Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Renner Kenner Greive Bobak Taylor & Weber Co., Lpa

Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials

18 pending office actions • 15 clients • 18 examiners • 18 art units • 0 of 18 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 48 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Renner Kenner Greive Bobak Taylor & Weber Co., LPA has 16 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials and 3769 career applications. Its resolved allowance rate is 89.35%, indicating that most resolved matters reached allowance within a sizable application record.

The firm averages 3.61 office actions per allowance. That level reflects repeated prosecution engagement before successful resolution, even though the allowance result is favorable overall. For a chemistry or materials applicant, the profile supports consideration of a well-established application practice whose work may require sustained claim and argument development during examination.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Quality Metrics (n=3769 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

89.4%
Allowance Rate
n=3769
+0.72σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=3769
3.6
OAs to Allowance
n=2868
+0.05σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=2868
1068 days
Time to Allowance
n=2868
+7.0pp
Interview Lift
n=3769
25.2%
RCE Rate
n=3769
2.1%
Appeal Rate
n=3769

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

90.6%
§101 Overcome
n=201
88.3%
§102 Overcome
n=1333
88.3%
§103 Overcome
n=2064
89.3%
§112 Overcome
n=1539

Specialization & Scale

G07D, Y10T, A61K
Top CPC Subclasses
9%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=3769
0
Practitioners
n=3769
—
Apps / Practitioner
n=3769 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

18
Total Pending OAs
10
Non-Final OAs
7
Final Rejections
1
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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
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 (1)Due ≤ 30 days (2)

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.

12
Hard (67%)
5
Medium (28%)
1
Easy (6%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other3 (17%)
§103 only4 (22%)
§112 only1 (6%)
Double-patenting + other1 (6%)
Multi-statute (no §101)9 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

11
Life Sciences
61% of docket
2
Information Tech
11% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
28% 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.

180 h
Manual time on pending OAs
36 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
63 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
DEMIE, TIGIST S 1 75.1% +20.6%
ROGERS, ADAM D 1 82.2% +22.6%
KONVES, ADRIANNA N 1 76.3% +14.7%
PHILIPPE, GIMS S 1 85.7% +1.5%
PATEL, RONAK C 1 51.2% +56.2%
WISTNER, SARAH CLINKSCALES 1 26.7% +73.0%
SCHNURR, JOHN R 1 72.1% +10.7%
BARLOW, ADAM G 1 70.8% +19.6%
BUI, PHUONG T 1 81.2% +23.4%
BAREFORD, KATHERINE A 1 13.9% +28.6%

Hard Cases (12)

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
18785193 METHOD OF MAKING FLAT POTASSIUM-INTERCALATED METALLIC TRANSITION METAL CHALCOGEN NANOARRAYS HERNANDEZ-KENNEY, JOSE 22d
19122494 PORTABLE SKIN COOLING DEVICE DEMIE, TIGIST S —
19050413 TRAILER WHEEL WITH BUILT-IN CENTER CAP ROGERS, ADAM D —
18992732 MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR MULTI-LAYER FLOOR PANELS KONVES, ADRIANNA N —
18879325 AN APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR VISUAL INSPECTION PHILIPPE, GIMS S —
18876300 A DIAMOND MICROPARTICLES BASED PHYSICAL UNCLONABLE FUNCTIONAL MATERIAL, PREPARATION METHOD, AND USE THEREOF PATEL, RONAK C —
18873457 CLEANABLE AND SMART AEROGEL WOUND DRESSINGS WISTNER, SARAH CLINKSCALES —
18848264 HYBRID MUSHROOM STRAIN B19414 AND METHODS AND USES THEREFOR BUI, PHUONG T —

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
18960123 OPTICAL IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHODS THEREOF SCHNURR, JOHN R 96d overdue
19122494 PORTABLE SKIN COOLING DEVICE DEMIE, TIGIST S —
19050413 TRAILER WHEEL WITH BUILT-IN CENTER CAP ROGERS, ADAM D —
18992732 MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR MULTI-LAYER FLOOR PANELS KONVES, ADRIANNA N —
18876300 A DIAMOND MICROPARTICLES BASED PHYSICAL UNCLONABLE FUNCTIONAL MATERIAL, PREPARATION METHOD, AND USE THEREOF PATEL, RONAK C —
18873457 CLEANABLE AND SMART AEROGEL WOUND DRESSINGS WISTNER, SARAH CLINKSCALES —
18859732 SET OF FLOOR PANELS BARLOW, ADAM G —
18848264 HYBRID MUSHROOM STRAIN B19414 AND METHODS AND USES THEREFOR BUI, PHUONG T —

