Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Skaar Ulbrich Macari, P.A.

35 pending office actions • 14 clients • 35 examiners • 21 art units • 0 of 35 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=2255 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

90.3%
Allowance Rate
n=2255
+0.54σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=2255
3.1
OAs to Allowance
n=1381
-0.30σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=1381
979 days
Time to Allowance
n=1381
+6.1pp
Interview Lift
n=2255
24.1%
RCE Rate
n=2255
2.9%
Appeal Rate
n=2255

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

82.0%
§101 Overcome
n=133
81.8%
§102 Overcome
n=570
82.7%
§103 Overcome
n=964
82.8%
§112 Overcome
n=494

Specialization & Scale

H04W, H04L, G06F
Top CPC Subclasses
30%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=2255
4
Practitioners
n=2255
563.8
Apps / Practitioner
n=2255

Portfolio Summary

35
Total Pending OAs
21
Non-Final OAs
14
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
5
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. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (5)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.

12
Hard (34%)
21
Medium (60%)
1
Easy (3%)
1
Unknown (3%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (6%)
§103 only18 (51%)
§102 only3 (9%)
Double-patenting only1 (3%)
Multi-statute (no §101)10 (29%)
No statute on record1 (3%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
9% of docket
12
Information Tech
34% of docket
1
Communications
3% of docket
2
Semiconductors
6% of docket
8
Mechanical / Eng
23% of docket
9
Business / Other
26% 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.

350 h
Manual time on pending OAs
70 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
122 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TRAIL, ALLYSON NEEL 1 88.5% +7.0%
RANDALL, JR., KELVIN L 1 44.6% +16.7%
RIDDLE, CHRISTINA A 1 80.8% +13.8%
HASAN, MOHAMMED A 1 90.3% +5.2%
LEE, MICHAEL S 1 63.4% +20.9%
KWOH, JASPER C 1 63.5% +11.9%
KHARE, ATUL P 1 54.8% +72.6%
YI, STELLA KIM 1 70.8% +28.8%
MEDICH, ANGELA MARGOT 1 66.8% +19.6%
PARK, CHONGSUH 1 59.8% +18.2%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18878055 REPLICATION METHOD WITH A CONTACT BODY RIDDLE, CHRISTINA A

Hard Cases (12)

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
18743069 PAPER CARD PACKAGING AND METHOD OF PACKAGING PRODUCTS WITH PAPER CARD REYNOLDS, STEVEN ALAN 8d
18127653 DEVICE FOR NEEDLE-FREE INJECTION OF A FLUID GOLOVAN, MARK 15d
18654290 WAVEFRONT MANIPULATOR FOR ARRANGEMENT IN THE BEAM PATH OF A HEAD-UP DISPLAY COMPRISING A HOLOGRAPHIC ARRANGEMENT AS SOLE ABERRATION CORRECTION ELEMENT JUNG, JONATHAN Y 34d
18874800 OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE HAVING A CURVED GRIN ELEMENT HASAN, MOHAMMED A
18843603 WAVEFRONT MANIPULATOR FOR HEAD-UP DISPLAY WITH HOLOGRAPHIC ELEMENT TO CREATE A TILTED VIRTUAL IMAGE PLANE MEDICH, ANGELA MARGOT
18760834 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDLING RANDOM ACCESS IN NTN IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM PATIDAR, SUDESH M
18400676 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REQUESTING SIDELINK POSITIONING REFERENCE SIGNAL RESOURCE IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM KAVLESKI, RYAN C
18517856 APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR TISSUE REGENERATION STUART, COLIN W

Interview Candidates (8)

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
18783290 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RANDOM ACCESS REPORT IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM PARK, CHONGSUH 3d overdue
19036904 TOILET PAPER DISPENSER RANDALL, JR., KELVIN L
18878055 REPLICATION METHOD WITH A CONTACT BODY RIDDLE, CHRISTINA A
18949465 MODULAR UTILITY TOOL LEE, MICHAEL S
18945140 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RESOURCE DETERMINATION OF SIDELINK REFERENCE SIGNAL IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM KWOH, JASPER C
18846617 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PLASTIC MOLDING KHARE, ATUL P
18846621 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PLASTIC MOULDED PART YI, STELLA KIM
18843603 WAVEFRONT MANIPULATOR FOR HEAD-UP DISPLAY WITH HOLOGRAPHIC ELEMENT TO CREATE A TILTED VIRTUAL IMAGE PLANE MEDICH, ANGELA MARGOT

Client Portfolio (14 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
24783
37833
17422
28761
36771
24151
24181
37351
28711
24121

