Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Risso I.P.

Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

7 pending office actions • 4 clients • 7 examiners • 7 art units • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Risso I.P. has 326 career applications in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The firm's resolved allowance rate is 90.0 percent. It averages 2.84 office actions per allowance, providing a benchmark for the expected number of examiner interactions.

The firm has 7 pending office actions. The 90.0 percent allowance rate is based on the 326 career applications. The 2.84 average office actions per allowance indicates the typical frequency of office actions before an allowance is granted. This data provides a clear view of the firm's performance and strategy in its primary technology area.

With 326 career applications, the firm has a focused track record. The 7 pending office actions represent the current active cases. The 90.0 percent allowance rate and 2.84 average office actions per allowance are essential figures for practitioners assessing the firm's prosecution efficiency and success rate.

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

Quality Metrics (n=326 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

90.0%
Allowance Rate
n=326
+0.68σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=326
2.8
OAs to Allowance
n=189
-0.58σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=189
884 days
Time to Allowance
n=189
+6.6pp
Interview Lift
n=326
22.4%
RCE Rate
n=326
0.0%
Appeal Rate
n=326

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

—
§101 Overcome
n=18 (min 20)
84.8%
§102 Overcome
n=105
80.8%
§103 Overcome
n=130
84.3%
§112 Overcome
n=89

Specialization & Scale

A61M, G16H, A61J
Top CPC Subclasses
16%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=326
0
Practitioners
n=326
—
Apps / Practitioner
n=326 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
5
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.

5
Hard (71%)
2
Medium (29%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (14%)
§101 + other3 (43%)
Double-patenting + other2 (29%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (14%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
14% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
86% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LUARCA, MARGARET M 1 74.3% +18.7%
GILLIGAN, CHRISTOPHER L 1 57.7% +40.0%
ALLEN, ROBERT F 1 73.2% +61.9%
KUMAR, RAKESH 1 57.2% +28.2%
WHITE, DYLAN C 1 77.0% +13.7%
VANDERVEEN, JEFFREY S 1 64.2% +17.3%
HUTTER, GILLIAN A 1 54.5% +46.2%

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18957389 METHOD FOR THE STANDARDIZED PRODUCTION, FINANCING AND DELIVERY OF HOUSING USING A DISTRIBUTED LEDGER TECHNOLOGY AND DECENTRALIZED ARTIFICIALLY INTELLIGENT CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEM WHITE, DYLAN C 3d overdue
18371637 SPORTS TRAINING SYSTEM FOR CORRECT PITCHING MOTIONS AND METHOD FOR USE THEREOF VANDERVEEN, JEFFREY S 2d overdue
19373128 PHYSICIAN SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERFACING WITH AND CONTROLLING A MEDICATION DISPENSING DEVICE GILLIGAN, CHRISTOPHER L —
19182925 KEYED MEDICATION CARTRIDGE FOR USE IN A HANDHELD ORAL MEDICATION DISPENSING DEVICE ALLEN, ROBERT F —
19170709 MEDICATION DISPENSING SYSTEM HAVING A HANDHELD ORAL MEDICATION DISPENSING DEVICE WITH KEYED MEDICATION CARTRIDGE KUMAR, RAKESH —

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
18957389 METHOD FOR THE STANDARDIZED PRODUCTION, FINANCING AND DELIVERY OF HOUSING USING A DISTRIBUTED LEDGER TECHNOLOGY AND DECENTRALIZED ARTIFICIALLY INTELLIGENT CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEM WHITE, DYLAN C 3d overdue
18371637 SPORTS TRAINING SYSTEM FOR CORRECT PITCHING MOTIONS AND METHOD FOR USE THEREOF VANDERVEEN, JEFFREY S 2d overdue
19379217 MEDICATION CARTRIDGE LUARCA, MARGARET M —
19373128 PHYSICIAN SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERFACING WITH AND CONTROLLING A MEDICATION DISPENSING DEVICE GILLIGAN, CHRISTOPHER L —
19182925 KEYED MEDICATION CARTRIDGE FOR USE IN A HANDHELD ORAL MEDICATION DISPENSING DEVICE ALLEN, ROBERT F —
19170709 MEDICATION DISPENSING SYSTEM HAVING A HANDHELD ORAL MEDICATION DISPENSING DEVICE WITH KEYED MEDICATION CARTRIDGE KUMAR, RAKESH —
18124155 COMPOUND AND METHOD FOR TREATING DISEASES AND DISORDERS HUTTER, GILLIAN A —

Client Portfolio (4 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37851
36831
37831
36511
36251
37111
16251

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19379217 MEDICATION CARTRIDGE Aspargo Laboratories, Inc. LUARCA, MARGARET M 3785 §102DP Final Rejection — Pending Nov 04, 2025
19373128 PHYSICIAN SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERFACING WITH AND CONTROLLING A MEDICATION DISPENSING DEVICE Aspargo Laboratories, Inc. GILLIGAN, CHRISTOPHER L 3683 §101§102Other Final Rejection — Pending Oct 29, 2025
19182925 KEYED MEDICATION CARTRIDGE FOR USE IN A HANDHELD ORAL MEDICATION DISPENSING DEVICE Aspargo Laboratories, Inc. ALLEN, ROBERT F 3783 §101§102§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 18, 2025
19170709 MEDICATION DISPENSING SYSTEM HAVING A HANDHELD ORAL MEDICATION DISPENSING DEVICE WITH KEYED MEDICATION CARTRIDGE Aspargo Laboratories, Inc. KUMAR, RAKESH 3651 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 04, 2025
18957389 METHOD FOR THE STANDARDIZED PRODUCTION, FINANCING AND DELIVERY OF HOUSING USING A DISTRIBUTED LEDGER TECHNOLOGY AND DECENTRALIZED ARTIFICIALLY INTELLIGENT CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEM Jbd Holdings LLC WHITE, DYLAN C 3625 §101Other Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Nov 22, 2024
18371637 SPORTS TRAINING SYSTEM FOR CORRECT PITCHING MOTIONS AND METHOD FOR USE THEREOF New Turf Technologies, Inc. VANDERVEEN, JEFFREY S 3711 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Sep 22, 2023
18124155 COMPOUND AND METHOD FOR TREATING DISEASES AND DISORDERS Rcr Biopharma HUTTER, GILLIAN A 1625 §103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 21, 2023

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