Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Bell & Manning, LLC

27 pending office actions • 9 clients • 27 examiners • 26 art units • 0 of 27 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=1981 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

93.2%
Allowance Rate
n=1981
+0.74σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1981
2.7
OAs to Allowance
n=1173
-0.49σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=1173
920 days
Time to Allowance
n=1173
+4.1pp
Interview Lift
n=1981
15.3%
RCE Rate
n=1981
4.6%
Appeal Rate
n=1981

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

90.6%
§101 Overcome
n=127
83.2%
§102 Overcome
n=417
85.1%
§103 Overcome
n=810
85.9%
§112 Overcome
n=425

Specialization & Scale

G06F, G06N, B82Y
Top CPC Subclasses
12%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1981
2
Practitioners
n=1981
990.5
Apps / Practitioner
n=1981

Portfolio Summary

27
Total Pending OAs
12
Non-Final OAs
15
Final Rejections
0
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.

6
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
3
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 (6)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 days (3)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.

13
Hard (48%)
12
Medium (44%)
2
Easy (7%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (4%)
§103 only11 (41%)
§102 only1 (4%)
§112 only2 (7%)
Multi-statute (no §101)12 (44%)

Industry Mix

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

13
Life Sciences
48% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
2
Communications
7% of docket
5
Semiconductors
19% of docket
7
Mechanical / Eng
26% 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.

270 h
Manual time on pending OAs
54 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
94 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
FABIAN JR, ROBERTO 1 70.9% +25.7%
SILVA-AVINA, EMMANUEL 1 81.9% +6.9%
MCCARTHY, GINA 1 49.5% +56.0%
BOOSALIS, FANI POLYZOS 1 90.3% +10.8%
SANDERS, JAMES M 1 55.3% +27.3%
ARELLANO, PAUL WOODWARD 1 77.1% +30.0%
CHATRATHI, ARJUNA P 1 63.0% +21.2%
PARENT, ALEXANDER RENE 1 55.3% +16.7%
CRUM, VIVIAN FLORENCE 1
DAVIS, SHENG HAN 1 66.2% +34.0%

Hard Cases (13)

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
18322861 LIGHT-EMITTERS WITH GROUP III-NITRIDE-BASED QUANTUM WELL ACTIVE REGIONS HAVING GAN INTERLAYERS KIM, JAY C 117d overdue
18042528 ALKANE MULTI-SULFONIC ACIDS, COMPOSITIONS THEREOF, AND RELATED METHODS MURESAN, ANA Z 15d overdue
18027468 SOLID ACID ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF HYDROGEN MENDEZ, ZULMARIAM 8d overdue
17651123 BICYCLE FRAME WITH CANTILEVERED SEATMAST AND SEATPOST SECURING ASSEMBLY WEHRLY, CHRISTOPHER B 22d
18699376 HIGH ENERGY RADIATION DETECTORS BOOSALIS, FANI POLYZOS 23d
18080067 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CAR T-CELL SCREENING WASHINGTON, BRITNEY NICOLE 41d
18272735 WAVELENGTH CONVERTING NATURAL VISION SYSTEM LE, UYEN CHAU N 42d
17733061 HELMET WITH AN AIR TRIP HADEN, SALLY CLINE 61d

Interview Candidates (8)

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
18435474 ACTIVE COOLING SYSTEMS FOR A BICYCLE ARELLANO, PAUL WOODWARD 4d overdue
18699376 HIGH ENERGY RADIATION DETECTORS BOOSALIS, FANI POLYZOS 23d
18718693 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A SMART MASK MCCARTHY, GINA 54d
19127207 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING DIFFUSING SINGLE PARTICLES FABIAN JR, ROBERTO
18439978 METHODS OF FORMING SYNTACTIC FOAMS USING SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING SANDERS, JAMES M
18681675 DILATABLE BILIARY DRAINS CHATRATHI, ARJUNA P
18396865 ELECTROCHEMICAL LITHIUM EXTRACTION AND RECOVERY PARENT, ALEXANDER RENE
18565772 OXYGEN ION TRANSPORT MATERIALS AND RELATED DEVICES DAVIS, SHENG HAN

Client Portfolio (9 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17362
28771
26731
37861
28841
17431
36581
37811
17951
17381

