Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Los Angeles-Ladas & Parry

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

18 pending office actions • 15 clients • 18 examiners • 12 art units • 0 of 18 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 36 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Los Angeles-LADAS & PARRY has a career history of 24379 applications, with a primary focus on the Chemistry and Materials technology area. The firm currently manages 14 pending office actions. This career volume of 24379 applications demonstrates institutional experience in patent prosecution.

The firm's resolved allowance rate stands at 84.44 percent. It averages 3.04 office actions per allowance to secure a patent grant. This 3.04 average office actions per allowance reflects the typical prosecution cycle for the firm's 24379 career applications. The 84.44 percent allowance rate provides a benchmark for its performance in the Chemistry and Materials sector.

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

Quality Metrics (n=24388 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

84.4%
Allowance Rate
n=24388
+0.49σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=24388
3.0
OAs to Allowance
n=18810
-0.18σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=18810
1057 days
Time to Allowance
n=18810
+6.0pp
Interview Lift
n=24388
22.3%
RCE Rate
n=24388
0.6%
Appeal Rate
n=24388

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

77.8%
§101 Overcome
n=1467
81.8%
§102 Overcome
n=7116
82.6%
§103 Overcome
n=11488
84.4%
§112 Overcome
n=7763

Specialization & Scale

G06F, G02F, H04L
Top CPC Subclasses
11%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=24388
18
Practitioners
n=24388
1354.9
Apps / Practitioner
n=24388

Portfolio Summary

18
Total Pending OAs
12
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
1
Due this week
0
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 7 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.

11
Hard (61%)
3
Medium (17%)
4
Easy (22%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (6%)
§103 only3 (17%)
§112 only4 (22%)
Multi-statute (no §101)10 (56%)

Industry Mix

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

6
Life Sciences
33% of docket
1
Information Tech
6% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
8
Mechanical / Eng
44% of docket
3
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.

180 h
Manual time on pending OAs
36 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
63 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
GANCI, MATTHEW JOSEPH 1 93.1% -2.9%
GILBERTSON, SHAYNE M 1 76.6% +11.5%
FISCHER, JUSTIN R 1 44.3% +2.3%
VO, TIM T 1 57.3% +24.2%
NGUYEN, CHI Q 1 82.4% +12.4%
BROCKMAN, ELDON T 1 85.0% +5.7%
SPAMER, DONALD R 1 59.2% +32.1%
LEE, CHEE-CHONG 1 64.4% +52.4%
ZAWORSKI, JONATHAN R 1 52.7% +26.7%
CUMBESS, YOLANDA RENEE 1 86.9% +8.5%

Hard Cases (11)

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 —
19128962 METHOD FOR ACQUIRING INFORMATION, DATA STORAGE SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM VO, TIM T —
18881726 LIGHTWEIGHT STRUCTURE MADE OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS NGUYEN, CHI Q —
18953966 EASY-TO-CLEAN VACUUM CLEANER BROCKMAN, ELDON T —
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 —
18903765 METHOD FOR DETERMINING TO-BE-OUTBOUND CONTAINERS AND DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM CUMBESS, YOLANDA RENEE —

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19217860 INCHING CONTROL SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF GILBERTSON, SHAYNE M —
19128962 METHOD FOR ACQUIRING INFORMATION, DATA STORAGE SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM VO, TIM T —
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 (15 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37833
17492
36141
36651
21381
36351
37991
17991
37521
17141

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
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
19208517 TIRE Hankook Tire & Technology Co., Ltd. FISCHER, JUSTIN R 1749 §112 Final Rejection 7d Pending May 14, 2025
19128962 METHOD FOR ACQUIRING INFORMATION, DATA STORAGE SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Cloud Intelligence Assets Holding (Singapore) Private Limited VO, TIM T 2138 §101§103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending May 09, 2025
18881726 LIGHTWEIGHT STRUCTURE MADE OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS Tae Young Chung NGUYEN, CHI Q 3635 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 06, 2025
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
18953952 AROMA-TYPE VENTILATION TUBE Ningbo Brightech International Trading Co., Ltd. SPAMER, DONALD R 1799 §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 §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 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 01, 2024
18721667 PNEUMATIC TIRE Hankook Tire & Technology Co., Ltd. MAKI, STEVEN D 1749 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 19, 2024
18732669 Bubble Separating Apparatus For Spectrometer Bioreactor And Bioreactor Including The Same Cubick YOH, JULIUS FRANCIS §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 04, 2024
18501985 POLYSILICON ROD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING POLYSILICON ROD Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. QI, HUA 1714 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 03, 2023
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
18250524 SYRINGE GASKET AND SYRINGE Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd. BRANDT, DAVID NELSON 3783 §112 Final Rejection 46d overdue Pending Apr 25, 2023
18250507 SYRINGE Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki Kaisha IGEL JR, MARK ALAN 3783 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 25, 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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