Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Florek & Endres Pllc

17 pending office actions • 14 clients • 17 examiners • 14 art units • 0 of 17 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=985 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

85.0%
Allowance Rate
n=985
+0.71σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=985
3.4
OAs to Allowance
n=711
-0.52σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=711
1038 days
Time to Allowance
n=711
+9.0pp
Interview Lift
n=985
25.7%
RCE Rate
n=985
2.6%
Appeal Rate
n=985

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

65.9%
§101 Overcome
n=44
78.7%
§102 Overcome
n=225
78.6%
§103 Overcome
n=448
78.0%
§112 Overcome
n=396

Specialization & Scale

A61K, A61P, C07D
Top CPC Subclasses
35%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=985
4
Practitioners
n=985
246.2
Apps / Practitioner
n=985

Portfolio Summary

17
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
9
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

6
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
3
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. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (6)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (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.

3
Hard (18%)
11
Medium (65%)
2
Easy (12%)
1
Unknown (6%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only10 (59%)
§102 only1 (6%)
§112 only2 (12%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (18%)
No statute on record1 (6%)

Industry Mix

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

11
Life Sciences
65% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
6% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
24% of docket
1
Business / Other
6% 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.

170 h
Manual time on pending OAs
34 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
59 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LEONG, NATHAN T 1 71.2% +24.1%
TRAN, ERIC 1 69.8% +24.0%
YOUNG, MICAH PAUL 1 55.1% +29.9%
SHI, KATHERINE MENGLIN 1 78.4% +22.1%
KEENA, ELLA LORRAINE 1 18.2% +90.0%
PRIEST, AARON A 1 61.0% +25.8%
SERGENT, RABON A 1 54.8% +24.1%
SMITH, PETER DANIEL 1 52.1% +48.2%
ZHENG, LI 1 83.6% +12.8%
CAIN, JENNIFER LYNN 1 41.2% +67.5%

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
18279470 GENETIC STABILIZER AND GROWTH SELECTOR FOR GENETIC TRANSFORMATION OF THE CHLOROPLAST GENOME OF MICROALGAE ZHENG, LI 62d

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
18429075 DERMAPLANE RAZOR KEENA, ELLA LORRAINE 57d
19045724 PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THREE-DIMENSIONAL TILES LEONG, NATHAN T
18580990 METHOD FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE WHOLE SEQUENCE OF THE VARIABLE REGION OF THE HEAVY AND LIGHT CHAINS OF IMMUNOGLOBULINS PRIEST, AARON A
18578773 METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A SHAPE-MEMORY TISSUE AND RELATIVE USES SERGENT, RABON A

Interview Candidates (10)

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
18931783 KINASE INHIBITOR SALTS AND COMPOSITIONS THEREOF TRAN, ERIC 155d overdue
18570437 ADAPTER FOR CLINICAL, MEDICAL AND LABORATORY CONTAINERS SMITH, PETER DANIEL 31d overdue
18790134 MICRODERMABRASION SYSTEM WITH ERGONOMIC HANDLE SHI, KATHERINE MENGLIN 15d
18429075 DERMAPLANE RAZOR KEENA, ELLA LORRAINE 57d
18279470 GENETIC STABILIZER AND GROWTH SELECTOR FOR GENETIC TRANSFORMATION OF THE CHLOROPLAST GENOME OF MICROALGAE ZHENG, LI 62d
19045724 PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THREE-DIMENSIONAL TILES LEONG, NATHAN T
18919763 STABLE SOLID FINGOLIMOD DOSAGE FORM YOUNG, MICAH PAUL
18580990 METHOD FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE WHOLE SEQUENCE OF THE VARIABLE REGION OF THE HEAVY AND LIGHT CHAINS OF IMMUNOGLOBULINS PRIEST, AARON A

Client Portfolio (14 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
16382
16552
17181
16291
37711
37241
16811
37811
16621
17641

