Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Bainwood, Huang & Associates, LLC

29 pending office actions • 8 clients • 29 examiners • 24 art units • 0 of 29 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=3997 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

96.7%
Allowance Rate
n=3997
+0.63σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=3997
3.3
OAs to Allowance
n=3382
-0.16σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=3382
1031 days
Time to Allowance
n=3382
-0.1pp
Interview Lift
n=3997
28.5%
RCE Rate
n=3997
1.5%
Appeal Rate
n=3997

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

95.1%
§101 Overcome
n=755
93.6%
§102 Overcome
n=1329
94.0%
§103 Overcome
n=2199
93.7%
§112 Overcome
n=1000

Specialization & Scale

G06F, H04L, H04N
Top CPC Subclasses
55%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=3997
7
Practitioners
n=3997
571.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=3997

Portfolio Summary

29
Total Pending OAs
21
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
3
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 12 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
2
Due this week
4
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. 12 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (4)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.

15
Hard (52%)
12
Medium (41%)
2
Easy (7%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other4 (14%)
§103 only12 (41%)
§112 only1 (3%)
Double-patenting only1 (3%)
Multi-statute (no §101)11 (38%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
10% of docket
13
Information Tech
45% of docket
1
Communications
3% of docket
3
Semiconductors
10% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
21% of docket
3
Business / Other
10% 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.

290 h
Manual time on pending OAs
58 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
102 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TSAI, SHENG JEN 1 70.3% +13.6%
MERCADO, RAMON A 1 81.5% +18.4%
ALSIP, MICHAEL 1 75.2% +5.3%
GIROUARD, JANICE MARIE 1 73.8% +14.0%
SHARMA, SHIVAM 1 40.4% +3.7%
BAROT, BHARAT 1 87.5% +8.0%
TRAN, LEN 1 12.7% +22.9%
LAZARO, DAVID R 1 86.9% +3.6%
SAMPLE, DAVID R 1 79.6% +10.5%
STANLEY, TYLER JAY 1 40.7% +60.7%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18813554 SERVICE NETWORK EMPLOYING REINFORCEMENT LEARNING BASED GLOBAL LOAD BALANCING LAZARO, DAVID R 12d
19194877 Untitled MERCADO, RAMON A
18945735 MACHINE LEARNING BASED FRAMEWORK FOR DETECTION AND TROUBLESHOOTING OF NETWORK RELATED ISSUES IN LARGE STORAGE FABRICS BAROT, BHARAT

Hard Cases (15)

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
17735339 DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING SYSTEM WITH MULTI TENANCY BASED ON APPLICATION SLICES YUN, CARINA 79d overdue
18216672 PROVIDING ACCESS TO A TASK LOCATION PRASAD, NANCY N 42d overdue
18565731 PLATFORM FOR A ROTARY MILKING PARLOR OF LIGHT-WEIGHT CONSTRUCTION AND CONTAINING CARBON CONCRETE HUEBNER, ERICA MICHELLE 19d overdue
17976717 METHODS FOR RESILIENT MULTI CLOUD GATEWAY INTERCONNECTS BLAIR, DOUGLAS B 3d overdue
18364109 PARTITIONING, PROCESSING, AND PROTECTING MULTI-DIMENSIONAL DATA WALDRON, SCOTT A 14d
18352364 PREPARING READ-FOLLOWED-BY-WRITE INDICATOR BASED ON READ AND WRITE SEQUENCES MARTINEZ, TOMMY NMN 14d
18825205 Untitled TSAI, SHENG JEN
19015061 CACHING TECHNIQUES USING A TWO-LEVEL READ CACHE GIROUARD, JANICE MARIE

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18825205 Untitled TSAI, SHENG JEN
19194877 Untitled MERCADO, RAMON A
19015061 CACHING TECHNIQUES USING A TWO-LEVEL READ CACHE GIROUARD, JANICE MARIE
18931941 DELIVERING FOAM CONCENTRATE VIA A TANK THAT MOUNTS TO A VEHICULAR ROBOT TRAN, LEN
18763257 ION BARRIER COATING FOR LEAD GLASS MICROCHANNEL PLATES AND OTHER APPLICATIONS SAMPLE, DAVID R
18739935 HOSE MANAGER STANLEY, TYLER JAY

Client Portfolio (8 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
21392
28722
21381
36651
24531
24551
17841
36631
36471
28771

