Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Szdc Law P.C.

53 pending office actions • 27 clients • 51 examiners • 43 art units • 0 of 53 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=1388 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

88.6%
Allowance Rate
n=1388
+0.61σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1388
1.9
OAs to Allowance
n=930
-0.83σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=930
779 days
Time to Allowance
n=930
+5.0pp
Interview Lift
n=1388
11.2%
RCE Rate
n=1388
0.1%
Appeal Rate
n=1388

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

71.3%
§101 Overcome
n=122
64.6%
§102 Overcome
n=308
64.2%
§103 Overcome
n=475
73.9%
§112 Overcome
n=625

Specialization & Scale

A61K, A61P, C07D
Top CPC Subclasses
14%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1388
1
Practitioners
n=1388
1388.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=1388

Portfolio Summary

53
Total Pending OAs
28
Non-Final OAs
18
Final Rejections
7
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 21 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

10
Overdue
1
Due this week
6
Due this month
3
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. 21 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (10)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (6)Due ≤ 60 days (3)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.

29
Hard (55%)
19
Medium (36%)
5
Easy (9%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (2%)
§101 + other5 (9%)
§103 only15 (28%)
§102 only2 (4%)
§112 only5 (9%)
Double-patenting + other2 (4%)
Multi-statute (no §101)23 (43%)

Industry Mix

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

34
Life Sciences
64% of docket
1
Information Tech
2% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
3
Semiconductors
6% of docket
8
Mechanical / Eng
15% of docket
7
Business / Other
13% 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.

530 h
Manual time on pending OAs
106 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
186 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
4.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LAW, NGA LEUNG V 2 56.5% +20.9%
KOROTCHKINA, LIOUBOV G 2 27.6% +64.7%
PENNY, TABATHA L 1 45.4% +22.6%
JEANTY, ROMAIN 1 75.5% +19.8%
BAKSHI, PANCHAM 1 77.0% +30.2%
TOOHEY, RICHARD ORLANDO 1 84.8% +7.5%
PYZOCHA, MICHAEL J 1 80.3% +17.1%
VISONE, THOMAS J 1 55.5% +40.6%
SHEWAREGED, BETELHEM 1 71.6% +9.1%
BOES, TERENCE 1 68.2% +20.9%

Hard Cases (30)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17631439 TARGETED EXOSOME BASED ON RBD REGION OF SARS-COV-2 S PROTEIN AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF BUCKMASTER, MARLENE VRENI 239d overdue
18125093 METHOD FOR INCREASING THE QUALITY OF GRAPHITE BALLS KESSLER, CHRISTOPHER S 126d overdue
17794601 DUST COLLECTOR TURNER, SONJI 111d overdue
17793009 4-UREIDO-5-CARBOXYL-IMIDAZOLE-AMIDE HYDROLASE AND USE THEREOF KOROTCHKINA, LIOUBOV G 74d overdue
18349935 MOLECULAR MARKERS OF PHOTO-SENSITIVITY MODULE RELATED TO RICE BLAST RESISTANCE AND THEIR APPLICATIONS SHARMA, SANTOSH 73d overdue
18012321 SALVIA PLEBIA AND SCUTELLARIAE RADIX COMPOUND ACNE CREAM, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND APPLICATION THEREOF AMIN, ALPA NILESH 45d overdue
17772535 RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS FUSION PROTEIN INHIBITOR COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT AND PROPHYLAXIS OF RSV DISEASES USING THE SAME WRIGHT, SARAH C 30d overdue
18243187 CABLE NETWORK DEVICE WITH LOW LOSS MEASUREMENT PORT BARTOL, LANCE TORBJORN 5d

Interview Candidates (10)

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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17793009 4-UREIDO-5-CARBOXYL-IMIDAZOLE-AMIDE HYDROLASE AND USE THEREOF KOROTCHKINA, LIOUBOV G 74d overdue
18919703 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OFFLINE SIGNING OF TRANSACTIONS PYZOCHA, MICHAEL J 30d
19159341 METHOD OF FORMING THIN FILM, AND SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE FABRICATED USING THE SAME PENNY, TABATHA L
19281863 FILM QUALITY IMPROVER, METHOD OF FORMING THIN FILM USING FILM QUALITY IMPROVER, SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE FABRICATED USING METHOD, AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE LAW, NGA LEUNG V
19134644 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OPTIMAL SELECTION AND AVOIDANCE OF TESTING EXPERTS IN SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL ACHIEVEMENT TESTING JEANTY, ROMAIN
19109585 SHIELDING COMPOUND, METHOD OF FORMING THIN FILM USING SHIELDING COMPOUND, AND SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE FABRICATED USING METHOD BAKSHI, PANCHAM
18853149 A MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS FORMULATION FOR COSMETIC USE VISONE, THOMAS J
18730835 A CONSOLE SYSTEM FOR A MULTI-ARM ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEM BOES, TERENCE

