Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Arc Patents

22 pending office actions • 13 clients • 22 examiners • 20 art units • 0 of 22 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 55 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=1397 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

91.1%
Allowance Rate
n=1397
+0.69σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1397
2.7
OAs to Allowance
n=1092
-0.51σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=1092
906 days
Time to Allowance
n=1092
+9.0pp
Interview Lift
n=1397
23.8%
RCE Rate
n=1397
0.3%
Appeal Rate
n=1397

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

71.2%
§101 Overcome
n=52
90.2%
§102 Overcome
n=112
84.3%
§103 Overcome
n=644
95.4%
§112 Overcome
n=154

Specialization & Scale

G06F, A61N, H04L
Top CPC Subclasses
23%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1397
0
Practitioners
n=1397
Apps / Practitioner
n=1397 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

22
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
13
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)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.

5
Hard (23%)
13
Medium (59%)
4
Easy (18%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only5 (23%)
§103 only12 (55%)
§102 only1 (5%)
§112 only4 (18%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
9% of docket
3
Information Tech
14% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
9% of docket
12
Mechanical / Eng
55% of docket
3
Business / Other
14% 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.

220 h
Manual time on pending OAs
44 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
77 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BAHL, SANGEETA 1 20.4% +19.1%
REYES, REGINALD R 1 40.9% +31.4%
SIMPSON, DIONE N 1 32.9% +31.6%
LEE, NATHANIEL J. 1 63.4% +21.9%
FRITH, SEAN A 1 62.2% +26.9%
LAUGHLIN, NATHAN L 1 66.9% +10.8%
HUYNH, EMILY 1 20.5% +41.9%
OLEKANMA, VICTOR IKECHUKWU 1
HODGE, LAURA NICOLE 1 44.5% +45.0%
VIG, NARESH 1 36.6% +43.4%

Hard Cases (6)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18974043 TRIAGE AND RESOURCE OPTIMISATION SYSTEM FOR COMMUNITY-BASED PALLIATIVE CARE REYES, REGINALD R 112d overdue
18641300 METHOD FOR DETERMINING A FUTURE HEALTH CONDITION OF AN INDIVIDUAL HUYNH, EMILY 29d
19063557 METHOD FOR MANAGING CUSTOMER COMMUNICATIONS BAHL, SANGEETA
18598699 SHOCK DETECTION AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM HODGE, LAURA NICOLE
18597881 SYSTEM THAT MONETIZES REFERRALS CREATED BY GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE VIG, NARESH
18465934 ANONYMOUS CRIME REPORTING AND ESCROW SYSTEM WITH HASHED PERPETRATOR MATCHING MCATEE, PATRICK

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
18974043 TRIAGE AND RESOURCE OPTIMISATION SYSTEM FOR COMMUNITY-BASED PALLIATIVE CARE REYES, REGINALD R 112d overdue
18757956 LOCALIZATION METHOD FOR CEREBRAL INFARCTION AREA, SYSTEM, MEDIUM, AND PRODUCT FRITH, SEAN A 38d overdue
18641300 METHOD FOR DETERMINING A FUTURE HEALTH CONDITION OF AN INDIVIDUAL HUYNH, EMILY 29d
19063557 METHOD FOR MANAGING CUSTOMER COMMUNICATIONS BAHL, SANGEETA
18905425 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY EVALUATING A CANDIDATE SIMPSON, DIONE N
18828606 LUMINESCENT CABLE AND LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE THEREFOR LEE, NATHANIEL J.
18662888 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANUFACTURING A SERIES OF PARTS ON A PRODUCTION LINE TAKING INTO ACCOUNT QUALITY DATA AND CARBON FOOTPRINT LAUGHLIN, NATHAN L
18598699 SHOCK DETECTION AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM HODGE, LAURA NICOLE

Client Portfolio (13 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36842
41002
36261
36281
28751
37981
36831
36481
37921
36221

