Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Sorell, Lenna & Schmidt LLP

25 pending office actions • 10 clients • 23 examiners • 19 art units • 0 of 25 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=812 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

92.5%
Allowance Rate
n=812
+0.82σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=812
4.4
OAs to Allowance
n=557
+0.24σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=557
1049 days
Time to Allowance
n=557
+4.4pp
Interview Lift
n=812
35.7%
RCE Rate
n=812
0.3%
Appeal Rate
n=812

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

90.9%
§101 Overcome
n=44
79.8%
§102 Overcome
n=252
83.1%
§103 Overcome
n=420
84.1%
§112 Overcome
n=358

Specialization & Scale

A61K, A47C, A61B
Top CPC Subclasses
18%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=812
2
Practitioners
n=812
406.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=812

Portfolio Summary

25
Total Pending OAs
16
Non-Final OAs
9
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
4
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. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 60 days (4)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.

8
Hard (32%)
11
Medium (44%)
6
Easy (24%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (4%)
§103 only9 (36%)
§102 only1 (4%)
§112 only5 (20%)
Double-patenting only1 (4%)
Double-patenting + other1 (4%)
Multi-statute (no §101)7 (28%)

Industry Mix

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

8
Life Sciences
32% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
15
Mechanical / Eng
60% of docket
2
Business / Other
8% 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.

250 h
Manual time on pending OAs
50 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
88 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HUSON, MONICA ANNE 2 79.5% +13.6%
TRAN, HANH VAN 2 74.0% +14.2%
LACHICA, ERICSON M 1 30.4% +34.9%
HICKS, ROBERT J 1 72.2% +3.6%
WILKENS, JANET MARIE 1 72.5% +12.6%
HALL, LUKE F 1 49.0% +65.5%
LYJAK, LORI LYNN 1 89.8% +8.6%
SHANSKE, JASON D 1 76.8% +14.4%
THROOP, MYLES A 1 58.3% +40.8%
KASSA, TIGABU 1 36.6% +28.4%

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
18904393 MODULAR WIND FAIRINGS AND METHODS OF USE LYJAK, LORI LYNN

Hard Cases (8)

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
18459915 CONTAINER AND PACKAGING SYSTEM TAUFIQ, FARAH N 2d overdue
17461862 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING TAU OLIGOMERS BALLARD, KIMBERLY 34d
18686305 IRON COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THEM KASSA, TIGABU 62d
19050379 CONTAINER SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE HICKS, ROBERT J
18991948 SHELVING SYSTEMS WILKENS, JANET MARIE
18884886 BODY SUPPORT SYSTEM SHANSKE, JASON D
18766992 AN ARTICLE OF BEDDING THROOP, MYLES A
17778564 ORAL APPLIANCE FOR DELIVERY OF AN ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOSITION EIDE, HEIDI MARIE

Interview Candidates (10)

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
19236048 CONTAINER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE LACHICA, ERICSON M 55d
18432224 SHELVING SYSTEMS TRAN, HANH VAN 56d
18686305 IRON COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THEM KASSA, TIGABU 62d
19196047 CONTAINER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE HUSON, MONICA ANNE
18991948 SHELVING SYSTEMS WILKENS, JANET MARIE
18944241 MATTRESS ASSEMBLY AND METHOD HALL, LUKE F
18922695 DRAWER ASSEMBLY TRAN, HANH VAN
18884886 BODY SUPPORT SYSTEM SHANSKE, JASON D

Client Portfolio (10 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36372
17542
37352
37722
17921
17421
37361
36731
36121
36141

