Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Orrick, Herrington and Sutcliffe LLP

14 pending office actions • 12 clients • 13 examiners • 11 art units • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 22 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=10578 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

76.0%
Allowance Rate
n=10578
+0.34σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=10578
3.6
OAs to Allowance
n=5566
+0.16σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=5566
1238 days
Time to Allowance
n=5566
+11.0pp
Interview Lift
n=10578
29.0%
RCE Rate
n=10578
2.1%
Appeal Rate
n=10578

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

84.4%
§101 Overcome
n=141
79.1%
§102 Overcome
n=622
77.7%
§103 Overcome
n=2632
81.3%
§112 Overcome
n=359

Specialization & Scale

G06F, H04N, H04L
Top CPC Subclasses
17%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=10578
32
Practitioners
n=10578
330.6
Apps / Practitioner
n=10578

Portfolio Summary

14
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
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. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 30 days (3)

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 (7%)
9
Medium (64%)
4
Easy (29%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (7%)
§103 only8 (57%)
§102 only1 (7%)
§112 only3 (21%)
Double-patenting only1 (7%)

Industry Mix

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

8
Life Sciences
57% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
7% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
29% of docket
1
Business / Other
7% 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.

140 h
Manual time on pending OAs
28 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
49 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
GROUX, JENNIFER LILA 2 35.2% +45.3%
WEBB III, JAMES L 1 14.6% +23.6%
HANCE, ROBERT J 1 66.2% +21.6%
LU, WILLIAM 1 71.6% +7.5%
KENIRY, HEATHER J 1 79.5% +20.5%
LOFTIS, JOHNNA RONEE 1 43.2% +4.9%
ABBAS, SYED JARAR 1
ZINGARELLI, SANDRA 1 7.4% +46.0%
BRISTOL, LYNN ANNE 1 63.5% +39.8%
YOUTCHOM PENDIE, EMMANUEL LED 1 62.5% +42.9%

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19092885 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED CUSTOMER CARE WEBB III, JAMES L
18420650 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR WEB-BASED MANAGEMENT OF CONSUMER PACKAGED GOODS LOFTIS, JOHNNA RONEE
18256626 BIOINSECTICIDE AGRICULTURAL COMPOSITION CONTAINING BREVIBACILLUS LATEROSPORUS, DIFFERENT SUBSPECIES OF BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS AND BOTANICAL EXTRACTS OF CITRONELLA AND TEA TREE, INDUSTRIAL PROCESS AND USE THEREOF IN CULTURES WITH AGRICULTURAL IMPORTANCE ZINGARELLI, SANDRA

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
18738598 HUMAN-IN-LOOP ROBOT TRAINING AND TESTING SYSTEM WITH GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) KENIRY, HEATHER J 89d overdue
17438853 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DIGITAL FABRICATION OF OBJECTS USING ACTUATED MICROPIXELATION AND DYNAMIC DENSITY CONTROL GROUX, JENNIFER LILA 67d overdue
18884942 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING CUSTOM-FIT GARMENT PATTERNS AT SCALE HANCE, ROBERT J 12d
18248029 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DIGITAL FABRICATION AND STRUCTURE MADE USING THE SAME GROUX, JENNIFER LILA 15d
18053325 BISPECIFIC ANTIBODIES THAT BIND TO B7H3 AND NKG2D YOUTCHOM PENDIE, EMMANUEL LED 29d
19092885 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED CUSTOMER CARE WEBB III, JAMES L
18256626 BIOINSECTICIDE AGRICULTURAL COMPOSITION CONTAINING BREVIBACILLUS LATEROSPORUS, DIFFERENT SUBSPECIES OF BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS AND BOTANICAL EXTRACTS OF CITRONELLA AND TEA TREE, INDUSTRIAL PROCESS AND USE THEREOF IN CULTURES WITH AGRICULTURAL IMPORTANCE ZINGARELLI, SANDRA
18119183 SARS-COV(-2) SPIKE GLYCOPROTEIN-BINDING DOMAINS AND POLYPEPTIDES COMPRISING THE SAME AND USE OF THE SAME BRISTOL, LYNN ANNE

