Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Ortiz & Lopez, Pllc

7 pending office actions • 7 clients • 7 examiners • 6 art units • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=965 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

83.0%
Allowance Rate
n=965
+0.52σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=965
3.6
OAs to Allowance
n=494
+0.08σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=494
1019 days
Time to Allowance
n=494
+12.5pp
Interview Lift
n=965
23.7%
RCE Rate
n=965
3.3%
Appeal Rate
n=965

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

77.2%
§101 Overcome
n=123
80.1%
§102 Overcome
n=231
81.1%
§103 Overcome
n=354
78.4%
§112 Overcome
n=236

Specialization & Scale

H04L, G06F, G06Q
Top CPC Subclasses
18%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=965
4
Practitioners
n=965
241.2
Apps / Practitioner
n=965

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (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.

5
Hard (71%)
2
Medium (29%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (29%)
§103 only1 (14%)
§102 only1 (14%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (43%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
14% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
71% of docket
1
Business / Other
14% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CIRIC, LJILJANA V 1 77.1% +22.3%
LANE, NICHOLAS J 1 65.7% +6.1%
CICCHINO, PATRICK D 1 80.8% +13.2%
RISIC, ABIGAIL ANNE 1 77.7% +7.3%
FERENCE, JAMES M 1 71.2% +16.9%
DIAO, M BAYE 1 87.6% +3.2%
MILLER, JAMES H 1 39.8% +35.5%

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18092461 ELECTROMAGNETIC POWER RECEIVING DEVICE FOR WIRELESS ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING DIAO, M BAYE 38d overdue
18379556 HOUSING INCLUDING ROOF ADAPTED FOR UPWARD EXPANSION BY OPERATION OF A MECHANIZED LIFT FERENCE, JAMES M 35d
18818437 DRIVER SIDE BRAKE CONTROLLER CICCHINO, PATRICK D 71d
18847593 PROGRESSIVE-DISPLACEMENT NITROGEN SHOCK ABSORBER AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF LANE, NICHOLAS J
16789885 AUTOMATED MOTOR VEHICLE DEPARTMENT TRANSACTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS MILLER, JAMES H

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18379556 HOUSING INCLUDING ROOF ADAPTED FOR UPWARD EXPANSION BY OPERATION OF A MECHANIZED LIFT FERENCE, JAMES M 35d
18818437 DRIVER SIDE BRAKE CONTROLLER CICCHINO, PATRICK D 71d
18923447 OPTIMIZED COMBINED MICROCHANNEL AND HEAT PIPES FOR ELECTRONICS COOLING CIRIC, LJILJANA V
16789885 AUTOMATED MOTOR VEHICLE DEPARTMENT TRANSACTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS MILLER, JAMES H

Client Portfolio (7 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37631
36161
36191
36351
28591
36941

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18923447 OPTIMIZED COMBINED MICROCHANNEL AND HEAT PIPES FOR ELECTRONICS COOLING Kambix Innovations Ii, LLC CIRIC, LJILJANA V 3763 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 22, 2024
18847593 PROGRESSIVE-DISPLACEMENT NITROGEN SHOCK ABSORBER AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF Jiangsu Koman Saite Shock Absorber Co., Ltd. LANE, NICHOLAS J 3616 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 16, 2024
18818437 DRIVER SIDE BRAKE CONTROLLER Driving Success, Inc. CICCHINO, PATRICK D 3619 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 71d Pending Aug 28, 2024
18661101 ASPHALT IMPRINTING SYSTEMS, METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR CREATING A MUSICAL ROAD Sanbar Construction Corp. RISIC, ABIGAIL ANNE §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 10, 2024
18379556 HOUSING INCLUDING ROOF ADAPTED FOR UPWARD EXPANSION BY OPERATION OF A MECHANIZED LIFT Vasconi Ventures LLC FERENCE, JAMES M 3635 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 35d Pending Oct 12, 2023
18092461 ELECTROMAGNETIC POWER RECEIVING DEVICE FOR WIRELESS ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING Ev Charging Solutions LLC DIAO, M BAYE 2859 §101§102§103 Final Rejection 38d overdue Pending Jan 03, 2023
16789885 AUTOMATED MOTOR VEHICLE DEPARTMENT TRANSACTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS Mvd Specialists, LLC MILLER, JAMES H 3694 §101§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 13, 2020

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