Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Lrk Patent Law Firm

54 pending office actions • 6 clients • 54 examiners • 52 art units • 0 of 54 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 132 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

54
Total Pending OAs
40
Non-Final OAs
14
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 54 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

32
Overdue
2
Due this week
16
Due this month
4
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. 54 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (32)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (16)Due ≤ 60 days (4)

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.

1
Hard (2%)
48
Medium (89%)
3
Easy (6%)
2
Unknown (4%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (2%)
§103 only38 (70%)
§102 only10 (19%)
§112 only3 (6%)
No statute on record2 (4%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
6% of docket
18
Information Tech
33% of docket
14
Communications
26% of docket
5
Semiconductors
9% of docket
14
Mechanical / Eng
26% 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.

540 h
Manual time on pending OAs
108 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
189 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
4.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KOHLMAN, CHRISTOPHER J 1 81.3% +2.7%
RODDEN, JOSHUA E 1 58.4% +51.3%
SINGH, AMRESH 1 75.8% +22.3%
PHAM, DUC M 1 88.6% +12.5%
VORCE, AMELIA J.I. 1 72.7% +21.6%
NGUYEN, AN T 1 67.8% +18.5%
LEE, SEUNG H 1 87.5% +10.8%
LANE, DANIEL E 1 4.1% +8.6%
SHAH, ANTIM G 1 74.2% +39.1%
MCPHERSON, JAMES M 1 82.4% +17.7%

Quick Wins (4)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18813215 METHOD OF COORDINATING PRIORITIES AMONG MULTIPLE AUTONOMOUS DRIVING ROBOTS AND APPARATUS PERFORMING THE SAME MCPHERSON, JAMES M 30d overdue
19055865 MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKING SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF PHAM, DUC M 5d overdue
18929951 INTEGRATED DIRECTIONAL ULTRAWIDEBAND PULSE GENERATOR FOR HIGH-POWER ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE RADIATION LEE, SEUNG H 2d overdue
19213524 DISPLAY TERMINAL, VIRTUAL TACTILE DEVICE, AND VIRTUAL TACTILE SYSTEM INCLUDING THEREOF KOHLMAN, CHRISTOPHER J 14d

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18964789 METHOD OF CORRECTING ROUTE DATA RELATED TO TRAFFIC DEMAND AND DEVICE THEREFOR VORCE, AMELIA J.I. 23d
18898038 INTERACTION-BASED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ANALYSIS APPARATUS AND METHOD LANE, DANIEL E 27d

Interview Candidates (8)

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
18813215 METHOD OF COORDINATING PRIORITIES AMONG MULTIPLE AUTONOMOUS DRIVING ROBOTS AND APPARATUS PERFORMING THE SAME MCPHERSON, JAMES M 30d overdue
19055865 MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKING SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF PHAM, DUC M 5d overdue
18935779 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TRAFFIC LIGHTS NGUYEN, AN T 2d overdue
18929951 INTEGRATED DIRECTIONAL ULTRAWIDEBAND PULSE GENERATOR FOR HIGH-POWER ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE RADIATION LEE, SEUNG H 2d overdue
18815057 METHOD AND ANALYSIS DEVICE THEREOF FOR ANALYZING DEGREE OF CORRELATION BETWEEN IMAGE GENERATED BY GENERATIVE MODEL AND TEXT PROMPT SHAH, ANTIM G 8d
19173124 APPARATUS FOR SETTING INITIAL LOCATION OF AERIAL VEHICLE FOR REPLACEMENT OF AERIAL VEHICLE OF MOBILE BACKHAUL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SETTING INITIAL LOCATION OF AERIAL VEHICLE USING THE SAME RODDEN, JOSHUA E 12d
19089252 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR LEARNING MIXED DATA FOR APPROXIMATE QUERIES SINGH, AMRESH 12d
18964789 METHOD OF CORRECTING ROUTE DATA RELATED TO TRAFFIC DEMAND AND DEVICE THEREFOR VORCE, AMELIA J.I. 23d

Client Portfolio (6 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
26862
26322
26281
36421
21591
28491
36661
28761
37151
26931