Client Portfolio (12 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36242
16742
17542
39921
26241
36571
36251
16531
16431
16471

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19092885 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED CUSTOMER CARE Sprinklr, Inc. WEBB III, JAMES L 3624 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 27, 2025
18884942 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING CUSTOM-FIT GARMENT PATTERNS AT SCALE One To One Systems Inc. HANCE, ROBERT J 3992 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Sep 13, 2024
18823555 System and Method for Text Editing Using Large Language Models Jasper AI, Inc. LU, WILLIAM 2624 §103 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Sep 03, 2024
18738598 HUMAN-IN-LOOP ROBOT TRAINING AND TESTING SYSTEM WITH GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) Acumino KENIRY, HEATHER J 3657 §112 Final Rejection 89d overdue Pending Jun 10, 2024
18420650 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR WEB-BASED MANAGEMENT OF CONSUMER PACKAGED GOODS Onepage Software, LLC LOFTIS, JOHNNA RONEE 3625 §101 Final Rejection Pending Jan 23, 2024
18353729 IL-12 FC FUSION PROTEINS AND USES THEREOF Onko-Innate Pty Ltd. ABBAS, SYED JARAR 1674 DP Non-Final OA Pending Jul 17, 2023
18256626 BIOINSECTICIDE AGRICULTURAL COMPOSITION CONTAINING BREVIBACILLUS LATEROSPORUS, DIFFERENT SUBSPECIES OF BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS AND BOTANICAL EXTRACTS OF CITRONELLA AND TEA TREE, INDUSTRIAL PROCESS AND USE THEREOF IN CULTURES WITH AGRICULTURAL IMPORTANCE Total Biotecnologia Industria E Comercio S.A. ZINGARELLI, SANDRA 1653 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 08, 2023
18248029 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DIGITAL FABRICATION AND STRUCTURE MADE USING THE SAME Trio Labs, Inc. GROUX, JENNIFER LILA 1754 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Apr 05, 2023
18119183 SARS-COV(-2) SPIKE GLYCOPROTEIN-BINDING DOMAINS AND POLYPEPTIDES COMPRISING THE SAME AND USE OF THE SAME Bighat Biosciences, Inc. BRISTOL, LYNN ANNE 1643 §112 Final Rejection Pending Mar 08, 2023
18053325 BISPECIFIC ANTIBODIES THAT BIND TO B7H3 AND NKG2D Xencor, Inc. YOUTCHOM PENDIE, EMMANUEL LED 1647 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Nov 07, 2022
17920006 INDUSTRIAL PROCESS FOR OBTAINING AN AGRICULTURAL COMPOSITION CONSTITUTED BY SOLUBILIZING AND PHOSPHORUS MINERALIZING MICROORGANISMS, AND USE IN THE PRODUCTION AND OPTIMIZATION OF MINERAL, ORGANOMINERAL AND ORGANIC FERTILIZERS Biotrop Soluções Biológicas E Participações Ltda. UNDERDAHL, THANE E 1699 §112 Final Rejection Pending Oct 19, 2022
17815194 IL-18-FC FUSION PROTEINS Xencor, Inc. CARTER, SANDRA DILLAHUNT 1674 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 26, 2022
17694515 ADVANCED SEARCH ENGINE FOR FEDERAL SPEND AND USER INTERFACE FOR THE SAME Leadership Connect, Inc. GUNN, JEREMY L 3624 §103 Final Rejection 42d overdue Pending Mar 14, 2022
17438853 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DIGITAL FABRICATION OF OBJECTS USING ACTUATED MICROPIXELATION AND DYNAMIC DENSITY CONTROL Trio Labs, Inc. GROUX, JENNIFER LILA 1754 §103 Non-Final OA 67d overdue Pending Sep 13, 2021

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