Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

The Dobrusin Law Firm P.C.

Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

86 pending office actions • 46 clients • 83 examiners • 61 art units • 0 of 86 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

The Dobrusin Law Firm P.C. has 85 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. Its profile includes 4903 career applications, establishing a substantial record against which the current workload can be viewed.

The resolved allowance rate is 83.88%, and the average is 3.85 office actions per allowance. Resolved matters frequently reach allowance, but successful cases generally require several examination exchanges. Practitioners may examine how the firm manages sustained prosecution and claim refinement in chemistry and materials matters.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Quality Metrics (n=4903 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

83.9%
Allowance Rate
n=4903
+0.66σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=4903
3.8
OAs to Allowance
n=2654
+0.12σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=2654
1063 days
Time to Allowance
n=2654
+11.3pp
Interview Lift
n=4903
31.3%
RCE Rate
n=4903
1.5%
Appeal Rate
n=4903

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

72.5%
§101 Overcome
n=171
76.4%
§102 Overcome
n=1266
77.6%
§103 Overcome
n=2052
80.0%
§112 Overcome
n=1852

Specialization & Scale

B29C, Y10T, B62D
Top CPC Subclasses
14%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=4903
0
Practitioners
n=4903
—
Apps / Practitioner
n=4903 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

86
Total Pending OAs
54
Non-Final OAs
25
Final Rejections
7
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 27 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

13
Overdue
1
Due this week
11
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
2
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. 27 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (13)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (11)Due later (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.

49
Hard (57%)
30
Medium (35%)
5
Easy (6%)
2
Unknown (2%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other7 (8%)
§103 only24 (28%)
§102 only2 (2%)
§112 only3 (3%)
Double-patenting only2 (2%)
Double-patenting + other4 (5%)
Multi-statute (no §101)42 (49%)
No statute on record2 (2%)

Industry Mix

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

39
Life Sciences
45% of docket
1
Information Tech
1% of docket
3
Communications
3% of docket
6
Semiconductors
7% of docket
36
Mechanical / Eng
42% of docket
1
Business / Other
1% 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.

860 h
Manual time on pending OAs
172 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
301 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
7.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BEMKO, TARAS P 2 84.4% +19.2%
BLANKENSHIP, GREGORY A 2 85.2% +3.8%
MANNAN, MIKAIL A 2 68.3% +24.0%
BLOUNT, ERIC 1 78.3% +3.4%
DUNHAM, JASON B 1 26.8% +27.3%
ELAHMADI, ZAKARIA 1 76.0% +12.1%
SINGH, KAVEL 1 83.7% +14.0%
TRAN, HANH VAN 1 74.1% +13.8%
DEAN, RAY ALEXANDER 1 78.9% +17.4%
VIGIL, TORIANA NICHOLE 1 52.9% +26.8%

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
19028107 CARRIER TO REINFORCE A FRAME OF A VEHICLE AND METHOD OF MAKING BEMKO, TARAS P —
18713306 Reinforcement Member Particularly for an Electric Vehicle BLANKENSHIP, GREGORY A —

Hard Cases (49)

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
17609117 Encapsulated Reactive Components for Use in Activatable Materials ROSEBACH, CHRISTINA H.W. 128d overdue
17703574 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR 3D PRINTING WITH A NARROW WAVELENGTH SPECTRUM THROWER, LARRY W 86d overdue
17272966 SYSTEM FOR DETECTION OF VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (VOC) IN EXHALED BREATH FOR HEALTH MONITORING LYLE, SOPHIA YUAN 60d overdue
18703079 Decorative Panel, and Decorative Panel Covering FONSECA, JESSIE T 38d overdue
18025691 Cartridge System, Beverage Preparation Machine, and Process For Manufacturing a Cartridge System CAMPBELL, THOR S 16d overdue
17550402 LIQUID ALLULOSE COMPOSITION FORREST, MICHAEL 4d overdue
18938919 T-SHAPED REAMED PILE, COMPOSITE FOUNDATION, AND CONSTRUCTION METHOD FOR COMPOSITE FOUNDATION ANDRISH, SEAN D 20d
18708382 Positioning of a Position-Variable Stop Means of a Slicing Device for Slicing Food MACFARLANE, EVAN H 20d

