Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Talem Ip Law, LLP

30 pending office actions • 11 clients • 29 examiners • 20 art units • 0 of 30 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=715 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

85.8%
Allowance Rate
n=715
+0.43σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=715
3.1
OAs to Allowance
n=416
-0.27σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=416
968 days
Time to Allowance
n=416
-3.0pp
Interview Lift
n=715
30.9%
RCE Rate
n=715
6.3%
Appeal Rate
n=715

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

57.0%
§101 Overcome
n=165
75.6%
§102 Overcome
n=209
72.2%
§103 Overcome
n=356
72.5%
§112 Overcome
n=189

Specialization & Scale

G06Q, G06F, H04L
Top CPC Subclasses
26%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=715
2
Practitioners
n=715
357.5
Apps / Practitioner
n=715

Portfolio Summary

30
Total Pending OAs
16
Non-Final OAs
13
Final Rejections
1
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.

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

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 30 days (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.

22
Hard (73%)
8
Medium (27%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only3 (10%)
§101 + other11 (37%)
§103 only8 (27%)
Multi-statute (no §101)8 (27%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
3% of docket
3
Information Tech
10% of docket
3
Communications
10% of docket
1
Semiconductors
3% of docket
16
Mechanical / Eng
53% of docket
6
Business / Other
20% 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.

300 h
Manual time on pending OAs
60 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
105 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
FELTEN, DANIEL S 2 46.1% +12.6%
SHRESTHA, BIJENDRA K 1 60.9% +40.8%
IMTIAZ, ZOHEB S 1 80.8% +14.0%
SHERR, MARIA CRISTI OWEN 1 26.6% +14.4%
ANDRISH, SEAN D 1 71.6% +31.9%
NGUYEN, LIZ P 1 61.1% +6.0%
ALBERS, KEVIN S 1 24.5% +51.2%
YONO, RAVEN E 1 39.6% +32.8%
LUO, DAVID S 1 90.5% +6.4%
ASTACIO-OQUENDO, GIOVANNI 1 88.4% +10.4%

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
18856834 CONTROLLER FOR ELECTRIC MOTOR-DRIVEN ROTATING-BLADE COMMINUTION AND MIXING LUO, DAVID S

Hard Cases (23)

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
18414651 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING AND COACHING SOCIAL COMPETENCIES IN IMMERSIVE VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS LANE, DANIEL E 23d overdue
18240405 CORE ALLOCATION FOR TEMPERATURE CONTROL IN UNDER-SUBSCRIBED COMPUTING SYSTEMS TRUONG, LECHI 16d overdue
18028305 GALLBLADDER CRYOABLATION DEVICE AND METHOD FLANAGAN, BEVERLY MEINDL 1d overdue
18962035 NON-INVASIVE ORTHOSIS FOR IMMOBILIZING THE CERVICAL SPINE ALBERS, KEVIN S 14d
18710832 ACCOUNT LINKING INDEX STRUCTURE IN A NETWORK CHISM, STEVEN R 22d
18576961 RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATING SYSTEM & METHOD MATTHIAS, JONATHAN R 71d
18943170 Untitled SHRESTHA, BIJENDRA K
18808539 Untitled IMTIAZ, ZOHEB S

Interview Candidates (9)

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
18987811 USER AUTHENTICATION AND TRANSACTION STAGING FELTEN, DANIEL S 11d overdue
18962035 NON-INVASIVE ORTHOSIS FOR IMMOBILIZING THE CERVICAL SPINE ALBERS, KEVIN S 14d
18943170 Untitled SHRESTHA, BIJENDRA K
18808539 Untitled IMTIAZ, ZOHEB S
19147916 OFF-LINE DISTRIBUTED TRANSACTION VALIDATION METHOD SHERR, MARIA CRISTI OWEN
19089585 MODULAR MARITIME DEPLOYMENT SYSTEM FOR MULTIFUNCTIONAL SUBSURFACE AND SURFACE OPERATIONS ANDRISH, SEAN D
18953039 METHODS AND SYSTEMS TO IDENTIFY FRAUD FELTEN, DANIEL S
18857640 A MULTIPLE PAYMENT TOKENIZED DIGITAL TRANSACTION AUTHENTICATION METHOD YONO, RAVEN E

Client Portfolio (11 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36923
36942
36952
36971
36961
37861
28581
26851
17861
21331

