Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Lipsitz & Mcallister, LLC

6 pending office actions • 6 clients • 6 examiners • 4 art units • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 22 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=1577 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

83.8%
Allowance Rate
n=1577
+0.47σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1577
2.7
OAs to Allowance
n=1125
-0.28σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=1125
1090 days
Time to Allowance
n=1125
+4.3pp
Interview Lift
n=1577
16.3%
RCE Rate
n=1577
0.5%
Appeal Rate
n=1577

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=5 (min 20)
85.1%
§102 Overcome
n=121
85.0%
§103 Overcome
n=514
94.9%
§112 Overcome
n=118

Specialization & Scale

A61B, Y10T, A61F
Top CPC Subclasses
20%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1577
1
Practitioners
n=1577
1577.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=1577

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

0
Hard (0%)
4
Medium (67%)
2
Easy (33%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (67%)
§112 only1 (17%)
Double-patenting only1 (17%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
17% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
17% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
50% 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
MOREHEAD III, JOHN H 1 85.8% +11.8%
RUIZ MARTIN, LUIS MIGUEL 1 44.3% +54.2%
SHUM, KENT N 1 31.8% +46.0%
VONCH, JEFFREY A 1 52.1% +44.0%
PETKOVSEK, DANIEL 1 83.7% +10.1%
FORRY, COLTON BUSA 1 100.0% +0.0%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19174422 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CAPTURING AND REPRESENTING VIDEO IN CONTINUOUS TIME MOREHEAD III, JOHN H
18394311 RADIATION FIELD PROVISION DEVICE PETKOVSEK, DANIEL
18459658 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AN ELECTROCATALYST, ELECTROCATALYST, ELECTRODE FOR AN ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL, ION EXCHANGE MEMBRANE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AN ION EXCHANGE MEMBRANE, WATER ELECTROLYZER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A WATER ELECTROLYZER FORRY, COLTON BUSA

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18945783 IMPLANT DRILL AND IMPLANT DRILL SET RUIZ MARTIN, LUIS MIGUEL 16d
19174422 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CAPTURING AND REPRESENTING VIDEO IN CONTINUOUS TIME MOREHEAD III, JOHN H
18419868 CLAMPING APPARATUS AND CONTACT APPARATUS FOR A PLATE AND METHOD FOR CLAMPING AT LEAST ONE WORKPIECE BETWEEN A CLAMPING APPARATUS AND A CONTACT APPARATUS. SHUM, KENT N
18417142 POLISHING PAD VONCH, JEFFREY A
18394311 RADIATION FIELD PROVISION DEVICE PETKOVSEK, DANIEL

Client Portfolio (6 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37232
37721
28741
17111

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19174422 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CAPTURING AND REPRESENTING VIDEO IN CONTINUOUS TIME Solsona Multimedia, Inc. MOREHEAD III, JOHN H DP Non-Final OA Pending Apr 09, 2025
18945783 IMPLANT DRILL AND IMPLANT DRILL SET Dentaurum GmbH & Co. Kg RUIZ MARTIN, LUIS MIGUEL 3772 §103 Non-Final OA 16d Pending Nov 13, 2024
18419868 CLAMPING APPARATUS AND CONTACT APPARATUS FOR A PLATE AND METHOD FOR CLAMPING AT LEAST ONE WORKPIECE BETWEEN A CLAMPING APPARATUS AND A CONTACT APPARATUS. Bessey Tool GmbH & Co. Kg SHUM, KENT N 3723 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 23, 2024
18417142 POLISHING PAD Universal Photonics Far East Inc. VONCH, JEFFREY A 3723 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 19, 2024
18394311 RADIATION FIELD PROVISION DEVICE Universitaet Stuttgart PETKOVSEK, DANIEL 2874 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 22, 2023
18459658 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AN ELECTROCATALYST, ELECTROCATALYST, ELECTRODE FOR AN ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL, ION EXCHANGE MEMBRANE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AN ION EXCHANGE MEMBRANE, WATER ELECTROLYZER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A WATER ELECTROLYZER Cutting-Edge Nanomaterials (Cenmat) Ug (Haftungsbeschränkt) FORRY, COLTON BUSA 1711 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 01, 2023

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