Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Kern Kendrick, LLC

8 pending office actions • 5 clients • 7 examiners • 6 art units • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=236 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

70.2%
Allowance Rate
n=236
+0.25σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=236
2.5
OAs to Allowance
n=80
-0.52σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=80
750 days
Time to Allowance
n=80
+31.9pp
Interview Lift
n=236
17.5%
RCE Rate
n=236
0.0%
Appeal Rate
n=236

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=16 (min 20)
60.5%
§102 Overcome
n=38
52.0%
§103 Overcome
n=75
60.6%
§112 Overcome
n=66

Specialization & Scale

A61K, G01N, G16H
Top CPC Subclasses
18%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=236
1
Practitioners
n=236
236.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=236

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
4
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.

2
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)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%)
§103 only2 (25%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (62%)

Industry Mix

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

7
Life Sciences
88% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
12% 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.

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
GREENE, IVAN A 2 18.7% +6.2%
YUEN, JACKY 1 34.5% +51.2%
KIM, DANIELLE A 1 36.7% +57.5%
CHERNYSHEV, OLGA N 1 54.5% +34.2%
ARNOLD, ERNST V 1 48.1% +13.0%
LAU, JASON 1 53.8% +15.0%
CONLEY, SEAN EVERETT 1 70.5% +11.5%

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
19043217 PROCESS FOR EVAPORATIVE CASTING YUEN, JACKY 146d overdue
18467283 MICROSPHERE FORMULATIONS COMPRISING NALTREXONE AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING THE SAME ARNOLD, ERNST V 2d overdue
18548702 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MAKING POLYMER MICROSPHERES GREENE, IVAN A 9d
18713417 MICROSPHERE FORMULATIONS COMPRISING ASENAPINE AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING THE SAME KIM, DANIELLE A
18596310 ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN DETECTION USING BEADS CHERNYSHEV, OLGA N
18459831 MICROSPHERE FORMULATIONS COMPRISING BTK INHIBITORS AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING THE SAME GREENE, IVAN A

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
19043217 PROCESS FOR EVAPORATIVE CASTING YUEN, JACKY 146d overdue
18467283 MICROSPHERE FORMULATIONS COMPRISING NALTREXONE AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING THE SAME ARNOLD, ERNST V 2d overdue
18299001 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DRYING PLANT MATERIAL USING MOLECULAR SIEVES LAU, JASON 70d
18713417 MICROSPHERE FORMULATIONS COMPRISING ASENAPINE AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING THE SAME KIM, DANIELLE A
18596310 ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN DETECTION USING BEADS CHERNYSHEV, OLGA N
18187100 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUSES FOR DISINFECTION AND DECONTAMINATION CONLEY, SEAN EVERETT

Client Portfolio (5 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
16132
16192
17351
16751
37621
17991

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19043217 PROCESS FOR EVAPORATIVE CASTING Skuld LLC YUEN, JACKY 1735 §103§112 Non-Final OA 146d overdue Pending Jan 31, 2025
18713417 MICROSPHERE FORMULATIONS COMPRISING ASENAPINE AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING THE SAME Oakwood Laboratories, LLC KIM, DANIELLE A 1613 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 24, 2024
18596310 ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN DETECTION USING BEADS Amprion, Inc. CHERNYSHEV, OLGA N 1675 §101 Final Rejection Pending Mar 05, 2024
18467283 MICROSPHERE FORMULATIONS COMPRISING NALTREXONE AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING THE SAME Oakwood Laboratories, LLC ARNOLD, ERNST V 1613 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Sep 14, 2023
18459831 MICROSPHERE FORMULATIONS COMPRISING BTK INHIBITORS AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING THE SAME Oakwood Laboratories, LLC GREENE, IVAN A 1619 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Sep 01, 2023
18548702 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MAKING POLYMER MICROSPHERES Oakwood Laboratories, LLC GREENE, IVAN A 1619 §103§112 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Sep 01, 2023
18299001 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DRYING PLANT MATERIAL USING MOLECULAR SIEVES Opcip-Holdco, LLC LAU, JASON 3762 §103 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Apr 11, 2023
18187100 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUSES FOR DISINFECTION AND DECONTAMINATION Chorus, LLC CONLEY, SEAN EVERETT 1799 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 21, 2023

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