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19045724 PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THREE-DIMENSIONAL TILES Altadia Italia S.r.l. LEONG, NATHAN T 1718 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 05, 2025
18931783 KINASE INHIBITOR SALTS AND COMPOSITIONS THEREOF Handa Oncology, LLC TRAN, ERIC 1629 Other Non-Final OA 155d overdue Pending Oct 30, 2024
18919763 STABLE SOLID FINGOLIMOD DOSAGE FORM Handa Neuroscience, LLC YOUNG, MICAH PAUL §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Oct 18, 2024
18790134 MICRODERMABRASION SYSTEM WITH ERGONOMIC HANDLE Envy Medical, Inc. SHI, KATHERINE MENGLIN 3771 §112Other Non-Final OA 15d Pending Jul 31, 2024
18429075 DERMAPLANE RAZOR Harry'S, Inc. KEENA, ELLA LORRAINE 3724 §103 Final Rejection 57d Pending Jan 31, 2024
18580990 METHOD FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE WHOLE SEQUENCE OF THE VARIABLE REGION OF THE HEAVY AND LIGHT CHAINS OF IMMUNOGLOBULINS Fondazione Irccs Policlinico San Matteo PRIEST, AARON A 1681 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 19, 2024
18578773 METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A SHAPE-MEMORY TISSUE AND RELATIVE USES Fondazione Irccs Policlinico San Matteo SERGENT, RABON A 1638 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 12, 2024
18570437 ADAPTER FOR CLINICAL, MEDICAL AND LABORATORY CONTAINERS Vertice Pharma LLC SMITH, PETER DANIEL 3781 §103 Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending Dec 14, 2023
18279470 GENETIC STABILIZER AND GROWTH SELECTOR FOR GENETIC TRANSFORMATION OF THE CHLOROPLAST GENOME OF MICROALGAE Luca Dall'Osto ZHENG, LI 1662 §103 Final Rejection 62d Pending Aug 30, 2023
18458248 Topical Hyperpigmentation Compositions and Method of Use Allergan Sales, LLC CAIN, JENNIFER LYNN 1655 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 30, 2023
18236682 PROCESS FOR THE RECOVERY AND RECYCLING OF UNREACTED MONOMER IN A SINGLE-STEP PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A CARBON-FIBER PRECURSOR Montefibre Mae Technologies S.r.l. HUHN, RICHARD A 1764 §112 Final Rejection Pending Aug 22, 2023
18278082 SILK FIBROIN BIOINKS AND RELATED USE FOR 3D BIOPRINTING Cellink KIM, DANIELLE A 1613 §103 Final Rejection 63d Pending Aug 21, 2023
18025092 METHOD FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF ORAL THERAPY IN PARKINSON'S DISEASE Brain Innovations, S.r.l. JACKSON, JORDAN L 2857 §103Other Final Rejection 155d overdue Pending Mar 07, 2023
18025069 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR THE OBJECTIVE CHARACTERIZATION OF SYMPTOMS OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE Brain Innovations, S.r.l. TOMBERS, JOSEPH A 3791 §102 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Mar 07, 2023
18022159 COLLOIDAL SOLUTION FOR EX-VIVO LUNG PERFUSION AND STORAGE S.A.L.F. S.p.A. Laboratorio Farmacologico VAN BUREN, LAUREN K 1638 §103 Final Rejection 82d Pending Feb 19, 2023
17802588 FORMULATION BASED ON POLYHEXAMETHYLENE BIGUANIDE FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS AND/OR FUNGAL INFECTIONS Sifi S.p.A. FAY, ZOHREH ALEMZADEH 1617 §103 Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending Aug 26, 2022
16965974 EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES DERIVED FROM CELLS CULTURED UNDER HYPOXIC CONDITIONS AND USES THEREOF Allergan Sales, LLC BOECKELMAN, JACOB A 1655 §103 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Jul 29, 2020

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