Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Levine Bagade Han LLP

73 pending office actions • 47 clients • 68 examiners • 31 art units • 0 of 73 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=3208 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

84.6%
Allowance Rate
n=3208
+0.65σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=3208
4.0
OAs to Allowance
n=1762
+0.03σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=1762
1127 days
Time to Allowance
n=1762
+12.8pp
Interview Lift
n=3208
35.4%
RCE Rate
n=3208
0.4%
Appeal Rate
n=3208

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

80.6%
§101 Overcome
n=201
74.7%
§102 Overcome
n=917
78.0%
§103 Overcome
n=1423
79.5%
§112 Overcome
n=1058

Specialization & Scale

A61B, A61F, A61M
Top CPC Subclasses
40%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=3208
9
Practitioners
n=3208
356.4
Apps / Practitioner
n=3208

Portfolio Summary

73
Total Pending OAs
46
Non-Final OAs
24
Final Rejections
3
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 27 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

10
Overdue
0
Due this week
9
Due this month
4
Due in next 60 days
4
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. 27 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (10)Due ≤ 30 days (9)Due ≤ 60 days (4)Due later (4)

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.

35
Hard (48%)
29
Medium (40%)
8
Easy (11%)
1
Unknown (1%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only3 (4%)
§101 + other3 (4%)
§103 only20 (27%)
§102 only6 (8%)
§112 only2 (3%)
Double-patenting only6 (8%)
Double-patenting + other3 (4%)
Multi-statute (no §101)29 (40%)
No statute on record1 (1%)

Industry Mix

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

9
Life Sciences
12% of docket
1
Information Tech
1% of docket
4
Communications
5% of docket
1
Semiconductors
1% of docket
47
Mechanical / Eng
64% of docket
11
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.

730 h
Manual time on pending OAs
146 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
255 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
6.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BOUCHELLE, LAURA A 3 80.3% +10.4%
NGUYEN, TUAN VAN 2 81.8% +19.3%
DAVID, SHAUN L 2 73.2% +18.9%
JAIN, ANKUR 2 74.8% +5.8%
CARDIMINO, CHRISTOPHER RYAN 1 60.2% +23.8%
YABUT, DIANE D 1 62.5% +27.9%
RIZVI, AKBAR HASSAN 1 87.6% +15.4%
LABRANCHE, BROOKE N 1 73.0% +15.1%
FREHE, WILLIAM R 1 60.3% +41.5%
TON, MARTIN TRUYEN 1 61.8% +35.0%

Quick Wins (4)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18767797 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOADING SUTURE NGUYEN, TUAN VAN 38d overdue
18767744 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PASSING SUTURE NGUYEN, TUAN VAN 37d overdue
19088766 CLINICAL SPECTROPHOTOMETER FOR GENERAL CHEMISTRY, IMMUNO-ASSAY AND NUCLEIC ACID DETECTION RIZVI, AKBAR HASSAN
18892271 OCULAR DELIVERY SYSTEMS AND METHODS BOUCHELLE, LAURA A

Hard Cases (35)

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
18455872 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERMANENT FEMALE CONTRACEPTION FISHER, VICTORIA HICKS 84d overdue
18303440 TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE JAIN, ANKUR 19d overdue
18316963 AERIAL VEHICLES CONLON, MARISA V 17d overdue
19312073 LUER TAPER WITH LOW DEAD SPACE ELEMENT BOUCHELLE, LAURA A 9d
18393424 ACCESS DEVICE HAVING A TUBE, A DEFLECTABLE SECTION, A STABLIZER, A TIP, A HANDLE, AND AN ELECTRONICS MODULE SONG, LI-TING 12d
18548325 INSECT-DERIVED ASPARTATE DECARBOXYLASES AND VARIANTS THEREOF FOR IMPROVED BETA-ALANINE PRODUCTION RAMIREZ, DELIA M 14d
18390702 ELECTROSURGICAL DEVICE AND METHOD OF USE PREMRAJ, CATHERINE C 21d
18967370 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PASSING SUTURE TON, MARTIN TRUYEN 28d

