Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Laubscher & Fretwell, P.C.

11 pending office actions • 5 clients • 11 examiners • 9 art units • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 28 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=1098 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

86.1%
Allowance Rate
n=1098
+0.54σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1098
2.7
OAs to Allowance
n=806
-0.36σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=806
1015 days
Time to Allowance
n=806
+10.9pp
Interview Lift
n=1098
17.6%
RCE Rate
n=1098
2.3%
Appeal Rate
n=1098

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=7 (min 20)
88.4%
§102 Overcome
n=86
84.8%
§103 Overcome
n=413
95.8%
§112 Overcome
n=143

Specialization & Scale

H01R, B29C, B65D
Top CPC Subclasses
13%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1098
0
Practitioners
n=1098
Apps / Practitioner
n=1098 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
1
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.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
1
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. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (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%)
10
Medium (91%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (9%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only9 (82%)
§102 only1 (9%)
No statute on record1 (9%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
18% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
9% of docket
2
Semiconductors
18% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
55% 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.

110 h
Manual time on pending OAs
22 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
38 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PREVIL, DANIEL 1 85.8% +12.1%
HAUGHTON, ANTHONY MICHAEL 1 80.1% +22.0%
FIGUEROA, FELIX O 1 58.0% +14.6%
DONG, LIANG 1 52.4% +32.3%
CORNETT, ROBERT D 1 40.8% +42.9%
RODRIGUEZ, SAUL 1 37.9% +36.8%
KOCH, GEORGE R 1 72.8% +17.7%
GRABOWSKI, KYLE ROBERT 1 48.3% +16.4%
SUN, CAITLYN MINGYUN 1 63.3% +11.3%
HALL JR, TYRONE VINCENT 1 76.7% +23.2%

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
18688319 ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING PLUG-IN SLOTS FOR ADDITIONAL MODULES HAUGHTON, ANTHONY MICHAEL 37d overdue

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
18248984 Testing Apparatus, Method Of Manufacture And Method Of Use Thereof SUN, CAITLYN MINGYUN 104d overdue
18688319 ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING PLUG-IN SLOTS FOR ADDITIONAL MODULES HAUGHTON, ANTHONY MICHAEL 37d overdue
18253843 Guide device for bars RODRIGUEZ, SAUL 36d overdue
18247533 APPARATUS FOR CENTERING, GUIDING AND ADVANCING BARS TO BE FED TO MACHINE TOOLS HALL JR, TYRONE VINCENT 27d
18310206 DEVICE FOR BUNDLING A NUMBER OF CABLES KOCH, GEORGE R 28d
18962512 PROBABILISTICALLY ADAPTIVE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM PREVIL, DANIEL 30d
18551622 CUTTING DEVICE FOR CUTTING CAPSULES DONG, LIANG 39d
18557515 CONNECTION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR INSTALLING SUCH A CONNECTION DEVICE FIGUEROA, FELIX O

Client Portfolio (5 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37242
36372
26851
28411
28311
36521
17451
17951
37231

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18962512 PROBABILISTICALLY ADAPTIVE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Thrugreen, LLC PREVIL, DANIEL 2685 Other Non-Final OA 30d Pending Nov 27, 2024
18688319 ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING PLUG-IN SLOTS FOR ADDITIONAL MODULES Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. Kg HAUGHTON, ANTHONY MICHAEL 2841 §103 Final Rejection 37d overdue Pending Feb 29, 2024
18557515 CONNECTION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR INSTALLING SUCH A CONNECTION DEVICE Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. Kg FIGUEROA, FELIX O 2831 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 26, 2023
18551622 CUTTING DEVICE FOR CUTTING CAPSULES Sacmi Cooperativa Meccanici Imola Societa’ Cooperativa DONG, LIANG 3724 §103 Non-Final OA 39d Pending Sep 21, 2023
18546646 CUTTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CAPSULES Sacmi Cooperativa Meccanici Imola Societa’ Cooperativa CORNETT, ROBERT D 3724 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 16, 2023
18253843 Guide device for bars Cucchi Giovanni & C. S.r.l. RODRIGUEZ, SAUL 3652 §103 Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending May 22, 2023
18310206 DEVICE FOR BUNDLING A NUMBER OF CABLES Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. Kg KOCH, GEORGE R 1745 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending May 01, 2023
18307916 Marker strip and a series of electrical appliances with a marker strip Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. Kg GRABOWSKI, KYLE ROBERT 3637 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 27, 2023
18248984 Testing Apparatus, Method Of Manufacture And Method Of Use Thereof Softcell Medical Limited SUN, CAITLYN MINGYUN 1795 §103 Non-Final OA 104d overdue Pending Apr 13, 2023
18247533 APPARATUS FOR CENTERING, GUIDING AND ADVANCING BARS TO BE FED TO MACHINE TOOLS Cucchi Giovanni & C. S.r.l. HALL JR, TYRONE VINCENT 3723 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Mar 31, 2023
17821621 HOUSING SYSTEM Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. Kg WRIGHT, KIMBERLEY S 3637 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 23, 2022

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