Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Ray, Quinney and Nebeker, P.C.

21 pending office actions • 16 clients • 21 examiners • 18 art units • 0 of 21 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 35 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=692 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

87.6%
Allowance Rate
n=692
+0.53σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=692
3.4
OAs to Allowance
n=436
-0.09σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=436
1013 days
Time to Allowance
n=436
+8.8pp
Interview Lift
n=692
29.5%
RCE Rate
n=692
2.5%
Appeal Rate
n=692

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

70.8%
§101 Overcome
n=65
80.4%
§102 Overcome
n=184
80.6%
§103 Overcome
n=319
84.6%
§112 Overcome
n=202

Specialization & Scale

G06F, G06K, G06Q
Top CPC Subclasses
17%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=692
3
Practitioners
n=692
230.7
Apps / Practitioner
n=692

Portfolio Summary

21
Total Pending OAs
11
Non-Final OAs
10
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
0
Due this week
5
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. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 30 days (5)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.

10
Hard (48%)
11
Medium (52%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other4 (19%)
§103 only11 (52%)
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (29%)

Industry Mix

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

5
Life Sciences
24% of docket
3
Information Tech
14% of docket
1
Communications
5% of docket
2
Semiconductors
10% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
29% of docket
4
Business / Other
19% 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.

210 h
Manual time on pending OAs
42 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
74 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
DU, ZONGHUA A 1 59.8% +40.7%
MONTOYA, OSCHTA I 1 71.2% +14.4%
KHAN, OMER S 1 55.0% +41.0%
NICHOLS, PHYLLIS M 1 79.4% +19.4%
IP, JASON M 1 54.9% +25.1%
PORTILLO, JAIRO H 1 53.4% +30.6%
HUGHES, DEANDRA M 1 78.4% +18.2%
FABIAN JR, ROBERTO 1 70.9% +25.7%
SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER 1 83.5% +13.0%
SCHLIENTZ, NATHAN W 1 41.2% -19.1%

Hard Cases (10)

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
18132132 PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A PROTEIN PRODUCT MUKHOPADHYAY, BHASKAR 30d overdue
18165016 AIRFLOW CONTROL DEVICES AND RELATED METHODS SPARKS, RUSSELL E 15d overdue
18165036 ADJUSTABLE DEVICE KESSIE, JENNIFER A 12d
18760456 DEVICE AND SYSTEM USER INTERFACES FOR CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITION MANAGEMENT PORTILLO, JAIRO H
18697701 TRANSPORT FACILITY SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER
18593736 AUTHENTICATING PRESENTED CREDENTIALS OF INDIVIDUALS CELANI, NICHOLAS P
18535671 ARTIFICIALLY INTELLIGENT IRRIGATION SYSTEM ISLAM, MOHAMMAD K
18491632 GENERATING PERSONALIZED HEALTH ANALYSES OF HEALTH INFORMATION ROBINSON, KYLE G

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
18967615 PAIRED BASE UNIT AND RECEIVER FOR LONG-RANGE, WIRELESS MONITORING OF THERMOMETER TEMPERATURES KHAN, OMER S 29d overdue
18913147 Digitales Dermatoskop IP, JASON M 9d
18962773 DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR MONITORING SOIL PROPERTIES NICHOLS, PHYLLIS M 14d
18751064 ELECTRODE PADS FOR BIO-IMPEDANCE HUGHES, DEANDRA M 27d
19073902 HEALTH MONITORING, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS, DEVICES, UNITS, AND METHODS DU, ZONGHUA A
19022093 MANAGING LIVE VIDEO STREAM CONNECTIONS MONTOYA, OSCHTA I
18760456 DEVICE AND SYSTEM USER INTERFACES FOR CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITION MANAGEMENT PORTILLO, JAIRO H
18634669 IDENTIFYING SUBSTANCES STORED IN CONTAINERS UTILIZING A PORTABLE RAMAN PROBE FABIAN JR, ROBERTO

Client Portfolio (16 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
24211
26861
37531
37971
37911
39921
28771
16161
24491
28571

