Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Openpto US LLC

11 pending office actions • 11 clients • 11 examiners • 11 art units • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 112 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=251 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

97.0%
Allowance Rate
n=251
+0.55σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=251
1.1
OAs to Allowance
n=164
-1.59σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=164
564 days
Time to Allowance
n=164
-1.0pp
Interview Lift
n=251
4.7%
RCE Rate
n=251
0.0%
Appeal Rate
n=251

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=4 (min 20)
§102 Overcome
n=8 (min 20)
55.2%
§103 Overcome
n=29
76.9%
§112 Overcome
n=26

Specialization & Scale

G01N, A61H, G06F
Top CPC Subclasses
14%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=251
0
Practitioners
n=251
Apps / Practitioner
n=251 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
2
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.

4
Overdue
1
Due this week
1
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 (4)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (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.

1
Hard (9%)
9
Medium (82%)
1
Easy (9%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (9%)
§103 only7 (64%)
§102 only2 (18%)
§112 only1 (9%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
36% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
9% of docket
2
Semiconductors
18% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
27% of docket
1
Business / Other
9% 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.

110 h
Manual time on pending OAs
22 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
38 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LEECH, NICOLE MARIE 1 97.9% +3.4%
KARACSONY, ROBERT 1 76.9% +15.2%
THIRUGNANAM, GANDHI 1 73.9% +11.9%
NEAL, TIMOTHY JAY 1 77.7% +13.3%
EZELUOMBA, MIRIAM NCHEKWUBECHU 1 100.0% +0.0%
PEO, JONATHAN M 1 48.4% +48.3%
MILLER, DALE R 1 62.2% +17.2%
ARAQUE JR, GERARDO 1 9.6% +15.9%
STUART, COLIN W 1 58.2% +54.8%
SCHODDE, CHRISTOPHER A 1 53.5% +33.1%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
35525316 Terrarium LEECH, NICOLE MARIE
18502200 Multi-element membrane separator and separation method based on spiral-wound membrane elements EZELUOMBA, MIRIAM NCHEKWUBECHU

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18348337 Cross-platform standardized maintenance method for power plant ARAQUE JR, GERARDO 6d

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
18271296 Use of Inosine in Preparing Drug For Treatment of Corona Virus Disease 2019 MILLER, DALE R 86d overdue
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
18614516 METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM FOR CELL IDENTIFICATION THIRUGNANAM, GANDHI 30d
19033513 PHASED ARRAY ANTENNA MODULE WITH LOADED METAMATERIALS,RF CIRCUITRY, AND 5G MOBILE DEVICE KARACSONY, ROBERT
18231263 DEVICE AND PROCESS FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL TREATMENT OF WASTEWATER WITH SCREENING CURRENT COLLECTOR-BASED FLOW ANODE PEO, JONATHAN M
18035101 ULTRAVIOLET (UV) LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE (LED) STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF SCHODDE, CHRISTOPHER A

Client Portfolio (11 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
29141
28451
26721
37951
17761
17791
16931
36291
37851
28981

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
35525316 Terrarium Shenzhen Nancheng Youpin Trade Co., Ltd. LEECH, NICOLE MARIE 2914 §102 Final Rejection Pending May 12, 2025
19033513 PHASED ARRAY ANTENNA MODULE WITH LOADED METAMATERIALS,RF CIRCUITRY, AND 5G MOBILE DEVICE Huizhou Speed Wireless Technology Co., Ltd. KARACSONY, ROBERT 2845 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 22, 2025
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
18528885 FLUID-ASSISTED MINIMALLY-INVASIVE SURGERY VISUALIZATION DEVICE Guangcheng Li NEAL, TIMOTHY JAY 3795 §103 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Dec 05, 2023
18502200 Multi-element membrane separator and separation method based on spiral-wound membrane elements Tianjin University EZELUOMBA, MIRIAM NCHEKWUBECHU 1776 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 06, 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 Non-Final OA 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 §103 Non-Final OA 52d overdue Pending May 22, 2023
18035101 ULTRAVIOLET (UV) LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE (LED) STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Zhixin Semiconductor (Hangzhou) Co., Ltd. SCHODDE, CHRISTOPHER A 2898 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 02, 2023
18131968 BIOSENSING ELEMENT BASED ON SPECIFIC BINDING OF CBM AND CELLULOSE BIOLOGY INSTITUTE OF SHANDONG ACADEMY OF SCIENCES TSAY, MARSHA M 1656 §103 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Apr 07, 2023

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