Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

H&I Partners LLC

Technology areas: Communications • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

13 pending office actions • 10 clients • 12 examiners • 11 art units • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

H&I PARTNERS LLC focuses on Communications, with 1,104 career applications and 11 pending office actions. Its resolved allowance rate is 89.08%, and the average number of office actions per allowance is 2.68.

The profile provides both a broad application record and a current workload of 11 pending office actions. The 89.08% resolved allowance rate can be read with the 2.68 action average to understand reported outcomes and prosecution effort.

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

Quality Metrics (n=1104 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

89.1%
Allowance Rate
n=1104
+0.67σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1104
2.7
OAs to Allowance
n=873
-0.40σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=873
937 days
Time to Allowance
n=873
+3.4pp
Interview Lift
n=1104
18.1%
RCE Rate
n=1104
0.6%
Appeal Rate
n=1104

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

74.1%
§101 Overcome
n=112
82.6%
§102 Overcome
n=236
84.1%
§103 Overcome
n=560
85.6%
§112 Overcome
n=418

Specialization & Scale

G06F, G06Q, H04L
Top CPC Subclasses
12%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1104
1
Practitioners
n=1104
1104.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=1104

Portfolio Summary

13
Total Pending OAs
10
Non-Final OAs
3
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.

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

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (1)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.

9
Hard (69%)
4
Medium (31%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other3 (23%)
§103 only3 (23%)
§102 only1 (8%)
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (46%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
15% of docket
2
Information Tech
15% of docket
4
Communications
31% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
31% 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
SNIEZEK, ANDREW L 2 85.0% +8.6%
KANE, KATHARINE GRACZ 1 47.9% +45.5%
DANGOL, ASHESH 1 69.6% +51.5%
POWERS, WILLIAM S 1 79.7% +2.1%
COPPOLA, JACOB C 1 48.4% +18.5%
NUNNERY, GRADY ALEXANDER 1 42.7% +42.9%
HUANG, WEN WU 1 73.1% +15.5%
CHANG, KYUNG SOOK 1 60.5% +40.8%
VISCONTI, GERALDINA 1 86.5% +1.6%
TRUONG, KARL DUC 1 64.2% +34.0%

Hard Cases (9)

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
19269002 STORAGE SYSTEM SNIEZEK, ANDREW L 71d overdue
19093207 AIRCRAFT PASSENGER SEAT UNIT AND ASSOCIATED CABIN ARRANGEMENT DANGOL, ASHESH 1d overdue
18275214 MEDICAL TISSUE ADHESIVE AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF CHANG, KYUNG SOOK 7d
17787314 METHOD FOR NUMERICAL SIMULATION BY MACHINE LEARNING CHAVEZ, ANTHONY RAY 34d
18998485 METHOD, DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR CARRYING OUT AN ELECTRONIC DRAW POWERS, WILLIAM S —
18927878 CBRN PROTECTIVE CLOTHING WITH PARTIALLY FOLDABLE HOOD NUNNERY, GRADY ALEXANDER —
18271449 ORGANIC COMPOUND AND ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE COMPRISING SAME VISCONTI, GERALDINA —
17801248 SYSTEM FOR MONITORING THE SLEEP AND/OR WELL-BEING OF A PASSENGER OF AN AIRCRAFT AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING SUCH A SYSTEM COX, THADDEUS B —

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
18311678 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SCALING USING ESTIMATED FACIAL FEATURES TRUONG, KARL DUC 4d overdue
19093207 AIRCRAFT PASSENGER SEAT UNIT AND ASSOCIATED CABIN ARRANGEMENT DANGOL, ASHESH 1d overdue
18275214 MEDICAL TISSUE ADHESIVE AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF CHANG, KYUNG SOOK 7d
18413351 ON-DEVICE ACCESSORY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM HUANG, WEN WU 70d
19119743 NEEDLE-STICK RESISTANT MATERIAL AND GARMENT COMPRISING SAME KANE, KATHARINE GRACZ —
18878869 LINKED DIGITAL GAMES SYSTEM COPPOLA, JACOB C —
18927878 CBRN PROTECTIVE CLOTHING WITH PARTIALLY FOLDABLE HOOD NUNNERY, GRADY ALEXANDER —

Client Portfolio (10 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
26932
37322
36421
24961
39921
26481
16131
17371
26141
37911

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19269002 STORAGE SYSTEM Advanced Access Technologies LLC SNIEZEK, ANDREW L 2693 §103§112 Non-Final OA 71d overdue Pending Jul 14, 2025
19119743 NEEDLE-STICK RESISTANT MATERIAL AND GARMENT COMPRISING SAME Trius Safety KANE, KATHARINE GRACZ 3732 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 09, 2025
19093207 AIRCRAFT PASSENGER SEAT UNIT AND ASSOCIATED CABIN ARRANGEMENT Airbus Atlantic SAS DANGOL, ASHESH 3642 §103§112 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Mar 27, 2025
18998485 METHOD, DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR CARRYING OUT AN ELECTRONIC DRAW La Française Des Jeux POWERS, WILLIAM S 2496 §101§102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 25, 2025
18878869 LINKED DIGITAL GAMES SYSTEM Fdj Gaming Solutions France COPPOLA, JACOB C 3992 §102 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 24, 2024
18927878 CBRN PROTECTIVE CLOTHING WITH PARTIALLY FOLDABLE HOOD Paul Boye Technologies NUNNERY, GRADY ALEXANDER 3732 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 26, 2024
18413351 ON-DEVICE ACCESSORY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Advanced Access Technologies LLC HUANG, WEN WU 2648 §103 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Jan 16, 2024
18275214 MEDICAL TISSUE ADHESIVE AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF Haining Zhuluoji Biotechnology Co., Ltd. CHANG, KYUNG SOOK 1613 §103§112 Final Rejection 7d Pending Aug 01, 2023
18271449 ORGANIC COMPOUND AND ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE COMPRISING SAME Lapto Co., Ltd. VISCONTI, GERALDINA 1737 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 08, 2023
18311678 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SCALING USING ESTIMATED FACIAL FEATURES Ditto Technologies, Inc. TRUONG, KARL DUC 2614 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending May 03, 2023
17801248 SYSTEM FOR MONITORING THE SLEEP AND/OR WELL-BEING OF A PASSENGER OF AN AIRCRAFT AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING SUCH A SYSTEM Airbus Atlantic COX, THADDEUS B 3791 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 21, 2022
17863241 MULTIPURPOSE CHARGING APPARATUS Advanced Access Technologies LLC SNIEZEK, ANDREW L 2693 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 12, 2022
17787314 METHOD FOR NUMERICAL SIMULATION BY MACHINE LEARNING Extrality CHAVEZ, ANTHONY RAY 2186 §101§103§112 Final Rejection 34d Pending Jun 18, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is H&I Partners LLC's patent allowance rate?

89.1% of resolved applications prosecuted by H&I Partners LLC were allowed, across 1,104 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does H&I Partners LLC average before allowance?

2.68 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does H&I Partners LLC have?

13 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 10 clients, before 12 examiners in 11 art units.

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