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19236048 CONTAINER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE Ring Container Technologies, LLC LACHICA, ERICSON M 1792 §112 Non-Final OA 55d Pending Jun 12, 2025
19196047 CONTAINER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE Ring Container Technologies, LLC HUSON, MONICA ANNE 1742 §112 Non-Final OA Pending May 01, 2025
19050379 CONTAINER SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE Ring Container Technologies, LLC HICKS, ROBERT J 3736 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 11, 2025
18991948 SHELVING SYSTEMS Dejana Truck And Utility Equipment Co., Inc. WILKENS, JANET MARIE §102§103Other Non-Final OA Pending Dec 23, 2024
18944241 MATTRESS ASSEMBLY AND METHOD BEDGEAR, LLC HALL, LUKE F 3673 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 12, 2024
18922695 DRAWER ASSEMBLY Dejana Truck And Utility Equipment Co., Inc. TRAN, HANH VAN 3637 DP Final Rejection Pending Oct 22, 2024
18904393 MODULAR WIND FAIRINGS AND METHODS OF USE Dejana Truck And Utility Equipment Co., Inc. LYJAK, LORI LYNN 3612 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 02, 2024
18884886 BODY SUPPORT SYSTEM BEDGEAR, LLC SHANSKE, JASON D 3614 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 13, 2024
18766992 AN ARTICLE OF BEDDING BEDGEAR, LLC THROOP, MYLES A 3679 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 09, 2024
18638958 CONTAINER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE Ring Container Technologies, LLC HUSON, MONICA ANNE §102§103DP Non-Final OA Pending Apr 18, 2024
18686305 IRON COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THEM American Regent, Inc. KASSA, TIGABU 1615 §102§103 Non-Final OA 62d Pending Feb 23, 2024
18432224 SHELVING SYSTEMS Dejana Truck & Utility Equipment Company, LLC TRAN, HANH VAN 3637 §103 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Feb 05, 2024
18459915 CONTAINER AND PACKAGING SYSTEM Ring Container Technologies, LLC TAUFIQ, FARAH N 1754 §103§112 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Sep 01, 2023
18354253 CONTAINER AND PACKAGING SYSTEM Ring Container Technologies, LLC CHEYNEY, CHARLES 3754 §103 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Jul 18, 2023
18125564 CONTAINER AND PACKAGING SYSTEM Ring Container Technologies, LLC BATTISTI, DEREK J 3734 §103 Non-Final OA 60d Pending Mar 23, 2023
17969956 CONTAINER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE Ring Container Technologies, LLC HEMINGWAY, TIMOTHY G 1754 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 20, 2022
17917835 USE OF VITAMIN K IN PREVENTING OR COUNTERACTING COVID-19 DISEASE AND DIAGNOSTIC TEST TO ESTIMATE THE RISK OF DEVELOPING SEVERE DISEASE OR MORTALITY BY COVID-19 Kovit BV FAN, LYNN Y 1759 §103 Final Rejection 36d overdue Pending Oct 07, 2022
17958640 GRIP CONTAINER SYSTEM Ring Container Technologies, LLC KMET, LAUREN ELIZABETH 3735 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 03, 2022
17950365 CONTAINER SYSTEM AND METHOD Ring Container Technologies LLC KIRSCH, ANDREW THOMAS 3733 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 22, 2022
17783994 MATERIAL SCIENCES APPLICATIONS FOR AN ORAL APPLIANCE FOR DELIVERY OF A MEDICAMENT Emanate Biomedical, Inc. RUIZ MARTIN, LUIS MIGUEL 3772 §103 Final Rejection 105d overdue Pending Jun 09, 2022
17778564 ORAL APPLIANCE FOR DELIVERY OF AN ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOSITION Emanate Biomedical, Inc. EIDE, HEIDI MARIE 3772 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 20, 2022
17626936 Equine Esomeprazole Formulations and Methods of Use American Regent, Inc. CHEN, PO-CHIH 1621 §112 Final Rejection Pending Jan 13, 2022
17564961 DISPOSABLE AIR/WATER VALVE FOR AN ENDOSCOPE Medivators Inc. MONAHAN, MEGAN ELIZABETH 3795 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 29, 2021
17461862 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING TAU OLIGOMERS Oligomerix, Inc. BALLARD, KIMBERLY 1675 §101§112Other Non-Final OA 34d Pending Aug 30, 2021
17403050 CONTAINER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE Ring Container Technologies, LLC POON, ROBERT 3735 §103 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Aug 16, 2021

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