Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

GTC Law Group, LLP

Technology areas: Networking & Security • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

49 pending office actions • 24 clients • 39 examiners • 33 art units • 0 of 49 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 42 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

GTC Law Group PC & Affiliates focuses on Networking & Security, with 1,919 career applications and 49 pending office actions. Its resolved allowance rate is 83.2%, and the average number of office actions per allowance is 3.61.

The profile combines a broad application record with 49 pending office actions, indicating ongoing work in this technology area. An average of 3.61 office actions per allowance gives practitioners a specific measure of prosecution effort associated with the resolved allowance rate.

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

Quality Metrics (n=1919 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

83.2%
Allowance Rate
n=1919
+0.59σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1919
3.6
OAs to Allowance
n=936
-0.03σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=936
997 days
Time to Allowance
n=936
+7.2pp
Interview Lift
n=1919
33.4%
RCE Rate
n=1919
3.6%
Appeal Rate
n=1919

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

64.5%
§101 Overcome
n=242
73.4%
§102 Overcome
n=410
75.8%
§103 Overcome
n=802
74.3%
§112 Overcome
n=420

Specialization & Scale

G06F, H04L, G06Q
Top CPC Subclasses
20%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1919
8
Practitioners
n=1919
239.9
Apps / Practitioner
n=1919

Portfolio Summary

49
Total Pending OAs
30
Non-Final OAs
18
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 19 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

10
Overdue
0
Due this week
8
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. 19 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (10)Due ≤ 30 days (8)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.

20
Hard (41%)
28
Medium (57%)
1
Easy (2%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (4%)
§101 + other11 (22%)
§103 only26 (53%)
Double-patenting only1 (2%)
Double-patenting + other2 (4%)
Multi-statute (no §101)7 (14%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
4% of docket
19
Information Tech
39% of docket
4
Communications
8% of docket
6
Semiconductors
12% of docket
18
Mechanical / Eng
37% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

490 h
Manual time on pending OAs
98 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
172 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
4.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ALHARBI, ADAM MOHAMED 4 87.9% +3.8%
ALGIBHAH, HAMZA N 4 79.2% +3.3%
GREENE, JOSEPH L 2 63.0% +35.6%
MCCORMACK, ERIN KATHLEEN 2 7.9% +50.0%
HANG, VU B 2 74.7% +17.1%
KHAN, IFTEKHAR A 2 77.7% +25.9%
MOBIN, HASANUL 1 75.3% +38.8%
CHOY, PAN G 1 24.5% +35.0%
KING, DAVIDA LEE 1 34.0% +38.3%
HASAN, SYED O 1 78.3% +18.6%

Quick Wins (4)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19363044 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING VEHICLE DATA COLLECTION ALHARBI, ADAM MOHAMED —
19223437 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING VEHICLE DATA COLLECTION ALHARBI, ADAM MOHAMED —
19223425 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING VEHICLE DATA COLLECTION ALHARBI, ADAM MOHAMED —
19223431 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING VEHICLE DATA COLLECTION ALHARBI, ADAM MOHAMED —

Hard Cases (20)

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
17163430 TRIAL DESIGN WITH PARETO TECHNIQUES DUNHAM, JASON B 91d overdue
18073925 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SENSOR FUSION IN A PRODUCTION LINE ENVIRONMENT KUAN, JOHN CHUNYANG 81d overdue
17163424 MULTI-SPACE TRIAL DESIGN PLATFORM HOLCOMB, MARK 77d overdue
17554663 MARKET ORCHESTRATION SYSTEM FOR FACILITATING ELECTRONIC MARKETPLACE TRANSACTIONS SHAIKH, MOHAMMAD Z 73d overdue
17847025 FILTERING DESIGNS USING BOUNDARIES DERIVED FROM OPTIMAL DESIGNS KHAN, IFTEKHAR A 56d overdue
17882110 APPARATUS TO PERFORM AN ALLERGEN DIAGNOSTIC MCCORMACK, ERIN KATHLEEN 28d overdue
17847040 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRADE-OFF VISUAL ANALYSIS KHAN, IFTEKHAR A 19d overdue
17860846 HIGH CAPABILITY, MULTI-BEAM, DECENTERED LENS LIGHT BEAM STEERING NIGAM, NATASHA 14d

