Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Oconnor & Company Pllc

9 pending office actions • 4 clients • 9 examiners • 9 art units • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=409 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

85.6%
Allowance Rate
n=409
+0.57σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=409
3.4
OAs to Allowance
n=160
-0.07σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=160
835 days
Time to Allowance
n=160
+8.8pp
Interview Lift
n=409
30.0%
RCE Rate
n=409
2.0%
Appeal Rate
n=409

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=10 (min 20)
69.9%
§102 Overcome
n=73
75.9%
§103 Overcome
n=141
75.0%
§112 Overcome
n=88

Specialization & Scale

Y02P, Y02E, B01D
Top CPC Subclasses
18%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=409
0
Practitioners
n=409
Apps / Practitioner
n=409 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
2
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

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

6
Hard (67%)
2
Medium (22%)
1
Easy (11%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (11%)
Double-patenting only1 (11%)
Double-patenting + other1 (11%)
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (67%)

Industry Mix

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

9
Life Sciences
100% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KAHN, RACHEL 1 27.4% +16.2%
WOODWARD, ANA LUCRECIA 1 73.2% +16.6%
MCAVOY, ELLEN M 1 72.8% +8.5%
WEI, ZHONGQING 1 58.7% +16.5%
AHVAZI, BIJAN 1 63.4% +47.3%
CLEVELAND, TIMOTHY C 1 59.9% +17.9%
CHAU, LINDA N 1 44.3% +15.5%
FRITCHMAN, REBECCA M 1 45.7% +35.8%
HOLT, ANDRIAE M 1 48.9% +22.8%

Hard Cases (6)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19039332 CLOSED-LOOP THERMOSET POLYMERS WITH IMPROVED PROCESSIBILITY AND TUNABLE DEGRADATION KAHN, RACHEL 2d overdue
18799575 DURABLE, BROADBAND-TRANSPARENT POLYOXALAMIDE POLYMERS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME WOODWARD, ANA LUCRECIA 41d
18197060 WAVELENGTH-TUNABLE PHOTOCHROMIC COMPOSITIONS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS UTILIZING CARBOXYLATE LIGANDS AHVAZI, BIJAN 41d
18114202 THERMALLY STABLE, CLADDED PERMANENT MAGNETS, AND COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAME CHAU, LINDA N 69d
18121153 BIOREACTORS CONFIGURED FOR UV STERILIZATION, AND METHODS OF USING UV STERILIZATION IN BIOPROCESSES CLEVELAND, TIMOTHY C
17852307 PHASE-SEPARATED ANTIMICROBIAL COATINGS, AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME HOLT, ANDRIAE M

Interview Candidates (8)

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
19039332 CLOSED-LOOP THERMOSET POLYMERS WITH IMPROVED PROCESSIBILITY AND TUNABLE DEGRADATION KAHN, RACHEL 2d overdue
18799575 DURABLE, BROADBAND-TRANSPARENT POLYOXALAMIDE POLYMERS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME WOODWARD, ANA LUCRECIA 41d
18197060 WAVELENGTH-TUNABLE PHOTOCHROMIC COMPOSITIONS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS UTILIZING CARBOXYLATE LIGANDS AHVAZI, BIJAN 41d
18114202 THERMALLY STABLE, CLADDED PERMANENT MAGNETS, AND COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAME CHAU, LINDA N 69d
18276513 LONG-CYCLE-LIFE, HIGH-CAPACITY SILICON ANODES AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME WEI, ZHONGQING
18121153 BIOREACTORS CONFIGURED FOR UV STERILIZATION, AND METHODS OF USING UV STERILIZATION IN BIOPROCESSES CLEVELAND, TIMOTHY C
18074988 SENSORS FOR ANTIMICROBIAL BIPHASIC POLYMERS, AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS INCORPORATING THE SAME FRITCHMAN, REBECCA M
17852307 PHASE-SEPARATED ANTIMICROBIAL COATINGS, AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME HOLT, ANDRIAE M

Client Portfolio (4 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17661
17651
17711
17271
17631
17741
17851
17581
16141

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19039332 CLOSED-LOOP THERMOSET POLYMERS WITH IMPROVED PROCESSIBILITY AND TUNABLE DEGRADATION Hrl Laboratories, LLC KAHN, RACHEL 1766 §103§112 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Jan 28, 2025
18799575 DURABLE, BROADBAND-TRANSPARENT POLYOXALAMIDE POLYMERS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME Hrl Laboratories, LLC WOODWARD, ANA LUCRECIA 1765 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA 41d Pending Aug 09, 2024
18740324 REPLACING THE USE OF AIR AND STEAM WITH OXYGEN AND CARBON DIOXIDE IN FLUIDIZED CATALYTIC CRACKING UNITS Kerogen Systems, Incorporated MCAVOY, ELLEN M 1771 §103 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Jun 11, 2024
18276513 LONG-CYCLE-LIFE, HIGH-CAPACITY SILICON ANODES AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME The Regents of the University of California WEI, ZHONGQING 1727 DP Non-Final OA Pending Aug 09, 2023
18197060 WAVELENGTH-TUNABLE PHOTOCHROMIC COMPOSITIONS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS UTILIZING CARBOXYLATE LIGANDS Hrl Laboratories, LLC AHVAZI, BIJAN 1763 §102§103 Non-Final OA 41d Pending May 13, 2023
18121153 BIOREACTORS CONFIGURED FOR UV STERILIZATION, AND METHODS OF USING UV STERILIZATION IN BIOPROCESSES Arcology Inc. Dba Biosphere CLEVELAND, TIMOTHY C 1774 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 14, 2023
18114202 THERMALLY STABLE, CLADDED PERMANENT MAGNETS, AND COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAME Hrl Laboratories, LLC CHAU, LINDA N 1785 §103§112 Final Rejection 69d Pending Feb 24, 2023
18074988 SENSORS FOR ANTIMICROBIAL BIPHASIC POLYMERS, AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS INCORPORATING THE SAME Hrl Laboratories, LLC FRITCHMAN, REBECCA M 1758 §112DPOther Non-Final OA Pending Dec 05, 2022
17852307 PHASE-SEPARATED ANTIMICROBIAL COATINGS, AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME Hrl Laboratories, LLC HOLT, ANDRIAE M 1614 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 28, 2022

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