Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Kile Park Reed & Houtteman Pllc

38 pending office actions • 13 clients • 38 examiners • 33 art units • 0 of 38 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 143 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=23689 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

92.7%
Allowance Rate
n=23689
+0.55σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=23689
2.8
OAs to Allowance
n=11687
-0.36σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=11687
951 days
Time to Allowance
n=11687
+3.0pp
Interview Lift
n=23689
31.5%
RCE Rate
n=23689
0.7%
Appeal Rate
n=23689

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

55.4%
§101 Overcome
n=511
72.0%
§102 Overcome
n=2314
64.1%
§103 Overcome
n=10014
75.4%
§112 Overcome
n=1484

Specialization & Scale

G06F, H10K, G06T
Top CPC Subclasses
14%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=23689
3
Practitioners
n=23689
7896.3
Apps / Practitioner
n=23689

Portfolio Summary

38
Total Pending OAs
19
Non-Final OAs
19
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 17 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

14
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
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. 17 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (14)Due ≤ 30 days (2)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.

0
Hard (0%)
32
Medium (84%)
1
Easy (3%)
5
Unknown (13%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only28 (74%)
§102 only4 (11%)
§112 only1 (3%)
No statute on record5 (13%)

Industry Mix

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

7
Life Sciences
18% of docket
14
Information Tech
37% of docket
1
Communications
3% of docket
6
Semiconductors
16% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
16% of docket
4
Business / Other
11% 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.

380 h
Manual time on pending OAs
76 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
133 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CWERN, JONATHAN 1 50.6% +35.2%
NGO, HUNG V 1 81.0% -34.9%
KHALID, OMER 1 66.9% +23.1%
DONAHUE, ZACHARY RYAN 1 1.7% +4.7%
YE, XINWEN 1 43.6% +45.2%
ARMAND, MARC ANTHONY 1 83.5% +3.9%
VISCARRA, RICARDO I 1 61.5% +24.3%
FROST, ANTHONY J 1 52.6% +20.3%
SULTANA, NADIRA 1 73.5% +32.0%
JEPPSON, PAMELA J 1 63.6% +26.3%

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
18294954 ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SHIELDING SHEET AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF NGO, HUNG V

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
18708532 CONTENT TRANSACTION PLATFORM DONAHUE, ZACHARY RYAN 84d overdue

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
18553390 IMPRINTING DEVICE AND IMPRINTING METHOD YE, XINWEN 38d overdue
18358646 APPARATUS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING AUDIO SIGNALS AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF SULTANA, NADIRA 11d overdue
19278485 OPTICAL TRACKING SYSTEM AND TRACKING METHOD USING THE SAME CWERN, JONATHAN
18887915 VIDEO-BASED PARKING SPACE OCCUPANCY DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE LEARNING METHOD THEREOF KHALID, OMER
18516324 ROBOT TEACHING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HIGH-LEVEL WORK VISCARRA, RICARDO I
18453859 TRANSPARENT STRUCTURE AND SCREEN FOR BEAM PROJECTOR INCLUDING SAME FROST, ANTHONY J
18261236 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CHARGING ELECTRIC VEHICLE OF CHARGING POSITION SELECTION TYPE BY USING NEW RENEWABLE ENERGY JEPPSON, PAMELA J

Client Portfolio (13 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
21232
21472
24221
36891
17541
28131
36571
17821
26531
28591

