Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Kc&Kc Law LLC

26 pending office actions • 17 clients • 25 examiners • 19 art units • 0 of 26 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 163 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=520 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

95.3%
Allowance Rate
n=520
+0.34σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=520
1.1
OAs to Allowance
n=367
-1.67σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=367
543 days
Time to Allowance
n=367
-9.0pp
Interview Lift
n=520
4.2%
RCE Rate
n=520
0.0%
Appeal Rate
n=520

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=2 (min 20)
87.9%
§102 Overcome
n=33
49.5%
§103 Overcome
n=103
80.7%
§112 Overcome
n=57

Specialization & Scale

A61B, A61F, A61H
Top CPC Subclasses
24%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=520
0
Practitioners
n=520
Apps / Practitioner
n=520 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

26
Total Pending OAs
19
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 14 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

7
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
2
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. 14 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (7)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (2)Due later (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.

1
Hard (4%)
20
Medium (77%)
3
Easy (12%)
2
Unknown (8%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (4%)
§103 only18 (69%)
§102 only2 (8%)
§112 only3 (12%)
No statute on record2 (8%)

Industry Mix

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

9
Life Sciences
35% of docket
2
Information Tech
8% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
8% of docket
10
Mechanical / Eng
38% of docket
3
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.

260 h
Manual time on pending OAs
52 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
91 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
GOOD, SAMANTHA M 2 68.0% +11.1%
WATSON, PETER HUCKLEBERRY 1 54.7% +38.0%
KEATON, SHERROD L 1 53.0% +36.3%
HU, JENSEN 1 68.0% +27.1%
PRATHER, GREGORY T 1 68.4% +21.6%
MEYER, GEORGE WILLIAM 1 100.0% +0.0%
SCHWARTZ, PHILIP N 1 55.5% +17.6%
PAGANO, ALEXANDER R 1 79.0% +11.4%
STEVENS, MARK V 1 65.4% +42.1%
CONIGLIO, AUDREA JUNE BUCKLEY 1 52.8% +21.2%

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
19026817 Maize ZmTAS3j Gene and Its Use in Improving Tolerance to Lead for Plant MEYER, GEORGE WILLIAM

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19090451 DATA QUERY SERVICE TRANSACTION PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE BASED ON TUPLE INFORMATION GAIN HU, JENSEN

Interview Candidates (10)

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
19220140 THINKING ABILITY PREDICTION METHOD AND APPARATUS BASED ON DEEP LEARNING, DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM KEATON, SHERROD L 56d overdue
19358475 REPLACEMENT STOREFRONT DOOR LOCK WITH NO DRILLING WATSON, PETER HUCKLEBERRY 4d overdue
19060768 LINEAR ACTUATOR PRATHER, GREGORY T 12d
18875741 TIRE BUILDING METHOD AND MECHANICAL DRUM SCHWARTZ, PHILIP N 33d
18940827 PYRAZOLE COBALT-BASED METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORK MATERIAL WITH DYNAMIC PORE SIZE, METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME, AND USE IN SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE CAPTURE PAGANO, ALEXANDER R 71d
19090451 DATA QUERY SERVICE TRANSACTION PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE BASED ON TUPLE INFORMATION GAIN HU, JENSEN
18928222 INJECTABLE ANTI-HEART FAILURE HYDROGEL WITH MYOCARDIAL TISSUE REPAIR FUNCTION, PREPARATION METHOD AND USE THEREOF STEVENS, MARK V
18651707 APPLICATION OF HIGHER ALIPHATIC ALCOHOL IN INHIBITING SENESCENCE AND INCREASING SHELF LIFE OF SOLANACEAE PLANTS CONIGLIO, AUDREA JUNE BUCKLEY

Client Portfolio (17 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37945
16172
41002
36751
21481
21691
36181
16621
17491
16921

