Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

The Law Office Of Patrick F. O''Reilly Iii, LLC

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

8 pending office actions • 6 clients • 8 examiners • 4 art units • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

The Law Office of Patrick F. O'Reilly III, LLC focuses on Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The firm has 824 career applications. Its resolved allowance rate is 96.78 percent. This percentage indicates the frequency of patent grants among resolved cases. For a practitioner, this rate describes the firm's historical success in its specified technology fields.

The firm currently manages 7 pending office actions. On average, the firm receives 2.67 office actions per allowance. This 2.67 office actions per allowance figure reflects the typical volume of correspondence required for a grant. The 824 career applications and 7 pending office actions characterize the firm's total and active prosecution activity. These metrics provide a detailed view of the firm's prosecution history.

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

Quality Metrics (n=824 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

96.8%
Allowance Rate
n=824
+0.89σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=824
2.7
OAs to Allowance
n=511
-0.67σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=511
751 days
Time to Allowance
n=511
+0.1pp
Interview Lift
n=824
23.5%
RCE Rate
n=824
2.6%
Appeal Rate
n=824

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

85.7%
§101 Overcome
n=28
92.1%
§102 Overcome
n=227
90.3%
§103 Overcome
n=329
89.0%
§112 Overcome
n=182

Specialization & Scale

A61B, A61F, G06F
Top CPC Subclasses
22%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=824
0
Practitioners
n=824
—
Apps / Practitioner
n=824 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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 (88%)
1
Medium (12%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (12%)
Multi-statute (no §101)7 (88%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
62% of docket
3
Business / Other
38% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SMALLEY, JAMES N 1 70.7% -9.9%
AHMAD, FARIA F 1 76.7% +8.4%
TRIGGS, ANDREW J 1 66.7% +27.8%
LARSON, JUSTIN MATTHEW 1 56.5% +22.8%
LOPEZ, LESLIE ANN 1 65.5% +34.3%
TOLAN, EDWARD THOMAS 1 78.0% +16.0%
DICKSTEIN, WILLIAM DOUGLAS 1 33.3% +0.0%
HAWK, NOAH CHANDLER 1 61.4% +22.4%

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
18415641 Rotary Grater And/Or Slicer DICKSTEIN, WILLIAM DOUGLAS 45d overdue
19019151 Bottle Cap Drip Tray Device SMALLEY, JAMES N 29d overdue
18954198 Furniture Clip System AHMAD, FARIA F —
18934010 Modular Outdoor Shelter System TRIGGS, ANDREW J —
18920878 Wearable Holder Device For Holding Electronic Devices, Bottles, And/Or Personal Items LARSON, JUSTIN MATTHEW —
18662925 Optical Implant And Methods Of Implantation LOPEZ, LESLIE ANN —
18661918 Strapping Tensioning And Sealing Tool TOLAN, EDWARD THOMAS —

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
18934010 Modular Outdoor Shelter System TRIGGS, ANDREW J —
18920878 Wearable Holder Device For Holding Electronic Devices, Bottles, And/Or Personal Items LARSON, JUSTIN MATTHEW —
18662925 Optical Implant And Methods Of Implantation LOPEZ, LESLIE ANN —
18661918 Strapping Tensioning And Sealing Tool TOLAN, EDWARD THOMAS —
18513773 Rail System For An Outdoor Shelter HAWK, NOAH CHANDLER —

Client Portfolio (6 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37252
37331
37341
36361

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19019151 Bottle Cap Drip Tray Device Sarah J. Purdy SMALLEY, JAMES N 3733 §102§103 Final Rejection 29d overdue Pending Jan 13, 2025
18954198 Furniture Clip System Sunjoy Group International Pte. Ltd. AHMAD, FARIA F §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 20, 2024
18934010 Modular Outdoor Shelter System Sunjoy Group International Pte. Ltd. TRIGGS, ANDREW J §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 31, 2024
18920878 Wearable Holder Device For Holding Electronic Devices, Bottles, And/Or Personal Items Noxgear, LLC LARSON, JUSTIN MATTHEW 3734 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 19, 2024
18662925 Optical Implant And Methods Of Implantation Dr. Gholam Peyman LOPEZ, LESLIE ANN §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 13, 2024
18661918 Strapping Tensioning And Sealing Tool Golden Bear LLC TOLAN, EDWARD THOMAS 3725 §103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending May 13, 2024
18415641 Rotary Grater And/Or Slicer Revise Products LLC DICKSTEIN, WILLIAM DOUGLAS 3725 §102§103 Final Rejection 45d overdue Pending Jan 17, 2024
18513773 Rail System For An Outdoor Shelter Sunjoy Group International Pte. Ltd. HAWK, NOAH CHANDLER 3636 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 20, 2023

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