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
17273200 HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT PROSTHESIS WITH ADVANTAGEOUS SEALING AND LOADING PROPERTIES MANNAN, MIKAIL A 23d
19254860 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING AND MANAGING PATIENTS UNDERGOING IMMUNOTHERAPY DUNHAM, JASON B —
19086752 Method and Device for Moving Piece Goods from a Supply Device to a Receiving Device ELAHMADI, ZAKARIA —
19110158 DEVICE FOR TRANSPORTING SLICES OF FOOD SINGH, KAVEL —
19057215 Storage System with Mechanical Safety Provision TRAN, HANH VAN —
19031476 ANGULARLY ADJUSTABLE FRESNEL TURNING LENS AND IMPLEMENTATION METHOD THEREOF DEAN, RAY ALEXANDER —
19028107 CARRIER TO REINFORCE A FRAME OF A VEHICLE AND METHOD OF MAKING BEMKO, TARAS P —
18996622 HAIR TREATMENT COMPOSITION VIGIL, TORIANA NICHOLE —

Client Portfolio (46 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36125
37614
36723
36163
17893
36372
16122
17922
17542
28572

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19165726 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING LIQUID CONSUMPTION BY DOMESTIC ANIMAL FROM WATER DISPENSER Automated Pet Care Products, LLC BLOUNT, ERIC 2685 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 16, 2025
19254860 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING AND MANAGING PATIENTS UNDERGOING IMMUNOTHERAPY Alerje, Inc. DUNHAM, JASON B 3686 §101§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 30, 2025
19086752 Method and Device for Moving Piece Goods from a Supply Device to a Receiving Device Mde Automation B.V. ELAHMADI, ZAKARIA 3618 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 21, 2025
19110158 DEVICE FOR TRANSPORTING SLICES OF FOOD Gea Food Solutions Germany GmbH SINGH, KAVEL 3651 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 10, 2025
19057215 Storage System with Mechanical Safety Provision Bruynzeel Storage Systems TRAN, HANH VAN 3637 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 19, 2025
19031476 ANGULARLY ADJUSTABLE FRESNEL TURNING LENS AND IMPLEMENTATION METHOD THEREOF Hengdian Group Tospo Lighting Co., Ltd. DEAN, RAY ALEXANDER 2872 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 18, 2025
19028107 CARRIER TO REINFORCE A FRAME OF A VEHICLE AND METHOD OF MAKING ZEPHYROS, INC. BEMKO, TARAS P 3672 §102§103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 17, 2025
18996622 HAIR TREATMENT COMPOSITION Selora Haircare LLC VIGIL, TORIANA NICHOLE 1612 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 17, 2025
19027336 MULTIPLE STAGE DEFORMATION REINFORCEMENT STRUCTURE FOR IMPACT ABSORPTION ZEPHYROS, INC. DANIELS, JASON S 3612 §102DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 17, 2025
19022111 Hybrid Reinforcement Structure ZEPHYROS, INC. COLILLA, DANIEL JAMES 3612 §112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 15, 2025
18881852 Reinforcement Device ZEPHYROS, INC. AKARAGWE, YANICK A 3672 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 07, 2025
19004905 Modular Vehicle Bollinger Motors Inc. WALSH, MICHAEL THOMAS 3613 §102Other Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 30, 2024
18982020 METHOD FOR MEASURING THE SURFACE OF THE SCALP TO ASSESS BALD AREAS (RECIPIENT AREAS), AREAS WITH THINNING HAIR, AND AREAS WITH THICK HAIR (DONOR AREAS) Frederico Pittella Silva YICK, JORDAN WAN 2612 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 16, 2024
18978472 High Elastic Modulus Structural Foam Materials With Improved Strain to Failure ZEPHYROS, INC. BELUNIS, THOMAS JAMES 1767 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 12, 2024
