Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Wasserbauer Law LLC

10 pending office actions • 4 clients • 9 examiners • 7 art units • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=344 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

88.3%
Allowance Rate
n=344
+0.41σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=344
2.0
OAs to Allowance
n=234
-0.92σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=234
982 days
Time to Allowance
n=234
+6.7pp
Interview Lift
n=344
13.6%
RCE Rate
n=344
1.2%
Appeal Rate
n=344

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=7 (min 20)
69.4%
§102 Overcome
n=62
69.5%
§103 Overcome
n=82
80.4%
§112 Overcome
n=112

Specialization & Scale

A61G, A61B, Y02E
Top CPC Subclasses
22%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=344
1
Practitioners
n=344
344.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=344

Portfolio Summary

10
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
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. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)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.

6
Hard (60%)
4
Medium (40%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (10%)
§102 only2 (20%)
Double-patenting + other2 (20%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
30% of docket
1
Information Tech
10% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
50% of docket
1
Business / Other
10% 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.

100 h
Manual time on pending OAs
20 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
35 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
GONZALEZ RAMOS, MAYLA 2 54.3% +13.8%
KU, SI MING 1 72.7% +32.7%
BIAGINI, CHRISTOPHER D 1 58.5% +30.1%
DOLAK, JAMES M 1 78.8% +18.8%
RODRIGUEZ, SAUL 1 43.8% +37.5%
GIORDANO, MICHAEL JAMES 1 78.8% +19.5%
JAFFRI, ZEHRA 1 60.5% +46.7%
CARLSON, KOURTNEY SALZMAN 1 44.6% +40.2%
CONLEY, FREDRICK C 1 70.7% +12.6%

Hard Cases (6)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18452513 EMBOLIC COIL, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR MAKING MULTIPLE SELF-ADAPTIVE LOOPS WITH IMPROVED ANCHORING AND FILLING JAFFRI, ZEHRA 50d overdue
18361904 DAMPER SYSTEM AND JUNCTION BOX FOR LAMINATED SOLAR PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE CARLSON, KOURTNEY SALZMAN 25d overdue
18169576 CURVED LAMINATED SOLAR PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF GONZALEZ RAMOS, MAYLA 18d overdue
18806656 CURVED LAMINATED SOLAR PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF GONZALEZ RAMOS, MAYLA 39d
18790437 CONTROLLED COMMUNICATION METHOD AND SYSTEM BIAGINI, CHRISTOPHER D
18499696 PICK FLAT PLACE CURVED ASSEMBLY TOOL, SYSTEM AND METHOD RODRIGUEZ, SAUL

Interview Candidates (10)

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
18452513 EMBOLIC COIL, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR MAKING MULTIPLE SELF-ADAPTIVE LOOPS WITH IMPROVED ANCHORING AND FILLING JAFFRI, ZEHRA 50d overdue
18453958 MULTIDIRECTIONAL VENT FOR VEHICLE HVAC SYSTEM GIORDANO, MICHAEL JAMES 29d overdue
18361904 DAMPER SYSTEM AND JUNCTION BOX FOR LAMINATED SOLAR PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE CARLSON, KOURTNEY SALZMAN 25d overdue
18169576 CURVED LAMINATED SOLAR PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF GONZALEZ RAMOS, MAYLA 18d overdue
18307606 PEG SUPPORT MEMBER CONLEY, FREDRICK C 11d overdue
18806656 CURVED LAMINATED SOLAR PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF GONZALEZ RAMOS, MAYLA 39d
19233389 CLAMP WITH MOUNT FOR A SURGICAL RETRACTOR KU, SI MING
18790437 CONTROLLED COMMUNICATION METHOD AND SYSTEM BIAGINI, CHRISTOPHER D

Client Portfolio (4 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17213
24451
36131
36521
37621
37711
36791

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19233389 CLAMP WITH MOUNT FOR A SURGICAL RETRACTOR Innovative Medical Products, Inc. KU, SI MING §102§103DP Non-Final OA Pending Jun 10, 2025
18806656 CURVED LAMINATED SOLAR PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF Aptera Motors Corp. GONZALEZ RAMOS, MAYLA 1721 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 39d Pending Aug 15, 2024
18790437 CONTROLLED COMMUNICATION METHOD AND SYSTEM Artis Property Pty Ltd. BIAGINI, CHRISTOPHER D 2445 §101§112 Final Rejection Pending Jul 31, 2024
18636648 AERODYNAMIC HEAT EXCHANGER FOR A VEHICLE Aptera Motors Corp. DOLAK, JAMES M 3613 §102§112DP Final Rejection Pending Apr 16, 2024
18499696 PICK FLAT PLACE CURVED ASSEMBLY TOOL, SYSTEM AND METHOD Aptera Motors Corp. RODRIGUEZ, SAUL 3652 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Nov 01, 2023
18453958 MULTIDIRECTIONAL VENT FOR VEHICLE HVAC SYSTEM Aptera Motors Corp. GIORDANO, MICHAEL JAMES 3762 §102 Non-Final OA 29d overdue Pending Aug 22, 2023
18452513 EMBOLIC COIL, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR MAKING MULTIPLE SELF-ADAPTIVE LOOPS WITH IMPROVED ANCHORING AND FILLING Ndi Medical Technologies Inc. JAFFRI, ZEHRA 3771 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 50d overdue Pending Aug 18, 2023
18361904 DAMPER SYSTEM AND JUNCTION BOX FOR LAMINATED SOLAR PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE Aptera Motors Corp. CARLSON, KOURTNEY SALZMAN 1721 §103§112 Non-Final OA 25d overdue Pending Jul 30, 2023
18307606 PEG SUPPORT MEMBER Innovative Medical Products, Inc. CONLEY, FREDRICK C 3679 §102 Final Rejection 11d overdue Pending Apr 26, 2023
18169576 CURVED LAMINATED SOLAR PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF Aptera Motors Corp. GONZALEZ RAMOS, MAYLA 1721 §103§112 Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending Feb 15, 2023

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