Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Rhodes Ip PLC

17 pending office actions • 7 clients • 16 examiners • 12 art units • 0 of 17 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=611 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

89.1%
Allowance Rate
n=611
+0.74σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=611
3.6
OAs to Allowance
n=303
+0.07σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=303
1089 days
Time to Allowance
n=303
+4.7pp
Interview Lift
n=611
36.8%
RCE Rate
n=611
7.2%
Appeal Rate
n=611

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=10 (min 20)
70.6%
§102 Overcome
n=153
72.6%
§103 Overcome
n=255
73.9%
§112 Overcome
n=203

Specialization & Scale

H01J, B32B, Y10T
Top CPC Subclasses
23%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=611
1
Practitioners
n=611
611.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=611

Portfolio Summary

17
Total Pending OAs
11
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 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.

11
Hard (65%)
4
Medium (24%)
2
Easy (12%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (18%)
Double-patenting only2 (12%)
Double-patenting + other1 (6%)
Multi-statute (no §101)11 (65%)

Industry Mix

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

12
Life Sciences
71% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
12% of docket
3
Business / Other
18% 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.

170 h
Manual time on pending OAs
34 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
59 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SINGH-PANDEY, ARTI R 2 70.8% +8.2%
BARTLETT, VICTORIA 1 50.5% +30.8%
SIMONE, CATHERINE A 1 73.3% +23.0%
MCMAHON, MATTHEW R 1 57.4% +52.4%
CAMPBELL, THOR S 1 74.9% +0.6%
PAUDEL, PRADEEP 1
LU, HAOTIAN 1 55.6% +40.7%
SYLVESTER, KEVIN 1 50.0% +33.6%
HILL, STEPHANI A 1 29.6% +44.3%
WU, JENNY R 1 63.4% +16.2%

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
17546342 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND PARKINSON'S DISEASE DRAPER, LESLIE A ROYDS 59d overdue
18622180 ASSEMBLY-TYPE FENCE MCMAHON, MATTHEW R 18d overdue
18380570 7050-TYPE ALUMINUM ALLOY PRODUCTS PRODUCED USING SOLID STATE MANUFACTURING HILL, STEPHANI A 2d overdue
18380572 6000 SERIES ALUMINUM ALLOY PRODUCTS PRODUCED USING SOLID STATE MANUFACTURING WU, JENNY R 12d
18380565 7075-TYPE ALUMINUM ALLOY PRODUCTS PRODUCED USING SOLID STATE MANUFACTURING MORILLO, JANELL COMBS 40d
17325831 HYBRID SOLID-STATE ADDITIVE AND SUBTRACTIVE MANUFACTURING PROCESSES, MATERIALS USED AND PARTS FABRICATED WITH THE HYBRID PROCESSES POLLOCK, AUSTIN M 69d
19060236 LIGHTWEIGHT REINFORCED THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE ARTICLES WITH A PRINTABLE SURFACE AND METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF PRODUCING THEM BARTLETT, VICTORIA
18403074 LIQUID-AIR SEPARATION ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE PAUDEL, PRADEEP

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18629413 REINFORCED FLOORING AND FLOORING PANELS WITH AMORPHOUS MATERIALS SIMONE, CATHERINE A 42d overdue
18622180 ASSEMBLY-TYPE FENCE MCMAHON, MATTHEW R 18d overdue
18380570 7050-TYPE ALUMINUM ALLOY PRODUCTS PRODUCED USING SOLID STATE MANUFACTURING HILL, STEPHANI A 2d overdue
18380572 6000 SERIES ALUMINUM ALLOY PRODUCTS PRODUCED USING SOLID STATE MANUFACTURING WU, JENNY R 12d
19060236 LIGHTWEIGHT REINFORCED THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE ARTICLES WITH A PRINTABLE SURFACE AND METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF PRODUCING THEM BARTLETT, VICTORIA
18542663 ARTICLES INCLUDING SURFACE COATINGS ON EXTERNAL SURFACES, INTERNAL SURFACES OR BOTH LU, HAOTIAN
18542660 PROCESSES FOR PRODUCING COATED SURFACES, COATINGS AND ARTICLES USING THEM SYLVESTER, KEVIN

