Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Katz Ruby & Carle LLP

9 pending office actions • 6 clients • 9 examiners • 7 art units • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 28 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=2349 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

95.6%
Allowance Rate
n=2349
+0.52σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=2349
3.2
OAs to Allowance
n=1794
-0.16σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=1794
932 days
Time to Allowance
n=1794
-1.5pp
Interview Lift
n=2349
26.5%
RCE Rate
n=2349
5.8%
Appeal Rate
n=2349

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

93.8%
§101 Overcome
n=179
91.3%
§102 Overcome
n=311
90.5%
§103 Overcome
n=765
92.1%
§112 Overcome
n=178

Specialization & Scale

G06F, H04L, H03M
Top CPC Subclasses
81%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=2349
2
Practitioners
n=2349
1174.5
Apps / Practitioner
n=2349

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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 (22%)
6
Medium (67%)
1
Easy (11%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (22%)
§103 only5 (56%)
§102 only1 (11%)
§112 only1 (11%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
11% of docket
3
Information Tech
33% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
33% of docket
2
Business / Other
22% 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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LIN, KATHERINE Y 1 91.2% +6.5%
TRAORE, FATOUMATA 1 78.2% +35.4%
BELOUSOV, ANDREY 1 69.2% +26.6%
EWALD, MARIA VERONICA 1 58.6% +6.8%
HAMILTON, SARA CHANDLER 1 63.8% +53.2%
LEE, ANDREW ELDRIDGE 1 17.2% +32.3%
DASGUPTA, SHOURJO 1 65.4% +38.7%
PARCHER, DANIEL W 1 60.6% +57.1%
WHALEY, PABLO S 1 25.2% +21.2%

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19072097 SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR DATA CENTER FAULT MITIGATION LIN, KATHERINE Y
18476772 INTELLIGENT VENUE APPLICATIONS FOR USE WITH A CLIENT DEVICE AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH HAMILTON, SARA CHANDLER
18317640 PREDICTING MEDICAL OUTCOME VIA ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR USE BY A RANDOMIZATION ALGORITHM LEE, ANDREW ELDRIDGE
17520103 METHOD AND APPARATUS UTILIZING IMAGE-BASED MODELING IN CLINICAL TRIALS AND HEALTHCARE WHALEY, PABLO S

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
17820386 AI PLATFORM WITH CUSTOMIZABLE CONTENT ANALYSIS CONTROL PANEL AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH PARCHER, DANIEL W 8d overdue
19072080 SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR HARDWARE-BASED CROSS-DOMAIN MICRO-SEGMENTATION TRAORE, FATOUMATA
18825728 CLIENT DEVICE FOR FACILITATING EXPERIENCES BASED ON PROXIMITY-BASED INTERACTIONS WITH FURNISHING UNITS BELOUSOV, ANDREY
18476772 INTELLIGENT VENUE APPLICATIONS FOR USE WITH A CLIENT DEVICE AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH HAMILTON, SARA CHANDLER
18317640 PREDICTING MEDICAL OUTCOME VIA ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR USE BY A RANDOMIZATION ALGORITHM LEE, ANDREW ELDRIDGE
17936527 METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING A DIAGONAL OPERATOR ON A RESTRICTED TOPOLOGY VIA A QUANTUM LOGIC CIRCUIT DASGUPTA, SHOURJO
17520103 METHOD AND APPARATUS UTILIZING IMAGE-BASED MODELING IN CLINICAL TRIALS AND HEALTHCARE WHALEY, PABLO S

Client Portfolio (6 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
21131
17831
36951
36841
21441
21741
36191

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19072097 SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR DATA CENTER FAULT MITIGATION Metalsoft Cloud, Inc. LIN, KATHERINE Y 2113 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 06, 2025
19072080 SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR HARDWARE-BASED CROSS-DOMAIN MICRO-SEGMENTATION Metalsoft Cloud, Inc. TRAORE, FATOUMATA §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 06, 2025
18825728 CLIENT DEVICE FOR FACILITATING EXPERIENCES BASED ON PROXIMITY-BASED INTERACTIONS WITH FURNISHING UNITS Wrmth Corp. BELOUSOV, ANDREY §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 05, 2024
18479257 ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE AND CONCRETE FORMULATIONS FOR USE THEREWITH Wrmth Corp. EWALD, MARIA VERONICA 1783 §103 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Oct 02, 2023
18476772 INTELLIGENT VENUE APPLICATIONS FOR USE WITH A CLIENT DEVICE AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH Tabletop Media, LLC HAMILTON, SARA CHANDLER 3695 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 28, 2023
18317640 PREDICTING MEDICAL OUTCOME VIA ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR USE BY A RANDOMIZATION ALGORITHM Altis Labs, Inc. LEE, ANDREW ELDRIDGE 3684 §102 Non-Final OA Pending May 15, 2023
17936527 METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING A DIAGONAL OPERATOR ON A RESTRICTED TOPOLOGY VIA A QUANTUM LOGIC CIRCUIT BEIT Inc. DASGUPTA, SHOURJO 2144 §112 Final Rejection Pending Sep 29, 2022
17820386 AI PLATFORM WITH CUSTOMIZABLE CONTENT ANALYSIS CONTROL PANEL AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH Virtuous AI, Inc. PARCHER, DANIEL W 2174 §103 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Aug 17, 2022
17520103 METHOD AND APPARATUS UTILIZING IMAGE-BASED MODELING IN CLINICAL TRIALS AND HEALTHCARE Altis Labs, Inc. WHALEY, PABLO S 3619 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 05, 2021

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