Client Portfolio (27 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
16633
16532
17121
36241
17181
24091
36181
37981
17001
28421

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19159341 METHOD OF FORMING THIN FILM, AND SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE FABRICATED USING THE SAME Soulbrain Co., Ltd. PENNY, TABATHA L 1712 §103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Aug 25, 2025
19281863 FILM QUALITY IMPROVER, METHOD OF FORMING THIN FILM USING FILM QUALITY IMPROVER, SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE FABRICATED USING METHOD, AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE Soulbrain Co., Ltd. LAW, NGA LEUNG V §102§103DP Non-Final OA Pending Jul 28, 2025
19134644 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OPTIMAL SELECTION AND AVOIDANCE OF TESTING EXPERTS IN SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL ACHIEVEMENT TESTING National Institute Of Metrology, China JEANTY, ROMAIN 3624 §101 Non-Final OA Pending May 30, 2025
19109585 SHIELDING COMPOUND, METHOD OF FORMING THIN FILM USING SHIELDING COMPOUND, AND SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE FABRICATED USING METHOD Soulbrain Co., Ltd. BAKSHI, PANCHAM 1718 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 07, 2025
19102480 WELDING SYSTEM FOR X-RAY MONITORING OF ELECTRON BEAM WELDS Aquasium Technology Limited TOOHEY, RICHARD ORLANDO §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 10, 2025
18919703 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OFFLINE SIGNING OF TRANSACTIONS Uhupay GmbH PYZOCHA, MICHAEL J 2409 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Oct 18, 2024
18853149 A MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS FORMULATION FOR COSMETIC USE Bright Cell, Inc. VISONE, THOMAS J §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 01, 2024
18688747 GLASS BODY Nippon Sheet Glass Company, Limited SHEWAREGED, BETELHEM §102§103Other Non-Final OA Pending Sep 28, 2024
18730835 A CONSOLE SYSTEM FOR A MULTI-ARM ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEM Ssi Ip Holdings Inc. BOES, TERENCE 3618 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 22, 2024
18832077 TIME-SHARED TRANSMISSION AND CONTINUOUS RECORDING OF ULTRASOUND DATA FOR ENHANCED FRAME RATES Cloudstream Medical Imaging, Inc. DEUTSCH, TAYLOR M 3798 §112 Final Rejection Pending Jul 22, 2024
18726997 NANO-COMPOSITE MATERIAL-BASED INTELLIGENT FIREPROOF TEXTILE AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR Soochow University DIAZ, MATTHEW R 1700 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 05, 2024
18764291 LEVEL SHIFTING CIRCUIT AND LEVEL SHIFTING CIRCUIT AND LEVEL SHIFTING METHOD BASED ON LOW POWER SOURCE Suzhou Mi Tu Optoelectronic Technology Co. Ltd. LAM, TUAN THIEU 2842 §102§103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Jul 04, 2024
18760236 METHOD FOR PRODUCING GLASS PLATE WITH FUNCTIONAL LAYER AND DEVICE FOR FORMING FUNCTIONAL LAYER Nippon Sheet Glass Company, Limited DEHGHAN, QUEENIE S 1741 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 01, 2024
18722736 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE RECOGNITION OF GROUND PENETRATING RADAR IMAGES Jiangsu Sinoroad Transportaion Science And Technology Co., Ltd. LE, HAILEY R 3648 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 21, 2024
18721998 PRE-OPERATIVE PLANNING FOR A MULTI-ARM ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEM Ssi Ip Holdings Inc. DANG, TRANG THANH 3771 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 20, 2024
18709760 COMPOUND AS FAK INHIBITOR AND USE THEREOF Wigen Biomedicine Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. YOO, SUN JAE 1621 §102 Non-Final OA Pending May 13, 2024
18708305 FILM QUALITY IMPROVER, METHOD OF FORMING THIN FILM USING FILM QUALITY IMPROVER, SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE FABRICATED USING METHOD, AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE Soulbrain Co., Ltd. LAW, NGA LEUNG V 1717 §102DP Non-Final OA Pending May 08, 2024
