Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Innovation Capital Law Group, LLP

31 pending office actions • 22 clients • 30 examiners • 20 art units • 0 of 31 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=1885 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

85.6%
Allowance Rate
n=1885
+0.48σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1885
2.3
OAs to Allowance
n=1337
-0.81σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=1337
803 days
Time to Allowance
n=1337
+10.6pp
Interview Lift
n=1885
14.8%
RCE Rate
n=1885
2.0%
Appeal Rate
n=1885

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

58.1%
§101 Overcome
n=129
73.7%
§102 Overcome
n=514
72.1%
§103 Overcome
n=799
76.6%
§112 Overcome
n=661

Specialization & Scale

G06F, G06Q, A61B
Top CPC Subclasses
12%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1885
1
Practitioners
n=1885
1885.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=1885

Portfolio Summary

31
Total Pending OAs
21
Non-Final OAs
8
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
1
Due this week
0
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. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 7 days (1)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.

19
Hard (61%)
10
Medium (32%)
2
Easy (6%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (3%)
§101 + other7 (23%)
§103 only10 (32%)
§112 only1 (3%)
Double-patenting only1 (3%)
Multi-statute (no §101)11 (35%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
10% of docket
5
Information Tech
16% of docket
2
Communications
6% of docket
2
Semiconductors
6% of docket
11
Mechanical / Eng
35% of docket
8
Business / Other
26% 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.

310 h
Manual time on pending OAs
62 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
108 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BAUTISTA, ADRIANA GISELLE 2
DORNBUSCH, DIANNE 1 73.8% +34.9%
COOK, JONATHON 1 81.8% +16.8%
WONG, ERIC K 1 83.9% +8.1%
OJO, OYESOLA C 1 82.5% +11.1%
HAWKINS, JASON KHALIL 1 66.5% +44.9%
PAK, SUNG H 1 87.8% +11.3%
RIVERA, ANIBAL 1 90.9% +12.0%
SAEED, AHMED M 1 80.9% +12.8%
DO, ROWLAND 1 69.8% -5.6%

Quick Wins (4)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18826781 OPTICAL-FIBER CONNECTOR WONG, ERIC K
18791085 AUDIO SIGNAL TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND METHOD, AUDIO SIGNAL RECEPTION DEVICE AND METHOD, AND AUDIO SYSTEM OJO, OYESOLA C
18760855 SYSTEMS INCLUDING NETWORK SIMULATING FOR MOBILE APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT RIVERA, ANIBAL
18721837 CONTROL DEVICE INTERFACE ESPECIALLY FOR VENDING MACHINES AND DISPLAYS SAEED, AHMED M

Hard Cases (19)

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
18000054 A PHOTOBIOMODULATION THERAPY LOW-LEVEL LASER TARGETING SYSTEM HUH, VYNN V 147d overdue
18515040 METHOD, DEVICE AND COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR OBTAINING RESPIRATORY SIGNAL ABOUELELA, MAY A 25d overdue
18550761 A SELF-ADJUSTING PIPE WRENCH TOOL THOMAS, DAVID B 25d overdue
18356720 Clamp for Cementing a Prosthesis to a Patella During TKA KAMIKAWA, TRACY L 3d overdue
18304736 VITAL SIGNS BEACON SYSTEM MOSS, JAMES R 5d
18006761 PURIFICATION OF WOOD ACETYLATION FLUID DOLETSKI, BLAINE G 42d
18167296 A Mechanically Secured Plastic Patellar Prosthesis WOLF, MEGAN YARNALL 69d
18059040 DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENT, PARTITIONED UNIFORM LIGHT PROJECTION SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND DESIGN METHOD CHANG, AUDREY Y 72d

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19020154 DUAL INSUFFLATION AND WOUND CLOSURE DEVICES AND METHODS DORNBUSCH, DIANNE
18985503 PROGRAMMABLE SCANNING DIFFUSE SPECKLE CONTRAST IMAGING (PS-DSCI) OF DEEP TISSUE OPTICAL PROPERTIES, HEMODYNAMICS, AND FUNCTION COOK, JONATHON
18791085 AUDIO SIGNAL TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND METHOD, AUDIO SIGNAL RECEPTION DEVICE AND METHOD, AND AUDIO SYSTEM OJO, OYESOLA C
18772787 KNIFE GRINDING ASSEMBLY AND KNIFE GRINDING APPARATUS HAWKINS, JASON KHALIL
18771679 OPTICAL-FIBER ADAPTER PAK, SUNG H
18760855 SYSTEMS INCLUDING NETWORK SIMULATING FOR MOBILE APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT RIVERA, ANIBAL
18721837 CONTROL DEVICE INTERFACE ESPECIALLY FOR VENDING MACHINES AND DISPLAYS SAEED, AHMED M

Client Portfolio (22 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37743
37922
37711
28771
26951
36771
26861
21931
37911
17811

