Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Perkins Coie LLP - Los General

30 pending office actions • 17 clients • 28 examiners • 23 art units • 0 of 30 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 36 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=2444 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

78.4%
Allowance Rate
n=2444
+0.61σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=2444
3.6
OAs to Allowance
n=1301
-0.13σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=1301
1042 days
Time to Allowance
n=1301
+14.9pp
Interview Lift
n=2444
23.7%
RCE Rate
n=2444
1.8%
Appeal Rate
n=2444

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

77.8%
§101 Overcome
n=27
80.4%
§102 Overcome
n=173
79.2%
§103 Overcome
n=804
87.2%
§112 Overcome
n=234

Specialization & Scale

A61K, A61P, C12N
Top CPC Subclasses
22%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=2444
0
Practitioners
n=2444
Apps / Practitioner
n=2444 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

30
Total Pending OAs
14
Non-Final OAs
16
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 17 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

12
Overdue
1
Due this week
3
Due this month
1
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. 17 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (12)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (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.

0
Hard (0%)
21
Medium (70%)
7
Easy (23%)
2
Unknown (7%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only18 (60%)
§102 only3 (10%)
§112 only3 (10%)
Double-patenting only4 (13%)
No statute on record2 (7%)

Industry Mix

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

17
Life Sciences
57% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
3% of docket
3
Semiconductors
10% of docket
8
Mechanical / Eng
27% of docket
1
Business / Other
3% 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.

300 h
Manual time on pending OAs
60 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
105 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CARPENTER, WILLIAM R 2 54.3% +52.8%
SPENCE, JENNIFER SUZANNE 2 65.3% +50.3%
ADEBOYEJO, IFEOLU A 1 47.9% +43.8%
TRAN, JULIA C 1 62.6% +27.9%
SABOURI, MAZDA 1 77.2% +16.8%
FURTADO, WINSTON RAHUL 1 19.2% +25.0%
GIBBS, TERRA C 1 63.8% +10.5%
HADEN, SALLY CLINE 1 32.0% +40.8%
BAILEY, AMANDA LEE 1 55.4% +43.0%
WEYDEMEYER, ETHAN 1 43.7% +44.4%

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18738564 PERSONALIZED INSIGHTS INTO TUMOR EVOLUTION AND AI-BASED TREATMENT DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS AND METHODS FURTADO, WINSTON RAHUL 21d

Interview Candidates (12)

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
18446401 AUTO-INJECTION DEVICE CARPENTER, WILLIAM R 52d overdue
18522001 AUTO-INJECTION DEVICE CARPENTER, WILLIAM R 36d overdue
17757069 MODIFIED CELLS AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES SPENCE, JENNIFER SUZANNE 30d overdue
16927304 TROPIC CELL BASED VIROTHERAPY FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANCER SPENCE, JENNIFER SUZANNE 30d overdue
18750401 MOBILITY ENFORCEMENT IN CONNECTED WIRELESS STATE SABOURI, MAZDA 6d
18738564 PERSONALIZED INSIGHTS INTO TUMOR EVOLUTION AND AI-BASED TREATMENT DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS AND METHODS FURTADO, WINSTON RAHUL 21d
18653869 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF ALLEVIATING RESISTANCE TO CHEMOTHERAPY GIBBS, TERRA C 29d
19038875 SPRING MODULE AND SPRING CUSHION FOR FURNITURE ADEBOYEJO, IFEOLU A

Client Portfolio (17 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
16353
37833
16742
16332
36791
26411
36871
37321
36731
17831

