Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Hdls Ipr Services

50 pending office actions • 36 clients • 49 examiners • 28 art units • 0 of 50 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 201 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=4243 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

89.0%
Allowance Rate
n=4243
+0.50σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=4243
2.0
OAs to Allowance
n=3428
-0.83σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=3428
782 days
Time to Allowance
n=3428
+3.8pp
Interview Lift
n=4243
9.6%
RCE Rate
n=4243
0.2%
Appeal Rate
n=4243

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

58.6%
§101 Overcome
n=29
81.4%
§102 Overcome
n=377
83.1%
§103 Overcome
n=2021
91.8%
§112 Overcome
n=449

Specialization & Scale

G06F, H01R, H05K
Top CPC Subclasses
15%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=4243
0
Practitioners
n=4243
Apps / Practitioner
n=4243 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

50
Total Pending OAs
32
Non-Final OAs
17
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 24 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

17
Overdue
2
Due this week
2
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. 24 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (17)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (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.

2
Hard (4%)
45
Medium (90%)
3
Easy (6%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (4%)
§103 only34 (68%)
§102 only11 (22%)
§112 only3 (6%)

Industry Mix

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

6
Life Sciences
12% of docket
3
Information Tech
6% of docket
1
Communications
2% of docket
10
Semiconductors
20% of docket
20
Mechanical / Eng
40% of docket
10
Business / Other
20% 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.

500 h
Manual time on pending OAs
100 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
175 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
4.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LE, THANH TAM T 2 86.4% +13.8%
MIKELS, MATTHEW 1 80.9% +20.3%
PARRA, OMAR S 1 74.2% +9.5%
DESAI, RESHA 1 47.2% +28.0%
CAHILL, JESSICA MARIE 1 78.3% +23.0%
DUBASKY, GIGI L 1 74.2% +35.4%
KIM, WILLIAM JW 1 78.7% +15.1%
RUBY, TRAVIS C 1 53.3% +28.1%
NGUYEN, NGA B 1 53.3% +25.2%
WEILAND, HANS R. 1 55.3% +13.4%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18528717 CONNECTING CABLE WITH RETURNABLE PROTECTIVE COVER LE, THANH TAM T 2d overdue
19248102 RFID TAG ASSEMBLY AND OBJECT TO BE IDENTIFIED INCLUDING RFID TAG ASSEMBLY MIKELS, MATTHEW 70d
18648471 CONNECTOR DEVICE AND RECEPTACLE CONNECTOR THEREOF LE, THANH TAM T

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
18126391 CYCLING SPORT PERFORMANCE LEVEL ANALYSIS SYSTEM LO, ANDREW S 17d overdue
19023046 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STREAM DISTRIBUTION KIM, WILLIAM JW 41d

Interview Candidates (10)

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
19030623 TERMINAL, METHOD, AND SERVER FOR PROVIDING E-COMMERCE USING LIVE-STREAMS DUBASKY, GIGI L 42d overdue
18528717 CONNECTING CABLE WITH RETURNABLE PROTECTIVE COVER LE, THANH TAM T 2d overdue
19023046 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STREAM DISTRIBUTION KIM, WILLIAM JW 41d
19248102 RFID TAG ASSEMBLY AND OBJECT TO BE IDENTIFIED INCLUDING RFID TAG ASSEMBLY MIKELS, MATTHEW 70d
19094300 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ORDER MANAGEMENT DESAI, RESHA
19060704 LIQUID-COOLING PLUG CONNECTOR AND CONNECTING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME CAHILL, JESSICA MARIE
18968473 MANUFACTURING METHOD OF EVAPORATING CONCAVE-CONVEX PLATFORM STRUCTURE OF VAPOR CHAMBER RUBY, TRAVIS C
18951045 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HIGHLIGHT DETECTION NGUYEN, NGA B

Client Portfolio (36 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37639
24212
37522
28342
28312
28761
37531
24091
36251
28751

