Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

United Ip Counselors, LLC

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

25 pending office actions • 11 clients • 24 examiners • 18 art units • 0 of 25 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

United IP Counselors, LLC reports 26 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering and 837 career applications. The pending matters are shown against a recorded application base, giving the workload a useful portfolio context.

The resolved allowance rate is 84.01%, and the average is 2.3 office actions per allowance. Resolved cases therefore show examination activity before allowance, while the allowance measure provides an outcome indicator for the reported record.

For practitioners, these figures support separate assessments of scale and prosecution behavior. The application total describes the volume represented by the record, while the allowance and office-action measures can inform planning for claim amendments, responses, and continued examination attention.

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

Quality Metrics (n=837 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

84.0%
Allowance Rate
n=837
+0.40σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=837
2.3
OAs to Allowance
n=599
-0.56σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=599
788 days
Time to Allowance
n=599
+10.1pp
Interview Lift
n=837
11.6%
RCE Rate
n=837
1.2%
Appeal Rate
n=837

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

58.3%
§101 Overcome
n=24
78.2%
§102 Overcome
n=409
70.7%
§103 Overcome
n=392
74.5%
§112 Overcome
n=286

Specialization & Scale

F16F, F16H, F16D
Top CPC Subclasses
23%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=837
2
Practitioners
n=837
418.5
Apps / Practitioner
n=837

Portfolio Summary

25
Total Pending OAs
21
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
1
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
0
Due this month
1
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 ≤ 60 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.

16
Hard (64%)
8
Medium (32%)
1
Easy (4%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (4%)
§103 only7 (28%)
§102 only1 (4%)
Double-patenting only1 (4%)
Multi-statute (no §101)15 (60%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
12% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
4% of docket
1
Semiconductors
4% of docket
20
Mechanical / Eng
80% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

250 h
Manual time on pending OAs
50 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
88 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ANDERSON, AMBER R 2 32.9% +33.6%
HODGE, LINDA J 1 87.7% +26.6%
PALMER, LUCAS E A 1 80.3% +16.6%
EVANS, TRISTAN ISAAC 1 35.5% +51.8%
FLUHART, STACEY A 1 82.8% +13.6%
LEEDS, DANIEL JEREMY 1 69.9% +34.7%
CARY, KELSEY E 1 75.0% +24.8%
OLSZEWSKI, JOHN 1 63.4% +18.8%
HALL, ZACHARY A 1 61.6% +49.4%
HUYNH, VAN D 1 87.1% +13.2%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19433379 FILM SUPPLY DEVICE AND BAG-MAKING-PACKAGING MACHINE PALMER, LUCAS E A —
19094840 DRIVE UNIT AND TRANSMISSION DEVICE FLUHART, STACEY A —
18951472 DEVICE FOR OPTICAL INSPECTION OF PARISONS HUYNH, VAN D —

Hard Cases (16)

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
17792646 IMAGING FLOW CYTOMETER, SORTING METHOD, AND CALIBRATION METHOD GZYBOWSKI, MICHAEL STANLEY 147d overdue
19037180 PUSHING MECHANISM AND BOX PACKAGING DEVICE LEEDS, DANIEL JEREMY 31d overdue
18043946 CAPSULE FOR THE PREPARATION OF A BEVERAGE IN A DEVICE FOR MAKING BEVERAGES AMIN, HAMZEH HICHAM 55d
19565216 BOXING APPARATUS HODGE, LINDA J —
19164568 TRAINING AND APPLICATION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODELS FOR PREDICTING THE OCCURRENCE OF CANCER IN AN INDIVIDUAL EVANS, TRISTAN ISAAC —
18879768 AIR-RETURN VALVE AND AIR-RETURN CONTAINER CARY, KELSEY E —
18960138 CENTRIFUGAL CLUTCH DEVICE OLSZEWSKI, JOHN —
18925565 A Lightweight Combined Type Grinding Wheel NG, DIEGO JESUS —

Interview Candidates (11)

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
19037180 PUSHING MECHANISM AND BOX PACKAGING DEVICE LEEDS, DANIEL JEREMY 31d overdue
19565216 BOXING APPARATUS HODGE, LINDA J —
19433379 FILM SUPPLY DEVICE AND BAG-MAKING-PACKAGING MACHINE PALMER, LUCAS E A —
19164568 TRAINING AND APPLICATION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODELS FOR PREDICTING THE OCCURRENCE OF CANCER IN AN INDIVIDUAL EVANS, TRISTAN ISAAC —
19094840 DRIVE UNIT AND TRANSMISSION DEVICE FLUHART, STACEY A —
18879768 AIR-RETURN VALVE AND AIR-RETURN CONTAINER CARY, KELSEY E —
18960138 CENTRIFUGAL CLUTCH DEVICE OLSZEWSKI, JOHN —
18957690 TORQUE LIMITER AND POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE HALL, ZACHARY A —

