Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 21, 2026

Reed Smith LLP (972852)

Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

19 pending office actions • 16 clients • 19 examiners • 18 art units • 0 of 19 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=633 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

92.6%
Allowance Rate
n=633
+0.50σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=633
2.0
OAs to Allowance
n=534
-0.82σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=534
820 days
Time to Allowance
n=534
-0.9pp
Interview Lift
n=633
10.0%
RCE Rate
n=633
2.9%
Appeal Rate
n=633

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

—
§101 Overcome
n=11 (min 20)
88.2%
§102 Overcome
n=135
78.2%
§103 Overcome
n=179
87.9%
§112 Overcome
n=206

Specialization & Scale

A42B, F42B, F41C
Top CPC Subclasses
33%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=633
0
Practitioners
n=633
—
Apps / Practitioner
n=633 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

19
Total Pending OAs
10
Non-Final OAs
9
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (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.

11
Hard (58%)
8
Medium (42%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other5 (26%)
§103 only5 (26%)
§102 only2 (11%)
Double-patenting + other1 (5%)
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (32%)

Industry Mix

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

5
Life Sciences
26% of docket
2
Information Tech
11% of docket
1
Communications
5% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
11
Mechanical / Eng
58% 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.

190 h
Manual time on pending OAs
38 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
66 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CIRNU, ALEXANDRU 1 42.6% +21.7%
LONG, FONYA M 1 3.4% +0.8%
ADNAN, MUHAMMAD 1 68.0% +30.8%
KUDDUS, DANIEL A 1 71.1% +43.8%
WEINHOLD, INGRID M 1 47.1% +42.8%
EYERS, DUSTIN D 1 58.2% +22.7%
WEIS, RAQUEL M. 1 43.8% +61.6%
ZHU, NOAH YI MIN 1 79.0% +13.9%
RUHL, DENNIS WILLIAM 1 26.1% +23.4%
ANSARI, AZAM A 1 47.3% +47.9%

Hard Cases (11)

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
19299082 INTELLIGENT ADVERTISEMENT PLACEMENT SYSTEM USING REINFORCEMENT LEARNING AND QUANTITATIVE MARKET VALUE CIRNU, ALEXANDRU —
19254170 OPTIMIZING EMERGENCY MEDICAL ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TOOLS LONG, FONYA M —
19169787 LOCAL CONNECTED NETWORKS FOR OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES ADNAN, MUHAMMAD —
18978619 TELESCOPING SUPPORT STAND APPARATUS WEINHOLD, INGRID M —
18948748 MIGRATION PLATFORM FOR LEGACY DATABASE MIGRATION WITH A LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL EYERS, DUSTIN D —
18882161 REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT NETWORKED PLATFORM RUHL, DENNIS WILLIAM —
18798869 INTEGRATED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTEXTUAL, INTERACTIVE AND REWARDING ADVERTISEMENTS ANSARI, AZAM A —
18613927 CONTINUOUS ROLL MOLDING SYSTEM AND METHOD; FRANGIBLE CAP STRIP AND METHOD OF MAKING USING CONTINUOUS ROLL MOLDING WEYDEMEYER, ALICIA JANE —

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
19049518 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR RETRIEVAL AUGMENTED GENERATION OF OPTIMAL CODING KUDDUS, DANIEL A 117d overdue
19299082 INTELLIGENT ADVERTISEMENT PLACEMENT SYSTEM USING REINFORCEMENT LEARNING AND QUANTITATIVE MARKET VALUE CIRNU, ALEXANDRU —
19169787 LOCAL CONNECTED NETWORKS FOR OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES ADNAN, MUHAMMAD —
18978619 TELESCOPING SUPPORT STAND APPARATUS WEINHOLD, INGRID M —
18948748 MIGRATION PLATFORM FOR LEGACY DATABASE MIGRATION WITH A LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL EYERS, DUSTIN D —
18941994 HELMET COMPRISING A VENTILATION SYSTEM WEIS, RAQUEL M. —
18938886 GPS SLOPE DETERMINATION ZHU, NOAH YI MIN —
18882161 REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT NETWORKED PLATFORM RUHL, DENNIS WILLIAM —

Client Portfolio (16 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37322
36221
36821
26881
21541
36321
21641
36481
36261
36001

