Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Liang & Hennessey LLP

25 pending office actions • 18 clients • 21 examiners • 18 art units • 0 of 25 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=512 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

81.6%
Allowance Rate
n=512
+0.59σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=512
3.6
OAs to Allowance
n=239
-0.13σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=239
902 days
Time to Allowance
n=239
+16.3pp
Interview Lift
n=512
33.4%
RCE Rate
n=512
1.9%
Appeal Rate
n=512

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

62.1%
§101 Overcome
n=29
73.7%
§102 Overcome
n=133
67.3%
§103 Overcome
n=226
72.4%
§112 Overcome
n=185

Specialization & Scale

A61K, A61P, B21B
Top CPC Subclasses
17%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=512
1
Practitioners
n=512
512.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=512

Portfolio Summary

25
Total Pending OAs
17
Non-Final OAs
8
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 12 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

8
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
2
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. 12 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (8)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (2)

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%)
12
Medium (48%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (4%)
§103 only9 (36%)
Double-patenting + other3 (12%)
Multi-statute (no §101)12 (48%)

Industry Mix

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

10
Life Sciences
40% of docket
1
Information Tech
4% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
4% of docket
8
Mechanical / Eng
32% of docket
5
Business / Other
20% 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
SHABLACK, JOHNNIE A 2 65.1% +34.6%
TRUONG, QUANGLONG N 2 78.8% +23.5%
GREENE, IVAN A 2 18.7% +6.2%
THOMAS, TIMOTHY P 2 26.4% +38.1%
TALLMAN, BRIAN A 1 24.4% +39.5%
BERRIOS, JENNIFER A 1 37.1% +49.9%
CARRILLO, BIBI SHARIDAN 1 62.1% -16.2%
SILVERMAN, JANICE Y 1 36.5% +53.3%
ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S 1 74.4% +23.6%
GODDARD, LAURA B 1 50.9% +14.1%

Hard Cases (16)

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
18287510 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR CREATING MEASUREMENT DATA DESCRIBING A RAILWAY NETWORK OR A VEHICLE TRAVELLING ON A TRACK STAUBACH, CARL C 161d overdue
18581659 METHOD OF TREATING ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE THOMAS, TIMOTHY P 121d overdue
17887092 CRYOGENIC, KINETICALLY ACTIVE FORMULATIONS AND SYSTEMS FOR THEIR DISPENSING ZADEH, BOB 74d overdue
18848994 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ANTIGEN-SPECIFIC THERAPY GODDARD, LAURA B 30d overdue
16722249 METHOD OF TREATING NONALCOHOLIC STEATOHEPATITIS GREENE, IVAN A 28d overdue
19152997 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR PLANNING AND MONITORING A COLD CHAIN TALLMAN, BRIAN A 3d overdue
17064443 COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF OBESITY THOMAS, TIMOTHY P 55d
18291089 VEHICLE RESTRAINT SYSTEM HAVING A CONCRETE BARRIER WALL FERGUSON, MICHAEL P 71d

Interview Candidates (11)

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
18581659 METHOD OF TREATING ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE THOMAS, TIMOTHY P 121d overdue
18848994 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ANTIGEN-SPECIFIC THERAPY GODDARD, LAURA B 30d overdue
19152997 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR PLANNING AND MONITORING A COLD CHAIN TALLMAN, BRIAN A 3d overdue
17064443 COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF OBESITY THOMAS, TIMOTHY P 55d
19079754 WHIPPED FORMULATIONS WITH DESIRED SENSORY IMPACT BERRIOS, JENNIFER A
18993564 A WINDOW BLIND HEADRAIL SHABLACK, JOHNNIE A
18950919 WHIPPED FORMULATIONS TRUONG, QUANGLONG N
18929954 WHIPPED FORMULATIONS TRUONG, QUANGLONG N

Client Portfolio (18 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
16192
16142
36281
16131
17111
36341
16421
17441
28311
37351