Interview Candidates (13)

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
18767797 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOADING SUTURE NGUYEN, TUAN VAN 38d overdue
18767744 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PASSING SUTURE NGUYEN, TUAN VAN 37d overdue
19312073 LUER TAPER WITH LOW DEAD SPACE ELEMENT BOUCHELLE, LAURA A 9d
18967370 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PASSING SUTURE TON, MARTIN TRUYEN 28d
19044139 ELECTROSURGICAL DEVICE AND METHOD OF USE FREHE, WILLIAM R 40d
18631949 SYSTEMS FOR MINIMIZING INFECTIONS DAVID, SHAUN L 46d
18631927 SUTURE ANCHORING SYSTEMS DAVID, SHAUN L 70d
19232421 AUTOMATED ALERT SYSTEM USING UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES CARDIMINO, CHRISTOPHER RYAN

Client Portfolio (47 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37719
37835
37915
37944
37923
37953
37813
37723
16312
37992

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19312073 LUER TAPER WITH LOW DEAD SPACE ELEMENT Ocuject, LLC BOUCHELLE, LAURA A 3783 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA 9d Pending Aug 27, 2025
19232421 AUTOMATED ALERT SYSTEM USING UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES Asylon, Inc. CARDIMINO, CHRISTOPHER RYAN 3661 §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Jun 09, 2025
19214982 ADJUSTABLE LENGTH MEDICAL DEVICES Maduro Discovery, LLC YABUT, DIANE D §102§103DP Non-Final OA Pending May 21, 2025
19088766 CLINICAL SPECTROPHOTOMETER FOR GENERAL CHEMISTRY, IMMUNO-ASSAY AND NUCLEIC ACID DETECTION In Diagnostics, Inc. RIZVI, AKBAR HASSAN DP Non-Final OA Pending Mar 24, 2025
19050811 ACCESSORY DEVICE TO PROVIDE NEUROPROTECTION DURING INTERVENTIONAL PROCEDURES Maduro Discovery, LLC LABRANCHE, BROOKE N §102§103Other Non-Final OA Pending Feb 11, 2025
19044139 ELECTROSURGICAL DEVICE AND METHOD OF USE Meditrina, Inc. FREHE, WILLIAM R 3783 §103 Final Rejection 40d Pending Feb 03, 2025
18967370 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PASSING SUTURE Clauson Creative Engineering, Inc. TON, MARTIN TRUYEN 3771 §102§103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Dec 03, 2024
18954268 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PASSING SUTURE Clauson Creative Engineering, Inc. TANNER, JOCELIN C 3771 Other Non-Final OA 14d Pending Nov 20, 2024
18954171 SURGICAL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE Hermes Innovations, LLC HOUGH, JESSANDRA F DP Non-Final OA Pending Nov 20, 2024
18948204 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR QUANTIFICATION OF, AND PREDICTION OF SMOKING BEHAVIOR Pivot Health Technologies Inc. SAHAND, SANA §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 14, 2024
18937647 ABDOMINAL CLOSURE METHOD AND DEVICE VARIATIONS FOR CLOSING VENTRAL HERNIAS AND REDUCING RECURRENCE Absolutions Med, Inc. KHANDKER, RAIHAN R 3771 §103§112 Non-Final OA 42d Pending Nov 05, 2024
18912370 WALLETS Ctb Holdings LLC TAMIL, JESSICA KAVINI 3733 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 10, 2024
18902537 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSISTING INDIVIDUALS IN A BEHAVIORAL-CHANGE PROGRAM Pivot Health Technologies Inc. WU, ZHEN Y 2685 §102§103§112Other Final Rejection Pending Sep 30, 2024
18892271 OCULAR DELIVERY SYSTEMS AND METHODS Sight Sciences, Inc. BOUCHELLE, LAURA A DP Non-Final OA Pending Sep 20, 2024
18815528 WIRELESSLY SENSING PROPERTIES OF A CLOSED ENVIRONMENT AND DEVICES THEREOF Gate Scientific, Inc. BROWN, MICHAEL J DP Non-Final OA Pending Aug 26, 2024
