Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Boardman & Clark LLP

17 pending office actions • 8 clients • 16 examiners • 12 art units • 0 of 17 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=1414 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

90.2%
Allowance Rate
n=1414
+0.58σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1414
3.1
OAs to Allowance
n=902
-0.34σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=902
1060 days
Time to Allowance
n=902
+4.6pp
Interview Lift
n=1414
22.3%
RCE Rate
n=1414
1.8%
Appeal Rate
n=1414

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

90.4%
§101 Overcome
n=52
85.2%
§102 Overcome
n=344
85.5%
§103 Overcome
n=509
85.5%
§112 Overcome
n=386

Specialization & Scale

H01M, Y02E, B60L
Top CPC Subclasses
31%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1414
4
Practitioners
n=1414
353.5
Apps / Practitioner
n=1414

Portfolio Summary

17
Total Pending OAs
10
Non-Final OAs
7
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 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
2
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. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

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

9
Hard (53%)
6
Medium (35%)
2
Easy (12%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only5 (29%)
§102 only1 (6%)
Double-patenting only2 (12%)
Multi-statute (no §101)9 (53%)

Industry Mix

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

10
Life Sciences
59% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
12% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
18% of docket
2
Business / Other
12% 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.

170 h
Manual time on pending OAs
34 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
59 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LEONARD, MICHELLE TURNER 2 70.4% +14.2%
CHEUNG, MARY DA ZHI WANG 1 82.9% +13.1%
MCGOWAN, JAMIE LOUISE 1 73.5% +16.0%
TOLEDO-DURAN, EDWIN J 1 69.9% +32.4%
SULLENS, TAVIA L 1 49.3% +46.7%
NGUYEN, HUY TRAM 1 79.1% +6.5%
CHAN, HENG M 1 60.6% +32.8%
KUAN, JOHN CHUNYANG 1 72.4% +46.9%
NORTON, JOHN J 1 67.4% +28.8%
LYNCH, VICTORIA HOM 1 86.2% +9.9%

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
19183390 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BATTERY SELECTION CHEUNG, MARY DA ZHI WANG

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
18012596 INTEGRATED VALVE PLUG AND BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME LEONARD, MICHELLE TURNER 50d overdue
17761939 LEAD-ACID BATTERY HAVING FIBER ELECTRODE WITH LEAD-CALCIUM STRAP LEONARD, MICHELLE TURNER 42d overdue
18355647 BATTERY HOUSING AND BATTERY MODULE INCLUDING THE BATTERY HOUSING LYNCH, VICTORIA HOM 16d overdue
17385437 TIP & ASSEMBLY FOR THERMAL EXTRACTION DEVICE NGUYEN, SONNY V 23d
18932016 ADJUSTABLE HAND SHOVEL GUIDE MCGOWAN, JAMIE LOUISE
18860437 A METHOD OF INSTALLING A CABLE BOLT, A SYSTEM AND COMPONENTS OF SAME TOLEDO-DURAN, EDWIN J
18791600 ACCUMULATOR ASSEMBLY, REFRIGERATION SYSTEM HAVING AN ACCUMULATOR ASSEMBLY, AND METHOD OF LIMITING ACCUMILATION OF COMPRESSOR OIL IN SAME SULLENS, TAVIA L
18555360 INTELLIGENT LEAD-ACID BATTERY MODULE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME KUAN, JOHN CHUNYANG

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
18012596 INTEGRATED VALVE PLUG AND BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME LEONARD, MICHELLE TURNER 50d overdue
17761939 LEAD-ACID BATTERY HAVING FIBER ELECTRODE WITH LEAD-CALCIUM STRAP LEONARD, MICHELLE TURNER 42d overdue
19183390 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BATTERY SELECTION CHEUNG, MARY DA ZHI WANG
18932016 ADJUSTABLE HAND SHOVEL GUIDE MCGOWAN, JAMIE LOUISE
18860437 A METHOD OF INSTALLING A CABLE BOLT, A SYSTEM AND COMPONENTS OF SAME TOLEDO-DURAN, EDWIN J
18791600 ACCUMULATOR ASSEMBLY, REFRIGERATION SYSTEM HAVING AN ACCUMULATOR ASSEMBLY, AND METHOD OF LIMITING ACCUMILATION OF COMPRESSOR OIL IN SAME SULLENS, TAVIA L
18412334 CELL TO HEAT SINK THERMAL ADHESIVE CHAN, HENG M
18555360 INTELLIGENT LEAD-ACID BATTERY MODULE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME KUAN, JOHN CHUNYANG