18964970 VEHICLE SECURITY LOCK Carbolt B.V. NEUBAUER, THOMAS L 3675 §103 Final Rejection 45d overdue Pending Dec 02, 2024
18953825 Protective Cabinet Abc Manufacturing, LLC Dba Abc Wash Systems WILKENS, JANET MARIE 3637 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 20, 2024
18865478 FOOD CONTAINER COMPATIBLE WITH AUTOMATIC FEEDING ASSEMBLY Automated Pet Care Products, LLC RODZIWICZ, AARON M 3642 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 13, 2024
18938919 T-SHAPED REAMED PILE, COMPOSITE FOUNDATION, AND CONSTRUCTION METHOD FOR COMPOSITE FOUNDATION Henan Jingwu Expressway Co., Ltd. ANDRISH, SEAN D 3678 §103§112 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Nov 06, 2024
18922571 METHODS FOR FILLING CAVITIES IN A MOULD MEMBER Gea Food Solutions Bakel B.V. LACHICA, ERICSON M 1792 §102§103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 22, 2024
18901003 Wear Resistant Braking Systems Tech M3, Inc. RODRIGUEZ, PAMELA 3616 §101DP Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 30, 2024
18844414 DEEP-DRAWABLE SEPARATING FILM FOR FIBRE COMPOSITE PLASTIC COMPONENTS Loparex Germany GmbH & Co. Kg FREEMAN, JOHN D 1744 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 06, 2024
18822533 DE-AERATION CAVITIES IN A MOULD MEMBER Gea Food Solutions Bakel B.V. MALEKZADEH, SEYED MASOUD 1754 §103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 03, 2024
18789981 FACIAL RECOGNITION AND MONITORING DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD Moment AI, Inc. BARAKAT, MOHAMED 2689 DP Final Rejection — Pending Jul 31, 2024
17611418 ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING MATERIAL CONTAINING TETRAPHENYLBENZENE, PREPARATION,AND APPLICATION South China University Of Technology WILCZEWSKI, MARY A 2898 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 17, 2024
18774017 DYNAMIC MEASUREMENT METHOD FOR SPATIAL MAGNETIC FIELD OF TRANSMISSION LINES BASED ON TWO-DIMENSIONAL ELECTROMAGNETIC SENSOR MATRIX Anhui Electric Power Transmission And Transformation Co., Ltd. SATANOVSKY, ALEXANDER 2857 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 16, 2024
18771333 POWER SUPPLY CHARGING SYSTEM Katlego Systems, LLC BARNETT, JOEL 2849 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 12, 2024
18749260 COMPOSITES WITH THERMOPLASTIC EPOXY POLYMERIC PHASE, ARTICLES SUCH AS CARRIERS MADE THEREWITH AND ASSOCIATED METHODS ZEPHYROS, INC. THOMPSON, CAMIE S 1786 Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 20, 2024
18702192 Array Substrate and Manufacturing Method Therefor, and Display Apparatus Truly (Huizhou) Smart Display Limited ANDERSON, WILLIAM H 2817 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 14, 2024
18736897 Thrust Washer for Distributing a Fluid with Lubricant Pockets E. Winkemann GmbH NGUYEN, AIMEE TRAN 3617 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 07, 2024
18713306 Reinforcement Member Particularly for an Electric Vehicle ZEPHYROS, INC. BLANKENSHIP, GREGORY A 3612 §103 Final Rejection — Pending May 24, 2024
18708382 Positioning of a Position-Variable Stop Means of a Slicing Device for Slicing Food Gea Food Solutions Germany GmbH MACFARLANE, EVAN H 3724 §103§112 Final Rejection 20d Pending May 08, 2024
18705125 Method and System for Analyzing Bimetallic Isotope Source of Cd/Pb Composite Pollution in Soil Institute Of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy Of Sciences HUYNH, PHUONG 2857 §101§102 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 26, 2024
18703079 Decorative Panel, and Decorative Panel Covering Li & Co. AG FONSECA, JESSIE T 3633 §103§112 Non-Final OA 38d overdue Pending Apr 19, 2024
