Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Kaplan Breyer Schwarz LLP

36 pending office actions • 19 clients • 34 examiners • 23 art units • 0 of 36 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=3975 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

80.5%
Allowance Rate
n=3975
+0.46σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=3975
3.4
OAs to Allowance
n=2272
-0.09σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=2272
994 days
Time to Allowance
n=2272
+12.1pp
Interview Lift
n=3975
21.5%
RCE Rate
n=3975
3.3%
Appeal Rate
n=3975

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

73.5%
§101 Overcome
n=272
80.4%
§102 Overcome
n=932
80.9%
§103 Overcome
n=1518
80.4%
§112 Overcome
n=1037

Specialization & Scale

H04L, H04W, G02B
Top CPC Subclasses
12%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=3975
3
Practitioners
n=3975
1325.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=3975

Portfolio Summary

36
Total Pending OAs
28
Non-Final OAs
8
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

8
Overdue
1
Due this week
2
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. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (8)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (2)

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.

21
Hard (58%)
15
Medium (42%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (3%)
§101 + other4 (11%)
§103 only14 (39%)
§102 only1 (3%)
Multi-statute (no §101)16 (44%)

Industry Mix

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

6
Life Sciences
17% of docket
2
Information Tech
6% of docket
1
Communications
3% of docket
5
Semiconductors
14% of docket
15
Mechanical / Eng
42% of docket
7
Business / Other
19% 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.

360 h
Manual time on pending OAs
72 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
126 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ARNOLD, ERNST V 2 48.1% +13.0%
HOFFPAUIR, ANDREW ELI 2 41.1% +49.6%
HAWTHORNE, OPHELIA ALTHEA 1 71.9% +30.4%
VARGAS MONTALVO, DIXOMARA 1 92.6% +8.4%
DALEY, CHRISTOPHER ANTHONY 1 83.9% +10.5%
HASAN, MOHAMMED A 1 90.3% +5.2%
RAKOWSKI, CARA E 1 65.0% +5.4%
SRIDHAR, SAMANVITHA 1 63.3% +28.7%
HEIBER, SHANTELL LAKETA 1 77.4% +19.8%
CHANG, AUDREY Y 1 46.6% +20.1%

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
18023126 METHOD FOR STORING OUTPUT DATA OF HARDWARE ACCELERATOR IN MEMORY, METHOD FOR READING INPUT DATA OF HARDWARE ACCELERATOR FROM MEMORY, AND HARDWARE ACCELERATOR THEREFOR DALEY, CHRISTOPHER ANTHONY

Hard Cases (21)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18227577 METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING SPECIFIC ALTERATIONS IN SUBJECTS WITH DEFINED DISEASES ANALYZING OCULOMOTOR PATTERNS WHEN USING SPECIFIC VISUAL STIMULI, WHERE A SPECIFIC DRUG OR TREATMENT WOULD ENHANCE VISUAL PROCESSING, COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE AND RELATED BRAIN ACTIVITIES HOFFPAUIR, ANDREW ELI 52d overdue
18034802 METHOD FOR PRODUCING WOUND DRESSINGS ON THE BASIS OF PHOSPHOLIPID-CONTAINING NANODISPERSIONS ARNOLD, ERNST V 30d overdue
17984177 System for Optically Analyzing a Test Sample and Method Therefor GERIDO, DWAN A 6d
18198982 WEARABLE ULTRASOUND PATCH FOR MONITORING SUBJECTS IN MOTION USING MACHINE LEARNING AND WIRELESS ELECTRONICS KLEIN, BROOKE L 29d
19357770 NAIL CORRECTION KIT HAWTHORNE, OPHELIA ALTHEA
19210552 THREE-DIMENSIONAL MAPPING OF DEEP TISSUE MODULUS BY STRETCHABLE ULTRASONIC ARRAYS VARGAS MONTALVO, DIXOMARA
18929952 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND FOR MEASURING COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE HASAN, MOHAMMED A
18804614 ILLUMINATION UNIT FOR AN OPTICAL MICROSCOPE AND METHOD FOR THE USE THEREOF RAKOWSKI, CARA E

