Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Weiss & Weiss

Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

7 pending office actions • 5 clients • 6 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

WEISS & WEISS focuses on Chemistry & Materials and has 127 career applications. Its resolved allowance rate is 60.71%, and allowed matters average 8.51 office actions, indicating substantial response activity among cases reaching allowance.

The profile has 8 pending office actions. The combination of a limited application history, lower resolved allowance rate, and high response average supports close matter-level review before using the profile for planning assumptions.

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

Quality Metrics (n=127 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

60.7%
Allowance Rate
n=127
+0.25σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=127
8.5
OAs to Allowance
n=51
+3.26σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=51
1599 days
Time to Allowance
n=51
+41.2pp
Interview Lift
n=127
65.5%
RCE Rate
n=127
0.3%
Appeal Rate
n=127

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

—
§101 Overcome
n=12 (min 20)
52.8%
§102 Overcome
n=53
52.4%
§103 Overcome
n=82
55.1%
§112 Overcome
n=69

Specialization & Scale

B65D, A22C, B65B
Top CPC Subclasses
21%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=127
0
Practitioners
n=127
—
Apps / Practitioner
n=127 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
5
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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
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 (1)Due ≤ 30 days (3)

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.

2
Hard (29%)
5
Medium (71%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only5 (71%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (29%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
29% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
71% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
RIVERA, WILLIAM ARAUZ 2 74.6% +7.7%
HOBSON, STEPHEN 1 65.0% +20.1%
ATTEL, NINA KAY 1 41.5% +28.0%
THEIS, MATTHEW T 1 42.2% +32.3%
SCHULT, ALLEN 1 68.0% +30.9%
LUK, EMMANUEL S 1 71.5% +26.3%

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18380181 FILTER MOUNT HOBSON, STEPHEN 27d
17855536 HEMP PAPER BAGS ATTEL, NINA KAY —

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
13374441 System and method for creating a venturi effect within an orifice LUK, EMMANUEL S 49d overdue
17151460 BAG FOR TRANSPORTING LARGE OBJECTS THEIS, MATTHEW T 26d
18380181 FILTER MOUNT HOBSON, STEPHEN 27d
17855536 HEMP PAPER BAGS ATTEL, NINA KAY —
17120442 DRY WALL EXTRUSION GRILLE FRAME WITH SEISMIC TETHER SCHULT, ALLEN —

Client Portfolio (5 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37342
36542
17761
37621
17441

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18380181 FILTER MOUNT Inv Holdings, Inc. HOBSON, STEPHEN 1776 §102§103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Oct 15, 2023
17855536 HEMP PAPER BAGS Broadway Holdings Ix, LLC ATTEL, NINA KAY 3734 §102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 30, 2022
17359577 STRETCH WRAP HAND DISPENSER PRODUCED FROM NON-TRADITIONAL POLYMERS OR NATURAL MATERIALS Broadway Holdings I, LLC RIVERA, WILLIAM ARAUZ 3654 §103 Final Rejection 26d Pending Jun 27, 2021
17151460 BAG FOR TRANSPORTING LARGE OBJECTS Broadway Holdings Iv, LLC THEIS, MATTHEW T 3734 §103 Final Rejection 26d Pending Jan 18, 2021
17120442 DRY WALL EXTRUSION GRILLE FRAME WITH SEISMIC TETHER Inv Holdings, Inc. SCHULT, ALLEN 3762 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 14, 2020
16439641 STRETCH WRAP HAND DISPENSER PRODUCED FROM NON-TRADITIONAL POLYMERS OR NATURAL MATERIALS Broadway Holdings I, LLC RIVERA, WILLIAM ARAUZ 3654 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 12, 2019
13374441 System and method for creating a venturi effect within an orifice Spherical Ip, Llc. LUK, EMMANUEL S 1744 §103 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Dec 29, 2011

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Weiss & Weiss's patent allowance rate?

60.7% of resolved applications prosecuted by Weiss & Weiss were allowed, across 127 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Weiss & Weiss average before allowance?

8.51 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Weiss & Weiss have?

7 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 5 clients, before 6 examiners in 5 art units.

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