Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Offit Kurman

24 pending office actions • 16 clients • 24 examiners • 19 art units • 0 of 24 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 36 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=662 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

86.7%
Allowance Rate
n=662
+0.49σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=662
3.5
OAs to Allowance
n=340
-0.10σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=340
1020 days
Time to Allowance
n=340
+11.4pp
Interview Lift
n=662
32.1%
RCE Rate
n=662
1.6%
Appeal Rate
n=662

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

65.9%
§101 Overcome
n=44
67.5%
§102 Overcome
n=157
69.8%
§103 Overcome
n=262
71.0%
§112 Overcome
n=221

Specialization & Scale

E21B, A61F, A61B
Top CPC Subclasses
19%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=662
3
Practitioners
n=662
220.7
Apps / Practitioner
n=662

Portfolio Summary

24
Total Pending OAs
12
Non-Final OAs
11
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 14 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

8
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
2
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. 14 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (8)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (2)

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.

14
Hard (58%)
9
Medium (38%)
1
Easy (4%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (8%)
§103 only8 (33%)
Double-patenting only1 (4%)
Double-patenting + other1 (4%)
Multi-statute (no §101)12 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

5
Life Sciences
21% of docket
3
Information Tech
12% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
14
Mechanical / Eng
58% of docket
2
Business / Other
8% 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.

240 h
Manual time on pending OAs
48 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
84 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SHIRSAT, MARCELA 1 73.5% +19.7%
LAWSON, MATTHEW JAMES 1 73.8% +29.7%
CRIBBS, MALCOLM 1 88.9% +14.7%
MCNURLEN, SCOTT THOMAS 1 53.1% +27.7%
CONIGLIO, AUDREA JUNE BUCKLEY 1 52.8% +21.0%
BATTISTI, DEREK J 1 51.3% +36.0%
ALAM, MUSHFIKH I 1 58.3% +38.0%
SIPPEL, RACHEL T 1 52.3% +57.9%
JAFFRI, ZEHRA 1 60.5% +46.7%
LANCASTER, LINDSAY REGAN 1 55.6% +27.0%

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
18962443 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ELECTRONIC CONTENT DELIVERY TO A USER DEVICE THROUGH A WIRELESS CAPTIVE AUDIENCE DEVICE CRIBBS, MALCOLM 46d

Hard Cases (14)

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
18202346 SURGICAL SYSTEM FOR MANAGING BLOOD FLOW DURING A SURGICAL PROCEDURE HOLWERDA, KATHLEEN SONNETT 121d overdue
17854061 ACL REPAIR METHOD USING FEMORAL ATTACHMENT BLASS, PARIS MARIE 49d overdue
17370457 SAMPLING DEVICE AND SYSTEMS NGUYEN, HENRY H 43d overdue
16982935 ADVANCED BIOPHYSICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL CELLULAR MONITORING AND QUANTIFICATION USING LASER FORCE CYTOLOGY SKIBINSKY, ANNA 17d overdue
17298314 DEVICE FOR ASSESSING MECHANICAL STRAIN INDUCED IN OR BY CELLS DAUNER, JOSEPH G 10d overdue
18379390 SURGICAL SYSTEM FOR AN AORTIC VALVE JAFFRI, ZEHRA 13d
18285764 EXCISION CATHETER SYSTEM FOR AN AORTIC VALVE LANCASTER, LINDSAY REGAN 20d
16977670 DEVICE FOR PERFORMING ELECTRICAL MEASUREMENTS LYLE, SOPHIA YUAN 27d

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
18379390 SURGICAL SYSTEM FOR AN AORTIC VALVE JAFFRI, ZEHRA 13d
18285764 EXCISION CATHETER SYSTEM FOR AN AORTIC VALVE LANCASTER, LINDSAY REGAN 20d
18962443 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ELECTRONIC CONTENT DELIVERY TO A USER DEVICE THROUGH A WIRELESS CAPTIVE AUDIENCE DEVICE CRIBBS, MALCOLM 46d
18793688 RUCKING ARTICLE BATTISTI, DEREK J 72d
19203592 SYSTEM FOR JOINT FIXATION OF EXTREMITY BONE AND RELATED METHODS SHIRSAT, MARCELA
18879691 SYSTEMS, APPARATUSES, AND METHODS ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY LAWSON, MATTHEW JAMES
18949742 EXERCISE ARTICLE FOR CARRYING A WEIGHTED PLATE MCNURLEN, SCOTT THOMAS
18856087 Improved Synthesis of Taurolidine, Purity Profiles and Polymorphs CONIGLIO, AUDREA JUNE BUCKLEY

Client Portfolio (16 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37713
37742
37751
36191
24971
37341
24261
37851
37941
36731

