Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Garson & Gutierrez, Pc

Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics

7 pending office actions • 3 clients • 7 examiners • 2 art units • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Garson & Gutierrez, PC operates within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. The firm has a career history of 308 applications, providing a look at their performance in these technical fields. Currently, the firm is handling 5 pending office actions, indicating a steady current docket of active matters.

The firm's resolved allowance rate is 85.78 percent. This success rate is achieved with an average of 2.38 office actions per allowance. This 2.38 figure suggests that the firm typically reaches an agreement with the patent office in multiple rounds of communication. The 85.78 percent allowance rate across 308 career applications highlights their effectiveness in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics sector.

Prospective clients can look at the 2.38 average office actions per allowance as an indicator of prosecution speed and efficiency. The 5 pending office actions show that the firm is actively engaged in current prosecution. The 85.78 percent resolved allowance rate serves as a primary indicator of the firm's ability to successfully navigate the complexities of semiconductor and optical patent law.

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

Quality Metrics (n=308 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

85.8%
Allowance Rate
n=308
+0.30σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=308
2.4
OAs to Allowance
n=199
-0.55σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=199
846 days
Time to Allowance
n=199
+14.2pp
Interview Lift
n=308
16.8%
RCE Rate
n=308
0.6%
Appeal Rate
n=308

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

—
§101 Overcome
n=12 (min 20)
72.6%
§102 Overcome
n=73
72.0%
§103 Overcome
n=118
76.0%
§112 Overcome
n=96

Specialization & Scale

H01Q, B41J, G06F
Top CPC Subclasses
52%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=308
1
Practitioners
n=308
308.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=308

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
1
Due this week
0
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Due ≤ 7 days (1)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.

4
Hard (57%)
2
Medium (29%)
1
Easy (14%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (14%)
§103 only1 (14%)
Double-patenting only1 (14%)
Double-patenting + other1 (14%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (43%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
5
Semiconductors
71% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
14% of docket
1
Business / Other
14% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SMITH, GRAHAM P 1 77.1% +12.1%
ISLAM, HASAN Z 1 84.8% +12.6%
HO, ANH N 1 80.7% +14.2%
PATEL, AMAL A 1 69.6% +32.0%
IMMANUEL, BAMIDELE ADEFOLARIN 1 66.2% +17.7%
SINGH, GURBIR 1 71.8% +14.0%
BARTLEY, KENNETH 1 36.0% +28.5%

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
19009047 ANTENNA DEVICE ISLAM, HASAN Z —

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
18931375 ANTENNA SYSTEM FOR USE WITH INTEGRATED CONNECTOR MODULE IMMANUEL, BAMIDELE ADEFOLARIN 6d
18092376 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR THE APPLICATION OF REINFORCEMENT LEARNING TO ANIMAL MEDICAL DIAGNOSTICS BARTLEY, KENNETH 33d
18940653 COMPACT CLOAKED DIPOLES WITH WIDEBAND OPERATION FOR MULTIBAND ANTENNAS PATEL, AMAL A 83d
18965047 ANTENNA STRUCTURES AND ANTENNA ASSEMBLIES THAT INCORPORATE THE ANTENNA STRUCTURES HO, ANH N —

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18931375 ANTENNA SYSTEM FOR USE WITH INTEGRATED CONNECTOR MODULE IMMANUEL, BAMIDELE ADEFOLARIN 6d
18092376 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR THE APPLICATION OF REINFORCEMENT LEARNING TO ANIMAL MEDICAL DIAGNOSTICS BARTLEY, KENNETH 33d
18940653 COMPACT CLOAKED DIPOLES WITH WIDEBAND OPERATION FOR MULTIBAND ANTENNAS PATEL, AMAL A 83d
19043488 MULTI-BAND MIMO PANEL ANTENNAS SMITH, GRAHAM P —
19009047 ANTENNA DEVICE ISLAM, HASAN Z —
18965047 ANTENNA STRUCTURES AND ANTENNA ASSEMBLIES THAT INCORPORATE THE ANTENNA STRUCTURES HO, ANH N —
18664588 BUILDING-BLOCK ANTENNA STRUCTURES AND METHODS SINGH, GURBIR —

Client Portfolio (3 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28455
36841

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19043488 MULTI-BAND MIMO PANEL ANTENNAS Taoglas Group Holdings Limited SMITH, GRAHAM P DP Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 02, 2025
19009047 ANTENNA DEVICE Taoglas Group Holdings Limited ISLAM, HASAN Z 2845 §112DP Final Rejection — Pending Jan 03, 2025
18965047 ANTENNA STRUCTURES AND ANTENNA ASSEMBLIES THAT INCORPORATE THE ANTENNA STRUCTURES Taoglas Group Holdings Limited HO, ANH N 2845 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 02, 2024
18940653 COMPACT CLOAKED DIPOLES WITH WIDEBAND OPERATION FOR MULTIBAND ANTENNAS Alpha Wireless Limited PATEL, AMAL A 2845 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 83d Pending Nov 07, 2024
18931375 ANTENNA SYSTEM FOR USE WITH INTEGRATED CONNECTOR MODULE Taoglas Group Holdings Limited IMMANUEL, BAMIDELE ADEFOLARIN 2845 §102§103 Final Rejection 6d Pending Oct 30, 2024
18664588 BUILDING-BLOCK ANTENNA STRUCTURES AND METHODS Taoglas Group Holdings Limited SINGH, GURBIR 2845 §103 Final Rejection — Pending May 15, 2024
18092376 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR THE APPLICATION OF REINFORCEMENT LEARNING TO ANIMAL MEDICAL DIAGNOSTICS Signalpet, LLC BARTLEY, KENNETH 3684 §101 Final Rejection 33d Pending Jan 02, 2023

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