Client Portfolio (15 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37941
36171
17481
24241
17881
16161
24251
36331
16631
17181

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19122494 PORTABLE SKIN COOLING DEVICE Stang Limited DEMIE, TIGIST S 3794 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 18, 2025
19050413 TRAILER WHEEL WITH BUILT-IN CENTER CAP Tredit Tire & Wheel Company, Inc. ROGERS, ADAM D 3617 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 11, 2025
18992732 MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR MULTI-LAYER FLOOR PANELS "Barlinek" Sp¿Lka Akcyjna KONVES, ADRIANNA N 1748 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 09, 2025
18879325 AN APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR VISUAL INSPECTION Deimos Laboratory Pty Ltd. PHILIPPE, GIMS S 2424 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 27, 2024
18876300 A DIAMOND MICROPARTICLES BASED PHYSICAL UNCLONABLE FUNCTIONAL MATERIAL, PREPARATION METHOD, AND USE THEREOF Dongguan Institute Of Opto-Electronics, Peking University PATEL, RONAK C 1788 §103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 18, 2024
18873457 CLEANABLE AND SMART AEROGEL WOUND DRESSINGS The University of Akron WISTNER, SARAH CLINKSCALES 1616 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 10, 2024
18960123 OPTICAL IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHODS THEREOF The University of Akron SCHNURR, JOHN R 2425 §112DP Final Rejection 96d overdue Pending Nov 26, 2024
18859732 SET OF FLOOR PANELS "Barlinek" Spólka Akcyjna BARLOW, ADAM G 3633 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 24, 2024
18848264 HYBRID MUSHROOM STRAIN B19414 AND METHODS AND USES THEREFOR Sylvan America, Inc. BUI, PHUONG T 1663 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 18, 2024
18882176 METHOD OF MAKING WET WIPE FOR RAPID DETECTION OF OPIOIDS The University of Akron BAREFORD, KATHERINE A 1718 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 11, 2024
18785193 METHOD OF MAKING FLAT POTASSIUM-INTERCALATED METALLIC TRANSITION METAL CHALCOGEN NANOARRAYS City University Of Hong Kong HERNANDEZ-KENNEY, JOSE 1717 §102§103§112Other Final Rejection 22d Pending Jul 26, 2024
18654339 COMPOSITIONS FOR ENHANCING IMMUNOTHERAPY EFFICACY IN COLORECTAL CANCER TREATMENT The Chinese University of Hong Kong DEVI, SARVAMANGALA 1645 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 03, 2024
18562590 BIOSTABLE POLYMER BRUSHES WITH DEFINED VISCOSITY AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES FOR USE IN A NOVEL INTRAOCULAR LENS Adaptilens, LLC WHITELEY, JESSICA 3774 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 20, 2023
18282171 CATECHOL CONTAINING POLYMER EMULSIONS AND METHODS OF PREPARATION THEREOF Swimc LLC HUHN, RICHARD A 1764 §112 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 14, 2023
18264842 HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTATION USING MICROORGANISMS Bacteria Intelligence Ltd. SZUMNY, JONATHON A 3686 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 09, 2023
18253958 PROTEIN PREPARATION PRODUCED FROM HEMP SEEDS AND PREPARATION METHOD Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. MORENO, LARK JULIA 1793 §103 Final Rejection 21d Pending May 23, 2023
17549099 Photothermally Responsive Melanin-Based Nanocomposltes The University of Akron BARZACH, JEFFREY EUGENE 1731 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 13, 2021
17209921 ANTIBIOTIC ELUTING POLY(ESTER UREA) FILMS, MESHES AND POUCHES FOR INFECTION CONTROL OF IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICES 21St Century Medical Technologies, LLC VU, JAKE MINH 1618 §103Other Final Rejection — Pending Mar 23, 2021

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Renner Kenner Greive Bobak Taylor & Weber Co., Lpa's patent allowance rate?

89.3% of resolved applications prosecuted by Renner Kenner Greive Bobak Taylor & Weber Co., Lpa were allowed, across 3,769 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Renner Kenner Greive Bobak Taylor & Weber Co., Lpa average before allowance?

3.61 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Renner Kenner Greive Bobak Taylor & Weber Co., Lpa have?

18 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 15 clients, before 18 examiners in 18 art units.

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