Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Knowles Intellectual Property Strategies, LLC

17 pending office actions • 10 clients • 17 examiners • 13 art units • 0 of 17 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=789 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

79.0%
Allowance Rate
n=789
+0.67σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=789
2.3
OAs to Allowance
n=319
-0.59σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=319
747 days
Time to Allowance
n=319
+19.3pp
Interview Lift
n=789
21.0%
RCE Rate
n=789
1.2%
Appeal Rate
n=789

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=17 (min 20)
73.8%
§102 Overcome
n=65
68.4%
§103 Overcome
n=171
78.5%
§112 Overcome
n=172

Specialization & Scale

A61K, A61P, C07D
Top CPC Subclasses
66%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=789
4
Practitioners
n=789
197.2
Apps / Practitioner
n=789

Portfolio Summary

17
Total Pending OAs
13
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
1
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
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. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 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.

5
Hard (29%)
8
Medium (47%)
3
Easy (18%)
1
Unknown (6%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (6%)
§103 only2 (12%)
§112 only2 (12%)
Double-patenting only1 (6%)
Double-patenting + other6 (35%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (24%)
No statute on record1 (6%)

Industry Mix

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

15
Life Sciences
88% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
2
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.

170 h
Manual time on pending OAs
34 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
59 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LIU, TRACY 1 54.5% +27.0%
COFFA, SERGIO 1 61.2% +33.1%
KATAKAM, SUDHAKAR 1 74.7% +23.5%
DABKOWSKI, ERINNE R 1 55.9% +69.2%
CRAIG, KAILA ANGELIQUE 1 32.8% +26.5%
SIMMONS, CHRIS E 1 34.5% +19.3%
VALENROD, YEVGENY 1 72.6% +25.1%
HUANG, GIGI GEORGIANA 1 31.7% +30.6%
ISMAIL, REHANA 1 77.0% +32.8%
CHO, DAVID H 1 37.5% +73.5%

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18936782 HALIDE-FREE AMMONIUM SILANES VALENROD, YEVGENY 15d
19275772 ANHYDROUS SODIUM THIOSULFATE AND FORMULATIONS THEREOF CRAIG, KAILA ANGELIQUE 33d
18586086 MANNOSE 6-PHOSPHATE OR ASGPR RECEPTOR BINDING COMPOUNDS FOR THE DEGRADATION OF EXTRACELLULAR PROTEINS CHO, DAVID H
17983098 TREATMENT OF METABOLIC DISORDERS THROUGH THE TARGETING OF A NOVEL CIRCULATING HORMONE COMPLEX GERIDO, DWAN A
17776912 SYSTEMS AND METHODS PRODUCING SEEDED GRAFTS GORDON, BRIAN R

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
19081912 POTENT ASGPR-BINDING COMPOUNDS FOR THE DEGRADATION OF IMMUNOGLOBULINS AND OTHER PROTEINS SIMMONS, CHRIS E 17d overdue
18936782 HALIDE-FREE AMMONIUM SILANES VALENROD, YEVGENY 15d
19275772 ANHYDROUS SODIUM THIOSULFATE AND FORMULATIONS THEREOF CRAIG, KAILA ANGELIQUE 33d
19329417 CELL-PENETRATING PEPTIDE COMPOUNDS DABKOWSKI, ERINNE R 83d
19427735 QUATERNARY AMMONIUM SILANE AQUEOUS HYDROGEL FORMULATIONS LIU, TRACY
19329427 CYCLIC CELL-PENETRATING PEPTIDE COMPOUNDS COFFA, SERGIO
19329353 CYCLIC CELL PENETRATING PEPTIDES AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THEREOF KATAKAM, SUDHAKAR
18917928 METHOD OF TREATING DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA HUANG, GIGI GEORGIANA

Client Portfolio (10 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
16582
16152
16141
16541
16221
16281
16131
16991
16321
16291

