Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Harvest Ip Law, LLP

Technology area: Chemistry & Materials

103 pending office actions • 23 clients • 98 examiners • 65 art units • 0 of 103 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Harvest IP Law, LLP has 110 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials and 1,753 career applications. The profile shows an active chemistry and materials docket supported by a recorded application history.

The resolved allowance rate is 89.98%, and the average is 2.92 office actions per allowance. These figures provide complementary signals, with the first addressing resolved outcomes and the second indicating examination activity associated with each allowance.

For portfolio reviews, the data supports considering both current workload and historical prosecution behavior. It does not identify whether the results vary by chemical subfield, client, or individual practitioner.

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

Quality Metrics (n=1753 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

90.0%
Allowance Rate
n=1753
+0.55σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1753
2.9
OAs to Allowance
n=988
-0.38σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=988
917 days
Time to Allowance
n=988
+0.8pp
Interview Lift
n=1753
32.5%
RCE Rate
n=1753
0.3%
Appeal Rate
n=1753

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

57.8%
§101 Overcome
n=121
74.6%
§102 Overcome
n=643
69.6%
§103 Overcome
n=921
72.0%
§112 Overcome
n=582

Specialization & Scale

F05D, Y02E, H01M
Top CPC Subclasses
13%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1753
4
Practitioners
n=1753
438.2
Apps / Practitioner
n=1753

Portfolio Summary

103
Total Pending OAs
60
Non-Final OAs
37
Final Rejections
6
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 20 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

9
Overdue
1
Due this week
7
Due this month
2
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. 20 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (9)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (7)Due ≤ 60 days (2)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.

50
Hard (49%)
49
Medium (48%)
2
Easy (2%)
2
Unknown (2%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (1%)
§101 + other14 (14%)
§103 only41 (40%)
§102 only3 (3%)
§112 only2 (2%)
Double-patenting + other5 (5%)
Multi-statute (no §101)35 (34%)
No statute on record2 (2%)

Industry Mix

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

50
Life Sciences
49% of docket
9
Information Tech
9% of docket
4
Communications
4% of docket
4
Semiconductors
4% of docket
34
Mechanical / Eng
33% of docket
2
Business / Other
2% 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.

1,030 h
Manual time on pending OAs
206 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
360 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
9.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SAHAND, SANA 2 63.5% +24.0%
PREGLER, SHARON 2 78.0% +21.1%
WORRELL, KEVIN 2 12.5% -3.1%
WITHERSPOON, SIKARL A 2 86.3% -20.1%
IANNUCCI, LOUISE JAMES 2 0.0% +0.0%
FREAY, CHARLES GRANT 1 77.0% +30.3%
HAGHIGHIAN, BEHNOUSH 1 78.8% +12.7%
SEBASCO CHENG, STEPHANIE 1 58.6% +71.1%
PEACH, POLINA G 1 50.3% +23.8%
CAIADO, ANTONIO J 1 68.6% +51.4%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18722810 FURAN DICARBOXYLIC ACID COMPOUND, METHOD FOR PREPARING FURAN DICARBOXYLIC ACID COMPOUND, POLYESTER, AND MEHTOD FOR PREPARING POLYESTER WITHERSPOON, SIKARL A —

Hard Cases (51)

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
17999086 Hybrid Catalyst Composition, Catalyst Comprising the Same, and Processes for Preparing the Same LEE, RIP A 92d overdue
17771503 SKIN COOLING FABRIC, POLYETHYLENE YARN THEREFOR, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING POLYETHYLENE YARN WORRELL, KEVIN 4d overdue
18798622 Multi-Project Chip, Methods of Making, and Using the Same BECHTEL, KEVIN M 2d overdue
18281412 COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING DEGENERATIVE BRAIN DISEASES RAHMAN, MASUDUR 21d
18000535 METHOD FOR MANAGING ALLOCATION OF VEHICLES TRAVELING TO DESTINATIONS, MANAGEMENT SERVER USED FOR SAME, AND RECORDING MEDIUM IN WHICH RECORDING PROGRAM THAT EXECUTES METHOD FOR MANAGING ALLOCATION OF VEHICLES TRAVELING TO DESTINATIONS IS RECORDED GOLDBERG, IVAN R 21d
18976583 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GUIDING DRIVING INFORMATION LEWANDROSKI, SARA J 26d
18307897 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING INTERFACE FOR MANAGING A VEHICLE OPERATING CORPORATION AND INTERFACE FOR MANAGING DRIVER BELONGING TO VEHICLE OPERATING CORPORATION MANEJWALA, ISMAIL A 28d
18544540 CALIPER BRAKE KING, BRADLEY T 61d

