Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Leber Ip Law

Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

25 pending office actions • 13 clients • 24 examiners • 22 art units • 0 of 25 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 36 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Leber IP Law has 26 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials and 996 career applications. The resolved allowance rate is 87.66%, with an average of 2.6 office actions per allowance.

The historical record shows a substantial application base alongside a current group of unresolved actions. The allowance rate provides the principal outcome measure, while the average-action figure indicates that allowed matters generally involved examination exchanges. For practitioners, the profile supports attention to both portfolio resolution results and the response work associated with individual chemistry and materials matters.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Quality Metrics (n=996 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

87.7%
Allowance Rate
n=996
+0.52σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=996
2.6
OAs to Allowance
n=668
-0.60σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=668
850 days
Time to Allowance
n=668
+7.7pp
Interview Lift
n=996
19.2%
RCE Rate
n=996
2.3%
Appeal Rate
n=996

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

71.4%
§101 Overcome
n=42
77.3%
§102 Overcome
n=264
77.6%
§103 Overcome
n=406
81.8%
§112 Overcome
n=330

Specialization & Scale

G06F, B26B, Y10T
Top CPC Subclasses
12%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=996
2
Practitioners
n=996
498.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=996

Portfolio Summary

25
Total Pending OAs
19
Non-Final OAs
6
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.

4
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
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 (4)Due ≤ 30 days (1)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.

13
Hard (52%)
11
Medium (44%)
1
Easy (4%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (4%)
§103 only8 (32%)
§102 only2 (8%)
§112 only1 (4%)
Double-patenting + other1 (4%)
Multi-statute (no §101)12 (48%)

Industry Mix

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

12
Life Sciences
48% of docket
1
Information Tech
4% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
3
Semiconductors
12% of docket
9
Mechanical / Eng
36% 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.

250 h
Manual time on pending OAs
50 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
88 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
XIAO, YAN 2 67.3% +52.7%
JORDAN, MORGAN T 1 53.0% +34.0%
RUSSELL, STEPHEN MATTHEW 1 63.2% +34.6%
SHEWAREGED, BETELHEM 1 71.6% +9.2%
WEI, ZHONGQING 1 59.4% +14.9%
CHAN, DANNY 1 80.1% +25.3%
HE, QIANPING 1 66.2% +15.8%
GAMBETTA, KELLY M 1 71.8% +33.0%
MATEY, MICHAEL A 1 80.0% +18.0%
JORGENSEN, ABBY A 1 73.7% +14.4%

Hard Cases (13)

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
18274010 Thread-Based Transistors KIELIN, ERIK J 155d overdue
18988164 COMPOSITE ANODE MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME WEI, ZHONGQING 26d overdue
19486290 ANCHORING DEVICE FOR A FISHING ROD JORDAN, MORGAN T —
18969684 Power Architecture for Server and IT Equipment Rack CHAN, DANNY —
18928640 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CARBON DIOXIDE SEPARATION HE, QIANPING —
18780728 Power Supply with Passive Conductive and Convective Cooling MATEY, MICHAEL A —
18721746 ANODE MATERIAL MEKHLIN, ELI S —
18708966 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING INJECTION MOLDING HISHAM, MOSTOFA AHMED —

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
18988164 COMPOSITE ANODE MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME WEI, ZHONGQING 26d overdue
19486290 ANCHORING DEVICE FOR A FISHING ROD JORDAN, MORGAN T —
18992007 TRANSLUCENT PAPER PRODUCTS RUSSELL, STEPHEN MATTHEW —
18969684 Power Architecture for Server and IT Equipment Rack CHAN, DANNY —
18928640 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CARBON DIOXIDE SEPARATION HE, QIANPING —
18845600 PROCESS FOR MAKING A LAYERED MATERIAL COMPRISING A MICRO- AND/OR NANOSTRUCTURED LAYER AND ADHESIVE SHEET FOR USE IN SAID PROCESS GAMBETTA, KELLY M —
18780728 Power Supply with Passive Conductive and Convective Cooling MATEY, MICHAEL A —
18722114 Distributing Conveyor for Distributing Packs JORGENSEN, ABBY A —

Client Portfolio (13 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37242
16422
37912
36431
17481
17851
17271
21751
17761
17181

