Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Kwan & Olynick LLP

21 pending office actions • 14 clients • 18 examiners • 14 art units • 0 of 21 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=1241 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

88.3%
Allowance Rate
n=1241
+0.66σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1241
4.1
OAs to Allowance
n=784
+0.02σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=784
956 days
Time to Allowance
n=784
+13.2pp
Interview Lift
n=1241
32.9%
RCE Rate
n=1241
0.4%
Appeal Rate
n=1241

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

81.7%
§101 Overcome
n=284
82.6%
§102 Overcome
n=304
85.0%
§103 Overcome
n=614
85.0%
§112 Overcome
n=372

Specialization & Scale

G06F, G06Q, H04L
Top CPC Subclasses
33%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1241
4
Practitioners
n=1241
310.2
Apps / Practitioner
n=1241

Portfolio Summary

21
Total Pending OAs
15
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
0
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. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)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.

10
Hard (48%)
9
Medium (43%)
2
Easy (10%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (10%)
§101 + other3 (14%)
§103 only8 (38%)
§102 only1 (5%)
Double-patenting only2 (10%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (24%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
5% of docket
6
Information Tech
29% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
5% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
29% of docket
7
Business / Other
33% 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.

210 h
Manual time on pending OAs
42 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
74 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ANDERSON, MICHAEL D 4 79.9% +15.4%
DEERY, ERIN LEAH 1 58.4% +49.0%
BAKER, LORI LYNN 1 78.6% +6.6%
BEKERMAN, MICHAEL 1 32.7% +31.4%
AYALA, KEVIN ALEXIS 1 64.5% +28.6%
MINOR, AYANNA YVETTE 1 18.8% +24.9%
NGUYEN, NYCA T 1 67.2% +25.0%
HICKS, SHIRLEY D. 1 63.1% +55.2%
BLACK, LINH 1 50.6% +10.8%
JEBARI, MOHAMMED 1 55.0% +15.8%

Hard Cases (11)

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
18502341 REAL ESTATE LISTING EVALUATION ENGINE ARAQUE JR, GERARDO 43d overdue
19076598 INTELLIGENT COACH-MEMBER DETERMINATION SYSTEM BEKERMAN, MICHAEL 30d overdue
18249519 AN ELECTROMAGNETIC TREATMENT DEVICE LANDEEN, BROGAN RANE 8d overdue
18748078 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VECTOR RETRIEVAL, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM BLACK, LINH 5d overdue
18983968 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TARGET BUSINESS MODEL GENERATION AND DATA PROCESSING BASED ON LARGE MODEL MINOR, AYANNA YVETTE 9d
18522122 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR DEVICE IDENTIFICATION AND ACTIVITY ESTIMATION IN A COMPUTING PLATFORM LE, JOHN H 14d
18247038 DETECTION SYSTEM FOR DETECTING BIOLOGICAL FLUID SAMPLE WHATLEY, BENJAMIN R 49d
19037663 CLOUD NETWORK SYSTEM, CLOUD NETWORK MESSAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE AYALA, KEVIN ALEXIS

Interview Candidates (12)

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
19076598 INTELLIGENT COACH-MEMBER DETERMINATION SYSTEM BEKERMAN, MICHAEL 30d overdue
18748078 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VECTOR RETRIEVAL, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM BLACK, LINH 5d overdue
18983968 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TARGET BUSINESS MODEL GENERATION AND DATA PROCESSING BASED ON LARGE MODEL MINOR, AYANNA YVETTE 9d
19172252 NARROWBAND ULTRAVIOLET SAUNA DEERY, ERIN LEAH
19043222 DYNAMIC EVALUATION OF INFORMATION SECURITY RISK FOR VENDOR AND SUBVENDOR COMPUTING SYSTEMS ANDERSON, MICHAEL D
19043234 SYSTEM FOR DIMENSIONAL INFORMATION SECURITY RISK ANALYSIS ANDERSON, MICHAEL D
19037663 CLOUD NETWORK SYSTEM, CLOUD NETWORK MESSAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE AYALA, KEVIN ALEXIS
19013929 RISK PROFILE ASSESSMENTS IN SUBVENDOR AND VENDOR-CLIENT DATA SECURITY ANDERSON, MICHAEL D

Client Portfolio (14 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36211
24961
36241
21681
21631
24821
21561
28571
36291
37611

