Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Patent Portfolio Builders, Pllc

67 pending office actions • 17 clients • 66 examiners • 45 art units • 0 of 67 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=3995 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

89.9%
Allowance Rate
n=3995
+0.56σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=3995
3.3
OAs to Allowance
n=2565
-0.09σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=2565
980 days
Time to Allowance
n=2565
+9.6pp
Interview Lift
n=3995
20.7%
RCE Rate
n=3995
8.2%
Appeal Rate
n=3995

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

87.1%
§101 Overcome
n=645
83.7%
§102 Overcome
n=1106
83.9%
§103 Overcome
n=2014
84.6%
§112 Overcome
n=1187

Specialization & Scale

G01V, H04L, H04W
Top CPC Subclasses
23%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=3995
1
Practitioners
n=3995
3995.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=3995

Portfolio Summary

67
Total Pending OAs
41
Non-Final OAs
21
Final Rejections
5
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 14 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

8
Overdue
0
Due this week
6
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. 14 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (8)Due ≤ 30 days (6)

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.

32
Hard (48%)
27
Medium (40%)
7
Easy (10%)
1
Unknown (1%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only4 (6%)
§101 + other7 (10%)
§103 only25 (37%)
§102 only1 (1%)
§112 only7 (10%)
Double-patenting + other1 (1%)
Multi-statute (no §101)21 (31%)
No statute on record1 (1%)

Industry Mix

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

10
Life Sciences
15% of docket
6
Information Tech
9% of docket
3
Communications
4% of docket
6
Semiconductors
9% of docket
28
Mechanical / Eng
42% of docket
14
Business / Other
21% 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.

670 h
Manual time on pending OAs
134 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
234 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
5.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
REDHEAD JR., ASHLEY L 2 91.0% +9.3%
DELAHOUSSAYE, KEITH G 1 80.1% +18.9%
LAM, NELSON C 1 60.3% +9.1%
BALSECA, FRANKLIN D 1 60.3% +30.2%
PHAM, CLINT V 1 45.2% +30.8%
DYER, ANDREW R 1 59.9% +38.9%
PERVIN, FARHANA 1 81.9% +7.6%
TROOST, AARON L 1 74.8% +10.5%
NGUYEN, HOANG M 1 75.9% +16.3%
WHITTINGTON, JESS G 1 72.9% +17.7%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19122322 ELECTRIC DRIVE DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE PERVIN, FARHANA
19111953 METHOD FOR OPERATING A HEATING SYSTEM OF A VEHICLE REDHEAD JR., ASHLEY L
19111960 HEATING SYSTEM OF A VEHICLE REDHEAD JR., ASHLEY L

Hard Cases (32)

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
18691597 METHOD FOR DETERMINING AN INTELLIGENT PRESELECTION OF SUITABLE CHARGING STATIONS FOR CARRYING OUT A CHARGING STOP, CHARGING STOP PLANNING ASSISTANT, AND VEHICLE PEDERSEN, DAVID RUBEN 49d overdue
18832731 METHOD FOR ACTUATING AN ACCESS SYSTEM OF A MOTOR VEHICLE NGUYEN, ROBERT T 23d overdue
18855371 MYOFUNCTIONAL ALIGNER EIDE, HEIDI MARIE 22d overdue
18030088 METHOD FOR FILLING AN ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE BY MEANS OF A CHARGING DEVICE, AS WELL AS A METHOD FOR OPERATING A CHARGING DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE JAMES, GREGORY MARK 18d overdue
18580316 A METHOD FOR PROVIDING USAGE INFORMATION OF AN ELECTRICAL GRID TO A PROVIDER AS WELL AS AN ELECTRONIC COMPUTING DEVICE PHAM, THOMAS K 8d
18320518 VERTICAL FARMING APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS KLOECKER, KATHERINE ANNE 8d
19489962 TAIL LIGHT AND METHOD FOR THE OPERATION THEREOF, AND VEHICLE DELAHOUSSAYE, KEITH G
19146577 BRIGHTNESS CONTROL OF INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM IN VEHICLES USING EYE-GAZE ESTIMATION LAM, NELSON C

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19065166 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENERGY AND RESOURCE EXTRACTION WITH REDUCED EMISSIONS NGUYEN, HOANG M 50d overdue
19489962 TAIL LIGHT AND METHOD FOR THE OPERATION THEREOF, AND VEHICLE DELAHOUSSAYE, KEITH G
19141692 METHOD FOR OPERATING A PASSENGER COMPARTMENT MONITORING APPARATUS, PASSENGER COMPARTMENT MONITORING APPARATUS, AND A VEHICLE BALSECA, FRANKLIN D
19138812 METHOD FOR DETECTING ROADWORKS IN A VEHICLE PHAM, CLINT V
19130593 METHOD FOR DETERMINING A ROAD CONDITION DYER, ANDREW R
19110915 METHOD FOR GENERATING TRAINING DATA SETS FOR AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE AND A SYSTEM FOR GENERATING TRAINING DATA SETS TROOST, AARON L
18998255 METHOD FOR OPERATING A DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM OF A COMMERCIAL VEHICLE WHITTINGTON, JESS G

