Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Foster Garvey Pc

8 pending office actions • 5 clients • 8 examiners • 6 art units • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=1071 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

81.9%
Allowance Rate
n=1071
+0.57σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1071
3.8
OAs to Allowance
n=596
+0.19σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=596
1100 days
Time to Allowance
n=596
+13.7pp
Interview Lift
n=1071
27.2%
RCE Rate
n=1071
0.2%
Appeal Rate
n=1071

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

78.8%
§101 Overcome
n=189
75.9%
§102 Overcome
n=299
80.9%
§103 Overcome
n=466
80.3%
§112 Overcome
n=310

Specialization & Scale

G06F, G06Q, A61B
Top CPC Subclasses
20%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1071
3
Practitioners
n=1071
357.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=1071

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (1)

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 (38%)
4
Medium (50%)
1
Easy (12%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (12%)
§103 only3 (38%)
§102 only1 (12%)
§112 only1 (12%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (25%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
50% of docket
2
Information Tech
25% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% 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
WENDMAGEGN, GIRUMSEW 1 76.9% +21.2%
KASENGE, CHARLES R 1 84.3% +13.4%
CARLSON, JEFFREY D 1 28.9% +22.0%
MEJIAS, SAMANTHA LEE 1 50.0% +60.0%
SCHLIENTZ, LEAH H 1 41.9% +38.5%
CHAWLA, JYOTI 1 52.5% +30.2%
YOUNG, BRIAN ELLIS 1 65.7% +30.1%
GIRI, PURSOTTAM 1 19.0% +12.6%

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
18889354 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUSES FOR ADAPTIVE IRRIGATION ZONE CONTROL USING PRESSURE, TIME, FLOW, AND PREDICTED BEHAVIOR KASENGE, CHARLES R

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
17114433 PREDICTING AND PREVENTING HYPOGLYCEMIA IN PATIENTS HAVING TYPE 1 DIABETES DURING PERIODS OF INCOGNIZANCE USING BIG DATA ANALYTICS AND DECISION THEORETIC ANALYSIS GIRI, PURSOTTAM 14d
18216361 Two-Wheeled, Self-Balancing Vehicle with Independently Movable Foot Platform Sections CARLSON, JEFFREY D
18042209 SMALL MOLECULE ALBUMIN BINDERS SCHLIENTZ, LEAH H
17753592 CRISPR-MEDIATED CAPTURE OF NUCLEIC ACIDS YOUNG, BRIAN ELLIS

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
17114433 PREDICTING AND PREVENTING HYPOGLYCEMIA IN PATIENTS HAVING TYPE 1 DIABETES DURING PERIODS OF INCOGNIZANCE USING BIG DATA ANALYTICS AND DECISION THEORETIC ANALYSIS GIRI, PURSOTTAM 14d
18145831 PRODUCTION OF LEGUME-BASED NUTRIENT-DENSE DOUGHS AND FOOD PRODUCTS CHAWLA, JYOTI 27d
18044444 STABILIZED HYDROPHOBIC NANOPARTICLES FOR ULTRASOUND IMAGING MEJIAS, SAMANTHA LEE 42d
19037185 WORKSTATION SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED INSPECTION OF ROBOTICALLY OR MANUALLY PERFORMED DEXTEROUS TASKS WENDMAGEGN, GIRUMSEW 84d
18889354 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUSES FOR ADAPTIVE IRRIGATION ZONE CONTROL USING PRESSURE, TIME, FLOW, AND PREDICTED BEHAVIOR KASENGE, CHARLES R
18216361 Two-Wheeled, Self-Balancing Vehicle with Independently Movable Foot Platform Sections CARLSON, JEFFREY D
18042209 SMALL MOLECULE ALBUMIN BINDERS SCHLIENTZ, LEAH H
17753592 CRISPR-MEDIATED CAPTURE OF NUCLEIC ACIDS YOUNG, BRIAN ELLIS

Client Portfolio (5 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
16182
24841
39921
17911
16841
21861

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19037185 WORKSTATION SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED INSPECTION OF ROBOTICALLY OR MANUALLY PERFORMED DEXTEROUS TASKS Rapta Inc. WENDMAGEGN, GIRUMSEW 2484 §103 Non-Final OA 84d Pending Jan 25, 2025
18889354 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUSES FOR ADAPTIVE IRRIGATION ZONE CONTROL USING PRESSURE, TIME, FLOW, AND PREDICTED BEHAVIOR Hydropoint Data Systems, Inc. KASENGE, CHARLES R §102 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 18, 2024
18216361 Two-Wheeled, Self-Balancing Vehicle with Independently Movable Foot Platform Sections Shane Chen CARLSON, JEFFREY D 3992 §112Other Non-Final OA Pending Jun 29, 2023
18044444 STABILIZED HYDROPHOBIC NANOPARTICLES FOR ULTRASOUND IMAGING Oregon Health & Science University MEJIAS, SAMANTHA LEE 1618 §103 Non-Final OA 42d Pending Mar 08, 2023
18042209 SMALL MOLECULE ALBUMIN BINDERS Oregon Health & Science University SCHLIENTZ, LEAH H 1618 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 17, 2023
18145831 PRODUCTION OF LEGUME-BASED NUTRIENT-DENSE DOUGHS AND FOOD PRODUCTS Antithesis Foods Inc. CHAWLA, JYOTI 1791 §103 Final Rejection 27d Pending Dec 22, 2022
17753592 CRISPR-MEDIATED CAPTURE OF NUCLEIC ACIDS Oregon Health & Science University YOUNG, BRIAN ELLIS 1684 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 08, 2022
17114433 PREDICTING AND PREVENTING HYPOGLYCEMIA IN PATIENTS HAVING TYPE 1 DIABETES DURING PERIODS OF INCOGNIZANCE USING BIG DATA ANALYTICS AND DECISION THEORETIC ANALYSIS Oregon Health & Science University GIRI, PURSOTTAM 2186 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Dec 07, 2020

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