Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Gardner, Linn, Burkhart & Ondersma LLP

27 pending office actions • 17 clients • 27 examiners • 19 art units • 0 of 27 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=3178 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

94.0%
Allowance Rate
n=3178
+0.54σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=3178
2.5
OAs to Allowance
n=1603
-0.54σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=1603
890 days
Time to Allowance
n=1603
+3.6pp
Interview Lift
n=3178
15.4%
RCE Rate
n=3178
1.3%
Appeal Rate
n=3178

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

85.7%
§101 Overcome
n=63
86.7%
§102 Overcome
n=603
87.9%
§103 Overcome
n=910
90.8%
§112 Overcome
n=639

Specialization & Scale

B65G, H01R, G01S
Top CPC Subclasses
12%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=3178
1
Practitioners
n=3178
3178.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=3178

Portfolio Summary

27
Total Pending OAs
21
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
5
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (5)

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.

16
Hard (59%)
9
Medium (33%)
2
Easy (7%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (4%)
§103 only6 (22%)
§102 only1 (4%)
§112 only1 (4%)
Double-patenting only1 (4%)
Double-patenting + other2 (7%)
Multi-statute (no §101)15 (56%)

Industry Mix

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

6
Life Sciences
22% of docket
1
Information Tech
4% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
7% of docket
11
Mechanical / Eng
41% of docket
7
Business / Other
26% 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.

270 h
Manual time on pending OAs
54 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
94 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BROWN, SETH RICHARD 1 49.3% +45.2%
LAM, ALEX W 1 92.1% +1.4%
WANG, CHAO 1 81.1% +85.7%
BROWN, ANTHONY D 1 85.4% +15.1%
TEJADA, JOSEANE ECLAIR 1 51.4% +63.0%
KHANDKER, RAIHAN R 1 64.5% +57.8%
ROBINSON, KRYSTAL 1 86.4% -5.3%
SNELTING, JONATHAN D 1 68.8% +31.6%
KOTIS, JOSHUA G 1 74.2% +56.6%
BROTHERS, LAURENCE RAPHAEL 1 88.0% +16.7%

Quick Wins (4)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19184613 HYBRID ENERGY SYSTEMS LAM, ALEX W 15d
19053077 DRIFT DETECTION IN REMOTE COMPUTER SYSTEMS BROWN, ANTHONY D
18999944 ELECTRICAL OUTLET ASSEMBLY ROBINSON, KRYSTAL
18838414 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR AUTOMATICALLY STACKING PACKAGES ON A SUPPORT IN MULTIPLE LAYERS BROTHERS, LAURENCE RAPHAEL

Hard Cases (16)

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
18899445 MEDICAL TEST DEVICE PACKAGE, PACKAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PACKAGING A MEDICAL TEST DEVICE KOTIS, JOSHUA G 26d overdue
17724771 FLUID-DRIVEN HATCH PONCIANO, PATRICK BERNAS 13d
18447424 COMPACT BATTERY FOR POWER TOOL AND POWER TOOL WITH COMPACT BATTERY APICELLA, KARIE O 22d
19126789 FRICTION-LIFT TORSO HARNESS AND PATIENT HANDLING DEVICE BROWN, SETH RICHARD
19180684 PASSWORD AUDITING IN REMOTE COMPUTER SYSTEMS WANG, CHAO
18880338 METHOD OF FIXATION OF INTRALUMINAL DEVICE, INTRALUMINAL FIXATION SYSTEM AND INTRALUMINAL FASTENER KHANDKER, RAIHAN R
18783857 MOUNTING FRAMEWORK, VEHICLE CRANE AND METHOD FOR MOUNTING A BRACING APPARATUS ON A TELESCOPING JIB SOTO, HENRIX
18784709 VEHICLE CRANE COMPRISING A MOUNTING FRAMEWORK AND METHOD FOR MOUNTING A BRACING APPARATUS ON A TELESCOPING JIB ADAMS, NATHANIEL L

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
18899445 MEDICAL TEST DEVICE PACKAGE, PACKAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PACKAGING A MEDICAL TEST DEVICE KOTIS, JOSHUA G 26d overdue
19008254 STORAGE SYSTEM TEJADA, JOSEANE ECLAIR 29d
19126789 FRICTION-LIFT TORSO HARNESS AND PATIENT HANDLING DEVICE BROWN, SETH RICHARD
19180684 PASSWORD AUDITING IN REMOTE COMPUTER SYSTEMS WANG, CHAO
19053077 DRIFT DETECTION IN REMOTE COMPUTER SYSTEMS BROWN, ANTHONY D
18880338 METHOD OF FIXATION OF INTRALUMINAL DEVICE, INTRALUMINAL FIXATION SYSTEM AND INTRALUMINAL FASTENER KHANDKER, RAIHAN R
18916049 DEPLOYABLE STORAGE SYSTEM FOR VEHICLES SNELTING, JONATHAN D
18838414 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR AUTOMATICALLY STACKING PACKAGES ON A SUPPORT IN MULTIPLE LAYERS BROTHERS, LAURENCE RAPHAEL

Client Portfolio (17 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36542
36552
37861
28421
36731
37711
28471
37311
36531
21751

