Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Schott, P.C.

19 pending office actions • 13 clients • 18 examiners • 15 art units • 0 of 19 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=859 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

84.2%
Allowance Rate
n=859
+0.42σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=859
3.8
OAs to Allowance
n=506
-0.23σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=506
1139 days
Time to Allowance
n=506
+7.3pp
Interview Lift
n=859
32.3%
RCE Rate
n=859
1.3%
Appeal Rate
n=859

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

65.7%
§101 Overcome
n=70
75.7%
§102 Overcome
n=247
71.4%
§103 Overcome
n=360
72.1%
§112 Overcome
n=305

Specialization & Scale

A47J, A61B, G06F
Top CPC Subclasses
14%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=859
0
Practitioners
n=859
Apps / Practitioner
n=859 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

19
Total Pending OAs
14
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

7
Overdue
1
Due this week
1
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. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (7)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (1)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.

10
Hard (53%)
9
Medium (47%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (5%)
§103 only9 (47%)
Multi-statute (no §101)9 (47%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
16% of docket
4
Information Tech
21% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
3
Semiconductors
16% of docket
7
Mechanical / Eng
37% of docket
2
Business / Other
11% 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.

190 h
Manual time on pending OAs
38 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
66 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SUH, ANDREW 2 79.2% +40.0%
TRAN, LOI H 1 64.7% +23.1%
BOEHLER, ANNE MARIE M 1 67.1% +13.6%
GAMBETTA, KELLY M 1 72.0% +32.9%
FAUBERT, SAMANTHA LYNETTE 1 85.2% -2.4%
TAWFIK, SAMEH 1 63.0% +31.1%
DEVINE, MOLLY K 1 67.4% +30.4%
WANG, ALEXANDER A 1 65.9% +22.1%
PLUMB, NIGEL H 1 90.7% +1.1%
AYNALEM, NATHNAEL B 1 76.1% +13.1%

Hard Cases (10)

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
18301365 BIOSOLID TREATMENT PROCESS AND SYSTEM LAU, JASON 38d overdue
18695147 BURIED PIPE ASSESSMENTS (CONDITION ASSESSMENT AND MATERIAL IDENTIFICATION) BASED ON STRESS WAVE PROPAGATION PLUMB, NIGEL H 4d overdue
18465258 UNIVERSAL FACIAL REJUVENATION TREATMENT SYSTEM (U-FRTS) DANG, ANH TIEU 28d
18519469 PORTABLE SURGICAL METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND APPARATUS AYNALEM, NATHNAEL B 34d
18610571 System and Method for Secure-Core Silicon Mobile End-Points to Detrimne KYC and KYT SUH, ANDREW 75d
18859908 SURFACTANT-LOADED MOF-BASED ANTIVIRAL FABRIC FOR USE IN FACEMASKS AND RESPIRATORS GAMBETTA, KELLY M
18854582 INTEGRATED SOLID-STATE CIRCUIT BREAKER WITH SUPERCONDUCTING FAULT CURRENT LIMITER FAUBERT, SAMANTHA LYNETTE
18721313 UNDIFFERENTIATED WASTE SEPARATION DEVICE DEVINE, MOLLY K

Interview Candidates (9)

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
18146145 Physical Layer Key based Interleaving for Secure Wireless Communication SUH, ANDREW 44d overdue
18849186 PRODUCTION METHOD AND PRODUCTION SYSTEM FOR FIBER BASED CELLULOSE MATERIAL PRODUCTS TAWFIK, SAMEH 19d overdue
18519469 PORTABLE SURGICAL METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND APPARATUS AYNALEM, NATHNAEL B 34d
18610571 System and Method for Secure-Core Silicon Mobile End-Points to Detrimne KYC and KYT SUH, ANDREW 75d
19207946 ADJUSTABLE STEREOSCOPIC CAMERA ALIGNMENT SYSTEM TRAN, LOI H
18870979 BICYCLE WITH REAR SUSPENSION AND RELATIVE DEVICE FOR COMPENSATING CHAIN PULL BOEHLER, ANNE MARIE M
18859908 SURFACTANT-LOADED MOF-BASED ANTIVIRAL FABRIC FOR USE IN FACEMASKS AND RESPIRATORS GAMBETTA, KELLY M
18721313 UNDIFFERENTIATED WASTE SEPARATION DEVICE DEVINE, MOLLY K

