Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Li & Cai Intellectual Property Office

60 pending office actions • 37 clients • 58 examiners • 37 art units • 0 of 60 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 176 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=1499 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

80.9%
Allowance Rate
n=1499
+0.26σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1499
1.4
OAs to Allowance
n=807
-1.12σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=807
753 days
Time to Allowance
n=807
+2.9pp
Interview Lift
n=1499
10.7%
RCE Rate
n=1499
0.0%
Appeal Rate
n=1499

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

48.6%
§101 Overcome
n=35
57.7%
§102 Overcome
n=293
55.2%
§103 Overcome
n=520
59.7%
§112 Overcome
n=295

Specialization & Scale

G06F, H05K, H01L
Top CPC Subclasses
10%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1499
1
Practitioners
n=1499
1499.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=1499

Portfolio Summary

60
Total Pending OAs
42
Non-Final OAs
17
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 15 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

11
Overdue
2
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. 15 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (11)Due ≤ 7 days (2)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.

32
Hard (53%)
25
Medium (42%)
3
Easy (5%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only17 (28%)
§102 only6 (10%)
§112 only3 (5%)
Double-patenting + other2 (3%)
Multi-statute (no §101)32 (53%)

Industry Mix

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

16
Life Sciences
27% of docket
1
Information Tech
2% of docket
2
Communications
3% of docket
16
Semiconductors
27% of docket
10
Mechanical / Eng
17% of docket
15
Business / Other
25% 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.

600 h
Manual time on pending OAs
120 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
210 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
5.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
COLGAN, LAUREN ROBINSON 3 69.9% +16.4%
HONG, RICHARD J 1 78.5% +4.5%
HAGHANI, SHADAN E 1 61.1% +17.8%
NGUYEN, VI X 1 85.9% +13.2%
MORRISON, THOMAS A 1 73.7% +31.2%
LUU, TIMOTHY TUAN 1 45.2% +46.4%
OPSASNICK, MICHAEL N 1 81.9% +10.1%
ISLA, RICHARD 1 77.1% +15.2%
ARANT, HARRY E 1 49.0% +22.1%
PATEL, PARESH H 1 79.6% -1.5%

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
19010186 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRIGGERING AN INTELLIGENT DIALOGUE THROUGH AN AUGMENTED-REALITY IMAGE OPSASNICK, MICHAEL N

Hard Cases (32)

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
18475221 EMBOSSED PVC TAPE GUGLIOTTA, NICOLE T 140d overdue
18396742 WIRE CONNECTOR NGUYEN, TRUC T 43d overdue
18733778 POWER SUPPLY DEVICE HAVING AUTOMATIC SWITCHING MECHANISM JACKSON, LAKAISHA 23d overdue
18476330 WOUND CAPACITOR PACKAGE STRUCTURE AND SEALING ELEMENT THEREOF RAMASWAMY, ARUN 15d overdue
18024489 REINFORCED CRYSTALLIZED GLASS COLGAN, LAUREN ROBINSON 11d overdue
18355390 IMPLANTED PIEZOELECTRIC BONE MATERIAL SHARMA, YASHITA 10d overdue
18026824 CRYSTALLIZED GLASS AND REINFORCED CRYSTALLIZED GLASS COLGAN, LAUREN ROBINSON 9d overdue
18629886 CONTACT LENS MUHAMMAD, KEY 8d overdue