18813642 METHODS AND DEVICES FOR PERFORMING ELECTRICAL STIMULATION TO TREAT DYSMENORRHEA OR MENSTRUAL CRAMPS Emkinetics, Inc. KAHELIN, MICHAEL WILLIAM 3792 §103DP Non-Final OA Pending Aug 23, 2024
18839889 ROBOTIC-ASSISTED NAVIGATION AND CONTROL FOR AIRWAY MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES, ASSEMBLIES AND SYSTEMS Spiro Robotics, Inc. BOICE, JAMES EDWARD 3795 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 20, 2024
18778753 METHODS, SYSTEMS, APPARATUSES, AND DEVICES FOR FACILITATING PRESENTATION OF MEDICAL DATA Endoverse LLC NAJARIAN, LENA 3687 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 19, 2024
18770464 TUBES AND METHODS OF EXPANDING AND/OR CONTRACTING TUBES Qmax, LLC PLAKKOOTTAM, DOMINICK L §102§103Other Non-Final OA Pending Jul 11, 2024
18767744 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PASSING SUTURE Clauson Creative Engineering, Inc. NGUYEN, TUAN VAN 3771 §102 Non-Final OA 37d overdue Pending Jul 09, 2024
18767797 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOADING SUTURE Clauson Creative Engineering, Inc. NGUYEN, TUAN VAN 3771 §102Other Non-Final OA 38d overdue Pending Jul 09, 2024
18714532 PROSTHETIC SPHINCTER APPARATUS King'S College London GHERBI, SUZETTE JAIME J 3781 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 29, 2024
18666624 MICROWAVE TREATMENT DEVICES AND METHODS Microcube, LLC HUPCZEY, JR, RONALD JAMES 3794 §112 Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending May 16, 2024
18647324 SYSTEMS FOR PROMOTING SEXUAL WELL-BEING IN MALES Kemeny Healthcare Inc. KOHUTKA, BROOKE NICOLE §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 26, 2024
18631927 SUTURE ANCHORING SYSTEMS Ladera Medical, LLC DAVID, SHAUN L 3771 §102 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Apr 10, 2024
18631949 SYSTEMS FOR MINIMIZING INFECTIONS Ladera Medical, LLC DAVID, SHAUN L 3771 §103 Final Rejection 46d Pending Apr 10, 2024
18628379 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR EVERTING CATHETERS WITH EXPANDABLE LUMENS Crossbay Medical, Inc. VARGAS, ANNA ELIZABETH §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 05, 2024
18605731 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR MODULATING DOPAMINERGIC NEURONS Sanbio, Inc. SCHUBERG, LAURA J 1631 §103§112 Non-Final OA 84d Pending Mar 14, 2024
18593843 BLOOD GLUCOSE STATES BASED ON SENSED BRAIN ACTIVITY SynchNeuro, Inc. HOFFPAUIR, ANDREW ELI 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 119d overdue Pending Mar 01, 2024
18590757 DAY-AHEAD SCHEDULING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POWER SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM Tsinghua University CARTER, CHRISTOPHER W 2117 §101 Final Rejection Pending Feb 28, 2024
18586076 ACCESSORY DEVICE FOR NAVIGATING CATHETERS Maduro Discovery, LLC RODJOM, KATHERINE MARIE 3771 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 23, 2024
18434534 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR GUIDING MEDICAL CARE BASED ON DETECTED GASTRIC FUNCTION Gravitas Medical, Inc. AHMED, TASNIM M 3783 DP Non-Final OA Pending Feb 06, 2024
18408002 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR MODULATING PERIPHERAL IMMUNE FUNCTION Sanbio, Inc. CHATTIN, AMY MARIE DP Non-Final OA Pending Jan 09, 2024
18408461 LUER TAPER WITH LOW DEAD SPACE ELEMENT Ocuject, LLC BOUCHELLE, LAURA A 3783 §102§112 Final Rejection Pending Jan 09, 2024