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
18227577 METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING SPECIFIC ALTERATIONS IN SUBJECTS WITH DEFINED DISEASES ANALYZING OCULOMOTOR PATTERNS WHEN USING SPECIFIC VISUAL STIMULI, WHERE A SPECIFIC DRUG OR TREATMENT WOULD ENHANCE VISUAL PROCESSING, COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE AND RELATED BRAIN ACTIVITIES HOFFPAUIR, ANDREW ELI 52d overdue
18034802 METHOD FOR PRODUCING WOUND DRESSINGS ON THE BASIS OF PHOSPHOLIPID-CONTAINING NANODISPERSIONS ARNOLD, ERNST V 30d overdue
18237111 Method For Training And Quantifying Specific Motor Skills And Cognitive Processes In Persons By Analysing Oculomotor Patterns W Using A 3-D Virtual Reality Device With Embedded Eye-Tracking Technology, Specific Visual Stimuli, Sensors To Show The Movement Of Limbs HOFFPAUIR, ANDREW ELI 23d overdue
19357770 NAIL CORRECTION KIT HAWTHORNE, OPHELIA ALTHEA
18023126 METHOD FOR STORING OUTPUT DATA OF HARDWARE ACCELERATOR IN MEMORY, METHOD FOR READING INPUT DATA OF HARDWARE ACCELERATOR FROM MEMORY, AND HARDWARE ACCELERATOR THEREFOR DALEY, CHRISTOPHER ANTHONY
18844415 ONE-STEP SUPRAMOLECULAR MULTIFUNCTIONAL COATING ON PLANT VIRUS NANOPARTICLES FOR BIOIMAGING AND THERAPEUTIC APPLICATIONS ARNOLD, ERNST V
18832165 REAL-TIME COMPUTER GENERATED HOLOGRAM (CGH) GENERATION BY COMPUTE UNIFIED DEVICE ARCHITECTURE (CUDA)-OPEN-GL FOR ADAPTIVE BEAM STEERING SRIDHAR, SAMANVITHA
18780971 ASSOCIATED DEVICE DISCOVERY IN IMS NETWORKS HEIBER, SHANTELL LAKETA

Client Portfolio (19 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37916
37982
37832
37861
28721
26451
17171
21941
24961
28961

