Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Aird & Mcburney LP

11 pending office actions • 8 clients • 11 examiners • 8 art units • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=1424 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

87.6%
Allowance Rate
n=1424
+0.54σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1424
2.5
OAs to Allowance
n=964
-0.56σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=964
876 days
Time to Allowance
n=964
+9.8pp
Interview Lift
n=1424
17.5%
RCE Rate
n=1424
1.0%
Appeal Rate
n=1424

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

71.6%
§101 Overcome
n=67
79.3%
§102 Overcome
n=411
81.5%
§103 Overcome
n=558
82.7%
§112 Overcome
n=492

Specialization & Scale

A61B, A63H, F16H
Top CPC Subclasses
14%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1424
7
Practitioners
n=1424
203.4
Apps / Practitioner
n=1424

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
8
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
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)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.

5
Hard (45%)
5
Medium (45%)
1
Easy (9%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (27%)
§102 only2 (18%)
§112 only1 (9%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (45%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
27% of docket
1
Information Tech
9% of docket
1
Communications
9% of docket
1
Semiconductors
9% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
27% of docket
2
Business / Other
18% 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.

110 h
Manual time on pending OAs
22 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
38 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BARRY, JUSTIN ARTHUR 1 70.8% +21.0%
LIU, HENRY Y 1 75.9% +12.7%
LUCCHESI, NICHOLAS D 1 78.7% +9.5%
HANEY, NOAH JAMES 1 79.6% +30.8%
TADESSE, MARTHA 1 66.8% +14.6%
TENTONI, LEO B 1 81.9% +10.0%
DAILEY, THOMAS J 1 80.9% +15.0%
SCHIFFMAN, BENJAMIN A 1 65.3% +27.6%
RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH C 1 78.6% +15.3%
OGUNBIYI, OLUWADAMILOL M 1 77.1% +19.3%

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18715584 CHIRP MODULATION SIMULATED RAMAN SCATTERING MICROSCOPY HANEY, NOAH JAMES
18698555 METHOD FOR SEPARATING POLYMER ELEMENTS, WHICH WERE PRODUCED BY AN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING METHOD, BY MEANS OF GRANULAR MEDIA TENTONI, LEO B
18692716 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ASSESSING AND ENHANCING CYBERSECURITY OF A NETWORK DAILEY, THOMAS J
18573694 VENDING APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VENDING ITEMS IN A VEHICLE RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH C
18012132 A METHOD FOR FABRICATING CONDUCTIVE YARNS AND FABRICS AT ROOM TEMPERATURE MATZEK, MATTHEW D

Interview Candidates (9)

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
18260196 DISTRIBUTED SPEECH PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD OGUNBIYI, OLUWADAMILOL M 24d overdue
18686793 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A POLYMER, IN PARTICULAR A THERMOPLASTIC, WINDOW OR DOOR HOLLOW-CHAMBER PROFILE SCHIFFMAN, BENJAMIN A 75d
18575786 WI-FI POSITIONING METHOD AND SYSTEM BARRY, JUSTIN ARTHUR
18840704 DECOUPLER WITH TORQUE-LIMITING FEATURE TO PROTECT COMPONENTS THEREOF LIU, HENRY Y
18715584 CHIRP MODULATION SIMULATED RAMAN SCATTERING MICROSCOPY HANEY, NOAH JAMES
18702708 COOLANT-REFRIGERANT HEAT EXCHANGER AND THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM TADESSE, MARTHA
18698555 METHOD FOR SEPARATING POLYMER ELEMENTS, WHICH WERE PRODUCED BY AN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING METHOD, BY MEANS OF GRANULAR MEDIA TENTONI, LEO B
18692716 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ASSESSING AND ENHANCING CYBERSECURITY OF A NETWORK DAILEY, THOMAS J

Client Portfolio (8 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17422
37721
28771
37631
24581
36531
26531
17861

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18575786 WI-FI POSITIONING METHOD AND SYSTEM Espressif Systems (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. BARRY, JUSTIN ARTHUR §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 16, 2024
18840704 DECOUPLER WITH TORQUE-LIMITING FEATURE TO PROTECT COMPONENTS THEREOF Litens Automotive Partnership LIU, HENRY Y §102Other Non-Final OA Pending Aug 22, 2024
18759167 APPARATUS, KIT, AND METHOD FOR DECORATING NAILS Spin Master Ltd. LUCCHESI, NICHOLAS D 3772 §102 Final Rejection 43d overdue Pending Jun 28, 2024
18715584 CHIRP MODULATION SIMULATED RAMAN SCATTERING MICROSCOPY National Research Council Of Canada HANEY, NOAH JAMES 2877 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 31, 2024
18702708 COOLANT-REFRIGERANT HEAT EXCHANGER AND THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Litens Automotive Partnership TADESSE, MARTHA 3763 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 18, 2024
18698555 METHOD FOR SEPARATING POLYMER ELEMENTS, WHICH WERE PRODUCED BY AN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING METHOD, BY MEANS OF GRANULAR MEDIA 84J GmbH & Co. Kg TENTONI, LEO B 1742 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 04, 2024
18692716 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ASSESSING AND ENHANCING CYBERSECURITY OF A NETWORK Willowglen Systems Inc. DAILEY, THOMAS J 2458 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 15, 2024
18686793 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A POLYMER, IN PARTICULAR A THERMOPLASTIC, WINDOW OR DOOR HOLLOW-CHAMBER PROFILE Rehau Industries SE & Co. Kg SCHIFFMAN, BENJAMIN A 1742 §103 Final Rejection 75d Pending Feb 26, 2024
18573694 VENDING APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VENDING ITEMS IN A VEHICLE Ridy Pte. Ltd. RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH C 3653 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 22, 2023
18260196 DISTRIBUTED SPEECH PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD Espressif Systems (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. OGUNBIYI, OLUWADAMILOL M 2653 §112 Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending Jun 30, 2023
18012132 A METHOD FOR FABRICATING CONDUCTIVE YARNS AND FABRICS AT ROOM TEMPERATURE National Research Council Of Canada MATZEK, MATTHEW D 1786 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 23, 2023

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