Interview Candidates (12)

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
18941045 THROTTLE BODY AND ADAPTER HASAN, SYED O 71d overdue
17847025 FILTERING DESIGNS USING BOUNDARIES DERIVED FROM OPTIMAL DESIGNS KHAN, IFTEKHAR A 56d overdue
17882110 APPARATUS TO PERFORM AN ALLERGEN DIAGNOSTIC MCCORMACK, ERIN KATHLEEN 28d overdue
17847040 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRADE-OFF VISUAL ANALYSIS KHAN, IFTEKHAR A 19d overdue
18235481 UNIVERSAL INTRUSION DETECTION AND PREVENTION FOR VEHICLE NETWORKS GREENE, JOSEPH L 14d
19276620 SYSTEM FOR MULTI-TAGGING IMAGES MOBIN, HASANUL —
19241205 PERSONAL, PROFESSIONAL, CULTURAL (PPC) INSIGHT SYSTEM CHOY, PAN G —
19190094 SMART CONTRACT-FACILITATED MINTING AND MANAGEMENT OF MULTI-ASSET BACKED TOKENS KING, DAVIDA LEE —

Client Portfolio (24 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36634
37914
24433
28573
36242
24572
26542
24412
24532
21872

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19363044 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING VEHICLE DATA COLLECTION Sonatus, Inc. ALHARBI, ADAM MOHAMED 3663 §103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 20, 2025
19276620 SYSTEM FOR MULTI-TAGGING IMAGES The Software Mackiev Company MOBIN, HASANUL 2168 §103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 22, 2025
19241205 PERSONAL, PROFESSIONAL, CULTURAL (PPC) INSIGHT SYSTEM The Trustee Of The Thomas J. Watson Foundation, Dba Watson Foundation, A Delaware Charitable Trust, CHOY, PAN G 3624 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 17, 2025
19223437 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING VEHICLE DATA COLLECTION Sonatus, Inc. ALHARBI, ADAM MOHAMED 3663 §103Other Non-Final OA — Pending May 30, 2025
19223425 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING VEHICLE DATA COLLECTION Sonatus, Inc. ALHARBI, ADAM MOHAMED 3663 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 30, 2025
19223431 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING VEHICLE DATA COLLECTION Sonatus, Inc. ALHARBI, ADAM MOHAMED 3663 §103Other Non-Final OA — Pending May 30, 2025
19190094 SMART CONTRACT-FACILITATED MINTING AND MANAGEMENT OF MULTI-ASSET BACKED TOKENS Strong Force TX Portfolio 2018, LLC KING, DAVIDA LEE 3699 §101§103 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 25, 2025
19037560 UNIVERSAL INTRUSION DETECTION AND PREVENTION FOR VEHICLE NETWORKS Sonatus . Inc. GREENE, JOSEPH L 2443 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 27, 2025
18941045 THROTTLE BODY AND ADAPTER Motion Raceworks, LLC HASAN, SYED O 3747 §103 Final Rejection 71d overdue Pending Nov 08, 2024
18927033 MULTI-LAYER CONTACT PATCH TO PERFORM AN ALLERGEN DIAGNOSTIC Evme Inc. MCCORMACK, ERIN KATHLEEN 3791 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 25, 2024
18925967 SYSTEM, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR DISPENSING WAGER PAYOUTS Atmbetpay LLC HALL, SHAUNA-KAY N 3715 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 24, 2024
18917514 SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED LOCATION IDENTIFICATION WITH PRISM Gecko Robotics, Inc. SINGER, DAVID L 2855 DP Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 16, 2024
18908498 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR EXTRA VEHICLE COMMUNICATIONS CONTROL Sonatus, Inc. ALGIBHAH, HAMZA N 2457 §103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 07, 2024
18908298 METHOD FOR DETERMINING SERVICE EVENT OF MACHINE FROM SENSOR DATA Strong Force Lot Portfolio 2016, LLC CAO, CHUN 2115 §101§102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 07, 2024
