Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Iprtop LLC

30 pending office actions • 26 clients • 29 examiners • 27 art units • 0 of 30 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 107 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

30
Total Pending OAs
14
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
10
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 30 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

18
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
6
Due in next 60 days
4
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. 30 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (18)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 days (6)Due later (4)

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.

1
Hard (3%)
27
Medium (90%)
2
Easy (7%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (3%)
§103 only22 (73%)
§102 only5 (17%)
§112 only2 (7%)

Industry Mix

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

10
Life Sciences
33% of docket
1
Information Tech
3% of docket
1
Communications
3% of docket
6
Semiconductors
20% of docket
12
Mechanical / Eng
40% 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.

300 h
Manual time on pending OAs
60 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
105 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
AYRES, TIMOTHY MICHAEL 2 58.6% +22.0%
HUDSON, MARLA LAVETTE 1 56.4% +25.7%
GINES, GEORGE SAMUEL 1 69.6% +42.9%
SHAW, PETER C 1 76.1% +35.8%
WILKENS, JANET MARIE 1 72.4% +12.7%
CHERN, CHRISTINA 1 38.5% +41.4%
BERKE-SCHLESSEL, DAVID W 1 66.5% +32.1%
HAIDER, SYED 1 83.6% +7.2%
HO, ANTHONY 1 90.8% +2.4%
BURKHART, MICHAEL D 1 62.4% +10.9%

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
18579866 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CLASSIFYING IMAGES, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND TERMINAL HAIDER, SYED 86d overdue
18570055 PLANAR INP-BASED SINGLE PHOTON AVALANCHE DIODE AND USE THEREOF HO, ANTHONY 8d overdue

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18823649 LINEAR CONVERTER, BLOCK ENCRYPTION AND/OR DECRYPTION CIRCUITS AND CHIP SHAW, PETER C 50d

Interview Candidates (9)

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
18792596 DETACHABLE TABLE LEG STRUCTURE, DETACHABLE UNDER-TABLE STRUCTURE, AND TABLE AYRES, TIMOTHY MICHAEL 72d overdue
18663078 HIGHLY STABLE ASSEMBLED CABINET AYRES, TIMOTHY MICHAEL 42d overdue
18029112 Use of an intervertebral disc fibrosis-inducing substance in preparation of medication BURKHART, MICHAEL D 2d overdue
18711887 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE WITH EDGE PROTECTION AND A PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE WITH EDGE PROTECTION CHERN, CHRISTINA 34d
18823649 LINEAR CONVERTER, BLOCK ENCRYPTION AND/OR DECRYPTION CIRCUITS AND CHIP SHAW, PETER C 50d
18929567 BLOCKCHAIN-BASED DATA ASSET CUSTODY AND PLEDGE FINANCING SYSTEM HUDSON, MARLA LAVETTE 56d
17768846 Hybrid Antimicrobial Protein Having Strong Bactericidal Effect and Application thereof BERKE-SCHLESSEL, DAVID W 56d
18783625 Table with light strip WILKENS, JANET MARIE 61d

Client Portfolio (26 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36373
37962
36941
36731
24931
17221
16511
26331
28171
16381