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19203592 SYSTEM FOR JOINT FIXATION OF EXTREMITY BONE AND RELATED METHODS Forma Medical, Inc. SHIRSAT, MARCELA 3775 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 09, 2025
18879691 SYSTEMS, APPARATUSES, AND METHODS ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY Forma Medical, Inc. LAWSON, MATTHEW JAMES 3619 §101§102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 27, 2024
18962443 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ELECTRONIC CONTENT DELIVERY TO A USER DEVICE THROUGH A WIRELESS CAPTIVE AUDIENCE DEVICE Baker & Taylor, LLC CRIBBS, MALCOLM 2497 §103Other Non-Final OA 46d Pending Nov 27, 2024
18949742 EXERCISE ARTICLE FOR CARRYING A WEIGHTED PLATE Goruck Holdings, LLC MCNURLEN, SCOTT THOMAS §103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Nov 15, 2024
18856087 Improved Synthesis of Taurolidine, Purity Profiles and Polymorphs Cormedix Inc. CONIGLIO, AUDREA JUNE BUCKLEY DP Non-Final OA Pending Oct 11, 2024
18793688 RUCKING ARTICLE Goruck Holdings, LLC BATTISTI, DEREK J 3734 §103§112 Final Rejection 72d Pending Aug 02, 2024
18512729 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING VIDEO DATA FROM A SECURE VIDEO SOURCE NETWORK Skyline Technology Solutions, LLC ALAM, MUSHFIKH I 2426 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 17, 2023
18559089 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LIMB COMPRESSION Roger Tsang SIPPEL, RACHEL T 3785 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 06, 2023
18379390 SURGICAL SYSTEM FOR AN AORTIC VALVE Excision Medical, Inc. JAFFRI, ZEHRA 3771 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 13d Pending Oct 12, 2023
18285764 EXCISION CATHETER SYSTEM FOR AN AORTIC VALVE Excision Medical, Inc. LANCASTER, LINDSAY REGAN 3794 §102§103 Final Rejection 20d Pending Oct 05, 2023
18219341 FLAT WOVEN FABRIC WITH DURABLE DROP AREA, AND RELATED PROCESSES Welspun India Limited GEDEON, DEBORAH TALITHA 3673 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 07, 2023
18202346 SURGICAL SYSTEM FOR MANAGING BLOOD FLOW DURING A SURGICAL PROCEDURE Excision Medical, Inc. HOLWERDA, KATHLEEN SONNETT 3771 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 121d overdue Pending May 26, 2023
18130529 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HOLIDAY TOY Infineon Technologies AG BALDORI, JOSEPH B 3711 §103 Non-Final OA 692d overdue Pending Apr 04, 2023
18127428 SURGICAL SYSTEM FOR EXCISING A VALVE Excision Medical, Inc. YABUT, DIANE D 3771 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 28, 2023
17854061 ACL REPAIR METHOD USING FEMORAL ATTACHMENT Miach Orthopaedics, Inc. BLASS, PARIS MARIE 3774 §103§112 Final Rejection 49d overdue Pending Jun 30, 2022
17557310 APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BUILDING SYSTEM DIAGNOSTICS Pinnacle Intergration Software & Technology, LLC ARAQUE JR, GERARDO 3629 §103§112 Final Rejection 79d Pending Dec 21, 2021
17515022 Controlled Absorption Water-Soluble Pharmaceutically Active Organic Compound Formulation for Once-Daily Administration Sti Pharma, LLC PEEBLES, KATHERINE 1617 §112DP Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Oct 29, 2021
17370457 SAMPLING DEVICE AND SYSTEMS Lumacyte, Inc. NGUYEN, HENRY H 1758 §103§112 Final Rejection 43d overdue Pending Jul 08, 2021
17298314 DEVICE FOR ASSESSING MECHANICAL STRAIN INDUCED IN OR BY CELLS Mimetas B.V. DAUNER, JOSEPH G 1682 §102§112 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending May 28, 2021
17187094 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC ACCESS CONTROL FOR DEVICES OVER COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS Ip Technology Labs, LLC DEBNATH, SUMAN 2495 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 26, 2021
16982935 ADVANCED BIOPHYSICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL CELLULAR MONITORING AND QUANTIFICATION USING LASER FORCE CYTOLOGY Lumacyte, Inc. SKIBINSKY, ANNA 1635 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Sep 21, 2020
16977670 DEVICE FOR PERFORMING ELECTRICAL MEASUREMENTS Mimetas B.V. LYLE, SOPHIA YUAN 1796 §103§112 Final Rejection 27d Pending Sep 02, 2020
16806587 METHODS AND PROCEDURES FOR LIGAMENT REPAIR The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia MANNAN, MIKAIL A 3774 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 02, 2020
16000001 Hygro Flat Woven Fabrics, Articles, And Related Processes Welspun India Limited HUANG, GRACE 3732 §103 Non-Final OA 126d overdue Pending Jun 05, 2018

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