Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

SoCal IP Law Group LLP

19 pending office actions • 19 clients • 19 examiners • 16 art units • 0 of 19 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=2975 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

84.8%
Allowance Rate
n=2975
+0.47σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=2975
3.0
OAs to Allowance
n=2012
-0.32σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=2012
972 days
Time to Allowance
n=2012
+9.4pp
Interview Lift
n=2975
21.2%
RCE Rate
n=2975
2.1%
Appeal Rate
n=2975

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

78.1%
§101 Overcome
n=352
77.8%
§102 Overcome
n=740
79.4%
§103 Overcome
n=1276
82.9%
§112 Overcome
n=719

Specialization & Scale

G06F, H04N, H04L
Top CPC Subclasses
27%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=2975
6
Practitioners
n=2975
495.8
Apps / Practitioner
n=2975

Portfolio Summary

19
Total Pending OAs
11
Non-Final OAs
7
Final Rejections
1
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.

4
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
2
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. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (2)

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.

11
Hard (58%)
6
Medium (32%)
2
Easy (11%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (5%)
§101 + other4 (21%)
§103 only4 (21%)
§102 only1 (5%)
§112 only2 (11%)
Double-patenting + other1 (5%)
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (32%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
16% of docket
2
Information Tech
11% of docket
2
Communications
11% of docket
2
Semiconductors
11% of docket
7
Mechanical / Eng
37% of docket
3
Business / Other
16% 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.

190 h
Manual time on pending OAs
38 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
66 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
WONG, ALAN 1 83.3% +9.4%
GHIMIRE, SHANKAR RAJ 1 76.8% +18.7%
NGUYEN, THONG Q 1 67.6% +12.1%
WATSON, PETER HUCKLEBERRY 1 55.2% +37.8%
WILCOX, JAMES J 1 70.1% +61.2%
PADUA, NICO LAUREN 1 14.3% +30.7%
VANDERHORST, MARIA VICTORIA 1 48.5% +37.2%
KRYUKOVA, ERIN 1 64.3% +28.8%
PINKNEY, DAWAYNE 1 80.7% +18.1%
BADER, ROBERT N. 1 44.4% +25.7%

Hard Cases (11)

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
18257833 METHOD FOR OPTICALLY CLEARING A TISSUE SAMPLE USING AN EMBEDDING MEDIUM PAULUS, ERIN VIRGINIA 100d overdue
18162631 MATCHING REVIEWS BETWEEN CUSTOMER FEEDBACK SYSTEMS EVANS, KIMBERLY L 42d overdue
18866518 IMPROVED LOCK CORE WITH SIDEBARS WATSON, PETER HUCKLEBERRY 15d
18688981 FEEDBACK DEVICE AND PROGRAM PADUA, NICO LAUREN 27d
18611100 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AUGMENTED VIRTUAL FILM PRODUCTION BADER, ROBERT N. 28d
18248773 POWER SUPPLY CONTROL SYSTEM AND CONTROL SYSTEM MURALIDAR, RICHARD V 60d
19053153 POLARIZER WONG, ALAN
18793722 IMPROVED REAL ESTATE APPRAISAL SYSTEM VANDERHORST, MARIA VICTORIA

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
18688981 FEEDBACK DEVICE AND PROGRAM PADUA, NICO LAUREN 27d
18611100 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AUGMENTED VIRTUAL FILM PRODUCTION BADER, ROBERT N. 28d
19049838 SPECULUM WITH ATTACHMENT MEANS GHIMIRE, SHANKAR RAJ
18958058 AIMING DEVICE FOR A FIREARM NGUYEN, THONG Q
18929604 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING DIGITAL EVIDENCE USING A BLOCKCHAIN WILCOX, JAMES J
18793722 IMPROVED REAL ESTATE APPRAISAL SYSTEM VANDERHORST, MARIA VICTORIA
18785256 DISPENSER FOR MUSIC SHEETS KRYUKOVA, ERIN

Client Portfolio (19 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36751
24391
36261
36211
28751
17421
26111
26141
36191
16311

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19053153 POLARIZER Optim Microwave Inc. WONG, ALAN §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 13, 2025
19049838 SPECULUM WITH ATTACHMENT MEANS Audelation Limited GHIMIRE, SHANKAR RAJ §102 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 10, 2025
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 §102§103 Final Rejection 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
18688981 FEEDBACK DEVICE AND PROGRAM Zenkigen Inc. PADUA, NICO LAUREN 3626 §101§103 Final Rejection 27d Pending Sep 27, 2024
18793722 IMPROVED REAL ESTATE APPRAISAL SYSTEM Aivre, Inc. VANDERHORST, MARIA VICTORIA 3621 §101§103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 02, 2024
18785256 DISPENSER FOR MUSIC SHEETS Red Tusk Records, LLC KRYUKOVA, ERIN 2875 §112 Final Rejection Pending Jul 26, 2024
18772052 RESIN CONTAINMENT TECHNIQUES FOR THE ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF EYE WEAR LENSES Indizen Optical Technologies S.L. PINKNEY, DAWAYNE 1742 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 12, 2024
18611100 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AUGMENTED VIRTUAL FILM PRODUCTION Arwall, Inc. BADER, ROBERT N. 2611 §103§112 Non-Final OA 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
18341622 ALUMINUM FENCE SYSTEM Alumission Inc. FERGUSON, MICHAEL P 3619 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 26, 2023
18257833 METHOD FOR OPTICALLY CLEARING A TISSUE SAMPLE USING AN EMBEDDING MEDIUM Mobicron GmbH PAULUS, ERIN VIRGINIA 1631 §101§102§112 Final Rejection 100d overdue Pending Jun 15, 2023
18334110 EXERCISE DEVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Zwift, Inc. ANDERSON, MEGAN M 3784 §103 Non-Final OA 54d Pending Jun 13, 2023
18248773 POWER SUPPLY CONTROL SYSTEM AND CONTROL SYSTEM Metrol Co., Ltd. MURALIDAR, RICHARD V 2859 §102§112 Non-Final OA 60d Pending Apr 12, 2023
18162631 MATCHING REVIEWS BETWEEN CUSTOMER FEEDBACK SYSTEMS Lmp Software, LLC EVANS, KIMBERLY L 3629 §101 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Jan 31, 2023
18013218 SENSOR Grace Imaging Inc. WESTFALL, SARAH ANN 3791 §103 Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending Dec 27, 2022
17828904 KITS, COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR WOUND TREATMENT AND MANAGEMENT Direct Components, Inc. PIPIC, ALMA 1617 §112 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending May 31, 2022
17634931 Computer-implemented method for changing a model geometry of an object Volume Graphics GmbH OCHOA, JUAN CARLOS 2186 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 11, 2022

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