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19063557 METHOD FOR MANAGING CUSTOMER COMMUNICATIONS Bull SAS BAHL, SANGEETA 3626 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 26, 2025
18974043 TRIAGE AND RESOURCE OPTIMISATION SYSTEM FOR COMMUNITY-BASED PALLIATIVE CARE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK - NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND REYES, REGINALD R 3684 §101 Final Rejection 112d overdue Pending Dec 09, 2024
18905425 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY EVALUATING A CANDIDATE Bull SAS SIMPSON, DIONE N 3628 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 03, 2024
18828606 LUMINESCENT CABLE AND LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE THEREFOR Shanghai Lanhao Jiangsu Electric Co., Ltd. LEE, NATHANIEL J. 2875 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 09, 2024
18757956 LOCALIZATION METHOD FOR CEREBRAL INFARCTION AREA, SYSTEM, MEDIUM, AND PRODUCT Anying Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd. FRITH, SEAN A 3798 §103 Non-Final OA 38d overdue Pending Jun 28, 2024
18662888 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANUFACTURING A SERIES OF PARTS ON A PRODUCTION LINE TAKING INTO ACCOUNT QUALITY DATA AND CARBON FOOTPRINT Bull SAS LAUGHLIN, NATHAN L 4100 §112 Non-Final OA Pending May 13, 2024
18641300 METHOD FOR DETERMINING A FUTURE HEALTH CONDITION OF AN INDIVIDUAL Bull SAS HUYNH, EMILY 3683 §101 Final Rejection 29d Pending Apr 19, 2024
18612714 METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING A RADAR TRANSMITTER AND ASSOCIATED IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM Universite Paris-Saclay OLEKANMA, VICTOR IKECHUKWU 3648 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 21, 2024
18598699 SHOCK DETECTION AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Nihon Kohden Digital Health Solutions LLC HODGE, LAURA NICOLE 3792 §101 Final Rejection Pending Mar 07, 2024
18597881 SYSTEM THAT MONETIZES REFERRALS CREATED BY GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Wildfire Systems, Inc. VIG, NARESH 3622 §101 Final Rejection Pending Mar 06, 2024
18441482 METHOD FOR CARRYING OUT A COMPUTING JOB ON A HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING (HPC) MACHINE AND HPC MACHINE FOR CARRYING OUT SUCH A METHOD Bull SAS ALAM, SHIHAB 4100 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 14, 2024
18406968 SODA MAGCITE COMPOSITION, METHODS OF MANUFACTURE AND USE IN CARBON DIOXIDE (CO2) SEQUESTRATION Aspiring Materials Limited NASSIRI MOTLAGH, ANITA 1734 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 08, 2024
18493717 METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY MAINTAINING AN INFRASTRUCTURE AS CODE STATE OF A RESOURCE SPACE HOSTED ON A CLOUD PLATFORM Agarik SAS CHEN, SHIN HON 2431 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 24, 2023
18465934 ANONYMOUS CRIME REPORTING AND ESCROW SYSTEM WITH HASHED PERPETRATOR MATCHING Jdoe, Pbc MCATEE, PATRICK 3698 §101 Final Rejection Pending Sep 12, 2023
18363158 SYSTEM THAT EFFICIENTLY CALCULATES AND SETS ALARM THRESHOLDS FOR PATIENT MONITORING DEVICES Nihon Kohden Digital Health Solutions LLC RASNIC, HUNTER J 3684 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 01, 2023
18176976 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REDUCING THE CARBON FOOTPRINT OF A SOFTWARE APPLICATION Atos France SITTNER, MICHAEL J 3621 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 01, 2023
18081602 SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A CARBON FOOTPRINT OF A COMPUTING INFRASTRUCTURE IN REAL TIME Bull SAS HAGOS, EYOB 2857 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 14, 2022
17911649 REMOTELY OR AUTONOMOUSLY OPERABLE DISINFECTION APPARATUS Akara Robotics Limited LEE, AHAM NMN 1758 §103 Final Rejection 24d overdue Pending Sep 14, 2022
17901135 METHOD FOR TRAINING AN IMAGE ANALYSIS NEURAL NETWORK, AND OBJECT RE-IDENTIFICATION METHOD IMPLEMENTING SUCH A NEURAL NETWORK Bull SAS WONG, LUT 2127 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 01, 2022
17870205 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLD STORAGE AND HOT OR COLD DELIVERY OF A BREWED BEVERAGE Ryan Brothers Coffee Of San Diego, Inc. MCKANE, ELIZABETH L 3991 §112 Final Rejection Pending Jul 21, 2022
17841616 SUSPENDED MOXIBUSTION DEVICE Wuyi University SMITH, KAITLYN ELIZABETH 3794 §112 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Jun 15, 2022
17331570 LEARNING METHOD FOR A NEURAL NETWORK, COMPUTER PROGRAM IMPLEMENTING SUCH A METHOD, AND NEURAL NETWORK TRAINED BY SUCH A METHOD Bull SAS RAHMAN, IBRAHIM 2122 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 26, 2021

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