Client Portfolio (13 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
24932
37622
24841
17181
28381
37311
36531
17411
28551
24881

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19207946 ADJUSTABLE STEREOSCOPIC CAMERA ALIGNMENT SYSTEM X-Biomedical, Inc. TRAN, LOI H 2484 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 14, 2025
18870979 BICYCLE WITH REAR SUSPENSION AND RELATIVE DEVICE FOR COMPENSATING CHAIN PULL Ochain S.r.l. BOEHLER, ANNE MARIE M §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 02, 2024
18859908 SURFACTANT-LOADED MOF-BASED ANTIVIRAL FABRIC FOR USE IN FACEMASKS AND RESPIRATORS Drexel University GAMBETTA, KELLY M 1718 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 24, 2024
18854582 INTEGRATED SOLID-STATE CIRCUIT BREAKER WITH SUPERCONDUCTING FAULT CURRENT LIMITER University Of Nebraska FAUBERT, SAMANTHA LYNETTE 2838 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 07, 2024
18849186 PRODUCTION METHOD AND PRODUCTION SYSTEM FOR FIBER BASED CELLULOSE MATERIAL PRODUCTS Blue Ocean Closures AB TAWFIK, SAMEH 3731 §103 Final Rejection 19d overdue Pending Sep 20, 2024
18721313 UNDIFFERENTIATED WASTE SEPARATION DEVICE Fluiteco Srl DEVINE, MOLLY K 3653 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 18, 2024
18699053 PRESS MOLDING METHOD OF A CUP SHAPED FIBER PRODUCT, A FIBER PRESS MOLD AND A CUP SHAPED FIBER PRODUCT Blue Ocean Closures AB WANG, ALEXANDER A 1741 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 05, 2024
18695147 BURIED PIPE ASSESSMENTS (CONDITION ASSESSMENT AND MATERIAL IDENTIFICATION) BASED ON STRESS WAVE PROPAGATION Drexel University PLUMB, NIGEL H 2855 §102§112Other Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Mar 25, 2024
18610571 System and Method for Secure-Core Silicon Mobile End-Points to Detrimne KYC and KYT Slc Corporation SUH, ANDREW 2493 §101§103 Final Rejection 75d Pending Mar 20, 2024
18519469 PORTABLE SURGICAL METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND APPARATUS X-Biomedical, Inc. AYNALEM, NATHNAEL B 2488 §103§112 Final Rejection 34d Pending Nov 27, 2023
18479878 PORTABLE EXTREMELY FAST CHARGER FOR OFF-ROAD ELECTRIC VEHICLES Drexel University MIKELS, MATTHEW §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 03, 2023
18470436 WATER HEATER FIXING ASSEMBLY Noritz America Corporation ANDERSON II, STEVEN S 3762 §103 Non-Final OA 81d overdue Pending Sep 20, 2023
18465258 UNIVERSAL FACIAL REJUVENATION TREATMENT SYSTEM (U-FRTS) Skin Aesthetics Inc. DANG, ANH TIEU 3771 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Sep 12, 2023
18301365 BIOSOLID TREATMENT PROCESS AND SYSTEM Ecoremedy, LLC LAU, JASON 3762 §102§103Other Non-Final OA 38d overdue Pending Apr 17, 2023
18174732 INDIUM BASED SOL-GEL OXIDE PRECURSOR FILMS AS EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET AND LOW-ENERGY ELECTRON BEAM RESISTS BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM TRAYWICK, ANDREW PRESTON 1737 §103 Final Rejection 184d overdue Pending Feb 27, 2023
18004435 A HYDROFOIL VESSEL Candela Technology AB VASUDEVA, AJAY 3615 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 05, 2023
18146145 Physical Layer Key based Interleaving for Secure Wireless Communication Drexel University SUH, ANDREW 2493 §103 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Dec 23, 2022
17929059 MOISTURE SENSING USING RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID) Drexel University MAINI, RAHUL 2858 §103 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Sep 01, 2022
17767934 RADIATION GRILL APPARATUS Koninklijke Philips N.V. WANG, FRANKLIN JEFFERSON 3761 §103 Non-Final OA 91d overdue Pending Apr 11, 2022

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