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19213524 DISPLAY TERMINAL, VIRTUAL TACTILE DEVICE, AND VIRTUAL TACTILE SYSTEM INCLUDING THEREOF ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE KOHLMAN, CHRISTOPHER J 2628 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending May 20, 2025
19173124 APPARATUS FOR SETTING INITIAL LOCATION OF AERIAL VEHICLE FOR REPLACEMENT OF AERIAL VEHICLE OF MOBILE BACKHAUL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SETTING INITIAL LOCATION OF AERIAL VEHICLE USING THE SAME ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE RODDEN, JOSHUA E 3642 §112 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Apr 08, 2025
19089252 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR LEARNING MIXED DATA FOR APPROXIMATE QUERIES ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE SINGH, AMRESH 2159 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Mar 25, 2025
19055865 MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKING SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE PHAM, DUC M 2849 §102 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Feb 18, 2025
18964789 METHOD OF CORRECTING ROUTE DATA RELATED TO TRAFFIC DEMAND AND DEVICE THEREFOR ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE VORCE, AMELIA J.I. 3666 §101 Non-Final OA 23d Pending Dec 02, 2024
18935779 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TRAFFIC LIGHTS ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE NGUYEN, AN T 2686 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Nov 04, 2024
18929951 INTEGRATED DIRECTIONAL ULTRAWIDEBAND PULSE GENERATOR FOR HIGH-POWER ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE RADIATION ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE LEE, SEUNG H 2876 §102 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Oct 29, 2024
18898038 INTERACTION-BASED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ANALYSIS APPARATUS AND METHOD ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE LANE, DANIEL E 3715 §102 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Sep 26, 2024
18815057 METHOD AND ANALYSIS DEVICE THEREOF FOR ANALYZING DEGREE OF CORRELATION BETWEEN IMAGE GENERATED BY GENERATIVE MODEL AND TEXT PROMPT ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE SHAH, ANTIM G 2693 §102 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Aug 26, 2024
18813215 METHOD OF COORDINATING PRIORITIES AMONG MULTIPLE AUTONOMOUS DRIVING ROBOTS AND APPARATUS PERFORMING THE SAME ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE MCPHERSON, JAMES M 3663 §103 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Aug 23, 2024
18840295 SENSING DEVICE FOR QUALITY MANAGEMENT OF MOLDED PRODUCT Emoldino Inc. BARTLETT, VICTORIA 1744 §103 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Aug 21, 2024
18771290 ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CLASSIFYING COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT BASED ON LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE AZIZ, SHEZA ABDUL 2657 §103 Non-Final OA 46d Pending Jul 12, 2024
18754377 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTING NOISE SOURCE IMPEDANCE OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE MCANDREW, CHRISTOPHER P 2858 §102 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Jun 26, 2024
18751438 ILLUMINATION LIGHT SOURCE AND SUBSTRATE INSPECTION APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME Bluetilelab, Inc. NIU, XINNING 2828 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Jun 24, 2024
18736768 ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR REINFORCEMENT LEARNING ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE LERNER, MARTIN 2658 §103 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Jun 07, 2024
18676563 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CROSSWALK PEDESTRIAN GUIDANCE BASED ON IMAGE AND BEACON ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE YANG, JAMES J 2686 §103 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending May 29, 2024
18661938 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING TASK PLAN ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE SINGH, GURKANWALJIT 3625 §103 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending May 13, 2024
18638918 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMPRESSING HOLOGRAM ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE NGUYEN, PHU K 2616 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Apr 18, 2024
18637554 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING DESTINATION FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE OF AUTONOMOUS DRIVING SYSTEM ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE WAKELY, REECE ANTHONY 3667 §103 Final Rejection 66d overdue Pending Apr 17, 2024
18633715 METHOD OF CREATING INDEX OF BLOCKCHAIN DATA AND DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SEARCHING FOR BLOCKCHAIN DATA ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE ALLEN, NICHOLAS E 2154 §103 Final Rejection 85d overdue Pending Apr 12, 2024
18623224 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER DIAGNOSIS BASED ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE MOYER, ANDREW M 2675 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Apr 01, 2024
18397160 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF ENERGY BLOCKCHAIN TRANSACTIONS OF PLUS ENERGY ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE MERANT, GUERRIER 2111 §103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Dec 27, 2023
18505395 CONTROL METHOD AND CONTROL APPARATUS FOR SMART OCCUPANCY SENSOR SYSTEM ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE CORTES, HOWARD 2118 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Nov 09, 2023
18505426 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MOBILITY MANAGEMENT OF TERMINAL CONNECTED TO INTEGRATED ACCESS BACKHAUL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE GHULAMALI, QUTBUDDIN 2632 §102 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Nov 09, 2023
18501418 BEAMFORMING APPARATUS AND BEAMFORMING METHOD USING EXPANDABLE PLANAR ARRAY ANTENNA ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE EDRADA, ISABELLA AMEYALI 3648 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Nov 03, 2023
