Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

SoCal IP Law Group LLP

Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

17 pending office actions • 15 clients • 17 examiners • 11 art units • 0 of 17 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

SoCAL IP LAW GROUP LLP handles 2972 career applications in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The firm has a resolved allowance rate pct of 84.55. Its prosecution history includes an avg office actions per allowance of 3.0.

The firm is currently addressing 11 pending office actions. The 84.55 resolved allowance rate pct and 3.0 avg office actions per allowance are based on the firm's 2972 career applications. These metrics provide a data-driven profile of the firm's performance in its primary technology area.

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

Quality Metrics (n=2972 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

84.6%
Allowance Rate
n=2972
+0.47σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=2972
3.0
OAs to Allowance
n=1997
-0.31σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=1997
974 days
Time to Allowance
n=1997
+9.3pp
Interview Lift
n=2972
21.5%
RCE Rate
n=2972
2.1%
Appeal Rate
n=2972

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

77.4%
§101 Overcome
n=354
77.4%
§102 Overcome
n=743
78.6%
§103 Overcome
n=1283
81.4%
§112 Overcome
n=721

Specialization & Scale

G06F, H04N, H04L
Top CPC Subclasses
27%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=2972
6
Practitioners
n=2972
495.3
Apps / Practitioner
n=2972

Portfolio Summary

17
Total Pending OAs
13
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Due ≤ 30 days (5)

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.

5
Hard (29%)
10
Medium (59%)
2
Easy (12%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other3 (18%)
§103 only6 (35%)
§102 only1 (6%)
§112 only2 (12%)
Double-patenting + other3 (18%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (12%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
6% of docket
2
Information Tech
12% of docket
2
Communications
12% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
35% of docket
6
Business / Other
35% 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.

170 h
Manual time on pending OAs
34 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
59 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TORGRIMSON, TYLER J 1 72.9% +10.6%
KWONG, CHO YIU 1 32.3% +4.3%
MACHNESS, ARIELLA 1 61.9% +28.5%
GHIMIRE, SHANKAR RAJ 1 76.3% +19.9%
SALVUCCI, MATTHEW D 1 72.3% +27.4%
SCHWARTZ, RAPHAEL M 1 67.5% +30.7%
NGUYEN, THONG Q 1 67.8% +12.0%
WATSON, PETER HUCKLEBERRY 1 55.1% +39.0%
WILCOX, JAMES J 1 70.1% +61.2%
ASDJODI, MOHAMMADREZA 1 59.1% +46.9%

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18688981 FEEDBACK DEVICE AND PROGRAM PADUA, NICO LAUREN 27d
19159314 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM KWONG, CHO YIU —
18908385 LAUNDRY DETERGENT COMPOSITION ASDJODI, MOHAMMADREZA —
18548792 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR DETERMINING A SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF ELEMENT SIZE VALUES FOR GEOMETRIC BASIC ELEMENTS OF A NETWORK DISPLAY FROM A DIGITAL DISPLAY OF AN OBJECT FOR A SIMULATION OF THE OBJECT XIE, KWIN —
18341622 ALUMINUM FENCE SYSTEM FERGUSON, MICHAEL P —

Interview Candidates (9)

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
18866518 IMPROVED LOCK CORE WITH SIDEBARS WATSON, PETER HUCKLEBERRY 15d
19469984 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM TORGRIMSON, TYLER J —
19172603 EYEWEAR LENS CREATION USING ADDITIVE TECHNIQUES WITH DIFFUSE LIGHT MACHNESS, ARIELLA —
19049838 SPECULUM WITH ATTACHMENT MEANS GHIMIRE, SHANKAR RAJ —
19000495 AUGMENTED REALITY WALL WITH COMBINED VIEWER AND CAMERA TRACKING SALVUCCI, MATTHEW D —
18962749 REAL-TIME, HIGH-QUAILTY, AND SPATIOTEMPORALLY CONSISTENT DEPTH ESTIMATION FROM TWO-DIMENSIONAL, COLOR IMAGES SCHWARTZ, RAPHAEL M —
18958058 AIMING DEVICE FOR A FIREARM NGUYEN, THONG Q —
18929604 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING DIGITAL EVIDENCE USING A BLOCKCHAIN WILCOX, JAMES J —

Client Portfolio (15 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
21651
36931
17431
36751
24391
36261
37351
26111
26141
36191

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19469984 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM Helpfeel Inc. TORGRIMSON, TYLER J 2165 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 26, 2025
19159314 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM Morgenrot Inc. KWONG, CHO YIU 3693 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 24, 2025
19172603 EYEWEAR LENS CREATION USING ADDITIVE TECHNIQUES WITH DIFFUSE LIGHT Indizen Optical Technologies S.L. MACHNESS, ARIELLA 1743 §103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 07, 2025
19049838 SPECULUM WITH ATTACHMENT MEANS Audelation Limited GHIMIRE, SHANKAR RAJ §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 10, 2025
19000495 AUGMENTED REALITY WALL WITH COMBINED VIEWER AND CAMERA TRACKING Arwall, Inc. SALVUCCI, MATTHEW D §103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 23, 2024
18962749 REAL-TIME, HIGH-QUAILTY, AND SPATIOTEMPORALLY CONSISTENT DEPTH ESTIMATION FROM TWO-DIMENSIONAL, COLOR IMAGES Yao Xue SCHWARTZ, RAPHAEL M §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 27, 2024
18958058 AIMING DEVICE FOR A FIREARM Jm Acquisitions Inc. NGUYEN, THONG Q §112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 25, 2024
18866518 IMPROVED LOCK CORE WITH SIDEBARS Australian Lock Company Pty Ltd. WATSON, PETER HUCKLEBERRY 3675 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Nov 15, 2024
18929604 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING DIGITAL EVIDENCE USING A BLOCKCHAIN Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH WILCOX, JAMES J 2439 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 28, 2024
18908385 LAUNDRY DETERGENT COMPOSITION Tufco, L.P. ASDJODI, MOHAMMADREZA §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 07, 2024
18688981 FEEDBACK DEVICE AND PROGRAM Zenkigen Inc. PADUA, NICO LAUREN 3626 §101§103 Final Rejection 27d Pending Sep 27, 2024
18739014 MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS AND ITEMS USED DURING SURGERY Sure Count Surgical, LLC POON, ROBERT 3735 §103 Non-Final OA 19d Pending Jun 10, 2024
18611100 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AUGMENTED VIRTUAL FILM PRODUCTION Arwall, Inc. BADER, ROBERT N. 2611 §103 Final Rejection 28d Pending Mar 20, 2024
18413944 INFORMATIONAL INTERACTIVE ENVIRONMENT TRANSITION Build A Rocket Boy Games Ltd. TSWEI, YU-JANG 2614 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 16, 2024
18548792 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR DETERMINING A SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF ELEMENT SIZE VALUES FOR GEOMETRIC BASIC ELEMENTS OF A NETWORK DISPLAY FROM A DIGITAL DISPLAY OF AN OBJECT FOR A SIMULATION OF THE OBJECT Volume Graphics GmbH XIE, KWIN §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 01, 2023
18341622 ALUMINUM FENCE SYSTEM Alumission Inc. FERGUSON, MICHAEL P 3619 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 26, 2023
18330042 PORTABLE INTERACTIVE OBJECT WITHIN A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT Build A Rocket Boy Games Ltd. GEORGALAS, ANNE MARIE 3689 §103 Final Rejection 27d Pending Jun 06, 2023

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