Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

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6 pending office actions • 4 clients • 5 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=1353 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

81.7%
Allowance Rate
n=1353
+0.58σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1353
3.7
OAs to Allowance
n=977
+0.19σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=977
1240 days
Time to Allowance
n=977
+12.0pp
Interview Lift
n=1353
26.5%
RCE Rate
n=1353
1.5%
Appeal Rate
n=1353

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

87.2%
§101 Overcome
n=47
77.7%
§102 Overcome
n=426
81.3%
§103 Overcome
n=727
85.2%
§112 Overcome
n=637

Specialization & Scale

F01D, F05D, F02B
Top CPC Subclasses
23%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1353
1
Practitioners
n=1353
1353.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=1353

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
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. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 30 days (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.

4
Hard (67%)
1
Medium (17%)
1
Easy (17%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (17%)
§112 only1 (17%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (67%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
50% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
17% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
33% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LA VILLA, MICHAEL EUGENE 2 75.5% +18.2%
FORD, RENE D 1 80.0% +22.7%
PHAM, LEDA T 1 74.8% +11.4%
MOORE, SUSANNA 1 67.9% +31.6%
MILLS JR., JOE E 1 72.4% +15.5%

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17798346 ANTIVIRAL SUBSTANCES WITH A WIDE SPECTRUM OF ACTIVITY MOORE, SUSANNA 51d overdue
18653127 STATOR TOOTH UNIT FOR SEGMENTED STATOR PHAM, LEDA T 32d overdue
18971321 FUEL SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR A POWER GENERATION SYSTEM FORD, RENE D 5d overdue
18288698 COMPOSITE POLYMER STRUCTURE HAVING AN ALUMINUM POLYMER ANCHORING LAYER, AND ETCHING METHOD LA VILLA, MICHAEL EUGENE 21d

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17798346 ANTIVIRAL SUBSTANCES WITH A WIDE SPECTRUM OF ACTIVITY MOORE, SUSANNA 51d overdue
18653127 STATOR TOOTH UNIT FOR SEGMENTED STATOR PHAM, LEDA T 32d overdue
18288477 COMPOSITE STRUCTURE MADE OF TITANIUM AND/OR A TITANIUM ALLOY AND/OR NITI AND A POLYMER, AND ELECTROCHEMICAL ETCHING METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME LA VILLA, MICHAEL EUGENE 30d overdue
18971321 FUEL SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR A POWER GENERATION SYSTEM FORD, RENE D 5d overdue
17825107 TEMPERATURE CONTROL APPARATUS FOR TEMPERATURE-CONTROLLED MATERIAL IN A CYLINDRICAL CONTAINER MILLS JR., JOE E 2d overdue
18288698 COMPOSITE POLYMER STRUCTURE HAVING AN ALUMINUM POLYMER ANCHORING LAYER, AND ETCHING METHOD LA VILLA, MICHAEL EUGENE 21d

Client Portfolio (4 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17842
37411
28341
16241
37611

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18971321 FUEL SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR A POWER GENERATION SYSTEM BORGWARNER, INC. FORD, RENE D 3741 §103§112 Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending Dec 06, 2024
18653127 STATOR TOOTH UNIT FOR SEGMENTED STATOR BORGWARNER, INC. PHAM, LEDA T 2834 §102§103 Non-Final OA 32d overdue Pending May 02, 2024
18288698 COMPOSITE POLYMER STRUCTURE HAVING AN ALUMINUM POLYMER ANCHORING LAYER, AND ETCHING METHOD Christian-Albrechts-Universitaet Zu Kiel LA VILLA, MICHAEL EUGENE 1784 §103§112 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Oct 27, 2023
18288477 COMPOSITE STRUCTURE MADE OF TITANIUM AND/OR A TITANIUM ALLOY AND/OR NITI AND A POLYMER, AND ELECTROCHEMICAL ETCHING METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME Christian-Albrechts-Universitaet Zu Kiel LA VILLA, MICHAEL EUGENE 1784 §112 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Oct 26, 2023
17798346 ANTIVIRAL SUBSTANCES WITH A WIDE SPECTRUM OF ACTIVITY Universitaet zu Luebeck Koerperschaft des Oeffentlichen Rechts MOORE, SUSANNA 1624 §102§112 Final Rejection 51d overdue Pending Aug 09, 2022
17825107 TEMPERATURE CONTROL APPARATUS FOR TEMPERATURE-CONTROLLED MATERIAL IN A CYLINDRICAL CONTAINER Barkey GmbH & Co. Kg MILLS JR., JOE E 3761 §103 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending May 26, 2022

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