Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Perilla Knox & Hildebrandt LLP

64 pending office actions • 34 clients • 62 examiners • 45 art units • 0 of 64 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 147 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=5241 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

90.2%
Allowance Rate
n=5241
+0.48σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=5241
2.8
OAs to Allowance
n=2545
-0.32σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=2545
907 days
Time to Allowance
n=2545
+5.7pp
Interview Lift
n=5241
25.5%
RCE Rate
n=5241
2.1%
Appeal Rate
n=5241

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

70.0%
§101 Overcome
n=60
80.9%
§102 Overcome
n=361
77.6%
§103 Overcome
n=1685
87.0%
§112 Overcome
n=347

Specialization & Scale

G06F, H04L, H04W
Top CPC Subclasses
13%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=5241
12
Practitioners
n=5241
436.8
Apps / Practitioner
n=5241

Portfolio Summary

64
Total Pending OAs
41
Non-Final OAs
19
Final Rejections
4
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 15 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

8
Overdue
0
Due this week
4
Due this month
3
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. 15 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (8)Due ≤ 30 days (4)Due ≤ 60 days (3)

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 (5%)
59
Medium (92%)
2
Easy (3%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only3 (5%)
§103 only54 (84%)
§102 only5 (8%)
§112 only2 (3%)

Industry Mix

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

6
Life Sciences
9% of docket
13
Information Tech
20% of docket
4
Communications
6% of docket
9
Semiconductors
14% of docket
20
Mechanical / Eng
31% of docket
12
Business / Other
19% 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.

640 h
Manual time on pending OAs
128 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
224 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
5.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KIL, JINNEY 2 46.7% +53.1%
SATANOVSKY, ALEXANDER 2 56.3% +18.0%
NGUYEN, TRAN N 1 62.0% +16.9%
HO, DAO Q 1 83.1% +32.3%
WALLICK, STEPHANIE SHOSHANA 1 30.3% +31.1%
KLEIN, GABRIEL J 1 66.0% +24.4%
TORRES CHANZA, GABRIEL JOSE 1 11.1% -16.7%
FOTAKIS, ARISTOCRATIS 1 71.4% +31.0%
FAROOQUI, QUAZI 1 82.8% +14.9%
SEABE, JUSTIN D 1 71.6% +24.4%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19137418 USER AUTHENTICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS USING INPUT PATTERN INFORMATION HO, DAO Q 10d overdue
19047870 PERSONALIZED FEDERATED LEARNING METHOD, USER AUTHENTICATION METHOD, AND DEVICE PERFORMING THE SAME FAROOQUI, QUAZI

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
19269144 WORKSTATION INTEGRATING MULTIPLE DISTINCT COMPUTING SYSTEMS NGUYEN, TRAN N
19196029 METHOD FOR INCORPORATING FUTURE CROP PRODUCTION INTO SAFE CLIMATIC SPACE TORRES CHANZA, GABRIEL JOSE
18877647 BIOGAS MATERIAL EVALUATION VALUE COMPUTATION DEVICE AND PROGRAM USED FOR BIOGAS MATERIAL EVALUATION VALUE COMPUTATION DEVICE RUHL, DENNIS WILLIAM
17620466 FRAGRANCE-ENHANCING COMPOSITIONS BRANDSEN, BENJAMIN MICHAEL

Interview Candidates (11)

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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19137418 USER AUTHENTICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS USING INPUT PATTERN INFORMATION HO, DAO Q 10d overdue
18850539 TOLL-FREE SUBSCRIPTION AND RENTAL SERVICE SYSTEM WALLICK, STEPHANIE SHOSHANA 3d overdue
19100420 MULTI-ROW PROPELLER (MRP) WITH CO-ROTATING BLADES SEABE, JUSTIN D 8d
19269144 WORKSTATION INTEGRATING MULTIPLE DISTINCT COMPUTING SYSTEMS NGUYEN, TRAN N
19215684 SHOOTING REST AND USE OF A SHOOTING REST FOR SUPPORTING A FIREARM AT A FORE-END TO A SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL EXTERNAL SUPPORT BODY KLEIN, GABRIEL J
19053595 CHANNEL INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOTAKIS, ARISTOCRATIS
19047870 PERSONALIZED FEDERATED LEARNING METHOD, USER AUTHENTICATION METHOD, AND DEVICE PERFORMING THE SAME FAROOQUI, QUAZI
18549440 TESTING AND EDUCATION MICROREACTOR KIL, JINNEY

