Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Spectrum Ip Law Group LLC

Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics

7 pending office actions • 4 clients • 7 examiners • 6 art units • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 18 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Spectrum IP Law Group LLC has 6 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals and 1,373 career applications. The profile shows a current response workload against a large application history in the stated technology area.

The resolved allowance rate is 85.25%, with an average of 4.41 office actions per allowance. These measures distinguish the outcome of resolved matters from the amount of examination activity recorded before allowance.

For a patent practitioner, the data supports separate capacity and performance questions. The pending docket is relevant to current staffing and response planning, while the historical figures provide context for resolved cases. They do not explain individual prosecution paths, claim amendments, or technology-specific variation within the portfolio.

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

Quality Metrics (n=1373 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

85.2%
Allowance Rate
n=1373
+0.37σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1373
4.4
OAs to Allowance
n=1075
+0.63σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=1075
1227 days
Time to Allowance
n=1075
+9.9pp
Interview Lift
n=1373
38.3%
RCE Rate
n=1373
2.0%
Appeal Rate
n=1373

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

88.5%
§101 Overcome
n=321
84.2%
§102 Overcome
n=603
83.4%
§103 Overcome
n=868
84.2%
§112 Overcome
n=467

Specialization & Scale

G06F, H04L, H04W
Top CPC Subclasses
42%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1373
2
Practitioners
n=1373
686.5
Apps / Practitioner
n=1373

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. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

3
Hard (43%)
3
Medium (43%)
1
Easy (14%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (29%)
§102 only1 (14%)
Double-patenting only1 (14%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (43%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
43% of docket
1
Information Tech
14% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
29% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
14% 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
KIM, TAE K 1 74.7% +5.1%
VU, VU A 1 92.3% +6.7%
PRASAD, NEIL R 1 85.5% +9.6%
PUNCHBEDDELL, SEYON ALI-SIMAH 1 77.2% +10.0%
REYNOLDS, FRED H 1 32.9% +39.3%
POHNERT, STEVEN C 1 12.5% +18.2%
SIEFKE, SAMUEL P 1 63.0% +17.8%

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
18900411 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING ELECTRONIC DEVICES VU, VU A —
18675462 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES PRASAD, NEIL R —

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17432955 USER DETECTION AND IDENTIFICATION IN A BATHROOM SETTING SIEFKE, SAMUEL P 60d overdue
18930695 SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TOTAL STORAGE ENCRYPTION KIM, TAE K —
18648765 ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND A METHODS OF MANUFACTURING ELECTRONIC DEVICES PUNCHBEDDELL, SEYON ALI-SIMAH —
17476427 MOLECULAR ELECTRONIC SENSORS FOR DETECTING SARS-COV-2 VIRUS POHNERT, STEVEN C —

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17432955 USER DETECTION AND IDENTIFICATION IN A BATHROOM SETTING SIEFKE, SAMUEL P 60d overdue
18648765 ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND A METHODS OF MANUFACTURING ELECTRONIC DEVICES PUNCHBEDDELL, SEYON ALI-SIMAH —
17373763 CONDUCTIVE SYNTHETIC PEPTIDES FOR MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS REYNOLDS, FRED H —
17476427 MOLECULAR ELECTRONIC SENSORS FOR DETECTING SARS-COV-2 VIRUS POHNERT, STEVEN C —

Client Portfolio (4 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
24961
28971
28931
16581
16831
17581

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18930695 SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TOTAL STORAGE ENCRYPTION Intel Corporation KIM, TAE K 2496 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 29, 2024
18900411 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING ELECTRONIC DEVICES Amkor Technology Singapore Holding Pte. Ltd. VU, VU A §102Other Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 27, 2024
18675462 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES Amkor Technology Singapore Holding Pte. Ltd. PRASAD, NEIL R 2897 DP Non-Final OA — Pending May 28, 2024
18648765 ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND A METHODS OF MANUFACTURING ELECTRONIC DEVICES Amkor Technology Singapore Holding Pte. Ltd. PUNCHBEDDELL, SEYON ALI-SIMAH 2893 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 29, 2024
17373763 CONDUCTIVE SYNTHETIC PEPTIDES FOR MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS Roswell Biotechnologies, Inc. REYNOLDS, FRED H 1658 §103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 31, 2022
17476427 MOLECULAR ELECTRONIC SENSORS FOR DETECTING SARS-COV-2 VIRUS Roswell Biotechnologies, Inc. POHNERT, STEVEN C 1683 §103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 15, 2021
17432955 USER DETECTION AND IDENTIFICATION IN A BATHROOM SETTING Toi Labs, Inc. SIEFKE, SAMUEL P 1758 §102§103 Non-Final OA 60d overdue Pending Aug 23, 2021

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Spectrum Ip Law Group LLC's patent allowance rate?

85.2% of resolved applications prosecuted by Spectrum Ip Law Group LLC were allowed, across 1,373 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Spectrum Ip Law Group LLC average before allowance?

4.41 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Spectrum Ip Law Group LLC have?

7 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 4 clients, before 7 examiners in 6 art units.

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