Client Portfolio (17 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36614
36663
36632
36672
36452
28751
26271
26881
36621
36551

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19489962 TAIL LIGHT AND METHOD FOR THE OPERATION THEREOF, AND VEHICLE Mercedes-Benz Group AG DELAHOUSSAYE, KEITH G 2875 §102§103Other Non-Final OA Pending Dec 04, 2025
19146577 BRIGHTNESS CONTROL OF INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM IN VEHICLES USING EYE-GAZE ESTIMATION Mercedes-Benz Group AG LAM, NELSON C 2627 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 09, 2025
19141692 METHOD FOR OPERATING A PASSENGER COMPARTMENT MONITORING APPARATUS, PASSENGER COMPARTMENT MONITORING APPARATUS, AND A VEHICLE Mercedes-Benz Group AG BALSECA, FRANKLIN D 2688 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 20, 2025
19138812 METHOD FOR DETECTING ROADWORKS IN A VEHICLE Daimler Truck AG PHAM, CLINT V 3663 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 13, 2025
19130593 METHOD FOR DETERMINING A ROAD CONDITION Mercedes-Benz Group AG DYER, ANDREW R 3662 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 16, 2025
19122322 ELECTRIC DRIVE DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE Mercedes-Benz Group AG PERVIN, FARHANA 3655 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 18, 2025
19111953 METHOD FOR OPERATING A HEATING SYSTEM OF A VEHICLE Mercedes-Benz Group AG REDHEAD JR., ASHLEY L 3661 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 14, 2025
19111960 HEATING SYSTEM OF A VEHICLE Mercedes-Benz Group AG REDHEAD JR., ASHLEY L 3661 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 14, 2025
19110915 METHOD FOR GENERATING TRAINING DATA SETS FOR AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE AND A SYSTEM FOR GENERATING TRAINING DATA SETS Mercedes-Benz Group AG TROOST, AARON L §101 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 12, 2025
19065166 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENERGY AND RESOURCE EXTRACTION WITH REDUCED EMISSIONS Cgg Services SAS NGUYEN, HOANG M 3746 Other Non-Final OA 50d overdue Pending Feb 27, 2025
18998255 METHOD FOR OPERATING A DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM OF A COMMERCIAL VEHICLE Daimler Truck AG WHITTINGTON, JESS G 3666 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 24, 2025
18996368 METHOD FOR STATIC ALLOCATION AND ASSIGNMENT OF INFORMATION TO MEMORY AREAS, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM AND VEHICLE Mercedes-Benz Group AG DARE, RYAN A 2132 §112 Final Rejection 28d Pending Jan 17, 2025
18993724 CHASSIS FOR A COMMERCIAL VEHICLE Daimler Truck AG MILLER, CAITLIN ANNE 3614 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 13, 2025
18880886 METHOD FOR PREDICTING AN INFLUENCE OF ONE ROAD USER ON AT LEAST ONE OTHER ROAD USER, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A VEHICLE Mercedes-Benz Group AG BESTEMAN-STREET, JACOB KENT 3661 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 03, 2025
18878166 METHOD FOR PROCESSING LOG FILES, DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM AND VEHICLE Mercedes-Benz Group AG PHAN, TUANKHANH D 2154 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 23, 2024
18877301 METHOD FOR PROJECTING A LIGHT PATTERN INTO THE SURROUNDINGS OF A VEHICLE, AND ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM Mercedes-Benz Group AG MIKELS, MATTHEW 2876 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 20, 2024
18877296 METHOD FOR PLANNING A TARGET TRAJECTORY FOR AN AUTOMATICALLY DRIVING VEHICLE Mercedes-Benz Group AG LEVY, MERRITT E 3666 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 20, 2024
18868419 METHOD FOR OPERATING AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE Daimler Truck AG MILLER, PRESTON JAY 3661 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 22, 2024
18866185 METHOD FOR ANONYMISING VEHICLE DATA Mercedes-Benz Group AG HEIM, MARK ROBERT 3668 §101§102§103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 15, 2024
18858465 VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR ISSUING RECOMMENDATIONS TO A PERSON DRIVING THE VEHICLE TO TAKE OVER VEHICLE CONTROL Mercedes-Benz Group AG MIRZA, ADNAN M 3667 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Oct 21, 2024
18855371 MYOFUNCTIONAL ALIGNER Codonis AG EIDE, HEIDI MARIE 3772 §103§112 Final Rejection 22d overdue Pending Oct 09, 2024
18855247 MANAGING DISCONTINUOUS COVERAGE AND DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION IN NTN Google LLC LE, SANG PHUOC §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 08, 2024
