Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Skaar Ulbrich Macari, P.A.

Technology areas: Networking & Security • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

50 pending office actions • 18 clients • 48 examiners • 36 art units • 0 of 50 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

This profile has 52 pending office actions in Networking & Security. Its career record includes 2281 applications, and the resolved allowance rate is 90.25%. The profile combines a substantial current docket with a broad historical application base.

The average is 3.04 office actions per allowance. This provides a planning reference for prosecution interaction in allowed matters, while the allowance rate offers historical outcome context. Practitioners should evaluate those measures separately from the pending workload when allocating resources.

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

Quality Metrics (n=2281 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

90.2%
Allowance Rate
n=2281
+0.53σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=2281
3.0
OAs to Allowance
n=1388
-0.30σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=1388
981 days
Time to Allowance
n=1388
+6.3pp
Interview Lift
n=2281
24.6%
RCE Rate
n=2281
2.9%
Appeal Rate
n=2281

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

82.1%
§101 Overcome
n=134
79.4%
§102 Overcome
n=586
81.0%
§103 Overcome
n=985
80.6%
§112 Overcome
n=509

Specialization & Scale

H04W, H04L, G06F
Top CPC Subclasses
30%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=2281
4
Practitioners
n=2281
570.2
Apps / Practitioner
n=2281

Portfolio Summary

50
Total Pending OAs
33
Non-Final OAs
17
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 13 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
7
Due this month
2
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. 13 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 30 days (7)Due ≤ 60 days (2)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.

23
Hard (46%)
21
Medium (42%)
5
Easy (10%)
1
Unknown (2%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (4%)
§103 only16 (32%)
§102 only4 (8%)
§112 only4 (8%)
Double-patenting only1 (2%)
Double-patenting + other1 (2%)
Multi-statute (no §101)21 (42%)
No statute on record1 (2%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
4% of docket
19
Information Tech
38% of docket
6
Communications
12% of docket
5
Semiconductors
10% of docket
17
Mechanical / Eng
34% of docket
1
Business / Other
2% 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.

500 h
Manual time on pending OAs
100 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
175 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
4.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HENSON, JAMAAL R 2 84.3% +4.5%
KIM, KI SEOK 2 — —
HUYNH, CHUCK 1 72.3% +14.0%
RAYAN, MIHIR K 1 84.9% +10.6%
LOUIS-FILS, NICOLE M 1 71.6% +35.3%
LABRANCHE, BROOKE N 1 72.1% +17.0%
TRAIL, ALLYSON NEEL 1 88.4% +7.1%
LEI, JIE 1 73.1% +16.8%
RANDALL, JR., KELVIN L 1 44.9% +16.7%
NGUYEN, ANGELA 1 73.6% +19.6%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19160430 DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING A HOLDING DEVICE WHICH CAN BE PLACED ON THE HEAD OF A USER RAYAN, MIHIR K —
17402103 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TIMER CONTROL FOR RRC CONNECTION RESUME PROCEDURE IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM HENSON, JAMAAL R —

Hard Cases (23)

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
17983217 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SLOT FORMAT INDICATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM LINDENBAUM, ALAN LOUIS 18d overdue
18743069 PAPER CARD PACKAGING AND METHOD OF PACKAGING PRODUCTS WITH PAPER CARD REYNOLDS, STEVEN ALAN 8d
18981127 ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM AND DISPATCH-ORDER GENERATION METHOD FOR LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT KIM, PATRICK 15d
18127653 DEVICE FOR NEEDLE-FREE INJECTION OF A FLUID GOLOVAN, MARK 15d
17640263 DEVICE FOR ADMINISTERING A FLUID NORTH, ISABELLA SARAH HYO SO 15d
18770225 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING MULTI-HOP UE-TO-NETWORK RELAY IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM KIM, KI SEOK 39d
18424850 MULTIDIRECTIONAL OPTICAL ELEMENT MUHAMMAD, KEY 53d
19246159 TISSUE ENGAGEMENT DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS LABRANCHE, BROOKE N —

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19251576 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WAIT TIMER OF NTN STORE AND FORWARD IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM LOUIS-FILS, NICOLE M 29d
19435943 METHOD AND APPARATUS OF HANDLING FOR CONFIGURING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING FUNCTIONALITIES IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM HUYNH, CHUCK —
19160430 DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING A HOLDING DEVICE WHICH CAN BE PLACED ON THE HEAD OF A USER RAYAN, MIHIR K —
19246159 TISSUE ENGAGEMENT DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS LABRANCHE, BROOKE N —
19101248 SPECTACLE LENS FOR A DISPLAY DEVICE WHICH CAN BE PLACED ON THE HEAD OF A USER AND WHICH GENERATES AN IMAGE, AND DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING SUCH A SPECTACLE LENS LEI, JIE —
19036904 TOILET PAPER DISPENSER RANDALL, JR., KELVIN L —
19000692 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DERIVING CELL REFERENCE LOCATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM NGUYEN, ANGELA —

Client Portfolio (18 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37836
28723
24793
24112
24732
24182
37912
26441
26221
26411

