Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Notaro, Michalos & Zaccaria P.C.

35 pending office actions • 21 clients • 33 examiners • 27 art units • 1 of 35 (3%) have an AI response strategy ready • 178 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=3862 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

83.2%
Allowance Rate
n=3862
+0.49σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=3862
2.5
OAs to Allowance
n=2792
-0.65σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=2792
971 days
Time to Allowance
n=2792
+8.3pp
Interview Lift
n=3862
17.1%
RCE Rate
n=3862
1.0%
Appeal Rate
n=3862

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

74.4%
§101 Overcome
n=39
81.8%
§102 Overcome
n=220
78.4%
§103 Overcome
n=1168
91.6%
§112 Overcome
n=536

Specialization & Scale

G01N, Y10T, A61B
Top CPC Subclasses
10%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=3862
5
Practitioners
n=3862
772.4
Apps / Practitioner
n=3862

Portfolio Summary

35
Total Pending OAs
19
Non-Final OAs
14
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 20 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

11
Overdue
0
Due this week
4
Due this month
4
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. 20 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (11)Due ≤ 30 days (4)Due ≤ 60 days (4)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.

1
Hard (3%)
27
Medium (77%)
5
Easy (14%)
2
Unknown (6%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (3%)
§103 only24 (69%)
§102 only3 (9%)
§112 only4 (11%)
Double-patenting only1 (3%)
No statute on record2 (6%)

Industry Mix

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

19
Life Sciences
54% of docket
1
Information Tech
3% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
3
Semiconductors
9% of docket
9
Mechanical / Eng
26% of docket
3
Business / Other
9% 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.

350 h
Manual time on pending OAs
70 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
122 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
JANSSEN, REBECCA 2 60.6% +30.2%
GZYBOWSKI, MICHAEL STANLEY 2 67.1% +53.6%
TUMEBO, TSION M 1 66.6% +19.8%
PAGAN, JAVIER A 1 68.7% +24.7%
ANDERSON, SCOTT C 1 58.5% +31.3%
D ABREU, MICHAEL JOSEPH 1 67.4% +21.8%
BAUER, BRIANNA LEE 1
LEYSON, JOSEPH S 1 65.9% +36.3%
ATKINSON, JOSHUA ALEXANDER 1 55.6% +35.9%
LUDWIG, PETER L 1 35.2% +23.3%

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18400959 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIGITAL SIGNATURE OF IMAGE-BASED CHECK DEPOSITS AND REAL-TIME REVIEW THEREOF LUDWIG, PETER L 71d overdue

Interview Candidates (11)

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
18400959 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIGITAL SIGNATURE OF IMAGE-BASED CHECK DEPOSITS AND REAL-TIME REVIEW THEREOF LUDWIG, PETER L 71d overdue
18268285 METAL POWDER RECYCLING SYSTEM JANSSEN, REBECCA 31d overdue
18948955 COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING FINANCIAL COMMODITY PRICE ANALYSIS ANDERSON, SCOTT C 29d
18282722 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A STABILISER COMPOSITION FOR A POLYMER, AND STABILISER COMPOSITION PRODUCED USING SAID METHOD LEYSON, JOSEPH S 30d
18090579 PIPETTE TIP EXTENSION GZYBOWSKI, MICHAEL STANLEY 54d
19385582 VEHICLE ACCESSORY BRACKET TUMEBO, TSION M
19127891 WALL FOR A SEALED AND THERMALLY INSULATING TANK PAGAN, JAVIER A
18844572 METHOD OF REDUCING STIMULATION ARTIFACT INDUCED BY AN ELECTRICAL STIMULATOR IN NEUROPHYSIOLOGY AND ELECTRICAL STIMULATION DEVICE FOR PERFORMING THIS METHOD D ABREU, MICHAEL JOSEPH

Client Portfolio (21 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17983
36942
17332
17172
16932
28751
37351
37961
17441
16121

