Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Kppb LLP

72 pending office actions • 37 clients • 70 examiners • 57 art units • 0 of 72 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 94 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

72
Total Pending OAs
47
Non-Final OAs
25
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 71 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

39
Overdue
4
Due this week
14
Due this month
11
Due in next 60 days
3
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. 71 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (39)Due ≤ 7 days (4)Due ≤ 30 days (14)Due ≤ 60 days (11)Due later (3)

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.

4
Hard (6%)
53
Medium (74%)
8
Easy (11%)
7
Unknown (10%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only4 (6%)
§103 only46 (64%)
§102 only7 (10%)
§112 only8 (11%)
No statute on record7 (10%)

Industry Mix

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

15
Life Sciences
21% of docket
13
Information Tech
18% of docket
4
Communications
6% of docket
17
Semiconductors
24% of docket
23
Mechanical / Eng
32% 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.

720 h
Manual time on pending OAs
144 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
252 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
6.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KIRKLAND III, FREDDIE 2 84.7% +10.7%
CHANG, AUDREY Y 2 46.9% +20.5%
HOPE, DARRIN 1 60.4% +19.3%
STEVENSON, CHRISTINA C 1 3.3% -4.1%
LEWIS, TISHA D 1 87.6% +9.6%
PHAM, KHANH B 1 72.3% +15.4%
VAN DUZER, ALEXIS KIM 1 60.0% +66.7%
BECK, LERON 1 79.5% +11.7%
KINGSLAND, KYLE J 1 78.3% +6.0%
PEREZ, JAMES M 1 89.5% +14.5%

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
17342338 Methods and Systems of Fabricating Electrical Devices by Micro-Molding KIRKLAND III, FREDDIE 36d overdue
19205830 Controlling Gears in a Vehicle LEWIS, TISHA D 19d
18448044 Methods and Systems of Fabricating Electrical Devices by Micro-Molding KIRKLAND III, FREDDIE 78d

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
17823014 Methods for Conditional Transaction Tokens, Secure Sharing of Token Assets, Wallet Spam Protection, and User Interfaces for Acceptance of Terms WARDEN, MICHAEL J 60d overdue
16817489 Systems and Methods for Determining Molecular Structures with Molecular-Orbital-Based Features HAYES, JONATHAN EDWARD 36d overdue
19217952 Cryptographically Enabling Characteristic Assignment to Identities with Tokens, Token Validity Assessments and State Capture Processes STEVENSON, CHRISTINA C 33d
17810085 Distributed Ledgers with Ledger Entries Containing Redactable Payloads NGUYEN, LIZ P 33d
18745869 Systems and Methods for Supplementing Data with Generative Models SZUMNY, JONATHON A 39d

Interview Candidates (9)

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
18254118 Photonic Crystals and Methods for Fabricating the Same CHANG, AUDREY Y 145d overdue
17822625 Piecewise Rolled Vector Gratings and Methods of Fabrication CHANG, AUDREY Y 89d overdue
17342338 Methods and Systems of Fabricating Electrical Devices by Micro-Molding KIRKLAND III, FREDDIE 36d overdue
18957569 Systems and Methods for Communicating by Modulating Data on Zeros PEREZ, JAMES M 30d overdue
19193871 Distributed Data Storage and Analytics System PHAM, KHANH B 11d overdue
19281466 Systems and Methods for Controlling Content Playback using Remote Server Systems HOPE, DARRIN 21d
19030229 Systems, Methods, and Media for Transcoding Video Data Using Metadata BECK, LERON 30d
19053313 Systems and Methods for Optimizing Clinical Trial Designs VAN DUZER, ALEXIS KIM 39d

Client Portfolio (37 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28724
28744
36983
36632
26352
37962
28552
21472
17952
16852

