Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

GTC Law Group, LLP

45 pending office actions • 22 clients • 36 examiners • 26 art units • 0 of 45 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 47 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=3449 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

81.6%
Allowance Rate
n=3449
+0.55σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=3449
3.6
OAs to Allowance
n=1597
-0.05σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=1597
1035 days
Time to Allowance
n=1597
+5.0pp
Interview Lift
n=3449
34.3%
RCE Rate
n=3449
2.7%
Appeal Rate
n=3449

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

68.6%
§101 Overcome
n=140
75.7%
§102 Overcome
n=280
75.0%
§103 Overcome
n=1177
83.2%
§112 Overcome
n=173

Specialization & Scale

G06F, H04L, G06Q
Top CPC Subclasses
22%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=3449
8
Practitioners
n=3449
431.1
Apps / Practitioner
n=3449

Portfolio Summary

45
Total Pending OAs
30
Non-Final OAs
12
Final Rejections
3
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 23 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

14
Overdue
0
Due this week
6
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. 23 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (14)Due ≤ 30 days (6)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.

2
Hard (4%)
36
Medium (80%)
6
Easy (13%)
1
Unknown (2%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (4%)
§103 only34 (76%)
§102 only2 (4%)
§112 only2 (4%)
Double-patenting only4 (9%)
No statute on record1 (2%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
4% of docket
14
Information Tech
31% of docket
4
Communications
9% of docket
3
Semiconductors
7% of docket
16
Mechanical / Eng
36% of docket
6
Business / Other
13% 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.

450 h
Manual time on pending OAs
90 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
158 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ALHARBI, ADAM MOHAMED 3 87.6% +3.7%
ALGIBHAH, HAMZA N 3 79.0% +3.1%
JOO, JOSHUA 3 78.3% +23.4%
GREENE, JOSEPH L 2 62.9% +36.7%
WINDER, PATRICE L 2 86.9% +11.4%
MATTHEWS, CHRISTINE HOPKINS 2 71.6% +31.2%
BREENE, JOHN E 1 47.8% -3.3%
WERONSKI, MATTHEW S 1 9.9% +20.3%
PICH, PONNOREAY 1 86.8% +11.2%
DINH, LYNDA 1 73.9% +29.3%

Quick Wins (6)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17729182 NETWORK INTENT MANAGEMENT AND AUTOMATION WINDER, PATRICE L 55d
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
19078990 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FRAUDULENT ACTIVITY DETECTION PICH, PONNOREAY
18123198 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING VEHICLE DATA COLLECTION ALHARBI, ADAM MOHAMED
18172044 NETWORK INTENT CLUSTER WINDER, PATRICE L

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17163430 TRIAL DESIGN WITH PARETO TECHNIQUES NGUYEN, HIEP VAN 91d overdue
17882131 APPARATUS TO PERFORM AN ALLERGEN DIAGNOSTIC CERIONI, DANIEL LEE 50d overdue
19089627 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT WERONSKI, MATTHEW S

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
18781605 ELECTRICAL METER SYSTEM FOR ENHANCED DEVICE MONITORING DINH, LYNDA 31d overdue
18676027 LOOKING GLASS PROBE FOR AUTOMATED DATA TABLE JOO, JOSHUA 3d overdue
18235481 UNIVERSAL INTRUSION DETECTION AND PREVENTION FOR VEHICLE NETWORKS GREENE, JOSEPH L 14d
18675940 SYSTEM TO AUTOMATE NETWORK ASSESSMENT JOO, JOSHUA 26d
17729182 NETWORK INTENT MANAGEMENT AND AUTOMATION WINDER, PATRICE L 55d
18540292 INTENT BASED AUTOMATION SYSTEM JOO, JOSHUA 71d
19089627 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT WERONSKI, MATTHEW S
19078990 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FRAUDULENT ACTIVITY DETECTION PICH, PONNOREAY

Client Portfolio (22 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37915
24413
24453
36843
24533
24432
26542
28551
28571
16611

