Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Shimokaji & Associates, P.C.

5 pending office actions • 4 clients • 5 examiners • 2 art units • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=967 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

89.1%
Allowance Rate
n=967
+0.50σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=967
2.6
OAs to Allowance
n=778
-0.60σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=778
916 days
Time to Allowance
n=778
-1.4pp
Interview Lift
n=967
15.4%
RCE Rate
n=967
1.9%
Appeal Rate
n=967

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

85.5%
§101 Overcome
n=83
89.0%
§102 Overcome
n=255
87.8%
§103 Overcome
n=457
91.2%
§112 Overcome
n=331

Specialization & Scale

G06F, H04N, H04M
Top CPC Subclasses
16%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=967
1
Practitioners
n=967
967.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=967

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
0
Due in next 60 days
1
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.

4
Hard (80%)
1
Medium (20%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other3 (60%)
§103 only1 (20%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (20%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
20% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
20% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
3
Business / Other
60% 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
TRAN, ERIC 1 69.8% +24.0%
HURUY, FEVEN HABTEMARIAM 1 100.0% +0.0%
LEWIS, PATRICK T 1 74.2% +14.3%
OLSON, JENNIFER MAR B 1 54.5% +19.4%
SASAN, ARADHANA 1 64.3% +26.6%

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18551592 SUPERABSORBENT HYDROGELS SASAN, ARADHANA 78d
18775920 HONOKIOL LIPOSOME TRANSDERMAL GEL, PREPARATION METHOD AND USE THEREOF TRAN, ERIC
18725219 DEVICE DEBUGGING METHOD, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM HURUY, FEVEN HABTEMARIAM
18689409 SUPERABSORBENT HYDROGELS WITH LIPASE INHIBITOR LEWIS, PATRICK T

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18498497 QUICK-INSTALLATION SOUNDPROOF CABIN AND ASSEMBLING METHOD THEREOF OLSON, JENNIFER MAR B 4d overdue
18551592 SUPERABSORBENT HYDROGELS SASAN, ARADHANA 78d
18775920 HONOKIOL LIPOSOME TRANSDERMAL GEL, PREPARATION METHOD AND USE THEREOF TRAN, ERIC
18689409 SUPERABSORBENT HYDROGELS WITH LIPASE INHIBITOR LEWIS, PATRICK T

Client Portfolio (4 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28371
16151

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18775920 HONOKIOL LIPOSOME TRANSDERMAL GEL, PREPARATION METHOD AND USE THEREOF Chengdu Jinrui Foundation Biotech Co., Ltd. TRAN, ERIC §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 17, 2024
18725219 DEVICE DEBUGGING METHOD, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Qkm Technology (Dong Guan) Co., Ltd. HURUY, FEVEN HABTEMARIAM §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 28, 2024
18689409 SUPERABSORBENT HYDROGELS WITH LIPASE INHIBITOR Junion Labs Pte. Ltd. LEWIS, PATRICK T §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 05, 2024
18498497 QUICK-INSTALLATION SOUNDPROOF CABIN AND ASSEMBLING METHOD THEREOF Dongguan Kingwells Test Equipment Manufacturing Limited OLSON, JENNIFER MAR B 2837 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Oct 31, 2023
18551592 SUPERABSORBENT HYDROGELS Junion Labs Pte. Ltd. SASAN, ARADHANA 1615 §102§103 Final Rejection 78d Pending Sep 20, 2023

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