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19073902 HEALTH MONITORING, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS, DEVICES, UNITS, AND METHODS Liveview Technologies, LLC DU, ZONGHUA A §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 07, 2025
19022093 MANAGING LIVE VIDEO STREAM CONNECTIONS Live View Technologies, LLC MONTOYA, OSCHTA I 2421 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 15, 2025
18967615 PAIRED BASE UNIT AND RECEIVER FOR LONG-RANGE, WIRELESS MONITORING OF THERMOMETER TEMPERATURES ThermoWorks Inc. KHAN, OMER S 2686 §103 Final Rejection 29d overdue Pending Dec 03, 2024
18962773 DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR MONITORING SOIL PROPERTIES Smart Rain Systems, LLC NICHOLS, PHYLLIS M 3753 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Nov 27, 2024
18913147 Digitales Dermatoskop Magnosco GmbH IP, JASON M 3797 §103 Final Rejection 9d Pending Oct 11, 2024
18760456 DEVICE AND SYSTEM USER INTERFACES FOR CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITION MANAGEMENT Tula Health, Inc. PORTILLO, JAIRO H 3791 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 01, 2024
18751064 ELECTRODE PADS FOR BIO-IMPEDANCE Jre Star Investment Holdings, LLC HUGHES, DEANDRA M 3992 §103Other Non-Final OA 27d Pending Jun 21, 2024
18634669 IDENTIFYING SUBSTANCES STORED IN CONTAINERS UTILIZING A PORTABLE RAMAN PROBE Wasatch Photonics, Inc. FABIAN JR, ROBERTO 2877 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 12, 2024
18697701 TRANSPORT FACILITY Poma SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 01, 2024
18596418 DIETARY SUPPLEMENT BEADS Phi Health Sciences, Inc. SCHLIENTZ, NATHAN W 1616 §103 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Mar 05, 2024
18593736 AUTHENTICATING PRESENTED CREDENTIALS OF INDIVIDUALS Lumen Vector LLC CELANI, NICHOLAS P 2449 §101§103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 01, 2024
18535671 ARTIFICIALLY INTELLIGENT IRRIGATION SYSTEM Smart Rain Systems, LLC ISLAM, MOHAMMAD K 2857 §101§103Other Non-Final OA Pending Dec 11, 2023
18491632 GENERATING PERSONALIZED HEALTH ANALYSES OF HEALTH INFORMATION Phi Health Sciences, Inc. ROBINSON, KYLE G 3685 §101§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Oct 20, 2023
18241416 SYSTEMS FOR CONTACT LENS MOVEMENT AND STORAGE Acme Crd Corporation VU, STEPHEN A §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 01, 2023
18038937 METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF TREATING WATER Pdt Holdings, LLC RIPA, BRYAN D 1794 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 25, 2023
18132132 PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A PROTEIN PRODUCT Verbio Vereinigte Bioenergie AG MUKHOPADHYAY, BHASKAR 1792 §103§112 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Apr 07, 2023
18165016 AIRFLOW CONTROL DEVICES AND RELATED METHODS White Rhino U.S.A., LLC SPARKS, RUSSELL E 1755 §102§112 Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending Feb 06, 2023
18165036 ADJUSTABLE DEVICE White Rhino U.S.A., LLC KESSIE, JENNIFER A 1747 §102§103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Feb 06, 2023
18095756 CABLE REEL WITH AXIALLY ADJUSTABLE COUPLING MECHANISM Amphenol Corporation JEFFERSON, TIFFANY DOMONIQUE 3654 §103 Final Rejection 19d Pending Jan 11, 2023
17851994 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FIELD SENSING UTILIZING IRRIGATION SYSTEM HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE Smart Rain Systems, LLC ERDMAN, CHAD G 2116 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 28, 2022
17756154 POWER AND HEAT GENERATOR SYSTEM AND RELATED METHODS Thermal Intelligence Inc. CAMPBELL, THOR S 3761 §103 Non-Final OA 39d Pending May 18, 2022

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