Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Renaissance Ip Law Group LLP (Pip)

28 pending office actions • 14 clients • 26 examiners • 22 art units • 0 of 28 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 59 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=1741 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

91.2%
Allowance Rate
n=1741
+0.62σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1741
3.2
OAs to Allowance
n=1362
-0.20σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=1362
913 days
Time to Allowance
n=1362
+3.2pp
Interview Lift
n=1741
23.8%
RCE Rate
n=1741
1.3%
Appeal Rate
n=1741

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=18 (min 20)
89.0%
§102 Overcome
n=210
85.3%
§103 Overcome
n=1039
89.7%
§112 Overcome
n=155

Specialization & Scale

H01L, H10P, H10W
Top CPC Subclasses
27%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1741
0
Practitioners
n=1741
Apps / Practitioner
n=1741 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

28
Total Pending OAs
18
Non-Final OAs
9
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

7
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
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. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

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

1
Hard (4%)
24
Medium (86%)
2
Easy (7%)
1
Unknown (4%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (4%)
§103 only22 (79%)
§102 only2 (7%)
§112 only2 (7%)
No statute on record1 (4%)

Industry Mix

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

17
Life Sciences
61% of docket
2
Information Tech
7% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
3
Semiconductors
11% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
14% of docket
2
Business / Other
7% 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.

280 h
Manual time on pending OAs
56 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
98 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CHEN, KEATH T 3 30.3% +24.6%
MELLOTT, JAMES M 1 50.5% +45.4%
WELLS, KENNETH B 1 86.2% +2.6%
NGUYEN, HIEN NGOC 1 52.6% +40.1%
GOLOBOY, JAMES C 1 63.8% +8.6%
WASIL, DANIEL D 1 79.8% +25.1%
WALL, VINCENT 1 62.1% +24.5%
KUAN, JOHN CHUNYANG 1 72.5% +47.0%
AYAD, TAMIR 1 42.0% +48.7%
AHMED, SHAHED 1 90.7% -0.1%

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
18404884 RED LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE AHMED, SHAHED

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
18556661 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF TEMPERATURE MEASURING, AND METHOD OF TEMPERATURE CONTROLLING BOWMAN, ANDREW J

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
18032518 SUBSTRATE TREATMENT APPARATUS CHEN, KEATH T 28d overdue
17792706 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING DEVICE AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD CHEN, KEATH T 3d overdue
18857162 ULTRASOUND-FOCUSING TRANSDUCER USED IN HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND DEVICE FOR MULTIFOCAL TREATMENT, AND DEVICE COMPRISING SAME NGUYEN, HIEN NGOC 26d
19007462 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING HIGHLY ACTIVE OXYGEN EVOLUTION ELECTRODE FOR WATER ELECTROLYSIS MELLOTT, JAMES M
18700700 HIGH-DEFINITION EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY IMAGE ACQUISITION DEVICE FOR HIGH DENSITY FUEL ASSEMBLY WASIL, DANIEL D
18708587 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELL WALL, VINCENT
18440913 METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING THE LIFESPAN OF A PRESSURE VESSEL AND LIFESPAN DIAGNOSIS SOLUTION KUAN, JOHN CHUNYANG
18437231 PEROVSKITE PHOTOACTIVE COMPOSITE LAYER, PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF, AND PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELL COMPRISING THE SAME AYAD, TAMIR

Client Portfolio (14 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17165
17182
17591
28421
37971
17711
36461
41001
17261
28131

