Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

The Morales Law Firm, LLC

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

17 pending office actions • 13 clients • 16 examiners • 9 art units • 0 of 17 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

The Morales Law Firm, LLC specializes in Chemistry & Materials. The firm has handled 342 career applications. Its resolved allowance rate is 70.04 percent. This percentage reflects the success of resolved applications in reaching a grant. For a practitioner, this rate indicates the historical probability of a favorable outcome in the firm's resolved matters.

The firm currently manages 9 pending office actions. On average, the firm receives 3.51 office actions per allowance. This 3.51 office actions per allowance figure describes the typical volume of correspondence with the USPTO. The 342 career applications and 9 pending office actions provide the context for these prosecution statistics. These values outline the firm's experience and current activity level.

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

Quality Metrics (n=342 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

70.0%
Allowance Rate
n=342
+0.31σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=342
3.5
OAs to Allowance
n=173
-0.23σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=173
1001 days
Time to Allowance
n=173
+29.9pp
Interview Lift
n=342
31.2%
RCE Rate
n=342
0.0%
Appeal Rate
n=342

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

60.0%
§101 Overcome
n=20
63.6%
§102 Overcome
n=88
63.4%
§103 Overcome
n=183
65.9%
§112 Overcome
n=173

Specialization & Scale

B32B, A61K, B60J
Top CPC Subclasses
17%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=342
1
Practitioners
n=342
342.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=342

Portfolio Summary

17
Total Pending OAs
11
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 30 days (2)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.

10
Hard (59%)
5
Medium (29%)
2
Easy (12%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only5 (29%)
§112 only2 (12%)
Multi-statute (no §101)10 (59%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
24% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
6% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
7
Mechanical / Eng
41% of docket
5
Business / Other
29% 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.

170 h
Manual time on pending OAs
34 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
59 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TORRES, ALICIA M 2 73.5% +17.5%
ADJAGBE, MAXIME M 1 84.2% +9.6%
GUINO-O UZZLE, MARITES A 1 68.9% +16.6%
WHIPKEY, TARA NOELLE 1 — —
YABUT, DANIEL D 1 56.7% +26.9%
MILLER, CAMERON KENNETH 1 81.5% +0.2%
TOLAN, EDWARD THOMAS 1 78.0% +16.0%
COLGAN, LAUREN ROBINSON 1 69.9% +16.1%
CHAVCHAVADZE, COLLEEN MARGARET 1 57.3% +40.4%
AHMED, SHEEBA 1 80.7% +14.4%

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
19158951 KINETIC AND POTENTIAL ENERGY OCEAN TURBINE ADJAGBE, MAXIME M —
18728576 CORALLINE CERAMIC MATERIAL, SENSOR AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING SAID MATERIAL MILLER, CAMERON KENNETH —

Hard Cases (10)

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
18759953 WIRE DRAWING MONITORING SYSTEM TOLAN, EDWARD THOMAS 104d overdue
18146413 INTEGRAL HAMMER FOR THE ASSEMBLY OF SOWING DISCS OF A SEEDING MACHINE WAITS, ALAN B 28d overdue
17760301 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PHENOTYPIC CHARACTERISATION OF AGRICULTURAL CROPS LEMIEUX, IAN L 19d overdue
18548567 METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING DATA OVER A BLOCKCHAIN NETWORK FOR DIGITAL TRANSACTIONS ANDREI, RADU 14d
18488973 JOINT SYSTEM FOR ASSEMBLY OF THE SOWING BODIES IN AN AGRICULTURAL SEEDING MACHINE TORRES, ALICIA M 28d
18967883 POZZOLANIC MIXTURE AND CEMENTING COMPOSITION GUINO-O UZZLE, MARITES A —
18725541 SOLAR COATED LAMINATE WITH COMPLEX SHAPE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE COLGAN, LAUREN ROBINSON —
18746991 TELESCOPIC CLIMBING SCAFFOLD CHAVCHAVADZE, COLLEEN MARGARET —

