Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Kremblas & Foster

6 pending office actions • 6 clients • 6 examiners • 6 art units • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=1419 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

81.9%
Allowance Rate
n=1419
+0.51σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1419
2.5
OAs to Allowance
n=718
-0.52σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=718
1035 days
Time to Allowance
n=718
+5.8pp
Interview Lift
n=1419
15.0%
RCE Rate
n=1419
2.6%
Appeal Rate
n=1419

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=2 (min 20)
77.3%
§102 Overcome
n=88
77.3%
§103 Overcome
n=357
94.0%
§112 Overcome
n=84

Specialization & Scale

Y10T, B01D, A61B
Top CPC Subclasses
11%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1419
2
Practitioners
n=1419
709.5
Apps / Practitioner
n=1419

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
1
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.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
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 (2)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (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%)
6
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only6 (100%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
17% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
33% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
50% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CLARE, MARK C 1 12.7% +18.4%
HSIAO, JAMES K 1 76.9% +15.1%
RAEVIS, ROBERT R 1 83.3% +15.5%
NGUYEN, VY T 1 72.0% +36.3%
WRIGHT, ANDREW RUSSELL 1 64.0% +45.0%
HEMINGWAY, TIMOTHY G 1 40.0% +20.6%

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
18533783 Optical Measuring Method For Archimedian Flat Spirals And Spiral Springs With Optimized Geometry RAEVIS, ROBERT R 42d

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
19232502 Process, System and Method for Automated Property Transformation in Community Association Delinquent Unit Owner Claims Recovery CLARE, MARK C 27d

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18201495 Pizza Sauce Applicator NGUYEN, VY T 10d overdue
17769026 METHOD FOR PRODUCING MOULDED PARTS, IN PARTICULAR DENTAL MOULDED PARTS HEMINGWAY, TIMOTHY G 8d overdue
19232502 Process, System and Method for Automated Property Transformation in Community Association Delinquent Unit Owner Claims Recovery CLARE, MARK C 27d
18533783 Optical Measuring Method For Archimedian Flat Spirals And Spiral Springs With Optimized Geometry RAEVIS, ROBERT R 42d
18389981 Valves For Changing The Pressure Of A Fluid In A Suspension And Retainer For Retaining Fluid In A Suspension HSIAO, JAMES K
18134929 FIELD SCANNING OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY WRIGHT, ANDREW RUSSELL

Client Portfolio (6 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36281
36161
28551
37611
28721
17541

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19232502 Process, System and Method for Automated Property Transformation in Community Association Delinquent Unit Owner Claims Recovery Chetannlee, LLC CLARE, MARK C 3628 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Jun 09, 2025
18389981 Valves For Changing The Pressure Of A Fluid In A Suspension And Retainer For Retaining Fluid In A Suspension Eko Sport, Inc. HSIAO, JAMES K 3616 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 20, 2023
18533783 Optical Measuring Method For Archimedian Flat Spirals And Spiral Springs With Optimized Geometry Damasko Präzisionstechnik GmbH & Co. Kg RAEVIS, ROBERT R 2855 §103 Non-Final OA 42d Pending Dec 08, 2023
18201495 Pizza Sauce Applicator Edge Exponential LLC NGUYEN, VY T 3761 §103 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending May 24, 2023
18134929 FIELD SCANNING OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY Miami University WRIGHT, ANDREW RUSSELL 2872 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 14, 2023
17769026 METHOD FOR PRODUCING MOULDED PARTS, IN PARTICULAR DENTAL MOULDED PARTS Wdt-Wolz-Dental-Technik GmbH HEMINGWAY, TIMOTHY G 1754 §103 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Feb 14, 2023

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