Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Keller Schneider Patent-Und Markenanwalte

9 pending office actions • 9 clients • 9 examiners • 8 art units • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 12 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=75 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

85.2%
Allowance Rate
n=75
+0.48σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=75
2.6
OAs to Allowance
n=46
-0.44σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=46
955 days
Time to Allowance
n=46
+11.3pp
Interview Lift
n=75
22.2%
RCE Rate
n=75
0.0%
Appeal Rate
n=75

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=2 (min 20)
61.3%
§102 Overcome
n=31
55.3%
§103 Overcome
n=47
62.5%
§112 Overcome
n=48

Specialization & Scale

B64C, F16K, A61B
Top CPC Subclasses
14%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=75
0
Practitioners
n=75
Apps / Practitioner
n=75 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 30 days (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.

4
Hard (44%)
5
Medium (56%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (11%)
§103 only5 (56%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
44% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
56% 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.

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
WILLIAMS, EMMALEE RAE 1 0.0% +0.0%
ROSEN, ERIC J 1 41.6% +24.3%
YOO, REGINA M 1 63.9% +6.1%
YAO, THEODORE N 1 67.1% +38.2%
RAILEY, JENNIFER A 1 79.3% +8.5%
PALENIK, JEFFREY T 1 53.9% +26.8%
LINFORD, JAMES ALBERT 1 64.1% +33.6%
CASE, SARAH CATHERINE 1 40.8% +56.3%
WUNDERLICH, ERWIN J 1 42.4% +41.3%

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
18226871 Apparatus and system for surface processing of plastically deformable masses YAO, THEODORE N 32d overdue
18575874 Method for isolating proteins and saccharides from yeast WILLIAMS, EMMALEE RAE 12d
18564759 System for disinfecting skin tissue around catheters YOO, REGINA M
18098896 PREPARATION OF BITUMEN-CONTAINING ROAD SURFACE MATERIAL CASE, SARAH CATHERINE

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
18566331 INTERDENTAL BRUSH HAVING AN OVAL WIRE CROSS SECTION, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME ROSEN, ERIC J 37d overdue
18226871 Apparatus and system for surface processing of plastically deformable masses YAO, THEODORE N 32d overdue
18037637 TAMPON CONTAINING A PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION PALENIK, JEFFREY T 10d overdue
18029904 Device for Decoupling and for Vibration Control LINFORD, JAMES ALBERT
18098896 PREPARATION OF BITUMEN-CONTAINING ROAD SURFACE MATERIAL CASE, SARAH CATHERINE
18017055 LASER WELDING METHOD FOR JOINING A NON-SINTERED MATERIAL TO A SINTERED MATERIAL, COMPOSITE BODY, AND USE OF A LASER WELDING METHOD WUNDERLICH, ERWIN J

Client Portfolio (9 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36762
16531
37721
17581
16151
36791
17311
37611

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18575874 Method for isolating proteins and saccharides from yeast Yeastup AG WILLIAMS, EMMALEE RAE 1653 §103§112 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Jan 01, 2024
18566331 INTERDENTAL BRUSH HAVING AN OVAL WIRE CROSS SECTION, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME Curaden AG ROSEN, ERIC J 3772 §103 Final Rejection 37d overdue Pending Dec 01, 2023
18564759 System for disinfecting skin tissue around catheters Aseptuva AG YOO, REGINA M 1758 §101§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 28, 2023
18226871 Apparatus and system for surface processing of plastically deformable masses Planum Int. AG YAO, THEODORE N 3676 §102§103 Final Rejection 32d overdue Pending Jul 27, 2023
18266172 Mower Knife Device Wepfer Technics AG RAILEY, JENNIFER A 3676 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 08, 2023
18037637 TAMPON CONTAINING A PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION Swiss-Canna Group AG PALENIK, JEFFREY T 1615 §103 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending May 18, 2023
18029904 Device for Decoupling and for Vibration Control Aborra AG LINFORD, JAMES ALBERT 3679 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 01, 2023
18098896 PREPARATION OF BITUMEN-CONTAINING ROAD SURFACE MATERIAL Weibel AG CASE, SARAH CATHERINE 1731 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 19, 2023
18017055 LASER WELDING METHOD FOR JOINING A NON-SINTERED MATERIAL TO A SINTERED MATERIAL, COMPOSITE BODY, AND USE OF A LASER WELDING METHOD Eco Holding 1 GmbH WUNDERLICH, ERWIN J 3761 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 19, 2023

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