Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Rogitz & Associates

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

10 pending office actions • 3 clients • 10 examiners • 9 art units • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 14 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

ROGITZ & ASSOCIATES operates in the Networking & Security technology area with 1295 career applications. The firm has a resolved allowance rate of 78.69 percent. It averages 5.18 office actions per allowance, which suggests a more intensive and lengthy prosecution process compared to other firms.

The firm has 9 pending office actions. The 78.69 percent allowance rate is based on 1295 career applications. The 5.18 average office actions per allowance indicates that multiple rounds of examiner interaction are typically required to reach an allowance. This data provides a clear view of the firm's prosecution experience in the networking sector.

The 1295 career applications reflect a significant volume of work in its primary technology area. The 9 pending office actions show the current active cases. Practitioners can use the average office actions per allowance to benchmark the expected effort and duration for new applications.

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

Quality Metrics (n=1295 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

78.7%
Allowance Rate
n=1295
+0.45σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1295
5.2
OAs to Allowance
n=912
+0.62σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=912
1015 days
Time to Allowance
n=912
+8.0pp
Interview Lift
n=1295
34.0%
RCE Rate
n=1295
11.3%
Appeal Rate
n=1295

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

83.3%
§101 Overcome
n=222
79.6%
§102 Overcome
n=540
78.4%
§103 Overcome
n=819
83.3%
§112 Overcome
n=401

Specialization & Scale

G06F, H04N, H04L
Top CPC Subclasses
34%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1295
1
Practitioners
n=1295
1295.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=1295

Portfolio Summary

10
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
6
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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
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.

6
Hard (60%)
3
Medium (30%)
1
Easy (10%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other3 (30%)
§103 only2 (20%)
§102 only1 (10%)
§112 only1 (10%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (30%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
10% of docket
3
Information Tech
30% of docket
1
Communications
10% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
40% of docket
1
Business / Other
10% 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.

100 h
Manual time on pending OAs
20 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
35 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
DAVIS, CASSANDRA HOPE 1 59.3% +25.9%
PRINGLE-PARKER, JASON A 1 83.8% +13.6%
MUSSELMAN, TIMOTHY A 1 58.2% +25.9%
COPPOLA, JACOB C 1 48.5% +18.7%
GRANT, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER 1 21.8% +7.4%
WENDMAGEGN, GIRUMSEW 1 76.9% +21.2%
SHIU, HO T 1 72.0% -3.5%
LI, MENG 1 86.3% +20.2%
IANNUCCI, LOUISE JAMES 1 — —
XIE, THEODORE L 1 41.7% +100.0%

Hard Cases (6)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18320892 BATTERY COLOR CHANGE MATERIAL TO VISUALLY INDICATE BATTERY MALFUNCTION IANNUCCI, LOUISE JAMES 3d overdue
18932600 GENERATIVE MODEL PROMPT AUGMENTATION PRINGLE-PARKER, JASON A —
18908506 IMPROVED RACING SIMULATION USING FORCE FEEDBACK AT STEERING WHEEL GRANT, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER —
18886793 DYNAMIC REPLAY OF AV CONTENT BASED ON LACK OF USER UNDERSTANDING WENDMAGEGN, GIRUMSEW —
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 (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
18990299 INFLATABLE OUTDOOR DECORATION APPARATUS DAVIS, CASSANDRA HOPE —
18932600 GENERATIVE MODEL PROMPT AUGMENTATION PRINGLE-PARKER, JASON A —
18927901 APPARATUS FOR THE COGNITIVELY IMPAIRED MUSSELMAN, TIMOTHY A —
18908583 DYNAMIC REAL-TIME WIND SIMULATION FOR VIRTUAL RACING COPPOLA, JACOB C —
18886793 DYNAMIC REPLAY OF AV CONTENT BASED ON LACK OF USER UNDERSTANDING WENDMAGEGN, GIRUMSEW —
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 6
East Coast Ip, LLC 2
Sony 2

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37152
36311
26171
39921
24841
24431
24001
17211
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
18932600 GENERATIVE MODEL PROMPT AUGMENTATION LENOVO GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY (UNITED STATES) INC. PRINGLE-PARKER, JASON A 2617 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 30, 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
18886793 DYNAMIC REPLAY OF AV CONTENT BASED ON LACK OF USER UNDERSTANDING Sony Group Corporation WENDMAGEGN, GIRUMSEW 2484 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 16, 2024
18802644 VIDEO CONFERENCE PARTICIPANT PRIORITIZATION East Coast Ip, LLC SHIU, HO T 2443 §103 Non-Final OA 76d Pending Aug 13, 2024
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
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
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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