Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Pike Ip Law, Pllc

6 pending office actions • 5 clients • 6 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=185 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

85.6%
Allowance Rate
n=185
+0.59σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=185
3.7
OAs to Allowance
n=107
+0.17σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=107
1013 days
Time to Allowance
n=107
+14.9pp
Interview Lift
n=185
32.8%
RCE Rate
n=185
3.1%
Appeal Rate
n=185

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=10 (min 20)
72.5%
§102 Overcome
n=40
73.3%
§103 Overcome
n=86
76.4%
§112 Overcome
n=89

Specialization & Scale

B62B, A63B, B62K
Top CPC Subclasses
14%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=185
1
Practitioners
n=185
185.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=185

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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due later (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.

3
Hard (50%)
3
Medium (50%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (17%)
§103 only2 (33%)
Double-patenting + other1 (17%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
67% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
17% 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
CHOI, WILLIAM SOON 1 74.5% +11.2%
BEHRENS JR., ANDRES E 1 53.5% +17.7%
HELM, CARALYNNE E 1 28.8% +49.6%
COX, THADDEUS B 1 77.3% +18.4%
ROBERTS, LEZAH 1 48.6% +35.6%
RAMDHANIE, BOBBY 1 44.1% +31.3%

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
18084128 Method and Apparatus for Eliminating Biofilm-Forming Bacteria in Water RAMDHANIE, BOBBY 87d overdue
18681804 Antimicrobial, Antiviral and Antifungal Articles and Methods of Producing Such Articles HELM, CARALYNNE E 12d
18541965 Anal Inserted Sacral Region Body Adornment COX, THADDEUS B

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18084128 Method and Apparatus for Eliminating Biofilm-Forming Bacteria in Water RAMDHANIE, BOBBY 87d overdue
18198651 MEDICAL DEVICE SOLUTIONS FOR TREATING DENTAL DISEASE AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF DENTAL DISEASE ROBERTS, LEZAH 30d overdue
18681804 Antimicrobial, Antiviral and Antifungal Articles and Methods of Producing Such Articles HELM, CARALYNNE E 12d
19217588 Hose Connectors CHOI, WILLIAM SOON 86d
18692668 FIBERS WITH EMBEDDED PARTICLES AND METHODS OF PRODUCING FIBERS WITH EMBEDDED PARTICLES BEHRENS JR., ANDRES E
18541965 Anal Inserted Sacral Region Body Adornment COX, THADDEUS B

Client Portfolio (5 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36791
17411
16151
16121
17791

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19217588 Hose Connectors Mulch Unlimited, Inc. CHOI, WILLIAM SOON 3679 §102§103§112DP Final Rejection 86d Pending May 23, 2025
18692668 FIBERS WITH EMBEDDED PARTICLES AND METHODS OF PRODUCING FIBERS WITH EMBEDDED PARTICLES Cupron Inc. BEHRENS JR., ANDRES E 1741 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 15, 2024
18681804 Antimicrobial, Antiviral and Antifungal Articles and Methods of Producing Such Articles Cupron, Inc. HELM, CARALYNNE E 1615 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA 12d Pending Feb 06, 2024
18541965 Anal Inserted Sacral Region Body Adornment Tail And Talon Fantasies LLC COX, THADDEUS B §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 15, 2023
18198651 MEDICAL DEVICE SOLUTIONS FOR TREATING DENTAL DISEASE AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF DENTAL DISEASE Kytodent, LLC ROBERTS, LEZAH 1612 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending May 17, 2023
18084128 Method and Apparatus for Eliminating Biofilm-Forming Bacteria in Water Mccoy Water Filter, Inc. RAMDHANIE, BOBBY 1779 §103§112 Non-Final OA 87d overdue Pending Dec 19, 2022

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