Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Leepi

6 pending office actions • 3 clients • 6 examiners • 3 art units • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=127 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

80.7%
Allowance Rate
n=127
+0.51σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=127
2.5
OAs to Allowance
n=71
-0.54σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=71
932 days
Time to Allowance
n=71
+7.2pp
Interview Lift
n=127
18.2%
RCE Rate
n=127
0.0%
Appeal Rate
n=127

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=10 (min 20)
68.6%
§102 Overcome
n=35
69.9%
§103 Overcome
n=73
67.2%
§112 Overcome
n=58

Specialization & Scale

A61B, G06T, A61C
Top CPC Subclasses
21%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=127
0
Practitioners
n=127
Apps / Practitioner
n=127 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
3
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.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (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.

3
Hard (50%)
2
Medium (33%)
1
Easy (17%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (33%)
§103 only2 (33%)
§112 only1 (17%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (17%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
17% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
67% of docket
1
Business / Other
17% 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
AHSAN, UMAIR 1 69.3% +31.9%
HEALY, NOAH MICHAEL 1 65.0% +46.7%
ZHANG, LEI 1 16.7% +100.0%
MELHUS, BENJAMIN S 1 60.0% +44.2%
BLOSS, STEPHANIE E 1 67.5% +20.6%
HOFFPAUIR, ANDREW ELI 1 41.1% +49.6%

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18039421 METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY DETECTING LANDMARK IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL DENTAL SCAN DATA, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM WITH PROGRAM FOR EXECUTING SAME IN COMPUTER RECORDED THEREON ZHANG, LEI 71d overdue
18287419 POSTURE BALANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM USING SAFE DEVICE FOR SUBJECT AND POSTURE BALANCE MEASUREMENT METHOD USING THE SAME HEALY, NOAH MICHAEL 33d
18754386 AUTOMATED METHOD FOR ALIGNING 3D DENTAL DATA AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM HAVING PROGRAM FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD AHSAN, UMAIR

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18106116 METHOD FOR DETECTING RAIL FRACTURE USING IMAGE TRANSFORMATION OF VIBRATION DATA MEASURED BY DISTRIBUTED ACOUSTIC SENSING TECHNOLOGY BLOSS, STEPHANIE E 267d overdue
17292842 CORE BODY TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT DEVICE HAVING BATTERY CHARGING STRUCTURE HOFFPAUIR, ANDREW ELI 73d overdue
18039421 METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY DETECTING LANDMARK IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL DENTAL SCAN DATA, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM WITH PROGRAM FOR EXECUTING SAME IN COMPUTER RECORDED THEREON ZHANG, LEI 71d overdue
18287419 POSTURE BALANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM USING SAFE DEVICE FOR SUBJECT AND POSTURE BALANCE MEASUREMENT METHOD USING THE SAME HEALY, NOAH MICHAEL 33d
18754386 AUTOMATED METHOD FOR ALIGNING 3D DENTAL DATA AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM HAVING PROGRAM FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD AHSAN, UMAIR
18036888 TEMPERATURE SENSOR, WEARABLE DEVICE COMPRISING TEMPERATURE SENSOR, CORE TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT METHOD USING TEMPERATURE SENSOR MELHUS, BENJAMIN S

Client Portfolio (3 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37913
37981
28521

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18754386 AUTOMATED METHOD FOR ALIGNING 3D DENTAL DATA AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM HAVING PROGRAM FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD Imagoworks Inc. AHSAN, UMAIR §101§103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Jun 26, 2024
18287419 POSTURE BALANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM USING SAFE DEVICE FOR SUBJECT AND POSTURE BALANCE MEASUREMENT METHOD USING THE SAME Osong Medical Innovation Foundation HEALY, NOAH MICHAEL 3791 §103§112 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Oct 18, 2023
18039421 METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY DETECTING LANDMARK IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL DENTAL SCAN DATA, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM WITH PROGRAM FOR EXECUTING SAME IN COMPUTER RECORDED THEREON Imagoworks Inc. ZHANG, LEI 3798 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA 71d overdue Pending May 30, 2023
18036888 TEMPERATURE SENSOR, WEARABLE DEVICE COMPRISING TEMPERATURE SENSOR, CORE TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT METHOD USING TEMPERATURE SENSOR Osong Medical Innovation Foundation MELHUS, BENJAMIN S 3791 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 14, 2023
18106116 METHOD FOR DETECTING RAIL FRACTURE USING IMAGE TRANSFORMATION OF VIBRATION DATA MEASURED BY DISTRIBUTED ACOUSTIC SENSING TECHNOLOGY Korea Railroad Research Institute BLOSS, STEPHANIE E 2852 §112 Final Rejection 267d overdue Pending Feb 06, 2023
17292842 CORE BODY TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT DEVICE HAVING BATTERY CHARGING STRUCTURE Osong Medical Innovation Foundation HOFFPAUIR, ANDREW ELI 3791 §103 Final Rejection 73d overdue Pending May 11, 2021

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