Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Techlaw Ventures, Pllc

11 pending office actions • 9 clients • 11 examiners • 10 art units • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=683 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

89.6%
Allowance Rate
n=683
+0.62σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=683
3.4
OAs to Allowance
n=413
-0.21σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=413
1042 days
Time to Allowance
n=413
+2.9pp
Interview Lift
n=683
24.1%
RCE Rate
n=683
1.8%
Appeal Rate
n=683

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

69.2%
§101 Overcome
n=78
77.8%
§102 Overcome
n=189
82.0%
§103 Overcome
n=327
82.2%
§112 Overcome
n=208

Specialization & Scale

A61B, H04N, G06F
Top CPC Subclasses
24%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=683
4
Practitioners
n=683
170.8
Apps / Practitioner
n=683

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
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
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. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)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 (64%)
3
Medium (27%)
1
Easy (9%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (18%)
§103 only2 (18%)
Double-patenting only1 (9%)
Double-patenting + other1 (9%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (45%)

Industry Mix

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

5
Life Sciences
45% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
4
Semiconductors
36% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
9% of docket
1
Business / Other
9% 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
LEE, BENNY T 1 87.4% +25.3%
BLAISE, MALINA D 1 57.5% +39.4%
TC 3600, DOCKET 1 2.2% -0.8%
TRAN, NGUYEN 1 83.6% +7.6%
CHI, AMANDA LYNN 1
LUK, EMMANUEL S 1 71.3% +26.4%
ALAOUIE, ALI MUSTAFA 1
MULLEN, MICHAEL PATRICK 1 55.6% +53.3%
LOUIE, PHILIP Y 1 60.3% +36.3%
LEE, WILSON 1 86.8% +3.1%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18331143 ALIGNMENT AND CONSTRAINING DEVICES FOR MAINTAINING POSITIONAL OPTIMIZATIONS BETWEEN ANTENNA ARRAY COMPONENTS LEE, WILSON 72d overdue
18967419 BROADBAND WAVEGUIDE TO DUAL-COAXIAL TRANSITION LEE, BENNY T

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
18527179 FUNGICIDAL COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING ESSENTIAL OILS ALAOUIE, ALI MUSTAFA 28d overdue
18587819 SHELF STABLE ORGANIC NUCLEOTIDE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME CHI, AMANDA LYNN 26d overdue
18154330 ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICE HAVING ADJUSTABLE REFLECTIVITY, AND ELECTRONIC TERMINAL COMPRISING SAME KING, GEORGE G 12d
18661441 DATA EXTRACTION AND DATA INGESTION FOR EXECUTING SEARCH REQUESTS ACROSS MULTIPLE DATA SOURCES TC 3600, DOCKET 39d
18932539 SENSOR DATA INGESTION AND ANALYSIS FOR PREDICTIVE MODELING AND COMPARISON OR COMMUNAL DATA INPUT BLAISE, MALINA D
18696304 CONTROL METHOD FOR A SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY AND A SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY TRAN, NGUYEN
18387826 ATOMIZING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE MULLEN, MICHAEL PATRICK

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
18394917 FOOD-GRADE SHAPER AND CONTAINER FOR FROZEN CONFECTIONS LUK, EMMANUEL S 8d overdue
18377981 ATOMIZATION DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE LOUIE, PHILIP Y 56d
18967419 BROADBAND WAVEGUIDE TO DUAL-COAXIAL TRANSITION LEE, BENNY T
18932539 SENSOR DATA INGESTION AND ANALYSIS FOR PREDICTIVE MODELING AND COMPARISON OR COMMUNAL DATA INPUT BLAISE, MALINA D
18387826 ATOMIZING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE MULLEN, MICHAEL PATRICK

Client Portfolio (9 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28431
36891
28381
16131
17441
16141
17471
17551
28441
28721

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18967419 BROADBAND WAVEGUIDE TO DUAL-COAXIAL TRANSITION Optisys, Inc. LEE, BENNY T 2843 §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Dec 03, 2024
18932539 SENSOR DATA INGESTION AND ANALYSIS FOR PREDICTIVE MODELING AND COMPARISON OR COMMUNAL DATA INPUT Blue 42 Investments, LLC BLAISE, MALINA D §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 30, 2024
18661441 DATA EXTRACTION AND DATA INGESTION FOR EXECUTING SEARCH REQUESTS ACROSS MULTIPLE DATA SOURCES Limble Solutions, Inc. TC 3600, DOCKET 3689 §101§103 Non-Final OA 39d Pending May 10, 2024
18696304 CONTROL METHOD FOR A SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY AND A SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY Miptech Limited TRAN, NGUYEN 2838 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 27, 2024
18587819 SHELF STABLE ORGANIC NUCLEOTIDE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME Glanbia Nutritionals, Inc. CHI, AMANDA LYNN 1613 §103§112 Final Rejection 26d overdue Pending Feb 26, 2024
18394917 FOOD-GRADE SHAPER AND CONTAINER FOR FROZEN CONFECTIONS Snowie LLC LUK, EMMANUEL S 1744 DP Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Dec 22, 2023
18527179 FUNGICIDAL COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING ESSENTIAL OILS Young Living Essential Oils, Lc ALAOUIE, ALI MUSTAFA 1614 §102§103 Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Dec 01, 2023
18387826 ATOMIZING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE Luxshare Precision Industry Company Limited MULLEN, MICHAEL PATRICK 1747 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 07, 2023
18377981 ATOMIZATION DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE Luxshare Precision Industry Company Limited LOUIE, PHILIP Y 1755 §103 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Oct 09, 2023
18331143 ALIGNMENT AND CONSTRAINING DEVICES FOR MAINTAINING POSITIONAL OPTIMIZATIONS BETWEEN ANTENNA ARRAY COMPONENTS Optisys, Inc. LEE, WILSON 2844 §103 Final Rejection 72d overdue Pending Jun 07, 2023
18154330 ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICE HAVING ADJUSTABLE REFLECTIVITY, AND ELECTRONIC TERMINAL COMPRISING SAME Shenzhen Guangyi Tech Co., Ltd. KING, GEORGE G 2872 §102§103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Jan 13, 2023

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