Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Pcfb, LLC

9 pending office actions • 4 clients • 9 examiners • 6 art units • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=475 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

90.2%
Allowance Rate
n=475
+0.61σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=475
2.7
OAs to Allowance
n=287
-0.19σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=287
801 days
Time to Allowance
n=287
+3.7pp
Interview Lift
n=475
17.3%
RCE Rate
n=475
0.4%
Appeal Rate
n=475

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

63.0%
§101 Overcome
n=46
89.0%
§102 Overcome
n=109
82.8%
§103 Overcome
n=186
86.0%
§112 Overcome
n=107

Specialization & Scale

G06F, G02B, H01Q
Top CPC Subclasses
18%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=475
1
Practitioners
n=475
475.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=475

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
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.

5
Hard (56%)
3
Medium (33%)
1
Easy (11%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other3 (33%)
§103 only3 (33%)
Double-patenting only1 (11%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (22%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
11% of docket
4
Semiconductors
44% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
44% 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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CHNG, JOY POH AI 1 60.7% +18.7%
FURTADO, WINSTON RAHUL 1 19.2% +25.0%
CHANG, AUDREY Y 1 46.6% +20.1%
HANNETT, JAMES M 1 84.3% +0.5%
PRESTON, JOHN O 1 28.3% +7.2%
DUONG, HENRY ABRAHAM 1 79.4% +6.6%
KAUFFMAN, RUBY LUCIA 1 76.5% +33.3%
CHERRY, EUNCHA P 1 87.9% +9.5%
BALAJ, ANTHONY MICHAEL 1 30.0% +33.1%

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
18886184 Optical Metalens Systems and Methods of Manufacture HANNETT, JAMES M 57d

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 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
18642422 Stack-Integrated Metasurface Devices and Sequential Damascene Manufacturing Processes DUONG, HENRY ABRAHAM
18414236 LARGE FOV OPTICAL METASURFACE SYSTEMS CHERRY, EUNCHA P
17551134 VACCINATION AND TESTING VALIDATION AND VERIFICATION BALAJ, ANTHONY MICHAEL

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
18423218 METASURFACE DEVICES AND MANUFACTURING USING SEQUENTIAL SINGLE-DAMASCENE PROCESSES WITH PROTECTIVE DIELECTRIC CAP LAYERS KAUFFMAN, RUBY LUCIA 23d
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
18928013 Frequency-Selective Optical Metalens Filters CHANG, AUDREY Y
17551134 VACCINATION AND TESTING VALIDATION AND VERIFICATION BALAJ, ANTHONY MICHAEL

Client Portfolio (4 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Azova 3
Lumotive 3
Imagia, Inc. 2
Eassist, Inc. 1

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28724
36831
36871
26391
36931
36821

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
18928013 Frequency-Selective Optical Metalens Filters Imagia, Inc. CHANG, AUDREY Y 2872 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 26, 2024
18886184 Optical Metalens Systems and Methods of Manufacture Imagia, Inc. HANNETT, JAMES M 2639 §103 Non-Final OA 57d Pending Sep 16, 2024
18787015 TELEMEDICINE PRACTITIONER ONBOARDING WITH ON-DEMAND PER ENCOUNTER MALPRACTICE LIABILITY COVERAGE Azova, Inc. PRESTON, JOHN O 3693 §101§103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 29, 2024
18642422 Stack-Integrated Metasurface Devices and Sequential Damascene Manufacturing Processes Lumotive, Inc. DUONG, HENRY ABRAHAM 2872 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 22, 2024
18423218 METASURFACE DEVICES AND MANUFACTURING USING SEQUENTIAL SINGLE-DAMASCENE PROCESSES WITH PROTECTIVE DIELECTRIC CAP LAYERS Lumotive, Inc. KAUFFMAN, RUBY LUCIA 2872 §103 Non-Final OA 23d Pending Jan 25, 2024
18414236 LARGE FOV OPTICAL METASURFACE SYSTEMS Lumotive, Inc. CHERRY, EUNCHA P 2872 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 16, 2024
17551134 VACCINATION AND TESTING VALIDATION AND VERIFICATION Azova, Inc. BALAJ, ANTHONY MICHAEL 3682 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 14, 2021

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