Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

The Roy Gross Law Firm, LLC

Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

273 pending office actions • 182 clients • 258 examiners • 145 art units • 0 of 273 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

The Roy Gross Law Firm, LLC handles Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals matters, with 5,132 career applications and 277 pending office actions. Its resolved allowance rate is 75.15%, indicating an allowance outcome below profiles with rates in the upper ranges of the available data.

The average of 3.11 office actions per allowance shows that allowed matters generally require several examination exchanges. The pending docket also reflects substantial ongoing prosecution activity, making response prioritization important. The application volume gives scale to the historical outcome, while the office-action measure helps practitioners plan for the work associated with reaching allowance.

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

Quality Metrics (n=5132 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

75.2%
Allowance Rate
n=5132
+0.34σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=5132
3.1
OAs to Allowance
n=2483
-0.33σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=2483
958 days
Time to Allowance
n=2483
+19.4pp
Interview Lift
n=5132
28.1%
RCE Rate
n=5132
0.8%
Appeal Rate
n=5132

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

52.3%
§101 Overcome
n=480
63.0%
§102 Overcome
n=1533
60.2%
§103 Overcome
n=2326
60.5%
§112 Overcome
n=1979

Specialization & Scale

A61K, A61B, A61P
Top CPC Subclasses
16%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=5132
0
Practitioners
n=5132
—
Apps / Practitioner
n=5132 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

273
Total Pending OAs
180
Non-Final OAs
84
Final Rejections
9
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 80 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

40
Overdue
4
Due this week
18
Due this month
12
Due in next 60 days
6
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. 80 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (40)Due ≤ 7 days (4)Due ≤ 30 days (18)Due ≤ 60 days (12)Due later (6)

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.

176
Hard (64%)
72
Medium (26%)
24
Easy (9%)
1
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only5 (2%)
§101 + other52 (19%)
§103 only54 (20%)
§102 only7 (3%)
§112 only22 (8%)
Double-patenting only2 (1%)
Double-patenting + other11 (4%)
Multi-statute (no §101)119 (44%)
No statute on record1 (0%)

Industry Mix

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

140
Life Sciences
51% of docket
11
Information Tech
4% of docket
10
Communications
4% of docket
18
Semiconductors
7% of docket
90
Mechanical / Eng
33% of docket
4
Business / Other
1% 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.

2,730 h
Manual time on pending OAs
546 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
955 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
23.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BLASS, PARIS MARIE 3 57.1% +42.7%
WILLIAMS, KEITH RICHARD 2 50.0% +0.0%
BERKE-SCHLESSEL, DAVID W 2 66.8% +31.5%
KOSTURKO, GEORGE W 2 54.6% +49.0%
CASS, JEAN PAUL 2 72.9% +25.6%
CHAU, LINDA N 2 44.7% +15.8%
DUNN, LINDSAY MICHELLE 2 80.0% +0.0%
FAY, ZOHREH ALEMZADEH 2 52.1% -6.2%
BOECKELMAN, JACOB A 2 34.9% +46.5%
KIM, SAMUEL CHONG 2 49.2% +69.8%

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
18275481 METHODS FOR PREVENTING ORAL SENSITIZATION DUNN, LINDSAY MICHELLE 11d overdue

Hard Cases (176)

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
18224345 NON-PROTEIN PHENYLALANINE ANALOGUES FOR INHIBITING CYANOBACTERIA AND PLANT GROWTH LIU, SUE XU 168d overdue
18231866 APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MONITORING INTRA-ABDOMINAL PRESSURE AND URINE OUTPUT KIM, SAMUEL CHONG 149d overdue
17601868 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING RADIOTHERAPHY TREATMENTS REDDY, SUNITA 149d overdue
18281341 ACYL ACTIVATING ENZYME AND A TRANSGENIC CELL, TISSUE, AND ORGANISM COMPRISING SAME SPEED, DEQUANTARIUS JAVON 117d overdue
17327674 COMPUTER SECURITY BASED ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CHEN, KUANG FU 114d overdue
16835608 INDUCING WEIGHT LOSS BY APPLICATION OF ENERGY FERNANDEZ, KATHERINE L 88d overdue
18026275 WATER-SOLUBLE TRYPTHANTRIN DERIVATIVES FOR REDOX FLOW BATTERIES LI, AIQUN 56d overdue
18696392 DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RESTORING TACTILE SENSATION USING A NANOGENERATOR WELCH, WILLOW GRACE 46d overdue

