Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Whitestone Law, Pllc

19 pending office actions • 17 clients • 19 examiners • 13 art units • 0 of 19 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=362 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

86.2%
Allowance Rate
n=362
+0.46σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=362
3.2
OAs to Allowance
n=150
-0.28σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=150
969 days
Time to Allowance
n=150
+5.0pp
Interview Lift
n=362
25.9%
RCE Rate
n=362
0.0%
Appeal Rate
n=362

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

63.6%
§101 Overcome
n=33
66.3%
§102 Overcome
n=92
62.5%
§103 Overcome
n=136
61.6%
§112 Overcome
n=99

Specialization & Scale

H04W, A61M, H04L
Top CPC Subclasses
15%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=362
2
Practitioners
n=362
181.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=362

Portfolio Summary

19
Total Pending OAs
13
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
1
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.

4
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
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 (4)Due later (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.

10
Hard (53%)
8
Medium (42%)
1
Easy (5%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (5%)
§103 only5 (26%)
§102 only2 (11%)
§112 only1 (5%)
Double-patenting + other1 (5%)
Multi-statute (no §101)9 (47%)

Industry Mix

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

5
Life Sciences
26% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
2
Communications
11% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
8
Mechanical / Eng
42% of docket
4
Business / Other
21% 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.

190 h
Manual time on pending OAs
38 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
66 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MAUST, TIMOTHY LEWIS 1 81.7% +10.2%
VOKES, KATHLEEN PAIGE 1 56.9% +25.9%
SHERMAN, STEPHEN G 1 82.1% +16.9%
KOLOSOWSKI-GAGER, KATHERINE 1 26.5% +31.0%
DEL PRIORE, ALESSANDRO R 1 61.0% +45.4%
KIM, SUN U 1 78.6% +11.0%
CHORBAJI, MONZER R 1 76.4% +21.2%
SORKIN, DAVID L 1 67.3% +12.8%
MERCHLINSKY, JOSEPH CULLEN 1 6.7% -7.1%
DAI, GABRIELLE NICOLE 1 100.0% +0.0%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19148185 ADAPTOR FOR USE IN A FLUID TRANSFER SYSTEM MAUST, TIMOTHY LEWIS
18874193 IMAGE RECOGNITION PROCESS FOR A RECOGNITION DOCUMENT SHERMAN, STEPHEN G
18690814 NETWORK CONNECTIVITY DAI, GABRIELLE NICOLE

Hard Cases (10)

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
17797415 FORWARD OSMOTIC SEPARATION SYSTEM AND METHOD MCDERMOTT, JEANNIE 44d overdue
19105361 AUTO-INFLATABLE PATCH ASSEMBLY FOR DELIVERY OF THERAPEUTIC AGENTS TO AN INTESTINAL WALL VOKES, KATHLEEN PAIGE 18d overdue
18598119 BEVERAGE CARTRIDGE AND ITS MANUFACTURING THAKUR, VIREN A 10d overdue
17917280 METHODS FOR ARTIFICIAL POLLINATION AND APPARATUS FOR DOING THE SAME DENNIS, KEVIN M 3d overdue
18428621 NESTABLE WHEEL RAMPS WITH REMOVABLE CHOCKS RISIC, ABIGAIL ANNE 70d
18856730 HEALTH-JOURNEY BASED COMPUTER AUTOMATED PATIENTS' HEALTH RISKS STRATIFICATION AND INTERVENTIONS KOLOSOWSKI-GAGER, KATHERINE
18691244 PUFFED EDIBLE PRODUCT COMPRISING WHOLE GRAINS MERCHLINSKY, JOSEPH CULLEN
18686091 PHOTOTHERMAL-CURING RESIN COMPOSITION, AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF BUTCHER, ROBERT T

Interview Candidates (8)

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
19105361 AUTO-INFLATABLE PATCH ASSEMBLY FOR DELIVERY OF THERAPEUTIC AGENTS TO AN INTESTINAL WALL VOKES, KATHLEEN PAIGE 18d overdue
19148185 ADAPTOR FOR USE IN A FLUID TRANSFER SYSTEM MAUST, TIMOTHY LEWIS
18874193 IMAGE RECOGNITION PROCESS FOR A RECOGNITION DOCUMENT SHERMAN, STEPHEN G
18856730 HEALTH-JOURNEY BASED COMPUTER AUTOMATED PATIENTS' HEALTH RISKS STRATIFICATION AND INTERVENTIONS KOLOSOWSKI-GAGER, KATHERINE
18891276 COMPONENTS OF A FLUID TRANSFER APPARATUS DEL PRIORE, ALESSANDRO R
18663528 SEPTUM HOLDER WITH MOVEABLE SEPTUM KIM, SUN U
18698880 AIRFOIL CATALYTIC REACTOR FOR ATMOSPHERIC AIR TREATMENT CHORBAJI, MONZER R
18699023 MIXING DEVICE FOR FLUID PRODUCTS CONTAINED IN CONTAINERS SORKIN, DAVID L

