Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Metrolex Ip Law Group, Pllc - Jp

5 pending office actions • 3 clients • 5 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 17 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=594 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

87.7%
Allowance Rate
n=594
+0.56σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=594
3.0
OAs to Allowance
n=472
-0.31σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=472
871 days
Time to Allowance
n=472
+6.2pp
Interview Lift
n=594
23.0%
RCE Rate
n=594
0.2%
Appeal Rate
n=594

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=4 (min 20)
87.2%
§102 Overcome
n=102
85.7%
§103 Overcome
n=336
93.4%
§112 Overcome
n=61

Specialization & Scale

G03G, A61B, H04N
Top CPC Subclasses
37%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=594
0
Practitioners
n=594
Apps / Practitioner
n=594 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
3
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
1
Due this week
0
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.

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

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (80%)
§102 only1 (20%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
20% of docket
1
Information Tech
20% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
60% 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.

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
COONEY, ADAM A 1 57.3% +11.8%
HASBROUCK, MERRITT J 1 10.1% +7.5%
EVANS, BOONE ALEXANDER 1 64.5% +24.8%
LUU, TIMOTHY TUAN 1 45.2% +46.4%
WEBSTER, KARMEL JOHANNA 1 63.2% +29.5%

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18393592 TRANSACTION MANAGEMENT METHOD, SYSTEM AND PROGRAM HASBROUCK, MERRITT J 23d overdue

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18289096 SUPPORT PROVISION DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM COONEY, ADAM A 5d
18528208 IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS EVANS, BOONE ALEXANDER
18469585 REMOTE SURGERY SUPPORT SYSTEM AND MENTOR-SIDE OPERATING DEVICE LUU, TIMOTHY TUAN
18465202 SURGICAL SYSTEM WEBSTER, KARMEL JOHANNA

Client Portfolio (3 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
24581
36951
17371
37951
37921

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18289096 SUPPORT PROVISION DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM Keysoft, Inc. COONEY, ADAM A 2458 §102 Final Rejection 5d Pending Jun 10, 2024
18393592 TRANSACTION MANAGEMENT METHOD, SYSTEM AND PROGRAM Keysoft, Inc. HASBROUCK, MERRITT J 3695 §103 Final Rejection 23d overdue Pending Dec 21, 2023
18528208 IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. EVANS, BOONE ALEXANDER 1737 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 04, 2023
18469585 REMOTE SURGERY SUPPORT SYSTEM AND MENTOR-SIDE OPERATING DEVICE Medicaroid Corporation LUU, TIMOTHY TUAN 3795 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 19, 2023
18465202 SURGICAL SYSTEM Medicaroid Corporation WEBSTER, KARMEL JOHANNA 3792 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 12, 2023

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