Interview Candidates (15)

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
18231866 APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MONITORING INTRA-ABDOMINAL PRESSURE AND URINE OUTPUT KIM, SAMUEL CHONG 149d overdue
17766670 BIOENGINEERED CORNEAL GRAFTS BLASS, PARIS MARIE 22d
18270017 A COMPOSITION FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF RECTAL AND/OR INTESTINAL INFLAMMATION KOSTURKO, GEORGE W 35d
17620705 AN ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY (ERCP) CATHETER AND GUIDEWIRE WITH SENSORS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME KIM, SAMUEL CHONG 77d
18837691 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING DIABETES BERKE-SCHLESSEL, DAVID W —
18837191 USE OF AN ORGANOMETALLIC RUTHENIUM COMPOUND FOR THE PREVENTION AND/OR TREATMENT OF DISEASES AND/OR CONDITIONS RELATED TO CANCER IN AN INDIVIDUAL KOSTURKO, GEORGE W —
18722342 UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE AND A METHOD OF LANDING SAME CASS, JEAN PAUL —
18697535 NOVEL TOWING SYSTEM AND METHOD CASS, JEAN PAUL —

Client Portfolio (182 clients)

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Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
379115
28585
16635
16125
16515
16325
16445
37985
37964
37744

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19539148 A Process for the Depolymerization of Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals Ltd. RIETH, STEPHEN EDWARD 1759 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 13, 2026
19485390 A SYSTEM AND METHOD TO PROVIDE A PRIVACY-PRESERVING HARDWARE SECURE ENCLAVE ENVIRONMENT FOR GENERATING BLOCKCHAIN VERIFIABLE TRANSACTIONS AT SCALE Applied Blockchain Ltd. RAK, TAYLOR SIMON DUANE 3697 §102§112 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 18, 2025
19385518 COMPUTERIZED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FULL PATIENT FLOW MANAGEMENT IN AN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT Sheba Impact Ltd. COVINGTON, AMANDA R 3686 §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 11, 2025
19477852 SUBSTRATE, DEVICE AND METHOD OF GROWING CORALS V-Corals Ltd. VALENTI, ANDREA M 3643 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 23, 2025
19475902 OPTICAL TRACKING SYSTEMS Beyeonics Surgical Ltd. CWERN, JONATHAN 3797 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 16, 2025
19159665 COIN TRANSFER BETWEEN CRYPTO WALLET AND POOL WALLET Sendtech Innovations Ltd. ALI, JAHED 3699 §101§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 26, 2025
19286461 DETECTION MECHANISM AND STACKER CRANE Guangdong Lead Intelligent Logistics Technology Co.,Ltd. SHAFI, MUHAMMAD 3666 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 31, 2025
19270829 MOBILE MILKING ROBOT WITH MINIMAL FOOTPRINT Afimilk Agricultural Cooperative Ltd. HAYES, KRISTEN C 3642 §103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 16, 2025
19248948 SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR FABRICATION OF CURED ARTICLES Technion Research & Development Foundation Limited NGUON, VIRAK 1742 DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 25, 2025
19247121 A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAKING PAYMENTS WITH SECURITIES Nayax Ltd. BUNKER, WILLIAM B 3691 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 24, 2025
19135405 AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATION IN UNKNOWN SPACES Carmel Haifa University Economic Corporation Ltd. BEAN, JARED C 3669 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 04, 2025
19218323 IG-LIKE FUSION PROTEINS FOR TREATING GRAVES DISEASE Canopy Immuno-Therapeutics Ltd. LU, CHENG 1642 §103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending May 25, 2025
19200867 Treating Residual Privacy Loss after Data De-Identification Lynx Md Ltd. DAILEY, THOMAS J 2458 §101§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 07, 2025