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19357770 NAIL CORRECTION KIT Neubourg Skin Care GmbH HAWTHORNE, OPHELIA ALTHEA 3786 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 14, 2025
19210552 THREE-DIMENSIONAL MAPPING OF DEEP TISSUE MODULUS BY STRETCHABLE ULTRASONIC ARRAYS The Regents of the University of California VARGAS MONTALVO, DIXOMARA 3798 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 16, 2025
18023126 METHOD FOR STORING OUTPUT DATA OF HARDWARE ACCELERATOR IN MEMORY, METHOD FOR READING INPUT DATA OF HARDWARE ACCELERATOR FROM MEMORY, AND HARDWARE ACCELERATOR THEREFOR Openedges Technology, Inc. DALEY, CHRISTOPHER ANTHONY §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 13, 2025
18929952 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND FOR MEASURING COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE VIEWMIND, INC. HASAN, MOHAMMED A §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 29, 2024
18844415 ONE-STEP SUPRAMOLECULAR MULTIFUNCTIONAL COATING ON PLANT VIRUS NANOPARTICLES FOR BIOIMAGING AND THERAPEUTIC APPLICATIONS The Regents of the University of California ARNOLD, ERNST V §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 06, 2024
18804614 ILLUMINATION UNIT FOR AN OPTICAL MICROSCOPE AND METHOD FOR THE USE THEREOF Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH RAKOWSKI, CARA E §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 14, 2024
18832165 REAL-TIME COMPUTER GENERATED HOLOGRAM (CGH) GENERATION BY COMPUTE UNIFIED DEVICE ARCHITECTURE (CUDA)-OPEN-GL FOR ADAPTIVE BEAM STEERING Arizona Board of Regents SRIDHAR, SAMANVITHA 2872 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 23, 2024
18780971 ASSOCIATED DEVICE DISCOVERY IN IMS NETWORKS Aylus Networks, Inc. HEIBER, SHANTELL LAKETA 2645 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 23, 2024
18727043 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RESOURCE-EFFICIENT INDIVIDUAL QUBIT ADDRESSING The Regents of the University of California CHANG, AUDREY Y §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 05, 2024
18715781 PHOTOACOUSTIC MONITORING OF ANGIOGENESIS FOR PREDICTING RESPONSE TO THERAPY IN HEALING WOUNDS The Regents of the University of California FERNANDEZ, KATHERINE L 3798 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 03, 2024
18290565 COUPLING DEVICE FOR A MEDICAL PUMP W.O.M. World of Medicine GmbH WITTLIFF, KATERINA ANNA §102Other Non-Final OA Pending May 17, 2024
18561446 MEDICAL PUMP FOR ENDOSCOPY W.O.M. World of Medicine GmbH YOON, CHANEL J 3791 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 17, 2024
18609316 Mechanically Pre-biased Shadow Mask and Method of Formation Emagin Corporation LAW, NGA LEUNG V 1717 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 19, 2024
18291168 INTENT BASED SERVICE SCALING Tata Communications Limited HOANG, PHUONG N 2194 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 22, 2024
18415843 POLICY CONTROLLED SHARING OF DATA AND PROGRAMMATIC ASSETS Safelishare, Inc. LOPEZ, MIGUEL ALEXANDER 2496 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Jan 18, 2024
18414727 SiN-based Contra-Directional Filter for WDM Systems Quintessent Inc. TAVLYKAEV, ROBERT FUATOVICH 2896 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 17, 2024
18533407 Efficient Integrated Multimode Amplifiers for Scalable Long-Haul SDM Transmission The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Junior University QI, ZHENGQING J 4100 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 08, 2023
18289620 SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE IN CAMERA MODULE ZINITIX CO., LTD. OH, JAEHWAN 2899 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Nov 06, 2023
18237111 Method For Training And Quantifying Specific Motor Skills And Cognitive Processes In Persons By Analysing Oculomotor Patterns W Using A 3-D Virtual Reality Device With Embedded Eye-Tracking Technology, Specific Visual Stimuli, Sensors To Show The Movement Of Limbs VIEWMIND, INC. HOFFPAUIR, ANDREW ELI 3791 §103 Final Rejection 23d overdue Pending Aug 23, 2023
18236243 Rigid Sapphire Based Direct Patterning Deposition Mask Emagin Corporation CROWELL, ANNA M 1716 §103 Final Rejection 45d overdue Pending Aug 21, 2023
18227577 METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING SPECIFIC ALTERATIONS IN SUBJECTS WITH DEFINED DISEASES ANALYZING OCULOMOTOR PATTERNS WHEN USING SPECIFIC VISUAL STIMULI, WHERE A SPECIFIC DRUG OR TREATMENT WOULD ENHANCE VISUAL PROCESSING, COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE AND RELATED BRAIN ACTIVITIES VIEWMIND, INC. HOFFPAUIR, ANDREW ELI 3791 §101§103§112Other Non-Final OA 52d overdue Pending Jul 28, 2023
18261524 POINT OF CARE ULTRASOUND AS A TOOL TO ASSESS WOUND SIZE AND TISSUE REGENRATION AFTER SKIN GRAFTING The Regents of the University of California PARK, EVELYN GRACE 3791 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 14, 2023
18269302 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND FOR MEASURING GENERAL COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE VIEWMIND, INC. HANEY, JONATHAN MICHAEL 3791 §101§102§103DP Final Rejection Pending Jun 23, 2023
18201503 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INJECTION-COMPRESSION MOLDING Arris Composites Inc. NGUYEN, THUKHANH T 1743 §103 Final Rejection 26d overdue Pending May 24, 2023
18198982 WEARABLE ULTRASOUND PATCH FOR MONITORING SUBJECTS IN MOTION USING MACHINE LEARNING AND WIRELESS ELECTRONICS The Regents of the University of California KLEIN, BROOKE L 3797 §103§112 Non-Final OA 29d Pending May 18, 2023
18034802 METHOD FOR PRODUCING WOUND DRESSINGS ON THE BASIS OF PHOSPHOLIPID-CONTAINING NANODISPERSIONS Nsc Pharma GmbH & Co. Kg ARNOLD, ERNST V 1613 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending May 01, 2023
18138271 Composite Wave Springs Arris Composites Inc. TORRES WILLIAMS, MELANIE 3616 §103 Non-Final OA 71d overdue Pending Apr 24, 2023
18027157 SENSOR-BASED WALKING AID ADJUSTMENT SYSTEM Mowa Healthcare AG CERIONI, DANIEL LEE 3791 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 20, 2023
17984177 System for Optically Analyzing a Test Sample and Method Therefor California Institute Of Technology GERIDO, DWAN A 1797 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Nov 09, 2022
17890548 LARGE AREA DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME Emagin Corporation SENGDARA, VONGSAVANH 2893 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Aug 18, 2022
17491593 COMPOSITION FOR DIAGNOSIS OF FUNGAL INFECTION Cncure Biotech Inc. DONOHUE, SEAN R 1618 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 01, 2021
17465403 Windowed Sampled Grating and Method of Fabrication Quintessent Inc. CAMACHO ALANIS, FERNANDA ADRIANA 2828 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 02, 2021
17284547 WATER RESERVOIR FOR A DEVICE FOR GAS HUMIDIFICATION IN LAPAROSCOPY W.O.M. World of Medicine GmbH DITMER, KATHRYN ELIZABETH 3785 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 12, 2021
16652968 STEERABLE CATHETER FLEXIBLE ROBOTIC SYSTEM FOR USE WITH ENDOSCOPES The Regents of the University of California CHOU, WILLIAM B 3795 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 01, 2020
16632904 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR LINKING AND EVALUATING INFORMATION IN CLINICAL DATA IN A MEDICAL DEVICE W.O.M. World of Medicine GmbH FREHE, WILLIAM R 3783 §103 Final Rejection 29d Pending Jan 22, 2020
14865520 Process and Device to control the internal body pressure during use of a medical-technical pump W.O.M. World of Medicine GmbH ZAMORY, JUSTIN L 3783 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 25, 2015

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