Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Grumbles Law Pllc

9 pending office actions • 9 clients • 9 examiners • 6 art units • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=597 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

91.0%
Allowance Rate
n=597
+0.59σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=597
2.1
OAs to Allowance
n=376
-0.87σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=376
778 days
Time to Allowance
n=376
-0.2pp
Interview Lift
n=597
9.0%
RCE Rate
n=597
0.7%
Appeal Rate
n=597

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

72.4%
§101 Overcome
n=58
78.3%
§102 Overcome
n=138
78.3%
§103 Overcome
n=198
82.7%
§112 Overcome
n=162

Specialization & Scale

G06Q, G06F, A61B
Top CPC Subclasses
11%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=597
1
Practitioners
n=597
597.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=597

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
1
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.

4
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)

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.

7
Hard (78%)
1
Medium (11%)
1
Easy (11%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (11%)
§101 + other1 (11%)
§112 only1 (11%)
Double-patenting + other1 (11%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (56%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
11% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
22% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
22% of docket
4
Business / Other
44% 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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BOOHER, ADAM W 1 75.3% +9.6%
MCGINNITY, JAMES RYAN 1 60.4% +47.5%
LAUER, CHRISTINA C 1 68.4% +15.1%
QUIGLEY, KYLE ROBERT 1 53.9% +32.7%
HOBBS, MICHAEL L 1 68.8% +28.2%
CONTRERAS, CIEL P 1 54.3% +33.5%
LEE, TSU-CHANG 1 72.8% +14.4%
POINVIL, FRANTZY 1 79.1% +15.9%
HINES, JANA A 1 52.9% +39.5%

Hard Cases (7)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17700874 CONSUMER CONTROLLED PORTFOLIO CHARITABLE GIVING SYSTEM AND METHOD POINVIL, FRANTZY 87d overdue
17633028 DETERMINATION METHOD, FLUORESCENCE MEASUREMENT DEVICE, AND TEST AGENT HINES, JANA A 37d overdue
18559203 POINT-OF-USE CALIBRATION SYSTEM FOR IRON ION DETECTION SYSTEM QUIGLEY, KYLE ROBERT 3d overdue
18932716 ARTICULATING SURGICAL CLAMP MCGINNITY, JAMES RYAN
18922813 LIGATOR LAUER, CHRISTINA C
18500425 METHOD OF REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION REACTION WITHIN A FLOWING LIQUID HOBBS, MICHAEL L
18080656 DYNAMIC AND MODIFIABLE ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEM LEE, TSU-CHANG

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
17700874 CONSUMER CONTROLLED PORTFOLIO CHARITABLE GIVING SYSTEM AND METHOD POINVIL, FRANTZY 87d overdue
17633028 DETERMINATION METHOD, FLUORESCENCE MEASUREMENT DEVICE, AND TEST AGENT HINES, JANA A 37d overdue
18559203 POINT-OF-USE CALIBRATION SYSTEM FOR IRON ION DETECTION SYSTEM QUIGLEY, KYLE ROBERT 3d overdue
18932716 ARTICULATING SURGICAL CLAMP MCGINNITY, JAMES RYAN
18922813 LIGATOR LAUER, CHRISTINA C
18500425 METHOD OF REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION REACTION WITHIN A FLOWING LIQUID HOBBS, MICHAEL L
18557428 LITHIUM RECOVERY DEVICE AND LITHIUM RECOVERY METHOD CONTRERAS, CIEL P
18080656 DYNAMIC AND MODIFIABLE ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEM LEE, TSU-CHANG

Client Portfolio (9 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
41002
28721
37711
28571
36931
16451

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19279312 IMPROVED BLUE LIGHT FILTRATION SYSTEM Eyesafe Inc. BOOHER, ADAM W 2872 §112 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Jul 24, 2025
18932716 ARTICULATING SURGICAL CLAMP Svis-Draco Articulating Clamp, LLC MCGINNITY, JAMES RYAN §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 31, 2024
18922813 LIGATOR Haemoband Surgical Limited LAUER, CHRISTINA C 3771 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 22, 2024
18559203 POINT-OF-USE CALIBRATION SYSTEM FOR IRON ION DETECTION SYSTEM Acies Medical LLC QUIGLEY, KYLE ROBERT 2857 §102§103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Nov 06, 2023
18500425 METHOD OF REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION REACTION WITHIN A FLOWING LIQUID Nucleic Sensing Systems, LLC HOBBS, MICHAEL L 4100 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 02, 2023
18557428 LITHIUM RECOVERY DEVICE AND LITHIUM RECOVERY METHOD Hirosaki University CONTRERAS, CIEL P §102§103DP Non-Final OA Pending Oct 26, 2023
18080656 DYNAMIC AND MODIFIABLE ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEM Elle Innovations Inc. LEE, TSU-CHANG 4100 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 13, 2022
17700874 CONSUMER CONTROLLED PORTFOLIO CHARITABLE GIVING SYSTEM AND METHOD Change Up Inc. POINVIL, FRANTZY 3693 §101 Final Rejection 87d overdue Pending Mar 22, 2022
17633028 DETERMINATION METHOD, FLUORESCENCE MEASUREMENT DEVICE, AND TEST AGENT The Yoshida Dental Mfg. Co., Ltd. HINES, JANA A 1645 §102§112 Non-Final OA 37d overdue Pending Feb 04, 2022

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