Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Pnk Ip LLC

29 pending office actions • 11 clients • 28 examiners • 19 art units • 0 of 29 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=442 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

84.1%
Allowance Rate
n=442
+0.30σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=442
2.2
OAs to Allowance
n=201
-0.78σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=201
895 days
Time to Allowance
n=201
+7.5pp
Interview Lift
n=442
22.2%
RCE Rate
n=442
0.6%
Appeal Rate
n=442

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

51.4%
§101 Overcome
n=37
53.1%
§102 Overcome
n=98
58.8%
§103 Overcome
n=160
67.1%
§112 Overcome
n=85

Specialization & Scale

G06N, H10H, H10K
Top CPC Subclasses
18%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=442
0
Practitioners
n=442
Apps / Practitioner
n=442 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

29
Total Pending OAs
19
Non-Final OAs
10
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
3
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. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due later (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.

21
Hard (72%)
8
Medium (28%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (3%)
§101 + other6 (21%)
§103 only5 (17%)
§102 only3 (10%)
Multi-statute (no §101)14 (48%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
3
Information Tech
10% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
11
Semiconductors
38% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
21% of docket
9
Business / Other
31% 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.

290 h
Manual time on pending OAs
58 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
102 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
DING, XIAOMAO 2 100.0% +0.0%
WERNER, MARSHALL L 1 66.2% +43.6%
MUROMOTO JR, ROBERT H 1 66.6% -10.9%
UBALE, GAUTAM 1 54.1% +47.5%
WANG, CHAO 1 81.1% +85.7%
GAW, MARK H 1 49.8% +59.7%
DANIEL, ANTARIUS S 1 52.4% +16.4%
KARLS, SHAY LYNN 1 69.0% +26.4%
LALONDE, ALEXANDRA ELIZABETH 1 70.5% +34.0%
DARB, HAMZA A. 1 74.4% +31.3%

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
18877325 ACCOUNT INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD USING MOBILE DEVICE OF USER WANG, CHAO 82d
18892472 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE DEVICE FOR SENSING DEFECTIVE PRODUCTS ON BASIS OF PRODUCT IMAGES AND METHOD THEREFOR DING, XIAOMAO

Hard Cases (21)

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
18373289 ELECTRIC TOOTHBRUSH FOR PETS GUIDOTTI, LAURA COLE 25d overdue
18271233 METHOD FOR TRAINING ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK PROVIDING DETERMINATION RESULT OF PATHOLOGICAL SPECIMEN, AND COMPUTING SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING SAME SHAW, PETER C 16d overdue
18224962 DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME PUNCHBEDDELL, SEYON ALI-SIMAH 29d
19428262 MULTI-TASKING MODEL TRAINING METHOD AND MULTI-TASKING PERFORMING METHOD USING MACHINE LEARNING MODEL TRAINED ON BASIS THEREOF WERNER, MARSHALL L
19277760 AIR INJECTION KIT FOR CLOTHING MUROMOTO JR, ROBERT H
19171326 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCT RECOMMENDATION BASED ON EXAMPLE PRODUCTS AND TEXT INPUT UBALE, GAUTAM
18870918 PAYMENT GATEWAY SERVICE SYSTEM AND SERVICE METHOD LINKED TO A BILL BASED ON QUICK RESPONSE CODE GAW, MARK H
18892502 MEMORY-BASED VISION INSPECTION DEVICE FOR MAINTAINING INSPECTION PERFORMANCE, AND METHOD THEREFOR DING, XIAOMAO

Interview Candidates (8)

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
18877325 ACCOUNT INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD USING MOBILE DEVICE OF USER WANG, CHAO 82d
19428262 MULTI-TASKING MODEL TRAINING METHOD AND MULTI-TASKING PERFORMING METHOD USING MACHINE LEARNING MODEL TRAINED ON BASIS THEREOF WERNER, MARSHALL L
19171326 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCT RECOMMENDATION BASED ON EXAMPLE PRODUCTS AND TEXT INPUT UBALE, GAUTAM
18870918 PAYMENT GATEWAY SERVICE SYSTEM AND SERVICE METHOD LINKED TO A BILL BASED ON QUICK RESPONSE CODE GAW, MARK H
18762678 NEEDLE ASSEMBLY AND DRUG INJECTION DEVICE COMPRISING SAME DANIEL, ANTARIUS S
18720652 CLEANING BRUSH FOR HULL KARLS, SHAY LYNN
18719845 LIQUID MEDICINE INJECTION APPARATUS LALONDE, ALEXANDRA ELIZABETH
18666763 RESERVOIR ASSEMBLY AND DRUG SOLUTION INJECTION DEVICE COMPRISING SAME DARB, HAMZA A.

