Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Rooney Ip, LLC

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

6 pending office actions • 5 clients • 6 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Rooney IP, LLC operates in Chemistry & Materials with 232 career applications. The firm has a resolved allowance rate of 88.89 percent. It averages 3.19 office actions per allowance, providing a benchmark for the expected number of examiner interactions.

The firm has 5 pending office actions. The 88.89 percent allowance rate is based on 232 career applications. The 3.19 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 the chemistry sector.

With 232 career applications, the firm has a focused track record. The 5 pending office actions represent the current active cases. The 88.89 percent allowance rate and 3.19 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=232 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

88.9%
Allowance Rate
n=232
+0.61σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=232
3.2
OAs to Allowance
n=144
-0.16σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=144
1031 days
Time to Allowance
n=144
+10.0pp
Interview Lift
n=232
19.1%
RCE Rate
n=232
4.2%
Appeal Rate
n=232

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

—
§101 Overcome
n=9 (min 20)
73.3%
§102 Overcome
n=75
76.6%
§103 Overcome
n=94
78.6%
§112 Overcome
n=56

Specialization & Scale

A01D, Y10T, E05B
Top CPC Subclasses
26%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=232
1
Practitioners
n=232
232.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=232

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
1
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.

1
Hard (17%)
5
Medium (83%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (50%)
§102 only2 (33%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (17%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
33% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
50% of docket
1
Business / Other
17% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LEE, DAVINA EN-YIN 1 38.6% +14.3%
GENTILE, ALEXANDER VINCENT 1 66.7% +3.4%
CONDO, VERONICA MARIE 1 82.0% +6.9%
FOWLER, DANIEL WAYNE 1 72.7% +12.4%
MUTREJA, JYOTI NAGPAUL 1 81.0% +4.0%
BEHRENS JR., ANDRES E 1 52.9% +18.8%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18812034 REMOVABLE PANEL ASSEMBLY FOR A VEHICLE WINDOW AND RELATED METHODS CONDO, VERONICA MARIE —
18229754 SECTIONABLE CASSETTE AND EMBEDDING FRAME WITH TISSUE IMMOBILIZING SEPARABLE LID, AND METHODS FOR PREPARING BIOPSY TISSUE SAMPLES MUTREJA, JYOTI NAGPAUL —

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19076130 DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS INCLUDING A VARIABLY INSULATED ELECTROSURGICAL GUIDEWIRE LEE, DAVINA EN-YIN —

Interview Candidates (3)

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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17337761 MOLDING SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS BEHRENS JR., ANDRES E 1d overdue
19076130 DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS INCLUDING A VARIABLY INSULATED ELECTROSURGICAL GUIDEWIRE LEE, DAVINA EN-YIN —
18243927 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING MEDICAL PROCEDURES USING RADIOFREQUENCY ENERGY FOWLER, DANIEL WAYNE —

Client Portfolio (5 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37541
36121
37941
17981
17411

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19076130 DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS INCLUDING A VARIABLY INSULATED ELECTROSURGICAL GUIDEWIRE Electrowire Corporation LEE, DAVINA EN-YIN §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 11, 2025
18947492 GRAIN CART MULTIPURPOSE DISPLAY AND RELATED METHODS J. & M. Manufacturing Co., Inc. GENTILE, ALEXANDER VINCENT 3754 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 14, 2024
18812034 REMOVABLE PANEL ASSEMBLY FOR A VEHICLE WINDOW AND RELATED METHODS K2 Products LLC CONDO, VERONICA MARIE 3612 §102Other Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 22, 2024
18243927 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING MEDICAL PROCEDURES USING RADIOFREQUENCY ENERGY Electrowire Corporation FOWLER, DANIEL WAYNE 3794 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 08, 2023
18229754 SECTIONABLE CASSETTE AND EMBEDDING FRAME WITH TISSUE IMMOBILIZING SEPARABLE LID, AND METHODS FOR PREPARING BIOPSY TISSUE SAMPLES Biopath Automation, LLC MUTREJA, JYOTI NAGPAUL 1798 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 03, 2023
17337761 MOLDING SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS Friendship Products LLC BEHRENS JR., ANDRES E 1741 §103 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Jun 03, 2021

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