18855255 MANAGING DISCONTINUOUS COVERAGE AND DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION IN NTN Google LLC ORGAD, EDAN §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 08, 2024
18844549 FOOT SWITCH WITH A HOUSING AND METHOD FOR CHECKING THE TIGHTNESS OF A HOUSING Steute Technologies GmbH & Co. Kg HAMMOND III, THOMAS M §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 06, 2024
18844558 HYBRID DRIVE SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE, AND MOTOR VEHICLE, IN PARTICULAR MOTOR CAR Mercedes-Benz Group AG NEYZARI, OMID §112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 06, 2024
18840229 METHOD OF MINTING AND USING VEHICLE-RELATED NON-FUNGIBLE TOKENS, AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM Mercedes-Benz Group AG HAJIABBASI, AMIR MAHDI 2407 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 21, 2024
18836259 DYNAMIC UPLINK BAND TRANSMISSION Google LLC HO, DUC CHI §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 06, 2024
18835885 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING CONDITIONS IN AN ENVIRONMENT AROUND A DEVICE N5 Sensors, Inc. ROBERTS, HERBERT K §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 05, 2024
18832731 METHOD FOR ACTUATING AN ACCESS SYSTEM OF A MOTOR VEHICLE Mercedes-Benz Group AG NGUYEN, ROBERT T 3619 §102§112 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Jul 24, 2024
18729581 ULTRA-WIDEBAND POSITIONING METHOD FOR A POSITIONING DEVICE ARRANGED IN A MOTOR VEHICLE, A POSITIONING DEVICE AND A MOTOR VEHICLE HAVING SAME Mercedes-Benz Group AG NEFF, MICHAEL R §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 17, 2024
18724049 MEASUREMENT GAP MANAGEMENT IN A NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORK Google LLC BUKHARI, SIBTE H §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 25, 2024
18717479 CHARGING CONNECTION DEVICE FOR AN ELECTRICALLY POWERED VEHICLE Mercedes-Benz Group AG DINH, PHUONG K §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 07, 2024
18717484 CHARGING CONNECTION DEVICE FOR AN ELECTRICALLY POWERED VEHICLE Mercedes-Benz Group AG QUIGLEY, THOMAS K §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 07, 2024
18712330 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING AN AUTOMATICALLY DRIVING VEHICLE Mercedes-Benz Group AG CAMERON, ATTICUS A 3658 §102 Non-Final OA Pending May 22, 2024
18704969 LOGOPAEDIC TREATMENT DEVICE Codonis AG WILSON, KAYLEE R §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 26, 2024
18702543 METHOD FOR ENCRYPTING A PLAINTEXT Mercedes-Benz Group AG PALIWAL, YOGESH 2435 §101§102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 18, 2024
18637800 SCRIPT GENERATION SYSTEM AND METHOD Bereej Technologies Private Limited VO, TED T 2191 §103 Non-Final OA 19d Pending Apr 17, 2024
18698701 COMPOUND FOR TREATING NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE AND RELATED DISEASES Deutsche Diabetes-Forschungsgesellschaft E.V. MARTIN, KEVIN STEPHEN 1624 §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Apr 04, 2024
18693592 METHOD FOR DETERMINING DEFECTIVE CHARGING STATIONS Mercedes-Benz Group AG LEE, PAUL D §101 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 20, 2024
18691597 METHOD FOR DETERMINING AN INTELLIGENT PRESELECTION OF SUITABLE CHARGING STATIONS FOR CARRYING OUT A CHARGING STOP, CHARGING STOP PLANNING ASSISTANT, AND VEHICLE Mercedes-Benz Group AG PEDERSEN, DAVID RUBEN 3667 §101§103 Final Rejection 49d overdue Pending Mar 13, 2024
18691610 AMBIPOLAR SEMICONDUCTOR-BASED TRANSISTOR AND METHOD King Abdullah University Of Science And Technology SMITH, BRADLEY 2817 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 13, 2024
18688408 SEPARATION DISC, SEPARATION DISC STACK, AND CENTRIFUGE HAVING SAID SEPERATION DISC STACK Gea Westfalia Separator Group GmbH COOLEY, CHARLES E §102§103Other Non-Final OA Pending Mar 01, 2024
18684349 AIR GUIDE ELEMENT FOR A VENTILATION NOZZLE Mercedes-Benz Group AG TIGHE, DANA K 3762 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 16, 2024
18684050 MICROWAVE-ASSISTED, SILICA-BASED COMPOSITE DESICCANT DEHUMIDIFICATION METHOD AND SYSTEM King Abdullah University Of Science And Technology EZELUOMBA, MIRIAM NCHEKWUBECHU 1776 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 15, 2024
18682577 METHOD FOR LOCATING AN IDENTIFICATION TRANSMITTER OF A MOTOR VEHICLE Mercedes-Benz Group AG ABRAHAM, JOHN BISHOY SAM 3646 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 09, 2024
18421900 METHODS, DEVICES, AND SYSTEMS FOR AEROSOL DETECTION N5 Sensors, Inc. ZHONG, XIN Y 2855 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 24, 2024