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18825205 Untitled DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. TSAI, SHENG JEN 2139 §101§102§112 Non-Final OA Pending
19194877 Untitled DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. MERCADO, RAMON A §103 Non-Final OA Pending
18915602 Untitled DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. ALSIP, MICHAEL 2139 §112 Non-Final OA Pending
19015061 CACHING TECHNIQUES USING A TWO-LEVEL READ CACHE DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. GIROUARD, JANICE MARIE 2138 §102§103Other Non-Final OA Pending Jan 09, 2025
19009220 GROUND ROBOT MOBILITY CONTROL METHOD SWITCHING Textron Systems Corporation SHARMA, SHIVAM 3665 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 03, 2025
18945735 MACHINE LEARNING BASED FRAMEWORK FOR DETECTION AND TROUBLESHOOTING OF NETWORK RELATED ISSUES IN LARGE STORAGE FABRICS DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. BAROT, BHARAT 2453 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 13, 2024
18931941 DELIVERING FOAM CONCENTRATE VIA A TANK THAT MOUNTS TO A VEHICULAR ROBOT Howe & Howe Inc. TRAN, LEN §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 30, 2024
18813554 SERVICE NETWORK EMPLOYING REINFORCEMENT LEARNING BASED GLOBAL LOAD BALANCING Avesha, Inc. LAZARO, DAVID R 2455 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Aug 23, 2024
18763257 ION BARRIER COATING FOR LEAD GLASS MICROCHANNEL PLATES AND OTHER APPLICATIONS Incom, Inc. SAMPLE, DAVID R 1784 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 03, 2024
18739935 HOSE MANAGER Howe & Howe Inc. STANLEY, TYLER JAY §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 11, 2024
18735924 EMERGENCY VEHICLE BRAKING USING CLOSED-LOOP PULSING Textron Inc. MARUNDA II, TORRENCE S 3663 §103 Final Rejection 5d Pending Jun 06, 2024
18565731 PLATFORM FOR A ROTARY MILKING PARLOR OF LIGHT-WEIGHT CONSTRUCTION AND CONTAINING CARBON CONCRETE Gea Farm Technologies GmbH HUEBNER, ERICA MICHELLE 3647 §103§112 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Nov 30, 2023
18557497 MONITORING A MILK MACHINE Gea Farm Technologies GmbH FABIAN JR, ROBERTO 2877 §103 Non-Final OA 63d Pending Oct 26, 2023
18368206 METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR MONITORING STORAGE RESOURCE OBJECTS DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. MOSER, BRUCE M 2154 §101§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 14, 2023
18466234 HYBRID MOUNT FOR OPTICAL INSTRUMENT Nanjing Ioptron Scientific, Inc. Ltd. ABDUR, RAHMAN 2872 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Sep 13, 2023
18238192 METHOD, DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DATA RECOVERY DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. HOANG, KEN 2168 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 25, 2023
18451994 ADJUSTABLE MODULAR SUPPORTING OF WHEELS OF TRACKED VEHICLE Howe & Howe Inc. ROGERS, ADAM D 3617 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 18, 2023
18233551 PROVIDING A UTILITY VEHICLE WITH A VIEW OF ELECTRONIC INFORMATION AT WINDSHIELD-LEVEL Textron Innovations Inc. HUSTOFT, JUSTIN WAYNE 2872 §103 Final Rejection 26d Pending Aug 14, 2023
18364109 PARTITIONING, PROCESSING, AND PROTECTING MULTI-DIMENSIONAL DATA AirMettle, Inc. WALDRON, SCOTT A 2152 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Aug 02, 2023
18352364 PREPARING READ-FOLLOWED-BY-WRITE INDICATOR BASED ON READ AND WRITE SEQUENCES DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. MARTINEZ, TOMMY NMN 2496 §103§112 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Jul 14, 2023
18219872 ASSIGNMENT OF DATA STORAGE APPLICATION PROCESSING TO PROCESSOR CORES THAT ARE SHARED WITH A CONTAINERIZED SERVICE IN A DATA STORAGE SYSTEM DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. NGUYEN, TUAN MINH 2198 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 10, 2023
18216672 PROVIDING ACCESS TO A TASK LOCATION Textron Innovations Inc. PRASAD, NANCY N 3624 §101§103 Final Rejection 42d overdue Pending Jun 30, 2023
18211646 Providing A Z Fiber Composite Component Textron Systems Corporation THROWER, LARRY W 1754 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 20, 2023
18333859 SAFETY VALVE FOR AN AUTOMATED MILKER UNIT BACKFLUSHING AND TEAT DIP APPLICATOR SYSTEM Gea Farm Technologies, Inc. PARIHAR, PRADHUMAN 1714 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 13, 2023
18316456 MANAGING AVIATION-ENGINE PERFORMANCE DATA Textron Innovations, Inc. KWIATKOWSKA, LIDIA 3666 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 12, 2023
18305693 PARTITIONING, PROCESSING, AND PROTECTING DATA AirMettle, Inc. VY, HUNG T 2163 DP Non-Final OA 70d overdue Pending Apr 24, 2023
18071545 SEAMLESS FAILOVER FOR PRIVATE MOBILE NETWORKS Velocloud Networks, LLC KELLEY, STEVEN SHAUN 2644 §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Nov 29, 2022
17976717 METHODS FOR RESILIENT MULTI CLOUD GATEWAY INTERCONNECTS Velocloud Networks, LLC BLAIR, DOUGLAS B 2454 §103§112 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Oct 28, 2022
17735339 DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING SYSTEM WITH MULTI TENANCY BASED ON APPLICATION SLICES Avesha, Inc. YUN, CARINA 2100 §103§112 Non-Final OA 79d overdue Pending May 03, 2022

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