Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

K&L Gates LLP - New York

Technology areas: Communications • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

7 pending office actions • 4 clients • 7 examiners • 7 art units • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

K&L Gates LLP - New York has 8 pending office actions in Networking & Security. The profile also records 34332 career applications, an 84.49% resolved allowance rate, and 3.82 average office actions per allowance. These figures combine a New York-specific current workload with broader prosecution history.

The historical allowance rate and office-action average do not establish the expected outcome for a pending networking or security matter. They do show that resolved matters in the associated record have involved multiple examination interactions. Practitioners should align response strategy with the technical architecture, security function, and claim language at issue in each application.

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

Quality Metrics (n=34332 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

84.5%
Allowance Rate
n=34332
+0.65σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=34332
3.8
OAs to Allowance
n=20756
+0.02σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=20756
1083 days
Time to Allowance
n=20756
+9.0pp
Interview Lift
n=34332
32.5%
RCE Rate
n=34332
2.7%
Appeal Rate
n=34332

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

76.3%
§101 Overcome
n=2444
77.1%
§102 Overcome
n=9062
77.7%
§103 Overcome
n=15328
77.8%
§112 Overcome
n=10507

Specialization & Scale

A61K, H01M, G06F
Top CPC Subclasses
13%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=34332
90
Practitioners
n=34332
381.5
Apps / Practitioner
n=34332

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 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
0
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (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.

4
Hard (57%)
3
Medium (43%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (29%)
§103 only2 (29%)
Double-patenting + other1 (14%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (29%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
14% of docket
1
Information Tech
14% of docket
2
Communications
29% of docket
1
Semiconductors
14% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
29% 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.

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
MAHASE, PAMESHANAND 1 72.2% +24.5%
ZHU, RICHARD Z 1 69.3% +15.5%
SHELTON, SYNPHANE LA'SHAWN 1 100.0% +0.0%
ABDULLAEV, AMANULLA 1 23.1% +33.4%
CELANI, NICHOLAS P 1 46.1% +41.2%
PORTER, RACHEL L 1 21.5% +24.5%
GOURLIE, LAURA ELOISE 1 68.8% +33.3%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18938780 CONGENER REMOVAL IN ETHANOL PRODUCTION SHELTON, SYNPHANE LA'SHAWN —

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18683493 CARD BINDING METHOD, USER TERMINAL, SERVER, SYSTEM AND STORAGE MEDIUM ABDULLAEV, AMANULLA 18d overdue
18484192 TOKEN MISALIGNMENT DETECTION AND REMEDIATION DEVICE CELANI, NICHOLAS P 9d overdue
17719801 FLASH RADIOTHERAPY SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USE GOURLIE, LAURA ELOISE 4d overdue
19236742 METHOD AND SYSTEM TO IMPROVE ACCURACY OF FALL DETECTION USING MULTI-SENSOR FUSION MAHASE, PAMESHANAND —
18129713 SIGNAL PROCESSING FOR CARE PROVISION PORTER, RACHEL L —

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
18683493 CARD BINDING METHOD, USER TERMINAL, SERVER, SYSTEM AND STORAGE MEDIUM ABDULLAEV, AMANULLA 18d overdue
18484192 TOKEN MISALIGNMENT DETECTION AND REMEDIATION DEVICE CELANI, NICHOLAS P 9d overdue
17719801 FLASH RADIOTHERAPY SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USE GOURLIE, LAURA ELOISE 4d overdue
19236742 METHOD AND SYSTEM TO IMPROVE ACCURACY OF FALL DETECTION USING MULTI-SENSOR FUSION MAHASE, PAMESHANAND —
19089555 MACHINE LEARNING FOR AGGREGATING AND EVALUATING DATA FROM A SENSOR ENABLED ENVIRONMENT ZHU, RICHARD Z —
18129713 SIGNAL PROCESSING FOR CARE PROVISION PORTER, RACHEL L —

Client Portfolio (4 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
26891
26541
16521
36921
24491
36841
28811

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19236742 METHOD AND SYSTEM TO IMPROVE ACCURACY OF FALL DETECTION USING MULTI-SENSOR FUSION Logicmark, Inc. MAHASE, PAMESHANAND 2689 §102§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 12, 2025
19089555 MACHINE LEARNING FOR AGGREGATING AND EVALUATING DATA FROM A SENSOR ENABLED ENVIRONMENT Logicmark, Inc. ZHU, RICHARD Z 2654 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 25, 2025
18938780 CONGENER REMOVAL IN ETHANOL PRODUCTION Whitefox Technologies Limited SHELTON, SYNPHANE LA'SHAWN 1652 §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 06, 2024
18683493 CARD BINDING METHOD, USER TERMINAL, SERVER, SYSTEM AND STORAGE MEDIUM China Unionpay Co., Ltd. ABDULLAEV, AMANULLA 3692 §101§103 Final Rejection 18d overdue Pending Feb 13, 2024
18484192 TOKEN MISALIGNMENT DETECTION AND REMEDIATION DEVICE Logicmark, Inc. CELANI, NICHOLAS P 2449 §101§103§112 Final Rejection 9d overdue Pending Oct 10, 2023
18129713 SIGNAL PROCESSING FOR CARE PROVISION Logicmark, Inc. PORTER, RACHEL L 3684 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 31, 2023
17719801 FLASH RADIOTHERAPY SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USE The New York Proton Center GOURLIE, LAURA ELOISE 2881 §103§112 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Apr 13, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is K&L Gates LLP - New York's patent allowance rate?

84.5% of resolved applications prosecuted by K&L Gates LLP - New York were allowed, across 34,332 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does K&L Gates LLP - New York average before allowance?

3.82 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does K&L Gates LLP - New York have?

7 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 4 clients, before 7 examiners in 7 art units.

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