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19486290 ANCHORING DEVICE FOR A FISHING ROD Taking Time Fly Fishing Ltd. JORDAN, MORGAN T 3643 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 20, 2025
18992007 TRANSLUCENT PAPER PRODUCTS Sappi Netherlands Services B.V. RUSSELL, STEPHEN MATTHEW 1748 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 07, 2025
18992040 MICROPLASTIC-FREE COATED PAPER Sappi Netherlands Services B.V. SHEWAREGED, BETELHEM 1785 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 07, 2025
18988164 COMPOSITE ANODE MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME Talga Technologies Limited WEI, ZHONGQING 1727 §103§112 Final Rejection 26d overdue Pending Dec 19, 2024
18969684 Power Architecture for Server and IT Equipment Rack Aa Power Inc. CHAN, DANNY 2175 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 05, 2024
18928640 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CARBON DIOXIDE SEPARATION Mof Technologies Limited HE, QIANPING 1776 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 28, 2024
18845600 PROCESS FOR MAKING A LAYERED MATERIAL COMPRISING A MICRO- AND/OR NANOSTRUCTURED LAYER AND ADHESIVE SHEET FOR USE IN SAID PROCESS Linari Engineering S.r.l. GAMBETTA, KELLY M 1718 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 10, 2024
18780728 Power Supply with Passive Conductive and Convective Cooling Aa Power Inc. MATEY, MICHAEL A 2835 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 23, 2024
18722114 Distributing Conveyor for Distributing Packs Khs GmbH JORGENSEN, ABBY A 3651 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 20, 2024
18721746 ANODE MATERIAL Talga Technologies Limited MEKHLIN, ELI S 1725 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 19, 2024
18737428 Screen Assembly For Vehicle Window Luno Inc. RAMSEY, JEREMY C 3634 §103 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Jun 07, 2024
18708966 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING INJECTION MOLDING Sybridge Technologies U.S. Inc. HISHAM, MOSTOFA AHMED 2857 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 09, 2024
18708964 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MECHANICAL POLISHING Sybridge Technologies U.S. Inc. CRANDALL, JOEL DILLON 3723 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 09, 2024
18433760 RAZOR CARTRIDGES Sl Shaveco LLC WATSON, HALEIGH NOELLE 3724 §103 Final Rejection 42d Pending Feb 06, 2024
18572842 CATHODE COMPOSITION Talga Technologies Limited GOLDEN, ANDREW J 1726 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 21, 2023
18518539 MODIFIED IMMUNE CELLS AND USES THEREOF Chineo Medical Technology Co., Ltd. XIAO, YAN 1642 §102DP Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 23, 2023
18518534 MODIFIED IMMUNE CELLS AND USES THEREOF Chineo Medical Technology Co., Ltd. XIAO, YAN 1642 §102Other Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 23, 2023
18494970 MAGNETIC ATTACHMENT FOR SHAVING CARTRIDGE Sl Shaveco LLC NGUYEN, PHONG H 3724 §103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 26, 2023
18033483 MODIFIED IMMUNE CELL AND USE THEREOF Chineo Medical Technology Co., Ltd. EDGINGTONGIORDANO, FRANCESCA 1643 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 23, 2023
18547810 SOLID-STATE BATTERY ANODE COMPOSITION Talga Technologies Limited MURPHY, RYAN PATRICK 1752 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 24, 2023
18274010 Thread-Based Transistors Trustees Of Tufts College KIELIN, ERIK J 2814 §102§103 Non-Final OA 155d overdue Pending Jul 25, 2023
18037430 Spatially-Selective Sampling of Gut Microbiome Trustees Of Tufts College YOON, CHANEL J 3791 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 17, 2023
17878399 MAPPING SUBSURFACE INFRASTRUCTURE Prezerv Technologies SIDDIQUEE, ISMAAEEL ABDULLAH 3648 §103 Final Rejection 9d Pending Aug 01, 2022
17429835 ADJUVANT CAPABLE OF PROMOTING EXPANSION OF IMMUNE CELLS IN VIVO Chineo Medical Technology Co., Ltd. JOHANSEN, PETER N. 1644 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 21, 2022
16979957 Acquisition of Samples for Evaluating Bacterial Demographics Trustees Of Tufts College BLOCH, MICHAEL RYAN 3791 §112 Final Rejection 36d overdue Pending Sep 11, 2020

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Leber Ip Law's patent allowance rate?

87.7% of resolved applications prosecuted by Leber Ip Law were allowed, across 996 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Leber Ip Law average before allowance?

2.60 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Leber Ip Law have?

25 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 13 clients, before 24 examiners in 22 art units.

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