Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Schwabe Williamson& Wyatt

22 pending office actions • 19 clients • 22 examiners • 17 art units • 0 of 22 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 101 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=16606 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

90.1%
Allowance Rate
n=16606
+0.47σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=16606
3.5
OAs to Allowance
n=9518
+0.07σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=9518
1082 days
Time to Allowance
n=9518
+0.8pp
Interview Lift
n=16606
28.6%
RCE Rate
n=16606
1.6%
Appeal Rate
n=16606

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

87.3%
§101 Overcome
n=1148
82.8%
§102 Overcome
n=4520
83.0%
§103 Overcome
n=6194
85.0%
§112 Overcome
n=3354

Specialization & Scale

H01L, H10W, H10D
Top CPC Subclasses
30%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=16606
0
Practitioners
n=16606
Apps / Practitioner
n=16606 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

22
Total Pending OAs
10
Non-Final OAs
12
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
0
Due this week
4
Due this month
0
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. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 30 days (4)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.

13
Hard (59%)
8
Medium (36%)
1
Easy (5%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only7 (32%)
§102 only1 (5%)
Double-patenting only1 (5%)
Multi-statute (no §101)13 (59%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
18% of docket
1
Information Tech
5% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
3
Semiconductors
14% of docket
13
Mechanical / Eng
59% of docket
1
Business / Other
5% 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.

220 h
Manual time on pending OAs
44 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
77 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TON, MARTIN TRUYEN 1 61.8% +35.0%
PRANGE, SHARON M 1 54.0% +46.7%
DELAHOUSSAYE, KEITH G 1 80.1% +18.9%
LOEPPKE, JANIE MEREDITH 1 55.1% +29.3%
GOMBERG, BENJAMIN S 1 66.9% +29.2%
GRUBY, RANDALL A 1 62.5% +43.6%
RODRIGUEZ, JOSHUA KIEL MIGUEL 1 73.8% +15.6%
RAMSEY, JEREMY C 1 52.5% +46.8%
SIPES, JOHN CURTIS 1 79.3% +17.2%
SU, SUSAN SHAN 1 71.9% +23.6%

Hard Cases (13)

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
17255068 Ultraviolet Indicators, Formulations, and Suncare Kits Comprising the Same PROSSER, ALISSA J 45d overdue
18454714 FIRE-RETARDANT CORES FOR HOLLOW-CORE DOORS AGUDELO, PAOLA 19d overdue
18832078 REUSABLE CANISTER SYSTEM FOR DISPENSING FLUID GRUBY, RANDALL A 16d overdue
18939397 KNIT SHOES WITH ELASTIC REGION PRANGE, SHARON M 19d
17634910 COMPRESSION THERAPY ARRANGEMENT AND METHODS FOR OPERATING AND MONITORING THE SAME NGUYEN, CAMTU TRAN 22d
17642183 ROLLER DOOR HANES JR., JOHN 63d
18992663 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TRANS-CERVICAL DELIVERY OF AGENTS TON, MARTIN TRUYEN
18859394 LAYERED TRIM STRUCTURE DELAHOUSSAYE, KEITH G

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
18528557 POST-PARTUM HEMORRHAGE TREATMENT DEVICE SU, SUSAN SHAN 30d overdue
18832078 REUSABLE CANISTER SYSTEM FOR DISPENSING FLUID GRUBY, RANDALL A 16d overdue
18710499 ROTOR STRUCTURE AND FORMING METHOD THEREFOR, AND ELECTRIC MOTOR STRUCTURE RODRIGUEZ, JOSHUA KIEL MIGUEL 4d overdue
18939397 KNIT SHOES WITH ELASTIC REGION PRANGE, SHARON M 19d
18992663 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TRANS-CERVICAL DELIVERY OF AGENTS TON, MARTIN TRUYEN
18859394 LAYERED TRIM STRUCTURE DELAHOUSSAYE, KEITH G
18851553 URINAL LOEPPKE, JANIE MEREDITH
18794856 LOCKING ADJUSTMENT DEVICE GOMBERG, BENJAMIN S

Client Portfolio (19 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37712
37542
36342
37862
37321
36411
28341
28721
37811
28551

