Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Smith Keane LLP

7 pending office actions • 5 clients • 7 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=255 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

89.0%
Allowance Rate
n=255
+0.57σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=255
2.6
OAs to Allowance
n=113
-0.49σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=113
873 days
Time to Allowance
n=113
+3.3pp
Interview Lift
n=255
18.9%
RCE Rate
n=255
0.8%
Appeal Rate
n=255

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=6 (min 20)
79.2%
§102 Overcome
n=48
75.0%
§103 Overcome
n=72
81.4%
§112 Overcome
n=59

Specialization & Scale

A61N, A61D, A61B
Top CPC Subclasses
15%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=255
2
Practitioners
n=255
127.5
Apps / Practitioner
n=255

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

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

2
Hard (29%)
4
Medium (57%)
1
Easy (14%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (43%)
§102 only1 (14%)
§112 only1 (14%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (29%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
14% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
14% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
43% of docket
2
Business / Other
29% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MAI, TRI M 1 36.2% +20.5%
KOLB, NATHANIEL J 1 62.5% +35.4%
TRAN, QUOC DUC 1 85.7% +4.8%
WONG, JESSICA BOWEN 1 67.1% +20.4%
GZYBOWSKI, MICHAEL STANLEY 1 67.1% +53.4%
TON, TRI T 1 86.1% +10.4%
VARGAS, ANNA ELIZABETH 1 59.7% +54.1%

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
18550247 Method and System for Calibrating Detection Efficiencies For Condensation Particle Counters TON, TRI T 71d overdue
18923417 Telecommunications Technology TRAN, QUOC DUC

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
18550249 Chemical Systems and Methods GZYBOWSKI, MICHAEL STANLEY 12d
18872363 COVER FOR PROTECTING ARTICLES MAI, TRI M

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18550247 Method and System for Calibrating Detection Efficiencies For Condensation Particle Counters TON, TRI T 71d overdue
18782089 ANIMAL FEEDER SYSTEM WITH OPPOSED OPENABLE DOORS WONG, JESSICA BOWEN 70d overdue
18550249 Chemical Systems and Methods GZYBOWSKI, MICHAEL STANLEY 12d
18872363 COVER FOR PROTECTING ARTICLES MAI, TRI M
18933915 Tuning Aerosolization Parameters to Distinguish the Contributions of Particle and Particle-Precursor Concentrations for Liquid Samples KOLB, NATHANIEL J
17918614 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ORAL IONTOPHORESIS VARGAS, ANNA ELIZABETH

Client Portfolio (5 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37331
36441
17981
28771
37831

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18872363 COVER FOR PROTECTING ARTICLES Cocoon Factory MAI, TRI M 3733 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 06, 2024
18933915 Tuning Aerosolization Parameters to Distinguish the Contributions of Particle and Particle-Precursor Concentrations for Liquid Samples Kanomax Fmt, Inc. KOLB, NATHANIEL J §112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 31, 2024
18923417 Telecommunications Technology T. W. Vending, Inc. TRAN, QUOC DUC §102Other Non-Final OA Pending Oct 22, 2024
18782089 ANIMAL FEEDER SYSTEM WITH OPPOSED OPENABLE DOORS Deadfall LLC WONG, JESSICA BOWEN 3644 §103 Non-Final OA 70d overdue Pending Jul 24, 2024
18550249 Chemical Systems and Methods Kanomax Fmt, Inc. GZYBOWSKI, MICHAEL STANLEY 1798 §102§103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Sep 12, 2023
18550247 Method and System for Calibrating Detection Efficiencies For Condensation Particle Counters Kanomax Fmt, Inc. TON, TRI T 2877 §103 Non-Final OA 71d overdue Pending Sep 12, 2023
17918614 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ORAL IONTOPHORESIS Biolectrics LLC VARGAS, ANNA ELIZABETH 3783 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 13, 2022

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