Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Loeb & Loeb LLP

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

Quality Metrics (n=1225 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

86.4%
Allowance Rate
n=1225
+0.48σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1225
2.6
OAs to Allowance
n=797
-0.69σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=797
910 days
Time to Allowance
n=797
+10.4pp
Interview Lift
n=1225
20.1%
RCE Rate
n=1225
1.1%
Appeal Rate
n=1225

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

73.4%
§101 Overcome
n=139
78.1%
§102 Overcome
n=269
76.8%
§103 Overcome
n=457
79.8%
§112 Overcome
n=356

Specialization & Scale

G06F, G06Q, H04W
Top CPC Subclasses
17%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1225
7
Practitioners
n=1225
175.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=1225

Portfolio Summary

21
Total Pending OAs
10
Non-Final OAs
9
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

6
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
3
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (6)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (3)Due later (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.

15
Hard (71%)
4
Medium (19%)
2
Easy (10%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other4 (19%)
§103 only4 (19%)
§112 only2 (10%)
Multi-statute (no §101)11 (52%)

Industry Mix

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

5
Life Sciences
24% of docket
4
Information Tech
19% of docket
3
Communications
14% of docket
2
Semiconductors
10% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
29% of docket
1
Business / Other
5% 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.

210 h
Manual time on pending OAs
42 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
74 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PLAKKOOTTAM, DOMINICK L 1 74.2% +14.9%
GILLS, KURTIS 1 57.7% +29.0%
SASS, KIMBERLY A. 1 53.0% +53.3%
ZARRINEH, SHAHRIAR 1 77.5% +6.3%
IDOWU, OLUGBENGA O 1 71.5% +19.1%
STANFORD, CHRISTOPHER J 1 55.1% +26.3%
LUONG, PETER 1 69.1% +26.8%
CHAN, KO HUNG 1 66.4% +15.3%
GRUSBY, REBECCA LYNN 1 31.6% +45.1%
KOETH, MICHELLE M 1 77.3% +16.4%

Hard Cases (15)

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
18755649 DECORATIVE PANEL, DECORATIVE COVERING, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUCH A PANEL GRUSBY, REBECCA LYNN 28d overdue
18129692 ELECTRICAL VEHICLE CHARGING STATION AND MEDIA DISPLAY ROBBINS, JERRY D 28d overdue
18275399 METHOD AND SYSTEM OF A FIBRILLATED CELLULOSE COMPOSITE MATERIAL WITH BLENDED WITH POLYMERS ROMANOWSKI, MICHAEL C 16d overdue
17798875 POINT-OF-CARE MICROFLUIDIC IN VITRO DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM KASS, BENJAMIN JOSEPH 13d
18770588 MODULAR AND ADJUSTABLE UPRIGHT REPAIR DEVICE FOR INDUSTRIAL STORAGE RACKS CHAN, KO HUNG 34d
18215009 METHOD FOR CREATING AN OBJECT KESSLER, CHRISTOPHER S 34d
19259721 FLUID CIRCULATOR FOR HEATING OR COOLING SYSTEMS PLAKKOOTTAM, DOMINICK L 50d
19244735 CONSUMER FEEDBACK DEVICE GILLS, KURTIS

Interview Candidates (9)

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
18755649 DECORATIVE PANEL, DECORATIVE COVERING, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUCH A PANEL GRUSBY, REBECCA LYNN 28d overdue
18770588 MODULAR AND ADJUSTABLE UPRIGHT REPAIR DEVICE FOR INDUSTRIAL STORAGE RACKS CHAN, KO HUNG 34d
19259721 FLUID CIRCULATOR FOR HEATING OR COOLING SYSTEMS PLAKKOOTTAM, DOMINICK L 50d
19244735 CONSUMER FEEDBACK DEVICE GILLS, KURTIS
18984542 MEDICAL LITERATURE RECOMMENDER BASED ON PATIENT HEALTH INFORMATION USER FEEDBACK SASS, KIMBERLY A.
18921703 DETECTION OF ABNORMAL ACCESS BEHAVIOR BASED ON MACHINE LEARNING IDOWU, OLUGBENGA O
18882817 BINOCULARS STANFORD, CHRISTOPHER J
18780239 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED MR IMAGING OF BRAIN VENTRICLES LUONG, PETER

Client Portfolio (18 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37461
21741
36861
24961
24941
28721
37971
36311
17851
26711

