Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Reinhart Boerner and Van Deuren, P.C.

9 pending office actions • 7 clients • 9 examiners • 6 art units • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 38 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=10128 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

89.6%
Allowance Rate
n=10128
+0.63σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=10128
3.2
OAs to Allowance
n=5868
-0.20σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=5868
1079 days
Time to Allowance
n=5868
+4.4pp
Interview Lift
n=10128
20.2%
RCE Rate
n=10128
7.0%
Appeal Rate
n=10128

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

81.2%
§101 Overcome
n=69
91.6%
§102 Overcome
n=641
84.7%
§103 Overcome
n=3010
93.6%
§112 Overcome
n=870

Specialization & Scale

Y10T, B01D, B65D
Top CPC Subclasses
12%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=10128
9
Practitioners
n=10128
1125.3
Apps / Practitioner
n=10128

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
1
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 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.

1
Hard (11%)
6
Medium (67%)
1
Easy (11%)
1
Unknown (11%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (11%)
§103 only6 (67%)
Double-patenting only1 (11%)
No statute on record1 (11%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
22% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
11% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
33% of docket
3
Business / Other
33% 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
HALL, ZACHARY A 1 60.6% +51.0%
LATHERS, KEVIN ANTHONY 1 80.0% +15.9%
POOS, MADISON LYNN 1 59.7% +21.9%
O'HERN, BRENT T 1 77.9% +20.5%
WILSON, BRIAN P 1 62.5% +41.5%
GREENLUND, JOSEPH A 1 67.0% +34.3%
MELENDEZ, ARMAND 1 46.5% +42.5%
CURRENS, GRANT CARSON 1 54.4% +62.5%
PALMER, ALEX ROBERT 1 57.8% +9.5%

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
19098724 Piston Assembly with Gapless Oil Control Ring LATHERS, KEVIN ANTHONY

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
18162541 Antimicrobial Compositions and Related Methods of Use CURRENS, GRANT CARSON 18d overdue

Interview Candidates (8)

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
18697179 Cycle Safety System WILSON, BRIAN P 36d overdue
18162541 Antimicrobial Compositions and Related Methods of Use CURRENS, GRANT CARSON 18d overdue
18968707 Closure with Liner POOS, MADISON LYNN 6d
18437537 Material Storage and Spreading System GREENLUND, JOSEPH A 14d
18505655 Integrally, Extrusion Blow Molded Container, Label and RFID Tag MELENDEZ, ARMAND 76d
19184800 Drive Shaft Assembly with Spline Coupling HALL, ZACHARY A
19098724 Piston Assembly with Gapless Oil Control Ring LATHERS, KEVIN ANTHONY
18769078 Antimicrobial Compositions for Modulation of Fruit and Vegetable Tissue Necrosis O'HERN, BRENT T

Client Portfolio (7 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37331
26891
37521
17591
16511
36151

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19184800 Drive Shaft Assembly with Spline Coupling Deltahawk Engines, Inc. HALL, ZACHARY A §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 21, 2025
19098724 Piston Assembly with Gapless Oil Control Ring Deltahawk Engines, Inc. LATHERS, KEVIN ANTHONY DP Non-Final OA Pending Apr 02, 2025
18968707 Closure with Liner Silgan White Cap LLC POOS, MADISON LYNN 3733 Other Non-Final OA 6d Pending Dec 04, 2024
18769078 Antimicrobial Compositions for Modulation of Fruit and Vegetable Tissue Necrosis Jeneil Biosurfactant Company, LLC O'HERN, BRENT T §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 10, 2024
18697179 Cycle Safety System Cavs Guardian Limited WILSON, BRIAN P 2689 §103 Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending Mar 29, 2024
18437537 Material Storage and Spreading System Apply Right, LLC GREENLUND, JOSEPH A 3752 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Feb 09, 2024
18505655 Integrally, Extrusion Blow Molded Container, Label and RFID Tag Silgan Plastics LLC MELENDEZ, ARMAND 1759 §103 Non-Final OA 76d Pending Nov 09, 2023
18162541 Antimicrobial Compositions and Related Methods of Use Jeneil Biosurfactant Company, LLC CURRENS, GRANT CARSON 1651 §101 Final Rejection 18d overdue Pending Jan 31, 2023
17925090 A Wheel Construction Moveero Limited PALMER, ALEX ROBERT 3615 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 14, 2022

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