Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Jansson Munger & Mckinley Ltd.

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

Quality Metrics (n=1164 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

88.1%
Allowance Rate
n=1164
+0.60σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1164
2.9
OAs to Allowance
n=930
-0.38σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=930
1018 days
Time to Allowance
n=930
+0.2pp
Interview Lift
n=1164
17.8%
RCE Rate
n=1164
1.7%
Appeal Rate
n=1164

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=3 (min 20)
89.7%
§102 Overcome
n=68
85.1%
§103 Overcome
n=396
98.2%
§112 Overcome
n=112

Specialization & Scale

F21V, Y10T, F21Y
Top CPC Subclasses
17%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1164
0
Practitioners
n=1164
Apps / Practitioner
n=1164 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)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.

0
Hard (0%)
5
Medium (83%)
1
Easy (17%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (67%)
§102 only1 (17%)
§112 only1 (17%)

Industry Mix

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

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

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
TAWFIK, SAMEH 1 63.1% +30.9%
KALIHER, HANS CHRISTIAN 1 61.8% +29.6%
TADESSE, YEWEBDAR T 1 81.2% +19.4%
NGUYEN, VY T 1 72.0% +36.3%
COLENA, TRACY CHING-TIAN 1 80.0% +36.0%
GRANT, ROBERT J 1 76.4% +17.3%

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
18140902 Methods, Systems & Kits for Prediction, Detection, Monitoring & Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease COLENA, TRACY CHING-TIAN 23d overdue
18208700 Wetting Fluid Applicator and Method of Applying Wetting Fluid to a Pressure Relief Valve TADESSE, YEWEBDAR T

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18529708 High-Outflow One-Way Pressure Relief Valves TAWFIK, SAMEH 30d overdue
18140902 Methods, Systems & Kits for Prediction, Detection, Monitoring & Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease COLENA, TRACY CHING-TIAN 23d overdue
18024888 Charging Plug, Charger, and Method for Charging an Electric Vehicle GRANT, ROBERT J 15d overdue
18382900 Semi-Disposable Medical-Fluid Waste Management Apparatus KALIHER, HANS CHRISTIAN 55d
18208700 Wetting Fluid Applicator and Method of Applying Wetting Fluid to a Pressure Relief Valve TADESSE, YEWEBDAR T
18265083 Cooking Appliance for Commercial Kitchens Comprising a Fat Extraction Device, Fat Extraction Device and Method for Operating Such a Cooking Appliance with Fat Extraction NGUYEN, VY T

Client Portfolio (5 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37311
37811
17171
37611
17971
28591

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18529708 High-Outflow One-Way Pressure Relief Valves Plitek, LLC TAWFIK, SAMEH 3731 §103 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Dec 05, 2023
18382900 Semi-Disposable Medical-Fluid Waste Management Apparatus Design Department, Inc. KALIHER, HANS CHRISTIAN 3781 §103 Non-Final OA 55d Pending Oct 23, 2023
18208700 Wetting Fluid Applicator and Method of Applying Wetting Fluid to a Pressure Relief Valve Plitek, LLC TADESSE, YEWEBDAR T 1717 §112 Final Rejection Pending Jun 12, 2023
18265083 Cooking Appliance for Commercial Kitchens Comprising a Fat Extraction Device, Fat Extraction Device and Method for Operating Such a Cooking Appliance with Fat Extraction Mkn Maschinenfabrik Kurt Neubauer GmbH & Co. Kg NGUYEN, VY T 3761 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 02, 2023
18140902 Methods, Systems & Kits for Prediction, Detection, Monitoring & Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease Rapiddx Inc. COLENA, TRACY CHING-TIAN 1797 §103 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Apr 28, 2023
18024888 Charging Plug, Charger, and Method for Charging an Electric Vehicle Juice Technology AG GRANT, ROBERT J 2859 §102 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Mar 06, 2023

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