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19007462 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING HIGHLY ACTIVE OXYGEN EVOLUTION ELECTRODE FOR WATER ELECTROLYSIS Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology MELLOTT, JAMES M 1759 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 31, 2024
18981414 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INTERLOCK METHOD THEREOF Jusung Engineering Co., Ltd. WELLS, KENNETH B 2842 Other Non-Final OA Pending Dec 13, 2024
18857162 ULTRASOUND-FOCUSING TRANSDUCER USED IN HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND DEVICE FOR MULTIFOCAL TREATMENT, AND DEVICE COMPRISING SAME Eco Dm Lab Co., Ltd. NGUYEN, HIEN NGOC 3797 §102 Final Rejection 26d Pending Oct 15, 2024
18753714 METHOD FOR SEPARATING METHANE USING HYDRATE Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology GOLOBOY, JAMES C 1771 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 25, 2024
18700700 HIGH-DEFINITION EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY IMAGE ACQUISITION DEVICE FOR HIGH DENSITY FUEL ASSEMBLY UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY FOUNDATION, YONSEI UNIVERSITY WASIL, DANIEL D 3646 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 17, 2024
18708587 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELL Jusung Engineering Co., Ltd. WALL, VINCENT §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 08, 2024
18440913 METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING THE LIFESPAN OF A PRESSURE VESSEL AND LIFESPAN DIAGNOSIS SOLUTION Mactec Corp. KUAN, JOHN CHUNYANG 4100 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 13, 2024
18437231 PEROVSKITE PHOTOACTIVE COMPOSITE LAYER, PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF, AND PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELL COMPRISING THE SAME Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology AYAD, TAMIR 1726 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 08, 2024
18404884 RED LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE Sundiode Korea AHMED, SHAHED 2813 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 04, 2024
18559485 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD Jusung Engineering Co., Ltd. CHEN, KEATH T 1716 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 07, 2023
18556661 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF TEMPERATURE MEASURING, AND METHOD OF TEMPERATURE CONTROLLING Jusung Engineering Co., Ltd. BOWMAN, ANDREW J 1718 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 20, 2023
18286359 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING DEVICE Jusung Engineering Co., Ltd. BRATLAND JR, KENNETH A 1714 §103 Final Rejection 57d Pending Oct 10, 2023
18239728 PHENANTHROLINE-BASED COMPOUND, METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME AND PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELL COMPRISING THE SAME Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology CHEN, PO-CHIH 1621 §112 Non-Final OA 56d overdue Pending Aug 29, 2023
18279047 SOLAR CELL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME Jusung Engineering Co., Ltd. GONZALEZ RAMOS, MAYLA 1721 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 25, 2023
18267089 HYBRID SYNCHRONIZATION METHOD AND HYBRID SYNCHRONIZATION APPARATUS Geoplan Co., Ltd. VIDAL CARPIO, MARIELA 2476 §103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Jun 13, 2023
18265227 DEVICE FOR AUTOMATICALLY FIXING WORKPIECE Matinprout Co., Ltd. HONG, SEAHEE 3723 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Jun 02, 2023
18202886 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING COSMETIC OR MEDICAL FUNCTIONAL PATCH Duogreen Inc. YUAN, DAH WEI D 1717 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 26, 2023
18140602 HEAT DISSIPATION MOLDING AGENT AND HEAT DISSIPATION FILM OF MANUFACTURED BY USING THE SAME L2Y Co.,Ltd. STANLEY, JANE L 1767 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 27, 2023
18032518 SUBSTRATE TREATMENT APPARATUS Jusung Engineering Co., Ltd. CHEN, KEATH T 1716 §103 Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Apr 18, 2023
18020924 SUBSTRATE TREATMENT APPARATUS Jusung Engineering Co., Ltd. LUND, JEFFRIE ROBERT 1716 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Feb 10, 2023
17911611 LASER ANNEALING APPARATUS AND LASER ANNEALING METHOD Aps Research Corporation NGUYEN, THUYHANG NGOC 3761 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 12, 2023
17917547 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD Jusung Engineering Co., Ltd. KENDALL, BENJAMIN R 2896 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 06, 2022
17956759 SIMULATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FIRE EVACUATION UNIVERSITY OF SEOUL INDUSTRY COOPERATION FOUNDATION GIRI, PURSOTTAM 2186 §103 Final Rejection 46d overdue Pending Sep 29, 2022
17793380 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SPRAY MODULE OF SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS Jusung Engineering Co., Ltd. PENCE, JETHRO M 1798 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 15, 2022
17792706 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING DEVICE AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD Jusung Engineering Co., Ltd. CHEN, KEATH T 1716 §103 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Jul 13, 2022
17752803 CANCER RISKS PREDICTION METHOD AND SYSTEM BASED ON BIOLOGICAL AGE USING FAMILY HISTORY AND LIFESTYLES INFORMATION Mediage Co.,Ltd THOMPSON, MILANA KAYE 1687 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 24, 2022
17522897 SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING SUBSTRATE Eugene Technology Co., Ltd. KLUNK, MARGARET D 1716 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 09, 2021
17436651 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING DEVICE Jusung Engineering Co., Ltd. BENNETT, CHARLEE 1718 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 06, 2021

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