19125321 DEVICE FOR TREATMENT OF INCONTINENCE Femme Medical Ltd. SAHAND, SANA 3796 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 29, 2025
19173270 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERSONALIZED AUDITORY TRAINING Tuned Ltd. NGUYEN, TUAN DUC 2824 §112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 08, 2025
19115333 COMPUTERIZED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ASSESSMENT OF QUALITY OF LONG-TERM MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS B. G. Negev Technologies and Applications Ltd. BARR, MARY EVANGELINE 3682 §103§112 Final Rejection 7d Pending Mar 26, 2025
19113637 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED TRANSFER OF VULNERABILITY DETECTION TO CONTENT DISARM AND RECONSTRUCTION RULES Ariel Scientific Innovations Ltd. GELAGAY, SHEWAYE 2436 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 20, 2025
19068159 MONITORING LIVESTOCK IN AN AGRICULTURAL PEN Farmsee Ltd. SUMMERS, GEOFFREY E 2669 §103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 03, 2025
19107246 VINEYARD PANEL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME Solarvine Ltd. TRUONG, KATELYN T 3647 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 27, 2025
19027624 METHOD FOR TRAINING AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) MODEL AND GENERATING A 3D COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN (CAD) AND SYSTEM THEREFOR Scintium Ltd. ROSWELL, MICHAEL 3992 Other Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 25, 2025
19105934 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SENSORS INTEGRATION FOR NON-STATIC CONTINUOUS BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING Livemetric (Medical) S.A BLOCH, MICHAEL RYAN 3791 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 24, 2025
19060763 CONTEXTUAL VEHICLE EVENT PROCESSING FOR DRIVER PROFILING I4D Ltd. ALVESTEFFER, STEPHEN D 3715 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 23, 2025
19055919 MOVING WINDOWS BETWEEN A VIRTUAL DISPLAY AND AN EXTENDED REALITY ENVIRONMENT Sightful Computers Ltd. TSENG, CHARLES §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 18, 2025
19104653 ENTRY POINT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM Marrow Wiz Ltd. SHAH, JAY B 3791 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 18, 2025
19052453 SUPPORT STRUCTURE OF BATTERY Isuzu Motors Limited LARSEN, JEFFREY R 3612 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 13, 2025
19101636 PLANT GROWING SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING ELECTRICAL POWER TO ENHANCE GROWTH Xtrion Agriculture Innovation Ltd. CALLAWAY, SPENCER THOMAS 3642 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 06, 2025
19101403 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING A COGNITIVE AND PHYSIOLOGICAL STATUS OF A SUBJECT Cogme Ltd. GEBREMICHAEL, BRUK A 3715 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 05, 2025
17790380 DISPLAY PANEL MOTHERBOARD, METHOD FOR TESTING DISPLAY PANEL MOTHERBOARD AND DISPLAY PANEL Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. HAWKINS, DOMINIC E 2858 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 31, 2025
18998760 A METHOD FOR ENHANCING SOLUBILITY OF TRANEXAMIC ACID Rafa Laboratories Ltd. SCOTLAND, REBECCA LYNN 1615 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 27, 2025
19033221 BATTERY ATTACHMENT STRUCTURE Isuzu Motors Limited YOUNG, EDWIN 3655 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 21, 2025
18997087 GUIDEWIRE AND MICROCATHETER Endoways (Hong Kong) Medical Co., Limited LYNCH, ROBERT A 3771 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 19, 2025
18995764 PLATFORM AND METHOD FOR ENCRYPTED INTERACTION Hooxpay Ltd. VU, PHY ANH TRAN 2438 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 16, 2025
18995821 MONITORING LIQUID VOLUME IN A CONTAINER Odysight.Ai Ltd. PLUMB, NIGEL H 2855 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 16, 2025
