Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Gottlieb Rackman & Reisman Pc

Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

20 pending office actions • 19 clients • 20 examiners • 20 art units • 0 of 20 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

This profile covers Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems and shows 18 pending office actions. The record includes 3460 career applications, providing a substantial historical base for assessing the active docket.

The resolved allowance rate is 82.87%, and the average is 1.86 office actions per allowance. The figures indicate that most resolved matters reached allowance and that allowance generally followed fewer than two office actions on average.

For practitioners, the profile combines meaningful current workload with a favorable resolved outcome pattern. The action average suggests relatively contained examination effort, while the allowance rate provides a useful benchmark for evaluating pending matters.

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

Quality Metrics (n=3460 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

82.9%
Allowance Rate
n=3460
+0.34σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=3460
1.9
OAs to Allowance
n=2405
-1.09σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=2405
872 days
Time to Allowance
n=2405
+4.7pp
Interview Lift
n=3460
10.8%
RCE Rate
n=3460
0.9%
Appeal Rate
n=3460

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

75.4%
§101 Overcome
n=130
75.5%
§102 Overcome
n=605
73.8%
§103 Overcome
n=935
80.6%
§112 Overcome
n=840

Specialization & Scale

Y10T, G06F, A61B
Top CPC Subclasses
8%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=3460
0
Practitioners
n=3460
—
Apps / Practitioner
n=3460 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

20
Total Pending OAs
13
Non-Final OAs
7
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.

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

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)

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.

11
Hard (55%)
8
Medium (40%)
1
Easy (5%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (5%)
§101 + other1 (5%)
§103 only7 (35%)
§102 only1 (5%)
§112 only1 (5%)
Multi-statute (no §101)9 (45%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
10% of docket
1
Information Tech
5% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
3
Semiconductors
15% of docket
13
Mechanical / Eng
65% of docket
1
Business / Other
5% 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.

200 h
Manual time on pending OAs
40 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
70 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LEE, ANGELA J 1 96.9% -2.3%
BORLINGHAUS, JASON M 1 47.5% +21.5%
SEMBER, THOMAS M 1 84.4% +11.5%
KUMAR, RAKESH 1 57.2% +28.2%
MCKINNON, TERRELL L 1 31.3% +19.2%
CIRIC, LJILJANA V 1 77.4% +22.2%
CHOWDHRY, BUKATUN NOOR 1 — —
BREIER, KRYSTINE E 1 82.4% +8.1%
LEI, JIE 1 73.1% +16.8%
ROSEN, ERIC J 1 41.3% +22.8%

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
35527259 Hanging for lamp LEE, ANGELA J —

Hard Cases (11)

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
18883918 PRE-SEWN HAIR EXTENSION ROSEN, ERIC J 22d overdue
19082497 COMPUTERIZED SECURITIES TRADING PLATFORM SYSTEM, METHOD, AND ARCHITECTURE BORLINGHAUS, JASON M —
19111925 MODULAR LIGHTING SYSTEM SEMBER, THOMAS M —
19007051 THREE-DIMENSIONAL THERMAL-CONDUCTIVE VAPOR CHAMBER CIRIC, LJILJANA V —
18955300 MULTI-FUNCTION APPARATUS CHOWDHRY, BUKATUN NOOR —
18857291 INFRASTRUCTURE MONITORING SYSTEMS AND METHODS BREIER, KRYSTINE E —
18855560 APPARATUS FOR WAVEFRONT ABERROMETRY LEI, JIE —
18801076 Scaffold Clamp PEZZLO, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER —

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
18883918 PRE-SEWN HAIR EXTENSION ROSEN, ERIC J 22d overdue
19082497 COMPUTERIZED SECURITIES TRADING PLATFORM SYSTEM, METHOD, AND ARCHITECTURE BORLINGHAUS, JASON M —
19111925 MODULAR LIGHTING SYSTEM SEMBER, THOMAS M —
19049472 DISPENSER WITH A CUTTING EDGE AND A METHOD OF FORMING THE DISPENSER KUMAR, RAKESH —
19007240 LARGE-VOLUME VAPOR CHAMBER MCKINNON, TERRELL L —
19007051 THREE-DIMENSIONAL THERMAL-CONDUCTIVE VAPOR CHAMBER CIRIC, LJILJANA V —
18855560 APPARATUS FOR WAVEFRONT ABERROMETRY LEI, JIE —