Client Portfolio (11 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37314
36784
36172
36831
36661
37531
26651
37231
36111
17141

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19565216 BOXING APPARATUS Ishida Co., Ltd. HODGE, LINDA J 3731 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 12, 2026
19433379 FILM SUPPLY DEVICE AND BAG-MAKING-PACKAGING MACHINE Ishida Co., Ltd. PALMER, LUCAS E A 3731 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 26, 2025
19164568 TRAINING AND APPLICATION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODELS FOR PREDICTING THE OCCURRENCE OF CANCER IN AN INDIVIDUAL Huna Ltda. EVANS, TRISTAN ISAAC 3683 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 11, 2025
19094840 DRIVE UNIT AND TRANSMISSION DEVICE Exedy Corporation FLUHART, STACEY A 3666 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 29, 2025
19037180 PUSHING MECHANISM AND BOX PACKAGING DEVICE Ishida Co., Ltd. LEEDS, DANIEL JEREMY 3731 §102§103 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Jan 25, 2025
18879768 AIR-RETURN VALVE AND AIR-RETURN CONTAINER Beijing Shenchuang Century Information Technology Co., Ltd. CARY, KELSEY E 3753 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 28, 2024
18960138 CENTRIFUGAL CLUTCH DEVICE Exedy Corporation OLSZEWSKI, JOHN 3617 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 26, 2024
18957690 TORQUE LIMITER AND POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE Exedy Corporation HALL, ZACHARY A 3678 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 23, 2024
18951472 DEVICE FOR OPTICAL INSPECTION OF PARISONS Sacmi Cooperativa Meccanici Imola Societa' Cooperativa HUYNH, VAN D 2665 DP Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 18, 2024
18925565 A Lightweight Combined Type Grinding Wheel Advanced Technology & Materials Co., Ltd. NG, DIEGO JESUS 3723 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 24, 2024
18923907 PIVOT MECHANISM AND CARRYING VEHICLE Exedy Corporation LEE, MATTHEW D 3617 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 23, 2024
18924147 CLAMP MECHANISM AND CARRYING VEHICLE Exedy Corporation BOEHLER, ANNE MARIE M 3611 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 23, 2024
18921145 DAMPER DEVICE Exedy Corporation SKROUPA, JOSHUA A 3678 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 21, 2024
18921091 FRICTION DISC AND DAMPER DEVICE Exedy Corporation ANDERSON, AMBER R 3678 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 21, 2024
18920907 FRICTION DISC AND DAMPER DEVICE Exedy Corporation ANDERSON, AMBER R 3678 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 20, 2024
18818231 CLEANING MACHINE Sugino Machine Limited CAMPBELL, NATASHA N. 1714 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 28, 2024
18818112 DETACHABLE TOOL AND PROCESSING TOOL TO WHICH DETACHABLE TOOL IS MOUNTED Sugino Machine Limited VITALE, MICHAEL J 3722 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 28, 2024
18732735 METHOD FOR REMOVING SUPPORT STRUCTURE Sugino Machine Limited WALCK, BRIAN D 1738 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 04, 2024
18603238 STRAIN GAUGE COMPONENT, LOAD CELL, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LOAD CELL Ishida Co., Ltd. LEE, KYUNG S 2833 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 13, 2024
18601331 LATERAL PROCESSING MACHINE AND TOOL CHANGER Sugino Machine Limited YOO, JUN S 3725 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 11, 2024
18601110 LATERAL PROCESSING MACHINE Sugino Machine Limited HOTCHKISS, MICHAEL WAYNE 3726 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 11, 2024
18569818 APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY WRAPPING A LOAD WITH A FILM OF STRETCH MATERIAL Atlanta Stretch S.p.A. RUSHING-TUCKER, CHINYERE J 3731 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 13, 2023
18178742 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A FUEL-OXIDIZER MIXTURE IN A PREMIX GAS BURNER Bertelli & Partners S.r.l. JONES, LOGAN P 3762 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 06, 2023
18043946 CAPSULE FOR THE PREPARATION OF A BEVERAGE IN A DEVICE FOR MAKING BEVERAGES Sacmi Cooperativa Meccanici Imola Societa' Coopertaiva AMIN, HAMZEH HICHAM 3761 §102§103 Non-Final OA 55d Pending Mar 03, 2023
17792646 IMAGING FLOW CYTOMETER, SORTING METHOD, AND CALIBRATION METHOD K.K. Cybo GZYBOWSKI, MICHAEL STANLEY 1798 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 147d overdue Pending Jul 13, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is United Ip Counselors, LLC's patent allowance rate?

84.0% of resolved applications prosecuted by United Ip Counselors, LLC were allowed, across 837 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does United Ip Counselors, LLC average before allowance?

2.30 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does United Ip Counselors, LLC have?

25 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 11 clients, before 24 examiners in 18 art units.

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