18908320 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS TO SUPPORT MIXED NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS ON A VEHICLE Sonatus, Inc. PENA-SANTANA, TANIA M 2443 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 07, 2024
18781605 ELECTRICAL METER SYSTEM FOR ENHANCED DEVICE MONITORING Sense Labs, Inc. DINH, LYNDA 2857 §103 Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending Jul 23, 2024
18778451 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MACHINE LEARNING ENABLED FORM FILLING Callminer, Inc. HANG, VU B 2654 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 19, 2024
18775824 SYSTEM, METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MODIFYING A DATA COLLECTION TRAJECTORY FOR CONVEYORS Strong Force Lot Portfolio 2016, LLC RIVERA VARGAS, MANUEL A 2857 §101§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 17, 2024
18743967 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING VEHICLE DATA COLLECTION Sonatus, Inc. ALGIBHAH, HAMZA N 2441 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 14, 2024
18731954 ELECTRODE DESIGN FOR SURFACE ENHANCED INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation YUN, JURIE 2884 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 03, 2024
18675940 SYSTEM TO AUTOMATE NETWORK ASSESSMENT Netbrain Technologies, Inc. JOO, JOSHUA 2445 §103§112 Final Rejection 26d Pending May 28, 2024
18649464 MODULAR SUPPORT TO PROVIDE A PATIENT JOURNEY FOR CLINICAL STUDIES Prosciento, Inc. BARTLEY, KENNETH 3684 §101§112 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Apr 29, 2024
18627199 DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR MEASURING BIOMARKERS IN BIOLOGICAL FLUIDS Jana Care, Inc. SVEIVEN, MICHAEL CAMERON 1678 §103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 04, 2024
18572975 PHYSICIAN SUBSPECIALTY TAXONOMY USING DATA-DRIVEN MODELS Navhealth, Inc. VO, STEVEN 2148 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 21, 2023
18532224 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR EXTRA VEHICLE COMMUNICATIONS CONTROL Sonatus, Inc. ALGIBHAH, HAMZA N 2457 §103 Final Rejection 22d Pending Dec 07, 2023
18508825 GENETICALLY ENCODED SYNTHETIC REACTION-DIFFUSION SYSTEM THAT CAN GENERATE PROGRAMMABLE OSCILLATIONS, PATTERNS, AND SPATIOTEMPORAL SIGNALING CIRCUITS IN MAMMALIAN CELLS Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation ARMATO JR, DENNIS IGNATIUS 1651 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 14, 2023
18387634 LIQUID DISPENSING AND VENDING Artesa Corp. AHMED, MOBEEN 3731 §103DP Final Rejection — Pending Nov 07, 2023
18384228 MACHINE LEARNING ENABLED CATEGORY CREATION Callminer, Inc. HANG, VU B 2654 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 26, 2023
18479624 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS TO INTEGRATE INSPECTION DATA AND BUSINESS ANALYSIS Gecko Robotics, Inc. GUNN, JEREMY L 3624 §101§102 Non-Final OA 19d Pending Oct 02, 2023
18235481 UNIVERSAL INTRUSION DETECTION AND PREVENTION FOR VEHICLE NETWORKS Sonatus, Inc. GREENE, JOSEPH L 2443 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Aug 18, 2023
18123183 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING VEHICLE DATA COLLECTION Sonatus, Inc. ALGIBHAH, HAMZA N 2441 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 17, 2023
18172044 NETWORK INTENT CLUSTER Netbrain Technologies, Inc. WINDER, PATRICE L 2453 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 21, 2023
