Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Thomas E. Lees, LLC

12 pending office actions • 12 clients • 12 examiners • 10 art units • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=802 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

89.3%
Allowance Rate
n=802
+0.53σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=802
2.6
OAs to Allowance
n=477
-0.64σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=477
950 days
Time to Allowance
n=477
+7.6pp
Interview Lift
n=802
20.0%
RCE Rate
n=802
2.5%
Appeal Rate
n=802

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

75.4%
§101 Overcome
n=61
82.4%
§102 Overcome
n=165
78.6%
§103 Overcome
n=294
78.4%
§112 Overcome
n=236

Specialization & Scale

G01N, G06F, A61B
Top CPC Subclasses
13%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=802
1
Practitioners
n=802
802.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=802

Portfolio Summary

12
Total Pending OAs
9
Non-Final OAs
3
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
0
Due this month
1
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 ≤ 60 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.

7
Hard (58%)
3
Medium (25%)
1
Easy (8%)
1
Unknown (8%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other3 (25%)
§102 only1 (8%)
Double-patenting only1 (8%)
Double-patenting + other2 (17%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (33%)
No statute on record1 (8%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
17% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
3
Semiconductors
25% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
50% of docket
1
Business / Other
8% 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.

120 h
Manual time on pending OAs
24 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
42 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
EISEMAN, LYNSEY C 1 49.1% +39.6%
ALGEHAIM, MOHAMED A 1 59.1% +21.5%
MERCADO, LOUIS A 1 79.1% +18.5%
ABEL, GARY ROBERT 1 88.0% +10.1%
HAYES, JOVON E 1 84.6% +9.7%
DECASTRO, ARIANA JOY LACAY 1 0.0% +0.0%
BAREFORD, KATHERINE A 1 13.7% +28.6%
MAYO, TARA LEIGH 1 74.8% +11.8%
CHIU, MAY LEUNG 1 42.9% +19.0%
NGHIEM, MICHAEL P 1 67.6% +23.9%

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
18581587 USING ILLUMINABLE DYES TO FACILITATE SEARCH AND RESCUE HAYES, JOVON E

Hard Cases (8)

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
17601104 Identification and Quantification of A Ventilatory Disturbance Causing Incorrect Measurement Of Arterial Acid-Base Status HOFFPAUIR, ANDREW ELI 31d overdue
17927076 COMPENSATING FOR HUMAN-MACHINE INTERFACE DISRUPTIONS DAVIS, CYNTHIA L 63d
19456505 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR USING LIGHT THERAPY FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT EISEMAN, LYNSEY C
18716081 SPLIT-GATE SILICON CARBIDE DEVICE WITH BURIED FIELD LIMITING RING AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF ABEL, GARY ROBERT
18402418 WEARABLE, NON-INVASIVE THERAPY DEVICE DECASTRO, ARIANA JOY LACAY
18539459 SELECTIVE POLYMER METALIZATION FOR COMPOSITE MATERIALS BAREFORD, KATHERINE A
18325328 SAMPLE CONTAINER HOLDING AND/OR TRANSPORTING DEVICE CHIU, MAY LEUNG
18174507 MECHANICAL TESTING OF SAMPLE MATERIALS NGHIEM, MICHAEL P

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
18481349 TILLING APPARATUS MAYO, TARA LEIGH 55d
19456505 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR USING LIGHT THERAPY FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT EISEMAN, LYNSEY C
19264253 METHOD AND SENSOR SYSTEM FOR DETECTING OBJECTS ALGEHAIM, MOHAMED A
19088323 MODULAR CLIPPING SYSTEM MERCADO, LOUIS A
18716081 SPLIT-GATE SILICON CARBIDE DEVICE WITH BURIED FIELD LIMITING RING AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF ABEL, GARY ROBERT
18539459 SELECTIVE POLYMER METALIZATION FOR COMPOSITE MATERIALS BAREFORD, KATHERINE A
18325328 SAMPLE CONTAINER HOLDING AND/OR TRANSPORTING DEVICE CHIU, MAY LEUNG
18174507 MECHANICAL TESTING OF SAMPLE MATERIALS NGHIEM, MICHAEL P

Client Portfolio (12 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37912
37961
36681
28971
36151
17181
36711
17971
28001
28571

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19456505 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR USING LIGHT THERAPY FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT Healing Light Therapies, LLC EISEMAN, LYNSEY C 3796 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 22, 2026
19264253 METHOD AND SENSOR SYSTEM FOR DETECTING OBJECTS Evitado Technologies GmbH ALGEHAIM, MOHAMED A 3668 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 09, 2025
19088323 MODULAR CLIPPING SYSTEM Bowerbags LLC MERCADO, LOUIS A §102§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Mar 24, 2025
18716081 SPLIT-GATE SILICON CARBIDE DEVICE WITH BURIED FIELD LIMITING RING AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF Fudan University ABEL, GARY ROBERT 2897 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 03, 2024
18581587 USING ILLUMINABLE DYES TO FACILITATE SEARCH AND RESCUE Battle Sight Technologies, LLC HAYES, JOVON E 3615 DP Final Rejection Pending Feb 20, 2024
18402418 WEARABLE, NON-INVASIVE THERAPY DEVICE Embiosys Inc. DECASTRO, ARIANA JOY LACAY 3791 §103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Jan 02, 2024
18539459 SELECTIVE POLYMER METALIZATION FOR COMPOSITE MATERIALS University Of Dayton Research Institute BAREFORD, KATHERINE A 1718 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 14, 2023
18481349 TILLING APPARATUS Soil-Kee Pty. Ltd. MAYO, TARA LEIGH 3671 Other Final Rejection 55d Pending Oct 05, 2023
18325328 SAMPLE CONTAINER HOLDING AND/OR TRANSPORTING DEVICE Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. CHIU, MAY LEUNG 1797 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 30, 2023
18174507 MECHANICAL TESTING OF SAMPLE MATERIALS Mrl Materials Resources LLC NGHIEM, MICHAEL P 2800 §101§103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 24, 2023
17927076 COMPENSATING FOR HUMAN-MACHINE INTERFACE DISRUPTIONS BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE DAVIS, CYNTHIA L 2857 §101§103 Non-Final OA 63d Pending Nov 22, 2022
17601104 Identification and Quantification of A Ventilatory Disturbance Causing Incorrect Measurement Of Arterial Acid-Base Status Aalborg University HOFFPAUIR, ANDREW ELI 3791 §101§112 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Oct 04, 2021

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