Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Hespos & Porco LLP

Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

9 pending office actions • 6 clients • 9 examiners • 8 art units • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

HESPOS & PORCO LLP has 9 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. Its career record includes 4867 applications, indicating a broad history of prosecution in a field spanning mechanical systems and technology-enabled commerce. The pending docket identifies the matters currently requiring examination attention.

The resolved allowance rate is 94.65%, and allowed matters have required an average of 2.36 office actions. The rate supplies a resolved-outcome measure, while the lower action average describes the amount of response activity linked to allowed cases. For practitioners, the profile supports preparation for active examination while providing a separate basis for evaluating historical results.

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

Quality Metrics (n=4867 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

94.6%
Allowance Rate
n=4867
+0.59σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=4867
2.4
OAs to Allowance
n=4390
-0.52σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=4390
912 days
Time to Allowance
n=4390
-0.2pp
Interview Lift
n=4867
15.4%
RCE Rate
n=4867
0.5%
Appeal Rate
n=4867

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

81.7%
§101 Overcome
n=115
94.2%
§102 Overcome
n=1522
92.4%
§103 Overcome
n=1916
93.5%
§112 Overcome
n=1164

Specialization & Scale

H01R, G03G, Y10T
Top CPC Subclasses
34%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=4867
1
Practitioners
n=4867
4867.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=4867

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

6
Hard (67%)
1
Medium (11%)
2
Easy (22%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (11%)
§101 + other2 (22%)
§112 only2 (22%)
Double-patenting + other1 (11%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
11% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
11% of docket
1
Semiconductors
11% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
67% 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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
DOUNIS, LAERT 1 67.9% +20.8%
DONAHUE, ZACHARY RYAN 1 1.7% +4.7%
SCHOECH, ASHLEY TIFFANY 1 68.6% +23.5%
BARAKAT, MOHAMED 1 73.8% +23.0%
KNUTSON, JACOB D 1 79.7% +20.5%
GASCA ALVA JR, MOISES 1 47.6% +53.6%
VO, HAI 1 57.1% +72.5%
WEHRLY, CHRISTOPHER B 1 53.9% +34.8%
BICKIYA, AIMAN AMIR 1 42.3% +53.9%

Hard Cases (6)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18870523 METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR INTERACTIVE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN A MOVING OBJECT AND A USER GASCA ALVA JR, MOISES 3d overdue
19207689 CROWD-SOURCED VENUE RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF DONAHUE, ZACHARY RYAN —
19099604 BICYCLE SCHOECH, ASHLEY TIFFANY —
18993543 MONITORING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MONITORING BARAKAT, MOHAMED —
18705542 FRAME ASSEMBLY FOR A BICYCLE WHICH IS DRIVINGLY SUPPORTRD BY AN ELECTRIC MOTOR, AND ELECTRIC BICYCLE WEHRLY, CHRISTOPHER B —
18520289 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR COMPENSATING LEAKAGE CURRENTS IN AN ELECTRICAL POWER CONVERTER BICKIYA, AIMAN AMIR —

Interview Candidates (8)

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
18870523 METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR INTERACTIVE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN A MOVING OBJECT AND A USER GASCA ALVA JR, MOISES 3d overdue
19398848 COMPONENT OF AN EXHAUST SYSTEM REPLACING A PARTICULATE FILTER DOUNIS, LAERT —
19099604 BICYCLE SCHOECH, ASHLEY TIFFANY —
18993543 MONITORING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MONITORING BARAKAT, MOHAMED —
18872821 BICYCLE BOTTOM BRACKET ASSEMBLY KNUTSON, JACOB D —
18933065 COMPOSITIONS FOR MANUFACTURING FOOTWARE STIFFENERS VO, HAI —
18705542 FRAME ASSEMBLY FOR A BICYCLE WHICH IS DRIVINGLY SUPPORTRD BY AN ELECTRIC MOTOR, AND ELECTRIC BICYCLE WEHRLY, CHRISTOPHER B —
18520289 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR COMPENSATING LEAKAGE CURRENTS IN AN ELECTRICAL POWER CONVERTER BICKIYA, AIMAN AMIR —

Client Portfolio (6 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36112
37461
36891
36691
26891
36671
17881
28591

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19398848 COMPONENT OF AN EXHAUST SYSTEM REPLACING A PARTICULATE FILTER Capristo Automotive GmbH DOUNIS, LAERT 3746 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 24, 2025
19207689 CROWD-SOURCED VENUE RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF Jlasalle Enterprises LLC DONAHUE, ZACHARY RYAN 3689 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 14, 2025
19099604 BICYCLE Porsche Ebike Performance D.O.O. SCHOECH, ASHLEY TIFFANY 3669 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 29, 2025
18993543 MONITORING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MONITORING Porsche Ebike Performance GmbH BARAKAT, MOHAMED 2689 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 11, 2025
18872821 BICYCLE BOTTOM BRACKET ASSEMBLY Porsche Ebike Performance GmbH KNUTSON, JACOB D 3611 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 07, 2024
18870523 METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR INTERACTIVE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN A MOVING OBJECT AND A USER Porsche Ebike Performance GmbH GASCA ALVA JR, MOISES 3667 §101§103§112 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Nov 29, 2024
18933065 COMPOSITIONS FOR MANUFACTURING FOOTWARE STIFFENERS Stanbee Company, Inc. VO, HAI 1788 §103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 31, 2024
18705542 FRAME ASSEMBLY FOR A BICYCLE WHICH IS DRIVINGLY SUPPORTRD BY AN ELECTRIC MOTOR, AND ELECTRIC BICYCLE Porsche Ebike Performance GmbH WEHRLY, CHRISTOPHER B 3611 §102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 27, 2024
18520289 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR COMPENSATING LEAKAGE CURRENTS IN AN ELECTRICAL POWER CONVERTER Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. BICKIYA, AIMAN AMIR 2859 §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 27, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Hespos & Porco LLP's patent allowance rate?

94.7% of resolved applications prosecuted by Hespos & Porco LLP were allowed, across 4,867 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Hespos & Porco LLP average before allowance?

2.36 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Hespos & Porco LLP have?

9 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 6 clients, before 9 examiners in 8 art units.

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