Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Akerman LLP

52 pending office actions • 29 clients • 49 examiners • 37 art units • 0 of 52 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=4475 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

77.9%
Allowance Rate
n=4475
+0.47σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=4475
3.0
OAs to Allowance
n=2834
-0.32σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=2834
1002 days
Time to Allowance
n=2834
+8.7pp
Interview Lift
n=4475
24.8%
RCE Rate
n=4475
1.4%
Appeal Rate
n=4475

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

76.7%
§101 Overcome
n=223
73.8%
§102 Overcome
n=994
77.4%
§103 Overcome
n=1698
80.6%
§112 Overcome
n=1240

Specialization & Scale

Y10T, A61K, G06F
Top CPC Subclasses
10%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=4475
22
Practitioners
n=4475
203.4
Apps / Practitioner
n=4475

Portfolio Summary

52
Total Pending OAs
31
Non-Final OAs
19
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 22 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

11
Overdue
1
Due this week
3
Due this month
4
Due in next 60 days
3
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. 22 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (11)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (4)Due later (3)

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.

24
Hard (46%)
21
Medium (40%)
5
Easy (10%)
2
Unknown (4%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (4%)
§101 + other5 (10%)
§103 only19 (37%)
§102 only2 (4%)
§112 only3 (6%)
Double-patenting only2 (4%)
Multi-statute (no §101)17 (33%)
No statute on record2 (4%)

Industry Mix

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

6
Life Sciences
12% of docket
4
Information Tech
8% of docket
7
Communications
13% of docket
3
Semiconductors
6% of docket
24
Mechanical / Eng
46% of docket
8
Business / Other
15% 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.

520 h
Manual time on pending OAs
104 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
182 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
4.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MCCORD, PAUL C 3 69.2% +26.2%
SCHMID, BROOK VICTORIA 2 27.3% +60.7%
CHAE, KYU 1 70.0% +13.4%
JORDAN, MORGAN T 1 52.7% +33.8%
KIM, KEVIN Y 1 78.2% +15.8%
TRAN, ZOE T 1 57.0% +47.0%
YESHAW, ESAYAS G 1 87.0% +11.3%
WONG, JESSICA BOWEN 1 67.1% +20.4%
SMALL, KATHERINE R 1 67.9% +30.5%
NGUYEN, PHUNG HOANG JOSEPH 1 79.4% +31.7%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19081472 DATA CENTER BACKUP POWER SYSTEM YESHAW, ESAYAS G 1d overdue

Hard Cases (25)

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
16642285 Movement Planning For Autonomous Robots AZHAR, ARSLAN 995d overdue
18177094 Audio Content Serving and Creation Based on Modulation Characteristics and Closed Loop Monitoring RINEHART, SEAN MICHAEL 98d overdue
17804407 NON-AUDITORY NEUROSTIMULATION AND METHODS FOR ANESTHESIA RECOVERY TU, AURELIE H 78d overdue
18420913 Method for Determining Pose of Target Object, and Computing Device Implementing the Same WAIT, CHRISTOPHER 50d overdue
18278343 MANUFACTURING METHOD OF ARTIFICIAL SKIN USING CELLS DIFFERENTIATED FROM INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS ROGERS, ERIC JASON 28d overdue
18778937 Momentum Trading Using Deep Reinforcement Learning DUCK, BRANDON M 4d overdue
18794025 CATALYTIC CONVERTER TAMPER DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE TUN, NAY L 3d overdue
18561972 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR EXTINGUISHING FIRES LIEUWEN, CODY J 15d

Interview Candidates (13)

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
19081472 DATA CENTER BACKUP POWER SYSTEM YESHAW, ESAYAS G 1d overdue
17101549 Media Item Context in Social Media Posts MCCORD, PAUL C 35d
19043961 Bait Station WONG, JESSICA BOWEN 36d
19329380 PLATFORM TO MANIPULATE GOLF DATA TO ENABLE CREATION OF BROADCAST PRODUCTION GRAPHICS CHAE, KYU
19221105 HORSE SHOE SYSTEM JORDAN, MORGAN T
19200119 HEAD-TO-HEAD JAI ALAI WAGERING SYSTEM AND METHOD KIM, KEVIN Y
19088002 VARIABLE RIGIDITY EQUINE SHOE TRAN, ZOE T
19017125 MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELL-DERIVED EXTRACELLULAR VESICLE-EXOSOMES SMALL, KATHERINE R

Client Portfolio (29 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
26924
36432
37152
36192
36422
24261
36471
28491
36441
16331

