Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Gustafson Ip

9 pending office actions • 2 clients • 9 examiners • 8 art units • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=42 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

100.0%
Allowance Rate
n=42
+0.72σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=42
OAs to Allowance
n=13 (min 20)
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=13 (min 20)
Time to Allowance
n=13 (min 20)
+0.0pp
Interview Lift
n=42
69.2%
RCE Rate
n=42
0.0%
Appeal Rate
n=42

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=11 (min 20)
§102 Overcome
n=10 (min 20)
§103 Overcome
n=16 (min 20)
§112 Overcome
n=4 (min 20)

Specialization & Scale

G06F, G06N, G06Q
Top CPC Subclasses
74%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=42
1
Practitioners
n=42
42.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=42

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
5
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.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)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.

8
Hard (89%)
1
Medium (11%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (22%)
§101 + other5 (56%)
§103 only1 (11%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (11%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
2
Information Tech
22% of docket
2
Communications
22% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
44% of docket
1
Business / Other
11% 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
SANTOS-DIAZ, MARIA C 1 33.4% +31.4%
CHOI, YUK TING 1 71.5% +36.5%
ORTIZ DITREN, BELIX M 1 84.2% +2.2%
KANG, TIMOTHY J 1 45.6% +25.2%
PATEL, DIPEN M 1 20.3% +24.3%
KY, KEVIN 1 77.1% +25.5%
SULTANA, NADIRA 1 73.1% +33.7%
LEE, WILLIAM MICHAEL 1
LEE, JENNIFER V 1 25.3% +40.3%

Hard Cases (8)

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
18166415 SEQUENTIAL MODEL FOR DETERMINING USER REPRESENTATIONS LEE, WILLIAM MICHAEL 31d overdue
18626137 RECOMMENDATION CAMPAIGNS BASED ON PREDICTED SHORT-TERM USER BEHAVIOR AND PREDICTED LONG-TERM USER BEHAVIOR PATEL, DIPEN M 9d overdue
19246305 PREDICTIVE MACHINE LEARNING MODELS SANTOS-DIAZ, MARIA C 55d
18499984 IDENTIFYING IMAGE BASED CONTENT ITEMS USING A LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL SULTANA, NADIRA 83d
19048322 DYNAMIC FILTER RECOMMENDATIONS ORTIZ DITREN, BELIX M 84d
19075460 SUGGESTING OBJECT IDENTIFIERS TO INCLUDE IN A COMMUNICATION CHOI, YUK TING
18678748 RECOMMENDING CONTENT ITEMS BASED ON A LONG-TERM OBJECTIVE KANG, TIMOTHY J
17860765 OBJECT IDENTIFIERS FOR REAL WORLD OBJECTS LEE, JENNIFER V

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18626137 RECOMMENDATION CAMPAIGNS BASED ON PREDICTED SHORT-TERM USER BEHAVIOR AND PREDICTED LONG-TERM USER BEHAVIOR PATEL, DIPEN M 9d overdue
19246305 PREDICTIVE MACHINE LEARNING MODELS SANTOS-DIAZ, MARIA C 55d
18499984 IDENTIFYING IMAGE BASED CONTENT ITEMS USING A LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL SULTANA, NADIRA 83d
19075460 SUGGESTING OBJECT IDENTIFIERS TO INCLUDE IN A COMMUNICATION CHOI, YUK TING
18678748 RECOMMENDING CONTENT ITEMS BASED ON A LONG-TERM OBJECTIVE KANG, TIMOTHY J
18595166 EMBEDDING INFERENCE KY, KEVIN
17860765 OBJECT IDENTIFIERS FOR REAL WORLD OBJECTS LEE, JENNIFER V

Client Portfolio (2 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Pinterest, Inc. 8
Doma Technology LLC 1

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36291
21641
36891
36211
26711
26531
21451
36881

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19246305 PREDICTIVE MACHINE LEARNING MODELS Doma Technology LLC SANTOS-DIAZ, MARIA C 3629 §101Other Non-Final OA 55d Pending Jun 23, 2025
19075460 SUGGESTING OBJECT IDENTIFIERS TO INCLUDE IN A COMMUNICATION Pinterest, Inc. CHOI, YUK TING §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 10, 2025
19048322 DYNAMIC FILTER RECOMMENDATIONS Pinterest, Inc. ORTIZ DITREN, BELIX M 2164 §101§102 Final Rejection 84d Pending Feb 07, 2025
18678748 RECOMMENDING CONTENT ITEMS BASED ON A LONG-TERM OBJECTIVE Pinterest, Inc. KANG, TIMOTHY J 3689 §101§102§103 Final Rejection Pending May 30, 2024
18626137 RECOMMENDATION CAMPAIGNS BASED ON PREDICTED SHORT-TERM USER BEHAVIOR AND PREDICTED LONG-TERM USER BEHAVIOR Pinterest, Inc. PATEL, DIPEN M 3621 §101 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Apr 03, 2024
18595166 EMBEDDING INFERENCE Pinterest, Inc. KY, KEVIN 2671 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 04, 2024
18499984 IDENTIFYING IMAGE BASED CONTENT ITEMS USING A LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL Pinterest, Inc. SULTANA, NADIRA 2653 §101§102 Final Rejection 83d Pending Nov 01, 2023
18166415 SEQUENTIAL MODEL FOR DETERMINING USER REPRESENTATIONS Pinterest, Inc. LEE, WILLIAM MICHAEL 2145 §101§103 Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending Feb 08, 2023
17860765 OBJECT IDENTIFIERS FOR REAL WORLD OBJECTS Pinterest, Inc. LEE, JENNIFER V 3688 §101§102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jul 08, 2022

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