Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Nod Law Pc

18 pending office actions • 12 clients • 17 examiners • 14 art units • 0 of 18 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=1586 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

91.6%
Allowance Rate
n=1586
+0.58σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1586
2.6
OAs to Allowance
n=991
-0.53σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=991
919 days
Time to Allowance
n=991
+5.7pp
Interview Lift
n=1586
21.5%
RCE Rate
n=1586
1.3%
Appeal Rate
n=1586

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

75.6%
§101 Overcome
n=127
84.2%
§102 Overcome
n=366
83.6%
§103 Overcome
n=531
85.3%
§112 Overcome
n=422

Specialization & Scale

F41A, H01J, G06F
Top CPC Subclasses
13%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1586
1
Practitioners
n=1586
1586.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=1586

Portfolio Summary

18
Total Pending OAs
12
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
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. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)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.

10
Hard (56%)
5
Medium (28%)
2
Easy (11%)
1
Unknown (6%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (11%)
§103 only4 (22%)
§102 only1 (6%)
§112 only2 (11%)
Multi-statute (no §101)8 (44%)
No statute on record1 (6%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
4
Information Tech
22% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
6% of docket
9
Mechanical / Eng
50% of docket
4
Business / Other
22% 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.

180 h
Manual time on pending OAs
36 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
63 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
GILBERT, WILLIAM V 2 58.0% +25.6%
CLEMENT, MICHELLE RENEE 1 69.5% +18.5%
SMITH, MAURICE C 1 84.5% -4.2%
KOESTER, MICHAEL RICHARD 1 40.1% +24.6%
PATEL, BRIJESH V 1 65.1% +40.4%
CHIANG, JENNIFER C 1 70.5% +30.0%
GOMBERG, BENJAMIN S 1 66.9% +29.2%
SANA, MOHAMMAD AZAM 1 86.4% +20.6%
KARIM, ZIAUL 1 81.8% +21.9%
DAVIS, SHARON M 1 68.1% +26.5%

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
19057014 Miniaturized elliptical dichroism spectrometer for stereochemical analysis SMITH, MAURICE C
18618929 DETERMINATION OF ROUND COUNT BY HALL SWITCH ENCODING KARIM, ZIAUL

Hard Cases (10)

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
17803196 SLIP-ON FOOTWEAR KAVANAUGH, JOHN T 88d overdue
18571134 DEVICE FOR THE INDIVIDUAL DISTRIBUTION OF MATERIAL PARTICLES BUCK, MATTHEW R 31d overdue
18772702 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AN ASSEMBLY FOR STORING AND TRANSPORTING A CHEMICAL COMPOUND CHIANG, JENNIFER C 15d overdue
18596875 NEUTRON GENERATOR USING SUPERCONDUCTING COILS FOR ELECTROSTATIC HEATING AND MAGNETIC CONFINEMENT DAVIS, SHARON M 56d
18984092 AUTOMATED WORKFLOW PLATFORM FOR DATA COLLECTION, ANALYSIS, REPORTING, AUDITING, AND CERTIFICATION PROCESSES KOESTER, MICHAEL RICHARD
18961243 STORAGE CASE ORGANIZATIONAL SYSTEM PATEL, BRIJESH V
18727609 FIREARM MAGAZINE WITH ROUND COUNTER GOMBERG, BENJAMIN S
18681840 A SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR ASSESSING AND REMEDYING BRAND BUYER RELATIONSHIPS IN DIGITAL CONTEXTS SCHEUNEMANN, RICHARD N

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
18759099 SYSTEMS, METHODS, COMPUTING PLATFORMS, AND STORAGE MEDIA FOR COMPARING NON-ADJACENT DATA SUBSETS SANA, MOHAMMAD AZAM 337d overdue
18772702 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AN ASSEMBLY FOR STORING AND TRANSPORTING A CHEMICAL COMPOUND CHIANG, JENNIFER C 15d overdue
18596875 NEUTRON GENERATOR USING SUPERCONDUCTING COILS FOR ELECTROSTATIC HEATING AND MAGNETIC CONFINEMENT DAVIS, SHARON M 56d
18797099 AMMUNITION MAGAZINE GILBERT, WILLIAM V 70d
19309836 FIREARM BIPOD CLEMENT, MICHELLE RENEE
19035334 AMMUNITION MAGAZINE GILBERT, WILLIAM V
18984092 AUTOMATED WORKFLOW PLATFORM FOR DATA COLLECTION, ANALYSIS, REPORTING, AUDITING, AND CERTIFICATION PROCESSES KOESTER, MICHAEL RICHARD
18961243 STORAGE CASE ORGANIZATIONAL SYSTEM PATEL, BRIJESH V

