Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Penilla Ip, Apc - Patent Law

Technology areas: Computing & Software • Networking & Security • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

6 pending office actions • 4 clients • 5 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 20 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

PENILLA IP, APC - PATENT LAW handles 2415 career applications in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The firm's resolved allowance rate is 84.28 percent. Prosecution involves an average of 3.03 office actions per allowance. There are 4 pending office actions currently active.

This workload is part of the firm's history with 2415 career applications. The 84.28 percent resolved allowance rate is a metric for the firm's performance in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The 3.03 average office actions per allowance indicates the negotiation for the firm's patent applications. This firm's data demonstrates a practice with a volume of 2415 career applications. The 84.28 percent resolved allowance rate provides a baseline for performance. With 4 pending office actions, the firm is managing its current docket in its primary technology area, using a prosecution style that averages 3.03 office actions per grant. The 3.03 average office actions per allowance is a consistent factor in its 2415 career applications.

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

Quality Metrics (n=2415 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

84.3%
Allowance Rate
n=2415
+0.40σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=2415
3.0
OAs to Allowance
n=1710
-0.05σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=1710
1120 days
Time to Allowance
n=1710
+2.7pp
Interview Lift
n=2415
27.3%
RCE Rate
n=2415
2.0%
Appeal Rate
n=2415

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

77.8%
§101 Overcome
n=284
84.6%
§102 Overcome
n=573
80.3%
§103 Overcome
n=777
84.8%
§112 Overcome
n=381

Specialization & Scale

G06F, H01L, H04N
Top CPC Subclasses
25%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=2415
0
Practitioners
n=2415
—
Apps / Practitioner
n=2415 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

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

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.

4
Hard (67%)
1
Medium (17%)
1
Easy (17%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only3 (50%)
§101 + other1 (17%)
§103 only1 (17%)
§112 only1 (17%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
2
Information Tech
33% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
50% of docket
1
Business / Other
17% 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
BRUSHABER, FREDERICK M 2 89.7% +7.8%
WU, ZHEN Y 1 78.7% +20.8%
CAMPBELL, KEITH 1 89.7% +0.9%
LONG, FONYA M 1 3.4% +0.8%
VINCENT, DAVID ROBERT 1 80.4% +4.0%

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
18589409 CONVEYOR STATIONS FOR EMPTYING DEBRIS COLLECTING ROBOTS CAMPBELL, KEITH —

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19248175 SYSTEMS FOR TRANSFERRING USER PROFILES BETWEEN VEHICLES USING CLOUD SERVICES BRUSHABER, FREDERICK M —
19026361 METHODS AND VEHICLES FOR CAPTURING EMOTION OF A HUMAN DRIVER AND CUSTOMIZING VEHICLE RESPONSE BRUSHABER, FREDERICK M —
18307757 Methods for Automatically Providing Guidance to Patient in Real-Time LONG, FONYA M —
17835820 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR BUSINESS ASSURANCE DATA PROCESSING FOR AUTOMATED STANDARDS FRAMEWORK INTEGRATION VINCENT, DAVID ROBERT —

Interview Candidates (1)

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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19248414 Methods and Systems for Sharing e-Keys to Access Vehicles WU, ZHEN Y —

Client Portfolio (4 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
24471
36651
36511
36821
21231

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19248175 SYSTEMS FOR TRANSFERRING USER PROFILES BETWEEN VEHICLES USING CLOUD SERVICES Emerging Automotive, LLC BRUSHABER, FREDERICK M 2447 §101Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 24, 2025
19248414 Methods and Systems for Sharing e-Keys to Access Vehicles Emerging Automotive, LLC WU, ZHEN Y §103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 24, 2025
19026361 METHODS AND VEHICLES FOR CAPTURING EMOTION OF A HUMAN DRIVER AND CUSTOMIZING VEHICLE RESPONSE Emerging Automotive, LLC BRUSHABER, FREDERICK M 3665 §101Other Final Rejection — Pending Jan 17, 2025
18589409 CONVEYOR STATIONS FOR EMPTYING DEBRIS COLLECTING ROBOTS Viabot Inc. CAMPBELL, KEITH 3651 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 27, 2024
18307757 Methods for Automatically Providing Guidance to Patient in Real-Time E-Lovu Health, Inc. LONG, FONYA M 3682 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 26, 2023
17835820 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR BUSINESS ASSURANCE DATA PROCESSING FOR AUTOMATED STANDARDS FRAMEWORK INTEGRATION Yardstick (Pte. Ltd.) VINCENT, DAVID ROBERT 2123 §101 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 08, 2022

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