Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Sotomayor Ip Consulting, Ltd.

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

Quality Metrics (n=264 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

83.0%
Allowance Rate
n=264
+0.48σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=264
3.6
OAs to Allowance
n=146
+0.05σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=146
982 days
Time to Allowance
n=146
+5.0pp
Interview Lift
n=264
42.6%
RCE Rate
n=264
0.7%
Appeal Rate
n=264

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

61.4%
§101 Overcome
n=57
81.7%
§102 Overcome
n=60
71.8%
§103 Overcome
n=135
71.7%
§112 Overcome
n=113

Specialization & Scale

G06Q, G06F, H04L
Top CPC Subclasses
34%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=264
1
Practitioners
n=264
264.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=264

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
3
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.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
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
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 30 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.

5
Hard (71%)
1
Medium (14%)
1
Easy (14%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (14%)
§101 + other3 (43%)
§103 only1 (14%)
§112 only1 (14%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (14%)

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
1
Semiconductors
14% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
86% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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
TRUONG, MINH D 1 67.3% +24.0%
HENRY, MATTHEW D 1 30.0% +20.7%
CAO, VINCENT M 1 55.3% +31.3%
ELLIS, SUEZU Y 1 76.6% +21.7%
LANE, DANIEL E 1 4.0% +8.5%
GILKEY, CARRIE STRODER 1 16.0% +33.8%
MARRISON, SAMUEL JOSEPH 1 69.8% +40.5%

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
18644824 Method for Improving Hiring Decision Outcomes Using Artificial Intelligence Techniques CAO, VINCENT M 66d overdue
18821254 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEMANTIC GLOSSARY-DRIVEN BUSINESS CONCEPTUAL MODELING (SGDCM) HENRY, MATTHEW D 60d overdue
19035413 PORTABLE AUTOMOTIVE WASTE OIL EXTRACTION DEVICE AND METHOD OF USE TRUONG, MINH D 18d overdue
18348788 Action-based Movement Therapy Optimization LANE, DANIEL E 22d
17481229 System and Method for Optimized Road Maintenance Planning GILKEY, CARRIE STRODER

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
18644824 Method for Improving Hiring Decision Outcomes Using Artificial Intelligence Techniques CAO, VINCENT M 66d overdue
18821254 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEMANTIC GLOSSARY-DRIVEN BUSINESS CONCEPTUAL MODELING (SGDCM) HENRY, MATTHEW D 60d overdue
19035413 PORTABLE AUTOMOTIVE WASTE OIL EXTRACTION DEVICE AND METHOD OF USE TRUONG, MINH D 18d overdue
17390611 Medication Delivery Device with Angled Tip MARRISON, SAMUEL JOSEPH 12d
18477913 System for RFID Edge Zone Identification and Data Capture ELLIS, SUEZU Y
17481229 System and Method for Optimized Road Maintenance Planning GILKEY, CARRIE STRODER

Client Portfolio (7 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36541
36251
36221
28761
37151
36261
37831

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19035413 PORTABLE AUTOMOTIVE WASTE OIL EXTRACTION DEVICE AND METHOD OF USE Get Spiffy, Inc. TRUONG, MINH D 3654 §103§112 Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending Jan 23, 2025
18821254 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEMANTIC GLOSSARY-DRIVEN BUSINESS CONCEPTUAL MODELING (SGDCM) Metaware LLC HENRY, MATTHEW D 3625 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA 60d overdue Pending Aug 30, 2024
18644824 Method for Improving Hiring Decision Outcomes Using Artificial Intelligence Techniques I2I LLC CAO, VINCENT M 3622 §101 Non-Final OA 66d overdue Pending Apr 24, 2024
18477913 System for RFID Edge Zone Identification and Data Capture Trilliott, Inc. ELLIS, SUEZU Y 2876 §112 Final Rejection Pending Sep 29, 2023
18348788 Action-based Movement Therapy Optimization The Cube Enterprises Corp. LANE, DANIEL E 3715 §101§102§103§112 Final Rejection 22d Pending Jul 07, 2023
17481229 System and Method for Optimized Road Maintenance Planning Goodroads, Inc. GILKEY, CARRIE STRODER 3626 §101§112 Final Rejection Pending Sep 21, 2021
17390611 Medication Delivery Device with Angled Tip Olfax, LLC MARRISON, SAMUEL JOSEPH 3783 §103 Final Rejection 12d Pending Jul 30, 2021

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