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19248102 RFID TAG ASSEMBLY AND OBJECT TO BE IDENTIFIED INCLUDING RFID TAG ASSEMBLY Shuyou (Shanghai)Technology Co., Ltd. MIKELS, MATTHEW 2876 §103 Final Rejection 70d Pending Jun 24, 2025
19234994 SERVER, TERMINAL AND COMPUTER PROGRAM 17LIVE Japan Inc. PARRA, OMAR S 2421 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 11, 2025
19094300 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ORDER MANAGEMENT 17LIVE Japan Inc. DESAI, RESHA §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 28, 2025
19060704 LIQUID-COOLING PLUG CONNECTOR AND CONNECTING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME Jpc Connectivity Inc. CAHILL, JESSICA MARIE 3753 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 23, 2025
19030623 TERMINAL, METHOD, AND SERVER FOR PROVIDING E-COMMERCE USING LIVE-STREAMS 17LIVE Japan Inc. DUBASKY, GIGI L 2421 §103 Final Rejection 42d overdue Pending Jan 17, 2025
19023046 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STREAM DISTRIBUTION 17LIVE Japan Inc. KIM, WILLIAM JW 2409 §101 Final Rejection 41d Pending Jan 15, 2025
18968473 MANUFACTURING METHOD OF EVAPORATING CONCAVE-CONVEX PLATFORM STRUCTURE OF VAPOR CHAMBER Jws Technology Co., Ltd. RUBY, TRAVIS C §102 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 04, 2024
18951045 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HIGHLIGHT DETECTION 17LIVE Japan Inc. NGUYEN, NGA B 3625 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 18, 2024
18913213 WATER-COOLING PLATE Delta Electronics, Inc. WEILAND, HANS R. 3763 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 11, 2024
18906903 CONTROL METHOD AND DEVICE BASED ON COMPUTER VISION New-Fast Technology Co., Ltd. DESIRE, GREGORY M §102 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 04, 2024
18884856 ELECTROPHORESIS DISPLAY WITH EMBEDDED TOUCH SENSING Superc-Touch Corporation GROSS, ALEXANDER P §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 13, 2024
18812817 PALLET POSITIONING METHOD AND PALLET POSITIONING SYSTEM Delta Electronics, Inc. DUONG, JOHNNYKHOI BAO §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 22, 2024
18811770 TWO-PHASE COOLING SYSTEM AND COOLING METHOD Apaltek Co., Ltd. CIRIC, LJILJANA V 3763 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 22, 2024
18765212 THREE-DIMENSIONAL HEAT EXCHANGE DEVICE FORMING STRUCTURE Nidec Chaun-Choung Technology Corporation LANE, DEVON 3763 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 05, 2024
18744546 DOUBLE-SIDED COOLING LIQUID COOLING HEAD Apaltek Co., Ltd. BHATTACHAN, BIGYAN NMN 3763 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 14, 2024
18675027 WIPER SKELETON ASSEMBLY Danyang Upc Auto Parts Co., Ltd. MCFARLAND, TYLER JAMES §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 27, 2024
18648471 CONNECTOR DEVICE AND RECEPTACLE CONNECTOR THEREOF Delta Electronics, Inc. LE, THANH TAM T §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 28, 2024
18639983 VAPOR CHAMBER STRUCTURE WITH PARTIALLY INCREASED PLATE THICKNESS Taiwan Microloops Corp. ATTEY, JOEL M 3763 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 19, 2024
18633445 VAPOR CHAMBER WITH SANDWICHED UPPER WICK Taiwan Microloops Corp. DUONG, THO V 3763 §102 Non-Final OA 85d overdue Pending Apr 11, 2024
18622834 INTEGRATED ILLUMINATED FAN Shenzhen Apaltek Co., Ltd. APENTENG, JESSICA MCMILLAN 2875 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Mar 29, 2024
18606267 MOVING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF FOR NUCLEIC ACID EXTRACTION SYSTEM Arise Biotech Corporation WRIGHT, PATRICIA KATHRYN §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 15, 2024
17908138 ANGLE CALCULATING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF Tsai, Kuo-Chih, Mr. DO, AN H 2855 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 07, 2024
18420463 OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER MODULE AND OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER MODULE START-UP METHOD Jess-Link Products Co., Ltd. BROCK, PAUL MORGAN 2634 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 23, 2024
18402376 NEBULIZING DEVICE Dongguan Yih Teh Electric Products Co., Ltd. KIM, CHRISTOPHER S 3752 §112 Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending Jan 02, 2024
18391625 BATTERY APPARATUS WITH IDENTIFICATION-AND-WAKEUP INTEGRATED PORT BASSO INDUSTRY CORP. WILLS, MONIQUE M §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 20, 2023