Client Portfolio (34 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28373
28573
37452
36652
36462
24321
36281
36411
36251
26331

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19269144 WORKSTATION INTEGRATING MULTIPLE DISTINCT COMPUTING SYSTEMS Dextro Imaging Solutions, LLC NGUYEN, TRAN N §101 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 15, 2025
19137418 USER AUTHENTICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS USING INPUT PATTERN INFORMATION Korea University Research And Business Foundation HO, DAO Q 2432 §103 Final Rejection 10d overdue Pending Jun 10, 2025
18850539 TOLL-FREE SUBSCRIPTION AND RENTAL SERVICE SYSTEM Life Labo Co., Ltd. WALLICK, STEPHANIE SHOSHANA 3628 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending May 28, 2025
19215684 SHOOTING REST AND USE OF A SHOOTING REST FOR SUPPORTING A FIREARM AT A FORE-END TO A SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL EXTERNAL SUPPORT BODY Kohomelo OY KLEIN, GABRIEL J 3641 §112 Non-Final OA Pending May 22, 2025
19196029 METHOD FOR INCORPORATING FUTURE CROP PRODUCTION INTO SAFE CLIMATIC SPACE China Agricultural University TORRES CHANZA, GABRIEL JOSE 3625 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 01, 2025
19053595 CHANNEL INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. FOTAKIS, ARISTOCRATIS §112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 14, 2025
19047870 PERSONALIZED FEDERATED LEARNING METHOD, USER AUTHENTICATION METHOD, AND DEVICE PERFORMING THE SAME Kakaobank Corp. FAROOQUI, QUAZI §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 07, 2025
19100420 MULTI-ROW PROPELLER (MRP) WITH CO-ROTATING BLADES VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES, INC. SEABE, JUSTIN D 3745 §103 Final Rejection 8d Pending Jan 31, 2025
19100414 ELECTRICALLY SMALL NON-LTI ANTENNA MODULATION SCHEMA VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES, INC. JAIN, ANKUR 2633 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 31, 2025
18879857 DATA PACKET TRANSMISSION METHOD AND VIRTUAL NETWORK GROUP China Telecom Corporation Limited SALL, EL HADJI MALICK 2457 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 30, 2024
18877647 BIOGAS MATERIAL EVALUATION VALUE COMPUTATION DEVICE AND PROGRAM USED FOR BIOGAS MATERIAL EVALUATION VALUE COMPUTATION DEVICE Tbm Co., Ltd. RUHL, DENNIS WILLIAM 3626 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 20, 2024
18968478 INTERNAL PEDICLE INSULATOR Chap-Med, Inc. COTRONEO, STEVEN J §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 04, 2024
18943080 CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE ACTIVE REACTANCE SYSTEMS AND METHODS Etherdyne Technologies, Inc. PHAM, DUC M 2849 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 11, 2024
18854362 ULTRA-HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION STRUCTURED LIGHT SCANNER AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES, INC. STAFIRA, MICHAEL PATRICK 2877 §103 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Oct 04, 2024
18853880 AUTOMATED GRADING AND ASSESSMENT OF COINS VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES, INC. GARCIA, PAULO ANDRES §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 03, 2024
18901218 DEMAND-ADAPTIVE MEMORY COMPRESSION IN HARDWARE VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES, INC. WADDY JR, EDWARD 2135 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 30, 2024
18899480 RESOURCE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND TERMINAL Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. SHARMA, GAUTAM §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 27, 2024
18850941 TASK-DRIVEN PRIVACY-PRESERVING DATA-SHARING FOR DATA SHARING ECOSYSTEMS VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES, INC. RASHID, HARUNUR 2497 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 25, 2024
18850480 UNIFORM COATING OF A SURFACE Renaissance Fusion GAMBETTA, KELLY M 1718 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 24, 2024
18807660 CODING METHOD, APPARATUS, AND DEVICE Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. OAKES, JUSTIN MONTGOMERY §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 16, 2024
18782796 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING VALIDITY DURATION OF REFERENCE SIGNAL, AND TERMINAL Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. OLALEYE, OLADIRAN GIDEON §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 24, 2024
