Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Propat, LLC

Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials

8 pending office actions • 7 clients • 8 examiners • 6 art units • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

ProPat, LLC reports 7 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals and 535 career applications. The current unresolved workload is limited in relation to the application record included.

Its resolved allowance rate is 75.25%, with an average of 5.69 office actions per allowance. The profile combines a reported outcome rate with a comparatively involved prosecution path for allowed matters. Practitioners may view these measures as complementary indicators of results and response activity.

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

Quality Metrics (n=535 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

75.2%
Allowance Rate
n=535
+0.79σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=535
5.7
OAs to Allowance
n=377
+0.40σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=377
1576 days
Time to Allowance
n=377
+12.5pp
Interview Lift
n=535
42.3%
RCE Rate
n=535
1.8%
Appeal Rate
n=535

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

—
§101 Overcome
n=7 (min 20)
71.2%
§102 Overcome
n=132
77.7%
§103 Overcome
n=283
77.7%
§112 Overcome
n=238

Specialization & Scale

Y10T, B32B, C08J
Top CPC Subclasses
27%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=535
1
Practitioners
n=535
535.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=535

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
1
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
2
Due this month
0
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (2)

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.

5
Hard (62%)
1
Medium (12%)
2
Easy (25%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (12%)
§112 only2 (25%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (62%)

Industry Mix

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

7
Life Sciences
88% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
12% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CHOI, WOO H 1 83.7% -4.4%
BECKHARDT, LYNDSEY MARIE 1 27.8% +48.0%
JONES, DAMERON LEVEST 1 67.8% +31.0%
EDMONDSON, LYNNE RENEE 1 71.4% +15.9%
CABRAL, ROBERT S 1 62.8% +32.3%
KETCHAM, KAREN A 1 19.6% +37.2%
SMOOT, MORIAH SIMONE MCMIL 1 64.2% +7.5%
YU, HONG 1 31.1% +5.7%

Hard Cases (6)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18260775 Labeling precursors and radiotracers for nuclear medicine diagnosis and therapy of prostate cancer-induced bone metastases CABRAL, ROBERT S 46d overdue
16625401 SELF-REMINDING PATCH YU, HONG 30d overdue
17278844 TRANSDERMAL THERAPEUTICS SYSTEM WITH BARRIER LAYER KETCHAM, KAREN A 8d
18858798 Racetrack Memory Reading Device based on Josephson Diode Effect CHOI, WOO H —
18844998 LASER-APPLIED MARKINGS FOR MEDICAL DEVICES FOR IMPROVED SONOGRAPHIC AND RADIOLOGICAL IMAGING BECKHARDT, LYNDSEY MARIE —
18479190 MAGNETIC, FUNCTIONALIZED POLYMER SUBSTRATES FOR RADIOFREQUENCY APPLICATIONS EDMONDSON, LYNNE RENEE —

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18260775 Labeling precursors and radiotracers for nuclear medicine diagnosis and therapy of prostate cancer-induced bone metastases CABRAL, ROBERT S 46d overdue
17278844 TRANSDERMAL THERAPEUTICS SYSTEM WITH BARRIER LAYER KETCHAM, KAREN A 8d
18844998 LASER-APPLIED MARKINGS FOR MEDICAL DEVICES FOR IMPROVED SONOGRAPHIC AND RADIOLOGICAL IMAGING BECKHARDT, LYNDSEY MARIE —
18721573 FAP-TARGETING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCT FOR THERAPY AND DIAGNOSIS OF CANCERS JONES, DAMERON LEVEST —
18479190 MAGNETIC, FUNCTIONALIZED POLYMER SUBSTRATES FOR RADIOFREQUENCY APPLICATIONS EDMONDSON, LYNNE RENEE —

Client Portfolio (7 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
16143
39921
16131
16181
17341
17331

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18858798 Racetrack Memory Reading Device based on Josephson Diode Effect MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V. CHOI, WOO H 3992 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 22, 2024
18844998 LASER-APPLIED MARKINGS FOR MEDICAL DEVICES FOR IMPROVED SONOGRAPHIC AND RADIOLOGICAL IMAGING Thüringisches Institute Für Textile- Und Kunstostoff-Forschung E.V. BECKHARDT, LYNDSEY MARIE 1613 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 09, 2024
18721573 FAP-TARGETING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCT FOR THERAPY AND DIAGNOSIS OF CANCERS Atoms For Cure GmbH JONES, DAMERON LEVEST 1618 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 18, 2024
18479190 MAGNETIC, FUNCTIONALIZED POLYMER SUBSTRATES FOR RADIOFREQUENCY APPLICATIONS Thueringisches Institute Fuer Textile- Und Kunstostoff-Forschung E.V. EDMONDSON, LYNNE RENEE 1734 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 02, 2023
18260775 Labeling precursors and radiotracers for nuclear medicine diagnosis and therapy of prostate cancer-induced bone metastases Scv-Spezialchemikalienvertrieb GmbH CABRAL, ROBERT S 1614 §102§103Other Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Jul 07, 2023
17278844 TRANSDERMAL THERAPEUTICS SYSTEM WITH BARRIER LAYER LTS LOHMANN THERAPIE-SYSTEME AG KETCHAM, KAREN A 1614 §103 Final Rejection 8d Pending Mar 23, 2021
16961010 Device for supporting and guiding a flow for metallic workpieces, and method for thermochemical treatment Ald Vacuum Technologies GmbH SMOOT, MORIAH SIMONE MCMIL 1733 §112 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Jul 09, 2020
16625401 SELF-REMINDING PATCH LTS LOHMANN THERAPIE-SYSTEME AG YU, HONG 1614 §103§112 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Dec 20, 2019

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Propat, LLC's patent allowance rate?

75.2% of resolved applications prosecuted by Propat, LLC were allowed, across 535 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Propat, LLC average before allowance?

5.69 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Propat, LLC have?

8 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 7 clients, before 8 examiners in 6 art units.

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