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
18024489 REINFORCED CRYSTALLIZED GLASS COLGAN, LAUREN ROBINSON 11d overdue
18026824 CRYSTALLIZED GLASS AND REINFORCED CRYSTALLIZED GLASS COLGAN, LAUREN ROBINSON 9d overdue
19086140 VIRTUAL PROJECTION METHOD AND DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING IMAGE OF OBSCURED OBJECT HAGHANI, SHADAN E
19084688 NAVIGATION SYSTEM FOR SURGICAL INSTRUMENT AND FASTENING DEVICE NGUYEN, VI X
19063316 CONVEYANCE APPARATUS, IMAGE SCANNING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS MORRISON, THOMAS A
19059270 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING ENDOSCOPIC IMAGE LUU, TIMOTHY TUAN
19010186 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRIGGERING AN INTELLIGENT DIALOGUE THROUGH AN AUGMENTED-REALITY IMAGE OPSASNICK, MICHAEL N
19007574 PROBE CARD DEVICE HAVING PARALLEL CONNECTION CONFIGURATION AND GUIDE BOARD MECHANISM THEREOF ISLA, RICHARD

Client Portfolio (37 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17844
28722
37522
17632
37622
28472
26231
24851
37711
37951

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19393492 INTERACTIVE DEVICE Lite-On Technology Corporation HONG, RICHARD J 2623 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 18, 2025
19086140 VIRTUAL PROJECTION METHOD AND DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING IMAGE OF OBSCURED OBJECT National Taipei University Of Technology HAGHANI, SHADAN E 2485 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 21, 2025
19084688 NAVIGATION SYSTEM FOR SURGICAL INSTRUMENT AND FASTENING DEVICE Point Robotics Medtech Inc. NGUYEN, VI X 3771 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 19, 2025
19063316 CONVEYANCE APPARATUS, IMAGE SCANNING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. MORRISON, THOMAS A §102 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 26, 2025
19059270 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING ENDOSCOPIC IMAGE Point Robotics Medtech Inc. LUU, TIMOTHY TUAN 3795 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 21, 2025
19010186 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRIGGERING AN INTELLIGENT DIALOGUE THROUGH AN AUGMENTED-REALITY IMAGE Playsee Inc. OPSASNICK, MICHAEL N §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 06, 2025
19007574 PROBE CARD DEVICE HAVING PARALLEL CONNECTION CONFIGURATION AND GUIDE BOARD MECHANISM THEREOF Chunghwa Precision Test Tech. Co., Ltd. ISLA, RICHARD §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 02, 2025
19007576 WATER COOLING RADIATOR WITH BUILT-IN FILTER Huizhou Kuertai Technology Co., Ltd. ARANT, HARRY E 3763 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 02, 2025
19007566 PROBE CARD DEVICE HAVING HEAT-DISSIPATION CONFIGURATION AND GUIDE BOARD MODULE THEREOF Chunghwa Precision Test Tech. Co., Ltd. PATEL, PARESH H §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 02, 2025
19001519 MYOPIA CONTROL CONTACT LENS VISCO VISION INC. HASAN, MOHAMMED A §102 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 25, 2024
19001372 X-RAY MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND X-RAY MEASUREMENT METHOD Nanoseex Inc. LEE, SHUN K §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 24, 2024
18979642 MOTOR CONTROLLER DEVICE Adata Technology Co., Ltd. AUGUSTIN, CHRISTOPHER L §102 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 13, 2024
18957834 EXTERNAL CONTROLLER FOR HANDHELD DEVICE, AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF DEXIN CORPORATION SINGH, ISHAYU NMN §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 24, 2024
18918035 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTRODUCING INTELLIGENT DIALOGUE Playsee Inc. HASSAN, ALI MOHAMAD 2654 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 16, 2024
18795197 METHOD FOR PROCESSING FRAMELESS SHELL MATERIALS Shenzhen Futaixin Technology Co., Ltd. SALONE, BAYAN §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 06, 2024
