Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Jafari Law Group, Inc.

Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

12 pending office actions • 1 client • 10 examiners • 6 art units • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Jafari Law Group, Inc. has 12 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. Its career record includes 471 applications, creating historical context for prosecution activity in chemical and materials technologies.

The resolved allowance rate is 89.34%, with an average of 3.16 office actions per allowance. The data supports separate review of outcome and examination effort, and the pending docket can guide attention to matters still requiring action.

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

Quality Metrics (n=471 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

89.3%
Allowance Rate
n=471
+0.73σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=471
3.2
OAs to Allowance
n=285
-0.18σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=285
829 days
Time to Allowance
n=285
+10.1pp
Interview Lift
n=471
27.9%
RCE Rate
n=471
1.3%
Appeal Rate
n=471

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

73.0%
§101 Overcome
n=37
77.4%
§102 Overcome
n=137
80.5%
§103 Overcome
n=241
80.1%
§112 Overcome
n=151

Specialization & Scale

B33Y, B29C, G06F
Top CPC Subclasses
24%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=471
2
Practitioners
n=471
235.5
Apps / Practitioner
n=471

Portfolio Summary

12
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
8
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
1
Due this week
2
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 days (1)

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.

7
Hard (58%)
5
Medium (42%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (17%)
§102 only2 (17%)
Double-patenting + other1 (8%)
Multi-statute (no §101)7 (58%)

Industry Mix

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

6
Life Sciences
50% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
2
Communications
17% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
33% 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.

120 h
Manual time on pending OAs
24 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
42 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ROBITAILLE, JOHN P 3 62.5% +22.1%
LUK, EMMANUEL S 1 71.5% +26.3%
KRASNOW, NICHOLAS R 1 66.4% +12.9%
KY, KEVIN 1 77.4% +25.0%
LI, RAYMOND CHUN LAM 1 100.0% +0.0%
WEBB LYTTLE, ADRIENA JONIQUE 1 13.3% +66.7%
NELSON, JAMEL M 1 74.9% +15.8%
LEE, MICHELLE J 1 39.8% +60.2%
HAWTHORNE, OPHELIA ALTHEA 1 72.0% +30.2%
NELSON, MATTHEW M 1 57.9% +24.0%

Hard Cases (8)

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
18370105 HARDENED BUILD PLATFORM FOR USE IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING SYSTEMS NELSON, JAMEL M 11d overdue
18764335 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING DENTAL MODELS LI, RAYMOND CHUN LAM 16d
18114537 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PRODUCING DENTAL APPLIANCES USING ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING NELSON, MATTHEW M 26d
18370141 ADJUSTABLE ORAL APPLIANCE FOR TREATING SLEEP APNEA HAWTHORNE, OPHELIA ALTHEA 34d
18974710 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR POST-CURING PARTS PRINTED WITH STEREOLITHOGRAPHY ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES KRASNOW, NICHOLAS R —
18939000 METHOD, DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND MEDICAL SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A RESTORATION DENTAL MODEL KY, KEVIN —
18382818 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ADJUSTING DENTAL APPLIANCES USING ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING WEBB LYTTLE, ADRIENA JONIQUE —
18370326 PROTECTIVE ORAL APPLIANCE LEE, MICHELLE J —

Interview Candidates (11)

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
19245136 KIT AND METHOD FOR RETROFITTING EXISTING THREE DIMENSIONAL ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING DEVICES ROBITAILLE, JOHN P 53d overdue
18370105 HARDENED BUILD PLATFORM FOR USE IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING SYSTEMS NELSON, JAMEL M 11d overdue
19059144 MULTI-MATERIAL PRINTING RESERVOIR AND PLATFORM SYSTEM FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING DEVICES ROBITAILLE, JOHN P 6d
18114537 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PRODUCING DENTAL APPLIANCES USING ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING NELSON, MATTHEW M 26d
18370141 ADJUSTABLE ORAL APPLIANCE FOR TREATING SLEEP APNEA HAWTHORNE, OPHELIA ALTHEA 34d
19245123 CARTRIDGE WITH BUILT-IN RESERVOIR AND BUILD PLATE FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING DEVICES ROBITAILLE, JOHN P —
19204174 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING LUK, EMMANUEL S —
18974710 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR POST-CURING PARTS PRINTED WITH STEREOLITHOGRAPHY ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES KRASNOW, NICHOLAS R —

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
SprintRay, Inc. 12

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17434
17442
37722
37862
26711
26141

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19245123 CARTRIDGE WITH BUILT-IN RESERVOIR AND BUILD PLATE FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING DEVICES Sprintray, Inc. ROBITAILLE, JOHN P 1743 §102 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 20, 2025
19245136 KIT AND METHOD FOR RETROFITTING EXISTING THREE DIMENSIONAL ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING DEVICES Sprintray, Inc. ROBITAILLE, JOHN P 1743 §102 Final Rejection 53d overdue Pending Jun 20, 2025
19204174 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING Sprintray Inc. LUK, EMMANUEL S 1744 §102DP Non-Final OA — Pending May 09, 2025
19059144 MULTI-MATERIAL PRINTING RESERVOIR AND PLATFORM SYSTEM FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING DEVICES Sprintray, Inc. ROBITAILLE, JOHN P 1743 §103 Final Rejection 6d Pending Feb 20, 2025
18974710 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR POST-CURING PARTS PRINTED WITH STEREOLITHOGRAPHY ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES Sprintray Inc. KRASNOW, NICHOLAS R 1744 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 09, 2024
18939000 METHOD, DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND MEDICAL SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A RESTORATION DENTAL MODEL Sprintray, Inc. KY, KEVIN 2671 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 06, 2024
18764335 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING DENTAL MODELS Sprintray, Inc. LI, RAYMOND CHUN LAM 2614 §103§112 Final Rejection 16d Pending Jul 04, 2024
18382818 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ADJUSTING DENTAL APPLIANCES USING ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING Sprintray, Inc. WEBB LYTTLE, ADRIENA JONIQUE 3772 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 23, 2023
18370105 HARDENED BUILD PLATFORM FOR USE IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING SYSTEMS Sprintray, Inc. NELSON, JAMEL M 1743 §102§103 Final Rejection 11d overdue Pending Sep 19, 2023
18370326 PROTECTIVE ORAL APPLIANCE Sprintray, Inc. LEE, MICHELLE J 3786 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 19, 2023
18370141 ADJUSTABLE ORAL APPLIANCE FOR TREATING SLEEP APNEA Sprintray, Inc. HAWTHORNE, OPHELIA ALTHEA 3786 §102§103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Sep 19, 2023
18114537 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PRODUCING DENTAL APPLIANCES USING ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING Sprintray Inc. NELSON, MATTHEW M 3772 §102§103 Final Rejection 26d Pending Feb 27, 2023

Managing Jafari Law Group, Inc.'s Patent Prosecution?

IP Author helps law firms respond to office actions faster with AI-generated responses, examiner analytics, and prosecution intelligence.

Start Free Trial

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Jafari Law Group, Inc.'s patent allowance rate?

89.3% of resolved applications prosecuted by Jafari Law Group, Inc. were allowed, across 471 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Jafari Law Group, Inc. average before allowance?

3.16 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Jafari Law Group, Inc. have?

12 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 1 client, before 10 examiners in 6 art units.

Sign in with your work email

Enter your email to receive a magic link. No password needed.

Personal email addresses (Gmail, Yahoo, etc.) are not accepted.

Free tier: 3 strategy analyses per month