18774214 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SIMULTANEOUS TRANSPORT OF CRUDE-OIL AND NAPHTHA IN CROSS-COUNTRY CRUDE OIL-PIPELINE Hpcl-Mittal Energy Limited GRAHAM, CHANTEL LORAN 1771 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 16, 2024
18765899 GAP INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS AND NETWORK SIDE DEVICE Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. KRUEGER, KENT K §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 08, 2024
18763488 PRACH REPETITION TRANSMISSION METHOD, TERMINAL, AND NETWORK-SIDE DEVICE Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. POLLACK, MELVIN H §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 03, 2024
18726259 SMART WORK ZONE SYSTEM VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES, INC. HAN, CHARLES J 3665 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 02, 2024
18726264 MULTI-DEVICE POWER CONSUMPTION OPTIMIZATION VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES, INC. CHAN, DANNY 2175 §103 Non-Final OA 35d Pending Jul 02, 2024
18621714 Continuously Assessing External Risk for Internet-Facing Assets Abricto Security LLC BROWN, CHRISTOPHER J 2439 §103 Final Rejection 15d Pending Mar 29, 2024
18607457 MEASUREMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS, MEASUREMENT CONFIGURATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, TERMINAL, AND NETWORK-SIDE DEVICE Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. LEE, CHAE S 2415 §103 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Mar 16, 2024
18692140 INFRARED IMAGING DEVICE Lynred VIEAUX, GARY C 2638 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Mar 14, 2024
18601199 REAL-TIME CONTROL OF LASER POWER FOR LASER POWDER BED FUSION VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES, INC. XU, PETER §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 11, 2024
18588498 INTERPRETER SERVICES LIFECYCLE APPLICATIONS AND ENVIRONMENT Interp, LLC BROCKINGTON III, WILLIAM S 3623 §103 Final Rejection 17d overdue Pending Feb 27, 2024
18586890 MONITORING METHOD AND APPARATUS, WAKE-UP SIGNAL TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS, TERMINAL, AND NETWORK-SIDE DEVICE Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. COSME, NATASHA W 2465 §103 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Feb 26, 2024
18684374 SUPPORT SOCKET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PARTS USING SUPPORT SOCKET Knj Co.,Ltd BERMAN, JASON 1794 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 16, 2024
18434105 PDCCH MONITORING METHOD, RELATED DEVICE, AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. PHUNG, LUAT 2468 §103 Non-Final OA 47d Pending Feb 06, 2024
18430434 CONTROL RESOURCE MONITORING METHOD AND APPARATUS AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. VOLTAIRE, JEAN F 2417 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 01, 2024
18292958 SURGICAL TRAINING MODEL Fusetec 3D Pty Ltd. DOSHER, JULIE GRACE 3715 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 29, 2024
18425302 METHOD FOR PREPARING THERAGNOSTIC CARBON QUANTUM-DOT NANOMEDICINES FOR TARGETED DRUG DELIVERY TO ACUTE-MYELOID LEUKEMIA Central Labs- King Khalid University DONOHUE, SEAN R §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 29, 2024
18419792 COMMUNICATION SENSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND DEVICE Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. MIAH, LITON 2642 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 23, 2024
18573837 Methods of Additive Manufacturing by Direct Ink Writing of Emulsion Compositions Nutech Ventures BARTLETT, VICTORIA 1744 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 22, 2023
18563246 DATA DRIVEN SMART NON-PNEUMATIC TIRES VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES, INC. PANDE, ASHUTOSH 3668 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 21, 2023
18563255 INTEGRATED THERMAL CONTROL FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING AND COATING VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES, INC. TAUFIQ, FARAH N 1754 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 21, 2023
18560907 NON-CONTACT TYPE OCULAR PHYSICAL PROPERTY MEASURING DEVICE Quovisu LLC SHOSTAK, ANDREY 3791 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 14, 2023
18559156 OBSTACLE AVOIDANCE METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELF-WALKING DEVICE, AND MEDIUM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE BEIJING ROBOROCK INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. REDA, MATTHEW J 3665 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 06, 2023