18636562 Universal High Expandable Filling Member ZEPHYROS, INC. BEMKO, TARAS P 3672 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 16, 2024
18632380 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING 3D MOULDED PARTS BY MEANS OF A LAYER CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUE Voxeljet AG FERGUSON, LAWRENCE D 1781 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 11, 2024
18631322 BREATHABLE, WICKING NONWOVEN MATERIAL ZEPHYROS, INC. STEELE, JENNIFER A 1789 §103§112Other Final Rejection — Pending Apr 10, 2024
18699470 Reaction Induced Color-Change Composition ZEPHYROS, INC. NGUYEN, HENRY H 1758 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 08, 2024
18695128 MOISTURE WICKING AND ABSORBING FOOTWEAR OR FOOTWEAR INSERT ZEPHYROS, INC. SINGH-PANDEY, ARTI R 1759 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 25, 2024
18694610 METHOD OF PREPARING A DRY BATTERY ASSEMBLY SUITABLE FOR STORAGE Advanced Battery Concepts, LLC KEKIA, OMAR M 1722 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 22, 2024
18612217 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING 3D MOLDED PARTS USING A LAYER CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUE AND A CONTROLLABLE POWDER ROLL Voxeljet AG GHORISHI, SEYED BEHROOZ 1748 §103 Non-Final OA 74d overdue Pending Mar 21, 2024
18611940 Device for Providing a Dough Sheet Provided With a Layer of Fat Radie B.V. ABRAHAM, IBRAHIME A 3761 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 21, 2024
18685352 Fire Resistant Two-Part System ZEPHYROS, INC. MONTGOMERY, STEPHEN EDWARD 1765 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 21, 2024
18441107 CONCENTRATED RECONSTITUTABLE LIQUID COMPOSITIONS FOR PERSONAL CARE Galaxy Surfactants Ltd. MAEWALL, SNIGDHA 1612 DP Final Rejection — Pending Feb 14, 2024
18426917 REINFORCED BIPOLAR BATTERY ASSEMBLY Advanced Battery Concepts, LLC CHUO, TONY SHENG HSIANG 1751 §103 Final Rejection 81d overdue Pending Jan 30, 2024
18580306 Single Serve Capsule for Preparing a Beverage with the Aid of a Beverage Preparation Machine, and Use of a Single Serve Capsule K-Fee System GmbH SMITH, CHAIM A 1791 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 18, 2024
18579948 Beverage Preparation Device K-Fee System GmbH PARK, JE HWAN JOHN §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 17, 2024
18409875 Reinforcement Devices ZEPHYROS, INC. BLANKENSHIP, GREGORY A 3612 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 11, 2024
18577565 Emulsion Polymerized Emulsions from Polydimethyl Siloxane Mixture and Consequence of Cyclic Generation in Final Emulsion Wacker Metroark Chemicals Pvt. Ltd. JONES, KOLTON ED 1763 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 08, 2024
18562485 3D PRINTING METHOD AND MOLDING PART PRODUCED THEREWITH USING A WATER GLASS BINDER AND ESTER Voxeljet AG CARPENTER, JOSHUA S 1733 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 20, 2023
18494957 Activatable Polymer Composition Comprising At Least Two Carboxylic Acids as Blowing Agent ZEPHYROS, INC. LEFF, ANGELA MARIE DITRAN 3674 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 26, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is The Dobrusin Law Firm P.C.'s patent allowance rate?

83.9% of resolved applications prosecuted by The Dobrusin Law Firm P.C. were allowed, across 4,903 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does The Dobrusin Law Firm P.C. average before allowance?

3.85 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does The Dobrusin Law Firm P.C. have?

86 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 46 clients, before 83 examiners in 61 art units.

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