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19427735 QUATERNARY AMMONIUM SILANE AQUEOUS HYDROGEL FORMULATIONS Topikos Scientific, Inc. LIU, TRACY 1614 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 19, 2025
19329427 CYCLIC CELL-PENETRATING PEPTIDE COMPOUNDS Ohio State Innovation Foundation COFFA, SERGIO 1658 §102DP Non-Final OA Pending Sep 15, 2025
19329353 CYCLIC CELL PENETRATING PEPTIDES AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THEREOF Ohio State Innovation Foundation KATAKAM, SUDHAKAR 1658 §112DP Non-Final OA Pending Sep 15, 2025
19329417 CELL-PENETRATING PEPTIDE COMPOUNDS Ohio State Innovation Foundation DABKOWSKI, ERINNE R 1654 §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA 83d Pending Sep 15, 2025
19275772 ANHYDROUS SODIUM THIOSULFATE AND FORMULATIONS THEREOF Fennec Pharmaceuticals, Inc. CRAIG, KAILA ANGELIQUE 1615 §103§112 Final Rejection 33d Pending Jul 21, 2025
19081912 POTENT ASGPR-BINDING COMPOUNDS FOR THE DEGRADATION OF IMMUNOGLOBULINS AND OTHER PROTEINS Avilar Therapeutics, Inc. SIMMONS, CHRIS E 1622 §112 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Mar 17, 2025
18936782 HALIDE-FREE AMMONIUM SILANES Topikos Scientific, Inc. VALENROD, YEVGENY 1628 §103§112 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Nov 04, 2024
18917928 METHOD OF TREATING DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA Oculis Operations Sàrl HUANG, GIGI GEORGIANA 1613 §103DP Non-Final OA Pending Oct 16, 2024
18792377 MULTIDOSE OPHTHALMIC COMPOSITIONS Oculis Operations Sàrl ISMAIL, REHANA §103DP Non-Final OA Pending Aug 01, 2024
18586086 MANNOSE 6-PHOSPHATE OR ASGPR RECEPTOR BINDING COMPOUNDS FOR THE DEGRADATION OF EXTRACELLULAR PROTEINS Avilar Therapeutics, Inc. CHO, DAVID H §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 23, 2024
18375162 ANHYDROUS SODIUM THIOSULFATE AND FORMULATIONS THEREOF Fennec Pharmaceuticals Inc. KWON, JOHN SEUNGJAI 1615 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Sep 29, 2023
18231091 TRANSIENT PROTECTION OF NORMAL CELLS DURING CHEMOTHERAPY Pharmacosmos Holding A/S CRAIGO, BAHAR ALAWI 1699 Other Non-Final OA 7d Pending Aug 07, 2023
18229070 VIRAL CONSTRUCTS FOR USE IN ENHANCING T-CELL PRIMING DURING VACCINATION Leidos, Inc. TAKENAKA, RISA 1632 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 01, 2023
18117983 HSPC-SPARING TREATMENTS FOR RB-POSITIVE ABNORMAL CELLULAR PROLIFERATION Pharmacosmos Holding A/S SHOWALTER, ALEXANDER KEITH 1629 DP Final Rejection Pending Mar 06, 2023
17983098 TREATMENT OF METABOLIC DISORDERS THROUGH THE TARGETING OF A NOVEL CIRCULATING HORMONE COMPLEX The President and Fellows of Harvard College GERIDO, DWAN A 1797 §101§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 08, 2022
17776912 SYSTEMS AND METHODS PRODUCING SEEDED GRAFTS Research Institute AT Nationwide Children'S Hospital GORDON, BRIAN R 1798 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending May 13, 2022
17554940 PATIENT SELECTION FOR ENHANCEMENT OF ANTI-TUMOR IMMUNITY IN CANCER PATIENTS Pharmacosmos Holdings A/S BAEK, BONG-SOOK 1611 §103§112DP Final Rejection Pending Dec 17, 2021

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