Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Plumsea Law Group, LLC

Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

12 pending office actions • 11 clients • 12 examiners • 10 art units • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

PLUMSEA LAW GROUP, LLC manages 2970 career applications in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The firm has a high resolved allowance rate of 96.35 percent. Prosecution is efficient, with an average of 1.8 office actions per allowance. There are 11 pending office actions currently.

The 96.35 percent allowance rate is an exceptional metric. The 1.8 office actions per allowance figure suggests a very direct path to allowance. With 2970 career applications, the firm has a substantial and successful track record. This combination of a high allowance rate and low average of office actions indicates a highly effective prosecution strategy.

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

Quality Metrics (n=2970 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

96.4%
Allowance Rate
n=2970
+0.49σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=2970
1.8
OAs to Allowance
n=2615
-1.15σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=2615
907 days
Time to Allowance
n=2615
+0.8pp
Interview Lift
n=2970
9.4%
RCE Rate
n=2970
0.9%
Appeal Rate
n=2970

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

92.1%
§101 Overcome
n=164
94.0%
§102 Overcome
n=603
92.9%
§103 Overcome
n=816
95.4%
§112 Overcome
n=846

Specialization & Scale

A43B, H04W, H04L
Top CPC Subclasses
17%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=2970
12
Practitioners
n=2970
247.5
Apps / Practitioner
n=2970

Portfolio Summary

12
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
1
Due this week
2
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (2)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.

8
Hard (67%)
4
Medium (33%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (17%)
§103 only3 (25%)
§102 only1 (8%)
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
25% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
8% of docket
1
Semiconductors
8% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
33% of docket
3
Business / Other
25% 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.

120 h
Manual time on pending OAs
24 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
42 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
WAGGLE, JR, LARRY E 1 80.6% +17.3%
BRODOWSKI, SAMANTHA LYNNE 1 96.1% -1.6%
HAGOPIAN, CASEY SHEA 1 54.4% +33.3%
EISEMAN, LYNSEY C 1 49.1% +39.9%
NGUYEN, HIEP VAN 1 55.3% +28.8%
JORGENSEN, ABBY A 1 74.0% +14.1%
BOTELLO, FABIAN 1 85.7% +25.0%
DUNNE, KENNETH MICHAEL 1 77.0% +10.9%
DANIELS, JASON S 1 85.7% +15.1%
TRAN, SUSAN T 1 62.8% +35.1%

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
35525284 Handbag BRODOWSKI, SAMANTHA LYNNE —
18478330 CONTEXT-AWARE TELEPHONY SERVICES USING A LOCATION-BASED RULES BUILDER BOTELLO, FABIAN —

Hard Cases (8)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18273732 STABLE EMULSIONS AND METHODS TRAN, SUSAN T 72d overdue
18363888 Aerodynamic Package for a Land Vehicle DANIELS, JASON S 5d
18246094 TRAINED AUTOENCODER, TRAINED AUTOENCODER GENERATION METHOD, NON-STATIONARY VIBRATION DETECTION METHOD, NON-STATIONARY VIBRATION DETECTION DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM BARBEE, MANUEL L 9d
18885730 AI-Driven Care Planner with Enhanced Personalization and Incentive Management NGUYEN, HIEP VAN 15d
19224875 Artificial Disc Replacement Device WAGGLE, JR, LARRY E —
19172293 INTRANASAL DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM HAGOPIAN, CASEY SHEA —
18867486 Methods and Systems for Controlling Blood Pressure EISEMAN, LYNSEY C —
18299755 FLUORORESIN MEMBRANE MATERIAL AND PRODUCTION PROCESS THEREFOR MCCULLOUGH, ERIC J. —

Interview Candidates (9)

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
18273732 STABLE EMULSIONS AND METHODS TRAN, SUSAN T 72d overdue
18363888 Aerodynamic Package for a Land Vehicle DANIELS, JASON S 5d
18885730 AI-Driven Care Planner with Enhanced Personalization and Incentive Management NGUYEN, HIEP VAN 15d
18363954 Aerodynamic Package for a Land Vehicle DUNNE, KENNETH MICHAEL 56d
19224875 Artificial Disc Replacement Device WAGGLE, JR, LARRY E —
19172293 INTRANASAL DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM HAGOPIAN, CASEY SHEA —
18867486 Methods and Systems for Controlling Blood Pressure EISEMAN, LYNSEY C —
18818995 MODULAR CONVEYOR BELT LINK JORGENSEN, ABBY A —

Client Portfolio (11 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
29131
16171
36861
36511
26481
36691
36121
16151
17731
28571

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19224875 Artificial Disc Replacement Device Trm Ip Management LLC WAGGLE, JR, LARRY E §102§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 01, 2025
35525284 Handbag Akris Prêt-à-Porter AG BRODOWSKI, SAMANTHA LYNNE 2913 §102 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 15, 2025
19172293 INTRANASAL DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM Vistagen Therapeutics, Inc. HAGOPIAN, CASEY SHEA 1617 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 07, 2025
18867486 Methods and Systems for Controlling Blood Pressure Backbeat Medical, LLC EISEMAN, LYNSEY C §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 20, 2024
18885730 AI-Driven Care Planner with Enhanced Personalization and Incentive Management Healthcare Interactive, Inc. NGUYEN, HIEP VAN 3686 §101§112 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Sep 15, 2024
18818995 MODULAR CONVEYOR BELT LINK Ammeraal Beltech Modular A/S JORGENSEN, ABBY A 3651 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 29, 2024
18478330 CONTEXT-AWARE TELEPHONY SERVICES USING A LOCATION-BASED RULES BUILDER Radar Labs, Inc. BOTELLO, FABIAN 2648 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 29, 2023
18363954 Aerodynamic Package for a Land Vehicle Ess 2 Tech, LLC DUNNE, KENNETH MICHAEL 3669 §103 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Aug 02, 2023
18363888 Aerodynamic Package for a Land Vehicle Ess 2 Tech, LLC DANIELS, JASON S 3612 §102§112 Final Rejection 5d Pending Aug 02, 2023
18273732 STABLE EMULSIONS AND METHODS Hemp Hunter Labs Inc. TRAN, SUSAN T 1615 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 72d overdue Pending Jul 21, 2023
18299755 FLUORORESIN MEMBRANE MATERIAL AND PRODUCTION PROCESS THEREFOR Taiyo Kogyo Corporation MCCULLOUGH, ERIC J. 1773 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 13, 2023
18246094 TRAINED AUTOENCODER, TRAINED AUTOENCODER GENERATION METHOD, NON-STATIONARY VIBRATION DETECTION METHOD, NON-STATIONARY VIBRATION DETECTION DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM Si Synergy Technology Co., Ltd. BARBEE, MANUEL L 2857 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Mar 21, 2023

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