Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Van Court & Aldridge LLP

Technology areas: Computing & Software • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

5 pending office actions • 4 clients • 5 examiners • 3 art units • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=699 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

91.8%
Allowance Rate
n=699
+0.52σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=699
3.2
OAs to Allowance
n=404
-0.25σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=404
979 days
Time to Allowance
n=404
+8.4pp
Interview Lift
n=699
24.1%
RCE Rate
n=699
1.9%
Appeal Rate
n=699

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

86.8%
§101 Overcome
n=68
87.2%
§102 Overcome
n=172
86.8%
§103 Overcome
n=265
88.4%
§112 Overcome
n=138

Specialization & Scale

G06F, A61B, G06Q
Top CPC Subclasses
22%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=699
1
Practitioners
n=699
699.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=699

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
2
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.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
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 ≤ 30 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.

1
Hard (20%)
3
Medium (60%)
1
Easy (20%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (60%)
§112 only1 (20%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (20%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
20% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
40% of docket
2
Business / Other
40% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
AFRIFA-KYEI, ANTHONY D 1 65.2% +13.7%
AZAD, MD ABUL K 1 81.5% +20.9%
PRESSLEY, PAUL DEREK 1 60.5% +28.1%
SCHREIBER, CHRISTINA MARIE 1 79.4% +15.5%
LEBRON DE JESUS, GRACIELA NATALIA 1 31.3% +70.9%

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
18412720 INTELLIGENT SENSOR-DRIVEN PROCESSING OF ORGANIC MATTER WITH ENHANCED PATHOGEN DESTRUCTION FOR THE SMART HOME AZAD, MD ABUL K 9d

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18412733 INTELLIGENT SENSOR-DRIVEN PROCESSING OF ORGANIC MATTER WITH SOFT AND HARD STALL MOTOR GRINDER DETECTION PRESSLEY, PAUL DEREK 66d overdue

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
18412733 INTELLIGENT SENSOR-DRIVEN PROCESSING OF ORGANIC MATTER WITH SOFT AND HARD STALL MOTOR GRINDER DETECTION PRESSLEY, PAUL DEREK 66d overdue
18328747 OVERSUIT WITH STATIC POSITION SUPPORT LEBRON DE JESUS, GRACIELA NATALIA 46d overdue
18412720 INTELLIGENT SENSOR-DRIVEN PROCESSING OF ORGANIC MATTER WITH ENHANCED PATHOGEN DESTRUCTION FOR THE SMART HOME AZAD, MD ABUL K 9d
19090526 SMART SCALE TRACKING DEVICE AFRIFA-KYEI, ANTHONY D —
18386605 MUSIC MANAGEMENT SERVICES SCHREIBER, CHRISTINA MARIE —

Client Portfolio (4 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
21191
37251
37851

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19090526 SMART SCALE TRACKING DEVICE Chipolo, D.O.O. AFRIFA-KYEI, ANTHONY D §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 26, 2025
18412720 INTELLIGENT SENSOR-DRIVEN PROCESSING OF ORGANIC MATTER WITH ENHANCED PATHOGEN DESTRUCTION FOR THE SMART HOME Chewie Labs LLC AZAD, MD ABUL K 2119 §103Other Final Rejection 9d Pending Jan 15, 2024
18412733 INTELLIGENT SENSOR-DRIVEN PROCESSING OF ORGANIC MATTER WITH SOFT AND HARD STALL MOTOR GRINDER DETECTION Chewie Labs LLC PRESSLEY, PAUL DEREK 3725 §102§103 Final Rejection 66d overdue Pending Jan 15, 2024
18386605 MUSIC MANAGEMENT SERVICES Sound Sculpt Inc. SCHREIBER, CHRISTINA MARIE §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 03, 2023
18328747 OVERSUIT WITH STATIC POSITION SUPPORT Seismic Holdings, Inc. LEBRON DE JESUS, GRACIELA NATALIA 3785 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Jun 04, 2023

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