Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Novoclaims Patent Services LLC

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

7 pending office actions • 5 clients • 7 examiners • 3 art units • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

NOVOCLAIMS PATENT SERVICES LLC operates in the Chemistry & Materials technology area, where it has filed 687 career applications. The firm maintains a resolved allowance rate of 94.34 percent, which indicates the frequency of successful outcomes for its clients.

Prosecution at the firm averages 1.57 office actions per allowance. Currently, the firm manages 3 pending office actions. The 1.57 office actions per allowance suggests a direct path to grant for the firm's 687 career applications.

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

Quality Metrics (n=687 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

94.3%
Allowance Rate
n=687
+0.49σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=687
1.6
OAs to Allowance
n=600
-1.22σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=600
784 days
Time to Allowance
n=600
+4.5pp
Interview Lift
n=687
5.8%
RCE Rate
n=687
0.0%
Appeal Rate
n=687

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

81.5%
§101 Overcome
n=27
81.9%
§102 Overcome
n=105
77.5%
§103 Overcome
n=173
86.4%
§112 Overcome
n=257

Specialization & Scale

G06F, A61K, A61P
Top CPC Subclasses
8%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=687
0
Practitioners
n=687
—
Apps / Practitioner
n=687 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
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.

4
Hard (57%)
1
Medium (14%)
2
Easy (29%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (14%)
§103 only1 (14%)
§112 only2 (29%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (43%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
29% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
14% of docket
4
Business / Other
57% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CALANDRA, ANTHONY J 1 62.8% +18.7%
RAEVIS, ROBERT R 1 83.3% +15.3%
WRUBLESKI, MATTHEW JAMES 1 58.8% +60.4%
FORREST, MICHAEL 1 59.5% +13.8%
SHOHATEE, IBRAHIM NAGI 1 71.4% +30.0%
BELAY, DILNESSA B 1 62.1% +26.0%
MCCLURE, CHRISTINA D 1 29.9% +32.7%

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18697477 INTELLIGENT ABSORBENT ARTICLE BASED ON SENSING FILM AND BUILT-IN POCKET AND RELATED DEVICE WRUBLESKI, MATTHEW JAMES 27d
18844943 CAPACITIVE SENSING FILM, RELATED INTELLIGENT PAPER DIAPER, AND DETECTION SYSTEM DEVICE RAEVIS, ROBERT R —
18605776 Method of Determining River Nitrous Oxide Emission based on Land-River-Atmosphere Simulation SHOHATEE, IBRAHIM NAGI —
18557121 Preparation Method for Hollow Fiber Inorganic Membrane MCCLURE, CHRISTINA D —

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
18697477 INTELLIGENT ABSORBENT ARTICLE BASED ON SENSING FILM AND BUILT-IN POCKET AND RELATED DEVICE WRUBLESKI, MATTHEW JAMES 27d
18864538 Method of Preparing High-Strength, High-Toughness, and Recyclable Fiberboard with Bionic Structure CALANDRA, ANTHONY J —
18844943 CAPACITIVE SENSING FILM, RELATED INTELLIGENT PAPER DIAPER, AND DETECTION SYSTEM DEVICE RAEVIS, ROBERT R —
18619204 Preparation Method of Spindle-shaped W@CuO Material with Adjustable Included Angle FORREST, MICHAEL —
18605776 Method of Determining River Nitrous Oxide Emission based on Land-River-Atmosphere Simulation SHOHATEE, IBRAHIM NAGI —
18419421 Integrated Components of Heating Element and Control Device for Air Heating Apparatus BELAY, DILNESSA B —
18557121 Preparation Method for Hollow Fiber Inorganic Membrane MCCLURE, CHRISTINA D —

Client Portfolio (5 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17481
37811
17181

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18864538 Method of Preparing High-Strength, High-Toughness, and Recyclable Fiberboard with Bionic Structure Northeast Forestry University CALANDRA, ANTHONY J 1748 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 10, 2024
18844943 CAPACITIVE SENSING FILM, RELATED INTELLIGENT PAPER DIAPER, AND DETECTION SYSTEM DEVICE Sanwa Corporation RAEVIS, ROBERT R §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 06, 2024
18697477 INTELLIGENT ABSORBENT ARTICLE BASED ON SENSING FILM AND BUILT-IN POCKET AND RELATED DEVICE Sanwa Corporation WRUBLESKI, MATTHEW JAMES 3781 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 27d Pending Mar 31, 2024
18619204 Preparation Method of Spindle-shaped W@CuO Material with Adjustable Included Angle Zhengzhou University Of Light Industry FORREST, MICHAEL §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 28, 2024
18605776 Method of Determining River Nitrous Oxide Emission based on Land-River-Atmosphere Simulation Harbin Institute of Technology SHOHATEE, IBRAHIM NAGI §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 14, 2024
18419421 Integrated Components of Heating Element and Control Device for Air Heating Apparatus Guyland Technologies (Hongkong) Limited BELAY, DILNESSA B §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 22, 2024
18557121 Preparation Method for Hollow Fiber Inorganic Membrane Harbin Institute of Technology MCCLURE, CHRISTINA D 1718 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 25, 2023

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