Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Wsp Law Group

61 pending office actions • 22 clients • 57 examiners • 34 art units • 0 of 61 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 117 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=898 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

92.3%
Allowance Rate
n=898
+0.44σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=898
1.8
OAs to Allowance
n=361
-0.86σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=361
714 days
Time to Allowance
n=361
+6.8pp
Interview Lift
n=898
15.6%
RCE Rate
n=898
0.4%
Appeal Rate
n=898

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

64.7%
§101 Overcome
n=51
56.0%
§102 Overcome
n=159
53.1%
§103 Overcome
n=207
61.0%
§112 Overcome
n=141

Specialization & Scale

H04W, H01M, Y02E
Top CPC Subclasses
25%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=898
0
Practitioners
n=898
Apps / Practitioner
n=898 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

61
Total Pending OAs
39
Non-Final OAs
16
Final Rejections
6
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

7
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
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. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (7)Due ≤ 30 days (3)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.

29
Hard (48%)
31
Medium (51%)
1
Easy (2%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (3%)
§103 only18 (30%)
§102 only11 (18%)
§112 only1 (2%)
Double-patenting + other2 (3%)
Multi-statute (no §101)27 (44%)

Industry Mix

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

19
Life Sciences
31% of docket
10
Information Tech
16% of docket
5
Communications
8% of docket
4
Semiconductors
7% of docket
7
Mechanical / Eng
11% of docket
16
Business / Other
26% 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.

610 h
Manual time on pending OAs
122 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
214 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
5.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TRIVISONNO, ANGELO 2 53.1% +26.5%
PHILLIPS, HASSAN A 2 11.1% +14.1%
STRIMBU, GREGORY J 2 56.3% +80.4%
GRAY, LINDA LAMEY 2 82.9% +16.6%
ELLIOTT, QUINTIN DALE 1 36.4% +54.5%
ELAHI, TOWFIQ 1 79.5% +14.5%
BUCK, LINDSEY A 1 49.2% +34.4%
GRIJALVA LOBOS, BORIS D 1 82.6% +19.7%
BECK, LERON 1 79.9% +11.1%
WASHINGTON, BRITNEY NICOLE 1 84.4% +17.9%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18344884 VAPORIZATION CORE FOR E-CIGARETTE, CARTRIDGE FOR E-CIGARETTE, AND E-CIGARETTE GRAY, LINDA LAMEY
18344881 VAPORIZATION CORE FOR E-CIGARETTE, CARTRIDGE FOR E-CIGARETTE, AND E-CIGARETTE GRAY, LINDA LAMEY

Hard Cases (31)

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
18476305 ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE VAPORIZATION APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE FELTON, MICHAEL J 42d overdue
19075760 PROCESSING METHOD OF LACTIC ACID FERMENTED FOOD LIU, DEBORAH YANG-HAO 17d overdue
18948357 METHOD FOR EVALUATING HUMAN-MACHINE INTERACTION OF VEHICLE, SYSTEM, EDGE COMPUTING DEVICE, AND MEDIUM BOROWSKI, MICHAEL 13d
18476304 POWER SUPPLY ASSEMBLY OF AEROSOL-GENERATION APPARATUS AND E-CIGARETTE WEILER, NICHOLAS JOSEPH 47d
19230146 PHOTOVOLTAIC TILE TRIVISONNO, ANGELO
19230148 PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE BUCK, LINDSEY A
19204600 METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING ASSISTANCE INFORMATION, METHOD FOR RECEIVING ASSISTANCE INFORMATION, DEVICE, AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM GRIJALVA LOBOS, BORIS D
19176210 CHROMATICITY COMPONENT PREDICTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND DEVICE BECK, LERON

Interview Candidates (14)

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
19328266 ENERGY STORAGE POWER SUPPLY ELLIOTT, QUINTIN DALE 20d
19315881 HUMAN-FACTORS INTELLIGENCE USER GAZE ANALYSIS METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM, AND EDGE COMPUTING DEVICE ELAHI, TOWFIQ
19243749 SOLAR MODULE, PHOTOVOLTAIC APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING SOLAR MODULE TRIVISONNO, ANGELO
19230146 PHOTOVOLTAIC TILE TRIVISONNO, ANGELO
19230148 PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE BUCK, LINDSEY A
19204600 METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING ASSISTANCE INFORMATION, METHOD FOR RECEIVING ASSISTANCE INFORMATION, DEVICE, AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM GRIJALVA LOBOS, BORIS D
19176210 CHROMATICITY COMPONENT PREDICTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND DEVICE BECK, LERON
19093318 FULL-AUTOMATIC RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTION APPARATUS WASHINGTON, BRITNEY NICOLE