18393424 ACCESS DEVICE HAVING A TUBE, A DEFLECTABLE SECTION, A STABLIZER, A TIP, A HANDLE, AND AN ELECTRONICS MODULE Grumpy Innovation, Inc. SONG, LI-TING 3795 §103§112 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Dec 21, 2023
18390702 ELECTROSURGICAL DEVICE AND METHOD OF USE Meditrina, Inc. PREMRAJ, CATHERINE C 3794 §102§103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Dec 20, 2023
18569729 PHENOLIC-GRAPHENE OXIDE COMPOSITIONS Monash University BREWSTER, HAYDEN R 1779 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 13, 2023
18522058 INTRAOCULAR IMPLANTS AND METHODS AND KITS THEREFOR Sight Sciences, Inc. DEAK, LESLIE R 3799 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Nov 28, 2023
18550637 TRANSMITTER, TRANSMISSION METHOD, RECEIVER, AND RECEPTION METHOD UNIVERSITY PUBLIC CORPORATION OSAKA PEREZ, JAMES M 2635 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 14, 2023
18548325 INSECT-DERIVED ASPARTATE DECARBOXYLASES AND VARIANTS THEREOF FOR IMPROVED BETA-ALANINE PRODUCTION Mojia Biotech Ltd. RAMIREZ, DELIA M 1652 §103§112 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Aug 29, 2023
18457142 CATHETER CONSTRUCTION Maduro Discovery, LLC MIGGINS, MICHAEL C 1782 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 28, 2023
18455872 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERMANENT FEMALE CONTRACEPTION Meditrina, Inc. FISHER, VICTORIA HICKS 3786 §102§103 Final Rejection 84d overdue Pending Aug 25, 2023
18449465 THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTED DENTAL APPLIANCES USING SUPPORT STRUCTURES ULAB SYSTEMS, INC. ROSEN, ERIC J 3772 §101 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Aug 14, 2023
18361237 SLOTTED LINERS FOR MEDICAL DEVICE Maduro Discovery, LLC BRANDT, DAVID NELSON 3783 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 28, 2023
18333423 APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR PREPARING AN OUTPUT SAMPLE WITH AERATION Avails Medical, Inc. RAMIREZ, ALEX 1798 §101§103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Jun 12, 2023
18332161 MEDICAL ROBOTIC SYSTEM Meditrina, Inc. WU, PAMELA F 3795 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 09, 2023
18322028 ALIGNERS HAVING FORCE REGENERATION ULAB SYSTEMS, INC. FARAJ, LINA AHMAD 3772 §103 Final Rejection 32d overdue Pending May 23, 2023
18320702 FLOAT SECUREMENT APPARATUS AND METHODS Hanuman Pelican, Inc. EOM, ROBERT J 1797 §102§103 Non-Final OA 70d Pending May 19, 2023
18318220 HYGIENIC BARRIER Novel Academic Technological Environments LLC COX, THADDEUS B 3791 §103 Final Rejection 1d overdue Pending May 16, 2023
18316963 AERIAL VEHICLES Innovaero Technologies Pty Ltd. CONLON, MARISA V 3643 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 17d overdue Pending May 12, 2023
18311617 TETHERED SYSTEM FOR CRYOGENIC TREATMENT Channel Medsystems, Inc. ZINK, AMANDA L 3794 §112DP Non-Final OA Pending May 03, 2023
18308231 TOWER CRANE Liebherr-Werk Biberach GmbH CAMPOS JR, JUAN J 3654 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 27, 2023
18303913 WEARABLE LIGHT STIMULATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS Kemeny Healthcare Inc. HUH, VYNN V 3792 §103Other Final Rejection 26d Pending Apr 20, 2023
18303440 TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE Integrated Tactical Technologies, LLC JAIN, ANKUR 2649 §102§103 Final Rejection 19d overdue Pending Apr 19, 2023
18188231 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRANSPOSING CARGO NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCES Metagenomi, Inc. HUMPHRIES, NICHOLAS ADAM 1631 §112 Final Rejection Pending Mar 22, 2023