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
18759953 WIRE DRAWING MONITORING SYSTEM TOLAN, EDWARD THOMAS 104d overdue
18488973 JOINT SYSTEM FOR ASSEMBLY OF THE SOWING BODIES IN AN AGRICULTURAL SEEDING MACHINE TORRES, ALICIA M 28d
18607719 ELECTRICALLY DRIVEN AND CONTROLLED DRIVE BOX FOR CORN HEADERS TORRES, ALICIA M 62d
18967883 POZZOLANIC MIXTURE AND CEMENTING COMPOSITION GUINO-O UZZLE, MARITES A —
18844450 MACHINE FOR TRANSFERRING FRUIT FROM A FRUIT HARVESTER TO A TANK TRUCK OR TRAILER FOR TRANSPORTING AND STORING THE FRUIT YABUT, DANIEL D —
18725541 SOLAR COATED LAMINATE WITH COMPLEX SHAPE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE COLGAN, LAUREN ROBINSON —
18746991 TELESCOPIC CLIMBING SCAFFOLD CHAVCHAVADZE, COLLEEN MARGARET —
18718032 AUTOMOTIVE LAMINATE GLAZING WITH IMPROVED OPTICAL QUALITY AHMED, SHEEBA —

Client Portfolio (13 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37252
17872
36712
37451
17891
36971
16561
36171
26691

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19158951 KINETIC AND POTENTIAL ENERGY OCEAN TURBINE Poseidon Intellectualp S.A.S. ADJAGBE, MAXIME M 3745 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 22, 2025
18967883 POZZOLANIC MIXTURE AND CEMENTING COMPOSITION Cementos Argos S.A. GUINO-O UZZLE, MARITES A §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 04, 2024
18861553 LAMINATE WITH EDGE SEAL AND ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR SYSTEM Agp Worldwide Operations GmbH WHIPKEY, TARA NOELLE 1789 §103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 29, 2024
18844450 MACHINE FOR TRANSFERRING FRUIT FROM A FRUIT HARVESTER TO A TANK TRUCK OR TRAILER FOR TRANSPORTING AND STORING THE FRUIT Tenias Harvester S.L. YABUT, DANIEL D §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 06, 2024
18728576 CORALLINE CERAMIC MATERIAL, SENSOR AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING SAID MATERIAL UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES MILLER, CAMERON KENNETH §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 12, 2024
18759953 WIRE DRAWING MONITORING SYSTEM Paramount Die Company, Inc. TOLAN, EDWARD THOMAS 3725 §102§103 Non-Final OA 104d overdue Pending Jun 30, 2024
18725541 SOLAR COATED LAMINATE WITH COMPLEX SHAPE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE Agp Worldwide Operations GmbH COLGAN, LAUREN ROBINSON 1787 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 28, 2024
18746991 TELESCOPIC CLIMBING SCAFFOLD Forsa Brasil Importacao, Exportacao E Comercio De Equipamentos E Servicos Ltda CHAVCHAVADZE, COLLEEN MARGARET §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 18, 2024
18718032 AUTOMOTIVE LAMINATE GLAZING WITH IMPROVED OPTICAL QUALITY Agp Worldwide Operations GmbH AHMED, SHEEBA 1787 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 08, 2024
18707565 ANAEROBIC DIGESTER WITH STIRRING AND REMOTE MONITORING UNIVERSIDAD PONTIFICIA BOLIVARIANA YOH, JULIUS FRANCIS §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 03, 2024
18607719 ELECTRICALLY DRIVEN AND CONTROLLED DRIVE BOX FOR CORN HEADERS BPB Mediterranea S.A. TORRES, ALICIA M 3671 §103 Final Rejection 62d Pending Mar 18, 2024
18605218 TWIN SCREW PRESS FOR PALM OILS AND SIMILAR C.I. Tequendama S.A.S. KIM, BOBBY YEONJIN 3725 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 14, 2024
18488973 JOINT SYSTEM FOR ASSEMBLY OF THE SOWING BODIES IN AN AGRICULTURAL SEEDING MACHINE BPB Mediterranea S.A. TORRES, ALICIA M 3671 §103§112 Final Rejection 28d Pending Oct 17, 2023
18548567 METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING DATA OVER A BLOCKCHAIN NETWORK FOR DIGITAL TRANSACTIONS BANCO DAVIVIENDA S.A. ANDREI, RADU 3697 §103§112 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Aug 31, 2023
18006544 METHOD TO SELECTIVELY PRODUCE METABOLITES FROM MICROALGAE OF THE GENUS GALDIERIA Pontificia Universidad Javeriana XU, QING 1656 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 23, 2023
18146413 INTEGRAL HAMMER FOR THE ASSEMBLY OF SOWING DISCS OF A SEEDING MACHINE BPB Mediterranea S.A. WAITS, ALAN B 3617 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Dec 26, 2022
17760301 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PHENOTYPIC CHARACTERISATION OF AGRICULTURAL CROPS Centro Internacional De Agricultura Tropical-Ciat LEMIEUX, IAN L 2669 §103§112 Final Rejection 19d overdue Pending Aug 06, 2022

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