Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Kunzler Needham Hilton

28 pending office actions • 24 clients • 27 examiners • 24 art units • 0 of 28 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 67 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=5462 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

90.0%
Allowance Rate
n=5462
+0.53σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=5462
3.4
OAs to Allowance
n=3357
-0.11σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=3357
949 days
Time to Allowance
n=3357
+6.1pp
Interview Lift
n=5462
32.8%
RCE Rate
n=5462
1.5%
Appeal Rate
n=5462

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

79.7%
§101 Overcome
n=592
76.7%
§102 Overcome
n=1686
77.9%
§103 Overcome
n=2565
81.9%
§112 Overcome
n=1302

Specialization & Scale

H04W, H04L, G06F
Top CPC Subclasses
40%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=5462
0
Practitioners
n=5462
Apps / Practitioner
n=5462 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

28
Total Pending OAs
21
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 12 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

6
Overdue
2
Due this week
1
Due this month
2
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. 12 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (6)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 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.

16
Hard (57%)
9
Medium (32%)
1
Easy (4%)
2
Unknown (7%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (4%)
§101 + other2 (7%)
§103 only9 (32%)
Double-patenting only1 (4%)
Multi-statute (no §101)13 (46%)
No statute on record2 (7%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
14% of docket
5
Information Tech
18% of docket
1
Communications
4% of docket
3
Semiconductors
11% of docket
13
Mechanical / Eng
46% of docket
2
Business / Other
7% 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.

280 h
Manual time on pending OAs
56 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
98 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
OCHOA, JUAN CARLOS 2 67.7% +22.4%
KIRSCH, ANDREW THOMAS 1 50.6% +35.0%
HAYES, BRET C 1 80.3% +15.7%
N'DURE, AMIE MERCEDES 1 78.0% +15.1%
BOCHNA, DAVID 1 79.9% +13.5%
PETERS, BRIAN O 1 72.9% +16.2%
CHOWDHURY, ROCKSHANA D 1 80.7% +23.5%
SUN, MICHAEL Y 1 57.0% +27.1%
HELM, CARALYNNE E 1 28.8% +49.6%
ERB, NATHAN 1 51.8% +0.2%

Hard Cases (16)

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
18755456 METHODS AND FOODS INCLUDING SILVER COMPOUNDS TO PROTECT ANIMALS FROM PATHOGENIC BACTERIA AND DISEASE HELM, CARALYNNE E 36d overdue
18609976 HOME NETWORK SYSTEM APPLYING VPN NETWORK SEPARATION TECHNOLOGY WITHOUT ALTERING EQUIPMENTS NAJI, YOUNES 26d overdue
18802804 MODULAR PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER PRODUCTION SYSTEM SUN, MICHAEL Y 23d overdue
18511894 INSECT-REPELLING LIGHT AND FAN MANCINI, EVAN THOMAS 17d overdue
18319347 SCALABLE APPARATUSES AND MODELS FOR DETERMINING ANALYTICALLY EFFICIENT TRANSFER CURVE PARAMETERS FOR SENSOR ICS WITH 2D FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS OCHOA, JUAN CARLOS 10d overdue
19040773 JUNCTION BOX FOR TRAILER WIRING KIRSCH, ANDREW THOMAS 5d
18891806 MOUNT FOR A COMPUTING DEVICE CHOWDHURY, ROCKSHANA D 16d
18940821 SNAP LOCK FITTING BOCHNA, DAVID 33d

Interview Candidates (10)

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
18755456 METHODS AND FOODS INCLUDING SILVER COMPOUNDS TO PROTECT ANIMALS FROM PATHOGENIC BACTERIA AND DISEASE HELM, CARALYNNE E 36d overdue
18802804 MODULAR PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER PRODUCTION SYSTEM SUN, MICHAEL Y 23d overdue
18319347 SCALABLE APPARATUSES AND MODELS FOR DETERMINING ANALYTICALLY EFFICIENT TRANSFER CURVE PARAMETERS FOR SENSOR ICS WITH 2D FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS OCHOA, JUAN CARLOS 10d overdue
19040773 JUNCTION BOX FOR TRAILER WIRING KIRSCH, ANDREW THOMAS 5d
18891806 MOUNT FOR A COMPUTING DEVICE CHOWDHURY, ROCKSHANA D 16d
18940821 SNAP LOCK FITTING BOCHNA, DAVID 33d
18959075 SCOPE MOUNT HAYES, BRET C
18945451 APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ULTRASONIC IMAGING AND TREATMENT OF TISSUE MICROPATHOLOGY N'DURE, AMIE MERCEDES

Client Portfolio (24 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36412
21862
37331
36451
36791
28411
17281
16151
36281
36111

