Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Saile Ackerman LLC

5 pending office actions • 5 clients • 5 examiners • 4 art units • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 13 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=4042 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

93.8%
Allowance Rate
n=4042
+0.55σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=4042
2.5
OAs to Allowance
n=3217
-0.37σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=3217
992 days
Time to Allowance
n=3217
+3.5pp
Interview Lift
n=4042
21.1%
RCE Rate
n=4042
1.4%
Appeal Rate
n=4042

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

85.7%
§101 Overcome
n=21
95.0%
§102 Overcome
n=262
92.5%
§103 Overcome
n=998
95.1%
§112 Overcome
n=243

Specialization & Scale

G11B, H01L, H10W
Top CPC Subclasses
24%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=4042
1
Practitioners
n=4042
4042.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=4042

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
3
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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
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 (20%)
3
Medium (60%)
1
Easy (20%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (20%)
§103 only3 (60%)
§112 only1 (20%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
20% of docket
3
Semiconductors
60% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
20% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LUONG, HENRY T 1 75.5% +18.4%
RENNER, CRAIG A 1 84.2% +17.6%
NORRIS, JEREMY C 1 86.5% +4.5%
KLEIN, JORDAN M 1 85.5% +8.7%
GEISS, BRIAN BUTLER 1 69.7% +23.6%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18667154 Transparent Flexible Circuits NORRIS, JEREMY C 33d
18738440 Novel DFH Bulge by Heat Sink Design RENNER, CRAIG A
18071819 Embedded Die Package KLEIN, JORDAN M

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
17719828 Method for Identifying a Leakage Current Path in a Circuit GEISS, BRIAN BUTLER 132d overdue

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
17719828 Method for Identifying a Leakage Current Path in a Circuit GEISS, BRIAN BUTLER 132d overdue
19222089 Headlamp with Improved User Interface for Battery Life Management LUONG, HENRY T
18738440 Novel DFH Bulge by Heat Sink Design RENNER, CRAIG A

Client Portfolio (5 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
26881
28471
28931
28571

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19222089 Headlamp with Improved User Interface for Battery Life Management Zedel LUONG, HENRY T §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 29, 2025
18738440 Novel DFH Bulge by Heat Sink Design Headway Technologies, Inc. RENNER, CRAIG A 2688 §112 Final Rejection Pending Jun 10, 2024
18667154 Transparent Flexible Circuits Xiamen Compass Technology Co., Ltd. NORRIS, JEREMY C 2847 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending May 17, 2024
18071819 Embedded Die Package Compass Technology Company Limited KLEIN, JORDAN M 2893 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 30, 2022
17719828 Method for Identifying a Leakage Current Path in a Circuit Dialog Semiconductor (Uk) Limited GEISS, BRIAN BUTLER 2857 §101 Non-Final OA 132d overdue Pending Apr 13, 2022

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