Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Nields, Lemack & Frame, LLC

22 pending office actions • 13 clients • 21 examiners • 16 art units • 0 of 22 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=2880 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

83.5%
Allowance Rate
n=2880
+0.74σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=2880
3.4
OAs to Allowance
n=1642
-0.15σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=1642
1101 days
Time to Allowance
n=1642
+10.6pp
Interview Lift
n=2880
28.3%
RCE Rate
n=2880
2.4%
Appeal Rate
n=2880

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

83.1%
§101 Overcome
n=77
83.3%
§102 Overcome
n=552
82.5%
§103 Overcome
n=1047
83.0%
§112 Overcome
n=687

Specialization & Scale

Y10T, G01C, B01D
Top CPC Subclasses
13%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=2880
3
Practitioners
n=2880
960.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=2880

Portfolio Summary

22
Total Pending OAs
12
Non-Final OAs
7
Final Rejections
3
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 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
1
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (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.

9
Hard (41%)
12
Medium (55%)
1
Easy (5%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (5%)
§101 + other1 (5%)
§103 only12 (55%)
§112 only1 (5%)
Multi-statute (no §101)7 (32%)

Industry Mix

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

7
Life Sciences
32% of docket
7
Information Tech
32% of docket
2
Communications
9% of docket
1
Semiconductors
5% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
9% of docket
3
Business / Other
14% 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.

220 h
Manual time on pending OAs
44 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
77 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LEMA LEMOS, LUIS GUILLERMO 2 75.0% +33.3%
SHOULDERS, ANNIE LEE 1 73.4% +18.5%
YEN, PAUL JUEI-FU 1 76.7% +23.4%
WHITE, KIA XIONG 1 61.9% +46.4%
PINGA, JASON MICHAEL 1 90.0% +16.7%
BAND, MICHAEL A 1 44.9% +55.5%
PENCE, JETHRO M 1 78.8% +25.4%
BALL, JOHN C 1 78.8% +16.2%
WOLFORD, NAOMI M 1 55.8% +40.0%
LE, SANG PHUOC 1

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
18675227 Linking RAM Code and Data with Multiple RAM Aliases PINGA, JASON MICHAEL

Hard Cases (9)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18072075 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BUILDING THERMAL MODEL OF POWER LITHIUM-ION BATTERY BASED ON ELECTROCHEMICAL MECHANISM COCCHI, MICHAEL EDWARD 35d overdue
17879983 EXPONENTIAL MODEL-BASED METHOD FOR PREDICTING TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW VELOCITY FIELD IN RIVER CHANNEL WITH EMERGENT VEGETATION JOHANSEN, JOHN E 31d overdue
18753329 SILICONE-BASED IMPLANTS WITH EARLY PREFERENTIAL POLARIZATION TOWARDS AN M2 PHENOTYPE POST-IMPLANTATION WHITE, KIA XIONG
18588482 Devices and Systems for Learning Wi-Fi Access Point Behavior To Reduce Power Consumption LEMA LEMOS, LUIS GUILLERMO
18685373 IGZO SPUTTERING TARGET BAND, MICHAEL A
18415868 Apparatus And Method For Inductive Heating Of Coated Web Substrates During Process Operations PENCE, JETHRO M
18034243 Filtration Device For Bioprocessing GEISBERT, WILLIAM ADDISON
17926775 Device For Bind And Elute Chromatography Using Membranes, And Method Of Manufacture GERMAIN, ADAM ADRIEN

Interview Candidates (10)

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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18578419 System And Method For Photopolymerizing Electrophoretic Gels BALL, JOHN C 35d
18760801 SLEEP MANAGEMENT FOR RTOS ENVIRONMENT YEN, PAUL JUEI-FU 71d
18944881 SPHINCTEROTOME WITH TWO GUIDE WIRES AND FOUR CAVITIES SHOULDERS, ANNIE LEE
18753329 SILICONE-BASED IMPLANTS WITH EARLY PREFERENTIAL POLARIZATION TOWARDS AN M2 PHENOTYPE POST-IMPLANTATION WHITE, KIA XIONG
18675227 Linking RAM Code and Data with Multiple RAM Aliases PINGA, JASON MICHAEL
18588482 Devices and Systems for Learning Wi-Fi Access Point Behavior To Reduce Power Consumption LEMA LEMOS, LUIS GUILLERMO
18685373 IGZO SPUTTERING TARGET BAND, MICHAEL A
18415868 Apparatus And Method For Inductive Heating Of Coated Web Substrates During Process Operations PENCE, JETHRO M