Client Portfolio (19 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
29331
36921
28751
36511
36321
37631
37231
36451
28721
37721

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
35527259 Hanging for lamp Léa Zeroil LEE, ANGELA J 2933 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 02, 2025
19082497 COMPUTERIZED SECURITIES TRADING PLATFORM SYSTEM, METHOD, AND ARCHITECTURE Purestream Trading Technologies Inc. BORLINGHAUS, JASON M 3692 §101 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 18, 2025
19111925 MODULAR LIGHTING SYSTEM Apparatus LLC SEMBER, THOMAS M 2875 §102§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 14, 2025
19049472 DISPENSER WITH A CUTTING EDGE AND A METHOD OF FORMING THE DISPENSER Roll Sweet LLC KUMAR, RAKESH 3651 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 10, 2025
19007240 LARGE-VOLUME VAPOR CHAMBER Zhongshan Zhongde Technology Co., Ltd. MCKINNON, TERRELL L 3632 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 31, 2024
19007051 THREE-DIMENSIONAL THERMAL-CONDUCTIVE VAPOR CHAMBER Zhongshan Zhongde Technology Co., Ltd. CIRIC, LJILJANA V 3763 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 31, 2024
18955300 MULTI-FUNCTION APPARATUS Carine Vinett CHOWDHRY, BUKATUN NOOR 3723 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 21, 2024
18857291 INFRASTRUCTURE MONITORING SYSTEMS AND METHODS Terra15 Pty Ltd. BREIER, KRYSTINE E 3645 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 16, 2024
18855560 APPARATUS FOR WAVEFRONT ABERROMETRY Xenon Ophthalmics Inc. LEI, JIE 2872 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 09, 2024
18883918 PRE-SEWN HAIR EXTENSION Slice Stands LLC ROSEN, ERIC J 3772 §102§103 Final Rejection 22d overdue Pending Sep 12, 2024
18801076 Scaffold Clamp Intaks Ip Ltd. PEZZLO, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER 3634 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 12, 2024
18722667 INDUSTRIAL AXIAL FAN BLADE Cofimco S.R.L GOLIK, ARTHUR PAUL 3745 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 21, 2024
18680723 HYBRID FIBER AND POWER CABLING CONNECTIVITY SYSTEMS The Lan Wirewerks Research Laboratories Inc. CAPUTO, LISA M 2874 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending May 31, 2024
18451996 System, and a method for Algal Cultivation Reliance Industries Limited MARCHESCHI, MICHAEL A 1796 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 18, 2023
18257931 METHOD FOR OBTAINING A LIGNIN COMPOSITION ASSOCIATED WITH ZNO AND TIO2 FOR A COSMETIC PRODUCT WITH COLORING FOR BLACK SKIN, TO BOOST BLUE LIGHT PROTECTION, AND TO PROTECT THE SKIN AGAINST EXTERNAL OXIDIZING AGENTS, AND RESPECTIVE OBTAINED PRODUCT BOTICA COMERCIAL FARMACÊUTICA LTDA. JANOSKO, CHASITY PAIGE 1613 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 16, 2023
18304662 ATOMIZER AND ATOMIZING DEVICE Feellife Health Inc. GONG, KRIS HANYU 3785 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 21, 2023
18020736 Means for Milking Animals Waikato Milking Systems LP REYES, EDGAR 3642 §101§103 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 10, 2023
18012745 A Seat Rolapal Limited MEDANI, MOHAMED 3611 §103 Non-Final OA 60d overdue Pending Dec 23, 2022
17640125 METHOD FOR TARGETED TREATING DERMATOSES Strata Skin Sciences Inc. MULLINS, JESSICA LYNN 3792 §103 Final Rejection 49d overdue Pending Mar 03, 2022
16561337 METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR SMALL DATA TRANSMISSIONS Sierra Wireless, Inc. FOLLANSBEE, KEITH TRAN-DANH 2411 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 05, 2019

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Gottlieb Rackman & Reisman Pc's patent allowance rate?

82.9% of resolved applications prosecuted by Gottlieb Rackman & Reisman Pc were allowed, across 3,460 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Gottlieb Rackman & Reisman Pc average before allowance?

1.86 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Gottlieb Rackman & Reisman Pc have?

20 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 19 clients, before 20 examiners in 20 art units.

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