Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Gutwein Law-Primary

5 pending office actions • 4 clients • 5 examiners • 3 art units • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 13 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=189 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

76.5%
Allowance Rate
n=189
+0.39σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=189
2.6
OAs to Allowance
n=62
-0.39σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=62
991 days
Time to Allowance
n=62
+21.4pp
Interview Lift
n=189
7.4%
RCE Rate
n=189
0.0%
Appeal Rate
n=189

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=6 (min 20)
§102 Overcome
n=6 (min 20)
52.1%
§103 Overcome
n=48
95.0%
§112 Overcome
n=20

Specialization & Scale

G06Q, G01N, H01M
Top CPC Subclasses
14%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=189
0
Practitioners
n=189
Apps / Practitioner
n=189 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

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

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (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.

0
Hard (0%)
3
Medium (60%)
2
Easy (40%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (60%)
§112 only1 (20%)
Double-patenting only1 (20%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
60% of docket
2
Business / Other
40% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ALBERS, KEVIN S 1 24.5% +51.2%
MELHUS, BENJAMIN S 1 60.5% +43.5%
FLICK, JASON E 1 80.5% +13.4%
ANTOINE, LISA HOPE 1 13.0% +95.2%
LEHMAN, LUKAS MILO 1 100.0% +0.0%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18301894 ORTHOPEDIC PROSTHETIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF USE THEREIN LEHMAN, LUKAS MILO 22d
18731191 SLOTTED PERITONEAL ACCESS CATHETER FLICK, JASON E

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18439044 Artificial Intelligence Apparatus and Method for monitoring prescribed Movements ANTOINE, LISA HOPE 43d overdue
19103431 ANKLE FOOT ORTHOSIS WITH TRACK SYSTEM AND MECHANISM ALBERS, KEVIN S 16d overdue

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18439044 Artificial Intelligence Apparatus and Method for monitoring prescribed Movements ANTOINE, LISA HOPE 43d overdue
19103431 ANKLE FOOT ORTHOSIS WITH TRACK SYSTEM AND MECHANISM ALBERS, KEVIN S 16d overdue
18809009 MATTER OF MANUFACTURE OF COMPRESSION LEGGING SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED USES MELHUS, BENJAMIN S
18731191 SLOTTED PERITONEAL ACCESS CATHETER FLICK, JASON E

Client Portfolio (4 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37861
37151
37741

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19103431 ANKLE FOOT ORTHOSIS WITH TRACK SYSTEM AND MECHANISM Thrive Orthopedics, LLC ALBERS, KEVIN S 3786 §103 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Feb 12, 2025
18809009 MATTER OF MANUFACTURE OF COMPRESSION LEGGING SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED USES Predictive Wear MELHUS, BENJAMIN S §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 19, 2024
18731191 SLOTTED PERITONEAL ACCESS CATHETER Hemocleanse Technologies LLC FLICK, JASON E DP Non-Final OA Pending May 31, 2024
18439044 Artificial Intelligence Apparatus and Method for monitoring prescribed Movements Hemscap Inc. ANTOINE, LISA HOPE 3715 §103 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Feb 12, 2024
18301894 ORTHOPEDIC PROSTHETIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF USE THEREIN Thrive Orthopedics, LLC LEHMAN, LUKAS MILO 3774 §112 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Apr 17, 2023

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