Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Law Office Of Michael J. Pennington

8 pending office actions • 7 clients • 7 examiners • 6 art units • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 12 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=260 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

86.3%
Allowance Rate
n=260
+0.47σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=260
3.4
OAs to Allowance
n=182
-0.13σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=182
961 days
Time to Allowance
n=182
+7.0pp
Interview Lift
n=260
28.4%
RCE Rate
n=260
0.0%
Appeal Rate
n=260

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

88.1%
§101 Overcome
n=42
85.2%
§102 Overcome
n=81
79.9%
§103 Overcome
n=139
82.8%
§112 Overcome
n=116

Specialization & Scale

H04W, H04L, G06F
Top CPC Subclasses
35%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=260
0
Practitioners
n=260
Apps / Practitioner
n=260 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
2
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
1
Due in next 60 days
2
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 ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (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.

2
Hard (25%)
2
Medium (25%)
4
Easy (50%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (12%)
§103 only2 (25%)
§112 only4 (50%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (12%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
3
Information Tech
38% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
12% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
38% of docket
1
Business / Other
12% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
DUONG, FRANK 2 90.4% +6.5%
DO, HAILEY KYUNG AE 1 73.9% +15.9%
TROST IV, WILLIAM GEORGE 1 72.5% -12.0%
MILLER, CHRISTOPHER E 1 46.4% +54.3%
HAGOS, EYOB 1 66.7% +42.7%
HOPKINS, DAVID ANDREW 1 30.5% +38.5%
DEEAN, DEEPAK A 1 49.0% +43.0%

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
18742715 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RESOURCE ALLOCATION AND TIMING ALIGNMENT IN INTEGRATED ACCESS AND BACKHAUL (IAB) NETWORK DUONG, FRANK 83d

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18318653 METHOD AND SENSOR SYSTEM FOR MANAGING SENSORS IN ENVIRONMENT HAGOS, EYOB 33d
18755029 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RESOURCE ALLOCATION AND TIMING ALIGNMENT IN INTEGRATED ACCESS AND BACKHAUL (IAB) NETWORK DUONG, FRANK 83d

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
17051355 SOLAR APPLIANCE DEEAN, DEEPAK A 12d
18318653 METHOD AND SENSOR SYSTEM FOR MANAGING SENSORS IN ENVIRONMENT HAGOS, EYOB 33d
18918707 FLOW DIFFUSER VALVE FOR VARIABLE HYDRAULIC RESISTANCE DO, HAILEY KYUNG AE
18562611 MODULAR AND PORTABLE PLUG-AND-TRAIN ROBOT FOR PROVIDING HAND REHABILITATION MILLER, CHRISTOPHER E
17938416 METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PERFORMING IMPERFECT EMULATION OF STATE OF MODEL HOPKINS, DAVID ANDREW

Client Portfolio (7 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
24742
37531
37851
28571
21881
37621

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18918707 FLOW DIFFUSER VALVE FOR VARIABLE HYDRAULIC RESISTANCE Blatchford Products Limited DO, HAILEY KYUNG AE 3753 §112 Final Rejection Pending Oct 17, 2024
18778967 WEARABLE RING DEVICE FOR MANAGING WIRELESS CHARGING AND NFC COMMUNICATION Conzumex Industries Private Limited TROST IV, WILLIAM GEORGE §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 20, 2024
18755029 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RESOURCE ALLOCATION AND TIMING ALIGNMENT IN INTEGRATED ACCESS AND BACKHAUL (IAB) NETWORK Indian Institute Of Technology Madras (Iit Madras) DUONG, FRANK 2474 §103§112 Non-Final OA 83d Pending Jun 26, 2024
18742715 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RESOURCE ALLOCATION AND TIMING ALIGNMENT IN INTEGRATED ACCESS AND BACKHAUL (IAB) NETWORK Indian Institute Of Technology Madras (Iit Madras) DUONG, FRANK 2474 §112 Non-Final OA 83d Pending Jun 13, 2024
18562611 MODULAR AND PORTABLE PLUG-AND-TRAIN ROBOT FOR PROVIDING HAND REHABILITATION Christian Medical College MILLER, CHRISTOPHER E 3785 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 20, 2023
18318653 METHOD AND SENSOR SYSTEM FOR MANAGING SENSORS IN ENVIRONMENT Digitectura Technologies Pvt. Ltd. HAGOS, EYOB 2857 §101§103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending May 16, 2023
17938416 METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PERFORMING IMPERFECT EMULATION OF STATE OF MODEL Srinivas Bharadwaj HOPKINS, DAVID ANDREW 2188 §112 Final Rejection Pending Oct 06, 2022
17051355 SOLAR APPLIANCE Indian Institute Of Technology Bombay DEEAN, DEEPAK A 3762 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Oct 28, 2020

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