Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Mindful Ip Pllc

Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

8 pending office actions • 5 clients • 8 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=177 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

94.7%
Allowance Rate
n=177
+0.58σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=177
2.4
OAs to Allowance
n=107
-0.59σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=107
938 days
Time to Allowance
n=107
+6.8pp
Interview Lift
n=177
22.1%
RCE Rate
n=177
0.0%
Appeal Rate
n=177

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

—
§101 Overcome
n=6 (min 20)
76.2%
§102 Overcome
n=42
79.1%
§103 Overcome
n=67
79.7%
§112 Overcome
n=64

Specialization & Scale

G01S, G06F, G01R
Top CPC Subclasses
20%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=177
1
Practitioners
n=177
177.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=177

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

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

3
Hard (38%)
5
Medium (62%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only5 (62%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (38%)

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
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
25% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
75% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LEE, MICHELLE J 1 39.8% +60.2%
HELLNER, MARK 1 90.4% +8.6%
DABBI, JYOTSNA V 1 62.5% +23.3%
MALIKASIM, JONATHAN L 1 80.5% +0.0%
CLOUSER, BENJAMIN WADE 1 51.6% +39.3%
ATMAKURI, VIKAS NMN 1 46.9% +31.6%
LIN, ARIC 1 59.4% +12.1%
WARD, THOMAS JOHN 1 52.1% +25.3%

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
18038063 LASER SCANNER MALIKASIM, JONATHAN L —

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
18128902 METHOD AND A DEVICE FOR EXAMINING THE ENVIRONMENT OF A VEHICLE USING ULTRASONIC SIGNALS ATMAKURI, VIKAS NMN 9d
19098238 SPLINT ARRANGEMENT LEE, MICHELLE J —
18268235 PLATFORM FOR A MOBILE SCANNING ASSEMBLY, AND MOBILE SCANNING ASSEMBLY HELLNER, MARK —

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
17772228 IMPURITY-CENTER-BASED QUANTUM COMPUTER LIN, ARIC 28d overdue
18128902 METHOD AND A DEVICE FOR EXAMINING THE ENVIRONMENT OF A VEHICLE USING ULTRASONIC SIGNALS ATMAKURI, VIKAS NMN 9d
18029918 MOBILE SCANNING ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A MOBILE SCANNING ARRANGEMENT CLOUSER, BENJAMIN WADE 33d
19098238 SPLINT ARRANGEMENT LEE, MICHELLE J —
18702849 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FREE SPACE QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION DABBI, JYOTSNA V —
17761286 PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD AND FLUID HEATER WARD, THOMAS JOHN —

Client Portfolio (5 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36454
37861
28721
28511
37611

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19098238 SPLINT ARRANGEMENT Colenski LLC LEE, MICHELLE J 3786 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 02, 2025
18268235 PLATFORM FOR A MOBILE SCANNING ASSEMBLY, AND MOBILE SCANNING ASSEMBLY ZOLLER & FRÖHLICH GMBH HELLNER, MARK 3645 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 31, 2024
18702849 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FREE SPACE QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION Elmos Semiconductor SE DABBI, JYOTSNA V 2872 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 19, 2024
18038063 LASER SCANNER ZOLLER & FRÖHLICH GMBH MALIKASIM, JONATHAN L 3645 §103Other Final Rejection — Pending May 25, 2023
18029918 MOBILE SCANNING ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A MOBILE SCANNING ARRANGEMENT ZOLLER & FRÖHLICH GMBH CLOUSER, BENJAMIN WADE 3645 §103 Final Rejection 33d Pending Apr 02, 2023
18128902 METHOD AND A DEVICE FOR EXAMINING THE ENVIRONMENT OF A VEHICLE USING ULTRASONIC SIGNALS Elmos Semiconductor SE ATMAKURI, VIKAS NMN 3645 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Mar 30, 2023
17772228 IMPURITY-CENTER-BASED QUANTUM COMPUTER Quantum Technologies Ug (Haftungsbeschränkt) LIN, ARIC 2851 §103 Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Apr 27, 2022
17761286 PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD AND FLUID HEATER Dbk David + Baader GmbH WARD, THOMAS JOHN 3761 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 17, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Mindful Ip Pllc's patent allowance rate?

94.7% of resolved applications prosecuted by Mindful Ip Pllc were allowed, across 177 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Mindful Ip Pllc average before allowance?

2.43 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Mindful Ip Pllc have?

8 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 5 clients, before 8 examiners in 5 art units.

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