Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Outside General Counsel, LLC

Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

9 pending office actions • 8 clients • 9 examiners • 6 art units • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Outside General Counsel LLP focuses on Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering, managing 711 career applications. The firm has achieved a resolved allowance rate of 84.32 percent.

The firm currently has 5 pending office actions and averages 3.32 office actions per allowance. This average of 3.32 reflects the typical level of engagement required to reach an allowance for its 711 career applications.

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

Quality Metrics (n=711 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

84.3%
Allowance Rate
n=711
+0.56σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=711
3.3
OAs to Allowance
n=328
-0.21σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=328
888 days
Time to Allowance
n=328
+16.2pp
Interview Lift
n=711
22.9%
RCE Rate
n=711
1.3%
Appeal Rate
n=711

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

74.5%
§101 Overcome
n=94
81.0%
§102 Overcome
n=142
81.6%
§103 Overcome
n=250
76.6%
§112 Overcome
n=158

Specialization & Scale

G06F, H04L, G06Q
Top CPC Subclasses
35%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=711
1
Practitioners
n=711
711.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=711

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

8
Hard (89%)
1
Medium (11%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other4 (44%)
§103 only1 (11%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (44%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
11% of docket
1
Communications
11% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
44% of docket
3
Business / Other
33% 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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KOTIS, JOSHUA G 1 74.2% +57.0%
TRUVAN, LEYNNA THANH 1 76.5% +20.1%
PATEL, JAY M 1 64.6% +39.2%
PERVIN, NUZHAT 1 81.1% +13.7%
HADEN, SALLY CLINE 1 32.0% +41.6%
NAOREEN, NAZIA 1 71.0% +11.6%
ALTER MORSCHAUSER, ALYSSA MARGO 1 76.5% +15.8%
WINAKUR, ERIC FRANK 1 79.3% +13.8%
ALLEN, KYLA GUAN-PING TI 1 89.0% +16.7%

Hard Cases (8)

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
18749939 DATA CHANNEL MANAGEMENT IN AN INTERACTIVE LIVE STREAMING NETWORK NAOREEN, NAZIA 37d overdue
19220034 Pouch for a Food Product KOTIS, JOSHUA G —
19184103 System and Method for Using a Proxy to Communicate Between Secure and Unsecure Devices TRUVAN, LEYNNA THANH —
18982286 IDENTIFICATION OF PATIENT SUB-COHORTS AND CORRESPONDING QUANTITATIVE DEFINITIONS OF SUBTYPES AS A CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM FOR MEDICAL CONDITIONS PATEL, JAY M —
18955425 PRECISE ATTITUDE DETERMINATION AND POSITIONING SYSTEM PERVIN, NUZHAT —
18624348 DEVICE FOR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION OF PERIDONTAL COMPLEX AND SURROUNDING TISSUE ALTER MORSCHAUSER, ALYSSA MARGO —
18307787 WEARABLE CONTINUOUS EMERGENCY MEDICAL MONITORING SYSTEM WINAKUR, ERIC FRANK —
18054891 Systems and Methods to Preserve Wildlife and Enable Remote Wildlife Tourism ALLEN, KYLA GUAN-PING TI —

Interview Candidates (9)

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
18749939 DATA CHANNEL MANAGEMENT IN AN INTERACTIVE LIVE STREAMING NETWORK NAOREEN, NAZIA 37d overdue
19220034 Pouch for a Food Product KOTIS, JOSHUA G —
19184103 System and Method for Using a Proxy to Communicate Between Secure and Unsecure Devices TRUVAN, LEYNNA THANH —
18982286 IDENTIFICATION OF PATIENT SUB-COHORTS AND CORRESPONDING QUANTITATIVE DEFINITIONS OF SUBTYPES AS A CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM FOR MEDICAL CONDITIONS PATEL, JAY M —
18955425 PRECISE ATTITUDE DETERMINATION AND POSITIONING SYSTEM PERVIN, NUZHAT —
18828156 SIZING GARMENT WITH LEFT AND RIGHT PARTS WITH DIFFERENT FITS HADEN, SALLY CLINE —
18624348 DEVICE FOR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION OF PERIDONTAL COMPLEX AND SURROUNDING TISSUE ALTER MORSCHAUSER, ALYSSA MARGO —
18307787 WEARABLE CONTINUOUS EMERGENCY MEDICAL MONITORING SYSTEM WINAKUR, ERIC FRANK —

Client Portfolio (8 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37311
37321
24581
37961
37911
26611

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19220034 Pouch for a Food Product Alka Global Ltd KOTIS, JOSHUA G 3731 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 27, 2025
19184103 System and Method for Using a Proxy to Communicate Between Secure and Unsecure Devices Infrared5, Inc. TRUVAN, LEYNNA THANH §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 21, 2025
18982286 IDENTIFICATION OF PATIENT SUB-COHORTS AND CORRESPONDING QUANTITATIVE DEFINITIONS OF SUBTYPES AS A CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM FOR MEDICAL CONDITIONS Om1, Inc. PATEL, JAY M §101§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 16, 2024
18955425 PRECISE ATTITUDE DETERMINATION AND POSITIONING SYSTEM Natureeye, Inc. PERVIN, NUZHAT §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 21, 2024
18828156 SIZING GARMENT WITH LEFT AND RIGHT PARTS WITH DIFFERENT FITS Stantt, Inc. HADEN, SALLY CLINE 3732 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 09, 2024
18749939 DATA CHANNEL MANAGEMENT IN AN INTERACTIVE LIVE STREAMING NETWORK Infrared5, Inc. NAOREEN, NAZIA 2458 §102§103 Non-Final OA 37d overdue Pending Jun 21, 2024
18624348 DEVICE FOR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION OF PERIDONTAL COMPLEX AND SURROUNDING TISSUE Synapse, LLC ALTER MORSCHAUSER, ALYSSA MARGO 3796 §101§102§103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 02, 2024
18307787 WEARABLE CONTINUOUS EMERGENCY MEDICAL MONITORING SYSTEM Ayuda Medical, LLC WINAKUR, ERIC FRANK 3791 §101§102§112 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 26, 2023
18054891 Systems and Methods to Preserve Wildlife and Enable Remote Wildlife Tourism Themba Inc. ALLEN, KYLA GUAN-PING TI 2661 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 12, 2022

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