Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Stevens & Lee Pc

Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

8 pending office actions • 8 clients • 8 examiners • 7 art units • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Stevens & Lee PC has 7 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials, against 1398 career applications. Its resolved allowance rate is 92.65%, indicating that most resolved matters in the reported record reached allowance.

The practice averages 3.77 office actions per allowance. Read together, the allowance rate and action average suggest that successful outcomes commonly follow continued examination rather than immediate resolution. For prosecution planning, the current pending docket is modest relative to the firm’s career application base, while the historical figures provide a substantial basis for evaluating both outcome frequency and examination effort.

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

Quality Metrics (n=1398 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

92.6%
Allowance Rate
n=1398
+0.64σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1398
3.8
OAs to Allowance
n=1071
+0.16σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=1071
1123 days
Time to Allowance
n=1071
+3.6pp
Interview Lift
n=1398
28.4%
RCE Rate
n=1398
5.0%
Appeal Rate
n=1398

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

92.1%
§101 Overcome
n=277
93.2%
§102 Overcome
n=424
92.3%
§103 Overcome
n=663
91.6%
§112 Overcome
n=359

Specialization & Scale

G06F, G06Q, H04L
Top CPC Subclasses
30%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1398
0
Practitioners
n=1398
—
Apps / Practitioner
n=1398 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)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.

3
Hard (38%)
4
Medium (50%)
1
Easy (12%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (12%)
§103 only4 (50%)
§112 only1 (12%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (25%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
25% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
12% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
50% of docket
1
Business / Other
12% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TOLENTINO, RODERICK 1 77.6% +35.3%
GUIDOTTI, LAURA COLE 1 62.1% +29.1%
ANWAH, OLISA 1 89.0% +4.7%
TATESURE, VINCENT 1 44.8% +31.9%
TULLIA, STEVEN A 1 74.7% +18.8%
LIDDLE, JAY TRENT 1 57.7% +23.3%
IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE 1 33.5% +24.9%
MERCHANT, SHAHID R 1 28.3% +24.8%

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
19064802 Sharing Locations where Binaural Sound Externally Localizes ANWAH, OLISA —

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
18611320 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REMOTELY PLAYING ARCADE GAMES LIDDLE, JAY TRENT 11d overdue
18084688 SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR SOURCING AND PROCESSING RECYCLABLE MATERIALS MERCHANT, SHAHID R 63d
19203521 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RISK EVALUATION AND REPUTATIONAL SCORING OF SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS TOLENTINO, RODERICK —
18954504 SQUISHY THROW, BLANKET, COMFORTER AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME TATESURE, VINCENT —

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18673558 Electric Door Lock Device TULLIA, STEVEN A 92d overdue
18611320 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REMOTELY PLAYING ARCADE GAMES LIDDLE, JAY TRENT 11d overdue
18084688 SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR SOURCING AND PROCESSING RECYCLABLE MATERIALS MERCHANT, SHAHID R 63d
19203521 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RISK EVALUATION AND REPUTATIONAL SCORING OF SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS TOLENTINO, RODERICK —
19069546 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SANITIZATION OF STETHOSCOPE HEADS GUIDOTTI, LAURA COLE —
18954504 SQUISHY THROW, BLANKET, COMFORTER AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME TATESURE, VINCENT —
18218191 Biodegradable Nonwoven With Self-Adhesive For Packaging IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE —

Client Portfolio (8 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37231
26921
17861
36751
37151
17891
36841

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19203521 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RISK EVALUATION AND REPUTATIONAL SCORING OF SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS Series 123 Of Allied Security Trust I TOLENTINO, RODERICK §101Other Non-Final OA — Pending May 09, 2025
19069546 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SANITIZATION OF STETHOSCOPE HEADS Gg Innovations LLC GUIDOTTI, LAURA COLE 3723 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 04, 2025
19064802 Sharing Locations where Binaural Sound Externally Localizes Ip3 2025, Series 925 Of Allied Security Trust I ANWAH, OLISA 2692 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 27, 2025
18954504 SQUISHY THROW, BLANKET, COMFORTER AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME Franco Manufacturing Co. Inc. TATESURE, VINCENT 1786 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 20, 2024
18673558 Electric Door Lock Device Pin Genie Inc. TULLIA, STEVEN A 3675 §103 Final Rejection 92d overdue Pending May 24, 2024
18611320 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REMOTELY PLAYING ARCADE GAMES The Works AT Wyomissing, LLC LIDDLE, JAY TRENT 3715 §102§112 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Mar 20, 2024
18218191 Biodegradable Nonwoven With Self-Adhesive For Packaging Nonwoven Network LLC IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE 1789 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 05, 2023
18084688 SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR SOURCING AND PROCESSING RECYCLABLE MATERIALS Evtek Inc. MERCHANT, SHAHID R 3684 §103 Non-Final OA 63d Pending Dec 20, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Stevens & Lee Pc's patent allowance rate?

92.7% of resolved applications prosecuted by Stevens & Lee Pc were allowed, across 1,398 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Stevens & Lee Pc average before allowance?

3.77 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Stevens & Lee Pc have?

8 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 8 clients, before 8 examiners in 7 art units.

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