Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Ip Spring

Technology areas: Networking & Security • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

6 pending office actions • 4 clients • 6 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 19 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=1076 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

93.2%
Allowance Rate
n=1076
+0.69σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1076
3.2
OAs to Allowance
n=709
-0.25σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=709
976 days
Time to Allowance
n=709
+7.3pp
Interview Lift
n=1076
31.1%
RCE Rate
n=1076
1.2%
Appeal Rate
n=1076

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

85.8%
§101 Overcome
n=212
84.4%
§102 Overcome
n=212
84.8%
§103 Overcome
n=531
89.2%
§112 Overcome
n=214

Specialization & Scale

G06F, G06T, A63F
Top CPC Subclasses
33%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1076
1
Practitioners
n=1076
1076.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=1076

Portfolio Summary

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

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
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.

4
Hard (67%)
1
Medium (17%)
1
Easy (17%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (33%)
§103 only1 (17%)
Double-patenting only1 (17%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
2
Information Tech
33% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
50% of docket
1
Business / Other
17% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
NGUYEN, JASON TOAN 1 55.2% +42.9%
HAN, ROBIN 1 33.8% +61.8%
BAYARD, DJENANE M 1 83.7% +1.1%
LEE, ANDREW ELDRIDGE 1 16.8% +31.5%
RAHIM, MONJUR 1 84.6% +16.4%
DILUZIO, NICHOLAS JOSEPH 1 31.3% +83.3%

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
18423801 ELEVATED SECURITY EXECUTION MODE FOR NETWORK-ACCESSIBLE DEVICES RAHIM, MONJUR 35d

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19321978 INSERTER HAN, ROBIN 28d
19342008 VEHICLE DIAGNOSTIC METHOD FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE AND RELATED DEVICES NGUYEN, JASON TOAN —
19264737 Stateful Email Detection Using Schemaless Data Fragments BAYARD, DJENANE M —
18846553 DETERMINING A PATIENT’S RESPONSE TO A TREATMENT IN MULTIPLE MYELOMA LEE, ANDREW ELDRIDGE —

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19321978 INSERTER HAN, ROBIN 28d
18423801 ELEVATED SECURITY EXECUTION MODE FOR NETWORK-ACCESSIBLE DEVICES RAHIM, MONJUR 35d
19342008 VEHICLE DIAGNOSTIC METHOD FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE AND RELATED DEVICES NGUYEN, JASON TOAN —
18846553 DETERMINING A PATIENT’S RESPONSE TO A TREATMENT IN MULTIPLE MYELOMA LEE, ANDREW ELDRIDGE —
18503920 Multistage Quarantine of Emails DILUZIO, NICHOLAS JOSEPH —

Client Portfolio (4 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
SOPHOS LIMITED 3
Launch Tech Co., Ltd. 1
Bayer AG 1
GENENTECH, INC. 1

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36661
37861
36841
24361
24981

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19342008 VEHICLE DIAGNOSTIC METHOD FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE AND RELATED DEVICES Launch Tech Co., Ltd. NGUYEN, JASON TOAN 3666 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 26, 2025
19321978 INSERTER Bayer OY HAN, ROBIN 3786 §103§112Other Final Rejection 28d Pending Sep 08, 2025
19264737 Stateful Email Detection Using Schemaless Data Fragments Sophos Limited BAYARD, DJENANE M §102§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 09, 2025
18846553 DETERMINING A PATIENT’S RESPONSE TO A TREATMENT IN MULTIPLE MYELOMA Genentech, Inc. LEE, ANDREW ELDRIDGE 3684 §101§103 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 12, 2024
18423801 ELEVATED SECURITY EXECUTION MODE FOR NETWORK-ACCESSIBLE DEVICES Sophos Limited RAHIM, MONJUR 2436 DP Final Rejection 35d Pending Jan 26, 2024
18503920 Multistage Quarantine of Emails Sophos Limited DILUZIO, NICHOLAS JOSEPH 2498 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 07, 2023

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