Client Portfolio (22 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17223
26473
24872
36342
17212
24732
17472
17452
17522
17241

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19328266 ENERGY STORAGE POWER SUPPLY Shenzhen Hello Tech Energy Co., Ltd. ELLIOTT, QUINTIN DALE 1724 §103 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Sep 15, 2025
19315881 HUMAN-FACTORS INTELLIGENCE USER GAZE ANALYSIS METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM, AND EDGE COMPUTING DEVICE Kingfar International Inc. ELAHI, TOWFIQ 2625 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 02, 2025
19243749 SOLAR MODULE, PHOTOVOLTAIC APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING SOLAR MODULE Shenzhen Hello Tech Energy Co., Ltd. TRIVISONNO, ANGELO 1722 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 20, 2025
19230146 PHOTOVOLTAIC TILE Shenzhen Hello Tech Energy Co., Ltd. TRIVISONNO, ANGELO 1722 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 06, 2025
19230148 PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE Shenzhen Hello Tech Energy Co., Ltd. BUCK, LINDSEY A 1728 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 06, 2025
19204600 METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING ASSISTANCE INFORMATION, METHOD FOR RECEIVING ASSISTANCE INFORMATION, DEVICE, AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. GRIJALVA LOBOS, BORIS D §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 11, 2025
19176210 CHROMATICITY COMPONENT PREDICTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND DEVICE Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. BECK, LERON 2487 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 11, 2025
19093318 FULL-AUTOMATIC RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTION APPARATUS Sunmao Medical Technologies Co., Ltd. WASHINGTON, BRITNEY NICOLE §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 28, 2025
19093322 INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. PHILLIPS, HASSAN A §102 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 28, 2025
19091887 INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. PHILLIPS, HASSAN A §102 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 27, 2025
19075760 PROCESSING METHOD OF LACTIC ACID FERMENTED FOOD China Agricultural University LIU, DEBORAH YANG-HAO 1791 §103§112 Final Rejection 17d overdue Pending Mar 10, 2025
19060817 BIASED DETECTOR SUB-MODULE, DETECTOR MODULE, DETECTOR, AND MEDICAL IMAGING DEVICE Neusoft Medical Systems Co., Ltd. FAYE, MAMADOU §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 24, 2025
19058048 VEHICLE DOOR ASSEMBLY AND VEHICLE COMPRISING SAME ZHEJIANG GEELY HOLDING GROUP CO., LTD. STRIMBU, GREGORY J 3634 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 20, 2025
19021261 HINGE ASSEMBLY OF SCISSOR DOOR AND VEHICLE HAVING SAME Geely Automobile Research Institute (Ningbo) Co., Ltd. STRIMBU, GREGORY J 3634 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jan 15, 2025
19012914 DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USER PROFILE, DEVICE, MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM Shenzhen Futu Network Technology Co., Ltd. OBISESAN, AUGUSTINE KUNLE 2156 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 08, 2025
19008682 FINANCIAL MARKET LIST DISPLAY METHOD AND APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM AND DEVICE Shenzhen Futu Network Technology Co., Ltd. WEISBERGER, RICHARD C 3693 §101§102§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Jan 03, 2025
19008680 CONNECTOR, POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD Sungrow (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. CAVALLARI, DANIEL 2836 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 03, 2025
18983397 CATHODE MATERIAL, PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF, AND LITHIUM-ION BATTERY Easpring Technology (Changzhou) New Material Co., Ltd. APICELLA, KARIE O 1725 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 17, 2024
18966172 THREE-DIMENSIONAL OPTICAL IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD Hefei Raycision Medical Technology Co., Ltd. KIR, ALBERT 2485 §103 Final Rejection 52d overdue Pending Dec 03, 2024
18948357 METHOD FOR EVALUATING HUMAN-MACHINE INTERACTION OF VEHICLE, SYSTEM, EDGE COMPUTING DEVICE, AND MEDIUM Kingfar International Inc. BOROWSKI, MICHAEL 3624 §101§102§103 Final Rejection 13d Pending Nov 14, 2024
