Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Olive Law Group, PLLC

Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials

26 pending office actions • 23 clients • 26 examiners • 20 art units • 0 of 26 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

OLIVE LAW GROUP, PLLC focuses on Chemistry & Materials, where it has managed 1953 career applications. The firm has achieved a resolved allowance rate of 88.96 percent.

The firm currently has 24 pending office actions and averages 2.82 office actions per allowance. This average of 2.82 indicates the typical prosecution process for the firm's 1953 career applications.

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

Quality Metrics (n=1953 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

89.0%
Allowance Rate
n=1953
+0.57σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1953
2.8
OAs to Allowance
n=1297
-0.59σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=1297
802 days
Time to Allowance
n=1297
+6.0pp
Interview Lift
n=1953
22.2%
RCE Rate
n=1953
1.1%
Appeal Rate
n=1953

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

79.3%
§101 Overcome
n=174
81.6%
§102 Overcome
n=494
81.6%
§103 Overcome
n=774
82.4%
§112 Overcome
n=619

Specialization & Scale

G01N, G06F, A61B
Top CPC Subclasses
11%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1953
5
Practitioners
n=1953
390.6
Apps / Practitioner
n=1953

Portfolio Summary

26
Total Pending OAs
16
Non-Final OAs
8
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

9
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (9)Due ≤ 30 days (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 (54%)
9
Medium (35%)
3
Easy (12%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (8%)
§103 only7 (27%)
§102 only1 (4%)
§112 only3 (12%)
Double-patenting + other1 (4%)
Multi-statute (no §101)12 (46%)

Industry Mix

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

12
Life Sciences
46% of docket
1
Information Tech
4% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
8% of docket
8
Mechanical / Eng
31% of docket
3
Business / Other
12% 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.

260 h
Manual time on pending OAs
52 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
91 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
RUSS, COREY V 1 27.1% +38.6%
GLOVER, SHANNA DANIELLE 1 76.0% +29.1%
STEADMAN, DAVID J 1 57.7% +29.6%
TATE-SIMS, CRISTI J 1 83.7% +14.5%
PAYER, HWEI-SIU C 1 73.9% +30.0%
LE, KHOA TAN 1 78.0% +38.2%
SPLIT, JAMES GERALD 1 61.9% +34.8%
RISIC, ABIGAIL ANNE 1 77.7% +7.3%
ZHANG, RUIYUN 1 70.4% +10.6%
KARAVIAS, DENISE R 1 63.2% +30.5%

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
18907628 Garment Steamer Circuit for Regulating Voltage and Garment Steamer TATE-SIMS, CRISTI J —

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
16124754 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROMOTING ADHESION OF ARC-SPRAY COATINGS BAREFORD, KATHERINE A 281d overdue
18223379 Egg Laying Box TRUONG, KATELYN T 153d overdue
19185144 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)-DRIVEN CONTENT GENERATION AND MULTI-CHANNEL DISTRIBUTION RUSS, COREY V 43d overdue
17288070 PLASMA SOURCE AND METHOD FOR PREPARING AND COATING SURFACES USING ATMOSPHERIC PLASMA PRESSURE WAVES YU, YUECHUAN 32d overdue
18511931 METHOD OF PREPARING 1-(2,2-DIMETHYLPROPYL)-CYCLOPROPENE AS SPRAYABLE ETHYLENE ANTAGONIST IN PLANTS AND USES THEREOF HOWELL, THEODORE R 10d overdue
18759963 MEDICAL CUTTING DEVICES HAVING WORKING BLADE BODIES AND STATIC COMPONENTS WITH DETACHABLE PORTIONS, RAILS AND STRUTS AND ASSOCIATED ASSEMBLY LE, KHOA TAN 22d
18863124 OMEGA-TRANSAMINASE MUTANT AND APPLICATION THEREOF STEADMAN, DAVID J —
18907633 Anti-loosening Structure and Folding Knife and Scissors Applying Same PAYER, HWEI-SIU C —

Interview Candidates (9)

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
19185144 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)-DRIVEN CONTENT GENERATION AND MULTI-CHANNEL DISTRIBUTION RUSS, COREY V 43d overdue
18759963 MEDICAL CUTTING DEVICES HAVING WORKING BLADE BODIES AND STATIC COMPONENTS WITH DETACHABLE PORTIONS, RAILS AND STRUTS AND ASSOCIATED ASSEMBLY LE, KHOA TAN 22d
18280748 SOFA MODULE AND ASSEMBLED SOFA GLOVER, SHANNA DANIELLE —
18863124 OMEGA-TRANSAMINASE MUTANT AND APPLICATION THEREOF STEADMAN, DAVID J —
18907628 Garment Steamer Circuit for Regulating Voltage and Garment Steamer TATE-SIMS, CRISTI J —
18907633 Anti-loosening Structure and Folding Knife and Scissors Applying Same PAYER, HWEI-SIU C —
18734797 THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) CONTINUOUSLY SCANNING LASER VIBROMETER SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING OPERATING DEFLECTION SHAPES AND MODE SHAPES BASED ON MEASURED 3D VIBRATIONS OF CURVED STRUCTURE SURFACES SPLIT, JAMES GERALD —
18709743 POLYMER COMPOSITION ZHANG, RUIYUN —

Client Portfolio (23 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37713
17182
36291
36421
16521
17111
37241
28551
17821
24251

