALYTE FROM A BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE DISPOSED ON A SUPPORT Revvity Omics, Inc. ALEXANDER, LYLE 1797 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jun 28, 2021
17298321 NOVEL TUMOR ANTIGEN BINDING AGENTS AND USES THEREOF Paul Scherrer Institut DICKINSON, PAUL W 1618 §112 Non-Final OA Pending May 28, 2021
17288511 ELECTRIC POWER CONVERTER DEVICE Mahle International GmbH BELAY, DILNESSA B 3761 §103 Non-Final OA 226d overdue Pending Apr 23, 2021

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