Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

18 pending office actions • 14 clients • 18 examiners • 13 art units • 0 of 18 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=402 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

89.8%
Allowance Rate
n=402
+0.73σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=402
3.9
OAs to Allowance
n=263
-0.05σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=263
869 days
Time to Allowance
n=263
+12.1pp
Interview Lift
n=402
39.9%
RCE Rate
n=402
0.9%
Appeal Rate
n=402

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

64.9%
§101 Overcome
n=37
76.0%
§102 Overcome
n=104
75.8%
§103 Overcome
n=165
79.5%
§112 Overcome
n=166

Specialization & Scale

A61K, A61P, F41A
Top CPC Subclasses
38%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=402
4
Practitioners
n=402
100.5
Apps / Practitioner
n=402

Portfolio Summary

18
Total Pending OAs
10
Non-Final OAs
7
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 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
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. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 30 days (1)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.

9
Hard (50%)
7
Medium (39%)
2
Easy (11%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (11%)
§101 + other1 (6%)
§103 only4 (22%)
§112 only1 (6%)
Double-patenting only1 (6%)
Double-patenting + other3 (17%)
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

6
Life Sciences
33% of docket
1
Information Tech
6% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
11
Mechanical / Eng
61% 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.

180 h
Manual time on pending OAs
36 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
63 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BERMAN, STEPHEN DAVID 1 78.4% +58.3%
CUMBESS, YOLANDA RENEE 1 87.1% +8.9%
BAYS, MARIE D 1 74.6% +19.6%
MORGAN, DERRICK R 1 72.5% +27.2%
TILLMAN, JR, REGINALD S 1 77.9% +11.2%
SUBRAMANIAN, NARAYANSWAMY 1 28.5% +30.7%
BRAVO, JOCELYN MARY 1 49.8% +45.9%
MAGUIRE, LINDSAY M 1 51.3% +31.9%
HUANG, JAY 1 53.2% +20.1%
EL-BATHY, IBRAHIM N 1 52.6% +46.5%

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
19303323 System for Identifying, Tracking, Controlling, and/or Optimizing Stacked Shipping Assets in an Inventory Management Facility and Related Methods CUMBESS, YOLANDA RENEE

Hard Cases (9)

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
18744198 CONTROL SYSTEM FOR RAILWAY YARD AND RELATED METHODS EL-BATHY, IBRAHIM N 126d overdue
19243589 INTERCHANGEABLE FOOTBED FOR FOOTWEAR AND A MODULAR SHOE SYSTEM HAVING AN INTERCHANGEABLE FOOTBED BAYS, MARIE D 42d overdue
18771807 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A PRIVATE SECTOR MONETARY AUTHORITY MAGUIRE, LINDSAY M 23d
18607436 COMPOSITIONS WITH IMPROVED SOLUBILITY OF POOR-WATER-SOLUBLE AGENTS AND METHODS OF MAKING MOREAU, NASHARA LOUISE 82d
19405375 SYSTEM FOR, AND METHOD OF, PROVIDING AN ABSOLUTE ZERO-CODE APPLICATION COMPOSITION PLATFORM BERMAN, STEPHEN DAVID
18912193 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING USER INTERACTION FOR INSURANCE ENROLLMENTS SUBRAMANIAN, NARAYANSWAMY
18805323 SOCK FOR IMPROVING COMFORT FOR A USER BRAVO, JOCELYN MARY
18766631 CRYPTOGRAPHIC TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM AND METHODS FOR PROVIDERS TO ENABLE USERS TO MONETIZE THEIR DATA HUANG, JAY

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
18744198 CONTROL SYSTEM FOR RAILWAY YARD AND RELATED METHODS EL-BATHY, IBRAHIM N 126d overdue
19243589 INTERCHANGEABLE FOOTBED FOR FOOTWEAR AND A MODULAR SHOE SYSTEM HAVING AN INTERCHANGEABLE FOOTBED BAYS, MARIE D 42d overdue
18771807 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A PRIVATE SECTOR MONETARY AUTHORITY MAGUIRE, LINDSAY M 23d
19405375 SYSTEM FOR, AND METHOD OF, PROVIDING AN ABSOLUTE ZERO-CODE APPLICATION COMPOSITION PLATFORM BERMAN, STEPHEN DAVID
19030336 FIREARM BUFFER SYSTEM AND BUTTSTOCK ASSEMBLY MORGAN, DERRICK R
18990517 ADJUSTABLE GAS BLOCK FOR AN INDIRECT GAS OPERATED FIREARM TILLMAN, JR, REGINALD S
18912193 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING USER INTERACTION FOR INSURANCE ENROLLMENTS SUBRAMANIAN, NARAYANSWAMY
18805323 SOCK FOR IMPROVING COMFORT FOR A USER BRAVO, JOCELYN MARY