19023679 INTEGRATED ENDOSCOPE IRRIGATION Scoutcam Ltd. NEAL, TIMOTHY JAY 3795 DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 16, 2025
18994827 DISPLAY APPARATUS TCL China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. MORRISON, RASHEN E 2841 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 15, 2025
18994117 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING COMBUSTION AID FOR ADDITION BEFORE FOSSIL FUEL COMBUSTION AND DESULFURIZATION CATALYST Won Bang Hong KRAFT, LOGAN M 3747 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 14, 2025
18992397 BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF SOFT ROT AND BIOFILMS BY MICROBIAL PREDATORS ENCAPSULATED IN CARRIERS The Agricultural Research Organization (Israel) STEVENS, MARK V 1613 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 08, 2025
18991590 CALIBRATION OF AN OPTICALLY PUMPED MAGNETOMETER Elta Systems Ltd. HOQUE, FARHANA AKHTER 2858 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 22, 2024
18877149 MACHINE LEARNING DETECTION OF EYE CONDITIONS Hadasit Medical Research Services & Development Ltd. SOFRONIOU, MICHAEL MARIO 2661 §101§102§103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 19, 2024
18873135 ADJUSTABLE PATCH DEVICE Cough Monitoring Medical Solutions S.A. SHOULDERS, ANNIE LEE 3794 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 09, 2024
18969458 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PREDICTING A DISEASE RISK SCORE Open Dna Ltd. COBANOGLU, DILEK B 3687 §101§102 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 05, 2024
18867702 MIRROR CONNECTING UNIT FOR AN INDUSTRIAL UT SYSTEM Scanmaster Systems (Irt) Ltd. FOXX, CHICO A 2685 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 20, 2024
18867633 MULTI-MODE OPTICAL SENSING FOR OBJECT RECOGNITION Green2Pass Ltd. DAGNEW, MEKONNEN D 2638 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 20, 2024
18944543 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR REDUCING NEURAL ACTIVITY IN AN ORGAN OF A SUBJECT Digma Medical Ltd. KUO, JONATHAN T 3792 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 12, 2024
18942735 COMMENSAL FUNGUS AND USES THEREOF Yeda Research And Development Co. Ltd. KELLY, ROBERT M 1638 §101§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 10, 2024
18863708 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CALCULATING AND OPTIMIZING THE ENERGY CONSUMPTION OF COMPONENTS IN AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE V-HOLA Labs Ltd. REISNER, NOAM S 2852 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 07, 2024
18863244 STING INHIBITORS AND USE THEREOF Carmel Haifa University Economic Corporation Ltd. SEAMAN, D MARGARET M 1625 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 05, 2024
18862654 SYSTEM, DEVICE AND METHOD FOR VERIFYING PAYMENT VALIDITY Nayax Ltd. POLLOCK, GREGORY A 3691 §101 Final Rejection 8d Pending Nov 04, 2024
18861346 DEVICES AND METHODS OF DIAGNOSING MEDICAL CONDITIONS Ardis Ltd. BERHANU, ETSUB D 3791 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 29, 2024
18860869 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SEALING EVALUATION OF INDUCTION-SEALED CONTAINERS Yoran Imaging Ltd. DANG, DUY M 2662 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 28, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is The Roy Gross Law Firm, LLC's patent allowance rate?

75.2% of resolved applications prosecuted by The Roy Gross Law Firm, LLC were allowed, across 5,132 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does The Roy Gross Law Firm, LLC average before allowance?

3.11 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does The Roy Gross Law Firm, LLC have?

273 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 182 clients, before 258 examiners in 145 art units.

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