18795124 TRIAXIAL CONNECTION STRUCTURE, REPTILE BOX FRAME AND REPTILE BOX Shenzhen Guangyin Lighting Co., Ltd. MCMAHON, MATTHEW R §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 05, 2024
18754113 PROTECTIVE MEMBRANE AND ADHESIVE COMPOSITION Nan Ya Plastics Corporation SELLS, JAMES D 1745 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 25, 2024
18733778 POWER SUPPLY DEVICE HAVING AUTOMATIC SWITCHING MECHANISM C-Media Electronics Inc. JACKSON, LAKAISHA 2838 §102§103 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Jun 04, 2024
18676453 INFRARED FILTER FILM LAYER AND INFRARED FILTER STRUCTURE Taiwan Color Optics, Inc. QURESHI, MARIAM 2871 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 28, 2024
18676452 BREAST PUMP WEARABLE IN BRA Jian Chen DESANTO, MATTHEW F §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 28, 2024
18665529 CONNECTOR AND CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY Bellwether Electronic (Kunshan) Co., Ltd. TA, THO DAC §102 Non-Final OA Pending May 15, 2024
18629886 CONTACT LENS VISCO VISION INC. MUHAMMAD, KEY 2872 §102§112 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Apr 08, 2024
18614722 LIQUID OUTLET SYSTEM AND GAS-LIQUID MIXING DEVICE Sanitar Co., Ltd. NORRIS, CLAIRE A 3752 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 24, 2024
18608854 INFUSION DEVICE Inventec Easy Doctor Corporation AHMED, TASNIM M §102 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 18, 2024
18430613 CARD-DEALING MACHINE Weixing Chuangke (Shenzhen) Technology Co., Ltd. DEL SOLE, JOSEPH STEVEN 1763 §102§103Other Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Feb 01, 2024
18399654 HEAT EXCHANGE CONTROL DEVICE FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF Foxtron Vehicle Technologies Co., Ltd. BRAWNER, CHARLES RILEY 3762 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 28, 2023
18396742 WIRE CONNECTOR BELLWETHER ELECTRONIC CORP. NGUYEN, TRUC T 2834 §103§112 Final Rejection 43d overdue Pending Dec 27, 2023
18393688 MANICURE CURING DEVICE Shenzhen Weilai Nail Art Co., Ltd. LAU, JASON 3762 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 22, 2023
18523899 MANICURE CURING DEVICE CAPABLE OF PREVENTING EXCESSIVE UNTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION Shenzhen Weilai Nail Art Co., Ltd. EINHORN, MICA JILLIAN 2881 §103 Final Rejection 9d overdue Pending Nov 30, 2023
18515167 OPTICAL DEVICE Tong Hsing Electronic Industries, Ltd. DEAN, RAY ALEXANDER 2872 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 20, 2023
18509229 LIGHT-EMITTING PACKAGE AND LIGHT-EMITTING MODULE Lite-On Technology Corporation GANI, OBAIDUL NMN 2847 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 14, 2023
18502087 COMMON MODE FILTER Chilisin Electronics Corp. HINSON, RONALD §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 06, 2023
18499220 COMPOSITE ELECTRODE STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME National Tsing Hua University MILLER, ALEXANDER MICHAEL 2898 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 01, 2023
18499188 CIRCUIT BOARD STRUCTURE INCLUDING METAL MATERIALS WITH DIFFERENT THERMAL EXPANSION COEFFICIENTS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME Tong Hsing Electronic Industries, Ltd. MAIGA, SIDI MOHAMED 2847 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 31, 2023
18486169 ATOMIZATION MODULE Hcmed Innovations Co., Ltd. CERNOCH, STEVEN MICHAEL 3752 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 13, 2023
18486168 ACTIVE METAL BRAZING SUBSTRATE MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME Tong Hsing Electronic Industries, Ltd. LA VILLA, MICHAEL EUGENE 1784 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 13, 2023
18484463 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING INDUCTIVE DEVICE Chilisin Electronics Corp. TRINH, MINH N §112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 11, 2023
18476330 WOUND CAPACITOR PACKAGE STRUCTURE AND SEALING ELEMENT THEREOF Apaq Technology Co., Ltd. RAMASWAMY, ARUN 2848 §103§112 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Sep 28, 2023