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19281466 Systems and Methods for Controlling Content Playback using Remote Server Systems Touchstream Technologies, Inc. HOPE, DARRIN 2178 §103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Jul 25, 2025
19217952 Cryptographically Enabling Characteristic Assignment to Identities with Tokens, Token Validity Assessments and State Capture Processes Artema Labs, Inc. STEVENSON, CHRISTINA C 3698 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending May 23, 2025
19205830 Controlling Gears in a Vehicle Oxa Autonomy Ltd. LEWIS, TISHA D 3619 §112 Non-Final OA 19d Pending May 12, 2025
19193871 Distributed Data Storage and Analytics System Elasticflash, Inc. PHAM, KHANH B 2166 Other Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Apr 29, 2025
19053313 Systems and Methods for Optimizing Clinical Trial Designs Unlearn.Ai, Inc. VAN DUZER, ALEXIS KIM 3682 §103 Non-Final OA 39d Pending Feb 13, 2025
19030229 Systems, Methods, and Media for Transcoding Video Data Using Metadata Divx, LLC BECK, LERON 2487 Other Non-Final OA 30d Pending Jan 17, 2025
18877242 A Computer-Implemented Method of Determining a Trajectory of an Autonomous Vehicle Oxa Autonomy Ltd. KINGSLAND, KYLE J 3663 §102 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Dec 19, 2024
18957569 Systems and Methods for Communicating by Modulating Data on Zeros Moxz GmbH PEREZ, JAMES M 2635 Other Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Nov 22, 2024
18940643 Systems, Methods, and Media for Controlling Delivery Of Content Divx, LLC NGUYEN, QUANG N 2441 §102 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Nov 07, 2024
18912611 LINEARLY-ACTUATED CONVEYOR BELT LOADING SYSTEM FOR CNC MACHINES Gimbel Group LLC, Dba Gimbel Automation SINGH, KAVEL 3651 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Oct 11, 2024
18845857 Apparatus and Method for Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapour Deposition Leydenjar Technologies B.V. TUROCY, DAVID P 1718 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 10, 2024
18824792 Methods for Securely Adding Data to a Blockchain Using Dynamic Time Quanta and Version Authentication Artema Labs, Inc. LEMMA, SAMSON B 2498 §103 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Sep 04, 2024
18821721 Intelligent Query Routing based on Query Storage Cost for Tiered Databases Zettablock, Inc. ALMANI, MOHSEN 2159 §103 Final Rejection 41d Pending Aug 30, 2024
18814385 Sleep Phase Dependent Temperature Control and Learning Methods to Optimize Sleep Quality Bryte Labs, Inc. AFRIFA-KYEI, ANTHONY D 2686 §102 Non-Final OA 80d overdue Pending Aug 23, 2024
18839701 Systems and Methods for Abuse Safeguards in NFT-Directed Environments Artema Labs, Inc. TSANG, HENRY 2495 §103 Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending Aug 19, 2024
18761149 Last-Mile Delivery Systems Incorporating Modular Robots The Regents of the University of California CAMERON, ATTICUS A 3658 §103 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Jul 01, 2024
18759521 Sleep Platform Pneumatics Management System Bryte Labs, Inc. SUN, GEORGE 3673 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Jun 28, 2024
18721159 Sensor Croptide Ltd. LE, THANG XUAN 2858 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Jun 17, 2024
18745869 Systems and Methods for Supplementing Data with Generative Models Unlearn.Ai, Inc. SZUMNY, JONATHON A 3686 §101 Final Rejection 39d Pending Jun 17, 2024
18741659 Determination of Imaging Transfer Function of a Charged-Particle Exposure Apparatus Using Isofocal Dose Measurements Ims Nanofabrication GmbH ASFAW, MESFIN T 2882 §103 Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending Jun 12, 2024
18717963 A Highly Power Efficient p-i-n Diode-Based THz Radiating Array The Regents of the University of California KIM, SEOKJIN 2844 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Jun 07, 2024
18674316 Square-Root Multi-State Constraint Kalman Filter for Vision-Aided Inertial Navigation System Regents Of The University Of Minnesota PAIGE, TYLER D 3664 Other Final Rejection 43d Pending May 24, 2024
18662402 Systems and Methods for 1-Micron Frequency Comb Optical Coherence Tomography The Regents of the University of California LEE, HWA S 2877 §112 Final Rejection 37d overdue Pending May 13, 2024
18703303 Systems and Methods for Localizing a Radar Sensor Oxa Autonomy Ltd. WINDRICH, MARCUS E 3646 §103 Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending Apr 19, 2024
18689045 Head Worn Augmented Reality Displays Digilens Inc. GROSS, ALEXANDER P 2871 §103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Mar 04, 2024
