Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Murphy, Bilak & Homiller, Pllc

8 pending office actions • 7 clients • 8 examiners • 7 art units • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=491 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

88.5%
Allowance Rate
n=491
+0.49σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=491
2.9
OAs to Allowance
n=330
-0.18σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=330
936 days
Time to Allowance
n=330
+13.2pp
Interview Lift
n=491
15.8%
RCE Rate
n=491
5.9%
Appeal Rate
n=491

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

52.2%
§101 Overcome
n=23
83.4%
§102 Overcome
n=163
82.2%
§103 Overcome
n=264
79.1%
§112 Overcome
n=139

Specialization & Scale

H04R, H02K, G02B
Top CPC Subclasses
18%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=491
7
Practitioners
n=491
70.1
Apps / Practitioner
n=491

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
2
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.

2
Overdue
1
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 7 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
§101 + other1 (12%)
§103 only5 (62%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (25%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
25% of docket
1
Information Tech
12% of docket
1
Communications
12% of docket
2
Semiconductors
25% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
12% of docket
1
Business / Other
12% 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
WILSON, GREGORY A 1 81.9% +6.7%
SHAH, ANTIM G 1 74.3% +39.0%
SANA, MOHAMMAD AZAM 1 86.4% +20.6%
ABRAHAM, JOSE K 1 82.9% +34.5%
OMAR, AHMED H 1 75.3% +14.4%
KUMAR, SRILAKSHMI K 1 50.8% +16.1%
LIU, CHRIS Q 1 69.1% +39.3%
DICUS, TAMRA 1 30.2% +21.5%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18726468 Arrangement for Heating a Liquid WILSON, GREGORY A
18227164 MAGNETIC CORE WITH PROTECTIVE HOUSING ABRAHAM, JOSE K

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
18079472 Surface Heating Heater Pipe and Aerosol Generating Device Including the Same LIU, CHRIS Q 31d overdue
18104851 GEL RECEPTOR ROD INSERTABLE INTO ELECTRICALLY HEATED SMOKING ARTICLE, ELECTRICALLY HEATED SMOKING ARTICLE INCLUDING THE SAME, AND AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE THEREFOR KUMAR, SRILAKSHMI K 5d
18660410 Unified Data Platform for Protection, Control, and Automation Device Configurations SANA, MOHAMMAD AZAM

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
17641956 Printing Plate and Polymeric Coating Material for the Same DICUS, TAMRA 46d overdue
18079472 Surface Heating Heater Pipe and Aerosol Generating Device Including the Same LIU, CHRIS Q 31d overdue
18104851 GEL RECEPTOR ROD INSERTABLE INTO ELECTRICALLY HEATED SMOKING ARTICLE, ELECTRICALLY HEATED SMOKING ARTICLE INCLUDING THE SAME, AND AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE THEREFOR KUMAR, SRILAKSHMI K 5d
18718671 Sound Amplification Block Made of Air-Permeable Material and Air-Absorbing Material and Having Layered Structure, and Manufacturing Method Thereof SHAH, ANTIM G
18660410 Unified Data Platform for Protection, Control, and Automation Device Configurations SANA, MOHAMMAD AZAM
18227164 MAGNETIC CORE WITH PROTECTIVE HOUSING ABRAHAM, JOSE K
18317301 POWER SUPPLY WITH WATERPROOF COMPONENTS OMAR, AHMED H

Client Portfolio (7 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
26931
21161
28371
28591
17001
37611
17871

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18726468 Arrangement for Heating a Liquid Truma Gerätetechnik GmbH & Co. KG WILSON, GREGORY A §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 03, 2024
18718671 Sound Amplification Block Made of Air-Permeable Material and Air-Absorbing Material and Having Layered Structure, and Manufacturing Method Thereof Em-Tech Co., Ltd. SHAH, ANTIM G 2693 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 11, 2024
18660410 Unified Data Platform for Protection, Control, and Automation Device Configurations Quanta Technology, LLC SANA, MOHAMMAD AZAM 2116 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 10, 2024
18227164 MAGNETIC CORE WITH PROTECTIVE HOUSING Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co. Kg ABRAHAM, JOSE K 2837 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 27, 2023
18317301 POWER SUPPLY WITH WATERPROOF COMPONENTS Tws Technology (Guangzhou) Limited OMAR, AHMED H 2859 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 15, 2023
18104851 GEL RECEPTOR ROD INSERTABLE INTO ELECTRICALLY HEATED SMOKING ARTICLE, ELECTRICALLY HEATED SMOKING ARTICLE INCLUDING THE SAME, AND AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE THEREFOR Inno-It Co., Ltd. KUMAR, SRILAKSHMI K 1700 §103§112 Final Rejection 5d Pending Feb 02, 2023
18079472 Surface Heating Heater Pipe and Aerosol Generating Device Including the Same Inno-It Co., Ltd. LIU, CHRIS Q 3761 §103§112 Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending Dec 12, 2022
17641956 Printing Plate and Polymeric Coating Material for the Same Maschinenfabrik Kaspar Walter GmbH & Co. Kg DICUS, TAMRA 1787 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Mar 10, 2022

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