Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Reed Smith LLP (Dc)

6 pending office actions • 6 clients • 6 examiners • 6 art units • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=588 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

81.3%
Allowance Rate
n=588
+0.73σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=588
3.7
OAs to Allowance
n=360
-0.15σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=360
1120 days
Time to Allowance
n=360
+9.0pp
Interview Lift
n=588
24.8%
RCE Rate
n=588
9.8%
Appeal Rate
n=588

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

83.8%
§101 Overcome
n=37
74.4%
§102 Overcome
n=78
79.7%
§103 Overcome
n=266
89.4%
§112 Overcome
n=47

Specialization & Scale

G06Q, G06F, H04L
Top CPC Subclasses
54%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=588
0
Practitioners
n=588
Apps / Practitioner
n=588 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
2
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.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
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.

0
Hard (0%)
5
Medium (83%)
1
Easy (17%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only5 (83%)
Double-patenting only1 (17%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
17% of docket
2
Information Tech
33% of docket
1
Communications
17% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
33% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KUDDUS, DANIEL A 1 71.3% +43.3%
EYERS, DUSTIN D 1 57.6% +22.0%
RUHL, DENNIS WILLIAM 1 26.0% +23.3%
VANHORN, ABIGAIL LOUISE 1 46.9% +21.8%
GLESSNER, BRIAN E 1 35.8% +29.6%
SATCHER, DION JOHN 1 84.4% +16.7%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18213115 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR ROOM LAYOUT EXTRACTION SATCHER, DION JOHN

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18882161 REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT NETWORKED PLATFORM RUHL, DENNIS WILLIAM

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
19049518 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR RETRIEVAL AUGMENTED GENERATION OF OPTIMAL CODING KUDDUS, DANIEL A 117d overdue
18552087 METHOD FOR PROVIDING A WOOD-BASED LOAD-BEARING PANEL FOR USE IN THE ASSEMBLING OF A CONSTRUCTION SYSTEM GLESSNER, BRIAN E 44d overdue
18948748 MIGRATION PLATFORM FOR LEGACY DATABASE MIGRATION WITH A LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL EYERS, DUSTIN D
18882161 REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT NETWORKED PLATFORM RUHL, DENNIS WILLIAM
18380456 NOVEL COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR RIBOSOMAL SYNTHESIS OF NUCLEOBASE AMINO ACID POLYMERS AND THEIR CONVERSION INTO NUCLEIC ACIDS VANHORN, ABIGAIL LOUISE
18213115 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR ROOM LAYOUT EXTRACTION SATCHER, DION JOHN

Client Portfolio (6 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
21541
21641
36261
16361
36331
26761

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19049518 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR RETRIEVAL AUGMENTED GENERATION OF OPTIMAL CODING Lateralcare Inc. KUDDUS, DANIEL A 2154 §103 Non-Final OA 117d overdue Pending Feb 10, 2025
18948748 MIGRATION PLATFORM FOR LEGACY DATABASE MIGRATION WITH A LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL Peerislands Holdings LLC EYERS, DUSTIN D 2164 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 15, 2024
18882161 REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT NETWORKED PLATFORM Capdex, Inc. RUHL, DENNIS WILLIAM 3626 DP Final Rejection Pending Sep 11, 2024
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 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 16, 2023
18552087 METHOD FOR PROVIDING A WOOD-BASED LOAD-BEARING PANEL FOR USE IN THE ASSEMBLING OF A CONSTRUCTION SYSTEM Leko Labs S.A. GLESSNER, BRIAN E 3633 §103 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Sep 22, 2023
18213115 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR ROOM LAYOUT EXTRACTION Geomagical Labs, Inc. SATCHER, DION JOHN 2676 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 22, 2023

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