Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Iptechlaw

5 pending office actions • 5 clients • 5 examiners • 3 art units • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 28 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=848 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

85.9%
Allowance Rate
n=848
+0.52σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=848
2.4
OAs to Allowance
n=544
-0.70σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=544
934 days
Time to Allowance
n=544
+11.8pp
Interview Lift
n=848
12.6%
RCE Rate
n=848
8.8%
Appeal Rate
n=848

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

68.6%
§101 Overcome
n=35
80.0%
§102 Overcome
n=150
80.6%
§103 Overcome
n=268
83.6%
§112 Overcome
n=183

Specialization & Scale

A61K, G06F, G06Q
Top CPC Subclasses
8%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=848
1
Practitioners
n=848
848.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=848

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
1
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.

2
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.

3
Hard (60%)
2
Medium (40%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (20%)
§103 only2 (40%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (40%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
20% of docket
1
Information Tech
20% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
20% of docket
2
Business / Other
40% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SHRESTHA, BIJENDRA K 1 60.9% +40.8%
JOHNSON, VICKY A 1 79.9% +12.1%
ELAHMADI, ZAKARIA 1 76.1% +11.8%
PARRA, OMAR S 1 74.3% +9.7%
GURTOWSKI, RICHARD C 1 72.3% +38.1%

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18300003 Fluid Modifying and Dispensing System GURTOWSKI, RICHARD C 15d overdue
19281124 Asset Tracking and Trading System and Related Methods SHRESTHA, BIJENDRA K
18913759 Rod End Made of Thermoplastic Fiber-Reinforced Plastic JOHNSON, VICKY A

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18300003 Fluid Modifying and Dispensing System GURTOWSKI, RICHARD C 15d overdue
18408401 ELECTRO-MECHANICAL STEERING MECHANISMS AND RELATED METHODS ELAHMADI, ZAKARIA 5d overdue
19281124 Asset Tracking and Trading System and Related Methods SHRESTHA, BIJENDRA K
18913759 Rod End Made of Thermoplastic Fiber-Reinforced Plastic JOHNSON, VICKY A

Client Portfolio (5 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36181
24211
17731

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19281124 Asset Tracking and Trading System and Related Methods Enyxus LLC SHRESTHA, BIJENDRA K §101§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 25, 2025
18913759 Rod End Made of Thermoplastic Fiber-Reinforced Plastic Albany Engineered Composites, Inc. JOHNSON, VICKY A §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 11, 2024
18408401 ELECTRO-MECHANICAL STEERING MECHANISMS AND RELATED METHODS Atlis Motor Vehicles Inc. ELAHMADI, ZAKARIA 3618 §103 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Jan 09, 2024
18473602 System and Method for Creating Personalized Media Channels Espial De, Inc. PARRA, OMAR S 2421 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 25, 2023
18300003 Fluid Modifying and Dispensing System Struktur, Inc. GURTOWSKI, RICHARD C 1773 §103§112 Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending Apr 13, 2023

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