18498221 3D PRINTER OUTPUT POST-PROCESSING APPARATUS ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE ROBITAILLE, JOHN P 1743 §103 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Oct 31, 2023
18379745 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING STABILITY OF FACTORY ENERGY CONSUMPTION BASED ON ENERGY INTENSITY PER PRODUCT ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE CAI, CHARLES J 2115 §103 Non-Final OA 25d overdue Pending Oct 13, 2023
18379008 DETACHABLE LIGHT SOURCE SUPPLY APPARATUS AND OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER HAVING THE SAME ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE DOBSON, DANIEL G 2634 §102 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Oct 11, 2023
18378272 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INTERACTION BETWEEN WORKER AND AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE YANOSKA, JOSEPH ANDERSON 3664 §103 Final Rejection 112d overdue Pending Oct 10, 2023
18378283 METHOD OF CONSTRUCTING NETWORK IN FACTORY ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE SAME ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE REYNOLDS, DEBORAH J 2458 Non-Final OA 167d overdue Pending Oct 10, 2023
18242792 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USING A SERVICE THROUGH BLOCKCHAIN SYSTEM ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE ABDULLAEV, AMANULLA 3692 §103 Final Rejection 147d overdue Pending Sep 06, 2023
18234933 PATH DETERMINATION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE COBY, FRANTZ 2459 §103 Non-Final OA 153d overdue Pending Aug 17, 2023
18232434 METHOD FOR SUPPORTING TERMINAL GROUP BASED SERVICES AND DEVICES PERFORMING THE SAME ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE LEE, SANG CHEON 2467 §103 Final Rejection 36d Pending Aug 10, 2023
18230742 WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR TIME-SENSITIVE NETWORK ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE ALI, SYED 2463 §103 Final Rejection 43d overdue Pending Aug 07, 2023
18229292 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING FEEDBACK INFORMATION BASED ON ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE LALCHINTHANG, VANNEILIAN 2414 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Aug 02, 2023
18229287 ELECTROLYTE COMPOSITION AND LITHIUM BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE COLTON, JENNA XIANXIAN 1782 §103 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Aug 02, 2023
18218320 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CODE RANDOMIZATION OF UNMODIFIED BINARIES ON INTEL SGX ENCLAVE ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE KONG, ALAN LINGQIAN 2494 §103 Final Rejection 5d Pending Jul 05, 2023
18205166 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING CARGO IN CONTAINER IMAGE USING CONTAINER WALL BACKGROUND REMOVAL ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE PERLMAN, DAVID S 2673 §102 Final Rejection 14d Pending Jun 02, 2023
18201360 ELECTRONIC DEVICE GENERATING 3D MODEL OF HUMAN AND ITS OPERATION METHOD ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE MINKO, DENIS VASILIY 2612 §112 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending May 24, 2023
18198381 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TRAIN IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE MCCARRY JR, ROBERT J 3615 §103 Non-Final OA 131d overdue Pending May 17, 2023
18037484 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SUPPORTING MULTICAST TRANSMISSION ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE YEUNG, MANG HANG 2417 §103 Non-Final OA 39d Pending May 17, 2023
18031908 MATCHING RIGHTS SUCCESSION METHOD AND DEVICE SUPPORTING SAME Hyongmo Kim ZHOU, YINGYING 3697 §103 Non-Final OA 59d overdue Pending Apr 14, 2023
18121763 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTIVE ENSEMBLE PREDICTION BASED ON DYNAMIC MODEL COMBINATION ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FEITL, LEAH M 2147 §103 Non-Final OA 16d Pending Mar 15, 2023
18109975 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMITATION LEARNING ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE BARRETT, RYAN S 2148 Other Non-Final OA 53d overdue Pending Feb 15, 2023
18098339 OPTICAL ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK SYSTEM ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE WASHINGTON, TAMARA Y 2872 §103 Non-Final OA 50d overdue Pending Jan 18, 2023
18091520 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SYNCHRONIZING ACTIONS OF LEARNING DEVICES BETWEEN SIMULATED WORLD AND REAL WORLD ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE TANG, BRYANT 3658 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Dec 30, 2022
17993556 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMMUNICATION USING FRONTHAUL INTERFACE ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FENNER, RAENITA ANN 2468 §103 Non-Final OA 35d overdue Pending Nov 23, 2022
17993402 INTERSECTION TRAFFIC LIGHT INFORMATION DETECTION METHOD AND SYSTEM ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE CONNER, SEAN M 2663 §103 Final Rejection 79d overdue Pending Nov 23, 2022
17989727 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DOWNLINK SMALL DATA TRANSMISSION OPERATION IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE HENSON, JAMAAL R 2411 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Nov 18, 2022
17988014 SEPARATED TYPE RECEIVING DEVICE FOR LIDAR, TRANSMITTING DEVICE FOR LIDAR AND LIDAR SYSTEM THEREOF ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE NOH, JAE NAM 2481 §102 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Nov 16, 2022
17988218 POSITIONING DATABASE COMPUTING METHOD AND APPARATUS ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE DSOUZA, JOSEPH FRANCIS A 2632 §103 Final Rejection 87d overdue Pending Nov 16, 2022
17925091 INJECTION PREPARATION KIT AND INJECTION PREPARATION SYSTEM COMPRISING SAME Ji Eun Lee WENG, KAI H 3781 §103 Non-Final OA 32d overdue Pending Nov 14, 2022
17911154 FLOW RATE CONTROL REGULATOR FOR FLUID INFUSION Medi Line Active Korea Co., Ltd. PATEL, SHEFALI DILIP 3783 §102 Final Rejection 15d Pending Sep 13, 2022
17836087 CLOUD SERVER, EDGE SERVER AND METHOD FOR GENERATING INTELLIGENCE MODEL USING THE SAME ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE SMITH, BRIAN M 2122 §112 Final Rejection 12d Pending Jun 09, 2022

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