Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Juneau & Mitchell-Nc

11 pending office actions • 3 clients • 11 examiners • 8 art units • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=63 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

85.0%
Allowance Rate
n=63
+0.66σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=63
OAs to Allowance
n=17 (min 20)
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=17 (min 20)
Time to Allowance
n=17 (min 20)
+37.5pp
Interview Lift
n=63
60.0%
RCE Rate
n=63
0.0%
Appeal Rate
n=63

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=0 (min 20)
§102 Overcome
n=2 (min 20)
37.5%
§103 Overcome
n=24
§112 Overcome
n=4 (min 20)

Specialization & Scale

G01N, B01L, F04B
Top CPC Subclasses
41%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=63
0
Practitioners
n=63
Apps / Practitioner
n=63 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
3
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%)
11
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only10 (91%)
§102 only1 (9%)

Industry Mix

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

6
Life Sciences
55% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
3
Semiconductors
27% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
9% of docket
1
Business / Other
9% 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.

110 h
Manual time on pending OAs
22 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
38 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PRINCE JR, FREDDIE GARY 1 78.9% +20.8%
OJOFEITIMI, AYODEJI HARRY 1 88.4% -2.0%
KOPEC, MARK T 1 84.4% +12.9%
JARIWALA, CHIRAG 1 61.7% +26.7%
FABIAN JR, ROBERTO 1 70.6% +25.5%
WHATLEY, BENJAMIN R 1 66.7% +68.1%
LIU, SHUYI S 1 73.4% +26.5%
QUIGLEY, KYLE ROBERT 1 53.6% +32.9%
HANSEN, JONATHAN M 1 79.4% +11.8%
KASS, BENJAMIN JOSEPH 1 28.9% +61.6%

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
19082719 SYSTEM FOR DESTACKING CONSUMABLES IN AUTOMATED ANALYSER SYSTEMS OJOFEITIMI, AYODEJI HARRY
18841596 A SLURRY, AN ELECTRODE, AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AN ELECTRODE FOR LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES KOPEC, MARK T

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
17590865 DEVICE FOR MOVING PROBES KASS, BENJAMIN JOSEPH

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
18421050 FLUID ANALYSIS USING OPTICAL SYSTEMS FABIAN JR, ROBERTO 70d overdue
17878266 ADAPTIVE LIGHT BARRIER PROCESSING HANSEN, JONATHAN M 9d overdue
18632589 Pressure monitored piston pump JARIWALA, CHIRAG 4d overdue
18201557 System for the Microfluidic Distribution of Fluids WHATLEY, BENJAMIN R 53d
19421760 IMPROVED MULTI PURPOSE CONTAMINANT REMOVAL FROM FLUID STREAMS PRINCE JR, FREDDIE GARY
18841596 A SLURRY, AN ELECTRODE, AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AN ELECTRODE FOR LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES KOPEC, MARK T
18144598 CENTRIFUGE WITH SAFETY SHUTTER LIU, SHUYI S
18097585 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MONITORING RINSING PROCESSES QUIGLEY, KYLE ROBERT

Client Portfolio (3 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Stratec 9
Standard H2, Inc. 1
Leclanché, SA 1

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28772
17982
17791
17621
37461
17741
28571
17971

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19421760 IMPROVED MULTI PURPOSE CONTAMINANT REMOVAL FROM FLUID STREAMS Standard H2, Inc. PRINCE JR, FREDDIE GARY 1779 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 16, 2025
19082719 SYSTEM FOR DESTACKING CONSUMABLES IN AUTOMATED ANALYSER SYSTEMS Stratec SE OJOFEITIMI, AYODEJI HARRY §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 18, 2025
18841596 A SLURRY, AN ELECTRODE, AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AN ELECTRODE FOR LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES Leclanché, SA KOPEC, MARK T 1762 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 26, 2024
18632589 Pressure monitored piston pump Stratec SE JARIWALA, CHIRAG 3746 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Apr 11, 2024
18421050 FLUID ANALYSIS USING OPTICAL SYSTEMS Stratec SE FABIAN JR, ROBERTO 2877 §103 Non-Final OA 70d overdue Pending Jan 24, 2024
18201557 System for the Microfluidic Distribution of Fluids Stratec SE WHATLEY, BENJAMIN R 1798 §103 Non-Final OA 53d Pending May 24, 2023
18144598 CENTRIFUGE WITH SAFETY SHUTTER Stratec SE LIU, SHUYI S 1774 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 08, 2023
18097585 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MONITORING RINSING PROCESSES Stratec SE QUIGLEY, KYLE ROBERT 2857 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 17, 2023
17878266 ADAPTIVE LIGHT BARRIER PROCESSING Stratec SE HANSEN, JONATHAN M 2877 §102 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Aug 01, 2022
17590865 DEVICE FOR MOVING PROBES Stratec SE KASS, BENJAMIN JOSEPH 1798 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 02, 2022
17587908 STRUCTURES FOR SUPPORTING THE FILLING OF WELLS IN MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES Stratec SE MUI, CHRISTINE T 1797 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 28, 2022

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