Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Guice Patents Pllc

13 pending office actions • 10 clients • 13 examiners • 11 art units • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=1501 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

89.0%
Allowance Rate
n=1501
+0.54σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1501
1.9
OAs to Allowance
n=1281
-0.81σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=1281
865 days
Time to Allowance
n=1281
+7.8pp
Interview Lift
n=1501
8.4%
RCE Rate
n=1501
0.0%
Appeal Rate
n=1501

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

85.7%
§101 Overcome
n=21
81.3%
§102 Overcome
n=379
83.1%
§103 Overcome
n=709
84.6%
§112 Overcome
n=495

Specialization & Scale

G06F, B25B, Y10T
Top CPC Subclasses
13%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1501
1
Practitioners
n=1501
1501.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=1501

Portfolio Summary

13
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

6
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. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (6)

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.

10
Hard (77%)
3
Medium (23%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (15%)
§102 only1 (8%)
Multi-statute (no §101)10 (77%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
15% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
15% of docket
8
Mechanical / Eng
62% of docket
1
Business / Other
8% 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.

130 h
Manual time on pending OAs
26 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
46 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MARIN, DAKOTA 1 51.6% +60.3%
WAGGENSPACK, ADAM J 1 46.1% +46.5%
PLESZCZYNSKA, JOANNA 1 54.3% +28.2%
JELLETT, MATTHEW WILLIAM 1 80.1% +17.2%
VOLZ, ELIZABETH J 1 66.7% +18.8%
FRY, PATRICK B 1 53.5% +8.3%
MOLOYE, TITILAYO 1 63.2% +47.0%
UTAMA, ROBERT J 1 60.4% +29.6%
MERCADO, LOUIS A 1 79.1% +18.5%
LEE, PAUL CHANG 1 74.9% +14.0%

Hard Cases (10)

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
18888791 CUP VOLZ, ELIZABETH J 155d overdue
18455455 TIRE-REPAIRING CONNECTOR MARTIN, KEEGAN THOMAS 66d overdue
18924836 RECIPROCATING SWITCH FOR HIGH-PRESSURE FLUID LINES JELLETT, MATTHEW WILLIAM 24d overdue
19037104 Light-Reflective Yarn Capable of Preventing Glass Microbeads from Falling Off MARIN, DAKOTA
18980485 TOOL WITH INTERFERENCE-FIT STRUCTURE WAGGENSPACK, ADAM J
18931621 Flexible Sheet with Graphic PLESZCZYNSKA, JOANNA
18774718 Power Tool for Reversing and Holding with Single Hand FRY, PATRICK B
18746300 Pharmaceutical Composition and Method for Treating Neurodegenerative Disorders Utilising the Pharmaceutical Composition MOLOYE, TITILAYO

Interview Candidates (9)

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
18888791 CUP VOLZ, ELIZABETH J 155d overdue
18924836 RECIPROCATING SWITCH FOR HIGH-PRESSURE FLUID LINES JELLETT, MATTHEW WILLIAM 24d overdue
18746652 ACUPUNCTURE POINT SIMULATION DEVICE AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME IN EDUCATION TRAINING AND EVALUATION EXAMINATION SYSTEM UTAMA, ROBERT J 10d overdue
18635822 VOLUME HOLOGRAPHIC OPTICAL ELEMENTS TO AVOID GHOST NOISE LEE, PAUL CHANG 2d overdue
19037104 Light-Reflective Yarn Capable of Preventing Glass Microbeads from Falling Off MARIN, DAKOTA
18980485 TOOL WITH INTERFERENCE-FIT STRUCTURE WAGGENSPACK, ADAM J
18931621 Flexible Sheet with Graphic PLESZCZYNSKA, JOANNA
18746300 Pharmaceutical Composition and Method for Treating Neurodegenerative Disorders Utilising the Pharmaceutical Composition MOLOYE, TITILAYO

Client Portfolio (10 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28712
37321
17831
37531
37331
37311
16151
37151
36771
36341

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19037104 Light-Reflective Yarn Capable of Preventing Glass Microbeads from Falling Off Chance Line Industrial Co., Ltd. MARIN, DAKOTA 3732 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 25, 2025
18980485 TOOL WITH INTERFERENCE-FIT STRUCTURE U-POWER COLLECTION ENTERPRISE CO., LTD. WAGGENSPACK, ADAM J §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 13, 2024
18931621 Flexible Sheet with Graphic Chance Line Industrial Co., Ltd. PLESZCZYNSKA, JOANNA 1783 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 30, 2024
18924836 RECIPROCATING SWITCH FOR HIGH-PRESSURE FLUID LINES Li Chung Plastics Industry Co., Ltd. JELLETT, MATTHEW WILLIAM 3753 §103§112 Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending Oct 23, 2024
18888791 CUP Woo Collection Co., Ltd. VOLZ, ELIZABETH J 3733 §102§103 Non-Final OA 155d overdue Pending Sep 18, 2024
18774718 Power Tool for Reversing and Holding with Single Hand Techway Industrial Co., Ltd. FRY, PATRICK B 3731 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jul 16, 2024
18746300 Pharmaceutical Composition and Method for Treating Neurodegenerative Disorders Utilising the Pharmaceutical Composition Taipei Medical University MOLOYE, TITILAYO 1615 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 18, 2024
18746652 ACUPUNCTURE POINT SIMULATION DEVICE AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME IN EDUCATION TRAINING AND EVALUATION EXAMINATION SYSTEM Changhua Christian Medical Foundation Changhua Christian Hospital UTAMA, ROBERT J 3715 §103 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Jun 18, 2024
18657375 SLIDER CAPABLE OF MINIMIZING SCRATCHING ON ZIPPER, ZIPPER USING THE SLIDER, AND COMMERCIAL PRODUCT USING THE ZIPPER Shiu-Yin Cheng MERCADO, LOUIS A 3677 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending May 07, 2024
18635822 VOLUME HOLOGRAPHIC OPTICAL ELEMENTS TO AVOID GHOST NOISE National Central University LEE, PAUL CHANG 2871 §102 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Apr 15, 2024
18636025 VOLUME HOLOGRAPHIC OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE ELEMENT FOR MIXED REALITY NEAR-EYE DISPLAY National Central University KIM, RICHARD H 2871 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Apr 15, 2024
18492499 HORIZONTAL SYNCHRONIZED BALANCING SYSTEM Huey AI Kuo HANES JR., JOHN 3634 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Oct 23, 2023
18455455 TIRE-REPAIRING CONNECTOR U-POWER COLLECTION ENTERPRISE CO., LTD. MARTIN, KEEGAN THOMAS 3723 §102§103 Non-Final OA 66d overdue Pending Aug 24, 2023

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