Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Paul And Paul

6 pending office actions • 5 clients • 6 examiners • 4 art units • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=1232 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

86.2%
Allowance Rate
n=1232
+0.62σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1232
3.4
OAs to Allowance
n=902
-0.01σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=902
1167 days
Time to Allowance
n=902
+10.9pp
Interview Lift
n=1232
20.0%
RCE Rate
n=1232
7.7%
Appeal Rate
n=1232

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

81.4%
§101 Overcome
n=43
84.0%
§102 Overcome
n=288
84.5%
§103 Overcome
n=484
87.3%
§112 Overcome
n=410

Specialization & Scale

Y10T, E04D, E05B
Top CPC Subclasses
19%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1232
1
Practitioners
n=1232
1232.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=1232

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due later (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.

2
Hard (33%)
4
Medium (67%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (17%)
§103 only4 (67%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (17%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
33% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
67% 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
HUYNH, KHOA D 1 18.1% +20.5%
MORAN, KATHERINE M 1 54.1% +24.2%
PATEL, TAJASH D 1 80.7% +7.4%
KOCH, GEORGE R 1 72.8% +17.7%
HOLT, ANDRIAE M 1 48.9% +22.8%
BALDRIGHI, ERIC C 1 41.7% +41.1%

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
18742814 Identification Of Baseball Gloves PATEL, TAJASH D 22d overdue

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
19320708 LEG PROTECTOR HUYNH, KHOA D 70d
18991102 Protective Sports And Safety Equipment And Foam Used With The Protective Equipment MORAN, KATHERINE M

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18081630 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING DARKLING BEETLES HOLT, ANDRIAE M 81d overdue
17994210 CAPTIVE CLOSURE WITH STABILISED OPENING ANGLE BALDRIGHI, ERIC C 26d
19320708 LEG PROTECTOR HUYNH, KHOA D 70d
18991102 Protective Sports And Safety Equipment And Foam Used With The Protective Equipment MORAN, KATHERINE M
18279926 ULTRASONIC PROCESSING DEVICES WITH SUPPORT ELEMENT KOCH, GEORGE R

Client Portfolio (5 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37323
17451
16141
37331

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19320708 LEG PROTECTOR Force3 Pro Gear HUYNH, KHOA D 3732 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Sep 05, 2025
18991102 Protective Sports And Safety Equipment And Foam Used With The Protective Equipment Force3 Pro Gear MORAN, KATHERINE M 3732 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Dec 20, 2024
18742814 Identification Of Baseball Gloves F3 Tech, LLC PATEL, TAJASH D 3732 §103 Non-Final OA 22d overdue Pending Jun 13, 2024
18279926 ULTRASONIC PROCESSING DEVICES WITH SUPPORT ELEMENT Herrmann Ultraschalltechnik GmbH & Co. Kg KOCH, GEORGE R 1745 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 01, 2023
18081630 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING DARKLING BEETLES Mary Ann Larose HOLT, ANDRIAE M 1614 §103 Final Rejection 81d overdue Pending Dec 14, 2022
17994210 CAPTIVE CLOSURE WITH STABILISED OPENING ANGLE BERICAP Holding GmbH BALDRIGHI, ERIC C 3733 §103 Final Rejection 26d Pending Nov 25, 2022

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