Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Mannava & Kang, P.C.

38 pending office actions • 6 clients • 38 examiners • 28 art units • 0 of 38 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=2395 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

94.5%
Allowance Rate
n=2395
+0.76σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=2395
3.8
OAs to Allowance
n=1862
+0.01σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=1862
1173 days
Time to Allowance
n=1862
+2.8pp
Interview Lift
n=2395
35.4%
RCE Rate
n=2395
2.9%
Appeal Rate
n=2395

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

84.6%
§101 Overcome
n=501
87.1%
§102 Overcome
n=618
87.4%
§103 Overcome
n=1291
87.0%
§112 Overcome
n=640

Specialization & Scale

G06F, H04L, G06Q
Top CPC Subclasses
31%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=2395
4
Practitioners
n=2395
598.8
Apps / Practitioner
n=2395

Portfolio Summary

38
Total Pending OAs
21
Non-Final OAs
12
Final Rejections
5
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

6
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (6)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (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.

24
Hard (63%)
12
Medium (32%)
2
Easy (5%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other11 (29%)
§103 only11 (29%)
§102 only1 (3%)
Double-patenting only2 (5%)
Multi-statute (no §101)13 (34%)

Industry Mix

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

5
Life Sciences
13% of docket
11
Information Tech
29% of docket
1
Communications
3% of docket
7
Semiconductors
18% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
13% of docket
9
Business / Other
24% 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.

380 h
Manual time on pending OAs
76 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
133 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
POWERS, LAURA C 1 55.9% +47.6%
HUANG, DAVID S 1 86.8% +15.3%
TANG, KAREN C 1 70.5% +24.2%
JIN, SELENA MENG 1 44.3% +25.1%
LEWIS, JUSTIN V 1 55.2% +17.6%
ANWARI, MACEEH 1 81.2% +5.4%
MORALES, JON ERIC C 1 85.6% +9.6%
OESTREICH, MITCHELL T 1 74.6% +20.5%
NGUYEN, QUANG X.L. 1 47.7% +12.4%
LEI, JIE 1 72.9% +16.7%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19072498 OVER THE AIR ADJACENT CHANNEL LEAKAGE RATIO (ACLR) MEASUREMENT HUANG, DAVID S
18923290 CONTROL SYSTEM FOR STEERING AUTOMATED VEHICLES USING HETEROGENEOUS REDUNDANCY CHECKS ANWARI, MACEEH
18921833 ARTIFICIAL RIGHT ATRIUM DESIGN FOR FAILING FONTANS MORALES, JON ERIC C

Hard Cases (24)

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
17195890 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MACHINE LEARNING BASED USER EXPERIENCE EVALUATION FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT SERVICES HATCHER, DEIRDRE D 294d overdue
17942340 SMART COLLABORATIVE MACHINE UNLEARNING RODEN, DONALD THOMAS 110d overdue
18959343 SECURITY PIGMENT LEWIS, JUSTIN V 30d overdue
17742597 LAMELLAR PARTICLES WITH FUNCTIONAL COATING TUROCY, DAVID P 11d overdue
18118124 MACHINE LEARNING-BASED APPLICATION MANAGEMENT FOR ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS LEE, WILLIAM MICHAEL 5d overdue
18101579 SYSTEM FOR PROBABILISTIC MODELING AND MULTI-LAYER MODELING FOR DIGITAL TWINS TRIEU, EM N 15d
18321955 PRINTING WITH PROGRAMMABLE INK FOR RAPID PACKAGING ITERATIONS CULLER, JILL E 40d
17338118 METHOD OF REPLICATING A MICROSTRUCTURE PATTERN MELLOTT, JAMES M 63d