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
19454334 FUEL CELL MEMBRANE HUMIDIFIER FREAY, CHARLES GRANT —
19390689 TURBINE HAVING GUIDE BAFFLE AND GAS TURBINE INCLUDING SAME HAGHIGHIAN, BEHNOUSH —
19357272 GAS TURBINE SEBASCO CHENG, STEPHANIE —
19303887 METHOD FOR GENERATING CUSTOMIZED CONTENTS SCREENING TABLE FOR EACH THEATER AND DEVICE THEREFOR PEACH, POLINA G —
19299398 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING SIMILAR CONTENT IN CONTENT STREAMING SYSTEM CAIADO, ANTONIO J —
18998043 METHOD FOR MEASURING REAL-TIME VALUES AND MANAGEMENT OF BLOOD SUGAR ON BASIS OF ELECTROCARDIOGRAM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM RECORDED ON RECORDING MEDIUM IN ORDER TO EXECUTE SAME SAHAND, SANA —
18992669 METHOD, PROGRAM, AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING LONG-TERM HEART RATE VARIABILITY ON BASIS OF SHORT-TERM MEASUREMENT SIGNALS SAHAND, SANA —
18291957 HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE CARTRIDGE AND HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE MODULE INCLUDING SAME PREGLER, SHARON —

Client Portfolio (23 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36165
16924
17624
37963
37953
17723
17893
17253
17653
17673