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19329380 PLATFORM TO MANIPULATE GOLF DATA TO ENABLE CREATION OF BROADCAST PRODUCTION GRAPHICS Pga Tour Enterprises, LLC CHAE, KYU 2426 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 15, 2025
19221105 HORSE SHOE SYSTEM Easycare, Inc. JORDAN, MORGAN T 3643 §112 Non-Final OA Pending May 28, 2025
19200119 HEAD-TO-HEAD JAI ALAI WAGERING SYSTEM AND METHOD Battle Court Jai Alai, LLC KIM, KEVIN Y 3715 Non-Final OA Pending May 06, 2025
19088002 VARIABLE RIGIDITY EQUINE SHOE Easycare, Inc. TRAN, ZOE T 3647 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 24, 2025
19081472 DATA CENTER BACKUP POWER SYSTEM Takanock, Inc. YESHAW, ESAYAS G 2849 §103 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Mar 17, 2025
19043961 Bait Station Pestsense Holdings Pty Limited WONG, JESSICA BOWEN 3644 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA 36d Pending Feb 03, 2025
19017125 MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELL-DERIVED EXTRACELLULAR VESICLE-EXOSOMES Biotech Therapeutics, LLC SMALL, KATHERINE R 1633 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 10, 2025
19008800 Voice Control of a Media Playback System Sonos, Inc. NGUYEN, PHUNG HOANG JOSEPH §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 03, 2025
18999470 EQUINE SHOE WITH INTERCHANGEABLE TRACTION SYSTEM Easycare, Inc. ALMEIDA BONNIN, ANGELICA ALEJANDRA 3643 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Dec 23, 2024
18875478 PLANT FOR CLASSIFICATION AND SELECTION OF OBJECTS COMPRISING PRECIOUS METALS AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF Neuravision S.r.l. KUMAR, KALYANAVENKA K 3653 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 16, 2024
18968407 Systems and Methods of Adjusting Bass Levels of Multi-Channel Audio Signals Sonos, Inc. NGUYEN, QUYNH H DP Non-Final OA Pending Dec 04, 2024
18942914 Method For Controlling An Autonomous Mobile Robot Papst Licensing GmbH & Co. Kg RINK, RYAN J 3619 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Nov 11, 2024
18910462 DECORATIVE CABINET DOOR AND DRAWER HANDLE SURROUND Knobez LLC O BRIEN, JEFFREY D 3677 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 09, 2024
18907910 Remote Creation of a Playback Queue for an Event Sonos, Inc. NGUYEN, CAO H DP Non-Final OA Pending Oct 07, 2024
18907210 MULTI-SPORT CHALLENGE SYSTEMS AND METHODS West Flagler Associates, Ltd. HOEL, MATTHEW D §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 04, 2024
18847541 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FILLING NESTING CONTAINERS Optima Pharma GmbH NIESZ, JASON KAROL 3753 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 16, 2024
18886512 Media Playback System Control via Multiple Networks Sonos, Inc. WON, MICHAEL YOUNG 2443 §103 Non-Final OA 71d Pending Sep 16, 2024
18846366 Animal Trap Monitoring System Pestsense Holdings Pty Ltd. TRIEU, VAN THANH §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 12, 2024
18844816 HEAT DISSIPATION APPARATUS AND COMPUTING DEVICE Canaan Creative Co., Ltd. SMITH, COURTNEY L §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 06, 2024
18818082 Robot-Assisted Processing of a Surface Using a Robot Papst Licensing GmbH & Co. Kg MELTON, TODD M 3669 §103 Final Rejection 9d Pending Aug 28, 2024
18272514 Situation Assessment By Way of Object Recognition in Autonomous Mobile Robots Papst Licensing GmbH & Co. Kg REFAI, RAMSEY 3664 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 14, 2024
18794025 CATALYTIC CONVERTER TAMPER DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE Accelerated Solutions Group, LLC TUN, NAY L 2688 §102§103§112Other Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Aug 05, 2024
18778937 Momentum Trading Using Deep Reinforcement Learning Data-Core Systems, Inc. DUCK, BRANDON M 3693 §101§103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Jul 20, 2024
18729866 Targeting Device Createc GmbH & Co. Kg KU, SI MING 3775 §103 Final Rejection 83d Pending Jul 17, 2024
18740253 Climate Chamber Binder GmbH BRAWNER, CHARLES RILEY §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 11, 2024
18738169 Playback Device Grouping Sonos, Inc. MCCORD, PAUL C 2692 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 10, 2024
18732995 GOLF EVENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH SCORING AND LOCATION TRACKING Pga Tour Enterprises, LLC GALKA, LAWRENCE STEFAN 3715 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 04, 2024
