Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

The Law Firm Of A.Q. Basit

Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

9 pending office actions • 3 clients • 9 examiners • 6 art units • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

The Law Firm of A.Q. Basit focuses on Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The firm has a history of 114 career applications. Its resolved allowance rate is 93.06 percent. This percentage shows the proportion of resolved applications that successfully reach a grant. For a practitioner, this rate provides a benchmark for the firm's historical performance.

The firm currently manages 7 pending office actions. On average, the firm receives 2.09 office actions per allowance. This 2.09 office actions per allowance figure reflects the typical amount of negotiation with the USPTO. The 114 career applications and 7 pending office actions define the firm's historical and active workload. These data points characterize the firm's prosecution profile.

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

Quality Metrics (n=114 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

93.1%
Allowance Rate
n=114
+0.49σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=114
2.1
OAs to Allowance
n=67
-0.58σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=67
724 days
Time to Allowance
n=67
-2.4pp
Interview Lift
n=114
11.1%
RCE Rate
n=114
5.3%
Appeal Rate
n=114

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

60.0%
§101 Overcome
n=20
72.0%
§102 Overcome
n=25
61.8%
§103 Overcome
n=34
69.2%
§112 Overcome
n=39

Specialization & Scale

G06F, G02F, H04L
Top CPC Subclasses
20%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=114
0
Practitioners
n=114
—
Apps / Practitioner
n=114 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
4
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.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
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 ≤ 30 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.

5
Hard (56%)
1
Medium (11%)
3
Easy (33%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other3 (33%)
§102 only1 (11%)
§112 only2 (22%)
Double-patenting only1 (11%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (22%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
11% of docket
2
Information Tech
22% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
44% of docket
2
Business / Other
22% 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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
AFFUL, CHRISTOPHER M 1 75.9% +9.8%
SHRIEVES, STEPHANIE ALEXANDRA 1 73.0% +20.3%
JEN, MINGJEN 1 79.9% +14.0%
RAPILLO, KRISTINE K 1 29.0% +27.1%
HOFFPAUIR, ANDREW ELI 1 41.4% +52.1%
PHAN, HANH 1 88.7% +6.6%
DUFFIELD, JEREMY S 1 49.3% +52.6%
WEISS, PAMELA HL 1 54.9% +45.9%
SPIELER, WILLIAM 1 73.6% +9.7%

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
18950916 QUANTUM TELEPORTATION NETWORK SYSTEM USING ELECTRONICALLY DRIVEN GRAPHENE WAVEGUIDES PHAN, HANH —

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
18384332 CONCRETE MIXTURE WEISS, PAMELA HL 145d overdue
19298143 GAS CONTROL SYSTEM AFFUL, CHRISTOPHER M —
18977779 INTELLIGENT ROBOTIC COMMUNICATION SYSTEM JEN, MINGJEN —
18972682 NON-INVASIVE HEALTH MONITORING SYSTEM RAPILLO, KRISTINE K —
18957699 AUDITORY AND OLFACTORY MAPPING SYSTEM HOFFPAUIR, ANDREW ELI —

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
18384332 CONCRETE MIXTURE WEISS, PAMELA HL 145d overdue
18674907 QUANTUM SYSTEM FOR SELF DRIVING CARS DUFFIELD, JEREMY S 14d
19050226 GAS CONTROL SYSTEM SHRIEVES, STEPHANIE ALEXANDRA —
18977779 INTELLIGENT ROBOTIC COMMUNICATION SYSTEM JEN, MINGJEN —
18972682 NON-INVASIVE HEALTH MONITORING SYSTEM RAPILLO, KRISTINE K —
18957699 AUDITORY AND OLFACTORY MAPPING SYSTEM HOFFPAUIR, ANDREW ELI —

Client Portfolio (3 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37532
36571
36821
24981
17321
21591

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19298143 GAS CONTROL SYSTEM Marlin Gas Services, LLC AFFUL, CHRISTOPHER M 3753 §101DP Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 12, 2025
19050226 GAS CONTROL SYSTEM Marlin Gas Services, LLC SHRIEVES, STEPHANIE ALEXANDRA 3753 DP Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 11, 2025
18977779 INTELLIGENT ROBOTIC COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Zayed University JEN, MINGJEN 3657 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 11, 2024
18972682 NON-INVASIVE HEALTH MONITORING SYSTEM Abu Dhabi University RAPILLO, KRISTINE K 3682 §101§103 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 06, 2024
18957699 AUDITORY AND OLFACTORY MAPPING SYSTEM Zayed University HOFFPAUIR, ANDREW ELI §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 23, 2024
18950916 QUANTUM TELEPORTATION NETWORK SYSTEM USING ELECTRONICALLY DRIVEN GRAPHENE WAVEGUIDES Abu Dhabi University PHAN, HANH §102Other Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 18, 2024
18674907 QUANTUM SYSTEM FOR SELF DRIVING CARS Abu Dhabi University DUFFIELD, JEREMY S 2498 §112 Final Rejection 14d Pending May 26, 2024
18384332 CONCRETE MIXTURE Abu Dhabi University WEISS, PAMELA HL 1732 §103§112 Non-Final OA 145d overdue Pending Oct 26, 2023
18221284 QUANTUM DATABASE UPDATE OPERATIONS SYSTEM Abu Dhabi University SPIELER, WILLIAM 2159 §112 Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending Jul 12, 2023

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