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18992663 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TRANS-CERVICAL DELIVERY OF AGENTS Oregon Health & Science University TON, MARTIN TRUYEN 3771 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 09, 2025
18939397 KNIT SHOES WITH ELASTIC REGION Allbirds, Inc. PRANGE, SHARON M 3732 §102§103 Final Rejection 19d Pending Nov 06, 2024
18859394 LAYERED TRIM STRUCTURE Bentley Motors Limited DELAHOUSSAYE, KEITH G §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 23, 2024
18851553 URINAL Lixil (China) Investment Co., Ltd. LOEPPKE, JANIE MEREDITH 3754 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 26, 2024
18794856 LOCKING ADJUSTMENT DEVICE Leupold & Stevens, Inc. GOMBERG, BENJAMIN S 3641 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 05, 2024
18832078 REUSABLE CANISTER SYSTEM FOR DISPENSING FLUID Dune Sciences, Inc. GRUBY, RANDALL A 3754 §102§103 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Jul 22, 2024
18710499 ROTOR STRUCTURE AND FORMING METHOD THEREFOR, AND ELECTRIC MOTOR STRUCTURE Zhejiang Founder Motor Co., Ltd. RODRIGUEZ, JOSHUA KIEL MIGUEL 2834 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending May 15, 2024
18290696 DOOR Seuster Kg RAMSEY, JEREMY C 3634 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jan 19, 2024
18412349 FOLDED LIGHT PATH OPTIC HOUSING WITH INTEGRALLY FORMED CHANNEL SECTIONS Leupold & Stevens, Inc. SIPES, JOHN CURTIS 2872 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 12, 2024
18528557 POST-PARTUM HEMORRHAGE TREATMENT DEVICE Obstetrx, Inc. SU, SUSAN SHAN 3781 §103Other Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Dec 04, 2023
18550863 A METHOD OF MEASURING SOIL Australian Natural Capital (Ip) Pty Ltd. FITZGERALD, JOHN P 2855 §102 Final Rejection Pending Sep 15, 2023
18239460 COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING DECITABINE AND TETRAHYDROURIDINE AND USES THEREOF The Board Of Trustees Of The University Of Illinois BAKSHI, PANCHAM 1623 DP Non-Final OA Pending Aug 29, 2023
18454714 FIRE-RETARDANT CORES FOR HOLLOW-CORE DOORS Timber Products Co. Limited Partnership AGUDELO, PAOLA 3633 §103§112 Final Rejection 19d overdue Pending Aug 23, 2023
18025489 AUXETIC DEVICE DELIVERY APPARATUS AND METHOD Oregon Health & Science University HOUSTON, ELIZABETH 3771 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 09, 2023
18156937 DETECTING OF BUSINESS EMAIL COMPROMISE Zapfraud, Inc. CHEN, SHIN HON 2431 §103 Final Rejection 22d Pending Jan 19, 2023
17634910 COMPRESSION THERAPY ARRANGEMENT AND METHODS FOR OPERATING AND MONITORING THE SAME LOHMANN & RAUSCHER GMBH NGUYEN, CAMTU TRAN 3786 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Oct 14, 2022
17875924 DENTAL EQUIPMENT SERVICE APPLICATION A-Dec, Inc. EVANS, ASHLEY ELIZABETH 3687 §103 Final Rejection 15d Pending Jul 28, 2022
17787211 BUILD ORIENTATION OPTIMISATION METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING AN ARTICLE BY ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING Lpw Technology Ltd. CARPENTER, JOSHUA S 1733 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 17, 2022
17642183 ROLLER DOOR Seuster Kg HANES JR., JOHN 3634 §102§103 Non-Final OA 63d Pending Mar 10, 2022
17261280 A METHOD OF GENERATING STERILE PROGENY Center For Aquaculture Technologies, Inc. BATES, KEENAN ALEXANDER 1631 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jan 19, 2021
17255068 Ultraviolet Indicators, Formulations, and Suncare Kits Comprising the Same SunFly Brands, Inc. PROSSER, ALISSA J 1619 §103§112 Final Rejection 45d overdue Pending Dec 22, 2020
15569724 WOUND DRESSING Medtrade Products Limited FISHER, VICTORIA HICKS 3786 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 26, 2017

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