Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP

11 pending office actions • 9 clients • 11 examiners • 11 art units • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=684 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

86.6%
Allowance Rate
n=684
+0.35σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=684
2.6
OAs to Allowance
n=458
-0.74σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=458
968 days
Time to Allowance
n=458
+3.8pp
Interview Lift
n=684
18.0%
RCE Rate
n=684
3.6%
Appeal Rate
n=684

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

90.2%
§101 Overcome
n=51
75.2%
§102 Overcome
n=149
75.5%
§103 Overcome
n=216
83.8%
§112 Overcome
n=197

Specialization & Scale

G06F, Y10T, A61K
Top CPC Subclasses
13%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=684
9
Practitioners
n=684
76.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=684

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
6
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.

5
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
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 (5)Due ≤ 30 days (1)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.

1
Hard (9%)
7
Medium (64%)
3
Easy (27%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only5 (45%)
§102 only2 (18%)
§112 only2 (18%)
Double-patenting only1 (9%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (9%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
18% of docket
2
Information Tech
18% of docket
2
Communications
18% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
45% 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.

110 h
Manual time on pending OAs
22 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
38 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BRIER, JEFFERY A 1 76.9% +8.7%
COX, NATISHA D 1 72.9% +21.2%
YE, XINWEN 1 43.2% +44.2%
THEIS, MATTHEW T 1 41.8% +32.6%
TSWEI, YU-JANG 1 84.3% +17.2%
LO, ANDREW S 1 72.4% +27.8%
SHARPLESS, CHRISTEN ALICIA 1 49.5% +27.5%
VELEZ-LOPEZ, MARIO M 1 74.3% +5.2%
HARE, DAVID R 1 67.6% +32.4%
DESTEFANO, AUDRA JEAN 1 51.4% +65.7%

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
18655224 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTERACTIVE DIGITAL OVERLAYMENT TSWEI, YU-JANG 70d

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18908762 COTTON CANDY MACHINE WITH ENHANCED SAFETY YE, XINWEN 14d

Interview Candidates (8)

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
18440924 GRIP RESISTANCE DEVICE LO, ANDREW S 45d overdue
18121556 INTEGRATED MATTRESS SHEET AND WATERPROOF MATTRESS COVER HARE, DAVID R 45d overdue
18020881 LOW MELT COPOLYETHERESTER DESTEFANO, AUDRA JEAN 8d overdue
18908762 COTTON CANDY MACHINE WITH ENHANCED SAFETY YE, XINWEN 14d
18655224 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTERACTIVE DIGITAL OVERLAYMENT TSWEI, YU-JANG 70d
19286121 AUTOMATED DISPUTE DELIVERY SYSTEM COX, NATISHA D
18759747 BABY CARRYING APPARATUS THEIS, MATTHEW T
18409719 Nasal Anchor SHARPLESS, CHRISTEN ALICIA

Client Portfolio (9 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
26111
24581
17541
37341
26141
37841
37951
21181
36731
17661

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19292709 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTERACTIVE DIGITAL OVERLAYMENT ZUMEDIA INC. BRIER, JEFFERY A 2611 §102Other Non-Final OA Pending Aug 06, 2025
19286121 AUTOMATED DISPUTE DELIVERY SYSTEM ZUMEDIA INC. COX, NATISHA D 2458 §112 Final Rejection Pending Jul 30, 2025
18908762 COTTON CANDY MACHINE WITH ENHANCED SAFETY Ps Gems LLC YE, XINWEN 1754 §102§103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Oct 07, 2024
18759747 BABY CARRYING APPARATUS Heroes Technology Ltd. THEIS, MATTHEW T 3734 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 28, 2024
18655224 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTERACTIVE DIGITAL OVERLAYMENT ZUMEDIA INC. TSWEI, YU-JANG 2614 §103 Final Rejection 70d Pending May 03, 2024
18440924 GRIP RESISTANCE DEVICE The Crab Grip LLC LO, ANDREW S 3784 §103 Non-Final OA 45d overdue Pending Feb 13, 2024
18409719 Nasal Anchor Sentry Laboratories LLC SHARPLESS, CHRISTEN ALICIA 3795 §102 Final Rejection Pending Jan 10, 2024
18510610 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE OF DIGITAL UNDERLAYMENT BACKSKIN INC. VELEZ-LOPEZ, MARIO M 2118 DP Final Rejection 36d overdue Pending Nov 15, 2023
18121556 INTEGRATED MATTRESS SHEET AND WATERPROOF MATTRESS COVER Ely Baby LLC HARE, DAVID R 3673 §103 Final Rejection 45d overdue Pending Mar 14, 2023
18020881 LOW MELT COPOLYETHERESTER Ester Industries Limited DESTEFANO, AUDRA JEAN 1766 §112 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Feb 10, 2023
17909794 Insole Si Shape Industries GmbH GmbH LYNCH, PATRICK JOHN 3732 §103 Non-Final OA 147d overdue Pending Sep 07, 2022

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