18703337 A METHOD FOR INDUCING HAPLOIDS AND ITS APPLICATION IN PLANT BREEDING China National Rice Research Institute WILLIAMS, KEITH RICHARD 1663 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 20, 2024
18638894 USE OF SMALL MOLECULE COMPOUND AND LENALIDOMIDE IN PREPARATION OF DRUG FOR TREATING MULTIPLE MYELOMA Soochow University NOLAN, JASON MICHAEL 1629 §101§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 18, 2024
18701599 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTRICALLY STIMULATING TISSUE Synapstim BROWN, KYLE MARTZ 3794 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 15, 2024
18012388 LAYERED METAL OXIDE/AMINE COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND PREPARATION METHOD AND APPLICATION THEREOF IN MAGNESIUM ION BATTERY Soochow University ZENG, LINGWEN R §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 18, 2024
18681269 COMPOUND AS ATR KINASE INHIBITOR Suzhou Ark Biopharmaceutical Co., Ltd. SZNAIDMAN, MARCOS L 1628 §102§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Feb 05, 2024
18293754 PERYLENE-BASED MICELLE CAPABLE OF RAPIDLY ADSORBING AND EFFICIENTLY DEGRADING CONTAMINANT AND METHOD FOR PREPARING SAME Soochow University ROYCE, LIAM A 1777 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 30, 2024
18566962 ANTIBODY AGAINST RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS AND USE THEREOF Institute Of Microbiology, Chinese Academy Of Sciences WANG, RUIXUE 1671 §101§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 17, 2024
18576772 WELDING OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE BATTERIES Aquasium Technology Limited RHUE, ABIGAIL H §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 05, 2024
18037550 METHOD FOR PREPARING CARBOXYLIC ACID ESTER COMPOUND Soochow University RHOADES, DEREK JAMES §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 21, 2023
18513585 PREPARATION METHOD OF HYDROSOL SOLUTION Jiangsu Aifocus Health Technology Co., Ltd. JEONG, YOUNGSUL 1772 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 19, 2023
18289768 AN ARTICULATING CANNULA Ssi Ip Holdings Inc. BOLER, RYNAE E 3795 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Nov 07, 2023
18277075 METAL THIN-FILM PRECURSOR COMPOSITION, METHOD OF FORMING THIN FILM USING METAL THIN-FILM PRECURSOR COMPOSITION, AND SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE FABRICATED USING METHOD Soulbrain Co., Ltd. STARK, JARRETT J 2898 §103 Final Rejection 42d Pending Sep 15, 2023
18243187 CABLE NETWORK DEVICE WITH LOW LOSS MEASUREMENT PORT Technetix B.V. BARTOL, LANCE TORBJORN 2843 §103§112 Final Rejection 5d Pending Sep 07, 2023
18279127 DEPRESSURIZED MULTILAYERED GLASS PANEL Nippon Sheet Glass Company, Limited EWALD, MARIA VERONICA 1783 §103§112 Final Rejection 29d Pending Aug 28, 2023
18275071 SURFACE CLEANING HEAD AND SURFACE CLEANING DEVICE Suzhou Ruijiu Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. FORDJOUR, SARAH AKYAA 3723 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 31, 2023
18012321 SALVIA PLEBIA AND SCUTELLARIAE RADIX COMPOUND ACNE CREAM, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND APPLICATION THEREOF Soochow University AMIN, ALPA NILESH 1655 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 45d overdue Pending Jul 19, 2023
18261198 A PLANT BREEDING METHOD UTILIZING POLYPLOID HETEROSIS China National Rice Research Institute PAGE, BRENT T 1663 §103 Final Rejection 44d overdue Pending Jul 12, 2023
18349935 MOLECULAR MARKERS OF PHOTO-SENSITIVITY MODULE RELATED TO RICE BLAST RESISTANCE AND THEIR APPLICATIONS Institute Of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy Of Agricultural Sciences SHARMA, SANTOSH 1663 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 73d overdue Pending Jul 10, 2023