18391600 PANEL LIGHT GUIDE MODULE OF SOLID-STATE DRIVE Aic Inc. KIANNI, KAVEH C 2874 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Dec 20, 2023
18530047 STATOR ASSEMBLY OF WATER PUMP Delta Electronics, Inc. ANDREWS, MICHAEL 2834 §103 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Dec 05, 2023
18528717 CONNECTING CABLE WITH RETURNABLE PROTECTIVE COVER Amphenol Ltw Technology Co., Ltd. LE, THANH TAM T 2831 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Dec 04, 2023
18528489 LIGHT EMITTING STRUCTURE Prolight Opto Technology Corporation YI, CHANGHYUN 2812 §103 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Dec 04, 2023
18565564 INJECTABLE COMPOSITION COMPRISING CYTOLYTIC COMPOUND IN GEL, GEL-FORMING SOLUTION OR GEL-FORMING SUSPENSION FOR REDUCTION OF FAT Glonova Pharma Co., Ltd. MCMILLIAN, KARA RENITA 1623 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 30, 2023
18514815 ATMOSPHERIC WATER GENERATOR HAVING STERILIZATION AND DISINFECTION FUNCTIONS Biotek Environmental Science Ltd. FORRY, COLTON BUSA §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 20, 2023
18509217 MANUFACTURING SYSTEM AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR WATERPROOF FILM COMPONENT Taiwan Textile Federation DODDS, SCOTT 1746 §103 Final Rejection 74d overdue Pending Nov 14, 2023
18386584 RADAR DEVICE AND IN-VEHICLE-OBJECT DETECTION METHOD FOR RADAR DEVICE Millilab Co., Ltd. MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA 3648 §102 Final Rejection Pending Nov 02, 2023
18385218 TERMINAL BLOCK STRUCTURE AND UNBUCKLING UNIT THEREOF Li Yang Electric Machinery (Dongguan) Co., Ltd. NGUYEN, TRUC T 2834 §102 Non-Final OA 29d overdue Pending Oct 30, 2023
18373649 PORTABLE CNC MACHINE AND MACHINING METHOD USING SAME Force Precision Instrument Co., Ltd. CIGNA, JACOB JAMES 3726 §103 Non-Final OA 38d overdue Pending Sep 27, 2023
18367273 LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE WITH QUANTUM DOTS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Qdlux Inc. SANTIAGO, MARICELI 2896 §102 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Sep 12, 2023
18242490 SUNROOF DEVICE Hsin Chong Machinery Works Co., Ltd. BLANKENSHIP, GREGORY A 3612 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 05, 2023
18232807 WIRE STRIPPER WITH CUTTING SUPPORT STRUCTURE Kauw Yehi Industrial Co., Ltd. SCRUGGS, ROBERT J 3723 §103 Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending Aug 10, 2023
18221851 TEMPERATURE EQUALIZATION AND HEAT DISSIPATION STRUCTURE OF LITHIUM BATTERY Amita Technologies Inc. TILLMAN-SMITH, ERIK LEE 1751 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 13, 2023
18207120 VAPOR CHAMBER DEGASSING TUBE STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Taiwan Microloops Corp. ZOLLINGER, NATHAN C 3746 §103 Final Rejection 131d overdue Pending Jun 07, 2023
18207034 VAPOR CHAMBER AND SUPPORTING COLUMN SECUREMENT STRUCTURE THEREOF Taiwan Microloops Corp. AL SAMIRI, KHALED AHMED ALI 3763 §103 Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Jun 07, 2023
18140605 WATER-COOLING HEAT DISSIPATION DEVICE WITH ADJUSTABLE FAN DIRECTION Silverstone Technology Co., Ltd. ROJOHN III, CLAIRE E 3763 §103 Non-Final OA 78d overdue Pending Apr 27, 2023
18301747 BATTERY DEVICE AND HEAT-COMPENSATION SERIAL COOLING MODULE THEREOF Amita Technologies Inc. MYERS, KEITH STANLEY 3763 §103 Non-Final OA 66d overdue Pending Apr 17, 2023
18133958 HUB POWER DEVICE Jess-Link Products Co., Ltd. BAILLARGEON, PAUL D 2831 §103 Final Rejection 58d overdue Pending Apr 12, 2023
18128441 MICROFLUIDIC ELECTROPORATION DEVICE Oriental System Technology Inc. CARREON, ADRIAN JOHN 1799 §112 Final Rejection Pending Mar 30, 2023
18126391 CYCLING SPORT PERFORMANCE LEVEL ANALYSIS SYSTEM UNIWILL TECHNOLOGY INC. LO, ANDREW S 3784 §101 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Mar 25, 2023
18087044 BLUE LIGHT FILTERING OPHTHALMIC LENS CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS Yung Sheng Optical Co., Ltd. AHVAZI, BIJAN 1763 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 22, 2022
17923218 TEXTILE-TYPE DRY ELECTRODE PLATE Hui-Ling Chang MOSSBROOK, WILLIAM ERIC 3794 §103 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Nov 03, 2022
17975494 FLAMEPROOF ELECTRONIC DEVICE Delta Electronics, Inc. YOON, KEVIN E 1735 §102 Non-Final OA 69d Pending Oct 27, 2022
17856404 FIREFIGHTING SYSTEM Chuan Yen Tech Co., Ltd. GORMAN, DARREN W 3752 §103 Final Rejection 211d overdue Pending Jul 01, 2022

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