Client Portfolio (7 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17592
17332
17811
36781
17491
37531
17351
17651
16291
17431

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19060236 LIGHTWEIGHT REINFORCED THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE ARTICLES WITH A PRINTABLE SURFACE AND METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF PRODUCING THEM Hanwha Azdel, Inc. BARTLETT, VICTORIA §102§103Other Non-Final OA Pending Feb 21, 2025
18629413 REINFORCED FLOORING AND FLOORING PANELS WITH AMORPHOUS MATERIALS Hanwha Azdel, Inc. SIMONE, CATHERINE A 1781 §103 Final Rejection 42d overdue Pending Apr 08, 2024
18622180 ASSEMBLY-TYPE FENCE Dongguan Kedaxia Technology Co., Ltd. MCMAHON, MATTHEW R 3678 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending Mar 29, 2024
18419975 PTC WATER HEATER WITH MODULAR FASTENING AND HEATING COMPONENTS Dongguan Sharing Electronics Co., Ltd. CAMPBELL, THOR S §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 23, 2024
18403074 LIQUID-AIR SEPARATION ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE Shenzhen Funyin Electronic Technology Co.,Ltd PAUDEL, PRADEEP 1749 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 03, 2024
18542663 ARTICLES INCLUDING SURFACE COATINGS ON EXTERNAL SURFACES, INTERNAL SURFACES OR BOTH Maxterial, Inc. LU, HAOTIAN 3753 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 16, 2023
18542660 PROCESSES FOR PRODUCING COATED SURFACES, COATINGS AND ARTICLES USING THEM Maxterial, Inc. SYLVESTER, KEVIN §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 16, 2023
18383709 FIBER REINFORCED THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE ARTICLES INCLUDING BIOMATERIALS Hanwha Azdel, Inc. SINGH-PANDEY, ARTI R 1759 DP Final Rejection Pending Oct 25, 2023
18383699 FIBER REINFORCED THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE ARTICLES INCLUDING REPRODUCED POLYMERIC FIBERS Hanwha Azdel, Inc. SINGH-PANDEY, ARTI R 1759 DP Final Rejection Pending Oct 25, 2023
18380570 7050-TYPE ALUMINUM ALLOY PRODUCTS PRODUCED USING SOLID STATE MANUFACTURING Meld Manufacturing Corporation HILL, STEPHANI A 1735 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Oct 16, 2023
18380572 6000 SERIES ALUMINUM ALLOY PRODUCTS PRODUCED USING SOLID STATE MANUFACTURING Meld Manufacturing Corporation WU, JENNY R 1733 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Oct 16, 2023
18380565 7075-TYPE ALUMINUM ALLOY PRODUCTS PRODUCED USING SOLID STATE MANUFACTURING Meld Manufacturing Corporation MORILLO, JANELL COMBS 1733 §103§112 Non-Final OA 40d Pending Oct 16, 2023
18209774 HIGH STRENGTH TO WEIGHT CONSOLIDATED POROUS CORE LAYERS AND ARTICLES INCLUDING THEM Hanwha Azdel, Inc. COONEY, JOHN M 1765 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 14, 2023
17546342 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND PARKINSON'S DISEASE La Pharmatech Inc. DRAPER, LESLIE A ROYDS 1629 §102§103§112Other Final Rejection 59d overdue Pending Dec 09, 2021
17395891 ACCESSORY DEVICE FOR A SOLID-STATE ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM ENABLING PRINTING OF LARGE AND COMPLEX PARTS Meld Manufacturing Corporation OCHYLSKI, RYAN M 1743 §102DP Final Rejection Pending Aug 06, 2021
17325831 HYBRID SOLID-STATE ADDITIVE AND SUBTRACTIVE MANUFACTURING PROCESSES, MATERIALS USED AND PARTS FABRICATED WITH THE HYBRID PROCESSES Meld Manufacturing Corporation POLLOCK, AUSTIN M 1738 §103§112 Non-Final OA 69d Pending May 20, 2021
15918518 MULTI-LAYER ASSEMBLIES COMPRISING A REINFORCED THERMOPLASTIC SURFACE LAYER AND A CORE LAYER Hanwha Azdel, Inc. VO, HAI 1788 §103 Final Rejection 293d overdue Pending Mar 12, 2018

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