18269518 ELECTROLYTE AND SECONDARY BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME Soulbrain Co., Ltd. RUTISER, CLAIRE A 1751 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 23, 2023
18208389 ELECTROLYTE SOLUTION AND SECONDARY BATTERY COMPRISING THE SAME Soulbrain Co., Ltd. EGGERDING, ALIX ECHELMEYER 1729 §103 Final Rejection 16d Pending Jun 12, 2023
18039229 NOVEL CAMPTOTHECIN DERIVATIVE, COMPOSITION COMPRISING SAME AND USE THEREOF Wigen Biomedicine Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. DEKARSKE, MADELINE MCGUIRE 1622 §103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending May 27, 2023
18196929 CAPSAICIN-DERIVED PHOTOSENSITIZER, AND PREPARATION METHOD AND USE THEREOF Soochow University BAEK, JONGHWAN NMN 1618 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending May 12, 2023
18035685 SYNERGISTIC STEM CELL-BASED MEDICATION FOR TREATING MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION AND RELATED APPLICATION Soochow University KIM, TAEYOON 1631 §102 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending May 05, 2023
18028735 CIRCULAR LITHIUM BATTERY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME Phylion Battery Co., Ltd. FREEMAN, EMILY ELIZABETH 1724 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Mar 27, 2023
18125093 METHOD FOR INCREASING THE QUALITY OF GRAPHITE BALLS Henglilai New Materials Limited KESSLER, CHRISTOPHER S 1759 §103§112 Non-Final OA 126d overdue Pending Mar 22, 2023
18044565 IMMUNOADJUVANT-BASED HYDROGEL COMPOSITION AND USE THEREOF Soochow University WHITEMAN, BRIAN A 1636 §103 Non-Final OA 63d Pending Mar 08, 2023
18014452 GROWTH INHIBITOR FOR FORMING THIN FILM, METHOD OF FORMING THIN FILM USING GROWTH INHIBITOR, AND SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE FABRICATED BY METHOD Soulbrain Co., Ltd. HEINCER, LIAM J 1767 §103 Final Rejection 60d Pending Jan 04, 2023
17794601 DUST COLLECTOR Beiang Air Tech Ltd. TURNER, SONJI 1776 §103§112 Non-Final OA 111d overdue Pending Oct 20, 2022
17598051 METHOD FOR INDUCING GELATION AND BIOMIMETIC MINERALIZATION OF SILK FIBROIN SOLUTION BY ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE Soochow University PRAGANI, RAJAN 1614 §103 Non-Final OA 171d overdue Pending Aug 05, 2022
17793009 4-UREIDO-5-CARBOXYL-IMIDAZOLE-AMIDE HYDROLASE AND USE THEREOF Tianjin University KOROTCHKINA, LIOUBOV G 1653 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 74d overdue Pending Jul 14, 2022
17786997 A RECOMBINANT FILAMENTOUS FUNGUS FOR PRODUCING ETHANOL AND ITS CONSTRUCTION AND APPLICATION Tianjin Institute Of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy Of Sciences NOAKES, SUZANNE MARIE 1656 §112 Final Rejection 21d Pending Jun 17, 2022
17772535 RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS FUSION PROTEIN INHIBITOR COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT AND PROPHYLAXIS OF RSV DISEASES USING THE SAME Shanghai Ark Biopharmaceutical Co., Ltd. WRIGHT, SARAH C 1619 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Apr 28, 2022
17631478 DIMETHYLMONOTHIOARSINIC ACID-INDUCED MALIGNANTLY TRANSFORMED CELL LINE OF HUMAN KERATINOCYTES AND USE THEREOF Soochow University EBBINGHAUS, BRIANA NOEL 1632 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 30, 2022
17631439 TARGETED EXOSOME BASED ON RBD REGION OF SARS-COV-2 S PROTEIN AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF Soochow University BUCKMASTER, MARLENE VRENI 1672 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 239d overdue Pending Jan 28, 2022
17579510 APPLICATION OF TRANSTHYRETIN IN ENTERING EYE AND PREPARING DROP Yizhou (Shanghai) Biological Medicine Co., Ltd. KOROTCHKINA, LIOUBOV G 1653 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 19, 2022
17568976 COMPOSITE ROD AND ITS PROCESSING METHOD Autumn Inc. SIMONE, CATHERINE A 1781 §112Other Final Rejection Pending Jan 05, 2022

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