Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Stoel Rives LLP - Slc

6 pending office actions • 5 clients • 6 examiners • 6 art units • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 12 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=9823 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

85.0%
Allowance Rate
n=9823
+0.55σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=9823
3.2
OAs to Allowance
n=5743
-0.24σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=5743
1075 days
Time to Allowance
n=5743
+8.0pp
Interview Lift
n=9823
25.2%
RCE Rate
n=9823
2.2%
Appeal Rate
n=9823

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

75.9%
§101 Overcome
n=718
79.8%
§102 Overcome
n=2292
80.3%
§103 Overcome
n=3702
80.5%
§112 Overcome
n=2426

Specialization & Scale

G06F, H04L, A61F
Top CPC Subclasses
12%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=9823
41
Practitioners
n=9823
239.6
Apps / Practitioner
n=9823

Portfolio Summary

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

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
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 (50%)
3
Medium (50%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (17%)
§101 + other1 (17%)
§103 only2 (33%)
Double-patenting + other1 (17%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (17%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
17% of docket
3
Information Tech
50% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
33% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BARTELS, CHRISTOPHER A. 1 67.5% +12.2%
RIEGLER, PATRICK F 1 54.7% +31.7%
CARREIRO, CAITLIN ANN 1 45.6% +39.3%
AZPURU, CARLOS A 1 83.8% +10.6%
LE, HUNG D 1 90.1% +6.2%
SANTIAGO-MERCED, FRANCIS Z 1 27.6% +40.0%

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
18424641 BIOERODIBLE POLYESTER POLYMER AXITINIB OCULAR IMPLANTS AND RELATED METHODS OF USE AZPURU, CARLOS A

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17930875 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING A CAPITAL EXPENDITURE AND A NON-CAPITAL EXPENDITURE SANTIAGO-MERCED, FRANCIS Z 62d
18670319 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FORM GENERATION USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BASED DATA CONFIGURATION MIGRATION RIEGLER, PATRICK F
18176726 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SENSOR MONITORING AND SENSOR-RELATED CALCULATIONS LE, HUNG D

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18424612 MEDICAL BANDAGE CARREIRO, CAITLIN ANN 13d
17930875 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING A CAPITAL EXPENDITURE AND A NON-CAPITAL EXPENDITURE SANTIAGO-MERCED, FRANCIS Z 62d
18792447 INDEPENDENTLY UPGRADEABLE DOCKING STATIONS BARTELS, CHRISTOPHER A.
18670319 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FORM GENERATION USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BASED DATA CONFIGURATION MIGRATION RIEGLER, PATRICK F
18424641 BIOERODIBLE POLYESTER POLYMER AXITINIB OCULAR IMPLANTS AND RELATED METHODS OF USE AZPURU, CARLOS A

Client Portfolio (5 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
21841
21711
37861
16171
21611
36251

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18792447 INDEPENDENTLY UPGRADEABLE DOCKING STATIONS Targus International LLC BARTELS, CHRISTOPHER A. 2184 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 01, 2024
18670319 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FORM GENERATION USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BASED DATA CONFIGURATION MIGRATION Cdk Global, LLC RIEGLER, PATRICK F 2171 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 21, 2024
18424612 MEDICAL BANDAGE Changzhou Beifei Non-Woven Fabric Technology Co., Ltd. CARREIRO, CAITLIN ANN 3786 §103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Jan 26, 2024
18424641 BIOERODIBLE POLYESTER POLYMER AXITINIB OCULAR IMPLANTS AND RELATED METHODS OF USE Dose Medical Corporation AZPURU, CARLOS A 1617 §102DP Non-Final OA Pending Jan 26, 2024
18176726 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SENSOR MONITORING AND SENSOR-RELATED CALCULATIONS Lizard Monitoring LLC LE, HUNG D 2161 §101§102§103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 01, 2023
17930875 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING A CAPITAL EXPENDITURE AND A NON-CAPITAL EXPENDITURE Cdk Global, LLC SANTIAGO-MERCED, FRANCIS Z 3625 §101 Final Rejection 62d Pending Sep 09, 2022

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