Client Portfolio (12 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
39932
36242
37361
37541
36411
21661
21191
36461
37321
36791

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19309836 FIREARM BIPOD Magpul Industries Corp. CLEMENT, MICHELLE RENEE §102Other Non-Final OA Pending Aug 26, 2025
19057014 Miniaturized elliptical dichroism spectrometer for stereochemical analysis University of Denver SMITH, MAURICE C §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 19, 2025
19035334 AMMUNITION MAGAZINE Magpul Industries Corp. GILBERT, WILLIAM V 3993 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 23, 2025
18984092 AUTOMATED WORKFLOW PLATFORM FOR DATA COLLECTION, ANALYSIS, REPORTING, AUDITING, AND CERTIFICATION PROCESSES Parlytix, Inc. KOESTER, MICHAEL RICHARD 3624 §101§102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 17, 2024
18961243 STORAGE CASE ORGANIZATIONAL SYSTEM Magpul Industries Corp. PATEL, BRIJESH V 3736 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Nov 26, 2024
18797099 AMMUNITION MAGAZINE Magpul Industries Corp. GILBERT, WILLIAM V 3993 §112Other Final Rejection 70d Pending Aug 07, 2024
18772702 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AN ASSEMBLY FOR STORING AND TRANSPORTING A CHEMICAL COMPOUND Je Matadi, Inc. CHIANG, JENNIFER C 3754 §102§103 Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending Jul 15, 2024
18727609 FIREARM MAGAZINE WITH ROUND COUNTER Magpul Industries Corp. GOMBERG, BENJAMIN S 3641 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 09, 2024
18759099 SYSTEMS, METHODS, COMPUTING PLATFORMS, AND STORAGE MEDIA FOR COMPARING NON-ADJACENT DATA SUBSETS Unsupervised Inc. SANA, MOHAMMAD AZAM 2166 Other Non-Final OA 337d overdue Pending Jun 28, 2024
18618929 DETERMINATION OF ROUND COUNT BY HALL SWITCH ENCODING Magpul Industries Corp. KARIM, ZIAUL 2119 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 27, 2024
18596875 NEUTRON GENERATOR USING SUPERCONDUCTING COILS FOR ELECTROSTATIC HEATING AND MAGNETIC CONFINEMENT Horne Technologies, Inc. DAVIS, SHARON M 3646 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 56d Pending Mar 06, 2024
18681840 A SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR ASSESSING AND REMEDYING BRAND BUYER RELATIONSHIPS IN DIGITAL CONTEXTS Rammp Holdings Pty Ltd. SCHEUNEMANN, RICHARD N 3624 §101§103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 06, 2024
17803196 SLIP-ON FOOTWEAR Mountain Origins Design LLC KAVANAUGH, JOHN T 3732 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 88d overdue Pending Jan 23, 2024
18571134 DEVICE FOR THE INDIVIDUAL DISTRIBUTION OF MATERIAL PARTICLES Hubert Hornung BUCK, MATTHEW R 3679 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Dec 15, 2023
18339188 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND STORAGE MEDIA FOR ABSTRACTING SESSION INFORMATION FOR AN APPLICATION IN AN IDENTITY INFRASTRUCTURE Strata Identity, Inc. GOODARZI, NASSER MOAZZAMI 2400 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 21, 2023
18209170 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UTILIZING LASER ABLATION TO MODIFY HEART VALVE PROSTHETIC LEAFLET TISSUE TO IMPROVE BLOOD FLOW University of Denver FEDORKY, MEGAN TAYLOR 3796 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 13, 2023
17916095 A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A DISCRETIZED OPTICAL SECURITY MICROSTRUCTURE ON A SUBSTRATE AND A SHIM FOR USE IN THE METHOD Pentacomp Pte. Ltd. THOMPSON, LESLIE J. 2853 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 30, 2022
17844250 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND STORAGE MEDIA FOR VERIFYING DATA Data Sentinel AI, Inc. DWIVEDI, MAHESH H 2168 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 20, 2022

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