Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Propat, LLC

9 pending office actions • 6 clients • 9 examiners • 7 art units • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=536 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

75.1%
Allowance Rate
n=536
+0.77σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=536
5.8
OAs to Allowance
n=371
+0.37σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=371
1578 days
Time to Allowance
n=371
+13.7pp
Interview Lift
n=536
42.5%
RCE Rate
n=536
1.8%
Appeal Rate
n=536

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=7 (min 20)
69.7%
§102 Overcome
n=132
76.2%
§103 Overcome
n=282
76.7%
§112 Overcome
n=236

Specialization & Scale

Y10T, B32B, C08J
Top CPC Subclasses
27%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=536
1
Practitioners
n=536
536.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=536

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
1
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. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

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

6
Hard (67%)
1
Medium (11%)
2
Easy (22%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (11%)
§112 only2 (22%)
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (67%)

Industry Mix

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

8
Life Sciences
89% 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
11% 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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CHOI, WOO H 1 82.6% -2.6%
EDMONDSON, LYNNE RENEE 1 71.3% +15.8%
WANG, NICHOLAS A 1 53.8% +22.2%
JANSSEN, REBECCA 1 60.0% +30.4%
NISULA, CHRISTINE XU 1 40.2% -11.1%
CONTRERAS, CIEL P 1 54.3% +33.5%
STANLEY, JANE L 1 58.5% +29.9%
KETCHAM, KAREN A 1 17.6% +32.5%
SMOOT, MORIAH SIMONE MCMIL 1 63.2% +3.5%

Hard Cases (7)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18547086 RARE EARTH METAL-FREE HARD MAGNETS WANG, NICHOLAS A 32d overdue
17278844 TRANSDERMAL THERAPEUTICS SYSTEM WITH BARRIER LAYER KETCHAM, KAREN A 8d
16961010 Device for supporting and guiding a flow for metallic workpieces, and method for thermochemical treatment SMOOT, MORIAH SIMONE MCMIL 13d
17725719 Wash-resistant bioactive cellulose fibre having antibacterial and antiviral properties NISULA, CHRISTINE XU 33d
17763551 A PROCESS FOR ENHANCING THE CATALYTIC EFFICIENCY OF OER CONTRERAS, CIEL P 84d
18858798 Racetrack Memory Reading Device based on Josephson Diode Effect CHOI, WOO H
18479190 MAGNETIC, FUNCTIONALIZED POLYMER SUBSTRATES FOR RADIOFREQUENCY APPLICATIONS EDMONDSON, LYNNE RENEE

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
18547086 RARE EARTH METAL-FREE HARD MAGNETS WANG, NICHOLAS A 32d overdue
17278844 TRANSDERMAL THERAPEUTICS SYSTEM WITH BARRIER LAYER KETCHAM, KAREN A 8d
17294049 ACRYLATE COPOLYMERS FOR GALENIC APPLICATIONS STANLEY, JANE L 28d
17763551 A PROCESS FOR ENHANCING THE CATALYTIC EFFICIENCY OF OER CONTRERAS, CIEL P 84d
18479190 MAGNETIC, FUNCTIONALIZED POLYMER SUBSTRATES FOR RADIOFREQUENCY APPLICATIONS EDMONDSON, LYNNE RENEE
18004699 Device and Method for Water Spray Quenching JANSSEN, REBECCA

Client Portfolio (6 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17342
17332
39921
17891
17941
17671
16141

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
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
18547086 RARE EARTH METAL-FREE HARD MAGNETS MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V. WANG, NICHOLAS A 1734 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 32d overdue Pending Aug 18, 2023
18004699 Device and Method for Water Spray Quenching Ald Vacuum Technologies GmbH JANSSEN, REBECCA 1733 §112 Final Rejection Pending Jan 09, 2023
17725719 Wash-resistant bioactive cellulose fibre having antibacterial and antiviral properties Smartpolymer GmbH NISULA, CHRISTINE XU 1789 §103§112 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Apr 21, 2022
17763551 A PROCESS FOR ENHANCING THE CATALYTIC EFFICIENCY OF OER MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V. CONTRERAS, CIEL P 1794 §102§103 Final Rejection 84d Pending Mar 24, 2022
17294049 ACRYLATE COPOLYMERS FOR GALENIC APPLICATIONS Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz STANLEY, JANE L 1767 §112 Non-Final OA 28d Pending May 14, 2021
17278844 TRANSDERMAL THERAPEUTICS SYSTEM WITH BARRIER LAYER LTS LOHMANN THERAPIE-SYSTEME AG KETCHAM, KAREN A 1614 §103 Non-Final OA 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 §103§112 Final Rejection 13d Pending Jul 09, 2020

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