Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Gottlieb Rackman & Reisman Pc

11 pending office actions • 10 clients • 11 examiners • 8 art units • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 72 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=3430 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

82.8%
Allowance Rate
n=3430
+0.35σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=3430
1.9
OAs to Allowance
n=2386
-1.08σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=2386
871 days
Time to Allowance
n=2386
+4.7pp
Interview Lift
n=3430
11.0%
RCE Rate
n=3430
0.9%
Appeal Rate
n=3430

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=19 (min 20)
84.6%
§102 Overcome
n=182
73.6%
§103 Overcome
n=878
93.2%
§112 Overcome
n=321

Specialization & Scale

Y10T, G06F, A61B
Top CPC Subclasses
8%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=3430
0
Practitioners
n=3430
Apps / Practitioner
n=3430 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 30 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.

0
Hard (0%)
9
Medium (82%)
2
Easy (18%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only7 (64%)
§102 only2 (18%)
§112 only2 (18%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
9% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
9% of docket
1
Semiconductors
9% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
45% of docket
3
Business / Other
27% 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.

110 h
Manual time on pending OAs
22 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
38 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KUMAR, RAKESH 1 57.0% +28.4%
COZART, JERMIE E 1 83.7% +3.2%
BREIER, KRYSTINE E 1 82.0% +8.4%
FISSEL, TRAVIS S 1 76.2% +11.2%
PEZZLO, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER 1 100.0% +0.0%
NELSON, CHRISTINE L 1 63.3% +33.3%
JANOSKO, CHASITY PAIGE 1 17.5% +77.8%
PICHLER, MARIN 1 63.4% +8.8%
SORRIN, AARON JOSEPH 1 74.3% +47.2%
GONG, KRIS HANYU 1 26.5% +56.6%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18872901 AN AUTOMATED TORQUE DEVICE FOR INSTALLING AND EXTRACTING FASTENING ELEMENTS FOR MILL LINERS COZART, JERMIE E 66d overdue
18857291 INFRASTRUCTURE MONITORING SYSTEMS AND METHODS BREIER, KRYSTINE E
18801076 Scaffold Clamp PEZZLO, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
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 JANOSKO, CHASITY PAIGE
18304662 ATOMIZER AND ATOMIZING DEVICE GONG, KRIS HANYU

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18727318 SIMPLIFIED SYSTEM AND PROCEDURE FOR COMPUTER-GUIDED DENTAL IMPLANT SURGERY NELSON, CHRISTINE L 13d
18250631 METHOD FOR DETECTING AND SEGMENTING THE LIP REGION SORRIN, AARON JOSEPH 71d
19049472 DISPENSER WITH A CUTTING EDGE AND A METHOD OF FORMING THE DISPENSER KUMAR, RAKESH
18855401 OPTICAL SYSTEM FOR VISUAL FIELD TESTING FISSEL, TRAVIS S
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 JANOSKO, CHASITY PAIGE
18304662 ATOMIZER AND ATOMIZING DEVICE GONG, KRIS HANYU

Client Portfolio (10 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37261
36451
37721
16131
28721
26721
37851
37921

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19049472 DISPENSER WITH A CUTTING EDGE AND A METHOD OF FORMING THE DISPENSER Roll Sweet LLC KUMAR, RAKESH §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 10, 2025
18872901 AN AUTOMATED TORQUE DEVICE FOR INSTALLING AND EXTRACTING FASTENING ELEMENTS FOR MILL LINERS Mi Robotic Solutions S.A. COZART, JERMIE E 3726 §112 Final Rejection 66d overdue Pending Dec 09, 2024
18857291 INFRASTRUCTURE MONITORING SYSTEMS AND METHODS Terra15 Pty Ltd. BREIER, KRYSTINE E 3645 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 16, 2024
18855401 OPTICAL SYSTEM FOR VISUAL FIELD TESTING Xenon Ophthalmics Inc. FISSEL, TRAVIS S §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 09, 2024
18801076 Scaffold Clamp Intaks Ip Ltd. PEZZLO, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 12, 2024
18727318 SIMPLIFIED SYSTEM AND PROCEDURE FOR COMPUTER-GUIDED DENTAL IMPLANT SURGERY Brok Spa NELSON, CHRISTINE L 3772 §103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Jul 08, 2024
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 Final Rejection Pending Jun 16, 2023
18334459 LIBS ANALYSIS DEVICE WITH AUTO-FOCUSING AND MICRO-AREA IMAGING FUNCTIONS AND APPLICATION OF LIBS ANALYSIS DEVICE Hefei Institutes Of Physical Science, Cas PICHLER, MARIN 2872 §102 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Jun 14, 2023
18250631 METHOD FOR DETECTING AND SEGMENTING THE LIP REGION BOTICA COMERCIAL FARMACÊUTICA LTDA. SORRIN, AARON JOSEPH 2672 §112 Final Rejection 71d Pending Apr 26, 2023
18304662 ATOMIZER AND ATOMIZING DEVICE Feellife Health Inc. GONG, KRIS HANYU 3785 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 21, 2023
17640125 METHOD FOR TARGETED TREATING DERMATOSES Strata Skin Sciences Inc. MULLINS, JESSICA LYNN 3792 §103 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Mar 03, 2022

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