Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

K&L Gates Llp-Adminrpl

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

Quality Metrics (n=34052 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

84.7%
Allowance Rate
n=34052
+0.65σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=34052
3.8
OAs to Allowance
n=20482
+0.04σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=20482
1083 days
Time to Allowance
n=20482
+8.9pp
Interview Lift
n=34052
32.7%
RCE Rate
n=34052
2.8%
Appeal Rate
n=34052

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

76.3%
§101 Overcome
n=2410
77.8%
§102 Overcome
n=8886
78.3%
§103 Overcome
n=15071
78.6%
§112 Overcome
n=10307

Specialization & Scale

A61K, G06F, H01M
Top CPC Subclasses
13%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=34052
88
Practitioners
n=34052
387.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=34052

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
3
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (3)

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.

2
Hard (33%)
4
Medium (67%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (17%)
§101 + other1 (17%)
§103 only3 (50%)
§102 only1 (17%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
17% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
67% of docket
1
Business / Other
17% 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
PATEL, AREN 2 78.3% +16.1%
UDDIN, MOHAMMED R 1 78.0% +30.1%
EPPS, TODD MICHAEL 1 72.9% +7.3%
ALLEN, WILLIAM J 1 63.0% +33.1%
LEE, KEVIN G 1 63.9% +27.1%

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18926228 PRODUCT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING USERS WITH OFFERS FOR PRODUCTS WHILE MAINTAINING PRIVACY OF USER INFORMATION ALLEN, WILLIAM J 51d overdue
19261558 BUSINESS SOFTWARE PLATFORM AND KIOSK UDDIN, MOHAMMED R

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18926228 PRODUCT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING USERS WITH OFFERS FOR PRODUCTS WHILE MAINTAINING PRIVACY OF USER INFORMATION ALLEN, WILLIAM J 51d overdue
17587754 VALVE PROSTHESIS ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A DOUBLE-LAYER VASCULAR GRAFT PATEL, AREN 40d
17582777 HEART VALVE USING VASCULAR GRAFT PATEL, AREN 40d
18742740 SYSTEMS FOR DECOLORING AND RECYCLING PURE FIBERS LEE, KEVIN G 55d
19261558 BUSINESS SOFTWARE PLATFORM AND KIOSK UDDIN, MOHAMMED R

Client Portfolio (5 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37742
36321
36191
17111

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19261558 BUSINESS SOFTWARE PLATFORM AND KIOSK Elumus, LLC UDDIN, MOHAMMED R §101Other Non-Final OA Pending Jul 07, 2025
18975896 LOWERING ASSIST DEVICE Rocking Inc. EPPS, TODD MICHAEL 3632 §102Other Non-Final OA 14d Pending Dec 10, 2024
18926228 PRODUCT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING USERS WITH OFFERS FOR PRODUCTS WHILE MAINTAINING PRIVACY OF USER INFORMATION Mapmyld, Inc. ALLEN, WILLIAM J 3619 §101§103 Non-Final OA 51d overdue Pending Oct 24, 2024
18742740 SYSTEMS FOR DECOLORING AND RECYCLING PURE FIBERS Looptworks Inc. LEE, KEVIN G 1711 §103 Final Rejection 55d Pending Jun 13, 2024
17587754 VALVE PROSTHESIS ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A DOUBLE-LAYER VASCULAR GRAFT Acco Health, Inc. PATEL, AREN 3774 §103 Non-Final OA 40d Pending Jan 28, 2022
17582777 HEART VALVE USING VASCULAR GRAFT Acco Health, Inc. PATEL, AREN 3774 §103 Non-Final OA 40d Pending Jan 24, 2022

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