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19259721 FLUID CIRCULATOR FOR HEATING OR COOLING SYSTEMS Taco Italia S.r.l. PLAKKOOTTAM, DOMINICK L 3746 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 50d Pending Jul 03, 2025
19244735 CONSUMER FEEDBACK DEVICE The Like Machine, Inc. GILLS, KURTIS 2174 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 20, 2025
18984542 MEDICAL LITERATURE RECOMMENDER BASED ON PATIENT HEALTH INFORMATION USER FEEDBACK American Medical Association SASS, KIMBERLY A. 3686 §101§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 17, 2024
18967549 ACCESS AUTHENTICATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION Tp-Link Systems Inc. ZARRINEH, SHAHRIAR 2496 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 03, 2024
18921703 DETECTION OF ABNORMAL ACCESS BEHAVIOR BASED ON MACHINE LEARNING Tp-Link Systems Inc. IDOWU, OLUGBENGA O 2494 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 21, 2024
18882817 BINOCULARS Guangdong Sirui Optical Co., Ltd. STANFORD, CHRISTOPHER J 2872 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 12, 2024
18780239 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED MR IMAGING OF BRAIN VENTRICLES Aspect Imaging Ltd. LUONG, PETER 3797 §101§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 22, 2024
18770588 MODULAR AND ADJUSTABLE UPRIGHT REPAIR DEVICE FOR INDUSTRIAL STORAGE RACKS Spaceguard Products Inc. CHAN, KO HUNG 3631 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 34d Pending Jul 11, 2024
18755649 DECORATIVE PANEL, DECORATIVE COVERING, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUCH A PANEL Northann Building Solutions LLC GRUSBY, REBECCA LYNN 1785 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 28d overdue Pending Jun 26, 2024
18668168 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECONSTRUCTING MR IMAGES FROM MULTIPLE SPARSE-SAMPLED SCANS Aspect Imaging Ltd. KOETH, MICHELLE M 2671 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 18, 2024
18590135 DETERMINING A SUBROGATION VALUE OF A PLURALITY OF INSURANCE CLAIMS Ccc Intelligent Solutions, Inc. CAMPEN, KELLY SCAGGS 3691 §101§103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 28, 2024
18231480 INTERACTIVE VIEWING OF DAMAGE TO AN OBJECT Ccc Intelligent Solutions Inc. CHEN, BIAO 2611 §103 Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending Aug 08, 2023
18275399 METHOD AND SYSTEM OF A FIBRILLATED CELLULOSE COMPOSITE MATERIAL WITH BLENDED WITH POLYMERS Ecoinno (H.K.) Limited ROMANOWSKI, MICHAEL C 1782 §103§112 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Aug 01, 2023
18215009 METHOD FOR CREATING AN OBJECT The Manufacturing Technology Centre Limited KESSLER, CHRISTOPHER S 1759 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Jun 27, 2023
18129692 ELECTRICAL VEHICLE CHARGING STATION AND MEDIA DISPLAY LOOP, INC. ROBBINS, JERRY D 2859 §103§112 Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Mar 31, 2023
18078216 FRACTIONATION OF CANNABIS EXTRACTS Cresco Labs, LLC JARRELL, NOBLE E 1699 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 09, 2022
17928219 SPACE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, METHOD, AND DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Rayz Technologies Co. Ltd. VASQUEZ JR, ROBERT WILLIAM 3645 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 28, 2022
17798875 POINT-OF-CARE MICROFLUIDIC IN VITRO DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM Emerging Viral Diagnostics (Hk) Limited KASS, BENJAMIN JOSEPH 1798 §103§112 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Aug 10, 2022
17655590 MACHINE TRANSLATION GUIDED BY REFERENCE DOCUMENTS Deeptranslate Limited SUBRAMANI, NANDINI 2656 §103 Final Rejection 72d Pending Mar 21, 2022
35513822 Extinguisher Amplla A.S. JOHNSON, JUSTIN ALAN 2911 §112 Non-Final OA 261d overdue Pending Feb 18, 2022
17049349 TRAINING METHOD OF NEURAL NETWORK BASED ON MEMRISTOR AND TRAINING DEVICE THEREOF Tsinghua University SMITH, KEVIN LEE 2122 §103 Final Rejection 45d overdue Pending Oct 21, 2020

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