Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Rogitz & Associates

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

7 pending office actions • 3 clients • 7 examiners • 6 art units • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 17 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

ROGITZ & ASSOCIATES has 1311 career applications and 8 pending office actions in Networking & Security. Its resolved allowance rate is 78.69%, and the average office actions per allowance is 5.19.

The profile provides historical measures for a networking and security practice alongside its current docket. The allowance rate describes resolved outcomes, while the office-action average describes examination activity associated with allowances. The pending actions require separate review and should not be inferred from the historical figures.

For practitioners, the data supports attention to both portfolio strategy and matter-specific prosecution. Network architecture, security functionality, cited references, and claim differentiation may be central to response planning, while the historical metrics provide context for the level of examination activity reflected in resolved matters.

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

Quality Metrics (n=1311 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

78.7%
Allowance Rate
n=1311
+0.44σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1311
5.2
OAs to Allowance
n=912
+0.64σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=912
1015 days
Time to Allowance
n=912
+8.0pp
Interview Lift
n=1311
34.1%
RCE Rate
n=1311
11.3%
Appeal Rate
n=1311

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

83.0%
§101 Overcome
n=223
79.5%
§102 Overcome
n=541
78.2%
§103 Overcome
n=820
82.6%
§112 Overcome
n=403

Specialization & Scale

G06F, H04N, H04L
Top CPC Subclasses
34%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1311
1
Practitioners
n=1311
1311.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=1311

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
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.

4
Hard (57%)
2
Medium (29%)
1
Easy (14%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other3 (43%)
§103 only1 (14%)
§102 only1 (14%)
§112 only1 (14%)
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
1
Information Tech
14% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
57% of docket
1
Business / Other
14% 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
DAVIS, CASSANDRA HOPE 1 59.3% +25.8%
MUSSELMAN, TIMOTHY A 1 58.3% +26.0%
COPPOLA, JACOB C 1 48.4% +18.5%
GRANT, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER 1 22.0% +7.1%
IANNUCCI, LOUISE JAMES 1 0.0% +0.0%
LI, MENG 1 86.4% +20.2%
XIE, THEODORE L 1 38.5% +83.3%

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18320892 BATTERY COLOR CHANGE MATERIAL TO VISUALLY INDICATE BATTERY MALFUNCTION IANNUCCI, LOUISE JAMES 3d overdue
18908506 IMPROVED RACING SIMULATION USING FORCE FEEDBACK AT STEERING WHEEL GRANT, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER —
18320478 AUTHENTICATION OF EXTENDED REALITY AVATARS USING DIGITAL CERTIFICATES LI, MENG —
18191274 ELECTRONIC CALENDAR SUGGESTIONS BASED ON PAST MEETING DATA XIE, THEODORE L —

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18990299 INFLATABLE OUTDOOR DECORATION APPARATUS DAVIS, CASSANDRA HOPE —
18927901 APPARATUS FOR THE COGNITIVELY IMPAIRED MUSSELMAN, TIMOTHY A —
18908583 DYNAMIC REAL-TIME WIND SIMULATION FOR VIRTUAL RACING COPPOLA, JACOB C —
18320478 AUTHENTICATION OF EXTENDED REALITY AVATARS USING DIGITAL CERTIFICATES LI, MENG —
18191274 ELECTRONIC CALENDAR SUGGESTIONS BASED ON PAST MEETING DATA XIE, THEODORE L —

Client Portfolio (3 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Lenovo 5
East Coast Ip, LLC 1
Sony 1

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37152
36311
39921
17211
24001
36231

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18990299 INFLATABLE OUTDOOR DECORATION APPARATUS East Coast Ip, LLC DAVIS, CASSANDRA HOPE 3631 §102 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 20, 2024
18927901 APPARATUS FOR THE COGNITIVELY IMPAIRED Sony Group Corporation MUSSELMAN, TIMOTHY A 3715 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 26, 2024
18908583 DYNAMIC REAL-TIME WIND SIMULATION FOR VIRTUAL RACING Lenovo (United States) Inc. COPPOLA, JACOB C 3992 §112 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 07, 2024
18908506 IMPROVED RACING SIMULATION USING FORCE FEEDBACK AT STEERING WHEEL Lenovo (United States) Inc. GRANT, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER 3715 §101§103 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 07, 2024
18320892 BATTERY COLOR CHANGE MATERIAL TO VISUALLY INDICATE BATTERY MALFUNCTION LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. IANNUCCI, LOUISE JAMES 1721 §102§112 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending May 19, 2023
18320478 AUTHENTICATION OF EXTENDED REALITY AVATARS USING DIGITAL CERTIFICATES LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. LI, MENG 2400 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 19, 2023
18191274 ELECTRONIC CALENDAR SUGGESTIONS BASED ON PAST MEETING DATA LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. XIE, THEODORE L 3623 §101§102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 28, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Rogitz & Associates's patent allowance rate?

78.7% of resolved applications prosecuted by Rogitz & Associates were allowed, across 1,311 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Rogitz & Associates average before allowance?

5.19 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Rogitz & Associates have?

7 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 3 clients, before 7 examiners in 6 art units.

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