18557122 DUST COLLECTION PILE, CLEANING ROBOT, AND CLEANING SYSTEM BEIJING ROBOROCK INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. SEHN, MICHAEL L 3745 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 25, 2023
18555551 OBSTACLE AVOIDANCE METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ROBOT, ROBOT, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE BEIJING ROBOROCK INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. WOOD, BLAKE ANDREW 3658 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 16, 2023
18478331 VISUALIZATION OF AI METHODS AND DATA EXPLORATION VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES, INC. ABOU EL SEOUD, MOHAMED 2148 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 29, 2023
18474360 CONTACTOR AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM Xiamen Hongfa Electrical Safety & Controls Co., Ltd. HOMZA, LISA NHUNG 2837 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 26, 2023
18549440 TESTING AND EDUCATION MICROREACTOR VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES, INC. KIL, JINNEY 3646 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 07, 2023
18549447 DOUBLE-SIDE COOLED POWER MODULES VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES, INC. VALENZUELA, PATRICIA D 2812 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Sep 07, 2023
18362222 INTEGRATED TRANSFORMER-INDUCTOR AND EMI SHIELD VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES, INC. HOSSAIN, KAZI S 2837 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 31, 2023
18270578 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING THE HANDLING OF PRODUCTS UBIQUICOM S.R.L. WANG, KAI NMN 3664 §102 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Jun 30, 2023
18328372 INTEGRATED TRANSFORMERS FOR HIGH CURRENT CONVERTERS VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES, INC. LIAN, MANG TIN BIK 2837 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 02, 2023
18327545 OPTIMIZED WHITEWATER HELMET DESIGN VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES, INC. BRAVO, JOCELYN MARY 3732 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 01, 2023
18299364 AUTOMATED TRANSLATION OF COMPUTER LANGUAGES TO EXTRACT AND DEPLOY COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND SOFTWARE Rhino.Ai, Inc. MITCHELL, JASON D 2199 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 12, 2023
18246807 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRESENTING CONSTRUCTION INFORMATION Tyrrells Administration Pty Ltd. RICKS, DONNA J 2618 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 27, 2023
18181048 REINFORCEMENT LEARNING WITH OPTIMIZATION-BASED POLICY VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES, INC. ROHD, BENJAMIN MATTHEW 2147 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 09, 2023
18044264 SUPPORT FOR SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATES FOR PECVD TREATMENT WITH HIGH SUBSTRATE LOADING CAPACITY Semco Smartech France KIM, PAUL D 3729 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Mar 07, 2023
18172109 RUGBY HEADGEAR EVALUATION SYSTEM AND METHOD VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES, INC. SATANOVSKY, ALEXANDER 2857 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 21, 2023
18172127 SNOW SPORT HELMET EVALUATION SYSTEM VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES, INC. SATANOVSKY, ALEXANDER 2857 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 21, 2023
17905647 MOLTEN SALT FAST REACTOR State Atomic Energy Corporation "Rosatom" KIL, JINNEY 3646 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 05, 2022
17775546 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED DETECTION OF SWITCH CAPACITOR OPERATION Sentient Technology Holdings, LLC HAGOS, EYOB 2857 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 09, 2022
17620466 FRAGRANCE-ENHANCING COMPOSITIONS Almendra Pte. Ltd. BRANDSEN, BENJAMIN MICHAEL 1693 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 17, 2021
17431242 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HANDLING DRILL RODS Titeline Services Pty Ltd. YAO, THEODORE N 3676 §103 Final Rejection 22d Pending Aug 16, 2021
17105987 SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR GENERATING STRESS LEVEL AND STRESS RESILIENCE LEVEL INFORMATION FOR AN INDIVIDUAL Global Stress Index Pty Ltd. MULLINS, JESSICA LYNN 3792 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 27, 2020

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