Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Heidi Brun Associates Ltd.

17 pending office actions • 11 clients • 16 examiners • 14 art units • 0 of 17 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=488 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

89.6%
Allowance Rate
n=488
+0.52σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=488
4.1
OAs to Allowance
n=249
+0.03σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=249
967 days
Time to Allowance
n=249
+3.0pp
Interview Lift
n=488
42.8%
RCE Rate
n=488
0.2%
Appeal Rate
n=488

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

70.7%
§101 Overcome
n=82
75.0%
§102 Overcome
n=92
78.2%
§103 Overcome
n=211
80.7%
§112 Overcome
n=140

Specialization & Scale

G06F, G06N, G06Q
Top CPC Subclasses
44%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=488
1
Practitioners
n=488
488.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=488

Portfolio Summary

17
Total Pending OAs
9
Non-Final OAs
7
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (6)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (1)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.

7
Hard (41%)
8
Medium (47%)
2
Easy (12%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other4 (24%)
§103 only8 (47%)
§112 only2 (12%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (18%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
18% of docket
4
Information Tech
24% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
6% of docket
8
Mechanical / Eng
47% of docket
1
Business / Other
6% 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.

170 h
Manual time on pending OAs
34 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
59 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CELESTINE, NYROBI I 2 81.4% +23.1%
BROWN, JOSEPH HENRY 1 59.9% +38.2%
JACOB, WILLIAM J 1 49.0% +34.7%
YUEN, JACKY 1 34.5% +51.2%
NGUYEN, CAO H 1 90.9% +7.4%
RIVERA, ANIBAL 1 90.9% +12.0%
BARKER, MATTHEW M 1 72.5% +14.7%
FABER, DAVID 1 51.1% +37.0%
CWERN, JONATHAN 1 50.7% +34.4%
YIP, JACK 1 33.0% +37.8%

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
18048873 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ULTRASOUND ANALYSIS CELESTINE, NYROBI I 2d overdue
18782091 SYSTEM AND METHOD PROVIDING SPECIALIZED SIZE UNITS IN RESPONSIVE EDITING NGUYEN, CAO H

Hard Cases (7)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19191251 LOW PROFILE WAVE STRAIN GEARBOX BROWN, JOSEPH HENRY 22d overdue
18583922 SYSTEM AND METHOD PROVIDING INTERACTION MECHANISM RIVERA, ANIBAL 7d
18551002 DIAGNOSIS AND MONITORING MEDICAL TREATMENT EFFECTIVNESS FOR ANXIETY & DEPRESSION DISORDERS FERNSTROM, KURT 12d
18837615 ADDITIVE CASTING DEPOSITION SYSTEM AND METHOD YUEN, JACKY 46d
18978011 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HELPING A LONG TERM CARE POLICY HOLDER STAY INDEPENDENT IN THE SHORT TERM JACOB, WILLIAM J 84d
19001657 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A CARDIAC ANOMALY CELESTINE, NYROBI I
17744686 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADDITIVE METAL CASTING CARPENTER, JOSHUA S

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
19191251 LOW PROFILE WAVE STRAIN GEARBOX BROWN, JOSEPH HENRY 22d overdue
18438630 RADAR SYSTEM FOR DETECTING PROFILES OF OBJECTS, PARTICULARLY IN A VICINITY OF A MACHINE WORK TOOL BARKER, MATTHEW M 5d overdue
18048873 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ULTRASOUND ANALYSIS CELESTINE, NYROBI I 2d overdue
18519166 SYSTEM FOR COMPARISON AND MERGING OF VERSIONS IN EDITED WEBSITES AND INTERACTIVE APPLICATIONS FABER, DAVID 1d overdue
18583922 SYSTEM AND METHOD PROVIDING INTERACTION MECHANISM RIVERA, ANIBAL 7d
18837615 ADDITIVE CASTING DEPOSITION SYSTEM AND METHOD YUEN, JACKY 46d
18978011 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HELPING A LONG TERM CARE POLICY HOLDER STAY INDEPENDENT IN THE SHORT TERM JACOB, WILLIAM J 84d
19001657 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A CARDIAC ANOMALY CELESTINE, NYROBI I