18475221 EMBOSSED PVC TAPE Nan Ya Plastics Corporation GUGLIOTTA, NICOLE T 1781 §103§112 Final Rejection 140d overdue Pending Sep 27, 2023
18474176 ATOMIZATION DEVICE AND METHOD OF PREDICTING ATOMIZATION TIME FOR THE SAME Hcmed Innovations Co., Ltd. DAHER, KIRA B 3785 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 25, 2023
18472256 SENSOR PACKAGE STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Tong Hsing Electronic Industries, Ltd. TRAN, TIEN 2812 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Sep 22, 2023
18469510 WATER-BASED THERMAL-INSULATION COATING MATERIAL Nan Ya Plastics Corporation HALL, DEVE V. 1763 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 18, 2023
18462385 APPARATUS FOR TREATING SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR TREATING SUBSTRATE Psk Inc. LEONG, NATHAN T 1718 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 06, 2023
18457355 BATTERY DEVICE AND BATTERY MANAGEMENT METHOD C-Tech United Corporation ROBBINS, JERRY D 1788 §103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Aug 29, 2023
18230666 GUARD RING STRUCTURE AND COMPONENT STRUCTURE Live Optronics Company Limited YECHURI, SITARAMARAO S 2893 §103§112 Final Rejection 8d Pending Aug 07, 2023
18355390 IMPLANTED PIEZOELECTRIC BONE MATERIAL National Taiwan University SHARMA, YASHITA 3774 §102§103 Final Rejection 10d overdue Pending Jul 19, 2023
18347539 POLYAMIDE-LONG GLASS FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME Nan Ya Plastics Corporation BUTCHER, ROBERT T 1764 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 05, 2023
18317891 COMPOSITE INDUCTOR Chilisin Electronics Corp. CHAN, TSZFUNG JACKIE 2837 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 15, 2023
18299720 BLOOD CONTAINER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Nan Ya Plastics Corporation LYLE, SOPHIA YUAN 1796 §102§103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Apr 13, 2023
18026824 CRYSTALLIZED GLASS AND REINFORCED CRYSTALLIZED GLASS Ohara Inc. COLGAN, LAUREN ROBINSON 1784 §103§112 Final Rejection 9d overdue Pending Mar 16, 2023
18024490 CRYSTALLIZED GLASS AND REINFORCED CRYSTALLIZED GLASS Ohara Inc. COLGAN, LAUREN ROBINSON 1784 §103DP Final Rejection Pending Mar 02, 2023
18024489 REINFORCED CRYSTALLIZED GLASS Ohara Inc. COLGAN, LAUREN ROBINSON 1784 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Mar 02, 2023
18155035 SURFACE EMITTING LASER APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME Hlj Technology Co., Ltd. ZHANG, YUANDA 2828 §102§103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Jan 16, 2023
18069229 POWER MODULE PACKAGE Niko Semiconductor Co., Ltd. BULLARD-CONNOR, GENEVIEVE GRACE 2899 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 21, 2022
18011187 REINFORCED CRYSTALLIZED GLASS Ohara Inc. AUER, LAURA A 1783 §103 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Dec 18, 2022
18063634 CELL CULTURE BAG Nan Ya Plastics Corporation TICHY, JENNIFER M.H. 1653 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Dec 08, 2022
17896090 SENSOR PACKAGE STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Tong Hsing Electronic Industries, Ltd. BENITEZ ROSARIO, JOSHUA 2815 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 26, 2022
17855702 DOUBLE-LAYERED MEDICAL MEMBRANE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME Nan Ya Plastics Corporation WISTNER, SARAH CLINKSCALES 1616 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 30, 2022
17702798 VERIFICATION BLOCK STRUCTURE AND VERIFICATION SYSTEM FOR ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY Point Robotics Medtech Inc. BIANCAMANO, ALYSSA N 3715 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Mar 24, 2022
17227381 HYDROGEL COMPOSITION AND HYDROGEL LENS Pegavision Corporation NGUYEN, JOHN P 1619 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 12, 2021

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