Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Olson and Cepuritis, Ltd.

8 pending office actions • 7 clients • 7 examiners • 4 art units • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=1549 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

79.0%
Allowance Rate
n=1549
+0.49σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1549
2.8
OAs to Allowance
n=1036
-0.55σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=1036
1063 days
Time to Allowance
n=1036
+10.7pp
Interview Lift
n=1549
13.7%
RCE Rate
n=1549
3.2%
Appeal Rate
n=1549

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

85.5%
§101 Overcome
n=62
76.4%
§102 Overcome
n=364
74.2%
§103 Overcome
n=597
78.3%
§112 Overcome
n=530

Specialization & Scale

A61K, A61P, C07K
Top CPC Subclasses
19%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1549
5
Practitioners
n=1549
309.8
Apps / Practitioner
n=1549

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)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.

3
Hard (38%)
5
Medium (62%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (12%)
§103 only5 (62%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (25%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
38% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
25% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
3
Business / Other
38% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CARVALHO JR., ARMINDO 2 48.4% +34.1%
KONVES, ADRIANNA N 1 75.9% +14.5%
ROCHELLE, CIERRA MARIE 1
DEKARSKE, MADELINE MCGUIRE 1 0.0% +0.0%
MERLIN, JESSICA M 1 61.7% +24.0%
LEFF, STEVEN N 1 41.3% +7.9%
NIGAM, NATASHA 1 61.5% +38.3%

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
18210005 COLOUR FILTER FOR MODIFYING HUMAN COLOUR VISION AND METHOD OF DESIGNING SUCH A COLOUR FILTER NIGAM, NATASHA 18d overdue
18121785 CATHODE MATERIALS FOR USE IN LITHIUM CELLS AND BATTERIES CARVALHO JR., ARMINDO 16d
18743417 CRYSTALLINE PHARMACEUTICALLY ACCEPTABLE SALT AND POLYMORPHIC FORM OF THE GLUTAMINYL CYCLASE INHIBITOR VAROGLUTAMSTAT ROCHELLE, CIERRA MARIE
18677013 COMPOSITIONS FOR MANAGEMENT OF HPV (HUMAN PAPILLOMA VIRUS) INFECTIONS DEKARSKE, MADELINE MCGUIRE

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18433055 HUD SYSTEM WITH REDUCED REFLECTION AND A METHOD OF REDUCING THE REFLECTION OF A HUD SYSTEM MERLIN, JESSICA M 28d overdue
18210005 COLOUR FILTER FOR MODIFYING HUMAN COLOUR VISION AND METHOD OF DESIGNING SUCH A COLOUR FILTER NIGAM, NATASHA 18d overdue
18121785 CATHODE MATERIALS FOR USE IN LITHIUM CELLS AND BATTERIES CARVALHO JR., ARMINDO 16d
17136234 COBALT-FREE LITHIATED SPINEL CATHODE MATERIALS FOR USE IN LITHIUM CELLS AND BATTERIES CARVALHO JR., ARMINDO 23d
19095479 METHOD FOR ATTACHING AN END TERMINAL AND SPLITTING DEVICE THEREFOR KONVES, ADRIANNA N

Client Portfolio (7 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17292
28711
17921
28721

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19095479 METHOD FOR ATTACHING AN END TERMINAL AND SPLITTING DEVICE THEREFOR Pauger Kft. KONVES, ADRIANNA N §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 31, 2025
18743417 CRYSTALLINE PHARMACEUTICALLY ACCEPTABLE SALT AND POLYMORPHIC FORM OF THE GLUTAMINYL CYCLASE INHIBITOR VAROGLUTAMSTAT Vivoryon Therapeutics N.V. ROCHELLE, CIERRA MARIE §101§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Jun 14, 2024
18677013 COMPOSITIONS FOR MANAGEMENT OF HPV (HUMAN PAPILLOMA VIRUS) INFECTIONS Papillex Inc. DEKARSKE, MADELINE MCGUIRE §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 29, 2024
18433055 HUD SYSTEM WITH REDUCED REFLECTION AND A METHOD OF REDUCING THE REFLECTION OF A HUD SYSTEM Budapesti Muszaki És Gazdaságtudományi Egyetem (Budapest University Of Technology And Economics) MERLIN, JESSICA M 2871 §103 Final Rejection 28d overdue Pending Feb 05, 2024
18236632 WEIGHABLE INDUCTION COOKER AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF Jiangmen Yishan Metal Products Co., Ltd. LEFF, STEVEN N 1792 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 22, 2023
18210005 COLOUR FILTER FOR MODIFYING HUMAN COLOUR VISION AND METHOD OF DESIGNING SUCH A COLOUR FILTER Medicontur Kft. NIGAM, NATASHA 2872 §103§112 Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending Jun 14, 2023
18121785 CATHODE MATERIALS FOR USE IN LITHIUM CELLS AND BATTERIES UChicago Argonne, LLC CARVALHO JR., ARMINDO 1729 §103§112 Final Rejection 16d Pending Mar 15, 2023
17136234 COBALT-FREE LITHIATED SPINEL CATHODE MATERIALS FOR USE IN LITHIUM CELLS AND BATTERIES UChicago Argonne, LLC CARVALHO JR., ARMINDO 1729 §103Other Non-Final OA 23d Pending Dec 29, 2020

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