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
18959343 SECURITY PIGMENT LEWIS, JUSTIN V 30d overdue
19081812 SECURITY PIGMENT AND OPTICAL SECURITY ELEMENT POWERS, LAURA C
19072498 OVER THE AIR ADJACENT CHANNEL LEAKAGE RATIO (ACLR) MEASUREMENT HUANG, DAVID S
19051642 REAL-TIME O-RAN FRONTHAUL ANALYZER AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE TANG, KAREN C
19014023 STEERING AUTOMATED VEHICLES BASED ON TRAJECTORIES PLANNED FROM OCCUPANCY GRIDS OBTAINED BY BACKTRACING LIDAR RAYS JIN, SELENA MENG
18830286 OPTICAL ELEMENT AND OPTICAL SYSTEM OESTREICH, MITCHELL T
18827065 PRINTING MACHINE AND FIXED PATTERNED PLATE NGUYEN, QUANG X.L.
18773232 OPTICAL DEVICES WITH COLORED REFLECTOR LAYER LEI, JIE

Client Portfolio (6 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28552
21282
17851
24471
36671
36371
36631
26641
28571
28771

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19081812 SECURITY PIGMENT AND OPTICAL SECURITY ELEMENT VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC. POWERS, LAURA C 1785 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Mar 17, 2025
19072498 OVER THE AIR ADJACENT CHANNEL LEAKAGE RATIO (ACLR) MEASUREMENT VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC. HUANG, DAVID S DP Non-Final OA Pending Mar 06, 2025
19051642 REAL-TIME O-RAN FRONTHAUL ANALYZER AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC. TANG, KAREN C 2447 §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Feb 12, 2025
19014023 STEERING AUTOMATED VEHICLES BASED ON TRAJECTORIES PLANNED FROM OCCUPANCY GRIDS OBTAINED BY BACKTRACING LIDAR RAYS Embotech AG JIN, SELENA MENG 3667 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 08, 2025
18959343 SECURITY PIGMENT Vivavi Solutions Inc. LEWIS, JUSTIN V 3637 §103§112 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Nov 25, 2024
18923290 CONTROL SYSTEM FOR STEERING AUTOMATED VEHICLES USING HETEROGENEOUS REDUNDANCY CHECKS Embotech AG ANWARI, MACEEH 3663 §102 Final Rejection Pending Oct 22, 2024
18921833 ARTIFICIAL RIGHT ATRIUM DESIGN FOR FAILING FONTANS Children'S Hospital Los Angeles MORALES, JON ERIC C DP Final Rejection Pending Oct 21, 2024
18830286 OPTICAL ELEMENT AND OPTICAL SYSTEM VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC. OESTREICH, MITCHELL T §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Sep 10, 2024
18827065 PRINTING MACHINE AND FIXED PATTERNED PLATE VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC. NGUYEN, QUANG X.L. §102§103Other Non-Final OA Pending Sep 06, 2024
18773232 OPTICAL DEVICES WITH COLORED REFLECTOR LAYER VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC. LEI, JIE §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 15, 2024
18675841 DIRECT CONTROL ON LASER FREQUENCY FOR DUAL-PULSE DISTRIBUTED ACOUSTIC SENSING (DAS) VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC. LARKIN, DANIEL SEAN 2855 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 28, 2024
18674398 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AND QUERYING DATA PERTAINING TO AN ENTERPRISE Accenture Global Solutions Limited ANDERSON, SCOTT C §101§102§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 24, 2024
18673069 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING A GAS CONCENTRATION IN ONE OR MORE REACTION CHAMBERS VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC. SINGER, DAVID L 2855 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 23, 2024
18647652 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)-BASED SYSTEM FOR AI APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT USING CODELESS CREATION OF AI WORKFLOWS Accenture Global Solutions Limited ADAMS, EILEEN M §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 26, 2024
18616742 ANALYSIS AND MEASUREMENT OF SIGNALS IN A MULTI-CHANNEL ANTENNA RECEIVER WITH MULTI-CHANNEL ANALOG-DIGITAL CONVERTERS (ADCS) VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC. HSIEH, PING Y 2664 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 26, 2024
18685767 IDENTIFYING EVENTS IN DISTRIBUTED ACOUSTIC SENSING DATA VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC. COONS, LOGAN DOUGLAS 2857 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 22, 2024
18412079 MULTIPLE MAGNIFICATION INSPECTION OF DUTS VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC. STOCK JR, GORDON J 2877 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 12, 2024
