Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Rathe Lindenbaum LLP

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

Quality Metrics (n=325 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

94.0%
Allowance Rate
n=325
+0.77σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=325
3.2
OAs to Allowance
n=188
-0.40σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=188
1019 days
Time to Allowance
n=188
+8.3pp
Interview Lift
n=325
19.0%
RCE Rate
n=325
1.9%
Appeal Rate
n=325

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=7 (min 20)
87.0%
§102 Overcome
n=77
88.2%
§103 Overcome
n=136
92.0%
§112 Overcome
n=100

Specialization & Scale

Y10T, E06B, A61B
Top CPC Subclasses
15%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=325
0
Practitioners
n=325
Apps / Practitioner
n=325 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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 (60%)
2
Medium (40%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (40%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (60%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
20% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
80% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MERCADO VARGAS, ARIEL 1 71.6% +29.5%
WRIGHT, KIMBERLEY S 1 70.0% +18.9%
ROBINSON, NICHOLAS A 1 48.6% +58.2%
COTRONEO, STEVEN J 1 69.2% +32.1%
MARTINEZ, DAVID E 1 86.5% +13.5%

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
18212142 INDUSTRIAL FACILITY MONITORING MERCADO VARGAS, ARIEL 4d overdue
18136274 ORGAN CONFORMABLE PANEL ROBINSON, NICHOLAS A
18157327 TREE CLIMBING STICK CLIP MARTINEZ, DAVID E

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
18212142 INDUSTRIAL FACILITY MONITORING MERCADO VARGAS, ARIEL 4d overdue
18036451 SPACING DEVICE AND METHOD WRIGHT, KIMBERLEY S 53d
18136274 ORGAN CONFORMABLE PANEL ROBINSON, NICHOLAS A
18133810 DENTAL AND ORTHOPEDIC FASTENER WITH SHOCK ABSORBER COTRONEO, STEVEN J
18157327 TREE CLIMBING STICK CLIP MARTINEZ, DAVID E

Client Portfolio (5 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
21181
36371
37981
37731
36341

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18212142 INDUSTRIAL FACILITY MONITORING Dmi, LLC MERCADO VARGAS, ARIEL 2118 §102§103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Jun 20, 2023
18036451 SPACING DEVICE AND METHOD Clifford Petit WRIGHT, KIMBERLEY S 3637 §103 Final Rejection 53d Pending May 11, 2023
18136274 ORGAN CONFORMABLE PANEL Method AI, Inc. ROBINSON, NICHOLAS A 3798 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Apr 18, 2023
18133810 DENTAL AND ORTHOPEDIC FASTENER WITH SHOCK ABSORBER Move Dental Ltd. COTRONEO, STEVEN J 3773 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 12, 2023
18157327 TREE CLIMBING STICK CLIP Double Dragon International, Inc. MARTINEZ, DAVID E 3634 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 20, 2023

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