Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Patent Law Works, LLP

51 pending office actions • 39 clients • 50 examiners • 37 art units • 0 of 51 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=1755 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

87.9%
Allowance Rate
n=1755
+0.66σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1755
3.6
OAs to Allowance
n=1036
-0.14σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=1036
1034 days
Time to Allowance
n=1036
+13.5pp
Interview Lift
n=1755
34.9%
RCE Rate
n=1755
0.8%
Appeal Rate
n=1755

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

76.1%
§101 Overcome
n=297
77.9%
§102 Overcome
n=435
77.9%
§103 Overcome
n=724
73.8%
§112 Overcome
n=545

Specialization & Scale

G06F, G06Q, A61K
Top CPC Subclasses
24%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1755
3
Practitioners
n=1755
585.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=1755

Portfolio Summary

51
Total Pending OAs
32
Non-Final OAs
18
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 26 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

14
Overdue
1
Due this week
3
Due this month
4
Due in next 60 days
4
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. 26 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (14)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (4)Due later (4)

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.

29
Hard (57%)
18
Medium (35%)
4
Easy (8%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (2%)
§101 + other9 (18%)
§103 only10 (20%)
§102 only3 (6%)
§112 only3 (6%)
Double-patenting only1 (2%)
Double-patenting + other5 (10%)
Multi-statute (no §101)19 (37%)

Industry Mix

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

24
Life Sciences
47% of docket
4
Information Tech
8% of docket
3
Communications
6% of docket
1
Semiconductors
2% of docket
11
Mechanical / Eng
22% of docket
8
Business / Other
16% 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.

510 h
Manual time on pending OAs
102 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
178 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
4.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LI, RUIXIANG 2 59.4% +19.1%
THOMPSON, KENNETH L 1 87.4% +7.1%
SULLIVAN, THOMAS J 1 27.6% +21.4%
AKOGYERAM II, NICHOLAS A 1 27.3% +30.1%
KANAAN, LIZA TONY 1 22.8% +34.1%
ROANE, AARON F 1 73.1% +9.6%
DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R 1 69.0% +13.9%
LITTLE, VANCE M 1 83.7% +24.7%
GOLDBERG, IVAN R 1 35.4% +35.6%
HOFFMAN, BRANDON S 1 90.6% +6.2%

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
19294816 Method and System for Controlling a Plurality of Drill Rigs THOMPSON, KENNETH L 9d overdue
18902771 Sign-up & Login Interface Using a Messaging System HOFFMAN, BRANDON S 5d overdue

Hard Cases (30)

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
18305196 OCULAR IMPLANT SYSTEMS MCEVOY, THOMAS M 66d overdue
18246585 COMBINATION OF P2Y6 INHIBITORS AND IMMUNE CHECKPOINT INHIBITORS EDGINGTONGIORDANO, FRANCESCA 53d overdue
18264811 Nutritional Plant-Based Foods and Beverages, Methods of Manufacture, and Methods of Treatment MCNEIL, JENNIFER C 43d overdue
17801921 Leucine-Rich Repeat Kinase 2 Allosteric Modulators BRISTOL, LYNN ANNE 23d overdue
17426827 Means and Methods to Overrule Glucose-Mediated Repression of Respiration in Yeast BARRON, SEAN C 3d overdue
18687284 Automated Parcel Buffering System TAWFIK, SAMEH 2d overdue
17564377 Fraud Detection Using Aggregate Fraud Score for Confidence of Liveness/Similarity Decisions EDMONDS, DONALD J 6d
17378897 METHOD FOR THE TREATMENT OF IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS BALLARD, KIMBERLY 20d

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
18359483 PROTEIN BINDING DOMAINS STABILIZING FUNCTIONAL CONFORMATIONAL STATES OF GPCRS AND USES THEREOF LI, RUIXIANG 23d overdue
19067529 AUTOMATED MEDICATION REVIEW RECONCILIATION KANAAN, LIZA TONY 28d
18957277 Dynamic Batch Limit Validation LITTLE, VANCE M 75d
19235555 System and Methods for Creating E-Commerce Virtual Experiences And Integrating Graphical User Interfaces SULLIVAN, THOMAS J
19215220 System and Methods Integrating Distributed Machine Learning Layers for Processing Multimodal Data Sets in Real Time to Optimize Outcomes AKOGYERAM II, NICHOLAS A
19099436 A Food Box DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R
18934015 AUTOMATIC QUALITY ASSURANCE FOR INFORMATION RETRIEVAL AND INTENT DETECTION GOLDBERG, IVAN R
18516777 Novel Antigen-Binding Chimeric Proteins and Methods and Uses Thereof LI, RUIXIANG

Client Portfolio (39 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
16533
16743
16433
16812
37712
36761
36891
36831
37921
24941

