Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

The Grafe Law Office, P.C.

7 pending office actions • 5 clients • 7 examiners • 4 art units • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=400 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

67.5%
Allowance Rate
n=400
+0.31σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=400
3.0
OAs to Allowance
n=164
-0.26σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=164
1049 days
Time to Allowance
n=164
+25.2pp
Interview Lift
n=400
12.8%
RCE Rate
n=400
1.4%
Appeal Rate
n=400

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

61.3%
§101 Overcome
n=31
65.4%
§102 Overcome
n=104
67.3%
§103 Overcome
n=153
73.7%
§112 Overcome
n=118

Specialization & Scale

A61B, B01D, C02F
Top CPC Subclasses
28%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=400
0
Practitioners
n=400
Apps / Practitioner
n=400 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
1
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 7 days (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 (14%)
5
Medium (71%)
1
Easy (14%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (43%)
§102 only1 (14%)
§112 only1 (14%)
Double-patenting + other1 (14%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (14%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
29% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
14% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
14% of docket
3
Business / Other
43% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
JANG, CHRISTIAN Y 1 68.5% +21.0%
MENDOZA, WILSON GALLARDO 1 100.0% +0.0%
MCCULLOUGH, ERIC J. 1 32.1% +44.1%
MEHMOOD, JENNIFER 1 64.1% +33.3%
ZHANG, RICHARD Z 1 65.8% +65.2%
MENON, KRISHNAN S 1 59.8% +11.5%
YOON, CHANEL J 1 52.9% +39.2%

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
18751107 Spiral Element Construction Yielding Enhanced Capacity MENDOZA, WILSON GALLARDO

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
18636080 AIRPORT PAVEMENT CONDITION ASSESSMENT METHODS AND APPARATUSES MEHMOOD, JENNIFER 6d

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18359304 SPACERS COMPATIBLE WITH ACTIVE LAYER IN FLUID FILTRATION ELEMENTS MENON, KRISHNAN S 26d overdue
17713110 Methods and Apparatuses for Assessment and Management of Hemodynamic Status YOON, CHANEL J 4d overdue
18636080 AIRPORT PAVEMENT CONDITION ASSESSMENT METHODS AND APPARATUSES MEHMOOD, JENNIFER 6d
18889363 Methods and Apparatuses for Central Venous Pressure Measurement Status JANG, CHRISTIAN Y
18643766 Spiral Wound Element Construction MCCULLOUGH, ERIC J.
18417974 Compositions for Engine Carbon Removal and Methods and Apparatus for Removing Carbon ZHANG, RICHARD Z

Client Portfolio (5 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
26641
17141
17771
37911

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18889363 Methods and Apparatuses for Central Venous Pressure Measurement Status Medici Technologies, LLC JANG, CHRISTIAN Y §112DP Non-Final OA Pending Sep 18, 2024
18751107 Spiral Element Construction Yielding Enhanced Capacity Aqua Membranes, Inc. MENDOZA, WILSON GALLARDO §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 21, 2024
18643766 Spiral Wound Element Construction Aqua Membranes In C. MCCULLOUGH, ERIC J. §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 23, 2024
18636080 AIRPORT PAVEMENT CONDITION ASSESSMENT METHODS AND APPARATUSES Bye Uas, Inc. MEHMOOD, JENNIFER 2664 §102§103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Apr 15, 2024
18417974 Compositions for Engine Carbon Removal and Methods and Apparatus for Removing Carbon Ats Chemical, LLC ZHANG, RICHARD Z 1714 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 19, 2024
18359304 SPACERS COMPATIBLE WITH ACTIVE LAYER IN FLUID FILTRATION ELEMENTS Aqua Membranes, Inc. MENON, KRISHNAN S 1777 §102 Non-Final OA 26d overdue Pending Jul 26, 2023
17713110 Methods and Apparatuses for Assessment and Management of Hemodynamic Status Medici Technologies, LLC YOON, CHANEL J 3791 §112 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Apr 04, 2022

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