Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

The H.T. Than Law Group

10 pending office actions • 6 clients • 10 examiners • 9 art units • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=540 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

86.6%
Allowance Rate
n=540
+0.52σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=540
3.5
OAs to Allowance
n=375
-0.05σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=375
1058 days
Time to Allowance
n=375
+5.5pp
Interview Lift
n=540
27.9%
RCE Rate
n=540
0.4%
Appeal Rate
n=540

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

81.8%
§101 Overcome
n=22
79.0%
§102 Overcome
n=152
79.8%
§103 Overcome
n=268
80.2%
§112 Overcome
n=238

Specialization & Scale

C09D, H05B, Y02E
Top CPC Subclasses
12%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=540
1
Practitioners
n=540
540.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=540

Portfolio Summary

10
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
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.

1
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)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.

5
Hard (50%)
3
Medium (30%)
2
Easy (20%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (20%)
§112 only2 (20%)
Double-patenting + other1 (10%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
30% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
20% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
40% of docket
1
Business / Other
10% 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.

100 h
Manual time on pending OAs
20 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
35 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CARTER, TARA ROSE E 1 80.6% +9.7%
KAMIKAWA, TRACY L 1 58.7% +37.4%
CAI, WENWEN 1 59.7% +19.8%
GUMP, MICHAEL ANTHONY 1 63.6% +49.9%
GRAY, SUNGHEE Y 1 83.6% +10.4%
YUSHIN, NIKOLAY K 1 93.2% +2.1%
BLAND, ALICIA 1 50.2% +12.2%
JENNISON, BRIAN W 1 71.8% +22.1%
KUVAYSKAYA, ANASTASIA ALEKSEYEVNA 1 71.8% +36.9%
LEUNG, JENNIFER A 1 62.1% +12.6%

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
18526150 CAPACITIVE MEMORY STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR READING-OUT A CAPACITIVE MEMORY STRUCTURE YUSHIN, NIKOLAY K

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17969969 Pressure Vessel with Check Valve LEUNG, JENNIFER A 46d overdue
18391824 Adjusted Color Prescriptions for Aqueous Coating Compositions to Correct Gloss Differences GRAY, SUNGHEE Y 16d
19065730 CANNULA WITH IMPELLER PUMP, PERISTALTIC PUMP AND OTHER PUMPS CARTER, TARA ROSE E
19045087 SIMPLIFIED SURGICAL CANNULA KAMIKAWA, TRACY L
18294328 POLISHING TOOL, POLISHING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF POLISHING GUMP, MICHAEL ANTHONY

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
17969969 Pressure Vessel with Check Valve LEUNG, JENNIFER A 46d overdue
18391824 Adjusted Color Prescriptions for Aqueous Coating Compositions to Correct Gloss Differences GRAY, SUNGHEE Y 16d
18131137 STAIN RESISTANT ARCHITECTURAL COMPOSITIONS KUVAYSKAYA, ANASTASIA ALEKSEYEVNA 72d
19045087 SIMPLIFIED SURGICAL CANNULA KAMIKAWA, TRACY L
18689601 STAIN BLOCKING ARCHITECTURAL COMPOSITIONS WITH CATIONIC RESIN AND NONIONIC RESIN BLENDS CAI, WENWEN
18294328 POLISHING TOOL, POLISHING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF POLISHING GUMP, MICHAEL ANTHONY
18223268 BIO-BASED MONOMERS AND POLYMERS MADE THEREFROM BLAND, ALICIA
18034771 A METHOD FOR TURNING A WORKPIECE WITH A FLUID-JET GUIDED LASER BEAM JENNISON, BRIAN W

Client Portfolio (6 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37731
37751
37231
28771
28931
17591
37611
17311
17741

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19065730 CANNULA WITH IMPELLER PUMP, PERISTALTIC PUMP AND OTHER PUMPS Edward J. Mikol CARTER, TARA ROSE E 3773 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 27, 2025
19045087 SIMPLIFIED SURGICAL CANNULA Edward J. Mikol KAMIKAWA, TRACY L 3775 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 04, 2025
18689601 STAIN BLOCKING ARCHITECTURAL COMPOSITIONS WITH CATIONIC RESIN AND NONIONIC RESIN BLENDS Columbia Insurance Company CAI, WENWEN §103DP Non-Final OA Pending Mar 06, 2024
18294328 POLISHING TOOL, POLISHING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF POLISHING Mei S.r.l. GUMP, MICHAEL ANTHONY 3723 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 01, 2024
18391824 Adjusted Color Prescriptions for Aqueous Coating Compositions to Correct Gloss Differences Columbia Insurance Company GRAY, SUNGHEE Y 2877 §103§112 Non-Final OA 16d Pending Dec 21, 2023
18526150 CAPACITIVE MEMORY STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR READING-OUT A CAPACITIVE MEMORY STRUCTURE Katholieke Universiteit Leuven YUSHIN, NIKOLAY K 2893 §112 Final Rejection Pending Dec 01, 2023
18223268 BIO-BASED MONOMERS AND POLYMERS MADE THEREFROM Columbia Insurance Company BLAND, ALICIA 1759 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 18, 2023
18034771 A METHOD FOR TURNING A WORKPIECE WITH A FLUID-JET GUIDED LASER BEAM Synova S.A. JENNISON, BRIAN W 3761 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 01, 2023
18131137 STAIN RESISTANT ARCHITECTURAL COMPOSITIONS Columbia Insurance Company KUVAYSKAYA, ANASTASIA ALEKSEYEVNA 1731 §103 Non-Final OA 72d Pending Apr 05, 2023
17969969 Pressure Vessel with Check Valve Mls Mikrowellen-Labor-Systeme GmbH LEUNG, JENNIFER A 1774 §103§112 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Oct 20, 2022

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