Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Henricks Slavin LLP

13 pending office actions • 9 clients • 12 examiners • 9 art units • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 25 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=1315 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

83.8%
Allowance Rate
n=1315
+0.78σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1315
3.6
OAs to Allowance
n=687
+0.03σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=687
1150 days
Time to Allowance
n=687
+8.6pp
Interview Lift
n=1315
25.1%
RCE Rate
n=1315
2.8%
Appeal Rate
n=1315

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=5 (min 20)
90.2%
§102 Overcome
n=112
83.8%
§103 Overcome
n=390
94.5%
§112 Overcome
n=73

Specialization & Scale

A61N, H04R, F16B
Top CPC Subclasses
23%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1315
2
Practitioners
n=1315
657.5
Apps / Practitioner
n=1315

Portfolio Summary

13
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (6)Due ≤ 30 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.

0
Hard (0%)
12
Medium (92%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (8%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only12 (92%)
No statute on record1 (8%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
8% of docket
1
Information Tech
8% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
8% of docket
10
Mechanical / Eng
77% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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
EVANISKO, GEORGE ROBERT 2 70.4% +34.9%
KOTIS, JOSHUA G 1 74.2% +56.6%
OKONAK, ELIZABETH LOUISE 1 50.0% +100.0%
WEBSTER, KARMEL JOHANNA 1 63.2% +29.5%
RIVERA-PEREZ, CARLOS O 1 71.8% +20.2%
CHRISTIANSON, SKYLAR LINDSEY 1 58.7% +28.8%
CAI, CHARLES J 1 83.5% +28.1%
MORGAN, EMILY M 1 35.5% +32.7%
LEE, ERICA SHENGKAI 1 65.1% +30.7%
BURGESS, MARC R 1 33.9% +20.8%

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
18407079 PROCESS USED TO SHAPE ITEMS OF EQUIPMENT COMPRISING A BLADE CAI, CHARLES J

Interview Candidates (11)

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
18511955 HANDLEBAR GRIP ASSEMBLIES MORGAN, EMILY M 168d overdue
18495503 ELECTRODE LEADS HAVING MULTI-APPLICATION HELICAL NERVE CUFFS AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS EVANISKO, GEORGE ROBERT 53d overdue
19037162 DATA COLLECTION, TRANSFER AND FEEDBACK IN WORKING TOOLS KOTIS, JOSHUA G 44d overdue
18718422 COCHLEAR IMPLANTS HAVING MRI-COMPATIBLE MAGNET APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS WEBSTER, KARMEL JOHANNA 3d overdue
18255578 Foil Arrangement and Water Sports Apparatus BURGESS, MARC R 13d
18701147 COCHLEAR IMPLANTS HAVING MRI-COMPATIBLE MAGNET ASSEMBLIES AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS EVANISKO, GEORGE ROBERT 83d
18759686 COCHLEAR IMPLANT ELECTRODE ARRAYS AND ELECTRODE ARRAY COVER ASSEMBLIES FOR USE WITH THE SAME OKONAK, ELIZABETH LOUISE
18701224 Power Conversion Apparatus and Method for Connecting Power Conversion Apparatus to AC Power Supply RIVERA-PEREZ, CARLOS O

Client Portfolio (9 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37925
37311
28381
21151
36771
37961
36151
36711
17261

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19037162 DATA COLLECTION, TRANSFER AND FEEDBACK IN WORKING TOOLS BARON INVESTMENTS, LLC KOTIS, JOSHUA G 3731 §103 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Jan 25, 2025
18759686 COCHLEAR IMPLANT ELECTRODE ARRAYS AND ELECTRODE ARRAY COVER ASSEMBLIES FOR USE WITH THE SAME Advanced Bionics, LLC OKONAK, ELIZABETH LOUISE 3792 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 28, 2024
18718422 COCHLEAR IMPLANTS HAVING MRI-COMPATIBLE MAGNET APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS Advanced Bionics LLC WEBSTER, KARMEL JOHANNA 3792 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Jun 10, 2024
18701224 Power Conversion Apparatus and Method for Connecting Power Conversion Apparatus to AC Power Supply VIESSMANN CLIMATE SOLUTIONS SE RIVERA-PEREZ, CARLOS O 2838 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 13, 2024
18701147 COCHLEAR IMPLANTS HAVING MRI-COMPATIBLE MAGNET ASSEMBLIES AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS Advanced Bionics LLC EVANISKO, GEORGE ROBERT 3792 §103 Non-Final OA 83d Pending Apr 12, 2024
18601594 IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICES AND HEADER ASSEMBLIES FOR USE WITH SAME The Alfred E. Mann Foundation For Scientific Research CHRISTIANSON, SKYLAR LINDSEY 3792 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 11, 2024
18407079 PROCESS USED TO SHAPE ITEMS OF EQUIPMENT COMPRISING A BLADE Lisi Aerospace Forged Integrated Solution CAI, CHARLES J 2115 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 08, 2024
18511955 HANDLEBAR GRIP ASSEMBLIES Extreme Steering, Inc. MORGAN, EMILY M 3677 Non-Final OA 168d overdue Pending Nov 16, 2023
18495503 ELECTRODE LEADS HAVING MULTI-APPLICATION HELICAL NERVE CUFFS AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS The Alfred E. Mann Foundation For Scientific Research EVANISKO, GEORGE ROBERT 3792 §103 Final Rejection 53d overdue Pending Oct 26, 2023
18451445 COCHLEAR IMPLANTS INCLUDING VIBRATION DRIVEN ELECTRODE ARRAYS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS Advanced Bionics, LLC LEE, ERICA SHENGKAI 3796 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 17, 2023
18255578 Foil Arrangement and Water Sports Apparatus Boards & More GmbH BURGESS, MARC R 3615 §103 Final Rejection 13d Pending Jun 01, 2023
18139910 CONCRETE TOOL ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF FORMING ASSEMBLY Baron Innovative Technology LP CHU, KATHERINE J 3671 §103 Non-Final OA 52d overdue Pending Apr 26, 2023
17779154 BATTERY PACK WITH REINFORCING ELEMENTS VIESSMANN CLIMATE SOLUTIONS SE NEWELL, ANNA GOULD 1726 §103 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending May 24, 2022

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