Client Portfolio (11 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28172
21251
37321
24391
36931
37151
36271
37231
28411
28001

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19428262 MULTI-TASKING MODEL TRAINING METHOD AND MULTI-TASKING PERFORMING METHOD USING MACHINE LEARNING MODEL TRAINED ON BASIS THEREOF LG Management Development Institute Co., Ltd. WERNER, MARSHALL L 2125 §101§112 Final Rejection Pending Dec 21, 2025
19277760 AIR INJECTION KIT FOR CLOTHING Cover-Someone Corporation MUROMOTO JR, ROBERT H 3732 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 23, 2025
19171326 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCT RECOMMENDATION BASED ON EXAMPLE PRODUCTS AND TEXT INPUT LG Management Development Institute Co., Ltd. UBALE, GAUTAM §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 06, 2025
18877325 ACCOUNT INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD USING MOBILE DEVICE OF USER Estorm Co., Ltd. WANG, CHAO 2439 §103 Non-Final OA 82d Pending Dec 20, 2024
18870918 PAYMENT GATEWAY SERVICE SYSTEM AND SERVICE METHOD LINKED TO A BILL BASED ON QUICK RESPONSE CODE Estorm Co., Ltd. GAW, MARK H 3693 §101 Final Rejection Pending Dec 02, 2024
18892502 MEMORY-BASED VISION INSPECTION DEVICE FOR MAINTAINING INSPECTION PERFORMANCE, AND METHOD THEREFOR LG Management Development Institute Co., Ltd. DING, XIAOMAO §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 22, 2024
18892472 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE DEVICE FOR SENSING DEFECTIVE PRODUCTS ON BASIS OF PRODUCT IMAGES AND METHOD THEREFOR LG Management Development Institute Co., Ltd. DING, XIAOMAO §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 22, 2024
18762678 NEEDLE ASSEMBLY AND DRUG INJECTION DEVICE COMPRISING SAME Eoflow Co., Ltd. DANIEL, ANTARIUS S §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 03, 2024
18720652 CLEANING BRUSH FOR HULL Tas Global Co., Ltd. KARLS, SHAY LYNN §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 16, 2024
18719845 LIQUID MEDICINE INJECTION APPARATUS Eoflow Co., Ltd. LALONDE, ALEXANDRA ELIZABETH §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 14, 2024
18666763 RESERVOIR ASSEMBLY AND DRUG SOLUTION INJECTION DEVICE COMPRISING SAME Eoflow Co., Ltd. DARB, HAMZA A. §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 16, 2024
18706744 PACKAGE STRUCTURE HAVING AIR GAP Rf Materials Co., Ltd. YI, CHANGHYUN §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 02, 2024
18599066 INFORMATION OUTPUT APPARATUS AND METHOD Dot Incorporation BALAOING, ARIEL A 3715 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 07, 2024
18528679 DEVICE FOR PREVENTING BIOFOULING OF SHIP AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Proxihealthcare Inc. CRANDALL, BRADIE SHELTON §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 04, 2023
18286770 PAYMENT METHOD AND PAYMENT SYSTEM USING USER TERMINAL OR DEDICATED TERMINAL INSTALLED IN PRODUCT TRANSFER MEANS Ghost Pass Inc. SULLIVAN, JESSICA E 3627 §101§102§103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 13, 2023
18373289 ELECTRIC TOOTHBRUSH FOR PETS Proxihealthcare Inc. GUIDOTTI, LAURA COLE 3723 §102§103 Non-Final OA 25d overdue Pending Sep 27, 2023
18371171 DISPLAY APPARATUS LG Display Co., Ltd. THAKER, NIDHI VIVEK 2841 §102 Non-Final OA 69d Pending Sep 21, 2023
18467867 LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY DEVICE LG Display Co., Ltd. WON, BUMSUK 2800 §103 Final Rejection 62d Pending Sep 15, 2023
18367184 LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME LG Display Co., Ltd. SMITH, BRADLEY 2817 §102§103§112Other Final Rejection Pending Sep 12, 2023
18241283 DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE LG Display Co., Ltd. LEE, ALVIN LYNGHI 2813 §102 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Sep 01, 2023
18239300 LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE LG Display Co., Ltd. CHEN, YU 2896 §102§112 Final Rejection Pending Aug 29, 2023
18238644 INSULATED GLASS UNIT WITH TRANSPARENT OLED PANEL AND MOBILITY SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME LG Display Co., Ltd. CUTLER, ETHAN EDWARD 2892 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 28, 2023
18236225 DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE LG Display Co., Ltd. NARAGHI, ALI 2817 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Aug 21, 2023
18224962 DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME LG Display Co., Ltd. PUNCHBEDDELL, SEYON ALI-SIMAH 2893 §102§103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Jul 21, 2023
18221563 METHOD FOR REPAIRING AND INSPECTING DISPLAY DEVICE LG Display Co., Ltd. SIPLING, KENNETH MARK 2818 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 13, 2023
17623588 BLOCKCHAIN BASED AUTHENTICATION AND TRANSACTION SYSTEM Estorm Co., Ltd. ANDREI, RADU 3697 §101§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 06, 2023
18271233 METHOD FOR TRAINING ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK PROVIDING DETERMINATION RESULT OF PATHOLOGICAL SPECIMEN, AND COMPUTING SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING SAME Deep Bio Inc. SHAW, PETER C 2493 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Jul 06, 2023
18217112 DISPLAY DEVICE WITH REPAIRABLE SUB PIXELS LG Display Co., Ltd. KIM, SU C 2899 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 30, 2023
18191153 DISPLAY DEVICE LG Display Co., Ltd. AUTORE JR, MARIO ANDRES 2897 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 28, 2023

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