18091044 METHOD AND SYSTEM OF SLEEP MAINTENANCE Apollo Neuroscience, Inc. LANNU, JOSHUA DARYL DEANON 3791 §103Other Final Rejection 20d Pending Dec 29, 2022
18064712 EXECUTABLE NETWORK TROUBLESHOOTING PROCEDURE Netbrain Technologies, Inc. VU, VIET D 2400 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 12, 2022
18078461 PRODUCING A RECORDING FROM SOUND SOURCE DATA BASED ON A SOUND PROFILE Constellation Productions, Inc. FAHNERT, FRIEDRICH 2692 §103 Final Rejection 62d Pending Dec 09, 2022
18073925 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SENSOR FUSION IN A PRODUCTION LINE ENVIRONMENT Strong Force IoT Portfolio 2016, LLC KUAN, JOHN CHUNYANG 2857 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA 81d overdue Pending Dec 02, 2022
17882110 APPARATUS TO PERFORM AN ALLERGEN DIAGNOSTIC Evme Inc. MCCORMACK, ERIN KATHLEEN 3791 §103§112 Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Aug 05, 2022
17865668 TELECOMMUNICATIONS CALL VALIDATION PLATFORM Somos, Inc. MADANI, FARIDEH 2643 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 15, 2022
17860846 HIGH CAPABILITY, MULTI-BEAM, DECENTERED LENS LIGHT BEAM STEERING Exciting Technology, LLC NIGAM, NATASHA 2872 §102§103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Jul 08, 2022
17847025 FILTERING DESIGNS USING BOUNDARIES DERIVED FROM OPTIMAL DESIGNS Cytel Inc. KHAN, IFTEKHAR A 2187 §101§102§103DP Final Rejection 56d overdue Pending Jun 22, 2022
17847040 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRADE-OFF VISUAL ANALYSIS Cytel Inc. KHAN, IFTEKHAR A 2187 §101 Final Rejection 19d overdue Pending Jun 22, 2022
17722122 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT FOR REGISTERED INTERNET OF THINGS UNIVERSAL ID (IOT DEVICES) Somos, Inc. SHAUGHNESSY, AIDAN EDWARD 2432 §103 Final Rejection 13d Pending Apr 15, 2022
17722012 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AN INTERNET OF THINGS DEVICE REGISTRY Somos, Inc. ALMAMUN, ABDULLAH 2431 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 15, 2022
17570018 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS TO SUPPORT MIXED NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS ON A VEHICLE Sonatus, Inc. DIVECHA, KAMAL B 2453 §103 Final Rejection 131d overdue Pending Jan 06, 2022
17554663 MARKET ORCHESTRATION SYSTEM FOR FACILITATING ELECTRONIC MARKETPLACE TRANSACTIONS Strong Force TX Portfolio 2018, LLC SHAIKH, MOHAMMAD Z 3694 §101 Non-Final OA 73d overdue Pending Dec 17, 2021
17533880 COORDINATED SYSTEM OF MULTIPLE TRANSDUCERS Apollo Neuroscience, Inc. MATTHEWS, CHRISTINE HOPKINS 3791 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 23, 2021
17163430 TRIAL DESIGN WITH PARETO TECHNIQUES Cytel Inc. DUNHAM, JASON B 3686 §101§112 Non-Final OA 91d overdue Pending Jan 30, 2021
17163424 MULTI-SPACE TRIAL DESIGN PLATFORM Cytel Inc. HOLCOMB, MARK 3685 §101§103 Final Rejection 77d overdue Pending Jan 30, 2021
16719574 DATAVIEW DETAIL PANE WITH A SINGLE PANE OF GLASS Netbrain Technologies, Inc. HEFFINGTON, JOHN M 2145 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 18, 2019

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is GTC Law Group, LLP's patent allowance rate?

83.2% of resolved applications prosecuted by GTC Law Group, LLP were allowed, across 1,919 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does GTC Law Group, LLP average before allowance?

3.61 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does GTC Law Group, LLP have?

49 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 24 clients, before 39 examiners in 33 art units.

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