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18929567 BLOCKCHAIN-BASED DATA ASSET CUSTODY AND PLEDGE FINANCING SYSTEM Shanghai Data Exchange Corp. HUDSON, MARLA LAVETTE 3694 §103 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Oct 28, 2024
18829158 MODULAR SOFA BED Odk Technology Pte.Ltd. GINES, GEORGE SAMUEL 3673 §103 Final Rejection 68d Pending Sep 09, 2024
18823649 LINEAR CONVERTER, BLOCK ENCRYPTION AND/OR DECRYPTION CIRCUITS AND CHIP Montage Lz Technologies (Chengdu) Co., Ltd. SHAW, PETER C 2493 §101 Final Rejection 50d Pending Sep 03, 2024
18792596 DETACHABLE TABLE LEG STRUCTURE, DETACHABLE UNDER-TABLE STRUCTURE, AND TABLE Odk Technology Pte.Ltd. AYRES, TIMOTHY MICHAEL 3637 §103 Non-Final OA 72d overdue Pending Aug 02, 2024
18783625 Table with light strip Odk Technology Pte.Ltd. WILKENS, JANET MARIE 3637 §103 Final Rejection 61d Pending Jul 25, 2024
18711887 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE WITH EDGE PROTECTION AND A PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE WITH EDGE PROTECTION Ctf Solar GmbH CHERN, CHRISTINA 1722 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending May 21, 2024
18663078 HIGHLY STABLE ASSEMBLED CABINET Jun Lyu AYRES, TIMOTHY MICHAEL 3637 §103 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending May 14, 2024
17768846 Hybrid Antimicrobial Protein Having Strong Bactericidal Effect and Application thereof Jiangxi Yuansheng Biological Technology Co., Ltd. BERKE-SCHLESSEL, DAVID W 1651 §112 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Mar 22, 2024
18579866 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CLASSIFYING IMAGES, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND TERMINAL Shanghai Midu Science And Technology Co., Ltd. HAIDER, SYED 2633 §103 Non-Final OA 86d overdue Pending Jan 17, 2024
18570055 PLANAR INP-BASED SINGLE PHOTON AVALANCHE DIODE AND USE THEREOF China Resources Microelectronics (Chongqing) Co., Ltd. HO, ANTHONY 2817 §102 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Dec 13, 2023
18029112 Use of an intervertebral disc fibrosis-inducing substance in preparation of medication Shanghai Ninth People'S Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School Of Medicine BURKHART, MICHAEL D 1638 §102 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Nov 06, 2023
18288580 ROTATING CONSTRUCTION PLATFORM BASED ON MONOPILE Huaneng Jiangsu Clean Energy Branch TOLEDO-DURAN, EDWIN J 3678 §103 Non-Final OA 60d overdue Pending Oct 27, 2023
18244315 SYSTEM-LEVEL FAN-OUT PACKAGING STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME Sj Semiconductor(Jiangyin) Corporation ZARNEKE, DAVID A 2891 §103 Final Rejection 85d Pending Sep 11, 2023
18279868 LOOP HEAT PIPE, AND METHOD AND COMPONENT FOR REDUCING HEAT TRANSFER TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE OF LOOP HEAT PIPE Shengrongyuan(Suzhou) Technology Co., Ltd. JONES, GORDON A 3763 §103 Non-Final OA 132d overdue Pending Aug 31, 2023
18279216 FORMING MOLD FOR DRUM-SHAPED SHAFT TUBE AND DEMOLDING METHOD THEREFOR Shanghai Gkn Huayu Driveline Systems Company Limited KIM, YUNJU 1742 §103 Non-Final OA 103d overdue Pending Aug 29, 2023
18279212 INTELLIGENT MASSAGE CHAIR Shanghai Rongtai Health Technology Corporation Limited DALE, ABIGAYLE ANN 3785 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Aug 29, 2023
18277082 DC MOTOR COMPRISING ACCELERATOR AND ENERGY STORAGE RING Jiaqing Zhang QURESHI, MOHAMMED AHMED 2834 §112 Non-Final OA 73d overdue Pending Aug 14, 2023
18009713 CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTOR AND USE THEREOF Center For Excellence In Molecular Cell Science, Chinese Academy Of Sciences EDGINGTONGIORDANO, FRANCESCA 1643 §102 Non-Final OA 85d Pending Jun 05, 2023
18038714 HANDHELD HOME LASER HAIR REMOVAL DEVICE AND SYSTEM Wuhan Lotuxs Technology Co., Ltd. EISEMAN, LYNSEY C 3796 §103 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending May 25, 2023
18035758 SHARED-DIELECTRIC MOSFET DEVICE WITH RESISTIVE-FIELD-PLATE AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF No.24 Research Institute Of China Electronics Technology Group Corporation HANUMASAGAR, SHAMITA S 2814 §103 Non-Final OA 56d Pending May 08, 2023
18034568 USE OF REGULATOR OF ITPRIPL1 IN PREPARATION OF DRUG THAT REGULATES IMMUNE RESPONSES OR FIGHTS TUMORS BIOTROY THERAPEUTICS BUNNER, BRIDGET E 1647 §102 Non-Final OA 55d Pending Apr 28, 2023
18032567 BACK-FOLLOWING SUPPORT DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD FOR PREVENTING SEDENTARINESS AND CHAIR Shanghai Backrobo Wellness Co., Ltd. GABLER, PHILIP F 3636 §103 Non-Final OA 70d overdue Pending Apr 19, 2023
18181583 PREPARATION METHOD FOR MUTANT CELLS WITH DELETION OF TARGET GENES Shanghaitech University ALLEN, SARAH ELIZABETH 1637 §103 Non-Final OA 66d overdue Pending Mar 10, 2023
17952754 Trench Fabrication Method Hangzhou Fullsemi Semiconductor Co., Ltd. STEVENSON, ANDRE C 2899 §103 Non-Final OA 273d overdue Pending Sep 26, 2022
17616200 USES OF NAD+ AND/OR NAD+ INHIBITORS AND/OR NAD+ AGONISTS AND COMBINATION PREPARATION THEREOF Shanghaitech University ZHU, JIANJIAN 1631 §103 Final Rejection 29d Pending Aug 19, 2022
17863372 INTEGRATED MICROFLUIDIC CHIP AND SINGLE-CELL CULTURE, SCREENING, AND EXPORT METHOD APPLYING SAME Shanghai Industrial Μtechnology Research Institute KRCHA, MATTHEW D 1796 §103 Non-Final OA 110d overdue Pending Jul 12, 2022
17788313 SILICON PHOTONICS CHIP-BASED LIDAR United Microelectronics Center Co., Ltd. RICHTER, KARA MARIE 3645 §103 Non-Final OA 60d overdue Pending Jun 23, 2022
17605584 PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL, PHASE CHANGE MEMORY CELL AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR Shanghai Institute Of Microsystem And Information Technology, Chinese Academy Of Sciences CULBERT, CHRISTOPHER A 2815 §103 Non-Final OA 60d overdue Pending Mar 02, 2022
17618507 ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL TEST METHOD FOR AUDITORY BRAINSTEM IMPLANT AND RECORDING ELECTRODE USED BY METHOD Shanghai Ninth People'S Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School Of Medicine WU, TONG E 3796 §102 Non-Final OA 196d overdue Pending Dec 13, 2021
17610451 FUSION PROTEIN FOR TREATMENT OF METABOLIC DISEASE Zhejiang Doer Biologics Corporation BEANE, RANDALL L 1654 §103 Final Rejection 29d overdue Pending Nov 11, 2021

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