Client Portfolio (11 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37982
37152
36181
36961
17351
21921
36461
21721
37971
28721

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19191251 LOW PROFILE WAVE STRAIN GEARBOX M.Y.P. Advanced Technologies (1995) Ltd. BROWN, JOSEPH HENRY 3618 §102§103 Non-Final OA 22d overdue Pending Apr 28, 2025
19001657 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A CARDIAC ANOMALY Yeda Research And Development Co. Ltd. CELESTINE, NYROBI I 3798 §101§102§103Other Non-Final OA Pending Dec 26, 2024
18978011 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HELPING A LONG TERM CARE POLICY HOLDER STAY INDEPENDENT IN THE SHORT TERM Assured Inc. JACOB, WILLIAM J 3696 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA 84d Pending Dec 12, 2024
18837615 ADDITIVE CASTING DEPOSITION SYSTEM AND METHOD Magnus Metal Ltd. YUEN, JACKY 1735 §102§103 Non-Final OA 46d Pending Aug 12, 2024
18782091 SYSTEM AND METHOD PROVIDING SPECIALIZED SIZE UNITS IN RESPONSIVE EDITING Wix.com Ltd. NGUYEN, CAO H §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 24, 2024
18583922 SYSTEM AND METHOD PROVIDING INTERACTION MECHANISM Wix.com Ltd. RIVERA, ANIBAL 2192 §101§103§112 Final Rejection 7d Pending Feb 22, 2024
18438630 RADAR SYSTEM FOR DETECTING PROFILES OF OBJECTS, PARTICULARLY IN A VICINITY OF A MACHINE WORK TOOL Rodradar Ltd. BARKER, MATTHEW M 3646 §103 Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending Feb 12, 2024
18519166 SYSTEM FOR COMPARISON AND MERGING OF VERSIONS IN EDITED WEBSITES AND INTERACTIVE APPLICATIONS Wix.com Ltd. FABER, DAVID 2172 §103Other Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Nov 27, 2023
18556123 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GUIDING POSITIONING AND ORIENTING OF AN ULTRASOUND PROBE Ultrasight Ltd. CWERN, JONATHAN 3797 §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Oct 19, 2023
18469641 NEURAL NETWORK SIMULATOR FOR ULTRASOUND IMAGES AND CLIPS Ultrasight Ltd. YIP, JACK 3715 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 19, 2023
18551002 DIAGNOSIS AND MONITORING MEDICAL TREATMENT EFFECTIVNESS FOR ANXIETY & DEPRESSION DISORDERS Iluria Ltd. FERNSTROM, KURT 3715 §101§112 Final Rejection 12d Pending Sep 18, 2023
18048873 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ULTRASOUND ANALYSIS Yeda Research And Development Co. Ltd. CELESTINE, NYROBI I 3798 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Oct 24, 2022
17785068 MULTILENS DIRECT VIEW NEAR EYE DISPLAY Softoptics Reality Plus Ltd. DUONG, HENRY ABRAHAM 2872 §112 Non-Final OA 55d Pending Jun 14, 2022
17744686 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADDITIVE METAL CASTING Magnus Metal Ltd. CARPENTER, JOSHUA S 1733 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending May 15, 2022
17640892 ORGANOMINERAL FERTILIZER AND PROCESS THEREFOR Paulee Cleantec Ltd. SMITH, JENNIFER A 1731 §103 Non-Final OA 77d overdue Pending Mar 07, 2022
17590837 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PARALLEL COMBINATORIAL DESIGN Gsi Technology Inc. GUDAS, JAKOB OSCAR 2151 §112 Final Rejection Pending Feb 02, 2022
15904486 DISTANCE BASED DEEP LEARNING Gsi Technology Inc. KWON, JUN 2127 §103 Final Rejection 29d overdue Pending Feb 26, 2018

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