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19126789 FRICTION-LIFT TORSO HARNESS AND PATIENT HANDLING DEVICE Hapai Transfer Systems Limited BROWN, SETH RICHARD 3786 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 02, 2025
19184613 HYBRID ENERGY SYSTEMS Spoc Grid Inverter Technologies, Inc. LAM, ALEX W 2842 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Apr 21, 2025
19180684 PASSWORD AUDITING IN REMOTE COMPUTER SYSTEMS Sandfly Security Limited WANG, CHAO §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 16, 2025
19053077 DRIFT DETECTION IN REMOTE COMPUTER SYSTEMS Sandfly Security Limited BROWN, ANTHONY D §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 13, 2025
19008254 STORAGE SYSTEM Daves Medical LLC TEJADA, JOSEANE ECLAIR 3673 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Jan 02, 2025
18880338 METHOD OF FIXATION OF INTRALUMINAL DEVICE, INTRALUMINAL FIXATION SYSTEM AND INTRALUMINAL FASTENER Bfkw, LLC KHANDKER, RAIHAN R 3771 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 31, 2024
18999944 ELECTRICAL OUTLET ASSEMBLY Norman R. Byrne ROBINSON, KRYSTAL 2847 DP Final Rejection Pending Dec 23, 2024
18916049 DEPLOYABLE STORAGE SYSTEM FOR VEHICLES Nb4 Brand LLC, D/B/A/ The Kingstar Company SNELTING, JONATHAN D §102§103DP Non-Final OA Pending Oct 15, 2024
18899445 MEDICAL TEST DEVICE PACKAGE, PACKAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PACKAGING A MEDICAL TEST DEVICE Kinematic Automation, Inc. KOTIS, JOSHUA G 3731 §102§103 Non-Final OA 26d overdue Pending Sep 27, 2024
18838414 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR AUTOMATICALLY STACKING PACKAGES ON A SUPPORT IN MULTIPLE LAYERS Dematic GmbH BROTHERS, LAURENCE RAPHAEL §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 14, 2024
18783857 MOUNTING FRAMEWORK, VEHICLE CRANE AND METHOD FOR MOUNTING A BRACING APPARATUS ON A TELESCOPING JIB Tadano Demag GmbH SOTO, HENRIX 3654 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Jul 25, 2024
18784709 VEHICLE CRANE COMPRISING A MOUNTING FRAMEWORK AND METHOD FOR MOUNTING A BRACING APPARATUS ON A TELESCOPING JIB Tadano Demag GmbH ADAMS, NATHANIEL L 3654 §102§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Jul 25, 2024
18671052 ADAPTIVE AUTONOMOUS MOBILE ROBOT TASKING AND MANAGEMENT Dematic Corp. ROMANO, ASHLEY K 3653 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 22, 2024
18641863 APPARATUS FOR ULTRAVIOLET DISINFECTION OF WATER Blu Technology, LLC ABDEL LATIF, MAHMOUD MOTAZ §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 22, 2024
18625642 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SYSTEM COMPONENT CONFIGURATION AND DIAGNOSTIC SCANNING Lightguide, Inc. PRIFTI, AUREL 2175 §101§102§103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 03, 2024
18686495 MASSAGE APPLICATOR WITH CONNECTOR CAVITY Bb3000M D.O.O. VO, TU A §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 26, 2024
18525029 ADAPTIVE AUTONOMOUS MOBILE ROBOT TASKING Dematic Corp. RANDAZZO, THOMAS 3655 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 30, 2023
18485466 STORAGE SYSTEM WITH A MULTI-LEVEL STORAGE RACK AND METHOD OF OPERATION FOR PROVIDING TRANSPORT UNITS FROM A STORAGE FACILITY ON AT LEAST ONE REMOVAL LINE Dematic GmbH KEENAN, JAMES W 3655 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 12, 2023
18480610 LABEL PRINTER APPLICATOR FOR A CONVEYOR SYSTEM Dematic Corp. KOCH, GEORGE R 1745 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Oct 04, 2023
18553034 STEEL STRIP MADE OF A HIGH-STRENGTH MULTIPHASE STEEL AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SUCH A STEEL STRIP Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH HILL, STEPHANI A 1735 §102§103§112DPOther Non-Final OA Pending Sep 28, 2023
18547444 HIGH-STRENGTH HOT-ROLLED FLAT STEEL PRODUCT HAVING HIGH LOCAL COLD FORMABILITY AND A METHOD OF PRODUCING SUCH A FLAT STEEL PRODUCT Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH SU, XIAOWEI 1733 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 22, 2023
18447424 COMPACT BATTERY FOR POWER TOOL AND POWER TOOL WITH COMPACT BATTERY Zhuhai Sharp-Group Enterprise Company, Ltd. APICELLA, KARIE O 1725 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Aug 10, 2023
35520334 Surface pattern for building materials Reckli GmbH COLEMAN, JASMINE LO'REN 2933 §112 Final Rejection 9d Pending Mar 22, 2023
17724771 FLUID-DRIVEN HATCH Dcl, Inc. PONCIANO, PATRICK BERNAS 3634 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Apr 20, 2022
17720799 METHOD FOR MAINTAINING SYSTEMS, IN PARTICULAR MACHINES IN WAREHOUSES Dematic GmbH CAIN, AARON G 3656 §103 Final Rejection 22d overdue Pending Apr 14, 2022
17763449 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PRESS-HARDENED SHEET STEEL PART HAVING AN ALUMINIUM-BASED COATING, INITIAL SHEET METAL BLANK, AND A PRESS-HARDENED SHEET STEEL PART MADE THEREFROM Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH LA VILLA, MICHAEL EUGENE 1784 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Mar 24, 2022
17554885 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ULTRAVIOLET DISINFECTION Blu Technology LLC TALBERT, ERIC MICHAEL 1758 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 17, 2021

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