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18943170 Untitled Mastercard International Incorporated SHRESTHA, BIJENDRA K §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending
18808539 Untitled Eaton Intelligent Power Limited IMTIAZ, ZOHEB S §101 Non-Final OA Pending
19147916 OFF-LINE DISTRIBUTED TRANSACTION VALIDATION METHOD Mastercard International Incorporated SHERR, MARIA CRISTI OWEN 3697 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 14, 2025
19089585 MODULAR MARITIME DEPLOYMENT SYSTEM FOR MULTIFUNCTIONAL SUBSURFACE AND SURFACE OPERATIONS Ultrasea, Inc. ANDRISH, SEAN D §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 25, 2025
19067131 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING POTENTIAL RETURN TRANSACTIONS Mastercard International Incorporated NGUYEN, LIZ P 3696 §101§102 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 28, 2025
18987811 USER AUTHENTICATION AND TRANSACTION STAGING Mastercard International Incorporated FELTEN, DANIEL S 3692 §103 Final Rejection 11d overdue Pending Dec 19, 2024
18962035 NON-INVASIVE ORTHOSIS FOR IMMOBILIZING THE CERVICAL SPINE Duke University ALBERS, KEVIN S 3786 §103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Nov 27, 2024
18953039 METHODS AND SYSTEMS TO IDENTIFY FRAUD Mastercard International Incorporated FELTEN, DANIEL S 3692 §101§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 19, 2024
18857640 A MULTIPLE PAYMENT TOKENIZED DIGITAL TRANSACTION AUTHENTICATION METHOD Mastercard International Incorporated YONO, RAVEN E 3694 §101§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Oct 17, 2024
18856834 CONTROLLER FOR ELECTRIC MOTOR-DRIVEN ROTATING-BLADE COMMINUTION AND MIXING Blade Grinder Technologies LLC LUO, DAVID S §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 14, 2024
18907015 HIGH IMPEDANCE FAULT LOCATION IN ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS Eaton Intelligent Power Limited ASTACIO-OQUENDO, GIOVANNI 2858 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 04, 2024
18815148 PREAMPLIFIER CIRCUIT WITH COUPLING FOR WIRED BIDIRECTIONAL COMMUNICATION WITH POWER Interdisciplinary Consulting Corporation TRIEU, VAN THANH 2685 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 26, 2024
18839955 HIGH VOLTAGE ELECTRICALLY INSULATED THERMALLY CONDUCTIVE BYPASS HEAT SPREADER Eaton Intelligent Power Limited DECKER, JAMIL ALEXANDER §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 20, 2024
18794210 IN-APPLICATION TRANSACTION INTERFACE Mastercard International Incorporated OYEBISI, OJO O 3695 §101§102§103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 05, 2024
18749988 METHOD AND SYSTEM TO PREVENT FRAUDULENT TRANSACTIONS Mastercard International Incorporated CUNNINGHAM II, GREGORY S 3694 §101§102§103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 21, 2024
18713948 METALLIC SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBE HYBRID ASSEMBLIES AND SUPERSTRUCTURES Duke University THOMPSON, CAMIE S 1786 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 28, 2024
18673614 TAG WAY-HALTING Arm Limited PHAM, KAITLYN HUNG 2133 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 24, 2024
18710832 ACCOUNT LINKING INDEX STRUCTURE IN A NETWORK Mastercard International Incorporated CHISM, STEVEN R 3692 §101§112 Final Rejection 22d Pending May 16, 2024
18603557 METHOD FOR PERFORMING A FORK OPERATION ON A MULTITHREADED APPLICATION TO SUPPORT IN-MEMORY CHECKPOINTING Arm Limited ABSHER, LUCAS DONALD §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 13, 2024
18581157 COMPUTATIONAL IMAGE CONTRAST FROM MULTI-DIMENSIONAL DATA Duke University BUDISALICH, ANDREW STEVEN 2662 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 19, 2024
18443625 CELL COLLECTION DEVICE Cyted Ltd. NATNITHITHADHA, NAVIN 3791 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 16, 2024
18414651 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING AND COACHING SOCIAL COMPETENCIES IN IMMERSIVE VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM LANE, DANIEL E 3715 §101§102§103§112 Final Rejection 23d overdue Pending Jan 17, 2024
18576961 RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATING SYSTEM & METHOD Beyond Renewables Inc. MATTHIAS, JONATHAN R 3746 §103§112 Non-Final OA 71d Pending Jan 05, 2024
18543720 FUSE MANAGEMENT FOR AN ELECTRIC MOBILE APPLICATION Eaton Intelligent Power Limited TRIGGS, JAMES J 3615 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 18, 2023
18376919 REGIONAL MOTION DISPLAY AND ASSESSMENT IMAGING Duke University TRAN, DUY ANH 2674 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 05, 2023
18367718 EXPENSE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR IMPROVED DATA CAPTURE Mastercard International Incorporated JUNG, HENRY H 3695 §101§103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 13, 2023
18240405 CORE ALLOCATION FOR TEMPERATURE CONTROL IN UNDER-SUBSCRIBED COMPUTING SYSTEMS Arm Limited TRUONG, LECHI 2194 §101 Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending Aug 31, 2023
18028305 GALLBLADDER CRYOABLATION DEVICE AND METHOD Arizona Board of Regents FLANAGAN, BEVERLY MEINDL 3794 §102§112 Final Rejection 1d overdue Pending Mar 24, 2023
17902315 BULK DATA TRANSFER BETWEEN MESH NODES Eaton Intelligent Power Limited FOLLANSBEE, KEITH TRAN-DANH 2411 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Sep 02, 2022
17885271 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED SOCIAL SYNCHRONY MEASUREMENTS Duke University SITTNER, MICHAEL J 3621 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Aug 10, 2022

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