Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Law Office of Michael A. Riley, LLC

6 pending office actions • 1 client • 6 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=691 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

77.2%
Allowance Rate
n=691
+0.70σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=691
3.4
OAs to Allowance
n=423
-0.22σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=423
1146 days
Time to Allowance
n=423
+13.4pp
Interview Lift
n=691
30.3%
RCE Rate
n=691
8.0%
Appeal Rate
n=691

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

72.7%
§101 Overcome
n=33
70.3%
§102 Overcome
n=155
78.2%
§103 Overcome
n=325
75.6%
§112 Overcome
n=254

Specialization & Scale

C07C, C12P, A61K
Top CPC Subclasses
16%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=691
1
Practitioners
n=691
691.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=691

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

4
Hard (67%)
2
Medium (33%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (33%)
§103 only2 (33%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

6
Life Sciences
100% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BOYLE, KARA BRADY 1 61.7% -9.9%
OGUNBIYI, OLUWATOSIN A 1 63.6% +41.6%
EDWARDS, JESSICA FAYE 1 40.0% +45.6%
ZINGARELLI, SANDRA 1 7.4% +46.0%
HINES, JANA A 1 52.9% +39.5%
XU, QING 1 50.7% +54.7%

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18293016 MICROORGANISMS DISPLAYING VIRAL DECOY RECEPTORS OGUNBIYI, OLUWATOSIN A 22d
17627399 METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE RISK OF AN AVIAN PATHOGENIC E. COLI (APEC) INFECTION IN AN AVIAN FLOCK HINES, JANA A 30d
18279388 PREPARATIONS COMPRISING PROBIOTIC STRAINS AND L-TRYPTOPHAN EDWARDS, JESSICA FAYE
17792582 BACILLUS STRAINS WITH THE ABILITY TO DEGRADE INORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS ZINGARELLI, SANDRA

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18293016 MICROORGANISMS DISPLAYING VIRAL DECOY RECEPTORS OGUNBIYI, OLUWATOSIN A 22d
17627399 METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE RISK OF AN AVIAN PATHOGENIC E. COLI (APEC) INFECTION IN AN AVIAN FLOCK HINES, JANA A 30d
18279388 PREPARATIONS COMPRISING PROBIOTIC STRAINS AND L-TRYPTOPHAN EDWARDS, JESSICA FAYE
17792582 BACILLUS STRAINS WITH THE ABILITY TO DEGRADE INORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS ZINGARELLI, SANDRA
17421917 FERMENTATION BROTHS AND THEIR USE XU, QING

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Evonik 6

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
16452
17661
16571
16531
16561

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19106417 PRODUCTION OF POLYURETHANE FOAM Evonik Operations GmbH BOYLE, KARA BRADY 1766 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 25, 2025
18293016 MICROORGANISMS DISPLAYING VIRAL DECOY RECEPTORS Evonik Operations GmbH OGUNBIYI, OLUWATOSIN A 1645 §102§112 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Jan 29, 2024
18279388 PREPARATIONS COMPRISING PROBIOTIC STRAINS AND L-TRYPTOPHAN Evonik Operations GmbH EDWARDS, JESSICA FAYE 1657 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 30, 2023
17792582 BACILLUS STRAINS WITH THE ABILITY TO DEGRADE INORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS Evonik Operations GmbH ZINGARELLI, SANDRA 1653 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 13, 2022
17627399 METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE RISK OF AN AVIAN PATHOGENIC E. COLI (APEC) INFECTION IN AN AVIAN FLOCK Evonik Operations GmbH HINES, JANA A 1645 §101§102§112 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Jan 14, 2022
17421917 FERMENTATION BROTHS AND THEIR USE Evonik Operations GmbH XU, QING 1656 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 09, 2021

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