Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Lamorte & Associates P.C.

7 pending office actions • 6 clients • 7 examiners • 6 art units • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 50 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=1450 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

85.6%
Allowance Rate
n=1450
+0.58σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1450
2.3
OAs to Allowance
n=925
-0.62σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=925
964 days
Time to Allowance
n=925
+12.9pp
Interview Lift
n=1450
4.9%
RCE Rate
n=1450
19.3%
Appeal Rate
n=1450

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=4 (min 20)
84.3%
§102 Overcome
n=83
82.7%
§103 Overcome
n=481
96.8%
§112 Overcome
n=94

Specialization & Scale

A63H, A63B, Y10T
Top CPC Subclasses
13%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1450
1
Practitioners
n=1450
1450.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=1450

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
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. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (2)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.

0
Hard (0%)
7
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only5 (71%)
§102 only2 (29%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
14% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
86% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BAYS, PAMELA M 1 72.0% +37.1%
WRIGHT, KIMBERLEY S 1 70.0% +18.8%
NICONOVICH, ALEXANDER R 1 73.0% +21.4%
LABRANCHE, BROOKE N 1 72.8% +15.1%
MAUST, TIMOTHY LEWIS 1 81.7% +10.2%
STANCZAK, MATTHEW BRIAN 1 38.9% +35.3%
STONER, KILEY SHAWN 1 80.8% +15.3%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18623767 Auxiliary Fuel Supply System with Multifunctional Configurations MAUST, TIMOTHY LEWIS 51d overdue
18335984 Portable Basketball Goal Having an Adjustable Backboard Angle STONER, KILEY SHAWN 41d

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18623767 Auxiliary Fuel Supply System with Multifunctional Configurations MAUST, TIMOTHY LEWIS 51d overdue
18913773 Buffering Device for the Slide Rail of a Drawer WRIGHT, KIMBERLEY S 22d overdue
19067788 Material Characteristics Ideal for Providing Either Partial or Total Mechanical Support to the Failing or Arrested Heart and Method for Developing Ideal Characteristics for Underlying Cardiac Disorders BAYS, PAMELA M 19d
18356216 Toy Block Construction Set Made from Elastomeric Material STANCZAK, MATTHEW BRIAN 19d
18761286 Spinning Toy That Contains Dissimilar Fluids NICONOVICH, ALEXANDER R 36d
18335984 Portable Basketball Goal Having an Adjustable Backboard Angle STONER, KILEY SHAWN 41d
18703295 Improved Surgical Clamping Instrument with Emergency Release LABRANCHE, BROOKE N 70d

Client Portfolio (6 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37112
37961
36371
37711
37531
17351

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19067788 Material Characteristics Ideal for Providing Either Partial or Total Mechanical Support to the Failing or Arrested Heart and Method for Developing Ideal Characteristics for Underlying Cardiac Disorders Lifebridge Technologies LLC BAYS, PAMELA M 3796 §103 Non-Final OA 19d Pending Feb 28, 2025
18913773 Buffering Device for the Slide Rail of a Drawer Jieyang City Lalale Industry Co., Ltd. WRIGHT, KIMBERLEY S 3637 §102 Final Rejection 22d overdue Pending Oct 11, 2024
18761286 Spinning Toy That Contains Dissimilar Fluids Goliath Ip Stichting NICONOVICH, ALEXANDER R 3711 §103 Non-Final OA 36d Pending Jul 01, 2024
18703295 Improved Surgical Clamping Instrument with Emergency Release USB Medical, Ltd. LABRANCHE, BROOKE N 3771 §102 Final Rejection 70d Pending Apr 19, 2024
18623767 Auxiliary Fuel Supply System with Multifunctional Configurations Mcavey Ventures LLC MAUST, TIMOTHY LEWIS 3753 §103 Non-Final OA 51d overdue Pending Apr 01, 2024
18356216 Toy Block Construction Set Made from Elastomeric Material Goliath Ip Stichting STANCZAK, MATTHEW BRIAN 3711 §103 Non-Final OA 19d Pending Jul 20, 2023
18335984 Portable Basketball Goal Having an Adjustable Backboard Angle Accu Level Inc. STONER, KILEY SHAWN 1735 §103 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Jun 15, 2023

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