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19358475 REPLACEMENT STOREFRONT DOOR LOCK WITH NO DRILLING Aisecure Inc. WATSON, PETER HUCKLEBERRY 3675 §112 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Oct 15, 2025
19220140 THINKING ABILITY PREDICTION METHOD AND APPARATUS BASED ON DEEP LEARNING, DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Central China Normal University KEATON, SHERROD L 2148 Other Non-Final OA 56d overdue Pending May 28, 2025
19090451 DATA QUERY SERVICE TRANSACTION PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE BASED ON TUPLE INFORMATION GAIN ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY HU, JENSEN 2169 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 26, 2025
19060768 LINEAR ACTUATOR VDX INNOVATION CO., LTD. PRATHER, GREGORY T 3618 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Feb 23, 2025
19026817 Maize ZmTAS3j Gene and Its Use in Improving Tolerance to Lead for Plant Sichuan Agricultural University MEYER, GEORGE WILLIAM 1662 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 17, 2025
18875741 TIRE BUILDING METHOD AND MECHANICAL DRUM Qingdao Mesnac Machinery & Electric Engineering Co., Ltd. SCHWARTZ, PHILIP N 1749 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Dec 17, 2024
18940827 PYRAZOLE COBALT-BASED METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORK MATERIAL WITH DYNAMIC PORE SIZE, METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME, AND USE IN SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE CAPTURE BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY PAGANO, ALEXANDER R 1692 §102 Non-Final OA 71d Pending Nov 07, 2024
18928222 INJECTABLE ANTI-HEART FAILURE HYDROGEL WITH MYOCARDIAL TISSUE REPAIR FUNCTION, PREPARATION METHOD AND USE THEREOF Sichuan University STEVENS, MARK V §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 28, 2024
18651707 APPLICATION OF HIGHER ALIPHATIC ALCOHOL IN INHIBITING SENESCENCE AND INCREASING SHELF LIFE OF SOLANACEAE PLANTS ZHUHAI RUNNONG SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. CONIGLIO, AUDREA JUNE BUCKLEY 1617 §112 Non-Final OA Pending May 01, 2024
18651700 USE OF HIGHER ALIPHATIC ALCOHOL IN IMPROVING NITROGEN FIXING CAPACITY AND DROUGHT RESISTANCE CAPACITY OF LEGUMES ZHUHAI RUNNONG SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. PALLAY, MICHAEL B 1617 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending May 01, 2024
18651713 USE OF HIGHER FATTY ALCOHOL IN PROMOTING LIGNIN SYNTHESIS AND INCREASING YIELD IN RICE AND WHEAT ZHUHAI RUNNONG SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. SPEED, DEQUANTARIUS JAVON 1663 §102 Non-Final OA 36d Pending May 01, 2024
18408543 CRIMPER FOR CRIMPING INTERVENTIONAL INSTRUMENT AND METHOD FOR LOADING INTERVENTIONAL INSTRUMENT VENUS MEDTECH (HANGZHOU) INC. SULLIVAN, DEBRA M 3725 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 09, 2024
18406149 PROTECTIVE CASE FOR MOBILE DEVICE AND MOBILE DEVICE WITH THE PROTECTIVE CASE Shenzhen Guangyipeng Technology Co., Ltd. ACKUN, JACOB K 3736 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 06, 2024
18523887 LASER RANGING SIGHT Shenzhen Ruierxing Electronic Co., Ltd. HULKA, JAMES R 4100 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 30, 2023
18383908 SINGLE-TARGET TRACKING METHOD BASED ON CREDIT ALLOCATION NETWORK Yangtze Delta Region Institute (Huzhou), University Of Electronic Science And Technology Of China HADDAD, MAJD MAHER 4100 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 26, 2023
18446916 Ablation System Hangzhou Dinova Ep Technology Co., Ltd. HUPCZEY, JR, RONALD JAMES 3794 §103 Non-Final OA 65d Pending Aug 09, 2023
18446410 INJECTION PUMP CONTROL METHOD, SYSTEM, AND INJECTION PUMP Hangzhou Broncus Medical Co., Ltd. OUYANG, BO 3794 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 08, 2023
18220247 BINOCULAR TELESCOPE Shenzhen Ruierxing Electronic Co., Ltd. LEI, JIE 2872 §103 Final Rejection 155d overdue Pending Jul 10, 2023
18346065 RADIO FREQUENCY OPERATION LOG PROCESSING METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Hangzhou Broncus Medical Co., Ltd. HUYNH, PHUONG 2857 §103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Jun 30, 2023
18346041 ABLATION PARAMETER CONFIGURATION METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Hangzhou Broncus Medical Co., Ltd. LEE, DAVINA EN-YIN 3794 §103 Non-Final OA 60d overdue Pending Jun 30, 2023
18211416 PRO-ENDOTHELIALIZATION BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL, HEART VALVE, AND PREPARATION AND APPLICATION THEREOF VENUS MEDTECH (HANGZHOU) INC. BOWMAN, ANDREW J 1717 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Jun 19, 2023
18141747 RADIO-FREQUENCY ABLATION INSTRUMENT AND CONTROL METHOD AND CONTROL APPARATUS THEREOF, SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM Hangzhou Noya Medtech Co., Ltd. GOOD, SAMANTHA M 3794 §112 Non-Final OA Pending May 01, 2023
18138142 CONTROLLER FOR COOL AND WARM DUAL SYSTEM Shenzhen Youbosi Technology Co., Ltd. LABARGE, ALISON N 3673 §103 Final Rejection 37d overdue Pending Apr 24, 2023
18000386 VALVE MATERIAL WITH LONG-ACTING ANTITHROMBOSIS PROPERTY AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR VENUS MEDTECH (HANGZHOU) INC. KHAN, AMINA S 1761 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 30, 2022
18049237 Biological Material And Preparation Method Therefor VENUS MEDTECH (HANGZHOU) INC. BECKHARDT, LYNDSEY MARIE 1613 Other Final Rejection 66d overdue Pending Oct 24, 2022
17958530 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SAFETY CONTROL OF RADIO FREQUENCY OPERATION, AND RADIO FREQUENCY HOST Hangzhou Broncus Medical Co., Ltd. GOOD, SAMANTHA M 3794 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 03, 2022

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