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19299082 INTELLIGENT ADVERTISEMENT PLACEMENT SYSTEM USING REINFORCEMENT LEARNING AND QUANTITATIVE MARKET VALUE Zzazz Inc. CIRNU, ALEXANDRU 3622 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 13, 2025
19254170 OPTIMIZING EMERGENCY MEDICAL ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TOOLS Allegheny Singer Research Institute LONG, FONYA M 3682 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 30, 2025
19169787 LOCAL CONNECTED NETWORKS FOR OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES Bushnell LLC ADNAN, MUHAMMAD 2688 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 03, 2025
19049518 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR RETRIEVAL AUGMENTED GENERATION OF OPTIMAL CODING Lateralcare Inc. KUDDUS, DANIEL A 2154 §103 Final Rejection 117d overdue Pending Feb 10, 2025
18978619 TELESCOPING SUPPORT STAND APPARATUS Bushnell Holdings, Llc. WEINHOLD, INGRID M 3632 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 12, 2024
18948748 MIGRATION PLATFORM FOR LEGACY DATABASE MIGRATION WITH A LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL Peerislands Holdings LLC EYERS, DUSTIN D 2164 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 15, 2024
18941994 HELMET COMPRISING A VENTILATION SYSTEM Bell Sports LLC WEIS, RAQUEL M. 3732 §102 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 08, 2024
18938886 GPS SLOPE DETERMINATION Bushnell LLC ZHU, NOAH YI MIN 3648 §103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 06, 2024
18882161 REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT NETWORKED PLATFORM Capdex, Inc. RUHL, DENNIS WILLIAM 3626 §101DP Final Rejection — Pending Sep 11, 2024
18798869 INTEGRATED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTEXTUAL, INTERACTIVE AND REWARDING ADVERTISEMENTS Zzazz Inc. ANSARI, AZAM A 3600 §101§103 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 09, 2024
18835789 COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING GLUCOCEREBROCIDASE AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF M6P Therapeutics, Inc. MISHRA, DEEPA 1657 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 05, 2024
18613927 CONTINUOUS ROLL MOLDING SYSTEM AND METHOD; FRANGIBLE CAP STRIP AND METHOD OF MAKING USING CONTINUOUS ROLL MOLDING Pneu-Tools, Inc. WEYDEMEYER, ALICIA JANE 1781 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 22, 2024
18683240 CROSS-LINKED POLYMERIC CHELATORS COMPOSITIONS AND USE THEREOF The University of Kansas ARMSTRONG, SUSANNAH SIPPLE 1616 §103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 12, 2024
18437626 PORTABLE CONTAINER AND DISPENSER Lifetime Decoys LLC POON, ROBERT 3735 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 09, 2024
18394589 SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING AND/OR POSITIONING A PATIENT BEFORE, DURING, OR AFTER A MEDICAL PROCEDURE Mizuho Osi THROOP, MYLES A 3679 §103Other Final Rejection — Pending Dec 22, 2023
18380456 NOVEL COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR RIBOSOMAL SYNTHESIS OF NUCLEOBASE AMINO ACID POLYMERS AND THEIR CONVERSION INTO NUCLEIC ACIDS Nucleostream, Inc. VANHORN, ABIGAIL LOUISE 1636 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 16, 2023
18549870 HERBAL EXTRACT FORMULA FOR TREATING CORONAVIRUS INFECTION Wahi Pharmaceuticals Inc. HOFFMAN, SUSAN COE 1655 §103 Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending Sep 08, 2023
18070447 PROTECTIVE BICYCLE HELMET WITH INTERNAL VENTILATION FIT SYSTEM COMPRISING EXPANDED CONNECTORS Bell Sports LLC MORAN, KATHERINE M 3732 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 28, 2022
17461851 ANKLE PROSTHESIS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME Dt Medtech, LLC HOBAN, MELISSA A 3774 §102 Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending Aug 30, 2021

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Reed Smith LLP (972852)'s patent allowance rate?

92.5% of resolved applications prosecuted by Reed Smith LLP (972852) were allowed, across 633 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Reed Smith LLP (972852) average before allowance?

1.95 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Reed Smith LLP (972852) have?

19 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 16 clients, before 19 examiners in 18 art units.

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