Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Watts Law LLC

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

13 pending office actions • 8 clients • 13 examiners • 13 art units • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Watts Law LLC focuses on Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals and has 481 career applications. Its resolved allowance rate is 95.49%, which indicates a strong allowance result within the recorded prosecution history.

There are 15 pending office actions, and allowed matters average 2.07 office actions each. Counsel reviewing this profile can use the allowance rate and response average together to distinguish outcome performance from current docket volume.

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

Quality Metrics (n=481 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

95.5%
Allowance Rate
n=481
+0.47σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=481
2.1
OAs to Allowance
n=360
-0.82σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=360
990 days
Time to Allowance
n=360
-1.7pp
Interview Lift
n=481
19.4%
RCE Rate
n=481
0.7%
Appeal Rate
n=481

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

—
§101 Overcome
n=13 (min 20)
78.7%
§102 Overcome
n=108
81.7%
§103 Overcome
n=142
82.8%
§112 Overcome
n=163

Specialization & Scale

Y10T, E06B, A61B
Top CPC Subclasses
12%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=481
3
Practitioners
n=481
160.3
Apps / Practitioner
n=481

Portfolio Summary

13
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (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.

6
Hard (46%)
4
Medium (31%)
2
Easy (15%)
1
Unknown (8%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (8%)
§103 only2 (15%)
§102 only1 (8%)
§112 only2 (15%)
Double-patenting + other1 (8%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (38%)
No statute on record1 (8%)

Industry Mix

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

5
Life Sciences
38% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
8% of docket
7
Mechanical / Eng
54% 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.

130 h
Manual time on pending OAs
26 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
46 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
IJAZ, MUHAMMAD 1 74.3% +24.5%
STOUT, RILEY OWEN 1 75.5% -3.6%
CHOI, WILLIAM SOON 1 74.4% +11.5%
SUN, MICHAEL Y 1 57.4% +26.3%
WITTLIFF, KATERINA ANNA 1 35.0% +18.8%
CONLON, MARISA V 1 41.2% +36.5%
UTAMA, ROBERT J 1 60.2% +29.6%
RODGERS, THOMAS RAYMOND 1 58.7% +59.3%
ALLEN, JEFFREY R 1 48.2% +26.8%
WILSON, MICHAEL C 1 41.5% +17.8%

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
19045846 Bell and Spigot and Method of Making Same CHOI, WILLIAM SOON 30d overdue
18371199 HAIR BRUSH RODGERS, THOMAS RAYMOND 12d
19087079 SLIDING RING BRUSH HOLDER STOUT, RILEY OWEN —
18859696 GASTRIC SECRETION REINFUSION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATION WITTLIFF, KATERINA ANNA —
18575539 INTERACTIVE READING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE UTAMA, ROBERT J —
17431270 USE OF PLASMA MEMBRANE PARTICLES, LIPOSOMES, AND EXOSOMES TO ASSAY IMMUNE CELL POTENCY SKOKO III, JOHN JOSEPH —

Interview Candidates (9)

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
19045846 Bell and Spigot and Method of Making Same CHOI, WILLIAM SOON 30d overdue
18671398 PLANTING POT WITH CAPILLARY WATERING SYSTEM CONLON, MARISA V 3d overdue
18371199 HAIR BRUSH RODGERS, THOMAS RAYMOND 12d
18216116 LOCKABLE CONTAINER ALLEN, JEFFREY R 33d
19207228 Solar Tracker Bearing Apparatus IJAZ, MUHAMMAD —
19030894 Snow Removal Method for Solar Tracker Installation SUN, MICHAEL Y —
18859696 GASTRIC SECRETION REINFUSION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATION WITTLIFF, KATERINA ANNA —
18575539 INTERACTIVE READING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE UTAMA, ROBERT J —

Client Portfolio (8 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36311
28341
36791
17281
37831
36431
37151
37231
37331
16381

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19207228 Solar Tracker Bearing Apparatus Omco Solar, LLC IJAZ, MUHAMMAD 3631 §112DP Non-Final OA — Pending May 13, 2025
19087079 SLIDING RING BRUSH HOLDER Venturetec Rotating Systems GmbH STOUT, RILEY OWEN 2834 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 21, 2025
19045846 Bell and Spigot and Method of Making Same Springseal, Inc. CHOI, WILLIAM SOON 3679 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Feb 05, 2025
19030894 Snow Removal Method for Solar Tracker Installation Omco Solar, LLC SUN, MICHAEL Y 1728 §102Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 17, 2025
18859696 GASTRIC SECRETION REINFUSION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATION The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital WITTLIFF, KATERINA ANNA 3783 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 24, 2024
18671398 PLANTING POT WITH CAPILLARY WATERING SYSTEM NuVue Products Ltd. CONLON, MARISA V 3643 §103 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending May 22, 2024
18575539 INTERACTIVE READING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE The Reasearch Institute AT Nationwide Children'S Hospital UTAMA, ROBERT J 3715 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 29, 2023
18371199 HAIR BRUSH Tangle Teezer Limited RODGERS, THOMAS RAYMOND 3723 §103§112Other Final Rejection 12d Pending Sep 21, 2023
18216116 LOCKABLE CONTAINER Secure Medication Systems, LLC ALLEN, JEFFREY R 3733 §112 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Jun 29, 2023
17910992 NK CELLS AND USES THEREOF FOR TREATMENT OF MICROBIAL INFECTIONS Research Institute AT Nationwide Children'S Hospital WILSON, MICHAEL C 1638 Other Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 12, 2022
17641473 ASSAY FOR IMMUNE CELL RECOVERY Research Institute AT Nationwide Children'S Hospital GAO, ASHLEY HARTMAN 1678 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 09, 2022
17511187 CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTOR (CAR) NK CELLS AND USES THEREOF Research Institute AT Nationwide Children'S Hospital ZHU, JIANJIAN 1631 §112 Final Rejection 23d Pending Oct 26, 2021
17431270 USE OF PLASMA MEMBRANE PARTICLES, LIPOSOMES, AND EXOSOMES TO ASSAY IMMUNE CELL POTENCY Research Institute AT Nationwide Children'S Hospital SKOKO III, JOHN JOSEPH 1600 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 16, 2021

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Watts Law LLC's patent allowance rate?

95.5% of resolved applications prosecuted by Watts Law LLC were allowed, across 481 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Watts Law LLC average before allowance?

2.07 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Watts Law LLC have?

13 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 8 clients, before 13 examiners in 13 art units.

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