Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Stevens & Showalter LLP

9 pending office actions • 3 clients • 8 examiners • 7 art units • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=1197 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

92.5%
Allowance Rate
n=1197
+0.58σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1197
2.6
OAs to Allowance
n=902
-0.58σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=902
1040 days
Time to Allowance
n=902
+0.8pp
Interview Lift
n=1197
17.5%
RCE Rate
n=1197
5.2%
Appeal Rate
n=1197

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

98.8%
§101 Overcome
n=86
90.0%
§102 Overcome
n=260
89.6%
§103 Overcome
n=442
92.6%
§112 Overcome
n=296

Specialization & Scale

B66F, G05D, G06F
Top CPC Subclasses
20%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1197
2
Practitioners
n=1197
598.5
Apps / Practitioner
n=1197

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
1
Due this week
1
Due this month
2
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 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.

7
Hard (78%)
2
Medium (22%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (22%)
Multi-statute (no §101)7 (78%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
33% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
11% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
56% 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, SUN U 2 78.6% +11.0%
JELSMA, JONATHAN G 1 69.7% +14.7%
SMITH, ISAAC G 1 72.8% +20.6%
ELAHMADI, ZAKARIA 1 76.1% +11.8%
COOPERRIDER, KELLY MARIE 1
WASIL, DANIEL D 1 79.8% +25.1%
YIM, EISEN DONGKYU 1 56.7% +8.0%
KIM, ROBERT H 1 52.8% +23.5%

Hard Cases (7)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18611898 OPERATOR CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A MATERIALS HANDLING VEHICLE ELAHMADI, ZAKARIA 7d
19187224 BATTERY SYSTEM FOR AN INDUSTRIAL VEHICLE JELSMA, JONATHAN G 16d
18554010 RADIOISOTOPE PRODUCTION TARGET FOR LOW MELTING POINT MATERIALS WASIL, DANIEL D 34d
19043806 TRAVEL PATH ACCESS CONTROL FOR MATERIALS HANDLING VEHICLE SMITH, ISAAC G
18570955 A FILTER AND A METHOD OF MAKING A FILTER KIM, SUN U
18570987 A COMPOSITION, A METHOD OF MAKING A COMPOSITION, AND A FILTRATION MEMBRANE KIM, SUN U
18560132 SOLID TARGET IRRADIATOR SYSTEM FOR RADIOISOTOPES PRODUCTION COOPERRIDER, KELLY MARIE

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
18611898 OPERATOR CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A MATERIALS HANDLING VEHICLE ELAHMADI, ZAKARIA 7d
19187224 BATTERY SYSTEM FOR AN INDUSTRIAL VEHICLE JELSMA, JONATHAN G 16d
18554010 RADIOISOTOPE PRODUCTION TARGET FOR LOW MELTING POINT MATERIALS WASIL, DANIEL D 34d
19043806 TRAVEL PATH ACCESS CONTROL FOR MATERIALS HANDLING VEHICLE SMITH, ISAAC G
18570955 A FILTER AND A METHOD OF MAKING A FILTER KIM, SUN U
18570987 A COMPOSITION, A METHOD OF MAKING A COMPOSITION, AND A FILTRATION MEMBRANE KIM, SUN U
17922468 1 MEV TO 3 MEV DEUTERON/PROTON CYCLOTRON FOR MATERIAL ANALYSIS KIM, ROBERT H

Client Portfolio (3 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Crown Equipment 4
Best Theratronics 3
Nematiq Ip Pty Ltd. 2

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17772
36462
17221
36621
36181
36691
28811

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19187224 BATTERY SYSTEM FOR AN INDUSTRIAL VEHICLE Crown Equipment Corporation JELSMA, JONATHAN G 1722 §103§112 Final Rejection 16d Pending Apr 23, 2025
19043806 TRAVEL PATH ACCESS CONTROL FOR MATERIALS HANDLING VEHICLE Crown Equipment Corporation SMITH, ISAAC G 3662 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 03, 2025
18611898 OPERATOR CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A MATERIALS HANDLING VEHICLE Crown Equipment Corporation ELAHMADI, ZAKARIA 3618 §102§103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Mar 21, 2024
18570955 A FILTER AND A METHOD OF MAKING A FILTER Nematiq Ip Pty Ltd. KIM, SUN U 1777 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 15, 2023
18570987 A COMPOSITION, A METHOD OF MAKING A COMPOSITION, AND A FILTRATION MEMBRANE Nematiq Ip Pty Ltd. KIM, SUN U 1777 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 15, 2023
18560132 SOLID TARGET IRRADIATOR SYSTEM FOR RADIOISOTOPES PRODUCTION Best Theratronics Ltd. COOPERRIDER, KELLY MARIE 3646 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 10, 2023
18554010 RADIOISOTOPE PRODUCTION TARGET FOR LOW MELTING POINT MATERIALS Best Theratronics Ltd. WASIL, DANIEL D 3646 §103§112 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Oct 05, 2023
18340332 INTRUSIVE INDUSTRIAL VEHICLE ALIGNMENT Crown Equipment Corporation YIM, EISEN DONGKYU 3669 §103 Non-Final OA 40d Pending Jun 23, 2023
17922468 1 MEV TO 3 MEV DEUTERON/PROTON CYCLOTRON FOR MATERIAL ANALYSIS Best Theratronics Ltd. KIM, ROBERT H 2881 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 31, 2022

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