Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Spectrum Ip Law Group LLC

9 pending office actions • 4 clients • 9 examiners • 9 art units • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 18 patents granted in the last 365 days

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

85.4%
Allowance Rate
n=1373
+0.34σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1373
4.4
OAs to Allowance
n=1074
+0.61σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=1074
1226 days
Time to Allowance
n=1074
+9.7pp
Interview Lift
n=1373
38.2%
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
83.5%
§103 Overcome
n=867
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

9
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
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. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)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.

6
Hard (67%)
2
Medium (22%)
1
Easy (11%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (22%)
§112 only1 (11%)
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (67%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
44% of docket
1
Information Tech
11% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
3
Semiconductors
33% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
11% 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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KIM, TAE K 1 74.4% +5.2%
SMITH, MAURICE C 1 84.5% -4.2%
DUONG, DIEU HIEN 1 78.2% +16.5%
REIDA, MOLLY KAY 1 82.8% +2.2%
SKUBINNA, CHRISTINE J 1 61.6% +20.1%
BOWMAN, ANDREW J 1 65.7% +13.1%
LU, FRANK WEI MIN 1 62.7% +67.3%
SIEFKE, SAMUEL P 1 63.1% +17.1%
BAILEY, STEVEN WILLIAM 1 32.0% +20.2%

Hard Cases (6)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17432955 USER DETECTION AND IDENTIFICATION IN A BATHROOM SETTING SIEFKE, SAMUEL P 60d overdue
18144029 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE REIDA, MOLLY KAY 46d overdue
18239324 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES DUONG, DIEU HIEN 23d overdue
18811973 BIOMONITORING DEVICES, METHODS, AND SYSTEMS FOR USE IN A BATHROOM SETTING SMITH, MAURICE C 16d overdue
17789512 NANOBRIDGE BIOSENSOR AND MEMORY ARRAY BOWMAN, ANDREW J 22d
18930695 SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TOTAL STORAGE ENCRYPTION KIM, TAE K

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
17432955 USER DETECTION AND IDENTIFICATION IN A BATHROOM SETTING SIEFKE, SAMUEL P 60d overdue
18239324 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES DUONG, DIEU HIEN 23d overdue
18011467 BATHROOM TEMPERATURE SENSOR SKUBINNA, CHRISTINE J 2d overdue
17789512 NANOBRIDGE BIOSENSOR AND MEMORY ARRAY BOWMAN, ANDREW J 22d
17839177 PROCESSIVE ENZYME MOLECULAR ELECTRONIC SENSORS FOR DNA DATA STORAGE LU, FRANK WEI MIN 27d
17107662 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DNA DATA STORAGE BAILEY, STEVEN WILLIAM

Client Portfolio (4 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
24961
28771
28451
28991
37541
17171
16831
17581
16871

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
18811973 BIOMONITORING DEVICES, METHODS, AND SYSTEMS FOR USE IN A BATHROOM SETTING Toi Labs, Inc. SMITH, MAURICE C 2877 §103§112 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Aug 22, 2024
18239324 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES Amkor Technology Singapore Holding Pte. Ltd. DUONG, DIEU HIEN 2845 §102§103 Final Rejection 23d overdue Pending Aug 29, 2023
18144029 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Amkor Technology Singapore Holding Pte. Ltd. REIDA, MOLLY KAY 2899 §103§112 Final Rejection 46d overdue Pending May 05, 2023
18011467 BATHROOM TEMPERATURE SENSOR Toi Labs, Inc. SKUBINNA, CHRISTINE J 3754 §103 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Mar 23, 2023
17789512 NANOBRIDGE BIOSENSOR AND MEMORY ARRAY Roswell Biotechnologies, Inc. BOWMAN, ANDREW J 1717 §102§103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Jun 27, 2022
17839177 PROCESSIVE ENZYME MOLECULAR ELECTRONIC SENSORS FOR DNA DATA STORAGE Roswell Biotechnologies, Inc. LU, FRANK WEI MIN 1683 §112 Final Rejection 27d Pending Jun 13, 2022
17432955 USER DETECTION AND IDENTIFICATION IN A BATHROOM SETTING Toi Labs, Inc. SIEFKE, SAMUEL P 1758 §102§103 Final Rejection 60d overdue Pending Aug 23, 2021
17107662 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DNA DATA STORAGE Roswell Biotechnologies, Inc. BAILEY, STEVEN WILLIAM 1687 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 30, 2020

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