18935695 FOLDABLE SOLAR PANEL Shenzhen Hello Tech Energy Co., Ltd. CHERN, CHRISTINA 1722 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 04, 2024
18900974 ENERGY RECOVERY CONTROL METHOD FOR VEHICLE, SYSTEM AND VEHICLE Anhui DeepWay Technology Co., Ltd. LAGUARDA, GONZALO 3747 §102Other Final Rejection Pending Sep 30, 2024
18900971 PRECURSOR OF LITHIUM-CONTAINING OXIDE CATHODE MATERIAL, LITHIUM-CONTAINING OXIDE CATHODE MATERIAL, PREPARATION METHODS THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF, AND POSITIVE ELECTRODE PLATE AND USE THEREOF BEIJING EASPRING MATERIAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. JONES, OLIVIA ANN 1789 §103 Final Rejection 23d Pending Sep 30, 2024
18900743 SENSING SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. SHEIKH, AYAZ R §102 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 29, 2024
18829335 DATA COLLECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, TERMINAL, AND NETWORK-SIDE DEVICE Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. BROCKMAN, ANGEL T §102 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 10, 2024
18815853 SODIUM-ION CATHODE MATERIAL, PREPARATION METHOD AND USE THEREOF, SODIUM-ION BATTERY, SODIUM-ION BATTERY PACK, AND DEVICE BEIJING EASPRING MATERIAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. CLARY, KAYLA ELAINE 1721 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 27, 2024
18751517 HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST ACKNOWLEDGEMENT PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND TERMINAL Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. SOLINSKY, PETER G §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 24, 2024
18745194 TRANSMISSION DETERMINING METHOD AND APPARATUS, TERMINAL, NETWORK-SIDE DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. DIVITO, WALTER J 2465 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 17, 2024
18670650 EXPLOSION-PROOF HOUSING AND ELECTRICAL DEVICE Sungrow (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. WU, JERRY 2841 §102 Final Rejection Pending May 21, 2024
18650138 ATOMIZATION DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE HAVING SAME BYD Precision Manufacture Co., Ltd. NGUYEN, SONNY V §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 30, 2024
18638674 E-CIGARETTE ATOMIZATION DEVICE AND E-CIGARETTE BYD Precision Manufacture Co., Ltd. NGUYEN, PHU HOANG §102 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 18, 2024
18629964 NEGATIVE ACTIVE MATERIAL, NEGATIVE ELECTRODE PLATE, BATTERY, BATTERY MODULE, AND ELECTRIC DEVICE Hithium Tech Hk Limited CLEVELAND, TIMOTHY C §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 09, 2024
18630532 INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. DESROSIERS, EVANS 2491 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 09, 2024
18629960 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY EXTRACTING POLYSACCHARIDES, POLYPHENOLS, SOD AND VC OF ROSA ROXBURGHII TRATT FROM ROSA ROXBURGHII TRATT POMACE Guangzhou Wanglaoji Health Industry Co., Ltd. REGLAS, GEORGIANA C 1651 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 09, 2024
18623374 UPLINK POSITIONING REFERENCE SIGNAL SRS CONFIGURATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND NETWORK-SIDE DEVICE Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. KHAWAR, SAAD 2412 §102§112 Final Rejection Pending Apr 01, 2024
18617820 ASSISTANCE INFORMATION REPORTING METHOD, SERVICE CONFIGURATION METHOD, TERMINAL, AND NETWORK SIDE DEVICE Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. NGO, NGUYEN HOANG 2473 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 27, 2024
18614781 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING REFERENCE SIGNAL, AND RELATED DEVICE Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. LU, XUAN 2473 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 25, 2024
18613326 COMMUNICATION SENSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. HONG, DUNG 2643 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 22, 2024
18605360 INTRA-FRAME PREDICTION METHOD AND TERMINAL Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. ANYIKIRE, CHIKAODILI E 2487 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 14, 2024
18604110 RESOURCE SELECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND TERMINAL Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. TRAN, CONGVAN 2647 §102 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Mar 13, 2024
