Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Pcfb, LLC

Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

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

Analysis

PCFB, LLC operates in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems and currently has 7 pending office actions. Its recorded career application volume is 499, providing a basis for evaluating the firm’s prosecution history in this technology area.

The resolved allowance rate is 90.21%, while the average office actions per allowance is 2.71. Together, these measures indicate that resolved matters have generally reached allowance after multiple examination events, with the allowance rate offering a useful outcome measure and the action average indicating the level of prosecution activity associated with those outcomes. Practitioners reviewing this profile can use the pending docket and historical resolution measures to assess current workload alongside prosecution efficiency.

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

Quality Metrics (n=499 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

90.2%
Allowance Rate
n=499
+0.56σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=499
2.7
OAs to Allowance
n=295
-0.23σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=295
811 days
Time to Allowance
n=295
+4.3pp
Interview Lift
n=499
16.8%
RCE Rate
n=499
0.4%
Appeal Rate
n=499

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

67.4%
§101 Overcome
n=46
88.3%
§102 Overcome
n=111
85.2%
§103 Overcome
n=189
86.2%
§112 Overcome
n=109

Specialization & Scale

G06F, G02B, H01Q
Top CPC Subclasses
18%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=499
1
Practitioners
n=499
499.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=499

Portfolio Summary

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

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

3
Hard (50%)
2
Medium (33%)
1
Easy (17%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (17%)
§101 + other1 (17%)
§103 only1 (17%)
Double-patenting only1 (17%)
Double-patenting + other1 (17%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (17%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
17% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
17% 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
CHNG, JOY POH AI 1 60.6% +19.0%
FURTADO, WINSTON RAHUL 1 18.9% +22.9%
PRESTON, JOHN O 1 28.4% +7.7%
MONSHIPOURI, MARYAM 1 79.2% +37.2%
SINGH, AVIRAJ DONGSOOK 1 0.0% +0.0%
MICHAUD, NICHOLAS BRIAN 1 75.0% +30.0%

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18936995 Provider-Centric Fee Analysis, Multi-Staged Pricing Modification, and Practice Management Customization FURTADO, WINSTON RAHUL —
18787015 TELEMEDICINE PRACTITIONER ONBOARDING WITH ON-DEMAND PER ENCOUNTER MALPRACTICE LIABILITY COVERAGE PRESTON, JOHN O —
18433074 SOFTWARE-DEFINED LIDAR SYSTEMS AND METHODS SINGH, AVIRAJ DONGSOOK —

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18327777 DIELECTRIC BARRIER FOR REFLECTIVE BACKPLANE OF TUNABLE OPTICAL METASURFACES MICHAUD, NICHOLAS BRIAN 59d overdue
19191061 TELEMEDICINE CLINIC SYSTEMS AND METHODS CHNG, JOY POH AI —
18936995 Provider-Centric Fee Analysis, Multi-Staged Pricing Modification, and Practice Management Customization FURTADO, WINSTON RAHUL —
18437615 NOVEL PRETREATMENT FOR RECALCITRANT BIOMASS FOR BIOGAS GENERATION MONSHIPOURI, MARYAM —

Client Portfolio (4 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Azova 2
Lumotive 2
Eassist, Inc. 1
SixRing Inc. 1

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36831
36871
36931
16511
36451
28181

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19191061 TELEMEDICINE CLINIC SYSTEMS AND METHODS Azova, Inc. CHNG, JOY POH AI 3683 DP Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 28, 2025
18936995 Provider-Centric Fee Analysis, Multi-Staged Pricing Modification, and Practice Management Customization Eassist, Inc. FURTADO, WINSTON RAHUL 3687 §101§102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 04, 2024
18787015 TELEMEDICINE PRACTITIONER ONBOARDING WITH ON-DEMAND PER ENCOUNTER MALPRACTICE LIABILITY COVERAGE Azova, Inc. PRESTON, JOHN O 3693 §101 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 29, 2024
18437615 NOVEL PRETREATMENT FOR RECALCITRANT BIOMASS FOR BIOGAS GENERATION Sixring Inc. MONSHIPOURI, MARYAM 1651 §103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 09, 2024
18433074 SOFTWARE-DEFINED LIDAR SYSTEMS AND METHODS Lumotive, Inc. SINGH, AVIRAJ DONGSOOK 3645 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 05, 2024
18327777 DIELECTRIC BARRIER FOR REFLECTIVE BACKPLANE OF TUNABLE OPTICAL METASURFACES Lumotive, Inc. MICHAUD, NICHOLAS BRIAN 2818 §103 Final Rejection 59d overdue Pending Jun 01, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Pcfb, LLC's patent allowance rate?

90.2% of resolved applications prosecuted by Pcfb, LLC were allowed, across 499 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Pcfb, LLC average before allowance?

2.71 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Pcfb, LLC have?

6 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 4 clients, before 6 examiners in 6 art units.

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