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19038875 SPRING MODULE AND SPRING CUSHION FOR FURNITURE New-Tec Integration (Xiamen) Co., Ltd. ADEBOYEJO, IFEOLU A 3679 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 28, 2025
18823633 DUAL-DIRECTION TILLER/CULTIVATOR Ardisam, Inc. TRAN, JULIA C §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 03, 2024
18750401 MOBILITY ENFORCEMENT IN CONNECTED WIRELESS STATE ZTE CORPORATION SABOURI, MAZDA 2641 §103 Final Rejection 6d Pending Jun 21, 2024
18738564 PERSONALIZED INSIGHTS INTO TUMOR EVOLUTION AND AI-BASED TREATMENT DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS AND METHODS UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FURTADO, WINSTON RAHUL 3687 §103 Final Rejection 21d Pending Jun 10, 2024
18653869 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF ALLEVIATING RESISTANCE TO CHEMOTHERAPY City Of Hope GIBBS, TERRA C 1635 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending May 02, 2024
18648238 GLOVE WITH STRUCTURAL FINGER REINFORCEMENTS Rawlings Sporting Goods Company, Inc. HADEN, SALLY CLINE 3732 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 26, 2024
18687729 ELASTIC CUSHION AND FURNITURE New -Tec Integration (Xiamen) Co., Ltd. BAILEY, AMANDA LEE 3673 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 28, 2024
18682846 ELASTIC MODULE BALANCE CUSHION, ELASTIC CUSHION, AND FURNITURE New-Tec Integration (Xiamen) Co., Ltd. WEYDEMEYER, ETHAN 1783 §102 Final Rejection Pending Feb 09, 2024
18537590 DEVICE FOR STORING AND VAPORIZING LIQUID MEDIA Fontem Ventures B.V. BURGOS-GUNTIN, NELSON R 2831 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 12, 2023
18529891 VARIABLE-VOLUME CONE FOR RESTRAINING BIRDS Ardisam, Inc. ALMATRAHI, SAHAR FARIS 3643 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 05, 2023
18522001 AUTO-INJECTION DEVICE Shl Medical AG CARPENTER, WILLIAM R 3783 §112 Final Rejection 36d overdue Pending Nov 28, 2023
18557406 MOLECULAR SIGNATURES OF LONG-TERM COVID-19 AND TREATMENT THEREOF Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center CORNELIUS, CLAIRE ADRIENNE 1672 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 26, 2023
18554286 CANCER TREATMENT BY TARGETING PROTEINS OR INTERACTIONS OF EPHRINB-RGS3-KIF20A-SEPT7 AXIS City Of Hope MEYERING, SHABANA SHABBEER 1635 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 06, 2023
18452732 CHARGING CASE FOR ELECTRONIC SMOKING DEVICE Fontem Holdings 1 B.V. TRISCHLER, JOHN T 2859 §103 Final Rejection 24d overdue Pending Aug 21, 2023
18447570 CAMERA CRANE Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment, Inc. CHANG, FANG-CHI 2852 §103 Final Rejection 43d overdue Pending Aug 10, 2023
18446401 AUTO-INJECTION DEVICE Shl Medical AG CARPENTER, WILLIAM R 3783 §102 Final Rejection 52d overdue Pending Aug 08, 2023
18360744 ELECTROMECHANICAL INGESTIBLE DEVICE FOR DELIVERY OF A DISPENSABLE SUBSTANCE BIORA THERAPEUTICS, INC. BRANDT, DAVID NELSON 3783 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 27, 2023
18353767 ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE WITH ILLUMINATED TIP Fontem Ventures B.V. YAARY, ERIC 1755 §103 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Jul 17, 2023
18270706 PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF STEROID-RESISTANT OR GUT GRAFT-VERSUS-HOST DISEASE (GVHD) Ciy Of Hope FORD, VANESSA L 1674 §112 Non-Final OA 40d Pending Jun 30, 2023
18251871 THERAPEUTIC TARGETING OF MESOTHELIN IN ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA WITH CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTOR T CELL THERAPY Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center HOWARD, ZACHARY C 1674 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 04, 2023
17999352 ENGINEERED ANTI-PROSTATE STEM CELL ANTIGEN FUSION PROTEINS AND USES THEREOF The Regents of the University of California CUNNINGCHEN, KATHLEEN MARY 1646 DP Final Rejection 88d overdue Pending Nov 18, 2022
17998011 METHODS FOR ORGANOIDS PRODUCTION City Of Hope LEPAGE, JONATHAN EVERETT 1796 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 04, 2022
17932239 SYNTHETIC MODIFIED VACCINIA ANKARA (sMVA) BASED CORONAVIRUS VACCINES City Of Hope QIAN, CELINE X 1637 DP Final Rejection 217d overdue Pending Sep 14, 2022
17757069 MODIFIED CELLS AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES Editas Medicine, Inc. SPENCE, JENNIFER SUZANNE 1633 Other Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Jun 08, 2022
17533007 EVALUATION OF CAS9 MOLECULE/GUIDE RNA MOLECULE COMPLEXES Editas Medicine, Inc. LEITH, NANCY J 1636 §103 Final Rejection 28d Pending Nov 22, 2021
17433975 CRISPR/RNA-GUIDED NUCLEASE-RELATED METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING RHO-ASSOCIATED AUTOSOMAL-DOMINANT RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA (ADRP) Editas Medicine, Inc. SULLIVAN, STEPHANIE LAUREN 1635 DP Final Rejection 114d overdue Pending Aug 25, 2021
17015500 GLP-1 COMPOSITION FOR TREATING OBESITY AND WEIGHT MANAGEMENT Shanghai Benemae Pharmaceutical Corporation SABILA, MERCY HELLEN 1654 DP Non-Final OA 73d overdue Pending Sep 09, 2020
16968504 PROMOTING AND PROTECTING FUNCTIONAL BETA CELL MASS BY SYNTAXIN 4 ENRICHMENT City Of Hope CONNORS, ALEXANDRA F 1634 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 07, 2020
16927304 TROPIC CELL BASED VIROTHERAPY FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANCER UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM SPENCE, JENNIFER SUZANNE 1633 Other Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Jul 13, 2020
15045068 STABLE AQUEOUS PARENTERAL PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS OF INSULINOTROPIC PEPTIDES Shanghai Benemae Pharmaceutical Corporation KOMATSU, LI N 1658 §103 Final Rejection 86d overdue Pending Feb 16, 2016

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