Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Jayne Saydah, Esq., LLC

Technology areas: Communications • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics

7 pending office actions • 5 clients • 6 examiners • 2 art units • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Jayne Saydah, Esq., LLC has managed 90 career applications in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. The firm currently has 4 pending office actions and a resolved allowance rate pct of 83.33.

Prosecution at the firm involves an avg office actions per allowance of 2.58. This 2.58 figure provides a basis for practitioners to anticipate the number of examiner interactions required in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals sector. The 83.33 resolved allowance rate pct reflects the proportion of cases that reached allowance relative to the 90 career applications. The 4 pending office actions represent the current cases awaiting a USPTO response.

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

Quality Metrics (n=90 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

83.3%
Allowance Rate
n=90
+0.56σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=90
2.6
OAs to Allowance
n=45
-0.75σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=45
861 days
Time to Allowance
n=45
-5.3pp
Interview Lift
n=90
22.2%
RCE Rate
n=90
1.8%
Appeal Rate
n=90

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

—
§101 Overcome
n=7 (min 20)
58.3%
§102 Overcome
n=24
58.3%
§103 Overcome
n=36
59.4%
§112 Overcome
n=32

Specialization & Scale

B01D, G06F, B01J
Top CPC Subclasses
22%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=90
1
Practitioners
n=90
90.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=90

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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
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.

1
Hard (14%)
4
Medium (57%)
2
Easy (29%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (14%)
§103 only2 (29%)
§102 only2 (29%)
§112 only2 (29%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
14% of docket
2
Semiconductors
29% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
4
Business / Other
57% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PREGLER, SHARON 2 78.0% +21.1%
WOLCOTT, BRIAN P 1 77.3% +30.6%
TIKU, SISAY G 1 91.4% +9.2%
CHU, RANDOLPH I 1 80.3% +6.4%
MCKENZIE, THOMAS B 1 57.3% +22.6%
SHAW, LAUREN ASHLEY 1 96.6% +5.3%

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
18737958 CIRCUITRY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REGULATING VOLTAGE THEREOF USING DYNAMIC DECOUPLING CAPACITOR SHAW, LAUREN ASHLEY 30d
19070683 FEEDFORWARD CIRCUITRY SYSTEM FOR DIRECT AC-COUPLING AND METHOD FOR REGULATING VOLTAGE USING THEREOF TIKU, SISAY G —

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
18930134 AI VIDEO SENSOR FOR REAL TIME ENVIRONMENT DIGITAL TWIN CHU, RANDOLPH I —

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
19211975 BEVERAGE CONTAINER AND GOLF TEE DEVICE WOLCOTT, BRIAN P —
18848512 DEHUMIDIFIER MADE OF CARDBOARD MCKENZIE, THOMAS B —
18741115 Gas Purification Apparatus with Eductor Reduction Unit and Method PREGLER, SHARON —
18740982 Gas Purification Apparatus with Eductors PREGLER, SHARON —

Client Portfolio (5 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28382
26671

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19211975 BEVERAGE CONTAINER AND GOLF TEE DEVICE Yorkmere LLC WOLCOTT, BRIAN P §102 Non-Final OA — Pending May 19, 2025
19070683 FEEDFORWARD CIRCUITRY SYSTEM FOR DIRECT AC-COUPLING AND METHOD FOR REGULATING VOLTAGE USING THEREOF Skyechip Berhad TIKU, SISAY G 2838 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 05, 2025
18930134 AI VIDEO SENSOR FOR REAL TIME ENVIRONMENT DIGITAL TWIN Aliensense Limited CHU, RANDOLPH I 2667 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 29, 2024
18848512 DEHUMIDIFIER MADE OF CARDBOARD Humex, S.A. MCKENZIE, THOMAS B §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 18, 2024
18741115 Gas Purification Apparatus with Eductor Reduction Unit and Method Streamline Innovations Inc. PREGLER, SHARON §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 12, 2024
18740982 Gas Purification Apparatus with Eductors Streamline Innovations Inc. PREGLER, SHARON §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 12, 2024
18737958 CIRCUITRY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REGULATING VOLTAGE THEREOF USING DYNAMIC DECOUPLING CAPACITOR Skyechip Berhad SHAW, LAUREN ASHLEY 2838 §102 Final Rejection 30d Pending Jun 08, 2024

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