Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Kriegsman & Kriegsman

20 pending office actions • 13 clients • 20 examiners • 18 art units • 0 of 20 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 22 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=1656 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

77.1%
Allowance Rate
n=1656
+0.59σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1656
3.8
OAs to Allowance
n=730
+0.17σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=730
1285 days
Time to Allowance
n=730
+11.4pp
Interview Lift
n=1656
33.2%
RCE Rate
n=1656
0.1%
Appeal Rate
n=1656

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=18 (min 20)
81.2%
§102 Overcome
n=85
78.2%
§103 Overcome
n=509
93.1%
§112 Overcome
n=87

Specialization & Scale

G01N, C12Q, Y10T
Top CPC Subclasses
12%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1656
2
Practitioners
n=1656
828.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=1656

Portfolio Summary

20
Total Pending OAs
18
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
2
Due this week
2
Due this month
2
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. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 days (2)

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.

2
Hard (10%)
18
Medium (90%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (10%)
§103 only14 (70%)
§102 only3 (15%)
Double-patenting + other1 (5%)

Industry Mix

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

7
Life Sciences
35% of docket
2
Information Tech
10% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
4
Semiconductors
20% of docket
7
Mechanical / Eng
35% 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.

200 h
Manual time on pending OAs
40 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
70 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CASTELLANO, STEPHEN J 1 65.1% +35.9%
NELSON, FREDA ANN 1 42.4% +6.8%
VENKATESAN, UMASHANKAR 1 79.4% +13.8%
FOX, DANIELLE A 1 83.3% +13.0%
ATTEL, NINA KAY 1 41.2% +28.3%
HANSEN, JONATHAN M 1 79.4% +11.8%
ELOSHWAY, NIKI MARINA 1 63.6% +24.1%
MARTIN, ANGELA J 1 67.5% -32.0%
CAIN, JENNIFER LYNN 1 43.8% +66.3%
RAMACHANDRAN, UMAMAHESWARI 1 54.6% +53.9%

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
18865256 METHOD AND MEASURING DEVICE FOR MEASURING A TEST OBJECT BY MEANS OF X-RAY FLUORESCENCE FOX, DANIELLE A

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19210242 METHOD FOR STORING AND/OR TRANSPORTING TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE MATERIALS AND SYSTEM FOR USE THEREIN NELSON, FREDA ANN 42d
18285046 STABLE OPHTHALMIC COMPOSITION COMPRISING LATANOPROST RAMACHANDRAN, UMAMAHESWARI

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
18774200 MOVEMENT MEASUREMENT SYSTEM WITH METHOD FOR REDUCING INTERPOLATION ERROR HANSEN, JONATHAN M 11d overdue
18810964 WATERPROOF STORAGE BIN ATTEL, NINA KAY 40d
19222039 SHIPPING SYSTEM FOR STORING AND/OR TRANSPORTING TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE MATERIALS CASTELLANO, STEPHEN J
19169406 VALVE ARRANGEMENT FOR A MULTI-PORT VALVE VENKATESAN, UMASHANKAR
18865256 METHOD AND MEASURING DEVICE FOR MEASURING A TEST OBJECT BY MEANS OF X-RAY FLUORESCENCE FOX, DANIELLE A
18628646 SYSTEM SUITABLE FOR STORING AND/OR TRANSPORTING TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE MATERIALS ELOSHWAY, NIKI MARINA
18286962 COMBINATION PREPARATION CONTAINING RESVERATROL CAIN, JENNIFER LYNN
18285046 STABLE OPHTHALMIC COMPOSITION COMPRISING LATANOPROST RAMACHANDRAN, UMAMAHESWARI

Client Portfolio (13 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37332
28842
36281
37531
37341
28771
37361
17271
16551
16271