18592246 Polarization-Tuned Metasurface Device Metalenz, Inc. DUONG, HENRY ABRAHAM 2872 §102 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Feb 29, 2024
18414155 Systems and Methods for Multisite Stimulation Using a Double-Tuned Transmitter Coil The Regents of the University of California MARLEN, TAMMIE K 3796 §102 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Jan 16, 2024
18579762 Systems, Devices and Methods for Intradermal or Subdermal Fluid Delivery Acom Labs, Inc. RODRIGUEZ, WILLIAM H 3741 §112 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Jan 16, 2024
18395038 Low Temperature Fabrication of Silicon Nitride Photonic Devices The Regents of the University of California CAPUTO, LISA M 2874 §103 Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Dec 22, 2023
18393392 Heterogeneous Integrated UV-IR Ultra-Low Loss Multi-Layer Platform with Electrical Interconnects, Gain, Modulation, Detection, and Nonlinear Optics National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC RAHLL, JERRY T 2874 §112 Non-Final OA 60d Pending Dec 21, 2023
18542497 Photonic Integrated Rapidly Switchable High Contrast Filter The Regents of the University of California SMITH, CHAD 2874 §103 Non-Final OA 78d overdue Pending Dec 15, 2023
18568693 Method and System for Automated Analysis of Coronary Angiograms The Regents of the University of California MEMON, OWAIS IQBAL 2663 §103 Non-Final OA 29d overdue Pending Dec 08, 2023
18527017 Laser Ultrastable Photonics with Integrated Nonlinearity for Extended Stability The United States Government, AS Represented By The Secretary Of Commerce PENG, CHARLIE YU 2874 §112 Non-Final OA 60d Pending Dec 01, 2023
18566324 Systems and Methods for Cellular Lumen Formation and Cellular Differentiation The Regents of the University of California AMICK, THOMAS RUSSE 1638 §102 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Dec 01, 2023
18467661 Systems and Methods for Token-based Asset Ownership Artema Labs, Inc. MCATEE, PATRICK 3698 §103 Final Rejection 18d overdue Pending Sep 14, 2023
18466608 Systems and Methods for Transmitting and Receiving Wavelength-Multiplexed Optical Signals The Regents of the University of California BARUA, PRANESH K 2635 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Sep 13, 2023
18547840 Opsins as Chemosensory Receptors and Related Methods The Regents of the University of California VIJAYARAGHAVAN, JAGAMYA NMN 1633 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Aug 24, 2023
18448044 Methods and Systems of Fabricating Electrical Devices by Micro-Molding Mesoline Inc. KIRKLAND III, FREDDIE 2855 §103 Final Rejection 78d Pending Aug 10, 2023
18352960 Systems and Methods for Supplementing Data With Generative Models Unlearn.Ai, Inc. DUONG, HIEN LUONGVAN 2147 §103 Non-Final OA 75d Pending Jul 14, 2023
18260222 Formulations of a Prophylactic Nasal Spray and Methods of Use and Manufacture Thereof Ntby Moss LLC PALENIK, JEFFREY T 1615 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Jun 30, 2023
18326906 Systems and Methods for High Volume Manufacturing of Waveguides Digilens Inc. DABBI, JYOTSNA V 2872 §103 Final Rejection 87d overdue Pending May 31, 2023
18254318 Methods and Systems for Fabricating Layers of Metallic Glass-Based Materials Amorphology Inc. ZHANG, HAI Y 1717 §103 Non-Final OA 97d overdue Pending May 24, 2023
18254118 Photonic Crystals and Methods for Fabricating the Same Digilens Inc. CHANG, AUDREY Y 2872 §112 Final Rejection 145d overdue Pending May 23, 2023
18318607 Systems of Getters for Microelectronics and Methods for Production Thereof Mesoline Inc. HOSSAIN, MOAZZAM 2898 §103 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending May 16, 2023
18252169 Systems and Methods for Ground Truthing Remotely Sensed Data The Regents of the University of California ISLAM, MOHAMMAD K 2857 §102 Final Rejection 35d Pending May 08, 2023
18249228 Compositions and Uses Thereof Purposeful Ike WILSON, JERICA KATLYNN 1621 §103 Non-Final OA 59d overdue Pending Apr 14, 2023
18117350 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IDENTIFICATION OF TREATMENT TARGETS Magnus Medical, Inc. GROSS, JASON PATRICK 3797 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Mar 03, 2023
18169746 Methods and Systems for High Pressure Die Casting Metali LLC KESSLER, CHRISTOPHER S 1759 Other Final Rejection 14d Pending Feb 15, 2023
18003094 Systems and Methods for Adaptive Workspace Layout and Usage Optimization Friday Pm, Inc. FLYNN, ABBY J 3663 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Dec 22, 2022