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19294816 Method and System for Controlling a Plurality of Drill Rigs Technological Resources Pty Limited THOMPSON, KENNETH L 3676 §102Other Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Aug 08, 2025
19235555 System and Methods for Creating E-Commerce Virtual Experiences And Integrating Graphical User Interfaces Zelig Technology, LLC SULLIVAN, THOMAS J 3689 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 11, 2025
19215220 System and Methods Integrating Distributed Machine Learning Layers for Processing Multimodal Data Sets in Real Time to Optimize Outcomes Cormetrix Inc. AKOGYERAM II, NICHOLAS A §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 21, 2025
19067529 AUTOMATED MEDICATION REVIEW RECONCILIATION Kaiser Foundation Hospitals KANAAN, LIZA TONY 3683 §101§103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Feb 28, 2025
19104936 Spinal Cord Stimulation Device Reach Neuro, Inc. ROANE, AARON F 3792 §103 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Feb 19, 2025
19099436 A Food Box Tria Pte. Ltd. DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 28, 2025
18957277 Dynamic Batch Limit Validation Id Business Solutions, Inc. LITTLE, VANCE M 2494 §101§103 Non-Final OA 75d Pending Nov 22, 2024
18934015 AUTOMATIC QUALITY ASSURANCE FOR INFORMATION RETRIEVAL AND INTENT DETECTION Forethought Technologies, Inc. GOLDBERG, IVAN R 3619 §101§103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 31, 2024
18902771 Sign-up & Login Interface Using a Messaging System Stretch Industries, LLC HOFFMAN, BRANDON S 2433 DP Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending Sep 30, 2024
18805393 Predicting Climate Event Occurrences and Damage Using Property Features and Artificial Intelligence Zesty.Ai, Inc. KWONG, CHO YIU 3693 §101§112 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Aug 14, 2024
18835833 A System For Delivering Food To A Customer And A Method Thereof Clean Eats & Co. Pte. Ltd. RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH C §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 05, 2024
18729472 Golf Measuring System David Hunter WALTER, AUDREY BRADLEY §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 16, 2024
18759102 Segmented Scene and Subject Partial Image Search Fraud Detection Jumio Corporation MARIAM, DANIEL G 2675 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 28, 2024
18736195 CATALYST-SORBENT STRUCTURE FOR AMMONIA SYNTHESIS AND SORPTION AND METHOD OF AMMONIA PRODUCTION Ammobia, Inc. LACLAIR, LOGAN EDWARD 1736 §103§112DP Final Rejection Pending Jun 06, 2024
18652767 Mobile Printing Robot and Printing Methods with Line Printing Pathway Optimization Dusty Robotics, Inc. RICHMOND, SCOTT A. 2853 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 01, 2024
18636146 Real-Time Event and Participant Communication Systems Stretch Meetings, Inc. CHEN, WUJI 2449 §101§103§112Other Final Rejection Pending Apr 15, 2024
18695489 Production of Thermoresistant Laccases Using White Rot Fungus Coriolopsis Gallica UNIVERSITE LIBRE DE BRUXELLES BOWERS, ERIN M 1653 §103 Non-Final OA 71d Pending Mar 26, 2024
18600428 Means and Methods for Improved Regeneration UNIVERSITEIT GENT COLLINS, CYNTHIA E 1662 §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Mar 08, 2024
18687284 Automated Parcel Buffering System Box Bot Inc. TAWFIK, SAMEH 3731 §102§103 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Feb 27, 2024
18444591 Grouping and Recommendations System and Method Renaissance Learning, Inc. HEWITT II, CALVIN L 4100 §101§102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Feb 16, 2024
18684059 Oligonucleotides for Modulating Synaptogyrin-3 Expression Jay Therapeutics KONOPKA, CATHERINE ANNE §101§102§103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Feb 15, 2024
18428414 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WORKFORCE TASK IDENTIFICATION USING FINGERPRINT DETECTION Pegasystems Inc. ELFERVIG, TAYLOR A 2445 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 31, 2024
18290670 Biomarkers for Therapy Response After Immunotherapy Asylia Diagnostics BV YU, TIAN NMN 1681 §101§102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 19, 2024
18577903 Yeast Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms for Industrially Relevant Phenotypes The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Junior University CHONG, KIMBERLY §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 09, 2024
18401457 Injection and Other Attacks Jumio Corporation GORADIA, SHEFALI DINESH 2676 §103 Final Rejection 22d overdue Pending Dec 30, 2023
18569805 Compositions Comprising Microbes and Methods of Use and Making Thereof Pendulum Therapeutics, Inc. CRUM, MARY ABOU NADER 1657 §102§112Other Non-Final OA 47d Pending Dec 13, 2023
