Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Watts Law LLC

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

Quality Metrics (n=454 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

95.7%
Allowance Rate
n=454
+0.51σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=454
2.1
OAs to Allowance
n=357
-0.81σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=357
991 days
Time to Allowance
n=357
-0.6pp
Interview Lift
n=454
18.0%
RCE Rate
n=454
0.8%
Appeal Rate
n=454

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=12 (min 20)
84.2%
§102 Overcome
n=101
85.1%
§103 Overcome
n=134
85.8%
§112 Overcome
n=155

Specialization & Scale

Y10T, E06B, A61B
Top CPC Subclasses
14%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=454
3
Practitioners
n=454
151.3
Apps / Practitioner
n=454

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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)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.

7
Hard (70%)
3
Medium (30%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other3 (30%)
§103 only2 (20%)
Double-patenting + other1 (10%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (40%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
30% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
10% 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
IJAZ, MUHAMMAD 1 74.2% +24.6%
FISHER, VICTORIA HICKS 1 40.6% +38.4%
PHAM, QUANG 1 54.3% +57.3%
CONLON, MARISA V 1 41.0% +39.0%
BOBISH, CHRISTOPHER S 1 62.3% +28.7%
UTAMA, ROBERT J 1 60.4% +29.6%
TRIVISONNO, ANGELO 1 53.1% +26.5%
RODGERS, THOMAS RAYMOND 1 58.6% +59.3%
DAVIS, ZACHARY M 1 69.6% +31.4%
DIBRINO, MARIANNE 1 43.2% +41.6%

Hard Cases (7)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19071492 PROTECTIVE MOUTH ASSEMBLY AND METHODS FISHER, VICTORIA HICKS 15d overdue
18371199 HAIR BRUSH RODGERS, THOMAS RAYMOND 12d
18989367 INTELLIGENT TRACKING SYSTEM AND METHOD PHAM, QUANG
18440308 EXPLOSION PROOF MOTOR, PUMP SYSTEM, AND METHOD BOBISH, CHRISTOPHER S
18575539 INTERACTIVE READING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE UTAMA, ROBERT J
17150576 THERMALLY EFFICIENT WINDOW FRAME DAVIS, ZACHARY M
17018681 UNIVERSAL DONOR SELECTION METHOD TO IDENTIFY NK-CELL-DONORS DIBRINO, MARIANNE

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
18527134 DC POWERED SOLAR TRACKER CONTROLLER WITH HEATED BATTERY TRIVISONNO, ANGELO 29d overdue
19071492 PROTECTIVE MOUTH ASSEMBLY AND METHODS FISHER, VICTORIA HICKS 15d overdue
18671398 PLANTING POT WITH CAPILLARY WATERING SYSTEM CONLON, MARISA V 3d overdue
18371199 HAIR BRUSH RODGERS, THOMAS RAYMOND 12d
19207228 Solar Tracker Bearing Apparatus IJAZ, MUHAMMAD
18989367 INTELLIGENT TRACKING SYSTEM AND METHOD PHAM, QUANG
18440308 EXPLOSION PROOF MOTOR, PUMP SYSTEM, AND METHOD BOBISH, CHRISTOPHER S
18575539 INTERACTIVE READING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE UTAMA, ROBERT J

Client Portfolio (9 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37861
26851
36431
37461
37151
17221
37231
17831
16411

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19207228 Solar Tracker Bearing Apparatus Omco Solar, LLC IJAZ, MUHAMMAD §112DP Non-Final OA Pending May 13, 2025
19071492 PROTECTIVE MOUTH ASSEMBLY AND METHODS Nationwide Children'S Hospital FISHER, VICTORIA HICKS 3786 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Mar 05, 2025
18989367 INTELLIGENT TRACKING SYSTEM AND METHOD Everywhere Communications PHAM, QUANG 2685 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 20, 2024
18671398 PLANTING POT WITH CAPILLARY WATERING SYSTEM NuVue Products Ltd. CONLON, MARISA V 3643 §103 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending May 22, 2024
18440308 EXPLOSION PROOF MOTOR, PUMP SYSTEM, AND METHOD The Gorman-Rupp Company BOBISH, CHRISTOPHER S 3746 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 13, 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
18527134 DC POWERED SOLAR TRACKER CONTROLLER WITH HEATED BATTERY Omco Solar, LLC TRIVISONNO, ANGELO 1722 §103 Final Rejection 29d overdue Pending Dec 01, 2023
18371199 HAIR BRUSH Tangle Teezer Limited RODGERS, THOMAS RAYMOND 3723 §103§112Other Final Rejection 12d Pending Sep 21, 2023
17150576 THERMALLY EFFICIENT WINDOW FRAME Ged Integrated Solutions, Inc. DAVIS, ZACHARY M 1783 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 15, 2021
17018681 UNIVERSAL DONOR SELECTION METHOD TO IDENTIFY NK-CELL-DONORS The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital DIBRINO, MARIANNE 1641 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 11, 2020

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