Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

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

45 pending office actions • 37 clients • 45 examiners • 33 art units • 0 of 45 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 221 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

ROSENBERG, KLEIN & LEE manages a large portfolio of 21373 career applications in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The firm has a resolved allowance rate of 73.68 percent. It averages 1.79 office actions per allowance, indicating a very efficient prosecution process despite the large volume of applications.

There are 34 pending office actions currently. The 73.68 percent allowance rate is derived from the 21373 career applications. The 1.79 average office actions per allowance suggests a direct path to allowance with minimal examiner interaction. This efficiency is notable given the firm's massive volume of work in the medical devices sector.

The 21373 career applications represent a very high level of activity and experience. The 34 pending office actions show the current active docket. Practitioners can rely on the average office actions per allowance as a reliable indicator of the firm's typical prosecution timeline and strategy.

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

Quality Metrics (n=21373 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

73.7%
Allowance Rate
n=21373
+0.25σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=21373
1.8
OAs to Allowance
n=15124
-0.84σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=15124
908 days
Time to Allowance
n=15124
+11.0pp
Interview Lift
n=21373
7.2%
RCE Rate
n=21373
0.5%
Appeal Rate
n=21373

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

77.0%
§101 Overcome
n=640
75.4%
§102 Overcome
n=4468
74.7%
§103 Overcome
n=7082
79.8%
§112 Overcome
n=4262

Specialization & Scale

G06F, Y10T, H01L
Top CPC Subclasses
12%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=21373
1
Practitioners
n=21373
21373.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=21373

Portfolio Summary

45
Total Pending OAs
30
Non-Final OAs
13
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

7
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
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. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (7)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.

25
Hard (56%)
17
Medium (38%)
3
Easy (7%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only3 (7%)
§101 + other5 (11%)
§103 only16 (36%)
§102 only1 (2%)
§112 only2 (4%)
Double-patenting only1 (2%)
Multi-statute (no §101)17 (38%)

Industry Mix

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

7
Life Sciences
16% of docket
2
Information Tech
4% of docket
1
Communications
2% of docket
7
Semiconductors
16% of docket
20
Mechanical / Eng
44% of docket
8
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.

450 h
Manual time on pending OAs
90 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
158 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HOLCOMB, MARK 1 33.5% +40.4%
MAPAR, BIJAN 1 67.5% +28.1%
LETTERMAN, CATRINA A 1 66.9% +30.8%
PORTER, JR, GARY A 1 68.8% +25.2%
WAITS, ALAN B 1 68.8% +29.8%
YANG, ZHEREN J 1 57.4% +52.4%
SULLIVAN, MATTHEW J 1 62.9% +22.9%
VARMA, AKASH K 1 66.5% +34.4%
ALTER MORSCHAUSER, ALYSSA MARGO 1 76.5% +15.8%
DERUSSO, JOHN J 1 80.4% +14.0%

Hard Cases (25)

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
18321590 FOOTWEAR HUYNH, KHOA D 295d overdue
19208803 TIRE CAPABLE OF REDUCING PITCH NOISE AND METHOD FOR DESIGNING TIRE TREAD PATTERN THEREOF MAPAR, BIJAN 28d overdue
18451249 LIGHTWEIGHT INDUSTRIAL EYEGLASS STRUCTURE HUSTOFT, JUSTIN WAYNE 26d overdue
18585254 LATCH DEVICE BROWN, EMILY GAIL 16d overdue
18052321 CHIP FOR QUANTITATIVE DETECTION OF NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF GERIDO, DWAN A 60d
19314857 NURSING CARE INFORMATION SYSTEM HOLCOMB, MARK —
18954989 NEUROSTIMULATION TREATMENT OF VOIDING DISORDERS IN CLINICAL CARE SETTINGS PORTER, JR, GARY A —
18897531 FILTER UNIT VARMA, AKASH K —

Interview Candidates (10)

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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19208803 TIRE CAPABLE OF REDUCING PITCH NOISE AND METHOD FOR DESIGNING TIRE TREAD PATTERN THEREOF MAPAR, BIJAN 28d overdue
19314857 NURSING CARE INFORMATION SYSTEM HOLCOMB, MARK —
19076664 TREADMILL LETTERMAN, CATRINA A —
18954989 NEUROSTIMULATION TREATMENT OF VOIDING DISORDERS IN CLINICAL CARE SETTINGS PORTER, JR, GARY A —
18944136 LINEAR GUIDE HAVING ANTI-CREEP RETAINER WAITS, ALAN B —
18919132 A FLEXIBLE ELECTRICAL INSULATING FABRIC WITH VERTICAL FEATURES YANG, ZHEREN J —
18852606 PLASTIC HINGE SHAFT HAVING ELASTIC DEFORMATION SULLIVAN, MATTHEW J —
18897531 FILTER UNIT VARMA, AKASH K —