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19020154 DUAL INSUFFLATION AND WOUND CLOSURE DEVICES AND METHODS Suture Ease, Inc. DORNBUSCH, DIANNE 3771 §103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Jan 14, 2025
18985503 PROGRAMMABLE SCANNING DIFFUSE SPECKLE CONTRAST IMAGING (PS-DSCI) OF DEEP TISSUE OPTICAL PROPERTIES, HEMODYNAMICS, AND FUNCTION UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY RESEARCH FOUNDATION COOK, JONATHON 2877 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 18, 2024
18826781 OPTICAL-FIBER CONNECTOR Acon Optics Communications Inc. WONG, ERIC K §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 06, 2024
18791085 AUDIO SIGNAL TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND METHOD, AUDIO SIGNAL RECEPTION DEVICE AND METHOD, AND AUDIO SYSTEM Acon Optics Communications Inc. OJO, OYESOLA C 2695 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 31, 2024
18772787 KNIFE GRINDING ASSEMBLY AND KNIFE GRINDING APPARATUS Guangzhou Landian Trading Co., Ltd. HAWKINS, JASON KHALIL §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 15, 2024
18771679 OPTICAL-FIBER ADAPTER Acon Optics Communications Inc. PAK, SUNG H §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 12, 2024
18760855 SYSTEMS INCLUDING NETWORK SIMULATING FOR MOBILE APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT Wapp Tech Corp. RIVERA, ANIBAL §112Other Non-Final OA Pending Jul 01, 2024
18721837 CONTROL DEVICE INTERFACE ESPECIALLY FOR VENDING MACHINES AND DISPLAYS Carel Industries S.p.A. SAEED, AHMED M DP Non-Final OA Pending Jun 19, 2024
18714358 NON-IMPINGING DUAL MOBILITY HIP PROSTHESIS Signature Orthopaedics Europe Ltd. BAUTISTA, ADRIANA GISELLE §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 29, 2024
18632877 WINCH RIGGING LINK Mercurypm Pty Ltd. DO, ROWLAND 3677 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 11, 2024
18601552 SMART CONTAINERS Lyd LLC SYED, NABIL H 2686 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 11, 2024
18418835 COMPOSING EFFICIENT AND ROBUST TESTS TO ASSESS ARTIFICIAL AGENTS Sony Group Corporation SLACHTA, DOUGLAS M 2193 §101§112 Final Rejection Pending Jan 22, 2024
18525717 MEDICAL IMPLANT SURFACE TREATMENT AND METHOD Salt Lake Innovations, LLC DUKERT, BRIAN AINSLEY 3774 §101§102§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Nov 30, 2023
18515040 METHOD, DEVICE AND COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR OBTAINING RESPIRATORY SIGNAL South China Normal University ABOUELELA, MAY A 3791 §101§112 Non-Final OA 25d overdue Pending Nov 20, 2023
18556975 TECHNIQUES AND INSTRUMENTATION FOR THE REMOVAL OF RETAINED URETERAL STENTS Mdha Investment Pty Ltd. BAUTISTA, ADRIANA GISELLE 3774 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 24, 2023
18472722 PANELS OF MEDIUM DENSITY FIBREBOARD Titan Wood Limited ZHANG, MICHAEL N 1781 §103 Final Rejection 97d overdue Pending Sep 22, 2023
18550761 A SELF-ADJUSTING PIPE WRENCH TOOL Macht Tools Pty Ltd. THOMAS, DAVID B 3723 §102§103 Non-Final OA 25d overdue Pending Sep 15, 2023
18356720 Clamp for Cementing a Prosthesis to a Patella During TKA Signature Orthopaedics Europe Ltd. KAMIKAWA, TRACY L 3775 §101§102§103§112 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Jul 21, 2023
18273399 Method and System for Computing Correct Income of a Security Using Undistributed Income Battleline Technologies, LLC PUTTAIAH, ASHA 3691 §101 Final Rejection Pending Jul 20, 2023
18313871 TUNABLE AGENT BEHAVIORS THROUGH CONTINUOUS REWARD WEIGHT-BASED GOAL SPACES Sony Group Corporation NAULT, VICTOR ADELARD 2124 §101§103§112 Final Rejection Pending May 08, 2023
18251455 A COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN COST CALCULATION SYSTEM Pool Site Quote Pty Ltd. NGUYEN, CAO H §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 02, 2023
18304736 VITAL SIGNS BEACON SYSTEM Owlink Technology, Inc. MOSS, JAMES R 3792 §103§112 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Apr 21, 2023
18296795 EVENT TABLES FOR EFFICIENT EXPERIENCE REPLAY Sony Group Corporation DRAPEAU, SIMEON PAUL §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 06, 2023
18167296 A Mechanically Secured Plastic Patellar Prosthesis Signature Orthopaedics Europe Ltd. WOLF, MEGAN YARNALL 3774 §103§112 Final Rejection 69d Pending Feb 10, 2023
18006761 PURIFICATION OF WOOD ACETYLATION FLUID Titan Wood Limited DOLETSKI, BLAINE G 1692 §103§112 Non-Final OA 42d Pending Jan 25, 2023
18000054 A PHOTOBIOMODULATION THERAPY LOW-LEVEL LASER TARGETING SYSTEM Cosmetic Edge Pty Ltd. HUH, VYNN V 3792 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 147d overdue Pending Nov 28, 2022
18059040 DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENT, PARTITIONED UNIFORM LIGHT PROJECTION SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND DESIGN METHOD Hangzhou Uphoton Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. CHANG, AUDREY Y 2872 §103§112 Non-Final OA 72d Pending Nov 28, 2022
17934283 SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED IDENTIFICATION OF ENCODINGS FOR FERMIONIC MODE TO QUBIT MAPPINGS Phasecraft Limited DE LA GARZA, CARLOS HEBERTO 2182 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 22, 2022
17758560 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SILICA MICROSPHERES Grag Technologies Pty Limited ROGERS, JAMES WILLIAM 1618 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 08, 2022
17650295 METHODS FOR TRAINING AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENT AGENT WITH CURRICULUM AND SKILLS Sony Corporation Of America HAN, KYU HYUNG 2123 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 08, 2022
16732918 MULTI-FORECAST NETWORKS Sony Corporation Of America BREENE, PAUL J 2129 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 02, 2020

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