18002097 Systems and Methods for Measuring Vital Signs Using Multimodal Health Sensing Platforms The Regents of the University of California JOHNSON, NICOLE F 3796 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Dec 16, 2022
17935084 MULTIFUNCTIONAL COMPOUNDS FOR USE IN MEDICAL IMAGING AND THERAPY Antelope Surgical Solutions, Inc. SCHLIENTZ, LEAH H 1618 §103 Final Rejection 9d Pending Sep 23, 2022
17933828 Systems and Methods for Gas-Liquid Contactors for Rapid Carbon Capture The Regents of the University of California GERMAIN, ADAM ADRIEN 1777 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Sep 20, 2022
17823014 Methods for Conditional Transaction Tokens, Secure Sharing of Token Assets, Wallet Spam Protection, and User Interfaces for Acceptance of Terms Artema Labs, Inc. WARDEN, MICHAEL J 3694 §101 Final Rejection 60d overdue Pending Aug 29, 2022
17822625 Piecewise Rolled Vector Gratings and Methods of Fabrication Digilens Inc. CHANG, AUDREY Y 2872 §112 Non-Final OA 89d overdue Pending Aug 26, 2022
17821444 Systems and Methods for Management of Token Interactions Artema Labs, Inc. PHAN, NICHOLAS K 3699 §103 Final Rejection 37d overdue Pending Aug 22, 2022
17904366 Systems and Methods for UV-Reflective Paints with High Overall Solar Reflectance for Passive Cooling The Regents of the University of California LIOTT, CAROLINE DUSHECK 1732 §103 Final Rejection 19d overdue Pending Aug 16, 2022
17758490 Process and Apparatus for Production of Ozone Oxi-Tech Solutions Limited TAI, XIUYU 1795 §103 Non-Final OA 22d overdue Pending Jul 07, 2022
17810741 Systems and Method for Providing Security Against Deception and Abuse in Distributed and Tokenized Environments Artema Labs, Inc. SCHMIDT, KARI L 2439 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Jul 05, 2022
17810085 Distributed Ledgers with Ledger Entries Containing Redactable Payloads Artema Labs, Inc. NGUYEN, LIZ P 3696 §101 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Jun 30, 2022
17806065 Systems and Methods for Maintenance of NFT Assets Artema Labs, Inc. GARCIA MIZE, KARLYANNIE MARIE 3698 §103 Final Rejection 8d Pending Jun 08, 2022
17755307 Systems and Methods for Spectrally Selective Thermal Radiators with Partial Exposures to Both the Sky and the Terrestrial Environment The Regents of the University of California RUBY, TRAVIS C 3763 §103 Non-Final OA 268d overdue Pending Apr 26, 2022
17700451 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR LONG TERM TREATMENT OF NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS Magnus Medical, Inc. KOHUTKA, BROOKE NICOLE 3791 §103 Final Rejection 10d overdue Pending Mar 21, 2022
17698510 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AN AQUEOUS STRUCTURAL COLOR FORMING SOLUTION Cyprus Materials, Inc. DONAHUE, OLGA LUCIA 1763 Other Non-Final OA 100d overdue Pending Mar 18, 2022
17665268 SECOND STAGE REGULATOR FOR EMERGENCY BREATHING SYSTEMS Proasia Design Co., Ltd. ZIEGLER, MATTHEW D 3785 §103 Final Rejection 56d overdue Pending Feb 04, 2022
17649330 Systems and Methods for Autonomous Vehicle Control Drisk, Inc. TRAN, DAVID HOANG 2147 §103 Final Rejection 59d overdue Pending Jan 28, 2022
17645937 Systems and Methods for Generating Jewelry Designs and Models using Machine Learning BLNG Corporation MOLL, NITHYA JANAKIRAMAN 2189 §103 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Dec 23, 2021
17522241 ELECTRODIALYZER AND ELECTRODIALYSIS SYSTEM FOR CO2 CAPTURE FROM OCEAN WATER California Institute Of Technology PARENT, ALEXANDER RENE 1795 §103 Final Rejection 89d overdue Pending Nov 09, 2021
17342338 Methods and Systems of Fabricating Electrical Devices by Micro-Molding Mesoline Inc. KIRKLAND III, FREDDIE 2855 §103 Final Rejection 36d overdue Pending Jun 08, 2021
17158681 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DYNAMICALLY GENERATING A PLURALITY OF MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEMS DURING PROCESSING OF A USER DATA SET Akkio Inc. KWON, JUN 2127 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Jan 26, 2021
16965292 Methods for Analyzing Genetic Data to Classify Multifactorial Traits Including Complex Medical Disorders The Rockefeller University SCHULTZHAUS, JANNA NICOLE 1685 §112 Final Rejection 6d Pending Jul 27, 2020
16851248 SERVER AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF Hyperconnect, Inc. GREENE, JOSEPH L 2443 §103 Final Rejection 142d overdue Pending Apr 17, 2020
16817489 Systems and Methods for Determining Molecular Structures with Molecular-Orbital-Based Features California Institute Of Technology HAYES, JONATHAN EDWARD 1685 §101 Final Rejection 36d overdue Pending Mar 12, 2020

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