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19435943 METHOD AND APPARATUS OF HANDLING FOR CONFIGURING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING FUNCTIONALITIES IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Asus Technology Licensing Inc. HUYNH, CHUCK 2644 §102 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 30, 2025
19160430 DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING A HOLDING DEVICE WHICH CAN BE PLACED ON THE HEAD OF A USER Tooz Technologies GmbH RAYAN, MIHIR K 2622 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 27, 2025
19251576 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WAIT TIMER OF NTN STORE AND FORWARD IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Asus Technology Licensing Inc. LOUIS-FILS, NICOLE M 2641 §103 Final Rejection 29d Pending Jun 26, 2025
19246159 TISSUE ENGAGEMENT DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS Patvja One, LLC LABRANCHE, BROOKE N 3771 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 23, 2025
19075436 PARKING METER SYSTEM Municipal Parking Services, Inc. TRAIL, ALLYSON NEEL 2876 §102§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 10, 2025
19101248 SPECTACLE LENS FOR A DISPLAY DEVICE WHICH CAN BE PLACED ON THE HEAD OF A USER AND WHICH GENERATES AN IMAGE, AND DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING SUCH A SPECTACLE LENS Tooz Technologies GmbH LEI, JIE 2872 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 04, 2025
19036904 TOILET PAPER DISPENSER Satellite Industries, Inc. RANDALL, JR., KELVIN L 3651 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 24, 2025
19000692 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DERIVING CELL REFERENCE LOCATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Asustek Computer Inc. NGUYEN, ANGELA 2479 Other Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 23, 2024
18878055 REPLICATION METHOD WITH A CONTACT BODY Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH RIDDLE, CHRISTINA A 2882 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 22, 2024
18983328 SCOREKEEPING DRINKWARE Tally Tumbler LLC LUO, ZHEN-ZHONG NMN 3715 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 16, 2024
18981127 ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM AND DISPATCH-ORDER GENERATION METHOD FOR LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT Wpg Holdings Co., Ltd. KIM, PATRICK 3628 §101§103 Final Rejection 15d Pending Dec 13, 2024
18981275 PICKING MANAGEMENT DEVICE, PICKING MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM THEREOF Wpg Holdings Co., Ltd. RANDAZZO, THOMAS 3655 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 13, 2024
18872164 HOLOGRAPHIC OPTICAL MODULE, HOLOGRAPHIC DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING SUCH A HOLOGRAPHIC OPTICAL MODULE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUCH A HOLOGRAPHIC OPTICAL MODULE Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH OESTREICH, MITCHELL T 2872 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 05, 2024
18949465 MODULAR UTILITY TOOL Modl, Inc. LEE, MICHAEL S 3677 §102§103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 15, 2024
18945140 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RESOURCE DETERMINATION OF SIDELINK REFERENCE SIGNAL IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Asus Technology Licensing Inc. KWOH, JASPER C 2415 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 12, 2024
18942674 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL (RACH)-BASED SMALL DATA TRANSMISSION PROCEDURE IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Asustek Computer Inc. JANGBAHADUR, LAKERAM 2469 §103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 09, 2024
18933134 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FALLBACK ACTION OF SMALL DATA TRANSMISSION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Asustek Computer Inc. HENSON, JAMAAL R 2411 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 31, 2024
18930696 BIPOLAR ELECTRODE FOR A RESECTOSCOPE AND RESECTOSCOPE WITH SUCH A BIPOLAR ELECTRODE Henke-Sass, Wolf GmbH FLANAGAN, BEVERLY MEINDL §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 29, 2024
18913644 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NTN STORE AND FORWARD PROCEDURE IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Asus Technology Licensing Inc. GUEVARA, VINCENT JOSEPH S 2683 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 11, 2024
18902465 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UPLINK TRANSMISSION TO TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION POINT WITH REDUCED FUNCTIONALITY IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Asus Technology Licensing Inc. ORGAD, EDAN 2414 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 30, 2024
18889368 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OBTAINING TIME ALIGNMENT REGARDING MULTIPLE TRPS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Asustek Computer Inc. TAYLOR, NATHAN SCOTT 2643 DP Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 18, 2024
18846617 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PLASTIC MOLDING Tooz Technologies GmbH KHARE, ATUL P 1742 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 12, 2024
18781798 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTI-HOP UE FOR UE-TO-NETWORK RELAY DISCOVERY IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Asus Technology Licensing Inc. CHEEMA, HASAN ALI 2465 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 23, 2024
18775874 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDLING SIDELINK REFERENCE SIGNAL FOR BEAM MANAGEMENT IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Asus Technology Licensing Inc. BOKHARI, SYED M 2473 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 17, 2024