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19185144 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)-DRIVEN CONTENT GENERATION AND MULTI-CHANNEL DISTRIBUTION Pollen LLC RUSS, COREY V 3629 §101§103 Final Rejection 43d overdue Pending Apr 21, 2025
18280748 SOFA MODULE AND ASSEMBLED SOFA Anji Longwin Furniture Co., Ltd. GLOVER, SHANNA DANIELLE 3642 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 23, 2024
18863124 OMEGA-TRANSAMINASE MUTANT AND APPLICATION THEREOF Zhejiang Yongtai Chiral Medicine Technology Co., Ltd. STEADMAN, DAVID J 1652 §103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 05, 2024
18907628 Garment Steamer Circuit for Regulating Voltage and Garment Steamer Shen Zhen Rone Phoenix Nest Design Development Co., Ltd. TATE-SIMS, CRISTI J 1711 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 07, 2024
18907633 Anti-loosening Structure and Folding Knife and Scissors Applying Same Guangxi Ruike Outdoor Tools Manufacturing Co., Ltd. PAYER, HWEI-SIU C 3724 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 07, 2024
18759963 MEDICAL CUTTING DEVICES HAVING WORKING BLADE BODIES AND STATIC COMPONENTS WITH DETACHABLE PORTIONS, RAILS AND STRUTS AND ASSOCIATED ASSEMBLY Innovations 4 Surgery, LLC LE, KHOA TAN 3771 §103§112 Final Rejection 22d Pending Jun 30, 2024
18734797 THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) CONTINUOUSLY SCANNING LASER VIBROMETER SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING OPERATING DEFLECTION SHAPES AND MODE SHAPES BASED ON MEASURED 3D VIBRATIONS OF CURVED STRUCTURE SURFACES UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE SPLIT, JAMES GERALD 2855 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 05, 2024
18731242 CONSTRUCTION METHOD OF STEEL-CONCRETE COMBINED SKEWBACK STRUCTURE AND CONSTRUCTION METHOD THEREOF Fuzhou University RISIC, ABIGAIL ANNE §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 01, 2024
18709743 POLYMER COMPOSITION Jiaxing Fuying Composite Materials Co., Ltd. ZHANG, RUIYUN 1782 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 13, 2024
18612238 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING EQUIVALENT SCOUR DEPTHS OF OFFSHORE ENGINEERING STRUCTURE Ocean University Of China KARAVIAS, DENISE R §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 21, 2024
18442020 IMPAIRMENT ANALYSIS SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS Ialyze, LLC ANDERSON II, JAMES M 2425 §112DP Final Rejection 52d overdue Pending Feb 14, 2024
18429534 CONNECTORS WITH PIEZOCHROMIC MATERIAL FOR INDICATING INTERFACE OF CONNECTOR ENDS AND RELATED METHODS LENOVO GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY (UNITED STATES) INC. HYEON, HAE M 2831 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 01, 2024
18511931 METHOD OF PREPARING 1-(2,2-DIMETHYLPROPYL)-CYCLOPROPENE AS SPRAYABLE ETHYLENE ANTAGONIST IN PLANTS AND USES THEREOF Kyung Sang Nam Do HOWELL, THEODORE R 1628 §102§112 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Nov 16, 2023
18552693 Compositions For and Methods of Editing the Genome Duke University MONTANARI, DAVID A 1632 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 27, 2023
18225191 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCTION OF HYDROGEN Research Triangle Institute VALENCIA, JUAN C §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 24, 2023
18223379 Egg Laying Box Dezhou Weiqian Import And Export Co., Ltd. TRUONG, KATELYN T 3647 §102§103 Non-Final OA 153d overdue Pending Jul 18, 2023
18271277 METHOD TO CONTROL SYNGAS COMPOSITION FROM AN ENGINE-BASED SYNGAS GENERATOR Research Triangle Institute CHU, YONG LIANG 1731 §103 Final Rejection 60d overdue Pending Jul 07, 2023
18270841 PRINTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR LED RETAINING WALL OF DISPLAY PANEL Enovate3D (Hangzhou) Technology Development Co., Ltd. AHMED ALI, MOHAMED K 1744 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 04, 2023
18270445 METHOD FOR PREPARING SILICON OXIDE POWDER FILLER, POWDER FILLER OBTAINED THEREBY, AND APPLICATION OF SILICON OXIDE POWDER FILLER Zhejiang Third Age Material Technology Co., Ltd. ROLLAND, ALEX A 1759 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 29, 2023
18034354 FOLDABLE LADDER Zhejiang King Chance Co., Ltd. MARTINEZ, DAVID E 3634 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 27, 2023
18102693 MICROKERATOME BLADE ASSEMBLIES HAVING CHANNELS FOR STABILIZING MOVEMENT Med-Logics, Inc. LYNCH, ROBERT A 3771 §112 Final Rejection 22d Pending Jan 28, 2023
18087715 MEDICAL CUTTING DEVICES WITH A STATIC CASING AND A BLADE WORKING BODY OF GREATER WIDTH AND RELATED METHODS Innovations 4 Surgery, LLC IGBOKO, CHIMA U 3771 §112 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Dec 22, 2022
17790192 METHOD FOR PREPARING NON-DENATURED TYPE II COLLAGEN Fujian Hengjie Bioloical Technology Co., Ltd. RAO, MANJUNATH N 1656 §103 Non-Final OA 161d overdue Pending Jun 30, 2022
17467816 Nanoveson(TM): Treatment, Biomarkers and Diagnostic Tests for Liver Diseases and Comorbid Diseases Nanoveson LLC KASSA, TIGABU 1619 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 07, 2021
17288070 PLASMA SOURCE AND METHOD FOR PREPARING AND COATING SURFACES USING ATMOSPHERIC PLASMA PRESSURE WAVES Atmospheric Plasma Solutions, Inc. YU, YUECHUAN 1718 §103§112 Final Rejection 32d overdue Pending Apr 23, 2021
16124754 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROMOTING ADHESION OF ARC-SPRAY COATINGS Atmospheric Plasma Solutions, Inc. BAREFORD, KATHERINE A 1718 §103§112 Final Rejection 281d overdue Pending Sep 07, 2018

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