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19454334 FUEL CELL MEMBRANE HUMIDIFIER Kolon Industries, Inc. FREAY, CHARLES GRANT 3746 Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 20, 2026
19390689 TURBINE HAVING GUIDE BAFFLE AND GAS TURBINE INCLUDING SAME DOOSAN ENERBILITY CO., LTD. HAGHIGHIAN, BEHNOUSH 3745 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 17, 2025
19357272 GAS TURBINE DOOSAN ENERBILITY CO., LTD. SEBASCO CHENG, STEPHANIE 3741 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 14, 2025
19303887 METHOD FOR GENERATING CUSTOMIZED CONTENTS SCREENING TABLE FOR EACH THEATER AND DEVICE THEREFOR Cj Olivenetworks Co., Ltd. PEACH, POLINA G 2165 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 19, 2025
19299398 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING SIMILAR CONTENT IN CONTENT STREAMING SYSTEM Tving Co., Ltd. CAIADO, ANTONIO J 2164 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 14, 2025
19274404 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FILTERING VIRTUAL OBJECT USING PLURALITY OF SENSORS Avikus Co., Ltd. NGUYEN, CUONG H 3664 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 18, 2025
19256215 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING ROAD-BASED, USERDEFINED ROUTE 42dot Inc. LEITE, PAULO ROBERTO GONZ 3663 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 01, 2025
19237075 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-BASED FIGHTING VIDEO BROADCASTING APPARATUS AND METHOD Cj Olivenetworks Co., Ltd. FOGG, CYNTHIA M 2421 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 13, 2025
19218230 IMAGE EDITING ASSISTANCE METHOD AND IMAGE EDITING APPARATUS Cj Olivenetworks Co., Ltd. YANG, NIEN 2484 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 24, 2025
19171327 ULTRASONIC IMAGING SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF Korea Advanced Institute Of Science And Technology SEBASTIAN, KAITLYN E 3797 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 06, 2025
19106702 POLYETHYLENE YARN HAVING EXCELLENT THERMAL PROPERTIES AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME Kolon Industries, Inc. SINGH-PANDEY, ARTI R 1759 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 26, 2025
19105099 OPTICAL FILM HAVING IMPROVED STIFFNESS AND DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING SAME Kolon Industries, Inc. LAWLER, JOHN VINCENT 1787 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 20, 2025
18998043 METHOD FOR MEASURING REAL-TIME VALUES AND MANAGEMENT OF BLOOD SUGAR ON BASIS OF ELECTROCARDIOGRAM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM RECORDED ON RECORDING MEDIUM IN ORDER TO EXECUTE SAME Medical AI Co., Ltd. SAHAND, SANA 3796 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 23, 2025
18681923 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING MOVEMENT PATH OF VEHICLE IN CONSIDERATION OF MOVEMENT FLOW OF PASSENGERS 42dot Inc. AWORUNSE, OLUWABUSAYO ADEBANJO 3662 §101§103 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 23, 2025
18992669 METHOD, PROGRAM, AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING LONG-TERM HEART RATE VARIABILITY ON BASIS OF SHORT-TERM MEASUREMENT SIGNALS Medical AI Co., Ltd. SAHAND, SANA 3796 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 09, 2025
18992960 METHOD, PROGRAM, AND APPARATUS FOR PREDICTING HEALTH STATE USING ELECTROCARDIOGRAM SEGMENTS Medical AI Co., Ltd. WALKER, OLIVIA 3796 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 09, 2025
18877782 OPTICAL FILM AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING SAME Kolon Industries, Inc. LAVARIAS, ARNEL C §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 20, 2024
18976583 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GUIDING DRIVING INFORMATION 42dot Inc. LEWANDROSKI, SARA J 3661 §101§103§112 Final Rejection 26d Pending Dec 11, 2024
18976641 VIBRATION REDUCTION DEVICE AND NUCLEAR POWER PLANT CABINET USING SAME DOOSAN ENERBILITY CO., LTD. IRVIN, THOMAS W 3616 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 11, 2024
18964007 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING THICKNESS OF PIPE BASED ON IMAGE ANALYSIS DOOSAN ENERBILITY CO., LTD. BODNARK, MATTHEW JAMES 2668 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 29, 2024
18963601 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING ORDERING INFORMATION USING DYNAMIC INFORMATION Arch Seoul Co., Ltd. ALLADIN, AMBREEN A 3691 §101§112 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 28, 2024
18869863 BIODEGRADABLE RESIN COMPOSITION, BIODEGRADABLE RESIN MOLDED PRODUCT, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR Hanwha Solutions Corporation KRUER, KEVIN R 1787 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 27, 2024
18953776 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING POSE OF ENDOSCOPIC SCOPE Medlntech Inc. LUU, TIMOTHY TUAN 3795 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 20, 2024
18953648 METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING ENDOSCOPIC SCOPE Medintech Inc. SHARPLESS, CHRISTEN ALICIA 3795 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 20, 2024
18931112 BSR PRE-VALIDATION SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH DOOR TRIM CONTACT POINT ANALYSIS Seoyon E-Hwa Co., Ltd. LIN, JASON 2117 §101§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 30, 2024
18932573 COVER WINDOW AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE SAME Seoyon E-Hwa Co., Ltd. BOOHER, ADAM W 2872 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 30, 2024