Client Portfolio (14 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36413
37322
36192
16132
21921
36511
36911
36281
37861
16551

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19405375 SYSTEM FOR, AND METHOD OF, PROVIDING AN ABSOLUTE ZERO-CODE APPLICATION COMPOSITION PLATFORM Ucbos, Inc. BERMAN, STEPHEN DAVID 2192 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 01, 2025
19303323 System for Identifying, Tracking, Controlling, and/or Optimizing Stacked Shipping Assets in an Inventory Management Facility and Related Methods All Terminal Services, LLC CUMBESS, YOLANDA RENEE 3651 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 18, 2025
19243589 INTERCHANGEABLE FOOTBED FOR FOOTWEAR AND A MODULAR SHOE SYSTEM HAVING AN INTERCHANGEABLE FOOTBED Csr Developments, LLC BAYS, MARIE D 3732 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 42d overdue Pending Jun 19, 2025
19030336 FIREARM BUFFER SYSTEM AND BUTTSTOCK ASSEMBLY Lwrc International LLC MORGAN, DERRICK R 3641 §102DP Non-Final OA Pending Jan 17, 2025
18990517 ADJUSTABLE GAS BLOCK FOR AN INDIRECT GAS OPERATED FIREARM Lwrc International LLC TILLMAN, JR, REGINALD S 3641 DP Final Rejection Pending Dec 20, 2024
18912193 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING USER INTERACTION FOR INSURANCE ENROLLMENTS Fbmc Benefits Management, Inc. SUBRAMANIAN, NARAYANSWAMY 3691 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 10, 2024
18805323 SOCK FOR IMPROVING COMFORT FOR A USER Viiz Socks LLC BRAVO, JOCELYN MARY 3732 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 14, 2024
18771807 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A PRIVATE SECTOR MONETARY AUTHORITY Fulcrum Ip Corporation MAGUIRE, LINDSAY M 3619 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA 23d Pending Jul 12, 2024
18766631 CRYPTOGRAPHIC TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM AND METHODS FOR PROVIDERS TO ENABLE USERS TO MONETIZE THEIR DATA Finco Services, Inc. HUANG, JAY 3619 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jul 08, 2024
18744198 CONTROL SYSTEM FOR RAILWAY YARD AND RELATED METHODS All Terminal Services, LLC EL-BATHY, IBRAHIM N 3628 §101 Final Rejection 126d overdue Pending Jun 14, 2024
18661570 DEVICES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF FOR NON-HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION Elle, Md Biotechnologies Inc. MCCARTHY, GINA 3786 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 11, 2024
18659819 MAGNESIUM PICOLINATE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE Bonafide Health, LLC ROSENTHAL, ANDREW S 1613 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 09, 2024
18607436 COMPOSITIONS WITH IMPROVED SOLUBILITY OF POOR-WATER-SOLUBLE AGENTS AND METHODS OF MAKING Giffin Technologies Inc. MOREAU, NASHARA LOUISE 1655 §102§103 Non-Final OA 82d Pending Mar 16, 2024
18439313 BARREL NUT ASSEMBLY AND METHOD TO ATTACH A BARREL TO A FIREARM USING SUCH ASSEMBLY Lwrc International LLC GOMBERG, BENJAMIN S 3641 §112 Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Feb 12, 2024
18435132 METHODS OF SKIN WHITENING BY USE OF CANOLA EXTRACTS 1242753 Ontario Inc. LEE, WILLIAM Y 1623 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 07, 2024
18381087 POLYGLUTAMIC ACID COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USING Bonafide Health, LLC CHANG, KYUNG SOOK 1613 §102§103DP Final Rejection Pending Oct 17, 2023
18014545 THERAPY OF POST-OPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING Lxo US, Inc. FETTEROLF, BRANDON J 1626 §103DP Final Rejection 23d overdue Pending Jan 05, 2023
17359193 STABLE CANNABINOID COMPOSITIONS Cbdmd, Inc. MITCHELL, EDWIN COLEMAN 1619 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 25, 2021

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