18580316 A METHOD FOR PROVIDING USAGE INFORMATION OF AN ELECTRICAL GRID TO A PROVIDER AS WELL AS AN ELECTRONIC COMPUTING DEVICE Mercedes-Benz Group AG PHAM, THOMAS K 2872 §102§103 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Jan 18, 2024
18573522 METHOD FOR OPERATING A VEHICLE Mercedes-Benz Group AG KWIATKOWSKA, LIDIA 3666 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 22, 2023
18544911 PATIENT SLING Human Care Hc AB ORTIZ, ADAM C 3673 §103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Dec 19, 2023
18563067 HYBRID AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM FOR DECOUPLED SENSIBLE AND LATENT HEAT REMOVAL AND METHOD King Abdullah University Of Science And Technology SULLENS, TAVIA L 3763 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 21, 2023
18287313 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR AUTHENTICATING AN AUTHORISATION OF A PERSON TO USE A VEHICLE Mercedes-Benz Group AG GARCIA, CARLOS E 2686 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 18, 2023
18286244 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FLASH LAMP TREATMENT OF LIQUID STREAMS King Abdullah University Of Science And Technology KURTZ, BENJAMIN M 1779 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 10, 2023
18343079 QUICK LATCH SEISMIC DATA ACQUISITION OCEAN BOTTOM NODE AND METHOD Sercel ARMSTRONG, JONATHAN D 3645 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Jun 28, 2023
18269354 SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR ENRICHING LITHIUM FROM SEAWATER King Abdullah University Of Science And Technology CRANDALL, BRADIE SHELTON 1793 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 23, 2023
18269011 ELECTROTHERAPY APPLIANCE FOR DETERMINING POSITIONS OF THE ELECTROTHERAPY APPLIANCE Keytec GmbH ANJARIA, SHREYA PARAG 3796 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 22, 2023
18267834 METHOD FOR OPERATING A LIGHTING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM Mercedes-Benz Group AG FLYNN, ABBY J 3663 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 16, 2023
18038566 LIGHT CONTROLLING PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE AND METHOD King Abdullah University Of Science And Technology AYAD, TAMIR 1726 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 24, 2023
18320518 VERTICAL FARMING APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS V-MAXX, LLC KLOECKER, KATHERINE ANNE 3642 §103§112 Final Rejection 8d Pending May 19, 2023
18030088 METHOD FOR FILLING AN ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE BY MEANS OF A CHARGING DEVICE, AS WELL AS A METHOD FOR OPERATING A CHARGING DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE Mercedes-Benz Group AG JAMES, GREGORY MARK 3692 §101 Final Rejection 18d overdue Pending Apr 04, 2023
18029736 STORAGE ASSEMBLY HAVING AT LEAST ONE STORAGE COMPARTMENT Mercedes-Benz Group AG STOFFA, WYATT A 2881 §112 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Mar 31, 2023
18021241 REAL-TIME CONTROL OF MECHANICAL VALVES USING COMPUTER VISION AND MACHINE LEARNING King Fahd University Of Petroleum And Minerals TRAN, VI N 2117 §103 Non-Final OA 78d overdue Pending Feb 14, 2023
18021067 SEPARATOR INSERT AND SEPARATOR Gea Westfalia Separator Group GmbH LIU, SHUYI S 1774 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 13, 2023
18009870 ENHANCED FRACTURE TOUGHNESS OF BONDED JOINTS USING TAILORED SACRIFICIAL CRACKS King Abdullah University Of Science And Technology SHAH, SAMIR 1787 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 12, 2022
17923069 UNDERWATER WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK King Abdullah University Of Science And Technology ABULABAN, ABDALLAH 3645 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 03, 2022
17921202 ANAEROBIC MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR COUPLED WITH UV ADVANCED DISINFECTION PROCESS FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT King Abdullah University Of Science And Technology ELLINGTON, MARRIAH C G 1773 §103 Final Rejection 73d overdue Pending Oct 25, 2022
17595343 DEEP LEARNING BASED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTION OF ALTERNATIVE POLYADENYLATION SITE King Abdullah University Of Science And Technology BICKHAM, DAWN MARIE 1685 §101 Final Rejection Pending Nov 15, 2021
17281357 SINGLE-GENE SINGLE-BASE RESOLUTION RATIO DETECTION METHOD FOR RNA CHEMICAL MODIFICATION Peking University POHNERT, STEVEN C 1683 §101§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Mar 30, 2021

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