Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Openpto US LLC

Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

18 pending office actions • 11 clients • 18 examiners • 17 art units • 0 of 18 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

OpenPTO US LLC works in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems and has 20 pending office actions across 388 career applications. Its resolved allowance rate is 96.09%, showing that the recorded resolved applications reached allowance at a very high rate.

The average of 1.11 office actions per allowance indicates comparatively limited recorded examination activity before allowance within this profile. For practitioners, the data supports efficient response planning while the pending docket still requires active monitoring for unresolved claim and procedural issues.

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

Quality Metrics (n=388 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

96.1%
Allowance Rate
n=388
+0.43σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=388
1.1
OAs to Allowance
n=246
-1.68σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=246
611 days
Time to Allowance
n=246
-2.5pp
Interview Lift
n=388
4.3%
RCE Rate
n=388
1.1%
Appeal Rate
n=388

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

—
§101 Overcome
n=16 (min 20)
47.2%
§102 Overcome
n=36
50.0%
§103 Overcome
n=62
57.1%
§112 Overcome
n=63

Specialization & Scale

G06F, A61H, G01N
Top CPC Subclasses
14%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=388
0
Practitioners
n=388
—
Apps / Practitioner
n=388 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

18
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
7
Final Rejections
4
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
1
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. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 7 days (1)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.

7
Hard (39%)
9
Medium (50%)
2
Easy (11%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (6%)
§103 only7 (39%)
§102 only2 (11%)
§112 only2 (11%)
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

5
Life Sciences
28% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
2
Communications
11% of docket
1
Semiconductors
6% of docket
9
Mechanical / Eng
50% of docket
1
Business / Other
6% 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.

180 h
Manual time on pending OAs
36 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
63 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CHAMBERS, KATHRYN ELIZABETH 1 100.0% +0.0%
THOMAS, ANA D 1 87.6% +7.0%
FRANK, EMILY J 1 69.4% +18.8%
ALI, LABIBAH ILMA 1 83.3% +0.0%
TISSOT, ADAM D 1 79.3% +21.5%
LEE, BRANDON DONGPA 1 77.5% +23.7%
ISMAIL, MAHMOUD S 1 88.5% +11.6%
HEALY, NOAH MICHAEL 1 54.0% +41.4%
THIRUGNANAM, GANDHI 1 73.1% +13.2%
MCGUIRK, JOHN SCHUYLER 1 77.8% +49.3%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18988293 ABNORMAL AREA MARKING METHOD AND RELATED APPARATUS ISMAIL, MAHMOUD S 30d
35527680 Wall lamp CHAMBERS, KATHRYN ELIZABETH —
19305540 MOWER CONTROL METHOD AND SYSTEM BASED ON SINGLE JOYSTICK, AND RELATED DEVICE THOMAS, ANA D —

Hard Cases (7)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18200024 COMBINED MASSAGE DEVICE, NEGATIVE PRESSURE MASSAGE UNIT AND MASSAGE MACHINE STUART, COLIN W 52d overdue
18528885 FLUID-ASSISTED MINIMALLY-INVASIVE SURGERY VISUALIZATION DEVICE NEAL, TIMOTHY JAY 43d overdue
18348337 Cross-platform standardized maintenance method for power plant ARAQUE JR, GERARDO 6d
19034050 MOWING ROBOT RECHARGING METHOD, MOWING ROBOT AND STORAGE MEDIUM ALI, LABIBAH ILMA —
18391740 CHEMILUMINESCENT LATERAL FLOW IMMUNOASSAY METHOD LUSI, ELLIS FOLLETT —
18507254 TEST SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING EFFICIENCY OF UNDERGROUND COAL GASIFICATION MORELLO, JEAN F —
18134730 MANUFACTURING METHOD OF MICRONEEDLE BIOSENSOR BAREFORD, KATHERINE A —

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
18988293 ABNORMAL AREA MARKING METHOD AND RELATED APPARATUS ISMAIL, MAHMOUD S 30d
18614516 METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM FOR CELL IDENTIFICATION THIRUGNANAM, GANDHI 30d
19299137 METHOD FOR DISPLAYING MOWING OPERATION AREA, AND RELATED APPARATUS FRANK, EMILY J —
19033166 ROUTE PLANNING METHOD AND DEVICE, MOWING ROBOT, AND STORAGE MEDIUM TISSOT, ADAM D —
19032734 MOWING METHOD AND DEVICE, MOWING ROBOT, AND STORAGE MEDIUM LEE, BRANDON DONGPA —
18644402 DIABETES SENSOR, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND CLOSED-LOOP CONTROL SYSTEM HEALY, NOAH MICHAEL —
18412482 LATERAL FLOW IMMUNOASSAY DEVICE FOR ALBUMIN DETECTION MCGUIRK, JOHN SCHUYLER —

