Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Koffsky Schwalb LLC

Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Communications • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

14 pending office actions • 12 clients • 14 examiners • 14 art units • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Koffsky Schwalb LLC prosecutes Communications matters and has 905 career applications. The firm currently shows 13 pending office actions, indicating continuing activity within its recorded application base.

The resolved allowance rate is 87.31%. An average of 2.64 office actions per allowance suggests that successful cases commonly required more than one examination exchange. These figures can help practitioners consider both the likelihood of allowance in the reported record and the response work associated with reaching it.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Quality Metrics (n=905 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

87.3%
Allowance Rate
n=905
+0.46σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=905
2.6
OAs to Allowance
n=509
-0.50σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=509
830 days
Time to Allowance
n=509
+10.6pp
Interview Lift
n=905
18.5%
RCE Rate
n=905
2.8%
Appeal Rate
n=905

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

81.4%
§101 Overcome
n=118
75.4%
§102 Overcome
n=183
73.4%
§103 Overcome
n=331
75.2%
§112 Overcome
n=226

Specialization & Scale

G06F, H04L, G06Q
Top CPC Subclasses
33%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=905
2
Practitioners
n=905
452.5
Apps / Practitioner
n=905

Portfolio Summary

14
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
7
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.

1
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)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.

11
Hard (79%)
2
Medium (14%)
1
Easy (7%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other3 (21%)
§103 only2 (14%)
§112 only1 (7%)
Multi-statute (no §101)8 (57%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
29% of docket
1
Information Tech
7% of docket
4
Communications
29% of docket
1
Semiconductors
7% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
29% 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.

140 h
Manual time on pending OAs
28 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
49 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MALEKZADEH, SEYED MASOUD 1 67.2% +31.9%
MILLER, JONATHAN 1 79.7% +18.3%
TCHATCHOUANG, CARL F.R. 1 82.6% +15.1%
ABRAHAM, TANIA 1 72.6% +17.0%
KY, KEVIN 1 77.4% +25.0%
GARFT, CHRISTOPHER 1 59.0% +23.2%
JOHNSON, JENNA LEIGH 1 47.2% +19.6%
SETH, MANAV 1 90.7% +8.0%
DOSHER, JULIE GRACE 1 33.3% +66.7%
TUCKER, WESLEY J 1 83.7% +5.4%

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
18641395 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CLASSIFYING DEFECTS IN WAFER USING WAFER-DEFECT IMAGES, BASED ON DEEP LEARNING SETH, MANAV —

Hard Cases (11)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18685315 Amphibious Mobile Classroom System DOSHER, JULIE GRACE 73d overdue
18738825 One-Screw Support Leg for Furniture GARFT, CHRISTOPHER 14d
18412809 System, Method and Apparatus for Generating Acoustic Signals Based on Biometric Information TUCKER, WESLEY J 21d
18364709 Multistage Audio-Visual Automotive Cab Monitoring OMETZ, RACHEL ANNE 86d
19143255 A Variable Flow Recyclable Material Extrusion System and Method MALEKZADEH, SEYED MASOUD —
19103595 Synthesis-Gas-Reactor With Pre-Heating for Separated Water Feeding and Process for It MILLER, JONATHAN —
18996374 Fault Determination Apparatus and Method for Three-Phase Dual Active Bridge Converter, And Electronic Device TCHATCHOUANG, CARL F.R. —
19021145 Seat Frame ABRAHAM, TANIA —

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
18685315 Amphibious Mobile Classroom System DOSHER, JULIE GRACE 73d overdue
18738825 One-Screw Support Leg for Furniture GARFT, CHRISTOPHER 14d
19143255 A Variable Flow Recyclable Material Extrusion System and Method MALEKZADEH, SEYED MASOUD —
19103595 Synthesis-Gas-Reactor With Pre-Heating for Separated Water Feeding and Process for It MILLER, JONATHAN —
18996374 Fault Determination Apparatus and Method for Three-Phase Dual Active Bridge Converter, And Electronic Device TCHATCHOUANG, CARL F.R. —
19021145 Seat Frame ABRAHAM, TANIA —
18942693 Generative Neural Network For Synthesis Of Faces And Behaviors KY, KEVIN —
18709139 Transportable Case JOHNSON, JENNA LEIGH —

Client Portfolio (12 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17541
17721
28581
36361
26711
36321
17891
26721
37151
26611

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19143255 A Variable Flow Recyclable Material Extrusion System and Method Waste To Product Technologies Ltd. MALEKZADEH, SEYED MASOUD 1754 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 25, 2025
19103595 Synthesis-Gas-Reactor With Pre-Heating for Separated Water Feeding and Process for It Zohar Clean Tech Ltd. MILLER, JONATHAN 1772 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 13, 2025
18996374 Fault Determination Apparatus and Method for Three-Phase Dual Active Bridge Converter, And Electronic Device Xi'An Jiaotong-Liverpool University TCHATCHOUANG, CARL F.R. 2858 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 17, 2025
19021145 Seat Frame Dewertokin Technology Group Co., Ltd. ABRAHAM, TANIA 3636 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 14, 2025
18942693 Generative Neural Network For Synthesis Of Faces And Behaviors Blueskeye AI Ltd. KY, KEVIN 2671 §103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 09, 2024
18738825 One-Screw Support Leg for Furniture Evan Clabots Design LLC GARFT, CHRISTOPHER 3632 §103§112 Final Rejection 14d Pending Jun 10, 2024
18709139 Transportable Case Shenzhen Tingshikang Technology Limited JOHNSON, JENNA LEIGH 1789 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 10, 2024
18641395 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CLASSIFYING DEFECTS IN WAFER USING WAFER-DEFECT IMAGES, BASED ON DEEP LEARNING Camtek Ltd. SETH, MANAV 2672 §112Other Final Rejection — Pending Apr 21, 2024
18685315 Amphibious Mobile Classroom System Dayn Amade Inventions Ltd. DOSHER, JULIE GRACE 3715 §103§112 Final Rejection 73d overdue Pending Feb 21, 2024
18412809 System, Method and Apparatus for Generating Acoustic Signals Based on Biometric Information Biotune Inc. TUCKER, WESLEY J 2661 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 21d Pending Jan 15, 2024
18395875 Fastening Apparatus and Gearbox Nanjing High-Speed Gear Manufacturing Co., Ltd. MCMAHON, MATTHEW R 3678 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 26, 2023
18364709 Multistage Audio-Visual Automotive Cab Monitoring Blueskeye AI Ltd. OMETZ, RACHEL ANNE 2668 §103§112 Final Rejection 86d Pending Aug 03, 2023
18005862 Context Aware Assessment Blueskeye AI Ltd. KRIANGCHAIVECH, KETTIP 1686 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 18, 2023
18064273 Classical Preprocessing for Efficient State Preparation in Quantum Computers Classiq Technologies Ltd. SMITH, KEVIN LEE 2122 §101§102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 11, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Koffsky Schwalb LLC's patent allowance rate?

87.3% of resolved applications prosecuted by Koffsky Schwalb LLC were allowed, across 905 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Koffsky Schwalb LLC average before allowance?

2.64 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Koffsky Schwalb LLC have?

14 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 12 clients, before 14 examiners in 14 art units.

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