Client Portfolio (13 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17943
24192
21751
21371
17951
36481
26411
16991
28741
17791

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18944881 SPHINCTEROTOME WITH TWO GUIDE WIRES AND FOUR CAVITIES Anrei Medical (Hz)Co.,Ltd. SHOULDERS, ANNIE LEE §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 12, 2024
18760801 SLEEP MANAGEMENT FOR RTOS ENVIRONMENT Silicon Laboratories Inc. YEN, PAUL JUEI-FU 2175 §103 Non-Final OA 71d Pending Jul 01, 2024
18753329 SILICONE-BASED IMPLANTS WITH EARLY PREFERENTIAL POLARIZATION TOWARDS AN M2 PHENOTYPE POST-IMPLANTATION Difusion, Inc. WHITE, KIA XIONG §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 25, 2024
18675227 Linking RAM Code and Data with Multiple RAM Aliases Silicon Laboratories Inc. PINGA, JASON MICHAEL 2137 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 28, 2024
18588482 Devices and Systems for Learning Wi-Fi Access Point Behavior To Reduce Power Consumption Silicon Laboratories Inc. LEMA LEMOS, LUIS GUILLERMO 2419 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 27, 2024
18685373 IGZO SPUTTERING TARGET JX Metals Corporation BAND, MICHAEL A 1794 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 21, 2024
18415868 Apparatus And Method For Inductive Heating Of Coated Web Substrates During Process Operations Durr Systems, Inc. PENCE, JETHRO M §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 18, 2024
18578419 System And Method For Photopolymerizing Electrophoretic Gels Emd Millipore Corporation BALL, JOHN C 1795 §103 Final Rejection 35d Pending Jan 11, 2024
18529282 Handling Attribute Updates and Commands Between a Digital Twin and Wi-Fi IoT Power Constrained Device with an Extended Sleep Duration Silicon Laboratories Inc. LEMA LEMOS, LUIS GUILLERMO 2419 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 05, 2023
18521379 Quality Indicator for High Accuracy Distance Measurements Silicon Laboratories Inc. WOLFORD, NAOMI M 3648 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 28, 2023
18387978 RSSI Based Transmit Power for BLE Advertisers Silicon Laboratories Inc. LE, SANG PHUOC 2641 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 08, 2023
18289653 AGRICULTURAL COMPOSITION AND USE THEREOF Nippon Kayaku Kabushiki Kaisha JARRELL, NOBLE E 1699 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 06, 2023
18231529 Nonlinear Bound States in the Continuum for Intensity Squeezing and Generation of Large Photonic Fock States Massachusetts Institute Of Technology PETKOVSEK, DANIEL 2874 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 08, 2023
18034243 Filtration Device For Bioprocessing Emd Millipore Corporation GEISBERT, WILLIAM ADDISON 1779 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Apr 27, 2023
18124960 SYSTEM AND METHOD TO OPTIMIZE BLUETOOTH MESH NETWORKS Silicon Laboratories Inc. GONZALES, APRIL GUZMAN 2648 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 22, 2023
18115417 SURVEYING INSTRUMENT Topcon Corporation RICHTER, KARA MARIE 3645 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 28, 2023
18072075 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BUILDING THERMAL MODEL OF POWER LITHIUM-ION BATTERY BASED ON ELECTROCHEMICAL MECHANISM Shanghai Jiao Tong University COCCHI, MICHAEL EDWARD 2188 §101§112 Non-Final OA 35d overdue Pending Nov 30, 2022
17926775 Device For Bind And Elute Chromatography Using Membranes, And Method Of Manufacture Merck Millipore Ltd. GERMAIN, ADAM ADRIEN 1777 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 21, 2022
17989257 COOPERATIVE NETWORK DEVICES Silicon Laboratories Inc. WHITAKER, JUSTIN MICHAEL 2415 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 17, 2022
17879983 EXPONENTIAL MODEL-BASED METHOD FOR PREDICTING TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW VELOCITY FIELD IN RIVER CHANNEL WITH EMERGENT VEGETATION Sichuan University JOHANSEN, JOHN E 2187 §101 Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending Aug 03, 2022
17587058 Sputtering Target And Method For Manufacturing The Same JX Nippon Mining & Metals Corporation OTT, PATRICK S 1794 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 28, 2022
17609063 Systems For Producing Chemicals And Fuels Having An Optimized Carbon Footprint Maat Energy Company LEE, JOHN 1794 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 05, 2021

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