Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Agence De Brevets Fournier

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

Quality Metrics (n=132 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

79.7%
Allowance Rate
n=132
+0.34σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=132
2.7
OAs to Allowance
n=55
-0.36σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=55
907 days
Time to Allowance
n=55
+10.6pp
Interview Lift
n=132
20.3%
RCE Rate
n=132
0.0%
Appeal Rate
n=132

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=0 (min 20)
§102 Overcome
n=5 (min 20)
71.4%
§103 Overcome
n=35
§112 Overcome
n=13 (min 20)

Specialization & Scale

A24C, G01S, E04H
Top CPC Subclasses
14%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=132
1
Practitioners
n=132
132.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=132

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 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.

0
Hard (0%)
5
Medium (83%)
1
Easy (17%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (50%)
§102 only2 (33%)
§112 only1 (17%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
17% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
83% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SMALLEY, JAMES N 1 70.5% -10.1%
INGRAM, THOMAS P 1 87.4% +6.3%
SPARKS, RUSSELL E 1 63.1% +15.3%
WHITE, RODNEY BARNETT 1 82.6% +17.7%
MATTEI, BRIAN DAVID 1 67.4% +15.2%
NUNNERY, GRADY ALEXANDER 1 43.7% +46.6%

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
18554831 Safety Seat for Emergency Vehicles WHITE, RODNEY BARNETT 84d overdue
19179353 Removable Remotely Controllable Device for Rotating the Steering Wheel of a Boat of the Like INGRAM, THOMAS P

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
18554831 Safety Seat for Emergency Vehicles WHITE, RODNEY BARNETT 84d overdue
18503251 Cannabis Oil Injector and Heating System Therefor SPARKS, RUSSELL E 8d overdue
17634695 Non-Slip Outsole for Winter Shoes NUNNERY, GRADY ALEXANDER 27d
18185895 Cladding Panel and Cladding System Therewith MATTEI, BRIAN DAVID

Client Portfolio (6 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37331
36681
17551
36361
36331
37321

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19218443 Two-Part Mountable Child-Resistant Vial Ecolopharm Inc. SMALLEY, JAMES N 3733 §102 Non-Final OA Pending May 26, 2025
19179353 Removable Remotely Controllable Device for Rotating the Steering Wheel of a Boat of the Like Gestion Logiscasa Inc. INGRAM, THOMAS P 3668 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 15, 2025
18503251 Cannabis Oil Injector and Heating System Therefor Le Groupe Solid Packaging Robotik Inc. SPARKS, RUSSELL E 1755 §103 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Nov 07, 2023
18554831 Safety Seat for Emergency Vehicles DEMERS, AMBULANCE MANUFACTURER INC. WHITE, RODNEY BARNETT 3636 §112 Non-Final OA 84d overdue Pending Oct 11, 2023
18185895 Cladding Panel and Cladding System Therewith Les Pierres Royales Inc. MATTEI, BRIAN DAVID 3633 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 17, 2023
17634695 Non-Slip Outsole for Winter Shoes 9271 8956 Quebec Inc- Les Agences Alain Knapp NUNNERY, GRADY ALEXANDER 3732 §103 Final Rejection 27d Pending Feb 11, 2022

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