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19385582 VEHICLE ACCESSORY BRACKET Church Stewardship Inc. TUMEBO, TSION M 2875 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 11, 2025
19127891 WALL FOR A SEALED AND THERMALLY INSULATING TANK Gaztransport Et Technigaz PAGAN, JAVIER A 3735 §112 Non-Final OA Pending May 07, 2025
18948955 COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING FINANCIAL COMMODITY PRICE ANALYSIS Beijing Beiqing Boyu Information Technology Research Co., Ltd. ANDERSON, SCOTT C 3694 §102 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Nov 15, 2024
18844572 METHOD OF REDUCING STIMULATION ARTIFACT INDUCED BY AN ELECTRICAL STIMULATOR IN NEUROPHYSIOLOGY AND ELECTRICAL STIMULATION DEVICE FOR PERFORMING THIS METHOD Deymed Diagnostic S.R.O. D ABREU, MICHAEL JOSEPH 3796 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 06, 2024
18836701 COMBINATION FOR IMPROVING PLANT GROWTH AND/OR YIELD, FORMULATION AND METHOD FOR INCREASING PLANT GROWTH, STRESS RESISTANCE, AND YIELDS, AND USE THEREOF Intracrop Limited BAUER, BRIANNA LEE DP Non-Final OA Pending Aug 07, 2024
18282722 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A STABILISER COMPOSITION FOR A POLYMER, AND STABILISER COMPOSITION PRODUCED USING SAID METHOD Akdeniz Chemson Additives AG LEYSON, JOSEPH S 1744 §103 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Apr 16, 2024
18693399 CANNABINOID FORMULATION FOR ORAL ADMINISTRATION Cb21 Pharma, S.R.O. ATKINSON, JOSHUA ALEXANDER 1612 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 19, 2024
18400959 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIGITAL SIGNATURE OF IMAGE-BASED CHECK DEPOSITS AND REAL-TIME REVIEW THEREOF Digital First Holdings LLC LUDWIG, PETER L 3627 §101 Final Rejection 71d overdue Pending Dec 29, 2023
18573236 A RE-BALING APPARATUS, A BALE FORMER AND A RE-BALE FEEDER Spread-A-Bale Limited NGUYEN, JIMMY T 3725 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 21, 2023
18390556 PIPETTE TIP ADAPTER Tecan Trading AG BORTOLI, JONATHAN §112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 20, 2023
18541491 Cartridge, Electrowetting Sample Processing System and Feeding Thereof Tecan Trading AG SUN, CAITLYN MINGYUN 1795 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 15, 2023
18535235 PRODUCTION SYSTEM Tusas- Turk Havacilik Ve Uzay Sanayii Anonim Sirketi JANSSEN, REBECCA 1733 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 11, 2023
18565713 A THERMAL TRACE ENHANCER SYSTEM Tusas- Turk Havacilik Ve Uzay Sanayii Anonim Sirketi LI, LARRY 2881 Final Rejection 26d overdue Pending Nov 30, 2023
18375233 AUTHENTICATION PROVIDER ELIGIBILITY Digital First Holdings LLC LESNIEWSKI, VICTOR D 2493 §103 Final Rejection 83d Pending Sep 29, 2023
18375241 AUTHENTICATION PROVIDER SELECTION Digital First Holdings LLC XIAO, ZESHENG 3698 §103 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Sep 29, 2023
18281881 A PRODUCTION SYSTEM Tusas- Turk Havacilik Ve Uzay Sanayii Anonim Sirketi KITT, STEPHEN A 1717 §103 Non-Final OA 50d Pending Sep 13, 2023
18275046 Deoxyribozymes Generating Chemiluminescent Signals Ustav Organicke Chemie A Biochemie Av Cr, V.V.I. POHNERT, STEVEN C 1683 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 31, 2023
18274888 LIQUID COMPOSITION FOR MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS BY PCR BIOINOVA, A.S. KENNEDY, SARAH JANE 1682 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 28, 2023
18272918 Method for Extracting Black-Odorous Water Body Based on Cart Classification Model Guangzhou University GAVIA, NYLA EMANI ANN 2857 §103 Non-Final OA 153d overdue Pending Jul 18, 2023
18216687 COMMUNICATION WITH A BANK TELLER Digital First Holdings LLC MILLER, JAMES H 3694 §103 Final Rejection 56d Pending Jun 30, 2023
18217178 METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING A REMOTE COMMUNICATION SESSION Digital First Holdings LLC KWONG, CHO YIU 3693 §103 Final Rejection 55d Pending Jun 30, 2023
18268285 METAL POWDER RECYCLING SYSTEM Tusas- Turk Havacilik Ve Uzay Sanayii Anonim Sirketi JANSSEN, REBECCA 1733 §112 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Jun 19, 2023
18207424 METHOD OF OPERATING A PIPETTING SYSTEM, A PIPETTING SYSTEM, A TOOL, AND A COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD Tecan Trading AG GZYBOWSKI, MICHAEL STANLEY 1798 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 08, 2023
18039849 THYMIC CONSTRUCTS AND USES THEREOF The Francis Crick Institute Limited KOSAR, AARON J 1655 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 01, 2023
18030846 CHOLESTANE DERIVATIVES, PREPARATIONS CONTAINING THESE DERIVATIVES AND USE THEREOF UNIVERZITA PALACKEHO V OLOMOUCI KUCHARCZK, JED A 1623 §102 Final Rejection Pending Apr 07, 2023
18028669 SURFACE MODIFIED PARTICLES UNIVERZITA PALACKEHO V OLOMOUCI GIERE, REBECCA M 1677 §112 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Mar 27, 2023
18027229 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION Cb21 Pharma, S.R.O. LEE, ANDREW P 1691 §103 Final Rejection 100d overdue Pending Mar 20, 2023
18016394 A BRACE FOR A SAFETY DECK J. Mac Safety Systems Limited MEKHAEIL, SHIREF M 3634 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 16, 2023
18015365 3'3' CYCLIC DINUCLEOTIDES WITH AN ALKENYLENE Institute Of Organic Chemistry And Biochemistry AS Cr, V.V.I LEE, HOI YAN NMN 1693 Other Final Rejection 22d overdue Pending Jan 10, 2023
18090579 PIPETTE TIP EXTENSION Tecan Trading AG GZYBOWSKI, MICHAEL STANLEY 1798 §103 Final Rejection 54d AI Ready Dec 29, 2022
17883278 SOLAR DISK LIGHT WITH MOSAIC PATTERN E. Mishan & Sons, Inc. ESCALANTE, OVIDIO 3992 §103 Non-Final OA 233d overdue Pending Aug 08, 2022
17630037 FLUID CONTAINER COVER Tecan Trading AG KASS, BENJAMIN JOSEPH 1798 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Jan 25, 2022
17442497 THERMAL INSULATION MATERIAL AND METHOD OF APPLICATION THEREOF Turkiye Petrol Rafinerileri Anonim Sirketi Tupras BOWMAN, ANDREW J 1717 §103 Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending Sep 23, 2021
17435165 3'3'-CYCLIC DINUCLEOTIDES AND PRODRUGS THEREOF Institute Of Organic Chemistry And Biochemistry Ascr, V.V.I. HIBSHMAN, SARAH GRACE 1693 §103 Final Rejection 15d Pending Aug 31, 2021
16968710 HAEMOSTATIC MATERIAL Medtrade Products Limited GHALI, ISIS A D 1611 §103 Final Rejection 19d overdue Pending Aug 10, 2020

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