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19222039 SHIPPING SYSTEM FOR STORING AND/OR TRANSPORTING TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE MATERIALS Cold Chain Technologies, LLC CASTELLANO, STEPHEN J 3733 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 29, 2025
19210242 METHOD FOR STORING AND/OR TRANSPORTING TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE MATERIALS AND SYSTEM FOR USE THEREIN Cold Chain Technologies, LLC NELSON, FREDA ANN 3628 §101 Non-Final OA 42d Pending May 16, 2025
19169406 VALVE ARRANGEMENT FOR A MULTI-PORT VALVE Otto Egelhof GmbH & Co. Kg VENKATESAN, UMASHANKAR 3753 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 03, 2025
18865256 METHOD AND MEASURING DEVICE FOR MEASURING A TEST OBJECT BY MEANS OF X-RAY FLUORESCENCE Helmut Fischer GmbH Institut Fuer Elektronik Und Messtechnik FOX, DANIELLE A 2884 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 12, 2024
18810964 WATERPROOF STORAGE BIN Technology Container Corp. ATTEL, NINA KAY 3734 §103 Non-Final OA 40d Pending Aug 21, 2024
18774200 MOVEMENT MEASUREMENT SYSTEM WITH METHOD FOR REDUCING INTERPOLATION ERROR Nanowave Incorporated HANSEN, JONATHAN M 2877 §102 Final Rejection 11d overdue Pending Jul 16, 2024
18628646 SYSTEM SUITABLE FOR STORING AND/OR TRANSPORTING TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE MATERIALS Cold Chain Technologies, LLC ELOSHWAY, NIKI MARINA 3736 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 05, 2024
18286863 ELECTROLYTES OF RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM-SULFUR BATTERIES AND LITHIUM-SULFUR BATTERIES INCLUDING THE SAME Giner, Inc. MARTIN, ANGELA J 1727 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 13, 2023
18286962 COMBINATION PREPARATION CONTAINING RESVERATROL Bernd-Michael Loeffler CAIN, JENNIFER LYNN 1655 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 13, 2023
18285046 STABLE OPHTHALMIC COMPOSITION COMPRISING LATANOPROST Optus Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. RAMACHANDRAN, UMAMAHESWARI 1627 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 29, 2023
18268934 X-RAY SOURCE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREFOR Helmut Fischer GmbH Institut Fuer Elektronik Und Messtechnik KAO, CHIH CHENG G 2884 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 21, 2023
18338226 System and Method for Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) Assignment 5321 Innovation Labs LLC SHIU, HO T 2443 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Jun 20, 2023
18210411 SOLID-STATE ELECTROLYTE BATTERY INCLUDING PLASTIC CRYSTAL ELECTROLYTE INTERLAYER Giner, Inc. SLIFKA, SARAH A 1759 §103 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Jun 15, 2023
18209678 GAS DIFFUSION ELECTRODE SUITABLE FOR USE IN CARBON DIOXIDE ELECTROLYZER AND MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY INCLUDING SAID GAS DIFFUSION ELECTRODE Giner, Inc. MENDEZ, ZULMARIAM 1794 §103 Non-Final OA 29d overdue Pending Jun 14, 2023
18112881 HYDROGEN GAS SENSOR AND METHODS AND SYSTEMS USING SAME TO QUANTITATE HYDROGEN GAS AND/OR TO ASSESS HYDROGEN GAS PURITY Giner, Inc. WEST, PAUL M 2855 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Feb 22, 2023
18081850 CONTAINER FOR THE SHIPMENT AND DISPLAY OF A PRODUCT Technology Container Corp. POOS, MADISON LYNN 3733 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Dec 15, 2022
17767197 MACHING TOOL AND METHOD FOR MACHINING ROTATING WORKPIECE Muri Invest & Management Ug RAMOS, NICOLE N 3722 §102 Non-Final OA 29d overdue Pending Oct 13, 2022
17722085 CLOUD-NATIVE CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. MAYE, AYUB A 2436 §103 Non-Final OA 16d Pending Apr 15, 2022
17622613 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF TREATING OR PREVENTING OCULAR INFECTIONS WITH FILOCICLOVIR Microbiotix, Inc. SEITZ, ANTHONY JOSEPH 1629 DPOther Non-Final OA Pending Dec 23, 2021
17437236 INHIBITION OF ADENOVIRUS WITH FILOCICLOVIR The UAB Research Foundation MCMILLIAN, KARA RENITA 1623 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 08, 2021

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