Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Nesbitt Ip LLC

Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

6 pending office actions • 6 clients • 6 examiners • 4 art units • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Nesbitt IP LLC operates in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The firm has managed 1210 career applications and currently oversees 4 pending office actions. These figures indicate the firm's historical experience and its current level of engagement with the USPTO. This data provides a baseline for understanding the firm's presence in this sector.

The firm's resolved allowance rate is 79.26. On average, the firm receives 3.25 office actions per allowance. Practitioners can use this average to estimate the frequency of examiner interactions required to reach a grant for applications in this portfolio. These metrics offer an overview of the firm's prosecution results.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Quality Metrics (n=1210 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

79.3%
Allowance Rate
n=1210
+0.67σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1210
3.2
OAs to Allowance
n=665
-0.27σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=665
1059 days
Time to Allowance
n=665
+10.6pp
Interview Lift
n=1210
20.5%
RCE Rate
n=1210
4.6%
Appeal Rate
n=1210

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

75.0%
§101 Overcome
n=64
79.3%
§102 Overcome
n=246
82.0%
§103 Overcome
n=449
82.5%
§112 Overcome
n=348

Specialization & Scale

Y10T, A61K, A61F
Top CPC Subclasses
13%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1210
3
Practitioners
n=1210
403.3
Apps / Practitioner
n=1210

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
3
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.

2
Overdue
0
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.

5
Hard (83%)
0
Medium (0%)
1
Easy (17%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Double-patenting only1 (17%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (83%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
67% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
17% of docket
1
Business / Other
17% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
WEYDEMEYER, ALICIA JANE 1 46.2% +27.7%
ROMERO, KRISTEN WANG 1 68.8% +31.9%
SUTHERLAND, STEVEN M 1 82.0% +15.5%
KRUPICKA, ADAM C 1 62.1% +27.0%
LA VILLA, MICHAEL EUGENE 1 75.7% +17.9%
MERCHLINSKY, JOSEPH CULLEN 1 5.9% -6.3%

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18398767 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A BEER-BASED CONCENTRATE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A BEER-BASED BEVERAGE, BEER-BASED CONCENTRATE, BEER-BASED BEVERAGE CONTAINING THE SAME, AND USE OF THE BEER-BASED CONCENTRATE MERCHLINSKY, JOSEPH CULLEN 66d overdue
18684404 BIOCOMPATIBLE FILM AND BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIAL HAVING SAID FILM LA VILLA, MICHAEL EUGENE 9d overdue
19571988 STITCHBONDED AND GATHERED LYOCELL FABRIC UNIT WEYDEMEYER, ALICIA JANE —
18864955 METHOD FOR PREPARING GLUCOPYRANOSYL-CONTAINING COMPOUND ROMERO, KRISTEN WANG —
18836568 CONCURRENT DISPERSION OF LIQUID COMPOSITIONS SUTHERLAND, STEVEN M —

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18684404 BIOCOMPATIBLE FILM AND BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIAL HAVING SAID FILM LA VILLA, MICHAEL EUGENE 9d overdue
19571988 STITCHBONDED AND GATHERED LYOCELL FABRIC UNIT WEYDEMEYER, ALICIA JANE —
18864955 METHOD FOR PREPARING GLUCOPYRANOSYL-CONTAINING COMPOUND ROMERO, KRISTEN WANG —
18836568 CONCURRENT DISPERSION OF LIQUID COMPOSITIONS SUTHERLAND, STEVEN M —
18594402 CONDUCTIVE BROAD GOOD PROVIDING LIGHTNING STRIKE PROTECTION KRUPICKA, ADAM C —

Client Portfolio (6 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17842
17811
37521
17911

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19571988 STITCHBONDED AND GATHERED LYOCELL FABRIC UNIT Amtex Innovations LLC WEYDEMEYER, ALICIA JANE 1781 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 19, 2026
18864955 METHOD FOR PREPARING GLUCOPYRANOSYL-CONTAINING COMPOUND Zhejiang Huahai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. ROMERO, KRISTEN WANG §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 12, 2024
18836568 CONCURRENT DISPERSION OF LIQUID COMPOSITIONS Markesbery Blue Pearl LLC SUTHERLAND, STEVEN M 3752 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 07, 2024
18594402 CONDUCTIVE BROAD GOOD PROVIDING LIGHTNING STRIKE PROTECTION General Nano LLC KRUPICKA, ADAM C 1784 DP Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 04, 2024
18684404 BIOCOMPATIBLE FILM AND BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIAL HAVING SAID FILM Maruemu Works Co., Ltd. LA VILLA, MICHAEL EUGENE 1784 §102§103 Final Rejection 9d overdue Pending Feb 16, 2024
18398767 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A BEER-BASED CONCENTRATE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A BEER-BASED BEVERAGE, BEER-BASED CONCENTRATE, BEER-BASED BEVERAGE CONTAINING THE SAME, AND USE OF THE BEER-BASED CONCENTRATE Brew-Food Aps MERCHLINSKY, JOSEPH CULLEN 1791 §103§112 Final Rejection 66d overdue Pending Dec 28, 2023

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