Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Blanchard Horton Pllc

7 pending office actions • 4 clients • 7 examiners • 6 art units • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=417 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

89.4%
Allowance Rate
n=417
+0.56σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=417
2.7
OAs to Allowance
n=235
-0.49σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=235
983 days
Time to Allowance
n=235
+5.9pp
Interview Lift
n=417
20.5%
RCE Rate
n=417
1.7%
Appeal Rate
n=417

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=4 (min 20)
82.4%
§102 Overcome
n=108
78.7%
§103 Overcome
n=150
82.6%
§112 Overcome
n=132

Specialization & Scale

A61K, B29D, B01J
Top CPC Subclasses
12%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=417
2
Practitioners
n=417
208.5
Apps / Practitioner
n=417

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
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.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
2
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 (2)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (2)

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.

2
Hard (29%)
5
Medium (71%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only5 (71%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (29%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
57% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
29% of docket
1
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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ROWLAND, STEVE 1 77.8% +17.6%
BARFIELD, ANTHONY DERRELL 1 80.2% +13.8%
WEBB, WALTER E 1 46.5% +18.6%
MARMOR II, CHARLES ALAN 1 11.8% +24.1%
WHEELER, THURMAN MICHAEL 1 45.9% +23.8%
MACH, ANDRE 1 45.9% +53.2%
KIM, DANIELLE A 1 36.7% +57.5%

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
18813727 Sofa with Swivel Feature BARFIELD, ANTHONY DERRELL

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17967267 Microemulsion Delivery Systems for A Female Hormone Blend with Alcohol-Soluble Species Including Nonderivatized Hormones WHEELER, THURMAN MICHAEL 145d overdue
18615236 MICROEMULSION DELIVERY SYSTEMS INCORPORATED INTO GUMMY CONFECTIONS WEBB, WALTER E 5d overdue
18132589 Drug Delivery Cannula with Continuous Glucose Monitoring Capability MARMOR II, CHARLES ALAN 33d

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17967267 Microemulsion Delivery Systems for A Female Hormone Blend with Alcohol-Soluble Species Including Nonderivatized Hormones WHEELER, THURMAN MICHAEL 145d overdue
18615236 MICROEMULSION DELIVERY SYSTEMS INCORPORATED INTO GUMMY CONFECTIONS WEBB, WALTER E 5d overdue
17672988 MICROEMULSION DELIVERY SYSTEMS FOR CANNABIS EXTRACTS AND TERPENES KIM, DANIELLE A 23d
18132589 Drug Delivery Cannula with Continuous Glucose Monitoring Capability MARMOR II, CHARLES ALAN 33d
17707067 Self-Microemulsifying Multi-Deliverable Systems MACH, ANDRE 34d
18913006 Canine Stifle Teaching Model and Method of Manufacture ROWLAND, STEVE
18813727 Sofa with Swivel Feature BARFIELD, ANTHONY DERRELL

Client Portfolio (4 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36361
16121
37911
16191
16151
16131

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18913006 Canine Stifle Teaching Model and Method of Manufacture Lincoln Memorial University ROWLAND, STEVE §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 11, 2024
18813727 Sofa with Swivel Feature Kenneth Charles Design, LLC BARFIELD, ANTHONY DERRELL 3636 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 23, 2024
18615236 MICROEMULSION DELIVERY SYSTEMS INCORPORATED INTO GUMMY CONFECTIONS Quicksilver Scientific, Inc. WEBB, WALTER E 1612 §103§112 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Mar 25, 2024
18132589 Drug Delivery Cannula with Continuous Glucose Monitoring Capability Pacific Diabetes Technologies, Inc. MARMOR II, CHARLES ALAN 3791 §103 Final Rejection 33d Pending Apr 10, 2023
17967267 Microemulsion Delivery Systems for A Female Hormone Blend with Alcohol-Soluble Species Including Nonderivatized Hormones Quicksilver Scientific, Inc. WHEELER, THURMAN MICHAEL 1619 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 145d overdue Pending Oct 17, 2022
17707067 Self-Microemulsifying Multi-Deliverable Systems Quicksilver Scientific, Inc. MACH, ANDRE 1615 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Mar 29, 2022
17672988 MICROEMULSION DELIVERY SYSTEMS FOR CANNABIS EXTRACTS AND TERPENES Quicksilver Scientific, Inc. KIM, DANIELLE A 1613 §103 Final Rejection 23d Pending Feb 16, 2022

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