18407844 UNIVERSAL CONNECTOR/ADAPTOR FOR FIBER OPTIC CABLES VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC. GREEN, TAJANAE NICOLE 2874 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 09, 2024
18343408 DISCOVERING, ASSESSING, AND REMEDIATING CLOUD NATIVE APPLICATION RISKS DUE TO SECURITY MISCONFIGURATIONS Accenture Global Solutions Limited MAYE, AYUB A 2436 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Jun 28, 2023
18333200 Intelligent Collaborative Decision Generation System with Link Prediction Assisted by User Feedback Accenture Global Solutions Limited BROWN, CHRISTOPHER J 2439 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 12, 2023
18321955 PRINTING WITH PROGRAMMABLE INK FOR RAPID PACKAGING ITERATIONS Accenture Global Solutions Limited CULLER, JILL E 2853 §103§112 Final Rejection 40d Pending May 23, 2023
18316940 DIGITAL TWIN-BASED FLOOR LAYOUT GENERATION Accenture Global Solutions Limited JOHNSON, CEDRIC D §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 12, 2023
18118124 MACHINE LEARNING-BASED APPLICATION MANAGEMENT FOR ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS Accenture Global Solution Limited LEE, WILLIAM MICHAEL 2145 §101§103 Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending Mar 06, 2023
18115676 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCT DISASSEMBLY SEQUENCE PLANNING Accenture Global Solutions Limited LYON, ALEXANDER WALKER 4100 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 28, 2023
18111038 MACHINE LEARNING-BASED CONVERSATION ANALYSIS Accenture Global Solutions Limited KAWSAR, ABDULLAH AL 2127 §101§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Feb 17, 2023
18108375 STYLIZATION-BASED FLOOR PLAN GENERATION Accenture Global Solutions Limited WONG, WILLIAM 2188 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 10, 2023
18107284 NETWORK THROUGHPUT TESTS AT PREDEFINED THRESHOLDS VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC. DU, ZONGHUA A 2444 §103 Final Rejection 30d Pending Feb 08, 2023
18101579 SYSTEM FOR PROBABILISTIC MODELING AND MULTI-LAYER MODELING FOR DIGITAL TWINS Accenture Global Solutions Limited TRIEU, EM N 2128 §101§103 Final Rejection 15d Pending Jan 25, 2023
18093437 INDEX MODELING Accenture Global Solutions Limited SENSENIG, SHAUN D 3629 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 05, 2023
18081264 ENERGY EFFICIENT COLLABORATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIAL AND GOVERNANCE (ESG) DATA CONSOLIDATION AND VALIDATION IN THE METAVERSE Accenture Global Solutions Limited HO, THOMAS Y 2141 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 14, 2022
18060899 SELF-CLEANING TEXTILE SEAT Advanced Functional Fabrics Of America, Inc. TAI, XIUYU 1795 §103Other Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Dec 01, 2022
17972453 DIE INCLUDING A NON-RECTANGULAR SHAPED OPTICAL MATERIAL AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC. ZHANG, MICHAEL N 1781 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 24, 2022
17942340 SMART COLLABORATIVE MACHINE UNLEARNING Accenture Global Solutions Limited RODEN, DONALD THOMAS 2128 §101§103 Non-Final OA 110d overdue Pending Sep 12, 2022
17742597 LAMELLAR PARTICLES WITH FUNCTIONAL COATING VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC. TUROCY, DAVID P 1718 §102§103 Final Rejection 11d overdue Pending May 12, 2022
17737865 DIE INCLUDING OPTICAL ELEMENTS VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC. STANFORD, CHRISTOPHER J 2872 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending May 05, 2022
17412726 PROXY INTERPRETER TO UPGRADE AUTOMATED LEGACY SYSTEMS Emage AI Pte. Ltd. DAY, ROBERT N 2122 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Aug 26, 2021
17338118 METHOD OF REPLICATING A MICROSTRUCTURE PATTERN VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC. MELLOTT, JAMES M 1759 §103§112 Non-Final OA 63d Pending Jun 03, 2021
17195890 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MACHINE LEARNING BASED USER EXPERIENCE EVALUATION FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT SERVICES Accenture Global Solutions Limited HATCHER, DEIRDRE D 3625 §101§103 Non-Final OA 294d overdue Pending Mar 09, 2021

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