Client Portfolio (37 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36753
28572
37612
36851
21891
37961
36171
17811
36771
17731

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19314857 NURSING CARE INFORMATION SYSTEM Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation HOLCOMB, MARK 3685 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 29, 2025
19208803 TIRE CAPABLE OF REDUCING PITCH NOISE AND METHOD FOR DESIGNING TIRE TREAD PATTERN THEREOF Cheng Shin Rubber Ind. Co., Ltd. MAPAR, BIJAN 2189 §101 Final Rejection 28d overdue Pending May 15, 2025
19076664 TREADMILL Rexon Industrial Corp., Ltd. LETTERMAN, CATRINA A §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 11, 2025
18954989 NEUROSTIMULATION TREATMENT OF VOIDING DISORDERS IN CLINICAL CARE SETTINGS Ebt Medical, Inc. PORTER, JR, GARY A 3796 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 21, 2024
18944136 LINEAR GUIDE HAVING ANTI-CREEP RETAINER Chieftek Precision Co., Ltd. WAITS, ALAN B 3617 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 12, 2024
18919132 A FLEXIBLE ELECTRICAL INSULATING FABRIC WITH VERTICAL FEATURES Zhong Qiang Yi Technology Co., Ltd. YANG, ZHEREN J 1781 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 17, 2024
18852606 PLASTIC HINGE SHAFT HAVING ELASTIC DEFORMATION Zhuhai Ding Rong Plastic Products Co., Ltd. SULLIVAN, MATTHEW J 3677 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 30, 2024
18897531 FILTER UNIT Caware Filtering Corporation VARMA, AKASH K 1773 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 26, 2024
18892941 WEARABLE NEUROSTIMULATION SYSTEM WITH CURATED THERAPY Ebt Medical, Inc. ALTER MORSCHAUSER, ALYSSA MARGO DP Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 23, 2024
18812197 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING WIRE COVERING MATERIAL FOR PREVENTION OF SPILLOVER LOSS DURING TRANSMISSION OF HIGH FREQUENCY SIGNAL Trusval Technology Co., Ltd. DERUSSO, JOHN J 1744 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 22, 2024
18787692 ON-CHIP INTERFEROMETRY SYSTEM FOR HIGH SECRET KEY RATE QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION BASED ON ENTANGLED PHOTONIC QUDITS Institut National De La Recherche Scientifique PENG, CHARLIE YU §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 29, 2024
18833260 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR PULLING TERMINATED AND UNTERMINATED CABLES 13447685 Canada Inc. TRAN, HOANG Q §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 25, 2024
18777781 COMBINED HEAT DISSIPATION STRUCTURE Asia Vital Components Co., Ltd. LING, FOR K. 3763 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 19, 2024
18777890 HEAT DISSIPATION ASSEMBLY FOR ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT Asia Vital Components Co., Ltd. NGO, STEVEN §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 19, 2024
18751951 MULTI-CHIP PACKAGE DEVICE Force Mos Technology Co., Ltd. LIU, XIAOMING §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 24, 2024
18662271 LITHIUM-OXYGEN PRIMARY BATTERY Phoenix Battery Corporation MCCLURE, JOSHUA PATRICK §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 13, 2024
18648623 OPERATION METHOD OF A VOLTAGE CONVERTER Novatek Microelectronics Corp. CORDOVA RODRIGUEZ, ULARISLAO 2838 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 29, 2024
18639042 SCREW Taiwan Shan Yin International Co., Ltd. FAROOQ, AHMAD §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 18, 2024
18615958 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING EXECUTION OF A SEQUENCE OF SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS Parallels International GmbH HEADLY, MELISSA A 2197 §101§102§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 25, 2024
18585254 LATCH DEVICE Fositek Corporation BROWN, EMILY GAIL 3675 §103§112 Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending Feb 23, 2024
18584134 WIRELESS MOTION DETECTION USING MULTIBAND FILTERS Aerial Technologies Inc. SUN, XIUQIN 2857 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 22, 2024
18403284 FASTENER BEAR FASTENING SOLUTIONS INC. BYRD, EUGENE G 3675 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 03, 2024
