Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Vlp Law Group LLP

27 pending office actions • 19 clients • 26 examiners • 22 art units • 0 of 27 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=1717 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

85.8%
Allowance Rate
n=1717
+0.69σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1717
3.5
OAs to Allowance
n=973
-0.14σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=973
992 days
Time to Allowance
n=973
+12.2pp
Interview Lift
n=1717
27.5%
RCE Rate
n=1717
1.5%
Appeal Rate
n=1717

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

77.0%
§101 Overcome
n=191
80.5%
§102 Overcome
n=411
80.1%
§103 Overcome
n=710
82.5%
§112 Overcome
n=520

Specialization & Scale

G06F, A61K, G06Q
Top CPC Subclasses
19%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1717
10
Practitioners
n=1717
171.7
Apps / Practitioner
n=1717

Portfolio Summary

27
Total Pending OAs
17
Non-Final OAs
9
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 12 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
0
Due this week
5
Due this month
2
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. 12 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 30 days (5)Due ≤ 60 days (2)

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.

13
Hard (48%)
14
Medium (52%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (4%)
§101 + other3 (11%)
§103 only11 (41%)
§102 only3 (11%)
Multi-statute (no §101)9 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

5
Life Sciences
19% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
2
Communications
7% of docket
3
Semiconductors
11% of docket
13
Mechanical / Eng
48% of docket
4
Business / Other
15% 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.

270 h
Manual time on pending OAs
54 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
94 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CAMPBELL, THOR S 2 74.9% +0.6%
BRUTUS, JOEL F 1 72.7% +17.8%
JOHNSON, VICKY A 1 79.9% +12.1%
SHAH, MANISH S 1 85.9% +7.6%
MEBRAHTU, EPHREM ZERU 1 74.7% +8.8%
GOLIGHTLY, ERIC WAYNE 1 77.7% +25.0%
NGUYEN, KHANH TUAN 1 74.4% +18.7%
TAWFIK, SAMEH 1 63.0% +31.1%
KIM, TAE W 1 55.0% +37.9%
SAUNDERS JR, JOSEPH 1 73.1% +20.5%

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
18879681 CONDUCTIVE INK COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING GOLD COMPLEXES SHAH, MANISH S

Hard Cases (13)

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
17754251 ELECTRODE PAD FOR BATTERY ROLL CORE, AND CYLINDRICAL OR BUTTON BATTERY LU, ZIHENG NMN 50d overdue
18856395 CLEANING SYSTEM ACHIEVING PLURALITY OF CLEANING PATHS BY USING SINGLE VACUUM SOURCE GOLIGHTLY, ERIC WAYNE 24d overdue
18789337 SMART HUB SAUNDERS JR, JOSEPH 14d
18497836 SECURE STORAGE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES GUTMAN, HILARY L 16d
16225841 APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR INTELLIGENT CHOICE IN CURRENCY CHISM, STEVEN R 20d
19264392 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING CLINICAL VALUES THROUGH MEDICAL IMAGING BRUTUS, JOEL F
18916848 Optical Article with Anti-Reflective Surface MEBRAHTU, EPHREM ZERU
18745836 Robotic Fulfillment System Carton Release Logic MITCHELL, NATHAN A

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18843863 IMPROVED CONDUCTIVE INK COMPOSITIONS NGUYEN, KHANH TUAN 60d overdue
18856395 CLEANING SYSTEM ACHIEVING PLURALITY OF CLEANING PATHS BY USING SINGLE VACUUM SOURCE GOLIGHTLY, ERIC WAYNE 24d overdue
19195496 MECHANICAL-ENERGY STORAGE UNIT AND ASSEMBLY FIXTURE JOHNSON, VICKY A 3d overdue
18839009 Systems and Methods of Smart Scent Container Detection KIM, TAE W 3d overdue
18822136 Efficient Automated Box Former TAWFIK, SAMEH 14d
18789337 SMART HUB SAUNDERS JR, JOSEPH 14d
19264392 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING CLINICAL VALUES THROUGH MEDICAL IMAGING BRUTUS, JOEL F

Client Portfolio (19 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37612
37971
36171
17141
17611
37311
28761
26921
36271
36571

