Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Kohn & Associates, Pllc

Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Communications • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

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

Analysis

KOHN & ASSOCIATES, PLLC focuses on Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals and has 725 career applications. Its active docket contains 4 pending office actions, representing a limited current workload within the recorded practice.

The resolved allowance rate is 66.92%, and allowed matters required an average of 4.52 office actions. The combination identifies a record with a lower allowance outcome and a comparatively involved path for matters that did reach allowance, making prosecution planning especially relevant.

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

Quality Metrics (n=725 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

66.9%
Allowance Rate
n=725
+0.50σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=725
4.5
OAs to Allowance
n=261
+0.35σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=261
1104 days
Time to Allowance
n=261
+24.0pp
Interview Lift
n=725
35.6%
RCE Rate
n=725
0.2%
Appeal Rate
n=725

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

72.0%
§101 Overcome
n=75
65.1%
§102 Overcome
n=152
70.8%
§103 Overcome
n=243
72.5%
§112 Overcome
n=207

Specialization & Scale

A61K, C07K, A61P
Top CPC Subclasses
21%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=725
1
Practitioners
n=725
725.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=725

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

3
Hard (60%)
1
Medium (20%)
1
Easy (20%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (20%)
§112 only1 (20%)
Double-patenting + other1 (20%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (40%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
20% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
20% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
60% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KEENAN, JAMES W 1 66.9% +24.2%
KINGDON, CATHY 1 80.3% +2.6%
CHOI, PETER H 1 26.3% +18.5%
JAIN, ANKUR 1 75.0% +5.7%
MARLEN, TAMMIE K 1 75.3% +20.8%

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
18855454 STABILIZED FORMULA OF CROTOXIN KINGDON, CATHY —

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18939802 SMART NUTRITION DOSING CHOI, PETER H 3d overdue
19107413 MOUNTABLE / DEMOUNTABLE / REMOUNTABLE INTERCHANGABLE EQUIPMENT SLED KEENAN, JAMES W —
18653531 SCREEN PROTECTOR WITH ENGRAVED IMAGE JAIN, ANKUR —

Interview Candidates (3)

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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18548547 HEALTH TRACKER DEVICE FOR HORSES MARLEN, TAMMIE K 38d overdue
18939802 SMART NUTRITION DOSING CHOI, PETER H 3d overdue
19107413 MOUNTABLE / DEMOUNTABLE / REMOUNTABLE INTERCHANGABLE EQUIPMENT SLED KEENAN, JAMES W —

Client Portfolio (5 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36551
16531
36811
26491
37961

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19107413 MOUNTABLE / DEMOUNTABLE / REMOUNTABLE INTERCHANGABLE EQUIPMENT SLED Hurst Engineered Advanced Technologies (Heat) LLC KEENAN, JAMES W 3655 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 27, 2025
18855454 STABILIZED FORMULA OF CROTOXIN Celtic Biotech Ltd. KINGDON, CATHY 1653 §103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 31, 2024
18939802 SMART NUTRITION DOSING Optimdosing LLC CHOI, PETER H 3681 §101§103Other Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Nov 07, 2024
18653531 SCREEN PROTECTOR WITH ENGRAVED IMAGE Screen Skinz, Inc. JAIN, ANKUR 2649 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 02, 2024
18548547 HEALTH TRACKER DEVICE FOR HORSES Mort Tech Inc. MARLEN, TAMMIE K 3796 §112 Non-Final OA 38d overdue Pending Aug 31, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Kohn & Associates, Pllc's patent allowance rate?

66.9% of resolved applications prosecuted by Kohn & Associates, Pllc were allowed, across 725 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Kohn & Associates, Pllc average before allowance?

4.52 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Kohn & Associates, Pllc have?

5 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 5 clients, before 5 examiners in 5 art units.

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