18390011 APPARATUS AND METHODS USING TETHERED ENZYMES FOR THE DETECTION OF THE ENZYMATIC ACTIVITY OF BIOMARKERS Tetmedical, Inc. DESAI, ANAND U 1655 §101§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 20, 2023
18390429 DIGITAL ASSET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND MANAGEMENT METHOD Chi-Ching Chen REAGAN, JAMES A 3697 §101 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 20, 2023
18509657 SCHOTTKY DIODE WITH LOW REVERSE CURRENT AND HIGH HEAT DISSIPATION EFFECT Panjit International Inc. GURLEY, LYNNE ANN 2811 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 15, 2023
18508869 SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR SMART INTRUSION DETECTION USING WIRELESS SIGNALS AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Aerial Technologies Inc. TUN, NAY L 2688 §103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 14, 2023
18504404 METHOD OF RECONSTRUCTING TRANSCRANIAL IMAGES USING DUAL-MODE ULTRASONICS PHASED ARRAY Navifus US LLC MCDONALD, JAMES F 3797 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 08, 2023
18486438 PORTABLE RESPIRATION MONITORING SYSTEM POSITIONED IN THE PATHWAY OF RESPIRATION AND CONFIGURED WITH A DISASSEMBLEABLE SENSOR/ELECTRONIC ASSEMBLY WITH A DISPOSABLE THERMAL SENSOR Linshom Medical, Inc. HOEKSTRA, JEFFREY GERBEN 3791 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 13, 2023
18261047 FRUIT AND VEGETABLE JUICER Golden Pineapple Grinder Co., Ltd. DANG, KET D 3761 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 24, 2023
18451249 LIGHTWEIGHT INDUSTRIAL EYEGLASS STRUCTURE Ourad Safety Co., Ltd. HUSTOFT, JUSTIN WAYNE 2872 §102§103 Final Rejection 26d overdue Pending Aug 17, 2023
18362065 DETACHABLE PROTECTIVE STRUCTURE OF DETECTION DEVICE National Chung Shan Institute Of Science And Technology GAVIA, NYLA EMANI ANN 2857 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 31, 2023
18348580 CLEANING ROBOT AND CLEANING SYSTEM Shenzhen Silver Star Intelligent Group Co., Ltd. MULLER, BRYAN R 3723 §103 Non-Final OA 75d Pending Jul 07, 2023
18346982 SCREW Taiwan Shan Yin International Co., Ltd. SAETHER, FLEMMING 3675 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 05, 2023
18345293 OSTOMY DEVICE FOR DIGESTIVE TRACTS Honest Medical China Co., Ltd. CHATRATHI, ARJUNA P 3781 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 30, 2023
18335654 BATHTUB OVERFLOW PIPE STRUCTURE Chih-Wei Chen ROS, NICHOLAS A 3754 §103 Non-Final OA 164d overdue Pending Jun 15, 2023
18321590 FOOTWEAR Racbaki, Inc. HUYNH, KHOA D 3732 §103§112 Non-Final OA 295d overdue Pending May 22, 2023
18302971 COMBINED DUAL-WAVELENGTH LASER LIGHT PROCESSING DEVICE Syu Guang Technology Co., Ltd. ADJAGBE, MAXIME M 3745 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 19, 2023
18113902 ADVERTISEMENT ENGAGEMENT MEASUREMENT Aerial Technologies Inc. HATCHER, DEIRDRE D 3625 §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 24, 2023
18068846 FIBER OUTPUT HYBRID LASER SYSTEM Turning Point Lasers Corporation VELASQUEZ SANCHEZ, CHANCIE ISABELLE 3761 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Dec 20, 2022
18052321 CHIP FOR QUANTITATIVE DETECTION OF NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF National Applied Research Laboratories GERIDO, DWAN A 1797 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 60d Pending Nov 03, 2022
17932816 NUCLEIC ACID DETECTION CHIP AND THE METHOD AND DETECTION EQUIPMENT USING THE SAME National Applied Research Laboratories CROW, ROBERT THOMAS 1682 §112 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Sep 16, 2022
17823265 SYSTEM FOR DISPLAY OF NEUROSTIMULATION USAGE AND COMPLIANCE Ebt Medical, Inc. EDWARDS, PHILIP CHARLES 3792 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 30, 2022
17714445 BUMP STRUCTURE OF CHIP Sitronix Technology Corp. BERRY, PAUL ANTHONY 2898 §102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 06, 2022
17444229 FLOW GUIDING STRUCTURE OF CHIP Sitronix Technology Corp. CHOUDHRY, MOHAMMAD M 2899 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 02, 2021
17146794 METHOD FOR PRODUCING HYPO-METALLATED REDOX-ACTIVE METALLOTHIONEIN PROTEIN AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION CONTAINING THE SAME Chun-Hung Kuo FISCHER, JOSEPH 1658 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 12, 2021

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