Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Baker & Mckenzie LLP (Dallas Account)

11 pending office actions • 10 clients • 10 examiners • 8 art units • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 59 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=2611 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

89.6%
Allowance Rate
n=2611
+0.53σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=2611
2.8
OAs to Allowance
n=1929
-0.28σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=1929
945 days
Time to Allowance
n=1929
+3.7pp
Interview Lift
n=2611
22.0%
RCE Rate
n=2611
1.1%
Appeal Rate
n=2611

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

84.6%
§101 Overcome
n=52
92.9%
§102 Overcome
n=296
86.8%
§103 Overcome
n=885
92.8%
§112 Overcome
n=207

Specialization & Scale

H04L, G06F, G11C
Top CPC Subclasses
20%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=2611
0
Practitioners
n=2611
Apps / Practitioner
n=2611 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

0
Hard (0%)
6
Medium (55%)
5
Easy (45%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only6 (55%)
§112 only2 (18%)
Double-patenting only3 (27%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
36% of docket
3
Information Tech
27% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
18% 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
ZEE, EDWARD 2 90.7% +10.3%
COHEN, MICHAEL P 1 58.6% +27.3%
GAY, JENNIFER HAWKINS 1 84.9% +8.3%
BAYOU, YONAS A 1 84.3% +15.3%
BROWN, SETH RICHARD 1 48.9% +46.1%
MANIWANG, JOSEPH R 1 85.6% +13.7%
POPOVICS, ROBERT J 1 55.2% +22.9%
ISLAM, MOHAMMAD K 1 82.9% +17.0%
GUSSOW, ANNE 1 58.4% +42.2%
MELENDEZ, ARMAND 1 46.5% +42.5%

Quick Wins (6)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18794481 STATE CONTAINER SYNCHRONIZATION SYSTEM AND METHOD MANIWANG, JOSEPH R 50d overdue
19208329 TUBING HANGER FOR WELLBORE SYSTEMS GAY, JENNIFER HAWKINS
19183340 DOMAIN-SPECIFIC LANGUAGE SIMULANT FOR SIMULATING A THREAT-ACTOR AND ADVERSARIAL TACTICS, TECHNIQUES, AND PROCEDURES ZEE, EDWARD
19183347 DOMAIN SPECIFIC LANGUAGE FOR DEFENDING AGAINST A THREAT-ACTOR AND ADVERSARIAL TACTICS, TECHNIQUES, AND PROCEDURES ZEE, EDWARD
19082059 Secure Web Container for a Secure Online User Environment BAYOU, YONAS A
18640603 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING OBJECT RESONANCE CAUSED BY VORTEX SHEDDING ISLAM, MOHAMMAD K

Interview Candidates (10)

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
18794481 STATE CONTAINER SYNCHRONIZATION SYSTEM AND METHOD MANIWANG, JOSEPH R 50d overdue
17973743 NESTABLE WATER TANK AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING NESTABLE WATER TANKS MELENDEZ, ARMAND 30d
19326649 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR THE ANTIVIRAL USE OF SYNTHETIC LYSINE ANALOGS AND MIMETICS COHEN, MICHAEL P
19183340 DOMAIN-SPECIFIC LANGUAGE SIMULANT FOR SIMULATING A THREAT-ACTOR AND ADVERSARIAL TACTICS, TECHNIQUES, AND PROCEDURES ZEE, EDWARD
19183347 DOMAIN SPECIFIC LANGUAGE FOR DEFENDING AGAINST A THREAT-ACTOR AND ADVERSARIAL TACTICS, TECHNIQUES, AND PROCEDURES ZEE, EDWARD
19082059 Secure Web Container for a Secure Online User Environment BAYOU, YONAS A
18958154 CURVED LINKAGE SYSTEM FOR A SHOULDER BRACE BROWN, SETH RICHARD
18791677 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DEWATERING SOLID PARTICLES IN A CONTAMINATED LIQUID MIXTURE POPOVICS, ROBERT J

Client Portfolio (10 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
24352
16121
36191
37861
24411
17761
16831
17591

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19326649 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR THE ANTIVIRAL USE OF SYNTHETIC LYSINE ANALOGS AND MIMETICS Anti-Viral Technologies, LLC COHEN, MICHAEL P 1612 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 11, 2025
19208329 TUBING HANGER FOR WELLBORE SYSTEMS Sonic Connectors, Ltd. GAY, JENNIFER HAWKINS 3619 §112 Final Rejection Pending May 14, 2025
19183340 DOMAIN-SPECIFIC LANGUAGE SIMULANT FOR SIMULATING A THREAT-ACTOR AND ADVERSARIAL TACTICS, TECHNIQUES, AND PROCEDURES Qualys, Inc. ZEE, EDWARD 2435 DP Non-Final OA Pending Apr 18, 2025
19183347 DOMAIN SPECIFIC LANGUAGE FOR DEFENDING AGAINST A THREAT-ACTOR AND ADVERSARIAL TACTICS, TECHNIQUES, AND PROCEDURES Qualys, Inc. ZEE, EDWARD 2435 DP Non-Final OA Pending Apr 18, 2025
19082059 Secure Web Container for a Secure Online User Environment Authentic8, Inc. BAYOU, YONAS A DP Non-Final OA Pending Mar 17, 2025
18958154 CURVED LINKAGE SYSTEM FOR A SHOULDER BRACE Breg, Inc. BROWN, SETH RICHARD 3786 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 25, 2024
18794481 STATE CONTAINER SYNCHRONIZATION SYSTEM AND METHOD Ecifm Solutions Inc. MANIWANG, JOSEPH R 2441 §112 Non-Final OA 50d overdue Pending Aug 05, 2024
18791677 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DEWATERING SOLID PARTICLES IN A CONTAMINATED LIQUID MIXTURE 1934612 Ontario Inc. POPOVICS, ROBERT J 1776 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 01, 2024
18640603 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING OBJECT RESONANCE CAUSED BY VORTEX SHEDDING Cinelease, LLC ISLAM, MOHAMMAD K §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 19, 2024
18037003 SYSTEMS FOR THE DETECTION OF TARGETED GENE VARIATIONS AND VIRAL GENOMES AND METHODS OF PRODUCING AND USING SAME World Biotech Regenerative Medical Group Limited GUSSOW, ANNE 1683 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 15, 2023
17973743 NESTABLE WATER TANK AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING NESTABLE WATER TANKS Coflex S.A. De C.V. MELENDEZ, ARMAND 1759 §103 Final Rejection 30d Pending Oct 26, 2022

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