Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Larkin Hoffman Daly & Lindgren, Ltd.

Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

12 pending office actions • 9 clients • 11 examiners • 10 art units • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

LARKIN HOFFMAN DALY & LINDGREN, LTD. focuses on Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering and has 1,437 career applications. The profile shows 12 pending office actions and a resolved allowance rate of 89.87%, indicating that allowance is the recorded result for most resolved matters.

The average of 2.99 office actions per allowance describes prosecution activity associated with allowed matters. It complements, rather than duplicates, the allowance rate because it addresses effort instead of outcome. The pending docket identifies current workload, and the application history provides context for practitioners evaluating the profile's resolution pattern and office-action process.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Quality Metrics (n=1437 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

89.9%
Allowance Rate
n=1437
+0.59σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1437
3.0
OAs to Allowance
n=852
-0.36σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=852
1015 days
Time to Allowance
n=852
+7.0pp
Interview Lift
n=1437
22.8%
RCE Rate
n=1437
2.2%
Appeal Rate
n=1437

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

76.1%
§101 Overcome
n=67
84.0%
§102 Overcome
n=269
85.1%
§103 Overcome
n=496
88.5%
§112 Overcome
n=365

Specialization & Scale

A01C, G06F, A01B
Top CPC Subclasses
15%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1437
1
Practitioners
n=1437
1437.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=1437

Portfolio Summary

12
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
5
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
2
Due this month
0
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 (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.

9
Hard (75%)
3
Medium (25%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (8%)
§103 only2 (17%)
§102 only1 (8%)
Multi-statute (no §101)8 (67%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
8% of docket
1
Information Tech
8% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
8% of docket
9
Mechanical / Eng
75% 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.

120 h
Manual time on pending OAs
24 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
42 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
AWAIS, MUHAMMAD SUMRAIZ 2 82.1% +9.6%
ROBLES, EILEEN 1 100.0% +0.0%
GRAHAM, CHANTEL LORAN 1 71.8% +11.5%
BUCK, MATTHEW R 1 83.3% +14.4%
PATEL, OM 1 58.0% +52.6%
NEWAY, BLAINE GIRMA 1 30.1% +39.8%
LARKIN, DANIEL SEAN 1 82.7% +7.9%
MILLER, DANIEL A 1 33.9% +58.0%
CARTER, CHRISTOPHER W 1 74.8% +20.1%
OJIAKU, CHIKAODINAKA 1 46.0% +8.8%

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
19190351 CONVEYOR LOADING ZONE IMPACT CRADLE AND CONVEYOR WITH LOADING ZONE IMPACT CRADLE AWAIS, MUHAMMAD SUMRAIZ —

Hard Cases (9)

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
18190944 EWALLET PLATFORM TO FACILITATE FLEXIBILITY IN USER TRANSACTIONS OJIAKU, CHIKAODINAKA 140d overdue
18414420 TUNING KIT AND RELATED METHOD FOR TUNING ANKLE FOOT ORTHOSIS MILLER, DANIEL A 46d overdue
18312476 AGGREGATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS CARTER, CHRISTOPHER W 26d
19139754 CONVEYOR PULLEY SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS AWAIS, MUHAMMAD SUMRAIZ —
19092731 LIGHT THERAPY DEVICE CONFIGURED FOR OPERATION IN WET ENVIRONMENTS ROBLES, EILEEN —
18652475 CROP INPUT APPLICATION APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS BUCK, MATTHEW R —
18641174 BLOOD COLLECTION ASSEMBLY PATEL, OM —
18623896 PAPER-BASED BAKEABLE TRAY WITH DIECUTS NEWAY, BLAINE GIRMA —

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
18414420 TUNING KIT AND RELATED METHOD FOR TUNING ANKLE FOOT ORTHOSIS MILLER, DANIEL A 46d overdue
18312476 AGGREGATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS CARTER, CHRISTOPHER W 26d
18858605 ZERO METHANE OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION FACILITY DESIGN GRAHAM, CHANTEL LORAN —
18652475 CROP INPUT APPLICATION APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS BUCK, MATTHEW R —
18641174 BLOOD COLLECTION ASSEMBLY PATEL, OM —
18623896 PAPER-BASED BAKEABLE TRAY WITH DIECUTS NEWAY, BLAINE GIRMA —

Client Portfolio (9 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36512
37862
37921
17711
36721
37911
37351
28551
21171
36921

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19139754 CONVEYOR PULLEY SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS Superior Industries, Inc. AWAIS, MUHAMMAD SUMRAIZ 3651 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 16, 2025
19190351 CONVEYOR LOADING ZONE IMPACT CRADLE AND CONVEYOR WITH LOADING ZONE IMPACT CRADLE Superior Industries, Inc. AWAIS, MUHAMMAD SUMRAIZ 3651 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 25, 2025
19092731 LIGHT THERAPY DEVICE CONFIGURED FOR OPERATION IN WET ENVIRONMENTS Alexander Gerard ROBLES, EILEEN 3792 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 27, 2025
18858605 ZERO METHANE OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION FACILITY DESIGN Synergy Thermogen, Inc. GRAHAM, CHANTEL LORAN 1771 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 21, 2024
18652475 CROP INPUT APPLICATION APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS Ma Industries, LLC BUCK, MATTHEW R 3672 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 01, 2024
18641174 BLOOD COLLECTION ASSEMBLY The Monarch Company, LLC PATEL, OM 3791 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 19, 2024
18623896 PAPER-BASED BAKEABLE TRAY WITH DIECUTS Smart Packaging, LLC NEWAY, BLAINE GIRMA 3735 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 01, 2024
18431781 FLUID COLLECTION WORKSTATION Getty Box Gizmo LLC LARKIN, DANIEL SEAN 2855 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 02, 2024
18414420 TUNING KIT AND RELATED METHOD FOR TUNING ANKLE FOOT ORTHOSIS Launchpad O & P LLC MILLER, DANIEL A 3786 §103§112 Final Rejection 46d overdue Pending Jan 16, 2024
18312476 AGGREGATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS Superior Industries, Inc. CARTER, CHRISTOPHER W 2117 §102§103 Final Rejection 26d Pending May 04, 2023
18190944 EWALLET PLATFORM TO FACILITATE FLEXIBILITY IN USER TRANSACTIONS Craig Potts OJIAKU, CHIKAODINAKA 3692 §101 Final Rejection 140d overdue Pending Mar 27, 2023
18189063 STIRRUP FOR USE IN AN ANKLE FOOT ORTHOSIS Launchpad O &P LLC BROWN, SETH RICHARD 3786 §103 Final Rejection 16d Pending Mar 23, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Larkin Hoffman Daly & Lindgren, Ltd.'s patent allowance rate?

89.9% of resolved applications prosecuted by Larkin Hoffman Daly & Lindgren, Ltd. were allowed, across 1,437 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Larkin Hoffman Daly & Lindgren, Ltd. average before allowance?

2.99 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Larkin Hoffman Daly & Lindgren, Ltd. have?

12 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 9 clients, before 11 examiners in 10 art units.

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