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19264392 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING CLINICAL VALUES THROUGH MEDICAL IMAGING Ultrasound AI, Inc. BRUTUS, JOEL F 3797 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 09, 2025
19195496 MECHANICAL-ENERGY STORAGE UNIT AND ASSEMBLY FIXTURE Torus Inc. JOHNSON, VICKY A 3617 §102 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Apr 30, 2025
19097681 Enhanced Dispenser Control Pura Scents, Inc. CAMPBELL, THOR S 3761 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 01, 2025
18879681 CONDUCTIVE INK COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING GOLD COMPLEXES Electroninks Incorporated SHAH, MANISH S §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 27, 2024
18963255 Enhanced Dispenser Control Pura Scents, Inc. CAMPBELL, THOR S 3761 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 27, 2024
18916848 Optical Article with Anti-Reflective Surface Glint Photonics, Inc. MEBRAHTU, EPHREM ZERU §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Oct 16, 2024
18856395 CLEANING SYSTEM ACHIEVING PLURALITY OF CLEANING PATHS BY USING SINGLE VACUUM SOURCE Suzhou Xida Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. GOLIGHTLY, ERIC WAYNE 1714 §103§112 Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending Oct 11, 2024
18843863 IMPROVED CONDUCTIVE INK COMPOSITIONS Electroninks Incorporated NGUYEN, KHANH TUAN 1761 §103 Final Rejection 60d overdue Pending Sep 04, 2024
18822136 Efficient Automated Box Former Staples, Inc. TAWFIK, SAMEH 3731 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Aug 31, 2024
18839009 Systems and Methods of Smart Scent Container Detection Pura Scents, Inc. KIM, TAE W 2876 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Aug 15, 2024
18789337 SMART HUB Proctor Consulting, LLC SAUNDERS JR, JOSEPH 2692 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 14d Pending Jul 30, 2024
18773005 MODIFIED NUCLEOTIDE REAGENTS Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. RILEY, JEZIA §102Other Non-Final OA Pending Jul 15, 2024
18745836 Robotic Fulfillment System Carton Release Logic Staples, Inc. MITCHELL, NATHAN A 3627 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 17, 2024
18659678 Robotic Multi-Pick Detection Staples, Inc. GAMMON, MATTHEW CHRISTOPHER 3657 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 09, 2024
18443943 Smart Scent Container Tag Tracking Pura Scents, Inc. PHAM, QUANG 2685 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 16, 2024
18683880 UNDIRECTED MUTATED MRNA VACCINE Douglas T. Gjerde CHESTNUT, BARRY A §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 15, 2024
18425597 SCENT SOLUTION WEIGHT LOSS TESTING Pura Scents, Inc. WALSH, RYAN D 2852 §102 Final Rejection Pending Jan 29, 2024
18395115 STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR CONCENTRATING PLASMA FOR INJECTION INTO A REACTION CHAMBER Ibss Group LEE, WILSON 2844 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Dec 22, 2023
18540440 ANTIBODY PRODUCTION Roger Kingdon Craig POPA, ILEANA 1633 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 14, 2023
18497836 SECURE STORAGE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES Diabolical, LLC GUTMAN, HILARY L 3612 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 16d Pending Oct 30, 2023
18490612 PREFERENCE-BASED ORGANIZATION OF DEMO TOURS WITH LAYERED MEDIA Consensus Sales, Inc. SAINT-VIL, EDDY 3715 §101§103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 19, 2023
18133389 REPLACEMENT HEART VALVES AND THEIR METHODS OF USE AND MANUFACTURE Foldax, Inc. GANESAN, SUBA 3774 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 11, 2023
18180414 DEVICES, METHODS AND KITS FOR BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE CAPTURE AND PROCESSING Vosbio, Inc. ROZANSKI, GRACE NMN 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Mar 08, 2023
17754251 ELECTRODE PAD FOR BATTERY ROLL CORE, AND CYLINDRICAL OR BUTTON BATTERY Guangdong Mic-Power New Energy Co., Ltd. LU, ZIHENG NMN 1752 §103§112 Final Rejection 50d overdue Pending Mar 28, 2022
17331400 CRYOGENIC NITROGEN SOURCED GAS-DRIVEN PNEUMATIC DEVICES Kathairos Solutions Inc. GAYE, SAMBA NMN 3763 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 26, 2021
16225841 APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR INTELLIGENT CHOICE IN CURRENCY Safehaven Labs, Inc. CHISM, STEVEN R 3692 §101§112 Final Rejection 20d Pending Dec 19, 2018
16054631 SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS RELATING TO THE MANUFACTURE OF PROSTHETIC VALVES Foldax, Inc. BOWMAN, ANDREW J 1717 §103 Non-Final OA 39d Pending Aug 03, 2018

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