18932547 COVER WINDOW AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE SAME Seoyon E-Hwa Co., Ltd. QURESHI, MARIAM 2871 §102Other Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 30, 2024
18291957 HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE CARTRIDGE AND HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE MODULE INCLUDING SAME Kolon Industries, Inc. PREGLER, SHARON 1772 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 22, 2024
18687024 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR GENERATING LANE POLYLINE USING NEURAL NETWORK MODEL 42dot Inc. ALAVI, AMIR 2668 §101§102 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 01, 2024
18578167 FUEL CELL MEMBRANE HUMIDIFIER Kolon Industries, Inc. TURNER, SONJI 1776 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 01, 2024
18820515 ULTRASOUND IMAGING APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING BODY MARKER AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF Samsung Electronics PENG, BO JOSEPH 3797 §103 Final Rejection 46d Pending Aug 30, 2024
18798622 Multi-Project Chip, Methods of Making, and Using the Same Neowine Co., Ltd. BECHTEL, KEVIN M 2491 §102§112 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Aug 08, 2024
18720911 POLYESTER NONWOVEN FABRIC WITH SUPPRESSED REDUCTION IN PHYSICAL PROPERTIES BY TUFTING PROCESS, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, AND BACKING FABRIC FOR CARPET COMPRISING SAME Kolon Industries, Inc. WORRELL, KEVIN 1789 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 04, 2024
18722810 FURAN DICARBOXYLIC ACID COMPOUND, METHOD FOR PREPARING FURAN DICARBOXYLIC ACID COMPOUND, POLYESTER, AND MEHTOD FOR PREPARING POLYESTER Kolon Industries, Inc. WITHERSPOON, SIKARL A 1692 §102§103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 21, 2024
18721279 LYOCELL MATERIAL, SMOKING ARTICLE FILTER, SMOKING ARTICLE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME Kt&G Corporation DELACRUZ, MADELEINE PAULINA 1755 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 18, 2024
18714121 SHAPED CROSS-SECTIONAL POLYETHYLENE YARN AND FUNCTIONAL FABRIC INCLUDING THE SAME Kolon Industries, Inc. SALVATORE, LYNDA 1789 §103 Final Rejection — Pending May 29, 2024
18713521 DOPE DYED POLYETHYLENE YARN AND FUNCTIONAL FABRIC INCLUDING THE SAME Kolon Industries, Inc. VONCH, JEFFREY A 1781 §103DP Final Rejection — Pending May 24, 2024
18709853 ION CONDUCTOR COMPOSITION, POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE INCLUDING SAME, MEMBRANE-ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY, AND FUEL CELL Kolon Industries, Inc. LA RAIA III, LAWRENCE 1727 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 14, 2024
18709558 MEMBRANE-ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY AND FUEL CELL INCLUDING SAME Kolon Industries, Inc. CREPEAU, JONATHAN 1725 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 13, 2024
18709528 OPTICAL FILM AND METHOD OF PREPARING SAME Kolon Industries, Inc. DU, SURBHI M 1765 §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending May 13, 2024
18708674 CATALYST FOR FUEL CELL, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, CATALYST LAYER INCLUDING SAME, MEMBRANE-ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY, AND FUEL CELL Kolon Industries, Inc. VIGIL, WAYNE WALTER 1748 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 09, 2024
18707175 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECOVERING UNREACTED MONOMER Hanwha Solutions Corporation RHOADES, DEREK JAMES 1692 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 03, 2024
18648474 SUSPENSION SYSTEM HL Mando Corporation WILLIAMS, THOMAS J 3616 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 29, 2024
18639996 HYDRAULIC SUPPLY HL Mando Corporation LANE, NICHOLAS J 3616 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 19, 2024
18632305 FRICTION UNIT FOR A DISK BRAKE OF A VEHICLE AND BRAKE CALIPER HL Mando Corporation LEWIS, TISHA D 3619 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 11, 2024
18699247 FLUX CORED WIRE FOR TWIN WIRE ARC SPRAY Kolon Industries, Inc. BABAA, NAEL N 3763 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 05, 2024
18623029 SYSTEM FOR RECOVERING LITHIUM OF WASTE CATHODE MATERIAL DOOSAN ENERBILITY CO., LTD. ZHENG, LOIS L §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 01, 2024
18610365 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING EXHAUST EMISSIONS ON BASIS OF DATA ANALYSIS DOOSAN ENERBILITY CO., LTD. SIDDIQUEE, TAMEEM 2116 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 20, 2024
18607572 BRAKE PISTON AND BRAKE SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME HL Mando Corporation NGUYEN, LILLIAN T 3655 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 18, 2024
18442415 BRAKE SYSTEM HL Mando Corporation CROMER, ANDREW J 3667 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 15, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Harvest Ip Law, LLP's patent allowance rate?

90.0% of resolved applications prosecuted by Harvest Ip Law, LLP were allowed, across 1,753 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Harvest Ip Law, LLP average before allowance?

2.92 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Harvest Ip Law, LLP have?

103 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 23 clients, before 98 examiners in 65 art units.

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