Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Lavery, De Billy, LLP

10 pending office actions • 9 clients • 10 examiners • 8 art units • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=1565 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

82.5%
Allowance Rate
n=1565
+0.51σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1565
2.9
OAs to Allowance
n=888
-0.42σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=888
988 days
Time to Allowance
n=888
+12.7pp
Interview Lift
n=1565
22.3%
RCE Rate
n=1565
1.2%
Appeal Rate
n=1565

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

76.9%
§101 Overcome
n=78
76.3%
§102 Overcome
n=359
76.0%
§103 Overcome
n=541
79.4%
§112 Overcome
n=477

Specialization & Scale

A61K, A61P, G01N
Top CPC Subclasses
16%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1565
9
Practitioners
n=1565
173.9
Apps / Practitioner
n=1565

Portfolio Summary

10
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
3
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.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
3
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
Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due later (3)

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.

6
Hard (60%)
2
Medium (20%)
2
Easy (20%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (10%)
§103 only2 (20%)
§112 only2 (20%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

5
Life Sciences
50% of docket
1
Information Tech
10% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
10% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
10% of docket
2
Business / Other
20% 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.

100 h
Manual time on pending OAs
20 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
35 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
WILEY, DANIEL J 1 71.7% +37.4%
SHIAO, YIH-HORNG 1 72.6% +75.6%
LAU, JONATHAN S 1 64.0% -18.2%
DUONG, DUC T 1 89.3% +2.2%
KASSA, TIGABU 1 36.6% +28.4%
LOCKETT, KIMBERLY R 1 82.6% +10.8%
MERCIER, MELISSA S 1 72.1% +6.1%
CUNNINGCHEN, KATHLEEN MARY 1 60.4% +64.8%
LI, JUN 1 54.5% +56.7%
NGUYEN, NGHI V 1 53.5% +50.6%

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
18594889 STEM-LIKE PLATFORM STATION DUONG, DUC T

Hard Cases (6)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18294697 REPETITION SPRING ASSEMBLY FOR AN UPRIGHT PIANO LOCKETT, KIMBERLY R 76d
18614126 KIT FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING FILOVIRUS AND FLAVIVIRUS DISEASES LAU, JONATHAN S 82d
18767062 FALL PROTECTION SYSTEM WILEY, DANIEL J
18699854 METHOD FOR CROSSLINKING HYALURONIC ACID USING RESONANT ACOUSTIC MIXING SHIAO, YIH-HORNG
18576567 NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODIES AGAINST SARS-COV-2 AND USES THEREOF CUNNINGCHEN, KATHLEEN MARY
18312672 SINGLE-ATOM CATALYSTS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF LI, JUN

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
17757570 USE OF GLIAL CELL LINE-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR (GDNF) FOR THE TREATMENT OF ENTERIC NEUROPATHIES NGUYEN, NGHI V 8d
18294697 REPETITION SPRING ASSEMBLY FOR AN UPRIGHT PIANO LOCKETT, KIMBERLY R 76d
18588829 PUTRESCINE SLOW-RELEASE TOPICAL FORMULATIONS KASSA, TIGABU 84d
18767062 FALL PROTECTION SYSTEM WILEY, DANIEL J
18699854 METHOD FOR CROSSLINKING HYALURONIC ACID USING RESONANT ACOUSTIC MIXING SHIAO, YIH-HORNG
18576567 NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODIES AGAINST SARS-COV-2 AND USES THEREOF CUNNINGCHEN, KATHLEEN MARY
18312672 SINGLE-ATOM CATALYSTS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF LI, JUN

Client Portfolio (9 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36781
16931
24671
16191
28371
16151
17321
16531

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18767062 FALL PROTECTION SYSTEM Delta Prevention Inc. WILEY, DANIEL J 3678 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 09, 2024
18699854 METHOD FOR CROSSLINKING HYALURONIC ACID USING RESONANT ACOUSTIC MIXING Studio Bioscience Inc. SHIAO, YIH-HORNG §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 09, 2024
18614126 KIT FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING FILOVIRUS AND FLAVIVIRUS DISEASES Her Majesty The Queen In Right Of Canada AS Represented By The Minister Of Health LAU, JONATHAN S 1693 §103§112 Final Rejection 82d Pending Mar 22, 2024
18594889 STEM-LIKE PLATFORM STATION Solutions Humanitas Inc. DUONG, DUC T 2467 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 04, 2024
18588829 PUTRESCINE SLOW-RELEASE TOPICAL FORMULATIONS Vivier Canada Inc. KASSA, TIGABU 1619 §103 Non-Final OA 84d Pending Feb 27, 2024
18294697 REPETITION SPRING ASSEMBLY FOR AN UPRIGHT PIANO Le Jardin Des Pianos, Location De Pianos Inc. LOCKETT, KIMBERLY R 2837 §103§112 Non-Final OA 76d Pending Feb 02, 2024
18423569 PUTRESCINE TOPICAL FORMULATIONS Vivier Canada Inc. MERCIER, MELISSA S 1615 §112 Final Rejection Pending Jan 26, 2024
18576567 NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODIES AGAINST SARS-COV-2 AND USES THEREOF Valorisation Hsj, Limited Partnership CUNNINGCHEN, KATHLEEN MARY §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 04, 2024
18312672 SINGLE-ATOM CATALYSTS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF Institut National De La Recherche Scientifique LI, JUN 1732 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 05, 2023
17757570 USE OF GLIAL CELL LINE-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR (GDNF) FOR THE TREATMENT OF ENTERIC NEUROPATHIES Transfert Plus, Société En Commandite NGUYEN, NGHI V 1653 §103 Final Rejection 8d Pending Jun 17, 2022

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