17309459 ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCE COMPLIANCE MONITORING SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS Biolux Group SA BELK, SHANNEL NICOLE 3772 §103 Non-Final OA 29d overdue Pending Mar 06, 2023
18172602 POST DEPLOYMENT RADIAL FORCE RECOVERY OF BIODEGRADABLE SCAFFOLDS Razmodics LLC PELLEGRINO, BRIAN E 3799 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 22, 2023
18165919 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REMOTE MANAGEMENT OF MONITORED EXERCISE AND REHABILITATION WITH EMERGENCY RESPONSES Kivo Health, Inc. ALDERSON, ANNE-MARIE K 3682 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 07, 2023
18056965 ROBOTIC-ASSISTED NAVIGATION AND CONTROL FOR AIRWAY MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES, ASSEMBLIES AND SYSTEMS Spiro Robotics, Inc. JONES, DIANA S 3775 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 18, 2022
17930504 TRAY AND METHODS FOR MEDICAL PRODUCTS PACKAGING, STORAGE AND ACCESS Potrero Medical, Inc. KIM, ERIN ASA 3781 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 08, 2022
17929621 BODY-WORN WIRELESS TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE Integrated Tactical Technologies, LLC JAIN, ANKUR 2649 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 02, 2022
17821407 INDEPENDENTLY ADJUSTABLE SUPPORT SYSTEM Prs Medical Technologies, Inc. NGUYEN, CAMTU TRAN 3786 §102 Final Rejection Pending Aug 22, 2022
17819757 END-EFFECTOR FOR ENDOSCOPIC SURGICAL INSTRUMENT UCL Business Ltd MULLINS, JESSICA LYNN 3792 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 15, 2022
17662298 SURGICAL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE Hermes Innovations, LLC OU, JING RUI 3771 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 06, 2022
17652476 CRANE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SUCH A CRANE Liebherr-Werk Biberach GmbH BECKER, BRANDON J 2857 §101§112 Final Rejection Pending Feb 24, 2022
17543397 BIOINFORMATION MEASURING DEVICE Cardio Ring Technologies, Inc. ROBERTS, ANNA L 3791 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Dec 06, 2021
17451085 Cooling device for cooling an energy accumulator and/or electronic assembly and method of manufacturing the same Liebherr-Components Biberach GmbH MELFI, OLIVIA MASON 1729 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 15, 2021
17402426 ENZYMES WITH RUVC DOMAINS Metagenomi, Inc. SULLIVAN, STEPHANIE LAUREN 1600 §101Other Non-Final OA Pending Aug 13, 2021
17223883 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATING LIPS AND SKIN Hermes Innovations, LLC MILLER, CHRISTOPHER E 3785 §103Other Final Rejection 35d Pending Apr 06, 2021
17132581 BREATH SENSOR MEASUREMENT METHODS AND APPARATUS Carrot, Inc. WEARE, MEREDITH H 3791 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Dec 23, 2020
17132513 USE OF CO VALUES IN SMOKING CESSATION Carrot Inc. SHOSTAK, ANDREY 3791 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 23, 2020
16691096 SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS FOR SENSING PHYSIOLOGIC DATA AND DRAINING AND ANALYZING BODILY FLUIDS Potrero Medical, Inc. MARCETICH, ADAM M 3781 §103 Final Rejection 70d Pending Nov 21, 2019
15466713 METHODS AND DEVICES FOR ENERGY DELIVERY AND THERAPY Microcube, LLC BORSCH, NICHOLAS S 3794 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 22, 2017

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