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19172252 NARROWBAND ULTRAVIOLET SAUNA Sauna Works Inc. (Aka Far Infrared Sauna Technology Co.) DEERY, ERIN LEAH DP Non-Final OA Pending Apr 07, 2025
19090368 MODULAR BIDET ATTACHMENT Asset Inc. BAKER, LORI LYNN DP Non-Final OA Pending Mar 25, 2025
19076598 INTELLIGENT COACH-MEMBER DETERMINATION SYSTEM Betterup, Inc. BEKERMAN, MICHAEL 3621 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Mar 11, 2025
19043222 DYNAMIC EVALUATION OF INFORMATION SECURITY RISK FOR VENDOR AND SUBVENDOR COMPUTING SYSTEMS Valente Sherman, Inc. ANDERSON, MICHAEL D §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 31, 2025
19043234 SYSTEM FOR DIMENSIONAL INFORMATION SECURITY RISK ANALYSIS Valente Sherman, Inc. ANDERSON, MICHAEL D §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 31, 2025
19037663 CLOUD NETWORK SYSTEM, CLOUD NETWORK MESSAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. AYALA, KEVIN ALEXIS 2496 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Jan 27, 2025
19013929 RISK PROFILE ASSESSMENTS IN SUBVENDOR AND VENDOR-CLIENT DATA SECURITY Valente Sherman, Inc. ANDERSON, MICHAEL D §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Jan 08, 2025
19013917 DYNAMIC RISK PROFILING USING DIMENSIONAL RISK FACTORS IN VENDOR-CLIENT DATA SECURITY Valente Sherman, Inc. ANDERSON, MICHAEL D §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 08, 2025
18983968 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TARGET BUSINESS MODEL GENERATION AND DATA PROCESSING BASED ON LARGE MODEL BAIDU ONLINE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD. MINOR, AYANNA YVETTE 3624 §102 Final Rejection 9d Pending Dec 17, 2024
18969113 REFLEXIVE TRAINING APPARATUS Rollbott LLC NGUYEN, NYCA T §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Dec 04, 2024
18901831 HUMAN-MACHINE INTERACTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. HICKS, SHIRLEY D. 2168 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 30, 2024
18748078 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VECTOR RETRIEVAL, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. BLACK, LINH 2163 §101§103 Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending Jun 19, 2024
18739279 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR VIDEO DATA SCALING IN MULTI-WINDOW DISPLAYS Rgb Spectrum JEBARI, MOHAMMED 2482 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 10, 2024
18619854 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR KEYWORD ASSIGNMENT PREDICTIVE INTELLIGENCE MODELING Reverseads Pet. Ltd. HWA, SHYUE JIUNN 2156 §103 Final Rejection 72d overdue Pending Mar 28, 2024
18522122 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR DEVICE IDENTIFICATION AND ACTIVITY ESTIMATION IN A COMPUTING PLATFORM Reverseads Pte. Ltd. LE, JOHN H 2857 §101Other Non-Final OA 14d Pending Nov 28, 2023
18502341 REAL ESTATE LISTING EVALUATION ENGINE Fevr LLC ARAQUE JR, GERARDO 3629 §101 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Nov 06, 2023
18458822 ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REDUCING HEATER Sauna Works Inc. (Aka Far Infrared Sauna Technology Co.) VAN, QUANG T 3761 §103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Aug 30, 2023
18249519 AN ELECTROMAGNETIC TREATMENT DEVICE Moodheadband Aps LANDEEN, BROGAN RANE 3791 §103§112 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Apr 18, 2023
18247038 DETECTION SYSTEM FOR DETECTING BIOLOGICAL FLUID SAMPLE Bioaces (Shanghai) Life Science Co., Ltd. WHATLEY, BENJAMIN R 1798 §103§112 Non-Final OA 49d Pending Mar 29, 2023
18158355 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR IMPLEMENTING SECURITY PLATFORMS Grayheller, LLC (Dba) Appsian DHAKAD, RUPALI 2437 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 23, 2023
16972234 CONNECTING DEVICE AND FORMWORK ASSEMBLY FOR CONNECTING ASSEMBLIES OF PANELS Hagane Pty Ltd. GLESSNER, BRIAN E 3633 §103 Final Rejection 49d Pending Dec 04, 2020

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