18516777 Novel Antigen-Binding Chimeric Proteins and Methods and Uses Thereof Vrije Universiteit Brussel LI, RUIXIANG 1674 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 21, 2023
18497332 Detection of Cancer in Urine Nanomed Diagnostics B.V. GREENE, CAROLYN LEE 1681 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 30, 2023
35522743 Packaging for foodstuffs Tria Pte. Ltd. DIEHL, JOAN ELIZABETH 2923 §112 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Oct 25, 2023
18553044 Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases as Biomarkers for Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Uses Thereof UNIVERSITE LIBRE DE BRUXELLES FAN, LYNN Y 1759 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 28, 2023
18547111 Cation-Independent Mannose-6-Phosphate Receptor Binders UNIVERSITEIT GENT CHASE, CAROL ANN 1646 §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Aug 18, 2023
18546682 Inhibition of SLC4A4 in the Treatment of Cancer Katholieke Universiteit Leuven HAM, JIEUN 1643 §103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Aug 16, 2023
18264811 Nutritional Plant-Based Foods and Beverages, Methods of Manufacture, and Methods of Treatment Kiddiwinks Inc. MCNEIL, JENNIFER C 1793 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Aug 09, 2023
18263934 Cell Clusters Comprising Stem and Islet Cells, Methods of Making, and Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus Therewith SymbioCellTech, LLC BEHARRY, ZANNA MARIA 1632 §102§112 Non-Final OA 36d Pending Aug 02, 2023
18359483 PROTEIN BINDING DOMAINS STABILIZING FUNCTIONAL CONFORMATIONAL STATES OF GPCRS AND USES THEREOF The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Junior University LI, RUIXIANG 1674 §112Other Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Jul 26, 2023
18259173 MURINE CROSS-REACTIVE HUMAN CCR8 BINDERS Oncurious NV PETERS, ALEC JON 1641 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 23, 2023
18256518 Support Dollie Rotacaster Wheel Pty Ltd. CLEMMONS, STEVE M 3613 §103 Final Rejection 54d Pending Jun 08, 2023
18305196 OCULAR IMPLANT SYSTEMS Istar Medical MCEVOY, THOMAS M 3771 §103§112 Non-Final OA 66d overdue Pending Apr 21, 2023
18193675 Document Checks Based on Document Holder Image Jumio Corporation RUDOLPH, VINCENT M 2671 §103§112 Non-Final OA 72d Pending Mar 31, 2023
18246585 COMBINATION OF P2Y6 INHIBITORS AND IMMUNE CHECKPOINT INHIBITORS Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, K.U.Leuven R&D EDGINGTONGIORDANO, FRANCESCA 1643 §102§103 Final Rejection 53d overdue Pending Mar 24, 2023
18004719 METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING CORONAVIRUS CROSS-REACTING ANTIBODIES Leyden Laboratories B.V. WANG, RUIXUE 1672 §101§103§112 Final Rejection 33d Pending Jan 09, 2023
18048946 TOOLS AND METHODS FOR EXPRESSION OF MEMBRANE PROTEINS UNIVERSITEIT GENT PAK, MICHAEL D 1674 §112DP Non-Final OA Pending Oct 24, 2022
17912331 Attenuated Mycoplasma Bacteria Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats HINES, JANA A 1645 §103 Final Rejection 17d overdue Pending Sep 16, 2022
17801921 Leucine-Rich Repeat Kinase 2 Allosteric Modulators DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FÜR NEURODEGENERATIVE ERKRANKUNGEN E.V. BRISTOL, LYNN ANNE 1643 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Aug 24, 2022
17787880 Compositions Comprising Microbes and Methods of Use and Making Thereof Pendulum Therapeutics, Inc. EIX, EMILY FAY 1653 §102Other Final Rejection Pending Jun 21, 2022
17564377 Fraud Detection Using Aggregate Fraud Score for Confidence of Liveness/Similarity Decisions Jumio Corporation EDMONDS, DONALD J 3629 §101 Final Rejection 6d Pending Dec 29, 2021
17620208 CROSSLINKABLE HYDROGEL COMPOSITIONS ETH ZÜRICH ARMSTRONG, SUSANNAH SIPPLE 1616 §103DP Final Rejection Pending Dec 17, 2021
17507570 Trocar Device and System and Method for Monitoring Navigation of the Trocar Device Ottosurgical Instruments LLC LOUIS, RICHARD G 3771 §103 Final Rejection 184d overdue Pending Oct 21, 2021
17604284 MICROBIAL COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR GREATER TOLERABILITY AND PROLONGED SHELF LIFE Pendulum Therapeutics, Inc. SPANGLER, JOSEPH RANKIN 1656 §103Other Final Rejection 104d overdue Pending Oct 15, 2021
17426827 Means and Methods to Overrule Glucose-Mediated Repression of Respiration in Yeast Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, K.U.Leuven R&D BARRON, SEAN C 1653 §103§112 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Jul 29, 2021
17378897 METHOD FOR THE TREATMENT OF IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS Citryll B.V. BALLARD, KIMBERLY 1675 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 20d Pending Jul 19, 2021

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