Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

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

5 pending office actions • 5 clients • 5 examiners • 3 art units • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=419 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

87.8%
Allowance Rate
n=419
+0.53σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=419
3.0
OAs to Allowance
n=251
-0.33σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=251
1048 days
Time to Allowance
n=251
-0.4pp
Interview Lift
n=419
30.8%
RCE Rate
n=419
1.0%
Appeal Rate
n=419

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

72.4%
§101 Overcome
n=29
80.8%
§102 Overcome
n=104
77.8%
§103 Overcome
n=153
83.3%
§112 Overcome
n=138

Specialization & Scale

G02B, H10N, Y02E
Top CPC Subclasses
11%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=419
2
Practitioners
n=419
209.5
Apps / Practitioner
n=419

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
0
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.

5
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (20%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (80%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
20% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
40% of docket
2
Business / Other
40% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ARMSTRONG, KYLE 1 72.0% +30.2%
TRUONG, THOMAS 1 73.2% +15.9%
HSIEH, PING Y 1 79.1% +15.5%
WEISS, NICHOLAS J 1 60.1% +42.6%
SAHLE, MAHIDERE S 1 79.4% +13.1%

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17688880 EYE EXAMINATION KIOSK SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTE EYE EXAMINATION SAHLE, MAHIDERE S 22d overdue
18668867 MODULAR AIRFOIL SYSTEM WEISS, NICHOLAS J 8d
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

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
17688880 EYE EXAMINATION KIOSK SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTE EYE EXAMINATION SAHLE, MAHIDERE S 22d overdue
18668867 MODULAR AIRFOIL SYSTEM WEISS, NICHOLAS J 8d
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 (5 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36191
37111
28721

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
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
18822425 ELECTRIC MACHINES USING AXIALLY-MAGNETIZED CURVILINEAR PERMANENT MAGNETS Advanced Magnet Lab, Inc. TRUONG, THOMAS §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 §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
17688880 EYE EXAMINATION KIOSK SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTE EYE EXAMINATION Globechek Intellectual Holdings, LLC SAHLE, MAHIDERE S 2872 §103§112 Non-Final OA 22d overdue Pending Mar 07, 2022

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