Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Winstead Pc

5 pending office actions • 5 clients • 5 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=2762 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

88.1%
Allowance Rate
n=2762
+0.72σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=2762
4.0
OAs to Allowance
n=1441
+0.20σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=1441
1161 days
Time to Allowance
n=1441
+7.4pp
Interview Lift
n=2762
29.4%
RCE Rate
n=2762
1.3%
Appeal Rate
n=2762

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

87.7%
§101 Overcome
n=155
87.2%
§102 Overcome
n=600
88.5%
§103 Overcome
n=971
88.6%
§112 Overcome
n=685

Specialization & Scale

A61K, B82Y, C01B
Top CPC Subclasses
12%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=2762
5
Practitioners
n=2762
552.4
Apps / Practitioner
n=2762

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

1
Hard (20%)
2
Medium (40%)
2
Easy (40%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (40%)
§112 only1 (20%)
Double-patenting only1 (20%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (20%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
60% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
20% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
20% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BEHM, HARRY RAYMOND 1 79.6% +7.1%
CHEN, CHANGRU 1 49.5% +37.5%
CAO, VINCENT M 1 55.3% +31.3%
KATAKAM, SUDHAKAR 1 74.7% +23.5%
SCHLIENTZ, LEAH H 1 41.9% +38.5%

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18081495 PRODUCING RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL COLD KITS WITHOUT LYOPHILIZATION SCHLIENTZ, LEAH H

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18388025 CLOUD-BASED AUTOMATED CONTENT CREATION SYSTEM CAO, VINCENT M 2d overdue
18432382 TWO-STAGE UV LIGHTING SYSTEM WITH SAFETY LOCKOUT CHEN, CHANGRU
18280351 SELF-ASSEMBLING PEPTIDES, NANOFIBERS, AND METHODS OF USE KATAKAM, SUDHAKAR
18081495 PRODUCING RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL COLD KITS WITHOUT LYOPHILIZATION SCHLIENTZ, LEAH H

Client Portfolio (5 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28381
17961
36221
16581
16181

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18662713 POWER MANAGEMENT APPARATUS FOR ENERGY HARVESTING Trameto Limited BEHM, HARRY RAYMOND 2838 DP Final Rejection Pending May 13, 2024
18432382 TWO-STAGE UV LIGHTING SYSTEM WITH SAFETY LOCKOUT Evergreen Uv, LLC CHEN, CHANGRU 1796 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 05, 2024
18388025 CLOUD-BASED AUTOMATED CONTENT CREATION SYSTEM Capsure Marketing, LLC CAO, VINCENT M 3622 §103 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Nov 08, 2023
18280351 SELF-ASSEMBLING PEPTIDES, NANOFIBERS, AND METHODS OF USE The Board Of Regents Of The University Of Oklahoma KATAKAM, SUDHAKAR 1658 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 05, 2023
18081495 PRODUCING RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL COLD KITS WITHOUT LYOPHILIZATION The Board Of Regents Of The University Of Oklahoma SCHLIENTZ, LEAH H 1618 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 14, 2022

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