18595807 QUALITY OF SERVICE CHARACTERISTIC PARAMETER DETERMINING METHOD, DATA SENDING METHOD, APPARATUS, AND DEVICE Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. SEFCHECK, GREGORY B 2477 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 05, 2024
18590994 END COVER ASSEMBLY, BATTERY CELL, BATTERY MODULE, AND ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE Hithium Tech Hk Limited GATEWOOD, DANIEL S §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 29, 2024
18389824 SOLAR PANEL Shenzhen Hello Tech Energy Co., Ltd. MOWLA, GOLAM 1721 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 20, 2023
18389814 QUANTUM DOT COMPLEX, THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY ELEMENT, AND PROCESS FOR QUANTUM DOT COMPLEX Anhui Easpeed Technology Co., Ltd. BOOTH, RICHARD A 2812 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 20, 2023
18533184 PLASTIC COMPONENT, BATTERY, BATTERY MODULE, AND ELECTRIC DEVICE Hithium Tech Hk Limited ARCIERO, ADAM A §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 08, 2023
18531744 POSITIVE ELECTRODE SLURRY, POSITIVE ELECTRODE SHEET, AND LITHIUM BATTERY Hithium Tech Hk Limited ERWIN, JAMES M §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 07, 2023
18516961 PLASTIC COMPONENT AND BATTERY HAVING THE SAME Hithium Tech Hk Limited HEMINGWAY, TIMOTHY G §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 22, 2023
18486136 LIQUID-COOLED CHARGING DEVICE AND CHARGING GUN Geely Automobile Research Institute (Ningbo) Co., Ltd. TAYLOR, APRIL ALICIA §102 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 12, 2023
18476305 ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE VAPORIZATION APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE BYD Precision Manufacture Co., Ltd. FELTON, MICHAEL J 1747 §103§112 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Sep 28, 2023
18476304 POWER SUPPLY ASSEMBLY OF AEROSOL-GENERATION APPARATUS AND E-CIGARETTE BYD Precision Manufacture Co., Ltd. WEILER, NICHOLAS JOSEPH 1749 §102§103 Non-Final OA 47d Pending Sep 27, 2023
18476297 AIR IONIZATION DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR Anhui Easpeed Technology Co., Ltd. HO, WAI-GA DAVID 2872 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 27, 2023
18455650 SCRUBBER Shen Zhen 3Irobotix Co., Ltd. CHANG, SUKWOO JAMES 3723 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Aug 25, 2023
18344888 VAPORIZATION CORE COMPONENT FOR ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES, CARTRIDGE FOR ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES, AND ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE BYD Precision Manufacture Co., Ltd. MOORE, STEPHANIE LYNN 1747 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 30, 2023
18344884 VAPORIZATION CORE FOR E-CIGARETTE, CARTRIDGE FOR E-CIGARETTE, AND E-CIGARETTE BYD Precision Manufacture Co., Ltd. GRAY, LINDA LAMEY 1745 §103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Jun 30, 2023
18344881 VAPORIZATION CORE FOR E-CIGARETTE, CARTRIDGE FOR E-CIGARETTE, AND E-CIGARETTE BYD Precision Manufacture Co., Ltd. GRAY, LINDA LAMEY 1745 §102§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Jun 30, 2023
17973882 POSITIONING MEASUREMENT METHOD, APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. GAO, JING 2647 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 26, 2022
17963168 BIPOLAR CURRENT COLLECTOR, ELECTRODE SHEET, CELL AND SECONDARY BATTERY Xiamen Hithium Energy Storage Technology Co., Ltd. JACOBSON, SARAH JORDAN 1785 §103 Non-Final OA 126d overdue Pending Oct 10, 2022
17955135 CELL HANDOVER METHOD, CELL HANDOVER PROCESSING METHOD, TERMINAL, AND NETWORK DEVICE Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. TORRES, MARCOS L 2647 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Sep 28, 2022
17946057 CONDUCTIVE FILM AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR Xiamen Hithium Energy Storage Technology Co., Ltd. ABRAHAM, JOSE K 3729 §103 Non-Final OA 156d overdue Pending Sep 16, 2022
17865526 COBALT-FREE LAYERED POSITIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF, AND LITHIUM-ION BATTERY SVolt Energy Technology Co., Ltd. MCNULTY, SEAMUS PATRICK 1752 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 15, 2022
17777989 ELECTRODE PLATE OF SECONDARY BATTERY AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF, SECONDARY BATTERY Xiamen Hithium New Energy Technology Co., Ltd. NGUYEN, KEVIN NMN 1752 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 18, 2022

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