Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A.

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

8 pending office actions • 7 clients • 8 examiners • 8 art units • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A. handles Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems and has 421 career applications. Its docket includes 8 pending office actions, indicating current examination work across the recorded portfolio.

The resolved allowance rate is 87.8%, and allowances have required an average of 3.07 office actions. The rate describes the firm’s recorded success among resolved matters, while the action average indicates that reaching allowance commonly involves several responses. Practitioners evaluating mechanical and transportation matters can use these figures to consider both historical outcomes and the likely need for sustained prosecution attention.

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

Quality Metrics (n=421 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

87.8%
Allowance Rate
n=421
+0.54σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=421
3.1
OAs to Allowance
n=252
-0.32σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=252
1048 days
Time to Allowance
n=252
-0.4pp
Interview Lift
n=421
30.7%
RCE Rate
n=421
1.0%
Appeal Rate
n=421

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

66.7%
§101 Overcome
n=33
80.8%
§102 Overcome
n=104
77.3%
§103 Overcome
n=154
83.3%
§112 Overcome
n=138

Specialization & Scale

G02B, H10N, Y02E
Top CPC Subclasses
11%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=421
2
Practitioners
n=421
210.5
Apps / Practitioner
n=421

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
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.

7
Hard (88%)
1
Medium (12%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (25%)
§101 + other2 (25%)
§103 only1 (12%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (38%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
12% of docket
1
Information Tech
12% of docket
1
Communications
12% of docket
1
Semiconductors
12% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
50% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
COSME, NATASHA W 1 80.4% +13.8%
AHMED, SHEEBA 1 80.6% +14.5%
ARMSTRONG, KYLE 1 72.0% +29.6%
ADDIE, RAYMOND W 1 81.1% +8.6%
TRUONG, THOMAS 1 73.5% +15.8%
HSIEH, PING Y 1 79.1% +15.5%
WEISS, NICHOLAS J 1 59.5% +43.4%
DOWNEY, JOHN R 1 60.0% +23.6%

Hard Cases (7)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18668867 MODULAR AIRFOIL SYSTEM WEISS, NICHOLAS J 8d
19032437 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LIMITING MOBILE DEVICE FUNCTIONALITY IN A GEOGRAPHIC AREA COSME, NATASHA W —
19005920 IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM WITH WAVELENGTH-SELECTIVE ENERGY SCATTERING LAYER AHMED, SHEEBA —
18960894 ARTIFICIAL REEF APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD ARMSTRONG, KYLE —
18929597 COMPOSITE STRUCTURAL PANEL AND METHOD OF FABRICATION ADDIE, RAYMOND W —
18822425 ELECTRIC MACHINES USING AXIALLY-MAGNETIZED CURVILINEAR PERMANENT MAGNETS TRUONG, THOMAS —
18815623 SECURITY AND TRACKING SYSTEMS INCLUDING ENERGY HARVESTING COMPONENTS FOR PROVIDING AUTONOMOUS ELECTRICAL POWER HSIEH, PING Y —

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
17750363 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR APPLYING CONTROLLED DOSAGE LIGHT THERAPY FOR TREATMENT OF BODY TISSUE DOWNEY, JOHN R 60d overdue
18668867 MODULAR AIRFOIL SYSTEM WEISS, NICHOLAS J 8d
19032437 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LIMITING MOBILE DEVICE FUNCTIONALITY IN A GEOGRAPHIC AREA COSME, NATASHA W —
19005920 IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM WITH WAVELENGTH-SELECTIVE ENERGY SCATTERING LAYER AHMED, SHEEBA —
18960894 ARTIFICIAL REEF APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD ARMSTRONG, KYLE —
18822425 ELECTRIC MACHINES USING AXIALLY-MAGNETIZED CURVILINEAR PERMANENT MAGNETS TRUONG, THOMAS —
18815623 SECURITY AND TRACKING SYSTEMS INCLUDING ENERGY HARVESTING COMPONENTS FOR PROVIDING AUTONOMOUS ELECTRICAL POWER HSIEH, PING Y —

Client Portfolio (7 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
24651
17871
36191
36711
28341
26641
37111
37921

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19032437 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LIMITING MOBILE DEVICE FUNCTIONALITY IN A GEOGRAPHIC AREA Cbros Technologies, LLC COSME, NATASHA W 2465 §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 20, 2025
19005920 IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM WITH WAVELENGTH-SELECTIVE ENERGY SCATTERING LAYER Face International Corporation AHMED, SHEEBA 1787 §101DP Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 30, 2024
18960894 ARTIFICIAL REEF APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD Florida Institute Of Technology, Inc. ARMSTRONG, KYLE 3619 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 26, 2024
18929597 COMPOSITE STRUCTURAL PANEL AND METHOD OF FABRICATION Composites Intellectual Holdings, Inc. ADDIE, RAYMOND W 3671 §101Other Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 28, 2024
18822425 ELECTRIC MACHINES USING AXIALLY-MAGNETIZED CURVILINEAR PERMANENT MAGNETS Advanced Magnet Lab, Inc. TRUONG, THOMAS 2834 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 02, 2024
18815623 SECURITY AND TRACKING SYSTEMS INCLUDING ENERGY HARVESTING COMPONENTS FOR PROVIDING AUTONOMOUS ELECTRICAL POWER Face International Corporation HSIEH, PING Y 2664 §101DP Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 26, 2024
18668867 MODULAR AIRFOIL SYSTEM J. Russell Consulting, Inc. WEISS, NICHOLAS J 3711 §102§103 Non-Final OA 8d Pending May 20, 2024
17750363 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR APPLYING CONTROLLED DOSAGE LIGHT THERAPY FOR TREATMENT OF BODY TISSUE UROSHAPE LLC DOWNEY, JOHN R 3792 §103 Final Rejection 60d overdue Pending May 22, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A.'s patent allowance rate?

87.8% of resolved applications prosecuted by Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A. were allowed, across 421 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A. average before allowance?

3.07 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A. have?

8 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 7 clients, before 8 examiners in 8 art units.

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