Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Law Offices Of Sandy Lipkin

13 pending office actions • 11 clients • 13 examiners • 10 art units • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 360 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=1072 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

93.0%
Allowance Rate
n=1072
+0.28σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1072
1.1
OAs to Allowance
n=832
-1.66σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=832
728 days
Time to Allowance
n=832
-1.2pp
Interview Lift
n=1072
4.7%
RCE Rate
n=1072
1.5%
Appeal Rate
n=1072

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=15 (min 20)
66.4%
§102 Overcome
n=110
61.8%
§103 Overcome
n=152
81.2%
§112 Overcome
n=255

Specialization & Scale

A63B, A61H, B65D
Top CPC Subclasses
10%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1072
0
Practitioners
n=1072
Apps / Practitioner
n=1072 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

13
Total Pending OAs
11
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
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. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)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.

8
Hard (62%)
4
Medium (31%)
1
Easy (8%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (15%)
§103 only3 (23%)
§102 only1 (8%)
§112 only1 (8%)
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (46%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
8% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
10
Mechanical / Eng
77% of docket
2
Business / Other
15% 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.

130 h
Manual time on pending OAs
26 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
46 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KELLY, CATHERINE A 1 59.9% +28.0%
GABLER, PHILIP F 1 73.2% +24.0%
PARKER, LAURA EBERT 1 57.1% +25.0%
VANTERPOOL, LESTER L 1 54.8% -10.3%
INSERRA, MADISON RENEE 1 68.9% +37.2%
DAVIS, RICHARD G 1 80.3% +18.1%
JOHNSON, RYAN 1 83.7% +15.9%
DIVELBISS, MATTHEW H 1 23.4% +23.9%
MILLER, WILLIAM L 1 78.9% +14.8%
FRISBY, KESHA 1 52.7% +23.7%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18882755 ADJUSTABLE EXPANSION ANCHOR BOLT DAVIS, RICHARD G
18827796 CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TIMING APPARATUS JOHNSON, RYAN

Hard Cases (8)

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
18843021 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PLANT REPRODUCTIVE STRUCTURES THINNING DIVELBISS, MATTHEW H 100d overdue
18948232 Rotating multifunctional handle for cup PARKER, LAURA EBERT 19d overdue
18272743 AN APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CUSTOMIZING THE FIT OF A FACE MASK STUART, COLIN W 14d
18921003 REVERSIBLE VEHICLE TRUNK RACK VANTERPOOL, LESTER L 34d
19009998 FOLDABLE HEIGHT-INCREASING STOOL WITH BACKREST GABLER, PHILIP F
18882748 METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY ADJUSTING VISOR TRANSMITTANCE MAPPING RELATIONSHIP BASED ON USER HABIT INSERRA, MADISON RENEE
18781155 A detachable rotating structure MILLER, WILLIAM L
17908376 VERTICAL SOFT U-SHAPED OPENING AND CLOSING SEALED AIR-PRESSURE CHAMBER JANG, JAEICK

Interview Candidates (9)

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
18843021 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PLANT REPRODUCTIVE STRUCTURES THINNING DIVELBISS, MATTHEW H 100d overdue
18948232 Rotating multifunctional handle for cup PARKER, LAURA EBERT 19d overdue
18498409 MODEL FOR TRAINING HIGH SIMULATION COLONOSCOPY FRISBY, KESHA 8d
19193098 A protective fence with a pet door KELLY, CATHERINE A 26d
19009998 FOLDABLE HEIGHT-INCREASING STOOL WITH BACKREST GABLER, PHILIP F
18882748 METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY ADJUSTING VISOR TRANSMITTANCE MAPPING RELATIONSHIP BASED ON USER HABIT INSERRA, MADISON RENEE
18882755 ADJUSTABLE EXPANSION ANCHOR BOLT DAVIS, RICHARD G
18827796 CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TIMING APPARATUS JOHNSON, RYAN

Client Portfolio (11 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37852
36191
36361
37331
37341
36621
36241
36771
37151
17931

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19193098 A protective fence with a pet door Zhongshan Chenbei Daily Necessities Co., Ltd. KELLY, CATHERINE A 3619 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Apr 29, 2025
19009998 FOLDABLE HEIGHT-INCREASING STOOL WITH BACKREST Jinhua Shinetree Household Products Co., Ltd. GABLER, PHILIP F 3636 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 04, 2025
18948232 Rotating multifunctional handle for cup Wuyi Tachiso Drinkware Corporation PARKER, LAURA EBERT 3733 §103§112 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Nov 14, 2024
18921003 REVERSIBLE VEHICLE TRUNK RACK Guangzhou Issyzone Technology Co., Limited VANTERPOOL, LESTER L 3734 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Oct 21, 2024
18882748 METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY ADJUSTING VISOR TRANSMITTANCE MAPPING RELATIONSHIP BASED ON USER HABIT Guangzhou Issyzone Technology Co.,Limited INSERRA, MADISON RENEE 3662 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 12, 2024
18882755 ADJUSTABLE EXPANSION ANCHOR BOLT Guangzhou Issyzone Technology Co., Limited DAVIS, RICHARD G §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 12, 2024
18827796 CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TIMING APPARATUS Bao Jie Electronics (Shenzhen) Limited JOHNSON, RYAN §112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 08, 2024
18843021 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PLANT REPRODUCTIVE STRUCTURES THINNING Mata Agritech, Ltd. DIVELBISS, MATTHEW H 3624 §101§102§103 Final Rejection 100d overdue Pending Aug 30, 2024
18781155 A detachable rotating structure Anji Mingpai Furniture Co., Ltd. MILLER, WILLIAM L 3677 §102§112 Final Rejection Pending Jul 23, 2024
18498409 MODEL FOR TRAINING HIGH SIMULATION COLONOSCOPY Preclinic Medtech (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. FRISBY, KESHA 3715 §102 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Oct 31, 2023
18272743 AN APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CUSTOMIZING THE FIT OF A FACE MASK Impressive Engineering Limited STUART, COLIN W 3785 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Jul 17, 2023
17908376 VERTICAL SOFT U-SHAPED OPENING AND CLOSING SEALED AIR-PRESSURE CHAMBER Shanghai Baobang Medical Equipment Co., Ltd. JANG, JAEICK 3785 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 31, 2022
17784385 BEVERAGE COMPOSITION Moxcha Ltd. O'HERN, BRENT T 1793 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 10, 2022

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