Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Mbm Intellectual Property Law LLP

Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

7 pending office actions • 7 clients • 7 examiners • 6 art units • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=523 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

78.1%
Allowance Rate
n=523
+0.35σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=523
3.1
OAs to Allowance
n=171
-0.15σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=171
1005 days
Time to Allowance
n=171
+16.3pp
Interview Lift
n=523
21.0%
RCE Rate
n=523
0.0%
Appeal Rate
n=523

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

64.7%
§101 Overcome
n=34
69.2%
§102 Overcome
n=91
68.7%
§103 Overcome
n=163
72.6%
§112 Overcome
n=113

Specialization & Scale

H04L, C10G, Y02P
Top CPC Subclasses
15%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=523
4
Practitioners
n=523
130.8
Apps / Practitioner
n=523

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
1
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.

4
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
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
Overdue (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.

3
Hard (43%)
3
Medium (43%)
1
Easy (14%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (14%)
§103 only2 (29%)
§112 only1 (14%)
Double-patenting + other1 (14%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (29%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
43% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
43% of docket
1
Business / Other
14% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
REICHERT, RACHELLE LEIGH 1 30.2% +33.2%
BUSHEY, CHARLES S 1 75.5% +22.2%
HALL, SHAUNA-KAY N 1 81.1% +18.5%
BORALSKY, LUKE ALAN 1 66.7% +44.4%
BELL, SARA ELIZABETH 1 68.8% +38.2%
JOHNSON, CHRISTOPHER LINDSAY 1 46.9% +81.0%
BARGERO, JOHN E 1 55.3% +30.6%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18533255 METHOD OF USING PHYSICAL MOVEMENT FOR VIRTUAL GAMEPLAY CONTROL AND ASSOCIATED APPARATUS HALL, SHAUNA-KAY N —

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18026397 METHODS OF TREATING AND/OR PREVENTING ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE WITH R-CARVEDILOL JOHNSON, CHRISTOPHER LINDSAY 66d overdue
18700728 COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING AN EXERCISE PROGRAM BASED ON PARTICIPANT'S GOALS REICHERT, RACHELLE LEIGH 16d overdue
18686062 A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING GAS MASS TRANSFER BUSHEY, CHARLES S —

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
18270624 RAD51 BINDING INHIBITORS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF BELL, SARA ELIZABETH 132d overdue
17569197 COMBINATION SPACE AND HOT WATER HEATER BARGERO, JOHN E 73d overdue
18026397 METHODS OF TREATING AND/OR PREVENTING ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE WITH R-CARVEDILOL JOHNSON, CHRISTOPHER LINDSAY 66d overdue
18700728 COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING AN EXERCISE PROGRAM BASED ON PARTICIPANT'S GOALS REICHERT, RACHELLE LEIGH 16d overdue
18686062 A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING GAS MASS TRANSFER BUSHEY, CHARLES S —
18533255 METHOD OF USING PHYSICAL MOVEMENT FOR VIRTUAL GAMEPLAY CONTROL AND ASSOCIATED APPARATUS HALL, SHAUNA-KAY N —
18285019 USE OF PSYCHEDELICS TO TREAT DEMENTIA BORALSKY, LUKE ALAN —

Client Portfolio (7 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36861
37151
16241
16251
16911
37621

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18700728 COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING AN EXERCISE PROGRAM BASED ON PARTICIPANT'S GOALS Premium Wellness Solutions Inc. REICHERT, RACHELLE LEIGH 3686 §101§103 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Apr 12, 2024
18686062 A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING GAS MASS TRANSFER Rainforest Algae Corp. BUSHEY, CHARLES S §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 23, 2024
18533255 METHOD OF USING PHYSICAL MOVEMENT FOR VIRTUAL GAMEPLAY CONTROL AND ASSOCIATED APPARATUS 2354561 Alberta Ltd. HALL, SHAUNA-KAY N 3715 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 08, 2023
18285019 USE OF PSYCHEDELICS TO TREAT DEMENTIA The University of British Columbia BORALSKY, LUKE ALAN 1624 §103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 29, 2023
18270624 RAD51 BINDING INHIBITORS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Sarissa Inc. BELL, SARA ELIZABETH 1625 §112 Final Rejection 132d overdue Pending Jun 30, 2023
18026397 METHODS OF TREATING AND/OR PREVENTING ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE WITH R-CARVEDILOL UTI LIMITED PARTNERSHIP JOHNSON, CHRISTOPHER LINDSAY 1691 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 66d overdue Pending Mar 15, 2023
17569197 COMBINATION SPACE AND HOT WATER HEATER Gradient Thermal Inc. BARGERO, JOHN E 3762 §103 Final Rejection 73d overdue Pending Jan 05, 2022

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