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19075436 PARKING METER SYSTEM Municipal Parking Services, Inc. TRAIL, ALLYSON NEEL 2876 Other Non-Final OA Pending Mar 10, 2025
19036904 TOILET PAPER DISPENSER Satellite Industries, Inc. RANDALL, JR., KELVIN L §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 24, 2025
18878055 REPLICATION METHOD WITH A CONTACT BODY Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH RIDDLE, CHRISTINA A §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 22, 2024
18874800 OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE HAVING A CURVED GRIN ELEMENT Carl Zeiss AG HASAN, MOHAMMED A §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 13, 2024
18949465 MODULAR UTILITY TOOL Modl, Inc. LEE, MICHAEL S 3677 DP 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 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 12, 2024
18846617 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PLASTIC MOLDING Tooz Technologies GmbH KHARE, ATUL P 1742 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 12, 2024
18846621 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PLASTIC MOULDED PART Tooz Technologies GmbH YI, STELLA KIM 1742 §102Other Non-Final OA Pending Sep 12, 2024
18843603 WAVEFRONT MANIPULATOR FOR HEAD-UP DISPLAY WITH HOLOGRAPHIC ELEMENT TO CREATE A TILTED VIRTUAL IMAGE PLANE Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH MEDICH, ANGELA MARGOT §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 03, 2024
18783290 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RANDOM ACCESS REPORT IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Asus Technology Licensing Inc. PARK, CHONGSUH 2478 §103 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Jul 24, 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 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 17, 2024
18771777 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIDELINK TRANSMISSION WITH BEAMFORMING IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Asus Technology Licensing Inc. KURIAN, ANDREW SHAJI §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 12, 2024
18772002 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDLING UE-INITIATED BEAM CHANGE IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Asus Technology Licensing Inc. COBY, FRANTZ §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 12, 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
18760834 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDLING RANDOM ACCESS IN NTN IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Asus Technology Licensing Inc. PATIDAR, SUDESH M §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 01, 2024
18743069 PAPER CARD PACKAGING AND METHOD OF PACKAGING PRODUCTS WITH PAPER CARD Kingston Digital, Inc. REYNOLDS, STEVEN ALAN 3735 §102§103 Final Rejection 8d Pending Jun 13, 2024
18719730 VETERINARY SYRINGE Henke-Sass, Wolf GmbH BRANDT, DAVID NELSON §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 13, 2024
18654290 WAVEFRONT MANIPULATOR FOR ARRANGEMENT IN THE BEAM PATH OF A HEAD-UP DISPLAY COMPRISING A HOLOGRAPHIC ARRANGEMENT AS SOLE ABERRATION CORRECTION ELEMENT Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH JUNG, JONATHAN Y 2871 §102§103 Final Rejection 34d Pending May 03, 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 Final Rejection Pending Dec 29, 2023
18568263 A DOUBLE-SIDED ADHESIVE FLEXOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE UNDERLAY Proshim Supplies UK Ltd. NORDMEYER, PATRICIA L 1788 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Dec 07, 2023
18517856 APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR TISSUE REGENERATION Pelvital Usa, Inc. STUART, COLIN W 3785 §101§103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Nov 22, 2023
18501805 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIDELINK RESOURCE SELECTION OR EXCLUSION OF MULTI-CONSECUTIVE TIME TRANSMISSION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Asus Technology Licensing Inc. WU, JIANYE 2462 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 03, 2023
18373817 METHOD AND APPARATUS OF DOWNLINK CONTROL INFORMATION FOR SCHEDULING SIDELINK REFERENCE SIGNAL IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Asus Technology Licensing Inc. LINDENBAUM, ALAN LOUIS 2413 §102 Final Rejection Pending Sep 27, 2023
18283734 STABLE LOCKING FIXATION OF THREADED BONE PINS AND OTHER COMPONENTS OF RING EXTERNAL FIXATOR Kiran Saldanha Limited COTRONEO, STEVEN J 3773 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 22, 2023
18238120 ELECTRONIC COMPUTING DEVICE, AND IMAGE ANALYSIS METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT THEREOF Influx Financial Technology Co. Ltd. MOTSINGER, SEAN T 2673 §101§112 Final Rejection Pending Aug 25, 2023
18144579 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TREATMENT OF DIABETIC RETINOPATHY (DR) Minnesota Medical Physics LLC CASLER, BRIAN L 3791 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 08, 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
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
18126109 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FAILURE HANDLING IN SERVING CELL CHANGE IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Asustek Computer Inc. VAN ROIE, JUSTIN T 2469 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 24, 2023
18117261 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTIPLE BEAMS COLLISION HANDLING IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Asustek Computer Inc. SEFCHECK, GREGORY B 2477 §103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Mar 03, 2023
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
17724763 METHOD AND USER EQUIPMENT FOR HANDLING MEASUREMENT CONFIGURATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Asustek Computer Inc. CERLANEK, ADAM JOEL 2478 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Apr 20, 2022
17640239 DEVICE FOR ADMINISTERING A FLUID Henke-Sass, Wolf GmbH GONZALEZ, LEI NMN 3783 §103 Final Rejection 69d Pending Mar 03, 2022
17402103 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TIMER CONTROL FOR RRC CONNECTION RESUME PROCEDURE IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Asustek Computer Inc. HENSON, JAMAAL R 2411 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 13, 2021
17395797 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RESOURCE ALLOCATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Asustek Computer Inc. VOGEL, JAY L. 2478 §103 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Aug 06, 2021

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