Client Portfolio (11 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36622
29341
36611
26291
36671
36631
37911
26721
17981
16771

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
35527680 Wall lamp Shenzhen Intellirocks Tech. Co., Ltd. CHAMBERS, KATHRYN ELIZABETH 2934 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 19, 2025
19305540 MOWER CONTROL METHOD AND SYSTEM BASED ON SINGLE JOYSTICK, AND RELATED DEVICE Shenzhen Mammotion Innovation Co., Limited THOMAS, ANA D 3661 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 20, 2025
19299137 METHOD FOR DISPLAYING MOWING OPERATION AREA, AND RELATED APPARATUS Shenzhen Mammotion Innovation Co., Limited FRANK, EMILY J 2629 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 13, 2025
19034050 MOWING ROBOT RECHARGING METHOD, MOWING ROBOT AND STORAGE MEDIUM Shenzhen Mammotion Innovation Co., Limited ALI, LABIBAH ILMA 3667 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 22, 2025
19033166 ROUTE PLANNING METHOD AND DEVICE, MOWING ROBOT, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Shenzhen Mammotion Innovation Co., Limited TISSOT, ADAM D 3663 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 21, 2025
19032734 MOWING METHOD AND DEVICE, MOWING ROBOT, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Shenzhen Mammotion Innovation Co., Limited LEE, BRANDON DONGPA 3662 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 21, 2025
18988293 ABNORMAL AREA MARKING METHOD AND RELATED APPARATUS Shenzhen Mammotion Innovationco., Ltd. ISMAIL, MAHMOUD S 3662 §112 Final Rejection 30d Pending Dec 19, 2024
18644402 DIABETES SENSOR, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND CLOSED-LOOP CONTROL SYSTEM Peking University HEALY, NOAH MICHAEL 3791 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 24, 2024
18614516 METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM FOR CELL IDENTIFICATION Ruixin (Fuzhou) Technology Co., Ltd. THIRUGNANAM, GANDHI 2672 §103 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Mar 22, 2024
18412482 LATERAL FLOW IMMUNOASSAY DEVICE FOR ALBUMIN DETECTION Peking University First Hospital MCGUIRK, JOHN SCHUYLER 1798 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 13, 2024
18391740 CHEMILUMINESCENT LATERAL FLOW IMMUNOASSAY METHOD Peking University LUSI, ELLIS FOLLETT 1677 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 21, 2023
18528885 FLUID-ASSISTED MINIMALLY-INVASIVE SURGERY VISUALIZATION DEVICE Guangcheng Li NEAL, TIMOTHY JAY 3795 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 43d overdue Pending Dec 05, 2023
18507254 TEST SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING EFFICIENCY OF UNDERGROUND COAL GASIFICATION Anhui University Of Science & Technology MORELLO, JEAN F 2855 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 13, 2023
18231263 DEVICE AND PROCESS FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL TREATMENT OF WASTEWATER WITH SCREENING CURRENT COLLECTOR-BASED FLOW ANODE Guangdong University of Technology PEO, JONATHAN M 1779 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 08, 2023
18271296 Use of Inosine in Preparing Drug For Treatment of Corona Virus Disease 2019 Pla Academy Of Military Medical Sciences MILLER, DALE R 1693 §102 Final Rejection 86d overdue Pending Jul 07, 2023
18348337 Cross-platform standardized maintenance method for power plant Shandong Huaneng Power Generation Co.,Ltd. ARAQUE JR, GERARDO 3629 §101 Final Rejection 6d Pending Jul 06, 2023
18200024 COMBINED MASSAGE DEVICE, NEGATIVE PRESSURE MASSAGE UNIT AND MASSAGE MACHINE Shenzhen Vincent Technology Co., Ltd. STUART, COLIN W 3785 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 52d overdue Pending May 22, 2023
18134730 MANUFACTURING METHOD OF MICRONEEDLE BIOSENSOR Peking University BAREFORD, KATHERINE A 1718 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 14, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Openpto US LLC's patent allowance rate?

96.1% of resolved applications prosecuted by Openpto US LLC were allowed, across 388 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Openpto US LLC average before allowance?

1.11 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Openpto US LLC have?

18 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 11 clients, before 18 examiners in 17 art units.

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