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19152997 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR PLANNING AND MONITORING A COLD CHAIN Rep Ip AG TALLMAN, BRIAN A 3628 §101§102§103§112 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Aug 01, 2025
19079754 WHIPPED FORMULATIONS WITH DESIRED SENSORY IMPACT BEIERSDORF AG BERRIOS, JENNIFER A 1613 §112DP Non-Final OA Pending Mar 14, 2025
18993564 A WINDOW BLIND HEADRAIL Louver-Lite Limited SHABLACK, JOHNNIE A §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 12, 2025
18950919 WHIPPED FORMULATIONS Formulated Solutions, LLC TRUONG, QUANGLONG N §103DP Non-Final OA Pending Nov 18, 2024
18862619 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REMOVING RESIN ADHERING TO ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED COMPONENTS Cubicure GmbH CARRILLO, BIBI SHARIDAN 1711 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 04, 2024
18929954 WHIPPED FORMULATIONS Formulated Solutions, LLC TRUONG, QUANGLONG N §103DP Non-Final OA Pending Oct 29, 2024
18914964 METHOD AND COMPOSITION FOR RESTORING HOMEOSTASIS, TREATING, AND PREVENTING DEGENERATIVE DISEASES, ACHIEVING ANTI-AGING EFFECT Vector Vitale Ip LLC GREENE, IVAN A 1619 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 14, 2024
18851787 Corner Bracket for a Window Blind Frame Louver-Lite Limited SHABLACK, JOHNNIE A 3634 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 27, 2024
18895097 ANIMAL FEED INTERMEDIATE PRODUCT Neuburger Fleischlos GmbH SILVERMAN, JANICE Y §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 24, 2024
18850501 CONSTRUCTIVE DESIGN AND ARRANGEMENT OF A DISSIPATOR FOR SUPPRESSING VIBRATIONS IN A ROLL STAND Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 24, 2024
18848994 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ANTIGEN-SPECIFIC THERAPY BODHI BIO LLC GODDARD, LAURA B 1642 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Sep 20, 2024
18790037 Method and device for the mechanical compaction of clayey earth material Rematter AG LEE, EDMUND H 1744 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 31, 2024
18694553 WIND TURBINE Alpha 311 Limited GONZALEZ, JULIO CESAR 2831 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Mar 22, 2024
18581659 METHOD OF TREATING ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE Vector Vitale Ip LLC THOMAS, TIMOTHY P 1614 §103 Non-Final OA 121d overdue Pending Feb 20, 2024
18293004 SHIPPING CONTAINER FOR SHIPPING TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE TRANSPORT MATERIAL Rep Ip AG COLLINS, RAVEN 3735 §103 Final Rejection 28d Pending Jan 29, 2024
18291089 VEHICLE RESTRAINT SYSTEM HAVING A CONCRETE BARRIER WALL Deltabloc International GmbH FERGUSON, MICHAEL P 3619 §102§103 Non-Final OA 71d Pending Jan 22, 2024
18290075 MOUTHPIECE LINING PAPER WITH THERMALLY EXPANDABLE PARTICLES Tannpapier GmbH GRAY, LINDA LAMEY 1745 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 09, 2023
18287510 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR CREATING MEASUREMENT DATA DESCRIBING A RAILWAY NETWORK OR A VEHICLE TRAVELLING ON A TRACK Track Machines Connected Gesellschaft M.B.H. STAUBACH, CARL C 3747 §102§103 Final Rejection 161d overdue Pending Oct 19, 2023
18277279 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING A LITHOGRAPHY-BASED ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING DEVICE UPNANO GMBH VELEZ-LOPEZ, MARIO M 2118 §103 Final Rejection 70d Pending Aug 15, 2023
18272617 ALLERGY TEST DEVICE Alltest GmbH YOON, CHANEL J 3791 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 17, 2023
18129980 METHOD FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF AT LEAST ONE METALLIC AND/OR CERAMIC COMPONENT, AND MATERIAL COMPOSITION THEREFOR Lncus GmbH MCGUTHRY BANKS, TIMA MICHELE 1733 §103 Non-Final OA 77d overdue Pending Apr 03, 2023
18019192 COFFEE GROUNDS COLLECTOR Nicholson Design Consultants Limited BALDRIGHI, ERIC C 3733 §103 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Feb 01, 2023
17887092 CRYOGENIC, KINETICALLY ACTIVE FORMULATIONS AND SYSTEMS FOR THEIR DISPENSING Formulated Solutions, LLC ZADEH, BOB 3754 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 74d overdue Pending Aug 12, 2022
17064443 COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF OBESITY Vector Vitale Ip LLC THOMAS, TIMOTHY P 1614 §103 Final Rejection 55d Pending Oct 06, 2020
16722249 METHOD OF TREATING NONALCOHOLIC STEATOHEPATITIS Vector Vitale Ip LLC GREENE, IVAN A 1619 §103§112 Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Dec 20, 2019

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