Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Smith Ip Services, P.C.

8 pending office actions • 3 clients • 8 examiners • 4 art units • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=591 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

81.0%
Allowance Rate
n=591
+0.40σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=591
4.1
OAs to Allowance
n=332
+0.38σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=332
941 days
Time to Allowance
n=332
+10.9pp
Interview Lift
n=591
26.3%
RCE Rate
n=591
8.5%
Appeal Rate
n=591

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

68.2%
§101 Overcome
n=22
80.4%
§102 Overcome
n=224
78.9%
§103 Overcome
n=251
89.6%
§112 Overcome
n=144

Specialization & Scale

E21B, B60G, E02F
Top CPC Subclasses
48%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=591
1
Practitioners
n=591
591.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=591

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
1
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
1
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
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.

2
Hard (25%)
6
Medium (75%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (25%)
§102 only3 (38%)
Double-patenting + other1 (12%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (25%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
7
Mechanical / Eng
88% of docket
1
Business / Other
12% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
QUAIM, LAMIA 1 74.3% +17.2%
AKAKPO, DANY E 1 87.2% +12.8%
FULLER, ROBERT EDWARD 1 79.0% +2.9%
AHMED, MOBEEN 1 61.2% +7.7%
SAYRE, JAMES G 1 84.0% +12.8%
WALLACE, KIPP CHARLES 1 78.4% +25.5%
EVANS, GEOFFREY T 1 85.3% +8.7%
YAO, THEODORE N 1 67.1% +38.2%

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
19213758 ADVANCING A TUBULAR STRING IN A WELLBORE AKAKPO, DANY E

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18891667 COILED TUBING CONVEYED ELECTRICAL ORIENTER SAYRE, JAMES G 5d
18590522 GUIDANCE AND EVENT PREDICTION FOR WELL DRILLING OPERATIONS EVANS, GEOFFREY T

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18532600 TUBULAR COMPENSATION SYSTEM YAO, THEODORE N 146d overdue
18891667 COILED TUBING CONVEYED ELECTRICAL ORIENTER SAYRE, JAMES G 5d
19437511 INDICATION OF COMPRESSION LOADING IN DOWNHOLE TOOL STRINGS QUAIM, LAMIA
19213758 ADVANCING A TUBULAR STRING IN A WELLBORE AKAKPO, DANY E
18759490 LINER HANGER RUNNING TOOL WITH CONTINGENCY RELEASE WALLACE, KIPP CHARLES

Client Portfolio (3 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36763
36722
37311
36741

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19437511 INDICATION OF COMPRESSION LOADING IN DOWNHOLE TOOL STRINGS Thru Tubing Solutions, Inc. QUAIM, LAMIA 3676 §102§103DP Non-Final OA Pending Dec 31, 2025
19213758 ADVANCING A TUBULAR STRING IN A WELLBORE Thru Tubing Solutions, Inc. AKAKPO, DANY E 3672 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 20, 2025
19208106 CEMENTING STAGE TOOL AND ASSOCIATED METHODS Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLC FULLER, ROBERT EDWARD 3676 §102 Final Rejection Pending May 14, 2025
19050753 AUTOMATED BOX OPENER SYSTEM AND METHOD Design & Assembly Concepts, Inc. AHMED, MOBEEN 3731 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 11, 2025
18891667 COILED TUBING CONVEYED ELECTRICAL ORIENTER Thru Tubing Solutions, Inc. SAYRE, JAMES G 3672 §102§103 Final Rejection 5d Pending Sep 20, 2024
18759490 LINER HANGER RUNNING TOOL WITH CONTINGENCY RELEASE Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLC WALLACE, KIPP CHARLES 3674 §102Other Non-Final OA Pending Jun 28, 2024
18590522 GUIDANCE AND EVENT PREDICTION FOR WELL DRILLING OPERATIONS Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLC EVANS, GEOFFREY T §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 28, 2024
18532600 TUBULAR COMPENSATION SYSTEM Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLC YAO, THEODORE N 3676 §102 Non-Final OA 146d overdue Pending Dec 07, 2023

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