Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Los Angeles-Ladas & Parry

Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

15 pending office actions • 13 clients • 15 examiners • 13 art units • 0 of 15 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 36 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Los Angeles-LADAS & PARRY works in Chemistry & Materials and has 24,440 career applications. The profile includes 16 pending office actions, placing a current examination workload alongside a very large recorded application base.

The resolved allowance rate is 84.44%, and an allowance has required an average of 3.04 office actions. The allowance figure describes the historical resolution pattern, while the office-action average indicates that successful matters commonly require multiple rounds of examination. For chemical and materials applicants, the data support an evaluation that separates extensive portfolio experience from the response effort reflected in individual prosecutions.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Quality Metrics (n=24440 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

84.4%
Allowance Rate
n=24440
+0.49σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=24440
3.0
OAs to Allowance
n=18839
-0.18σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=18839
1057 days
Time to Allowance
n=18839
+6.0pp
Interview Lift
n=24440
22.3%
RCE Rate
n=24440
0.6%
Appeal Rate
n=24440

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

77.9%
§101 Overcome
n=1470
81.7%
§102 Overcome
n=7142
82.5%
§103 Overcome
n=11524
84.3%
§112 Overcome
n=7779

Specialization & Scale

G06F, G02F, H04L
Top CPC Subclasses
11%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=24440
18
Practitioners
n=24440
1357.8
Apps / Practitioner
n=24440

Portfolio Summary

15
Total Pending OAs
12
Non-Final OAs
3
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
0
Due this month
1
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.

9
Hard (60%)
3
Medium (20%)
3
Easy (20%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (7%)
§103 only2 (13%)
§102 only1 (7%)
§112 only3 (20%)
Multi-statute (no §101)8 (53%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
27% of docket
1
Information Tech
7% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
9
Mechanical / Eng
60% of docket
1
Business / Other
7% 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.

150 h
Manual time on pending OAs
30 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
52 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PHILLIPS, III, ALBERT M 1 81.6% +12.7%
SHAAWAT, MUSSA A 1 76.6% +5.9%
GANCI, MATTHEW JOSEPH 1 93.1% -2.2%
GILBERTSON, SHAYNE M 1 76.6% +11.5%
PAULSON, SHEETAL R. 1 39.3% +16.5%
NGUYEN, CHI Q 1 82.4% +12.4%
SPAMER, DONALD R 1 59.4% +32.3%
BROCKMAN, ELDON T 1 85.1% +5.7%
LEE, CHEE-CHONG 1 64.3% +52.5%
ZAWORSKI, JONATHAN R 1 52.4% +26.0%

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
19490315 Data Processing Method, Apparatus, Device and Storage Medium PHILLIPS, III, ALBERT M —

Hard Cases (9)

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
19154757 TOP MOUNT FOR VEHICLE SUSPENSION AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THEREOF GANCI, MATTHEW JOSEPH —
19105765 ELECTRIC PROPULSION CONTROL SYSTEM FOR VESSEL PAULSON, SHEETAL R. —
18881726 LIGHTWEIGHT STRUCTURE MADE OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS NGUYEN, CHI Q —
18953952 AROMA-TYPE VENTILATION TUBE SPAMER, DONALD R —
18953966 EASY-TO-CLEAN VACUUM CLEANER BROCKMAN, ELDON T —
18944443 ECCENTRIC SWAYING WASHING NOZZLE LEE, CHEE-CHONG —
18916143 HANDHELD VACUUM CLEANER FOR PETS ZAWORSKI, JONATHAN R —
18903765 METHOD FOR DETERMINING TO-BE-OUTBOUND CONTAINERS AND DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM CUMBESS, YOLANDA RENEE —

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19490315 Data Processing Method, Apparatus, Device and Storage Medium PHILLIPS, III, ALBERT M —
19217860 INCHING CONTROL SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF GILBERTSON, SHAYNE M —
19105765 ELECTRIC PROPULSION CONTROL SYSTEM FOR VESSEL PAULSON, SHEETAL R. —
18881726 LIGHTWEIGHT STRUCTURE MADE OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS NGUYEN, CHI Q —
18953952 AROMA-TYPE VENTILATION TUBE SPAMER, DONALD R —
18944443 ECCENTRIC SWAYING WASHING NOZZLE LEE, CHEE-CHONG —
18916143 HANDHELD VACUUM CLEANER FOR PETS ZAWORSKI, JONATHAN R —

Client Portfolio (13 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17992
21591
36141
36651
36151
36351
37991
37521
37231
36511

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19490315 Data Processing Method, Apparatus, Device and Storage Medium BEIJING DIPEAK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD PHILLIPS, III, ALBERT M 2159 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 04, 2025
19309445 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE Jinan Zhenzhen Technology Research Institute SHAAWAT, MUSSA A §102Other Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 25, 2025
19154757 TOP MOUNT FOR VEHICLE SUSPENSION AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THEREOF Hyundai Polytech GANCI, MATTHEW JOSEPH 3614 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 07, 2025
19217860 INCHING CONTROL SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF Doosan Bobcat Korea Co., Ltd. GILBERTSON, SHAYNE M 3665 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 23, 2025
19105765 ELECTRIC PROPULSION CONTROL SYSTEM FOR VESSEL Hd Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co., Ltd. PAULSON, SHEETAL R. 3615 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 21, 2025
18881726 LIGHTWEIGHT STRUCTURE MADE OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS Tae Young Chung NGUYEN, CHI Q 3635 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 06, 2025
18953952 AROMA-TYPE VENTILATION TUBE Ningbo Brightech International Trading Co., Ltd. SPAMER, DONALD R 1799 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 20, 2024
18953966 EASY-TO-CLEAN VACUUM CLEANER Ningbo Brightech International Trading Co., Ltd. BROCKMAN, ELDON T 3799 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 20, 2024
18944443 ECCENTRIC SWAYING WASHING NOZZLE Ningbo Daye Garden Industry Co., Ltd. LEE, CHEE-CHONG 3752 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 12, 2024
18916143 HANDHELD VACUUM CLEANER FOR PETS Ningbo Brightech International Trading Co., Ltd. ZAWORSKI, JONATHAN R 3723 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 15, 2024
18903765 METHOD FOR DETERMINING TO-BE-OUTBOUND CONTAINERS AND DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Hai Robotics Co., Ltd. CUMBESS, YOLANDA RENEE 3651 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 01, 2024
18732669 Bubble Separating Apparatus For Spectrometer Bioreactor And Bioreactor Including The Same Cubick YOH, JULIUS FRANCIS 1799 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 04, 2024
18261657 400 MPa CORROSION-RESISTANT STEEL BAR AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF Jiangsu Shagang Group Co., Ltd. ZHENG, LOIS L 1733 §112 Final Rejection 40d Pending Jul 14, 2023
17600722 STAIN RESISTANT COATING COMPOSITION Ppg Industries Ohio, Inc. EASHOO, MARK 1767 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 01, 2021
17439392 SYRINGE AUXILIARY TOOL Taisei Kako Co., Ltd. RITCHIE, HADEN MATTHEW 3783 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 14, 2021

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Los Angeles-Ladas & Parry's patent allowance rate?

84.4% of resolved applications prosecuted by Los Angeles-Ladas & Parry were allowed, across 24,440 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Los Angeles-Ladas & Parry average before allowance?

3.04 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Los Angeles-Ladas & Parry have?

15 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 13 clients, before 15 examiners in 13 art units.

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