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19327835 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR INSPECTION USING PHASED ARRAY SENSOR Gecko Robotics, Inc. BREENE, JOHN E 2855 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 12, 2025
19223425 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING VEHICLE DATA COLLECTION Sonatus, Inc. ALHARBI, ADAM MOHAMED §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 30, 2025
19223431 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING VEHICLE DATA COLLECTION Sonatus, Inc. ALHARBI, ADAM MOHAMED §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 30, 2025
19089627 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT Parkoursc, Inc. WERONSKI, MATTHEW S §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 25, 2025
19078990 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FRAUDULENT ACTIVITY DETECTION Somos, Inc. PICH, PONNOREAY DP Non-Final OA Pending Mar 13, 2025
19037560 UNIVERSAL INTRUSION DETECTION AND PREVENTION FOR VEHICLE NETWORKS Sonatus . Inc. GREENE, JOSEPH L 2443 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 27, 2025
18908498 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR EXTRA VEHICLE COMMUNICATIONS CONTROL Sonatus, Inc. ALGIBHAH, HAMZA N 2441 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 07, 2024
18781605 ELECTRICAL METER SYSTEM FOR ENHANCED DEVICE MONITORING Sense Labs, Inc. DINH, LYNDA 2857 §103 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Jul 23, 2024
18743967 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING VEHICLE DATA COLLECTION Sonatus, Inc. ALGIBHAH, HAMZA N 2441 §102 Final Rejection Pending Jun 14, 2024
18675940 SYSTEM TO AUTOMATE NETWORK ASSESSMENT Netbrain Technologies, Inc. JOO, JOSHUA 2445 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending May 28, 2024
18676027 LOOKING GLASS PROBE FOR AUTOMATED DATA TABLE Netbrain Technologies Inc. JOO, JOSHUA 2445 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending May 28, 2024
18649315 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS TO IMPLEMENT PATIENT DATABASE TO RECRUIT FOR CLINICAL STUDIES Prosciento, Inc. RASNIC, HUNTER J 3684 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 29, 2024
18649464 MODULAR SUPPORT TO PROVIDE A PATIENT JOURNEY FOR CLINICAL STUDIES Prosciento, Inc. BARTLEY, KENNETH 3684 §112 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Apr 29, 2024
18632777 METHODS TO PRESERVE PLANT PIGMENTS AND ENHANCE SEED GERMINATION USING OXYGEN SCAVENGING AGENTS Sensient Colors, LLC REDDEN, KAREN M 1661 §103 Non-Final OA 29d overdue Pending Apr 11, 2024
18627199 DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR MEASURING BIOMARKERS IN BIOLOGICAL FLUIDS Jana Care, Inc. SVEIVEN, MICHAEL CAMERON DP Non-Final OA Pending Apr 04, 2024
18540292 INTENT BASED AUTOMATION SYSTEM Netbrain Technologies, Inc. JOO, JOSHUA 2445 §112 Non-Final OA 71d Pending Dec 14, 2023
18387634 LIQUID DISPENSING AND VENDING Artesa Corp. AHMED, MOBEEN 3731 DP Final Rejection Pending Nov 07, 2023
18384228 MACHINE LEARNING ENABLED CATEGORY CREATION Callminer, Inc. HANG, VU B 2654 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 26, 2023
18384232 MACHINE LEARNING ENABLED INTERACTION SUMMARIZATION AND ANALYSIS Callminer, Inc. TSAI, JAMES T 4100 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 26, 2023
18380505 NATURAL LANGUAGE QUESTION ANSWERING WITH EMBEDDING VECTORS Permanence AI Inc. ZHU, RICHARD Z 2654 §103 Non-Final OA 98d overdue Pending Oct 16, 2023
18235481 UNIVERSAL INTRUSION DETECTION AND PREVENTION FOR VEHICLE NETWORKS Sonatus, Inc. GREENE, JOSEPH L 2443 §103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Aug 18, 2023
