Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

K&L Gates LLP - New York

8 pending office actions • 3 clients • 7 examiners • 6 art units • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 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

8
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
2
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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
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 (1)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due later (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.

6
Hard (75%)
2
Medium (25%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (12%)
§101 + other4 (50%)
§103 only1 (12%)
Double-patenting + other1 (12%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (12%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
2
Information Tech
25% of docket
2
Communications
25% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
38% of docket
1
Business / Other
12% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CELANI, NICHOLAS P 2 46.0% +42.3%
BARAKAT, MOHAMED 1 73.6% +23.2%
MAHASE, PAMESHANAND 1 71.9% +25.0%
EVANS, TRISTAN ISAAC 1 33.9% +53.9%
LAU, HOI CHING 1 74.3% +16.2%
KOTTER, KIP T 1 67.7% +21.5%
OJIAKU, CHIKAODINAKA 1 45.8% +8.4%

Hard Cases (6)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18484192 TOKEN MISALIGNMENT DETECTION AND REMEDIATION DEVICE CELANI, NICHOLAS P 9d overdue
18039753 ATOMICALLY PROCESSING OBLIGATION PAYMENTS FOR TRANSACTIONS IN REAL TIME OJIAKU, CHIKAODINAKA 19d
18375155 TOKEN MISALIGNMENT DETECTION AND REMEDIATION DEVICE CELANI, NICHOLAS P 83d
18919216 GAME THEORY TOKEN MISALIGNMENT DETECTION AND REMEDIATION DEVICE EVANS, TRISTAN ISAAC
18741441 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FALL DETECTION USING MULTIPLE SENSORS, INCLUDING BAROMETRIC OR ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE SENSORS LAU, HOI CHING
18655805 CONFIGURABLE WHEEL KOTTER, KIP T

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18484192 TOKEN MISALIGNMENT DETECTION AND REMEDIATION DEVICE CELANI, NICHOLAS P 9d overdue
18375155 TOKEN MISALIGNMENT DETECTION AND REMEDIATION DEVICE CELANI, NICHOLAS P 83d
19248975 ENVIRONMENT SENSING FOR CARE SYSTEMS BARAKAT, MOHAMED
19236742 METHOD AND SYSTEM TO IMPROVE ACCURACY OF FALL DETECTION USING MULTI-SENSOR FUSION MAHASE, PAMESHANAND
18919216 GAME THEORY TOKEN MISALIGNMENT DETECTION AND REMEDIATION DEVICE EVANS, TRISTAN ISAAC
18741441 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FALL DETECTION USING MULTIPLE SENSORS, INCLUDING BAROMETRIC OR ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE SENSORS LAU, HOI CHING
18655805 CONFIGURABLE WHEEL KOTTER, KIP T

Client Portfolio (3 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
LogicMark 6
Re:Build Manufacturing, LLC 1
RTC DIGITAL PTY LTD 1

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
24492
26851
36831
26891
36151
36961

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19248975 ENVIRONMENT SENSING FOR CARE SYSTEMS Logicmark, Inc. BARAKAT, MOHAMED 2685 §112DP Non-Final OA Pending Jun 25, 2025
19236742 METHOD AND SYSTEM TO IMPROVE ACCURACY OF FALL DETECTION USING MULTI-SENSOR FUSION Logicmark, Inc. MAHASE, PAMESHANAND §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 12, 2025
18919216 GAME THEORY TOKEN MISALIGNMENT DETECTION AND REMEDIATION DEVICE Logicmark, Inc. EVANS, TRISTAN ISAAC 3683 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 17, 2024
18741441 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FALL DETECTION USING MULTIPLE SENSORS, INCLUDING BAROMETRIC OR ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE SENSORS Logicmark, Inc. LAU, HOI CHING 2689 §101§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Jun 12, 2024
18655805 CONFIGURABLE WHEEL Re:Build Manufacturing, LLC KOTTER, KIP T 3615 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 06, 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
18375155 TOKEN MISALIGNMENT DETECTION AND REMEDIATION DEVICE Logicmark, Inc. CELANI, NICHOLAS P 2449 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA 83d Pending Sep 29, 2023
18039753 ATOMICALLY PROCESSING OBLIGATION PAYMENTS FOR TRANSACTIONS IN REAL TIME Rtc Digital Pty Ltd. OJIAKU, CHIKAODINAKA 3696 §101 Non-Final OA 19d Pending Jun 01, 2023

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