18675228 Generating Synthetic Data For Machine Learning Training Data-Core Systems, Inc. MAGUIRE, LINDSAY M 3619 §101 Final Rejection Pending May 28, 2024
18649562 EQUINE SHOE AND METHOD Easycare, Inc. SCHMID, BROOK VICTORIA 3642 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 29, 2024
18630213 AI-BASED ALLOCATION OF WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT RESOURCES Team Wildfire Inc. BROWN, SARA GRACE 3625 §101§103 Final Rejection 63d Pending Apr 09, 2024
18623838 EQUINE SHOE Easycare, Inc. SCHMID, BROOK VICTORIA 3642 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 01, 2024
18589028 SCREW CONNECTION Ako Kunststoffe Alfred Kolb GmbH SAETHER, FLEMMING §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 27, 2024
18583611 NON-INFECTIVE NASAL SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS Cmpd Licensing, LLC LANDAU, SHARMILA GOLLAMUDI 1653 §103 Final Rejection 28d Pending Feb 21, 2024
18435533 Waveguide Defect Control Envisics Ltd. KIDWELL, KAITLYN ELIZABETH 2877 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 07, 2024
18420913 Method for Determining Pose of Target Object, and Computing Device Implementing the Same Solomon Technology Corporation WAIT, CHRISTOPHER 2683 §102§103 Non-Final OA 50d overdue Pending Jan 24, 2024
18561972 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR EXTINGUISHING FIRES Pyronemesis, Inc. LIEUWEN, CODY J 3752 §103§112 Final Rejection 15d Pending Nov 17, 2023
18487182 System Limits Based on Known Triggers Sonos, Inc. FLANDERS, ANDREW C 2692 §102§103Other Final Rejection Pending Oct 16, 2023
18280218 MANUFACTURING DEVICE OF ARTIFICIAL SKIN USING CELLS DIFFERENTIATED FROM INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS Clecell, Co. Ltd. ABEYRATNE-PERERA, HASHANTHI KOMITIGE 1632 §102§112 Non-Final OA 40d Pending Sep 02, 2023
18278343 MANUFACTURING METHOD OF ARTIFICIAL SKIN USING CELLS DIFFERENTIATED FROM INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS Clecell, Co. Ltd. ROGERS, ERIC JASON 1638 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Aug 22, 2023
18357735 Probe System for Endoluminal Negative Pressure Therapy Atmos Medizintechnik GmbH & Co. Kg WRUBLESKI, MATTHEW JAMES 3781 §103 Final Rejection 88d overdue Pending Jul 24, 2023
18349923 Account Aware Media Preferences Sonos, Inc. MCCORD, PAUL C 2692 §103§112Other Final Rejection Pending Jul 10, 2023
18177094 Audio Content Serving and Creation Based on Modulation Characteristics and Closed Loop Monitoring Brainfm, Inc. RINEHART, SEAN MICHAEL 2694 §102§103 Non-Final OA 98d overdue Pending Mar 01, 2023
18063146 Application Programming Interface for Browsing Media Content Sonos, Inc. SAX, STEVEN PAUL 2146 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 08, 2022
17952812 Ventilation unit for a refrigeration cabinet Binder GmbH ANDERSON II, STEVEN S 3700 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 26, 2022
17931738 Compact Head-up Display Envisics Ltd. GAGNON, GRANT A 2872 §102 Final Rejection Pending Sep 13, 2022
17858180 Wireless Streaming of Audio/Visual Content in a Home Theater Architecture Sonos, Inc. SHELEHEDA, JAMES R 2424 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 06, 2022
17787810 COMBINED REACTOR FOR HIGH-PRESSURE SYNTHESIS OF MELAMINE Casale SA KUYKENDALL, ALYSSA LEE 1774 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Jun 21, 2022
17804407 NON-AUDITORY NEUROSTIMULATION AND METHODS FOR ANESTHESIA RECOVERY Brainfm, Inc. TU, AURELIE H 3791 §101 Final Rejection 78d overdue Pending May 27, 2022
17728078 TOPICAL COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF FORMULATING THE SAME Cmpd Licensing, LLC LEE, ANDREW P 1691 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 25, 2022
17272489 Exploration Of A Robot Deployment Area By An Autonomous Mobile Robot Papst Licensing GmbH & Co. Kg HEFLIN, HARRISON JAMES RIEL 3665 §103 Final Rejection 48d Pending Nov 23, 2021
16642285 Movement Planning For Autonomous Robots Robart GmbH AZHAR, ARSLAN 3656 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA 995d overdue Pending Jan 25, 2021
17101549 Media Item Context in Social Media Posts Sonos, Inc. MCCORD, PAUL C 2692 §112 Non-Final OA 35d Pending Nov 23, 2020

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