18770225 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING MULTI-HOP UE-TO-NETWORK RELAY IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Asus Technology Licensing Inc. KIM, KI SEOK 2418 §102§103 Final Rejection 39d Pending Jul 11, 2024
18769979 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING MULTI-HOP UE FOR UE-TO-UE RELAY IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Asus Technology Licensing Inc. KIM, KI SEOK 2418 §102Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 11, 2024
18755326 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDLING TIMING ADVANCE FOR CELLS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Asus Technology Licensing Inc. PATEL, NIMESH 2642 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 26, 2024
18719669 VETERINARY SYRINGE Henke-Sass, Wolf GmbH BOSWORTH, KAMI A 3783 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 13, 2024
18743069 PAPER CARD PACKAGING AND METHOD OF PACKAGING PRODUCTS WITH PAPER CARD Kingston Digital, Inc. REYNOLDS, STEVEN ALAN 3735 §102§103 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Jun 13, 2024
18719730 VETERINARY SYRINGE Henke-Sass, Wolf GmbH BRANDT, DAVID NELSON 3783 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 13, 2024
18716871 CONTROLLED ABSORBABLE SLING SYSTEM Azura Bio, Inc. KOHUTKA, BROOKE NICOLE 3791 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 05, 2024
18615159 APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR TESTING AND EXERCISING THE PELVIC FLOOR MUSCULATURE Pelvital Usa, Inc. TOICH, SARA KATHERINE 3700 §112 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 25, 2024
18613964 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CANCELLATION SEQUENCE IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Asus Technology Licensing Inc. CAO, NAM PHUONG 2479 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 22, 2024
18604103 Sensory Enclosure Assembly and Method of Improving Sensory Related Conditions Zpods Holdings LLC REDDY, SUNITA 3791 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 13, 2024
18424850 MULTIDIRECTIONAL OPTICAL ELEMENT National Central University MUHAMMAD, KEY 2872 §102§112 Non-Final OA 53d Pending Jan 28, 2024
18400676 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REQUESTING SIDELINK POSITIONING REFERENCE SIGNAL RESOURCE IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Asus Technology Licensing Inc. KAVLESKI, RYAN C 2412 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 29, 2023
18534303 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONFIGURING SIDELINK DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Asustek Computer Inc. CHOWDHURY, MOHAMMED SHAMSUL 2467 §103Other Final Rejection — Pending Dec 08, 2023
18568263 A DOUBLE-SIDED ADHESIVE FLEXOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE UNDERLAY Proshim Supplies UK Ltd. NORDMEYER, PATRICIA L 1788 §103 Final Rejection 26d Pending Dec 07, 2023
18504039 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SENSING AND SELECTION OF SIDELINK REFERENCE SIGNAL IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Asus Technology Licensing Inc. LE, BRIAN T 2479 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 07, 2023
18227344 Method and Apparatus for Sidelink Positioning Reference Signal in a Wireless Communication System Asus Technology Licensing Inc. KIM, ANDREW CHANUL 2471 §103 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Jul 28, 2023
18205280 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDOVER OF NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORK CELL IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Asus Technology Licensing Inc. CASTANEYRA, RICARDO H 2473 §102 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 02, 2023
18127653 DEVICE FOR NEEDLE-FREE INJECTION OF A FLUID Henke-Sass, Wolf GmbH GOLOVAN, MARK 3783 §103§112 Final Rejection 15d Pending Mar 28, 2023
18127646 DEVICE FOR NEEDLE-FREE INJECTION OF A FLUID INTO AN ANIMAL Henke-Sass, Wolf GmbH THOMAN, EVELYN ANNE 3783 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 28, 2023
18094957 HIDDEN CLIP AND FASTENING SYSTEM FOR DECKING Mn Fastener LLC TRAN, PHI DIEU 3633 §102 Final Rejection 44d overdue Pending Jan 09, 2023
17983217 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SLOT FORMAT INDICATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Asustek Computer Inc. LINDENBAUM, ALAN LOUIS 2413 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 18d overdue Pending Nov 08, 2022
17893137 METHOD AND SYSTEM TO EXECUTE TALPS USING DISTRIBUTED MOBILE APPLICATIONS AS PLATFORMS Pathway Analytics, Inc. MILLS, PAUL V 2196 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 22, 2022
17640263 DEVICE FOR ADMINISTERING A FLUID Henke-Sass, Wolf GmbH NORTH, ISABELLA SARAH HYO SO 3783 §103§112 Final Rejection 15d Pending Mar 03, 2022
17640239 DEVICE FOR ADMINISTERING A FLUID Henke-Sass, Wolf GmbH GONZALEZ, LEI NMN 3783 §103 Non-Final OA 69d Pending Mar 03, 2022
17547830 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONFIGURING SIDELINK DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Asustek Computer Inc. PHUNG, LUAT 2468 §103 Final Rejection 15d Pending Dec 10, 2021
17402103 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TIMER CONTROL FOR RRC CONNECTION RESUME PROCEDURE IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Asustek Computer Inc. HENSON, JAMAAL R 2411 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 13, 2021

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Skaar Ulbrich Macari, P.A.'s patent allowance rate?

90.2% of resolved applications prosecuted by Skaar Ulbrich Macari, P.A. were allowed, across 2,281 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Skaar Ulbrich Macari, P.A. average before allowance?

3.04 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Skaar Ulbrich Macari, P.A. have?

50 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 18 clients, before 48 examiners in 36 art units.

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