Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Garson & Gutierrez, Pc

8 pending office actions • 5 clients • 8 examiners • 4 art units • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=302 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

85.7%
Allowance Rate
n=302
+0.28σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=302
2.4
OAs to Allowance
n=198
-0.55σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=198
847 days
Time to Allowance
n=198
+14.2pp
Interview Lift
n=302
16.9%
RCE Rate
n=302
0.6%
Appeal Rate
n=302

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=12 (min 20)
72.6%
§102 Overcome
n=73
70.9%
§103 Overcome
n=117
75.8%
§112 Overcome
n=95

Specialization & Scale

H01Q, B41J, G06F
Top CPC Subclasses
52%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=302
1
Practitioners
n=302
302.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=302

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. 4 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
2
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
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (2)

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 (50%)
2
Medium (25%)
2
Easy (25%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (12%)
§103 only2 (25%)
Double-patenting only2 (25%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (38%)

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
4
Semiconductors
50% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
25% 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
SMITH, GRAHAM P 1 76.6% +12.4%
HO, ANH N 1 82.2% +13.7%
PATEL, AMAL A 1 69.7% +31.9%
CHAN, WEI 1 74.4% +14.0%
ALBERS, KEVIN S 1 24.5% +51.2%
SINGH, GURBIR 1 69.7% +14.8%
BARZACH, JEFFREY EUGENE 1 56.6% +41.3%
BARTLEY, KENNETH 1 36.0% +28.8%

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
18092376 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR THE APPLICATION OF REINFORCEMENT LEARNING TO ANIMAL MEDICAL DIAGNOSTICS BARTLEY, KENNETH 33d
18826177 DROP FOOT SOCK APPARATUS ALBERS, KEVIN S 77d
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
18581620 INKS FOR IMPROVING PRINTHEAD LIFETIME BARZACH, JEFFREY EUGENE

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
18897616 METHOD OF ATTACHING A WATER-RESISTANT ELEMENT TO A HOUSING CHAN, WEI 25d overdue
18092376 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR THE APPLICATION OF REINFORCEMENT LEARNING TO ANIMAL MEDICAL DIAGNOSTICS BARTLEY, KENNETH 33d
18826177 DROP FOOT SOCK APPARATUS ALBERS, KEVIN S 77d
18940653 COMPACT CLOAKED DIPOLES WITH WIDEBAND OPERATION FOR MULTIBAND ANTENNAS PATEL, AMAL A 83d
19043488 MULTI-BAND MIMO PANEL ANTENNAS SMITH, GRAHAM P
18965047 ANTENNA STRUCTURES AND ANTENNA ASSEMBLIES THAT INCORPORATE THE ANTENNA STRUCTURES HO, ANH N
18664588 BUILDING-BLOCK ANTENNA STRUCTURES AND METHODS SINGH, GURBIR
18581620 INKS FOR IMPROVING PRINTHEAD LIFETIME BARZACH, JEFFREY EUGENE

Client Portfolio (5 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28453
28441
37861
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
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 Non-Final OA 83d Pending Nov 07, 2024
18897616 METHOD OF ATTACHING A WATER-RESISTANT ELEMENT TO A HOUSING Taoglas Group Holdings Limited CHAN, WEI 2844 DP Final Rejection 25d overdue Pending Sep 26, 2024
18826177 DROP FOOT SOCK APPARATUS Thorwear Inc. ALBERS, KEVIN S 3786 §103 Final Rejection 77d Pending Sep 06, 2024
18664588 BUILDING-BLOCK ANTENNA STRUCTURES AND METHODS Taoglas Group Holdings Limited SINGH, GURBIR 2845 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 15, 2024
18581620 INKS FOR IMPROVING PRINTHEAD LIFETIME Memjet Technology Limited BARZACH, JEFFREY EUGENE §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 20, 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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