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19278485 OPTICAL TRACKING SYSTEM AND TRACKING METHOD USING THE SAME Kyungpook National University Industry Academic Cooperation Foundation CWERN, JONATHAN §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 23, 2025
18294954 ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SHIELDING SHEET AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Vault Creation Co., Ltd. NGO, HUNG V §102 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 18, 2025
18887915 VIDEO-BASED PARKING SPACE OCCUPANCY DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE LEARNING METHOD THEREOF VESTELLALAB INC. KHALID, OMER 2422 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 17, 2024
18708532 CONTENT TRANSACTION PLATFORM A&H Coporation DONAHUE, ZACHARY RYAN 3689 §103 Final Rejection 84d overdue Pending May 08, 2024
18553390 IMPRINTING DEVICE AND IMPRINTING METHOD Korea Institute Of Machinery & Materials YE, XINWEN 1754 §103 Final Rejection 38d overdue Pending Apr 29, 2024
18585678 DISPLAY DEVICE Samsung Display Co., Ltd. ARMAND, MARC ANTHONY 2813 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 23, 2024
18516324 ROBOT TEACHING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HIGH-LEVEL WORK ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE VISCARRA, RICARDO I 3657 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 21, 2023
18453859 TRANSPARENT STRUCTURE AND SCREEN FOR BEAM PROJECTOR INCLUDING SAME ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FROST, ANTHONY J 1782 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 22, 2023
18358646 APPARATUS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING AUDIO SIGNALS AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology SULTANA, NADIRA 2653 §103 Final Rejection 11d overdue Pending Jul 25, 2023
18261236 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CHARGING ELECTRIC VEHICLE OF CHARGING POSITION SELECTION TYPE BY USING NEW RENEWABLE ENERGY Fec Co., Ltd. JEPPSON, PAMELA J 2859 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 12, 2023
18349024 SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE NGUYEN, SOPHIA T 2893 §103 Non-Final OA 50d overdue Pending Jul 07, 2023
18349005 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK BASED FEEDBACK ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE COLE, BRANDON S 2128 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 07, 2023
18345635 LOGICAL QUBIT EXECUTION APPARATUS AND METHOD ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE MEYER, JACQUELINE CHRISTINE 2144 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 30, 2023
18344275 NEUROMORPHIC INTERFACE CIRCUIT AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF AND NEUROMORPHIC INTERFACE SYSTEM ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE CHAMPAGNE, LUNA 3627 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 29, 2023
18344518 DISPLAY DEVICE ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE ASHBAHIAN, ERIC K 2891 §102 Final Rejection 30d Pending Jun 29, 2023
18338990 HEAT DISSIPATION SHEET AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME Terasys.Co.,Ltd AHVAZI, BIJAN 1763 §112 Non-Final OA 35d overdue Pending Jun 21, 2023
18321433 THIN FILM TRANSISTOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE SIPLING, KENNETH MARK 2818 §103 Non-Final OA 70d overdue Pending May 22, 2023
18301037 METHOD FOR TRAINING ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK TO PREDICT FUTURE TRAJECTORIES OF VARIOUS TYPES OF MOVING OBJECTS FOR AUTONOMOUS DRIVING ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE CHOI, DAVID E 2148 §102 Non-Final OA 71d Pending Apr 14, 2023
18125552 SPIKE NEURAL NETWORK CIRCUIT AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE GOLAN, MATTHEW BRYCE 2123 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 23, 2023
18120800 METHOD OF CONTROLLING MOVEMENT OF MOBILE ROBOT BETWEEN USER REGIONS ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE CHACE, CHRISTIAN 3665 §103 Final Rejection 42d overdue Pending Mar 13, 2023
18103962 FRAMEWORK SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING PERFORMANCE OF KNOWLEDGE GRAPH EMBEDDING MODEL AND METHOD FOR LEARNING THEREOF ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE DIEP, DUY T 2123 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 31, 2023
18090223 QUANTUM FOURIER TRANSFORMATION CIRCUIT AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME UNIVERSITY OF SEOUL INDUSTRY COOPERATION FOUNDATION CHEN, ALAN S §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 28, 2022
18084234 NEURON CIRCUIT WITH SYNAPTIC WEIGHT LEARNING ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE VAUGHN, RYAN C 2125 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 19, 2022
18084253 ELECTROLYTE COMPOSITION AND LITHIUM BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE SMITH, JEREMIAH R 1723 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 19, 2022
18083151 SKELETAL STRUCTURE CORRECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ASSESSING RISK TO MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM OF WORKERS ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE HALPRIN, MOLLY SARA 3791 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Dec 16, 2022
18081397 AI SERVER PROVIDING WORKER SAFETY CONTROL SOLUTION AND OPERATION METHOD OF AI SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE EVANS, KIMBERLY L 3629 §103 Final Rejection 11d overdue Pending Dec 14, 2022
18077116 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SYNCHRONIZING NEUROMORPHIC PROCESSING UNITS ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE LEY, SALLY THI 2147 §103 Final Rejection 49d overdue Pending Dec 07, 2022
18070979 MULTICLASS CLASSIFICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD ROBUST TO IMBALANCED DATA ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE COLEMAN, PAUL 2126 §103 Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending Nov 29, 2022
17978686 METHOD OF CALCULATING RANK FOR IMPORTANCE OF DATA AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE SAME ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE KLOSTERMAN II, JEROME ANTHONY 2182 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 01, 2022
17965393 ELECTRIC DEVICE CONFIGURED TO SUPPORT HIGH SPEED INTERFACE FOR EXPANDING NEURAL NETWORK ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE GALVIN-SIEBENALER, PAUL MICHAEL 2147 §103 Final Rejection 9d Pending Oct 13, 2022
17964536 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING MULTI-DRONE NETWORK COOPERATIVE OPERATION PLAN BASED ON REINFORCEMENT LEARNING ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE HWANG, MEGAN ELIZABETH 2143 §103 Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Oct 12, 2022
17953936 COMPOSITE ELECTRODE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING COMPOSITE ELECTRODE AND AN ALL-SOLID-STATE SECONDARY BATTERY INCLUDING THE COMPOSITE ELECTRODE ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE RICKMAN, HOLLY C 1785 §103 Non-Final OA 38d overdue Pending Sep 27, 2022
17865727 WAFER PROCESSING METHOD Zeus Co., Ltd. ORTA, LAUREN GRACE 1711 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 15, 2022
17857602 SPIKE NEURAL NETWORK APPARATUS BASED ON MULTI-ENCODING AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE SHANMUGASUNDARAM, KANNAN 2168 §102 Final Rejection Pending Jul 05, 2022
17623497 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPE OF OBJECT Koh Young Technology Inc. FABIAN JR, ROBERTO 2877 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 28, 2021
17550441 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESSOR AND OPERATING METHOD OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESSOR ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE HUANG, MIRANDA M 2124 §103 Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending Dec 14, 2021
17426484 ETCHING DEVICE USING ETCHING CHAMBER Zeus Co., Ltd. FORD, NATHAN K 1716 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 28, 2021
13845126 ADAPTIVE TRANSMISSION AND RECEIVING METHOD AND DEVICE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH MULTIPLE ANTENNAS ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE HUGHES, DEANDRA M 3992 Other Non-Final OA Pending Mar 18, 2013

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