Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Parker Poe Adams and Bernstein, LLP

Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

9 pending office actions • 7 clients • 9 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein, LLP has managed 237 career applications, primarily in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The firm has a resolved allowance rate of 80.43 percent.

The firm averages 4.26 office actions per allowance, suggesting a persistent approach to prosecution. Currently, there are 5 pending office actions. These 5 active matters are part of a practice that has successfully navigated the patent office for 80.43 percent of its 237 career applications, averaging 4.26 interactions per allowance.

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

Quality Metrics (n=237 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

80.4%
Allowance Rate
n=237
+0.68σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=237
4.3
OAs to Allowance
n=148
+0.10σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=148
1113 days
Time to Allowance
n=148
+18.6pp
Interview Lift
n=237
39.1%
RCE Rate
n=237
2.1%
Appeal Rate
n=237

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

—
§101 Overcome
n=8 (min 20)
58.1%
§102 Overcome
n=74
61.8%
§103 Overcome
n=123
68.9%
§112 Overcome
n=106

Specialization & Scale

A61K, A61P, Y10T
Top CPC Subclasses
26%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=237
7
Practitioners
n=237
33.9
Apps / Practitioner
n=237

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
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.

2
Hard (22%)
7
Medium (78%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only5 (56%)
§102 only1 (11%)
Double-patenting + other1 (11%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (22%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
33% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
22% of docket
4
Business / Other
44% 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
HSIAO, JAMES K 1 77.0% +15.2%
KRISHNAN, GANAPATHY 1 52.8% +1.1%
NIEBAUER, RONALD T 1 40.8% +34.0%
EMMETT, MADISON B 1 80.2% +10.1%
CHANG, KYUNG SOOK 1 60.4% +40.9%
PURDY, KYLE A 1 41.0% +35.9%
MOU, LIYUAN 1 42.9% +59.0%
HALL, ZACHARY A 1 61.9% +49.0%
MCKENZIE, THOMAS B 1 57.3% +22.6%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18692460 DENTAL IMAGING SYSTEM, AND DENTAL ROBOT SYSTEM INCLUDING SAME EMMETT, MADISON B 8d

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18896412 DAMPING APPARATUS HSIAO, JAMES K —
18294314 NOVEL CATIONIC LIPID COMPOUNDS PURDY, KYLE 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
18692460 DENTAL IMAGING SYSTEM, AND DENTAL ROBOT SYSTEM INCLUDING SAME EMMETT, MADISON B 8d
18692208 ACTIVE INGREDIENT DELIVERY SYSTEM CHANG, KYUNG SOOK 70d
18896412 DAMPING APPARATUS HSIAO, JAMES K —
18699969 NOVEL DEUTERATED CYANO COMPOUNDS, PREPARATION METHODS, COMPOSITIONS AND APPLICATIONS NIEBAUER, RONALD T —
18294314 NOVEL CATIONIC LIPID COMPOUNDS PURDY, KYLE A —
18487330 Stable Antiemetic Emulsions for Parenteral Administration MOU, LIYUAN —
18341470 MODULAR FENCE SYSTEM HALL, ZACHARY A —
16950388 FILTERS, MOUNTS AND METHODS OF MOUNTING FILTERS MCKENZIE, THOMAS B —

Client Portfolio (7 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36581
16131
16281
36781
17761

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18896412 DAMPING APPARATUS Stabilus GmbH HSIAO, JAMES K §102§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 25, 2024
18723921 A SYNERGISTIC PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION AND ITS ANTIVIRAL USE Guangzhou Anobri Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. KRISHNAN, GANAPATHY §103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 25, 2024
18699969 NOVEL DEUTERATED CYANO COMPOUNDS, PREPARATION METHODS, COMPOSITIONS AND APPLICATIONS Guangzhou Anobri Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. NIEBAUER, RONALD T §103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 10, 2024
18692460 DENTAL IMAGING SYSTEM, AND DENTAL ROBOT SYSTEM INCLUDING SAME Neocis Inc. EMMETT, MADISON B 3658 §103 Final Rejection 8d Pending Mar 15, 2024
18692208 ACTIVE INGREDIENT DELIVERY SYSTEM Opes Corporation OY CHANG, KYUNG SOOK 1613 §103 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Mar 14, 2024
18294314 NOVEL CATIONIC LIPID COMPOUNDS Guangzhou Anobri Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. PURDY, KYLE A §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 01, 2024
18487330 Stable Antiemetic Emulsions for Parenteral Administration Slayback Pharma LLC MOU, LIYUAN 1628 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 16, 2023
18341470 MODULAR FENCE SYSTEM Origin Point Brands LLC HALL, ZACHARY A 3678 §102 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 26, 2023
16950388 FILTERS, MOUNTS AND METHODS OF MOUNTING FILTERS Brooks Equipment Company, LLC MCKENZIE, THOMAS B 1776 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 17, 2020

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