Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Masuvalley & Partners

17 pending office actions • 14 clients • 17 examiners • 11 art units • 0 of 17 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 40 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=995 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

89.8%
Allowance Rate
n=995
+0.63σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=995
3.1
OAs to Allowance
n=811
-0.41σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=811
949 days
Time to Allowance
n=811
+0.0pp
Interview Lift
n=995
25.2%
RCE Rate
n=995
0.0%
Appeal Rate
n=995

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

69.1%
§101 Overcome
n=97
81.0%
§102 Overcome
n=311
83.4%
§103 Overcome
n=495
85.7%
§112 Overcome
n=476

Specialization & Scale

G07F, A61J, B65B
Top CPC Subclasses
10%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=995
0
Practitioners
n=995
Apps / Practitioner
n=995 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

17
Total Pending OAs
11
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (3)

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 (65%)
3
Medium (18%)
3
Easy (18%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (12%)
§103 only3 (18%)
§112 only3 (18%)
Multi-statute (no §101)9 (53%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
18% of docket
3
Information Tech
18% of docket
1
Communications
6% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
24% of docket
6
Business / Other
35% 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.

170 h
Manual time on pending OAs
34 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
59 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
OJOFEITIMI, AYODEJI HARRY 1 87.4% +1.8%
NGUYEN, TRI V 1 67.4% +57.7%
KOESTER, MICHAEL RICHARD 1 40.1% +24.6%
SASTRI, SATYA B 1 62.8% +29.7%
VU, VIET D 1 84.1% +14.4%
SADATE-MOUALEU, MIREILLE SANDRA 1 90.9% +10.5%
KIM, YEWON 1 88.0% +11.5%
JENNINGS, MICHAEL DEANGILO 1 77.9% +14.3%
HARBOTTLE, CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH 1
LARSON, JOHN MICHAEL 1 50.0% +75.0%

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
18842533 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD VU, VIET D 29d
19178147 TABLET RECEPTACLE AND DRUG DISPENSING DEVICE OJOFEITIMI, AYODEJI HARRY
18840284 INTERNAL TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT DEVICE, INTERNAL TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAM SADATE-MOUALEU, MIREILLE SANDRA

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
18554042 MEDICINE DISPENSING SYSTEM, ADJUSTING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM PATEL, MIRAJ T 6d
18984799 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM KOESTER, MICHAEL RICHARD 29d
18993446 CARBON NANOTUBE DISPERSION AND ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL USING SAME NGUYEN, TRI V
18800359 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENERGY-OPTIMIZED UAV-ASSISTED UNDERWATER WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK KIM, YEWON
18787881 CLEANING SHEET JENNINGS, MICHAEL DEANGILO
18719223 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HARBOTTLE, CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH
18735996 Suction Port Body For Electric Vacuum Cleaner, And Electric Vacuum Cleaner LARSON, JOHN MICHAEL
18573713 A MEDIUM FOR STORING ISOLATED PANCREATIC ISLETS AND A METHOD FOR STORING ISOLATED PANCREATIC ISLETS GU, QINHUA

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
18984799 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM KOESTER, MICHAEL RICHARD 29d
18842533 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD VU, VIET D 29d
18993446 CARBON NANOTUBE DISPERSION AND ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL USING SAME NGUYEN, TRI V
18823531 Formulation for obtaining photocrosslinked plastisol and method for obtaining photocrosslinking plastisol SASTRI, SATYA B
18840284 INTERNAL TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT DEVICE, INTERNAL TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAM SADATE-MOUALEU, MIREILLE SANDRA
18800359 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENERGY-OPTIMIZED UAV-ASSISTED UNDERWATER WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK KIM, YEWON
18787881 CLEANING SHEET JENNINGS, MICHAEL DEANGILO
18735996 Suction Port Body For Electric Vacuum Cleaner, And Electric Vacuum Cleaner LARSON, JOHN MICHAEL

Client Portfolio (14 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17641
36241
17851
24551
16331
26741
37811
36551
37231
21281

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19178147 TABLET RECEPTACLE AND DRUG DISPENSING DEVICE Yuyama Mfg. Co., Ltd. OJOFEITIMI, AYODEJI HARRY §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 14, 2025
18993446 CARBON NANOTUBE DISPERSION AND ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL USING SAME Kusumoto Chemicals, Ltd. NGUYEN, TRI V 1764 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jan 10, 2025
18984799 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM Cbe-A Co., Ltd. KOESTER, MICHAEL RICHARD 3624 §101§103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Dec 17, 2024
18823531 Formulation for obtaining photocrosslinked plastisol and method for obtaining photocrosslinking plastisol Vita Polymers Poland Sp. Z O.O. SASTRI, SATYA B 1785 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 03, 2024
18842533 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD Sushi Top Marketing, Inc. VU, VIET D 2455 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Aug 29, 2024
18840284 INTERNAL TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT DEVICE, INTERNAL TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAM Biodata Bank, Inc. SADATE-MOUALEU, MIREILLE SANDRA §112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 21, 2024
18800359 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENERGY-OPTIMIZED UAV-ASSISTED UNDERWATER WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK Indian Institute Of Technology Kharagpur KIM, YEWON §103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Aug 12, 2024
18787881 CLEANING SHEET Probe Innovation, Inc. JENNINGS, MICHAEL DEANGILO §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 29, 2024
18719223 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Shindengen Electric Manufacturing Co., Ltd. HARBOTTLE, CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 12, 2024
18735996 Suction Port Body For Electric Vacuum Cleaner, And Electric Vacuum Cleaner Iris Ohyama Inc. LARSON, JOHN MICHAEL §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 06, 2024
18573713 A MEDIUM FOR STORING ISOLATED PANCREATIC ISLETS AND A METHOD FOR STORING ISOLATED PANCREATIC ISLETS Polbionica Sp. Z O.O. GU, QINHUA 1633 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 22, 2023
18568285 EMOTION INFERRING APPARATUS, EMOTION INFERRING METHOD AND PROGRAM Life Quest Inc. BEZUAYEHU, SOLOMON G 2674 §101§103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 08, 2023
18505013 METHOD FOR USING GOLD FOIL Ansena Inc. STEPHENS, JACQUELINE F 3781 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Nov 08, 2023
18554042 MEDICINE DISPENSING SYSTEM, ADJUSTING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM Yuyama Mfg. Co., Ltd. PATEL, MIRAJ T 3655 §102§103 Final Rejection 6d Pending Oct 05, 2023
18001714 EXTENSION TUBE FOR VACUUM CLEANER AND VACUUM CLEANER UNIT Iris Ohyama Inc. POON, DANA LEE 3723 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 14, 2022
17116930 INFERENCE APPARATUS, AND INFERENCE METHOD Axell Corporation NGUYEN, TRI T 2128 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Dec 09, 2020
17097926 INFERENCE SYSTEM, INFERENCE DEVICE, AND INFERENCE METHOD Axell Corporation VAUGHN, RYAN C 2125 §112 Final Rejection Pending Nov 13, 2020

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