Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Outlier Patent Attorneys, Pllc

16 pending office actions • 13 clients • 16 examiners • 14 art units • 0 of 16 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=493 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

72.0%
Allowance Rate
n=493
+0.22σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=493
2.3
OAs to Allowance
n=188
-0.70σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=188
694 days
Time to Allowance
n=188
+25.5pp
Interview Lift
n=493
21.1%
RCE Rate
n=493
2.1%
Appeal Rate
n=493

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

47.2%
§101 Overcome
n=72
51.1%
§102 Overcome
n=92
56.0%
§103 Overcome
n=168
63.0%
§112 Overcome
n=92

Specialization & Scale

G06Q, G06F, G06V
Top CPC Subclasses
25%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=493
1
Practitioners
n=493
493.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=493

Portfolio Summary

16
Total Pending OAs
12
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

6
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. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (6)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.

9
Hard (56%)
6
Medium (38%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (6%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (12%)
§101 + other4 (25%)
§103 only6 (38%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (19%)
No statute on record1 (6%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
6% of docket
4
Information Tech
25% of docket
1
Communications
6% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
9
Mechanical / Eng
56% 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.

160 h
Manual time on pending OAs
32 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
56 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
NGUYEN, TAI T 1 84.7% +17.2%
WOLLSCHLAGER, JEFFREY MICHAEL 1 62.1% +29.6%
ILAGAN, VINCENT CAESAR 1 38.9% +73.3%
ABYANEH, ALI S 1 77.7% +56.0%
ZONG, RUOLEI 1 86.8% +12.1%
GURARI, EREZ 1 78.2% +10.5%
CUMBESS, YOLANDA RENEE 1 87.1% +8.9%
KIRK, BRYAN J 1 33.2% +43.4%
REICHERT, RACHELLE LEIGH 1 30.0% +33.7%
LOIKITH, CATHERINE A 1 85.0% +7.7%

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
18964323 WEARABLE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR BACKFEED COMMUNICATION FOR PERSONAL SECURITY NGUYEN, TAI T 11d overdue
18656172 MACHINE VISION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ROBOTIC PICKING AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTS CUMBESS, YOLANDA RENEE

Hard Cases (9)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18512893 HOLISTIC PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT REICHERT, RACHELLE LEIGH 182d overdue
18440827 DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING INMATE POSTAL MAIL KIRK, BRYAN J 97d overdue
17880405 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTED DATAFLOW EXECUTION IN A DISTRIBUTED ENVIRONMENT RINES, ROBERT D 30d overdue
18742014 EQUIPMENT TRANSPORT APPARATUS GURARI, EREZ 7d
18132343 DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS IN A STRUCTURE BASED ON MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUES TRAN, VI N 26d
18909827 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING CONSTRUCTION BLOCKS WOLLSCHLAGER, JEFFREY MICHAEL
18885520 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HEALTHCARE IN THE METAVERSE ILAGAN, VINCENT CAESAR
18384845 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HORIZONTAL UNLOADING WITH AUTOMATED ARTICULATED ARM, MULTI-ARRAY GRIPPING, AND COMPUTER VISION BASED CONTROL LOIKITH, CATHERINE A

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
18512893 HOLISTIC PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT REICHERT, RACHELLE LEIGH 182d overdue
18440827 DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING INMATE POSTAL MAIL KIRK, BRYAN J 97d overdue
18767770 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING INTERACTIONS WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODELS ZONG, RUOLEI 32d overdue
18964323 WEARABLE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR BACKFEED COMMUNICATION FOR PERSONAL SECURITY NGUYEN, TAI T 11d overdue
18742014 EQUIPMENT TRANSPORT APPARATUS GURARI, EREZ 7d
18793517 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MODEL SECURITY IN DISTRIBUTED MODEL TRAINING APPLICATIONS ABYANEH, ALI S 12d
18909827 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING CONSTRUCTION BLOCKS WOLLSCHLAGER, JEFFREY MICHAEL
18885520 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HEALTHCARE IN THE METAVERSE ILAGAN, VINCENT CAESAR

Client Portfolio (13 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36862
26851
17421
24371
24411
36151
36511
36281
36561
21171

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18964323 WEARABLE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR BACKFEED COMMUNICATION FOR PERSONAL SECURITY Wc Ideal Products, LLC NGUYEN, TAI T 2685 §103Other Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Nov 29, 2024
18909827 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING CONSTRUCTION BLOCKS Texas Australia Rock Company LLC WOLLSCHLAGER, JEFFREY MICHAEL 1742 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 08, 2024
18885520 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HEALTHCARE IN THE METAVERSE O/D Vision Inc. ILAGAN, VINCENT CAESAR 3686 §101§103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 13, 2024
18793517 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MODEL SECURITY IN DISTRIBUTED MODEL TRAINING APPLICATIONS BOBI, INC. ABYANEH, ALI S 2437 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Aug 02, 2024
18767770 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING INTERACTIONS WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODELS Practical Creativity LLC ZONG, RUOLEI 2441 Other Non-Final OA 32d overdue Pending Jul 09, 2024
18742014 EQUIPMENT TRANSPORT APPARATUS Teras Manufacturing Company LLP GURARI, EREZ 3615 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Jun 13, 2024
18656172 MACHINE VISION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ROBOTIC PICKING AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTS Plus One Robotics, Inc. CUMBESS, YOLANDA RENEE 3651 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 06, 2024
18440827 DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING INMATE POSTAL MAIL Hlfip Holding, Inc. KIRK, BRYAN J 3628 §101 Non-Final OA 97d overdue Pending Feb 13, 2024
18512893 HOLISTIC PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT Veritas Index Institute REICHERT, RACHELLE LEIGH 3686 §101§103 Non-Final OA 182d overdue Pending Nov 17, 2023
18384845 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HORIZONTAL UNLOADING WITH AUTOMATED ARTICULATED ARM, MULTI-ARRAY GRIPPING, AND COMPUTER VISION BASED CONTROL Plus One Robotics, Inc. LOIKITH, CATHERINE A §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 28, 2023
18144814 OBSERVATIONAL SUPPORT SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ROBOTIC PICKING AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTS Plus One Robotics, Inc. TRAN, SARAH ASHLEY 3656 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 08, 2023
18132343 DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS IN A STRUCTURE BASED ON MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUES Solvable Labs Inc. TRAN, VI N 2117 §103§112 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Apr 07, 2023
18126150 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A SOCIAL MEDIA STOCK EXCHANGE AND ASSOCIATED INTERACTIONS G1 Gallegos LLC WASAFF, JOHN S. 3600 §101 Final Rejection Pending Mar 24, 2023
18183088 Interactive Phonics Board Rocking Chair Readers, LLC UTAMA, ROBERT J 3715 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 13, 2023
17880405 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTED DATAFLOW EXECUTION IN A DISTRIBUTED ENVIRONMENT Havelock Jsc RINES, ROBERT D 3625 §101§103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Aug 03, 2022
17363499 CORRECTIONAL POSTAL MAIL CONTRABAND ELIMINATION SYSTEM Hlfip Holding, Inc. WOLDEMARIAM, NEGA 2407 §103 Non-Final OA 118d overdue Pending Jun 30, 2021

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