Client Portfolio (17 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37832
17772
37531
36871
17991
17911
26811
17921
37261
37631

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19148185 ADAPTOR FOR USE IN A FLUID TRANSFER SYSTEM Equashield Medical Ltd. MAUST, TIMOTHY LEWIS 3753 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 15, 2025
19105361 AUTO-INFLATABLE PATCH ASSEMBLY FOR DELIVERY OF THERAPEUTIC AGENTS TO AN INTESTINAL WALL Alma Therapeutics Ltd. VOKES, KATHLEEN PAIGE 3783 §103§112 Final Rejection 18d overdue Pending Feb 21, 2025
18874193 IMAGE RECOGNITION PROCESS FOR A RECOGNITION DOCUMENT Phersei S.r.l. SHERMAN, STEPHEN G §112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 12, 2024
18856730 HEALTH-JOURNEY BASED COMPUTER AUTOMATED PATIENTS' HEALTH RISKS STRATIFICATION AND INTERVENTIONS Feelbetter Ltd. KOLOSOWSKI-GAGER, KATHERINE 3687 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 14, 2024
18891276 COMPONENTS OF A FLUID TRANSFER APPARATUS Equashield Medical Ltd. DEL PRIORE, ALESSANDRO R §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 20, 2024
18663528 SEPTUM HOLDER WITH MOVEABLE SEPTUM Equashield Medical Ltd. KIM, SUN U 1777 §103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending May 14, 2024
18698880 AIRFOIL CATALYTIC REACTOR FOR ATMOSPHERIC AIR TREATMENT Bomvento Ltd. CHORBAJI, MONZER R 1799 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 05, 2024
18699023 MIXING DEVICE FOR FLUID PRODUCTS CONTAINED IN CONTAINERS Hero Europe S.r.l. SORKIN, DAVID L §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 05, 2024
18691244 PUFFED EDIBLE PRODUCT COMPRISING WHOLE GRAINS Strauss Frito Lay Ltd. MERCHLINSKY, JOSEPH CULLEN 1791 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 12, 2024
18690814 NETWORK CONNECTIVITY Truphone Limited DAI, GABRIELLE NICOLE 2681 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 11, 2024
18598119 BEVERAGE CARTRIDGE AND ITS MANUFACTURING Biomen Ltd. THAKUR, VIREN A 1792 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 10d overdue Pending Mar 07, 2024
18686091 PHOTOTHERMAL-CURING RESIN COMPOSITION, AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF Aidite (Qinhuangdao) Technology Co., Ltd. BUTCHER, ROBERT T §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 23, 2024
18428621 NESTABLE WHEEL RAMPS WITH REMOVABLE CHOCKS Caliber Inc. RISIC, ABIGAIL ANNE 3726 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Jan 31, 2024
18567103 CRYOGENIC FLUID DELIVERY SYSTEM AND AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS USING SAME Green Kinoko Ltd. MOORE, DEVON TYLEN 3763 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 05, 2023
18454947 DRUG DELIVERY NEEDLE WITH ENHANCED PENETRATION CAPABILITY Alma Therapeutics Ltd. GONZALEZ, LEI NMN 3783 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 24, 2023
18210563 SYSTEM OF DETECTING CHEATING ON AN ONLINE EXAMINATION Lugo Test Technologies Ltd. PARK, EDWARD 2675 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 15, 2023
18046145 SUSPENSION TRAINING SYSTEMS WITH MACHINE LEARNING CAPABILITIES Hygear Ltd. JIMENEZ, LOAN B 3784 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 12, 2022
17917280 METHODS FOR ARTIFICIAL POLLINATION AND APPARATUS FOR DOING THE SAME BLOOMX LTD DENNIS, KEVIN M 3647 §103§112 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Oct 06, 2022
17797415 FORWARD OSMOTIC SEPARATION SYSTEM AND METHOD Ide Water Technologies Ltd. MCDERMOTT, JEANNIE 1777 §103§112 Final Rejection 44d overdue Pending Aug 03, 2022

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