Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Fortkort & Houston P.C.

Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

8 pending office actions • 4 clients • 6 examiners • 4 art units • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

FORTKORT & HOUSTON P.C. has 674 career applications in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The firm maintains a resolved allowance rate pct of 83.98, showing a solid success rate. However, the avg office actions per allowance is 3.94, which suggests a more protracted negotiation process. There are currently 7 pending office actions for the firm.

The 3.94 avg office actions per allowance indicates that practitioners should expect multiple rounds of office actions to achieve the 83.98 resolved allowance rate pct. The 674 career applications establish the firm's experience in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. With 7 pending office actions, the firm is actively managing its current portfolio. This data suggests a firm that is willing to engage in extensive back-and-forth with examiners to secure patent rights.

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

Quality Metrics (n=674 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

84.0%
Allowance Rate
n=674
+0.60σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=674
3.9
OAs to Allowance
n=325
+0.43σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=325
1184 days
Time to Allowance
n=325
+11.4pp
Interview Lift
n=674
30.2%
RCE Rate
n=674
1.1%
Appeal Rate
n=674

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

72.7%
§101 Overcome
n=66
77.3%
§102 Overcome
n=141
78.5%
§103 Overcome
n=251
82.9%
§112 Overcome
n=187

Specialization & Scale

G06Q, G06F, H01L
Top CPC Subclasses
19%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=674
1
Practitioners
n=674
674.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=674

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
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.

5
Hard (62%)
1
Medium (12%)
2
Easy (25%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other4 (50%)
§103 only1 (12%)
§112 only2 (25%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (12%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
38% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
38% of docket
2
Business / Other
25% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
COVINGTON, AMANDA R 3 21.8% +28.5%
DAILEY, THOMAS J 1 81.0% +14.9%
LE, THANH T 1 83.0% +32.8%
KOSLOW, CAROL M 1 81.6% +12.2%
MOORE, KARLA A 1 43.1% +14.0%
AYAD, TAMIR 1 42.3% +47.9%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17790116 EXTRUDED FLUORESCENT FILMS KOSLOW, CAROL M 45d overdue
19075779 ENHANCED ENCRYPTED TRAFFIC ANALYSIS VIA INTEGRATED ENTROPY ESTIMATION AND NEURAL NETWORK-BASED FEATURE HYBRIDIZATION LE, THANH T —

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19007451 CLOUD-BASED WELLNESS SYSTEM FOR GENERATING PERSONALIZED PHOTOBIOMODULATION TREATMENT RECOMMENDATIONS COVINGTON, AMANDA R 40d
19088981 ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR IOT NETWORKS UTILIZING DYNAMIC FUZZY LOGIC FRAMEWORK DAILEY, THOMAS J —
19007480 CLOUD-BASED AI-ENHANCED PHOTOBIOMODULATION WELLNESS SYSTEM WITH INTEGRATED VIRTUAL AND DISTRIBUTED LEDGER FEATURES COVINGTON, AMANDA R —
18228651 AI-AUGMENTED PHOTOBIOMODULATION WELLNESS SYSTEM WITH A COMMUNITY OF USERS COVINGTON, AMANDA R —
17610155 GAS CAPACITOR FOR SEMICONDUCTOR TOOL MOORE, KARLA A —

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
17790116 EXTRUDED FLUORESCENT FILMS KOSLOW, CAROL M 45d overdue
19007451 CLOUD-BASED WELLNESS SYSTEM FOR GENERATING PERSONALIZED PHOTOBIOMODULATION TREATMENT RECOMMENDATIONS COVINGTON, AMANDA R 40d
19088981 ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR IOT NETWORKS UTILIZING DYNAMIC FUZZY LOGIC FRAMEWORK DAILEY, THOMAS J —
19075779 ENHANCED ENCRYPTED TRAFFIC ANALYSIS VIA INTEGRATED ENTROPY ESTIMATION AND NEURAL NETWORK-BASED FEATURE HYBRIDIZATION LE, THANH T —
19007480 CLOUD-BASED AI-ENHANCED PHOTOBIOMODULATION WELLNESS SYSTEM WITH INTEGRATED VIRTUAL AND DISTRIBUTED LEDGER FEATURES COVINGTON, AMANDA R —
18228651 AI-AUGMENTED PHOTOBIOMODULATION WELLNESS SYSTEM WITH A COMMUNITY OF USERS COVINGTON, AMANDA R —
17610155 GAS CAPACITOR FOR SEMICONDUCTOR TOOL MOORE, KARLA A —
15604656 LAMINATED GLASS LUMINESCENT CONCENTRATOR AYAD, TAMIR —

Client Portfolio (4 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36863
17341
17161
17261

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19088981 ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR IOT NETWORKS UTILIZING DYNAMIC FUZZY LOGIC FRAMEWORK Leptude, Inc. DAILEY, THOMAS J §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 24, 2025
19075779 ENHANCED ENCRYPTED TRAFFIC ANALYSIS VIA INTEGRATED ENTROPY ESTIMATION AND NEURAL NETWORK-BASED FEATURE HYBRIDIZATION Leptude, Inc. LE, THANH T §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 10, 2025
19007480 CLOUD-BASED AI-ENHANCED PHOTOBIOMODULATION WELLNESS SYSTEM WITH INTEGRATED VIRTUAL AND DISTRIBUTED LEDGER FEATURES Reversal Solutions, Inc. COVINGTON, AMANDA R 3686 §101§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 01, 2025
19007451 CLOUD-BASED WELLNESS SYSTEM FOR GENERATING PERSONALIZED PHOTOBIOMODULATION TREATMENT RECOMMENDATIONS Reversal Solutions, Inc. COVINGTON, AMANDA R 3686 §101§103 Final Rejection 40d Pending Dec 31, 2024
18228651 AI-AUGMENTED PHOTOBIOMODULATION WELLNESS SYSTEM WITH A COMMUNITY OF USERS Reversal Solutions, Inc. COVINGTON, AMANDA R 3686 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 31, 2023
17790116 EXTRUDED FLUORESCENT FILMS UbiQD, Inc. KOSLOW, CAROL M 1734 §112 Final Rejection 45d overdue Pending Jun 29, 2022
17610155 GAS CAPACITOR FOR SEMICONDUCTOR TOOL Fabworx Solutions, Inc. MOORE, KARLA A 1716 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 10, 2021
15604656 LAMINATED GLASS LUMINESCENT CONCENTRATOR UbiQD, Inc. AYAD, TAMIR 1726 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 25, 2017

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