Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Zi Wong - Via LLP

5 pending office actions • 2 clients • 5 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=1913 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

89.6%
Allowance Rate
n=1913
+0.51σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1913
2.7
OAs to Allowance
n=723
-0.51σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=723
958 days
Time to Allowance
n=723
+5.5pp
Interview Lift
n=1913
34.4%
RCE Rate
n=1913
0.8%
Appeal Rate
n=1913

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=17 (min 20)
69.7%
§102 Overcome
n=76
63.2%
§103 Overcome
n=456
75.0%
§112 Overcome
n=108

Specialization & Scale

A61M, G06F, H03H
Top CPC Subclasses
31%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1913
6
Practitioners
n=1913
318.8
Apps / Practitioner
n=1913

Portfolio Summary

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

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.

0
Hard (0%)
5
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (80%)
Double-patenting + other1 (20%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
20% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
2
Communications
40% of docket
2
Semiconductors
40% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% 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
RAYAN, MIHIR K 1 85.1% +10.9%
CHOWDHURY, SULTAN U. 1 89.5% +6.4%
PHAM, THOMAS T 1 51.9% +15.9%
MCCULLEY, RYAN D 1 69.8% +28.0%
NIGAM, NATASHA 1 62.2% +38.1%

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
19205792 DETERMINING ANGULAR ACCELERATION RAYAN, MIHIR K
18900448 VARIABLE-PITCH COLOR EMITTING DISPLAY CHOWDHURY, SULTAN U.

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
19205792 DETERMINING ANGULAR ACCELERATION RAYAN, MIHIR K
18686440 METHOD OF FABRICATING MOLDS FOR FORMING WAVEGUIDES AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING THE WAVEGUIDES PHAM, THOMAS T
18412464 GENERATING AND VALIDATING A VIRTUAL 3D REPRESENTATION OF A REAL-WORLD STRUCTURE MCCULLEY, RYAN D
18554613 NANOPATTERN ENCAPSULATION FUNCTION, METHOD AND PROCESS IN COMBINED OPTICAL COMPONENTS NIGAM, NATASHA

Client Portfolio (2 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
MAGIC LEAP, INC. 4
Hover 1

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
26221
28821
17131
26111
28721

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19205792 DETERMINING ANGULAR ACCELERATION Magic Leap, Inc. RAYAN, MIHIR K 2622 DPOther Non-Final OA Pending May 12, 2025
18900448 VARIABLE-PITCH COLOR EMITTING DISPLAY Magic Leap, Inc. CHOWDHURY, SULTAN U. 2882 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 27, 2024
18686440 METHOD OF FABRICATING MOLDS FOR FORMING WAVEGUIDES AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING THE WAVEGUIDES Magic Leap, Inc. PHAM, THOMAS T 1713 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 26, 2024
18412464 GENERATING AND VALIDATING A VIRTUAL 3D REPRESENTATION OF A REAL-WORLD STRUCTURE Hover Inc. MCCULLEY, RYAN D 2611 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 12, 2024
18554613 NANOPATTERN ENCAPSULATION FUNCTION, METHOD AND PROCESS IN COMBINED OPTICAL COMPONENTS Magic Leap, Inc. NIGAM, NATASHA 2872 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 09, 2023

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