Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Kf Ross Pc

9 pending office actions • 9 clients • 9 examiners • 7 art units • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 29 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=4290 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

80.3%
Allowance Rate
n=4290
+0.55σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=4290
2.6
OAs to Allowance
n=3359
-0.34σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=3359
1110 days
Time to Allowance
n=3359
+7.6pp
Interview Lift
n=4290
12.9%
RCE Rate
n=4290
3.7%
Appeal Rate
n=4290

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=19 (min 20)
80.3%
§102 Overcome
n=356
79.5%
§103 Overcome
n=1617
92.4%
§112 Overcome
n=524

Specialization & Scale

Y10T, B29C, H01R
Top CPC Subclasses
10%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=4290
1
Practitioners
n=4290
4290.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=4290

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
0
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)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.

0
Hard (0%)
9
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only9 (100%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
11% of docket
1
Information Tech
11% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
11% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
67% 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
FREAL, JOHN BRENDAN 1 93.3% +8.5%
TOLAN, EDWARD THOMAS 1 78.0% +16.1%
MANIWANG, JOSEPH R 1 85.6% +13.7%
RANDALL, JR., KELVIN L 1 44.7% +17.1%
AKAKPO, DANY E 1 87.2% +12.8%
GUTHRIE, TERESA A 1 68.4% +36.6%
LAIOS, MARIA J 1 68.7% +18.2%
RODGERS, THOMAS RAYMOND 1 58.4% +59.8%
PRESSLEY, PAUL DEREK 1 62.0% +25.3%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18214563 MOUNT FOR VEHICULAR HEADS-UP DISPLAY AKAKPO, DANY E 164d overdue
18641378 ENAMELED WIRE FREAL, JOHN BRENDAN 58d overdue
18281604 COMPONENT-BASED METHOD FOR WORST-CASE ANALYSIS FOR STREAM-BASED SCHEDULING, CLASS-BASED SCHEDULING AND FRAME PREEMPTION IN TIME-SENSITIVE NETWORKS MANIWANG, JOSEPH R 29d

Interview Candidates (8)

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
18214563 MOUNT FOR VEHICULAR HEADS-UP DISPLAY AKAKPO, DANY E 164d overdue
18022371 BATTERY FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE LAIOS, MARIA J 50d overdue
18284445 METHOD OF MAKING METAL FIBERS, IN PARTICULAR OF STEEL TOLAN, EDWARD THOMAS 13d
18281604 COMPONENT-BASED METHOD FOR WORST-CASE ANALYSIS FOR STREAM-BASED SCHEDULING, CLASS-BASED SCHEDULING AND FRAME PREEMPTION IN TIME-SENSITIVE NETWORKS MANIWANG, JOSEPH R 29d
18238672 DISINFECTING-WIPES PACKAGE RANDALL, JR., KELVIN L
18026504 METHOD OF COMMINUTING FERTILIZER SLUGS IN A TWO-ROLL MILL GUTHRIE, TERESA A
18100585 ROTARY BRUSH ASSEMBLY RODGERS, THOMAS RAYMOND
17919949 METHOD OF MONITORING HIGH-PRESSURE ROLLER PRESS PRESSLEY, PAUL DEREK

Client Portfolio (9 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37253
28471
24411
36511
36721
17271
37231

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18641378 ENAMELED WIRE Schwering & Haase Elekrodraht GmbH FREAL, JOHN BRENDAN 2847 §103 Non-Final OA 58d overdue Pending Apr 21, 2024
18284445 METHOD OF MAKING METAL FIBERS, IN PARTICULAR OF STEEL Hacanoka GmbH TOLAN, EDWARD THOMAS 3725 §103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Oct 12, 2023
18281604 COMPONENT-BASED METHOD FOR WORST-CASE ANALYSIS FOR STREAM-BASED SCHEDULING, CLASS-BASED SCHEDULING AND FRAME PREEMPTION IN TIME-SENSITIVE NETWORKS Universitaet Stuttgart MANIWANG, JOSEPH R 2441 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Sep 12, 2023
18238672 DISINFECTING-WIPES PACKAGE Nitto Denko Corporation RANDALL, JR., KELVIN L 3651 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 28, 2023
18214563 MOUNT FOR VEHICULAR HEADS-UP DISPLAY Gedia Gebrueder Dingerkus GmbH AKAKPO, DANY E 3672 §103 Non-Final OA 164d overdue Pending Jun 27, 2023
18026504 METHOD OF COMMINUTING FERTILIZER SLUGS IN A TWO-ROLL MILL Maschinenfabrik Koppern GmbH Co. Kg GUTHRIE, TERESA A 3725 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 15, 2023
18022371 BATTERY FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE Voltabox LAIOS, MARIA J 1727 §103 Final Rejection 50d overdue Pending Feb 21, 2023
18100585 ROTARY BRUSH ASSEMBLY Monti-Werkzeuge GmbH RODGERS, THOMAS RAYMOND 3723 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 24, 2023
17919949 METHOD OF MONITORING HIGH-PRESSURE ROLLER PRESS Maschinenfabrik Köpperen GmbH &Co.Kg PRESSLEY, PAUL DEREK 3725 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 19, 2022

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