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19040773 JUNCTION BOX FOR TRAILER WIRING Precision Harness, LLC KIRSCH, ANDREW THOMAS 3733 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Jan 29, 2025
18959075 SCOPE MOUNT Polaris Capital Corporation HAYES, BRET C 3641 Other Final Rejection Pending Nov 25, 2024
18945451 APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ULTRASONIC IMAGING AND TREATMENT OF TISSUE MICROPATHOLOGY Calliope Biophysics, LLC N'DURE, AMIE MERCEDES 3645 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 12, 2024
18940821 SNAP LOCK FITTING Icon Containment Solutions, LLC BOCHNA, DAVID 3679 §102§103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Nov 07, 2024
18905083 RECONFIGURABLE PANEL ACTIVITY SYSTEM Mountainville Commerce LLC PETERS, BRIAN O §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 02, 2024
18891806 MOUNT FOR A COMPUTING DEVICE Newpower, Inc. CHOWDHURY, ROCKSHANA D 2841 §102§103Other Non-Final OA 16d Pending Sep 20, 2024
18802804 MODULAR PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER PRODUCTION SYSTEM Inergy Holdings, LLC SUN, MICHAEL Y 1728 §102§103 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Aug 13, 2024
18755456 METHODS AND FOODS INCLUDING SILVER COMPOUNDS TO PROTECT ANIMALS FROM PATHOGENIC BACTERIA AND DISEASE Silverceuticals Inc. HELM, CARALYNNE E 1615 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending Jun 26, 2024
18733820 PRODUCT ORDER MANAGEMENT Dsrptv, LLC ERB, NATHAN 3628 §101 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Jun 04, 2024
18733689 BICYCLE REAR SUSPENSION SYSTEM WITH SELECTABLE AXLE PATHS Suspension Formulas, LLC BRITTMAN-ALABI, FELICIA LUCILLE 3611 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 04, 2024
18712683 WORK VEHICLE AND POWER EXTRACTION DEVICE FOR WORK VEHICLE Jinmyung Powertech Co., Ltd. LEE, MATTHEW D 3617 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 22, 2024
18697648 IMPLANT IMAGING SYSTEM Meril Healthcare Pvt. Ltd. STEWART, ALVIN J §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 01, 2024
18609976 HOME NETWORK SYSTEM APPLYING VPN NETWORK SEPARATION TECHNOLOGY WITHOUT ALTERING EQUIPMENTS Security Platform Inc. NAJI, YOUNES 2445 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 26d overdue Pending Mar 19, 2024
18414247 ELEVATED YARD GAME Mountainville Commerce LLC JACKSON, DANIELLE 3636 Other Non-Final OA 6d Pending Jan 16, 2024
18414136 TECHNIQUES FOR A CLOUD SCIENTIFIC MACHINE LEARNING PROGRAMMING ENVIRONMENT Deep Forest Sciences, Inc. COYER, RYAN D 2191 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jan 16, 2024
18566415 NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITIONS FOR SKELETAL MUSCLE Mitocholine Ltd. KRISHNAN, GANAPATHY 1693 DP Non-Final OA Pending Dec 01, 2023
18511894 INSECT-REPELLING LIGHT AND FAN Twopoint0 LLC MANCINI, EVAN THOMAS 2855 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Nov 16, 2023
18491751 OPTICAL SENSOR BASED ITEM DETECTION AND LISTING Steals Commerce Inc. CHAMPAGNE, LUNA 3627 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 21, 2023
18448135 LIGHT WITH A HEATING FUNCTION Ningbo Bright Electric Co.,Ltd NORTON, JOHN J 3761 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 10, 2023
18446306 VEHICLE COMPONENT REPAIR PREDICTION Treads App, Inc. SABAH, HARIS 2682 §103 Final Rejection 44d overdue Pending Aug 08, 2023
18339864 USING SILVER COMPOUNDS TO PROTECT BLOOD CELLS Silverceuticals Inc. ALAWADI, SARAH 1619 §101§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 22, 2023
18319347 SCALABLE APPARATUSES AND MODELS FOR DETERMINING ANALYTICALLY EFFICIENT TRANSFER CURVE PARAMETERS FOR SENSOR ICS WITH 2D FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS Cardea Bio, Inc. OCHOA, JUAN CARLOS 2186 §101§103§112 Final Rejection 10d overdue Pending May 17, 2023
18316535 ADJUSTABLE GAS REGULATING SYSTEMS AND APPARATUSES Polaris Capital Corporation GOMBERG, BENJAMIN S 3641 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 12, 2023
18250258 STEAM GENERATOR TOOL General Energy Recovery Inc. JOHNSON, BENJAMIN W 3762 §103 Final Rejection 82d Pending Apr 24, 2023
18190508 LARGE FORMAT AQUEOUS CARBON CAPACITOR FOR GRID-SCALE ENERGY STORAGE Capybara Energy, LLC RAMASWAMY, ARUN 2848 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 27, 2023
18011691 COMMISSURAL ALIGNMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ALIGNMENT THEREOF FOR PROSTHETIC VALVES Meril Life Sciences Pvt Ltd. BLASS, PARIS MARIE 3774 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 20, 2022
17873957 INTELLIGENT KNOWLEDGE PLATFORM Linkedfield Inc. HWANG, MEGAN ELIZABETH 2143 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 26, 2022
17541202 DIFFERENTIABLE MACHINES FOR PHYSICAL SYSTEMS Deep Forest Sciences, Inc. OCHOA, JUAN CARLOS 2186 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 02, 2021

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