Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

12 pending office actions • 4 clients • 12 examiners • 9 art units • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 48 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=91319 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

89.2%
Allowance Rate
n=91319
+0.61σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=91319
3.3
OAs to Allowance
n=56201
-0.19σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=56201
1015 days
Time to Allowance
n=56201
+6.1pp
Interview Lift
n=91319
26.3%
RCE Rate
n=91319
2.7%
Appeal Rate
n=91319

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

85.7%
§101 Overcome
n=1402
86.9%
§102 Overcome
n=7846
82.9%
§103 Overcome
n=33669
90.9%
§112 Overcome
n=7020

Specialization & Scale

G06F, A61B, A61K
Top CPC Subclasses
11%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=91319
56
Practitioners
n=91319
1630.7
Apps / Practitioner
n=91319

Portfolio Summary

12
Total Pending OAs
10
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 30 days (2)

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%)
7
Medium (58%)
5
Easy (42%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only7 (58%)
§112 only3 (25%)
Double-patenting only2 (17%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
2
Communications
17% of docket
4
Semiconductors
33% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
25% of docket
3
Business / Other
25% 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.

120 h
Manual time on pending OAs
24 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
42 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HARRIS, DOROTHY H 1 63.0% +22.0%
DHARIA, PRABODH M 1 85.6% +5.4%
WHITE, RODNEY BARNETT 1 82.6% +17.7%
GABLER, PHILIP F 1 73.2% +24.2%
ZEC, FILIP 1 65.4% +14.1%
PHAM, LONG D 1 77.1% +15.8%
REYNOLDS, STEVEN ALAN 1 65.9% +23.3%
CAMPBELL, SHAUN M 1 72.8% +8.2%
KING, SUN MI KIM 1 68.6% -19.2%
CONDO, VERONICA MARIE 1 82.3% +5.9%

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
18304484 VEHICLE DOOR, VEHICLE, AND VEHICLE MANUFACTURING METHOD CONDO, VERONICA MARIE 163d overdue
19066485 DISPLAY DEVICE DHARIA, PRABODH M
19001671 CONVEYANCE SEAT WHITE, RODNEY BARNETT

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19098042 DISPLAY SYSTEM HARRIS, DOROTHY H 25d overdue
18672388 METHOD OF ADJUSTING TEMPERATURE OF ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS PHAM, LONG D 21d
19001671 CONVEYANCE SEAT WHITE, RODNEY BARNETT
18947064 CONVEYANCE SEAT GABLER, PHILIP F
18779408 CRYOPUMP SYSTEM AND REGENERATION CONTROLLER ZEC, FILIP
18664421 PACKAGING TRAY REYNOLDS, STEVEN ALAN

Client Portfolio (4 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
26251
37631
26231
37351
28931
28131
36121
28181
28971

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19098042 DISPLAY SYSTEM Japan Display Inc. HARRIS, DOROTHY H 2625 §103 Non-Final OA 25d overdue Pending Apr 02, 2025
19066485 DISPLAY DEVICE Magnolia White Corporation DHARIA, PRABODH M DP Non-Final OA Pending Feb 28, 2025
19001671 CONVEYANCE SEAT Ts Tech Co., Ltd. WHITE, RODNEY BARNETT §112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 26, 2024
18947064 CONVEYANCE SEAT Ts Tech Co., Ltd. GABLER, PHILIP F DP Non-Final OA Pending Nov 14, 2024
18779408 CRYOPUMP SYSTEM AND REGENERATION CONTROLLER Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. ZEC, FILIP 3763 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 22, 2024
18672388 METHOD OF ADJUSTING TEMPERATURE OF ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS Japan Display Inc. PHAM, LONG D 2623 §103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending May 23, 2024
18664421 PACKAGING TRAY Magnolia White Corporation REYNOLDS, STEVEN ALAN 3735 §112 Non-Final OA Pending May 15, 2024
18451149 DISPLAY DEVICE Japan Display Inc. CAMPBELL, SHAUN M 2893 §103 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Aug 17, 2023
18360039 OPTICAL SENSOR Magnolia White Corporation KING, SUN MI KIM 2813 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 27, 2023
18304484 VEHICLE DOOR, VEHICLE, AND VEHICLE MANUFACTURING METHOD Ts Tech Co., Ltd. CONDO, VERONICA MARIE 3612 §103 Non-Final OA 163d overdue Pending Apr 21, 2023
18113161 DISPLAY DEVICE Magnolia White Corporation OH, JIYOUNG 2818 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 23, 2023
17723619 DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DISPLAY DEVICE Japan Display Inc. HALL, VICTORIA KATHLEEN 2897 §112 Non-Final OA 16d Pending Apr 19, 2022

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