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19127207 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING DIFFUSING SINGLE PARTICLES Cambridge Enterprise Limited FABIAN JR, ROBERTO 2877 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 05, 2025
18779742 METHOD AND SYSTEM TO PREDICT RADIOFREQUENCY HEATING OF MEDICAL IMPLANTS Northwestern University SILVA-AVINA, EMMANUEL 2673 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 22, 2024
18718693 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A SMART MASK Northwestern University MCCARTHY, GINA 3786 §103 Final Rejection 54d Pending Jun 11, 2024
18699376 HIGH ENERGY RADIATION DETECTORS UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS BOOSALIS, FANI POLYZOS 2884 §102§103 Non-Final OA 23d Pending Apr 08, 2024
18439978 METHODS OF FORMING SYNTACTIC FOAMS USING SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation SANDERS, JAMES M 1743 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 13, 2024
18435474 ACTIVE COOLING SYSTEMS FOR A BICYCLE Trek Bicycle Corporation ARELLANO, PAUL WOODWARD 3658 §102 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Feb 07, 2024
18681675 DILATABLE BILIARY DRAINS Northwestern Memorial HealthCare CHATRATHI, ARJUNA P 3781 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 06, 2024
18396865 ELECTROCHEMICAL LITHIUM EXTRACTION AND RECOVERY Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation PARENT, ALEXANDER RENE 1795 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 27, 2023
18537021 FORWARD OSMOSIS PROCESS TO INCREASE THE CONCENTRATION OF A DILUTE METAL SALT SOLUTION AND RELATED PROCESSES UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS CRUM, VIVIAN FLORENCE 1738 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 12, 2023
18565772 OXYGEN ION TRANSPORT MATERIALS AND RELATED DEVICES Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation DAVIS, SHENG HAN 1732 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 30, 2023
18278329 HYDROXYLATION OF ALKANES USING OZONE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS CARR, DEBORAH D 1691 §112 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Aug 22, 2023
18446192 AMPHIPHILIC COMPLEXING AGENTS FOR IMPROVED MEMBRANE COMPATIBILITY AND STABILITY OF REDOX SPECIES Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation ORDUNA, TAMARA 1776 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 08, 2023
18274058 HIGHLY STABLE METAL HALIDE PEROVSKITE COLLOIDAL COMPOSITIONS UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS BUTCHER, ROBERT T 1764 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jul 25, 2023
18274019 FABRICATION OF PIXELATED RADIATION DETECTORS VIA LASER CUTTING Northwestern University KERR, ELIZABETH M 3761 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 25, 2023
18272735 WAVELENGTH CONVERTING NATURAL VISION SYSTEM Northwestern University LE, UYEN CHAU N 2874 §102§103 Final Rejection 42d Pending Jul 17, 2023
18206235 METHODS FOR FABRICATING GRAPHENE NANORIBBONS The University of Chicago HENDRICKSON, STUART L 1736 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 06, 2023
18322861 LIGHT-EMITTERS WITH GROUP III-NITRIDE-BASED QUANTUM WELL ACTIVE REGIONS HAVING GAN INTERLAYERS Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation KIM, JAY C 2815 §103§112 Final Rejection 117d overdue Pending May 24, 2023
18144632 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL SCANNING OF ARBITRARY SCENES Northwestern University SINHA, SNIGDHA 2619 §103 Final Rejection 46d overdue Pending May 08, 2023
18142771 LANTHANA AND ALUMINA OVERCOATED NICKEL CATALYSTS FOR ENHANCED METHANE REFORMING Northwestern University MCCLAIN, STARFARI TESHAWN 1736 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 03, 2023
18308386 HIGH-FREQUENCY GROUP III-NITRIDE-BASED HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTORS WITH HIGH-ALUMINUM CONCENTRATION BARRIERS AND RECESSED GATES Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation HRNJIC, ADIN 2817 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 27, 2023
18027468 SOLID ACID ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF HYDROGEN Safcell Inc. MENDEZ, ZULMARIAM 1794 §102§103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Mar 21, 2023
18185820 METHODS FOR THE BIOCATALYTIC PRODUCTION OF ACETALDEHYDE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS KOROTCHKINA, LIOUBOV G 1653 §103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Mar 17, 2023
18042528 ALKANE MULTI-SULFONIC ACIDS, COMPOSITIONS THEREOF, AND RELATED METHODS UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MURESAN, ANA Z 1692 §102§103 Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending Feb 22, 2023
18080067 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CAR T-CELL SCREENING Northwestern University WASHINGTON, BRITNEY NICOLE 1797 §102§103 Final Rejection 41d Pending Dec 13, 2022
17966286 MAPPING CRITICAL BRAIN SITES USING INTRACRANIAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY AND MACHINE LEARNING The Trustees of Indiana University JASANI, ASHISH SHIRISH 3798 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 14, 2022
17733061 HELMET WITH AN AIR TRIP Trek Bicycle Corporation HADEN, SALLY CLINE 3732 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 61d Pending Apr 29, 2022
17651123 BICYCLE FRAME WITH CANTILEVERED SEATMAST AND SEATPOST SECURING ASSEMBLY Trek Bicycle Corporation WEHRLY, CHRISTOPHER B 3611 §103§112 Final Rejection 22d Pending Feb 15, 2022

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