18452325 OMNICHANNEL, INTELLIGENT, PROACTIVE VIRTUAL AGENT Telepathy Labs, Inc. MANSFIELD, THOMAS L 3624 Other Non-Final OA 28d Pending Aug 18, 2023
18228913 METHOD OF ORALLY ADMINISTERING A FECAL MICROBIOTA TRANSPLANT COMPOSITION Novel Biome Solutions Inc. FIEBIG, RUSSELL G 1655 §103 Final Rejection 43d overdue Pending Aug 01, 2023
18311202 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR OPERATING A WEALTH MANAGEMENT PLATFORM Niw Ap, LLC DONLON, RYAN D 3692 §103 Non-Final OA 73d overdue Pending May 02, 2023
18123198 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING VEHICLE DATA COLLECTION Sonatus, Inc. ALHARBI, ADAM MOHAMED 3663 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 17, 2023
18123183 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING VEHICLE DATA COLLECTION Sonatus, Inc. ALGIBHAH, HAMZA N 2441 §103 Final Rejection 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 §103 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Dec 29, 2022
18078461 PRODUCING A RECORDING FROM SOUND SOURCE DATA BASED ON A SOUND PROFILE Constellation Productions, Inc. FAHNERT, FRIEDRICH 2692 §103 Non-Final OA 62d Pending Dec 09, 2022
17882110 APPARATUS TO PERFORM AN ALLERGEN DIAGNOSTIC Evme Inc. MCCORMACK, ERIN KATHLEEN 3791 §103 Final Rejection 28d overdue Pending Aug 05, 2022
17882131 APPARATUS TO PERFORM AN ALLERGEN DIAGNOSTIC Evme Inc. CERIONI, DANIEL LEE 3791 §101 Non-Final OA 50d overdue Pending Aug 05, 2022
17873619 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF TRANSCUTANEOUS VIBRATION TO SYNERGIZE WITH OR AUGMENT A TREATMENT MODALITY Apollo Neuroscience, Inc. MATTHEWS, CHRISTINE HOPKINS 3791 DP Non-Final OA Pending Jul 26, 2022
17865668 TELECOMMUNICATIONS CALL VALIDATION PLATFORM Somos, Inc. MADANI, FARIDEH 2643 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 15, 2022
17860846 HIGH CAPABILITY, MULTI-BEAM, DECENTERED LENS LIGHT BEAM STEERING Exciting Technology, LLC NIGAM, NATASHA 2872 §102 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Jul 08, 2022
17847040 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRADE-OFF VISUAL ANALYSIS Cytel Inc. KHAN, IFTEKHAR A 2187 §103 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Jun 22, 2022
17847057 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CLINICIAN INTERFACE Cytel Inc. SANGHERA, STEVEN G.S. 3684 §103 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Jun 22, 2022
17729182 NETWORK INTENT MANAGEMENT AND AUTOMATION Netbrain Technologies, Inc. WINDER, PATRICE L 2453 §103 Non-Final OA 55d Pending Apr 26, 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
17722139 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRACKING CHAIN OF TITLE FOR REGISTERED INTERNET OF THINGS UNIVERSAL ID (IOT DEVICES) Somos, Inc. MONAGHAN, MICHAEL J 3629 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 15, 2022
17570018 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS TO SUPPORT MIXED NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS ON A VEHICLE Sonatus, Inc. DIVECHA, KAMAL B 2453 §103 Non-Final OA 131d overdue Pending Jan 06, 2022
17533880 COORDINATED SYSTEM OF MULTIPLE TRANSDUCERS Apollo Neuroscience, Inc. MATTHEWS, CHRISTINE HOPKINS 3791 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 23, 2021
17163424 MULTI-SPACE TRIAL DESIGN PLATFORM Cytel Inc. HOLCOMB, MARK 3685 §103 Final Rejection 77d overdue Pending Jan 30, 2021
17163430 TRIAL DESIGN WITH PARETO TECHNIQUES Cytel Inc. NGUYEN, HIEP VAN 3686 §101 Non-Final OA 91d 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
16371835 Systems and Methods for Coupling an Ultrasound Source to Tissue Guided Therapy Systems, LLC DEUTSCH, TAYLOR M 3798 §103 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Apr 01, 2019

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