Client Portfolio (8 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17243
17252
36651
36781
37631
17741
17851
17351
28721
28591

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19183390 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BATTERY SELECTION Cps Technology Holdings LLC CHEUNG, MARY DA ZHI WANG 3665 DP Non-Final OA Pending Apr 18, 2025
18932016 ADJUSTABLE HAND SHOVEL GUIDE Bds Consulting, LLC MCGOWAN, JAMIE LOUISE §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Oct 30, 2024
18860437 A METHOD OF INSTALLING A CABLE BOLT, A SYSTEM AND COMPONENTS OF SAME Minova International Limited TOLEDO-DURAN, EDWIN J 3678 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 25, 2024
18791600 ACCUMULATOR ASSEMBLY, REFRIGERATION SYSTEM HAVING AN ACCUMULATOR ASSEMBLY, AND METHOD OF LIMITING ACCUMILATION OF COMPRESSOR OIL IN SAME Sub-Zero Group, Inc. SULLENS, TAVIA L 3763 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 01, 2024
18587852 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CLOSED-LOOP RECYCLING OF A LIQUID COMPONENT OF A LEACHING MIXTURE WHEN RECYCLING LEAD FROM SPENT LEAD-ACID BATTERIES Cps Technology Holdings LLC NGUYEN, HUY TRAM 1774 DP Non-Final OA Pending Feb 26, 2024
18412334 CELL TO HEAT SINK THERMAL ADHESIVE Cps Technology Holdings LLC CHAN, HENG M 1725 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 12, 2024
18555360 INTELLIGENT LEAD-ACID BATTERY MODULE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME Clarios Germany GmbH & Co. Kg KUAN, JOHN CHUNYANG 1785 §103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Oct 13, 2023
18282459 INDUCTION HEATER MODULE AND ADJUSTMENT DEVICE FOR INDUCTION HEATING Dynatec LLC NORTON, JOHN J §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 15, 2023
18355647 BATTERY HOUSING AND BATTERY MODULE INCLUDING THE BATTERY HOUSING Clarios Advanced Solutions GmbH LYNCH, VICTORIA HOM 1724 §103§112 Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending Jul 20, 2023
18321449 LEAD ACID BATTERY SEPARATOR AND LEAD ACID BATTERY Cps Technology Holdings LLC AKRAM, IMRAN 1725 §102 Non-Final OA Pending May 22, 2023
18020398 HOUSING FOR ELECTRICAL POWER STORAGE DEVICE, ELECTRICAL POWER STORAGE DEVICE INCLUDING THE HOUSING, AND VEHICLE INCLUDING THE ELECTRICAL POWER STORAGE DEVICE Clarios Germany GmbH & Co. Kg YOON, KEVIN E 1735 §103 Final Rejection 83d Pending Feb 08, 2023
18020233 BATTERY MODULE INCLUDING A CIRCUIT TO CONTROL THE STATE OF THE BATTERY MODULE Cps Technology Holdings LLC SUN, PINPING 2872 §103Other Final Rejection Pending Feb 07, 2023
18020212 BATTERY MODULE INCLUDING A MULTI-FUNCTION RELAY DRIVER Cps Technology Holdings LLC BERHANU, SAMUEL 2859 §103Other Final Rejection 69d Pending Feb 07, 2023
18012596 INTEGRATED VALVE PLUG AND BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME Cps Technology Holdings LLC LEONARD, MICHELLE TURNER 1724 §103§112 Final Rejection 50d overdue Pending Dec 22, 2022
17761939 LEAD-ACID BATTERY HAVING FIBER ELECTRODE WITH LEAD-CALCIUM STRAP Cps Technology Holdings LLC LEONARD, MICHELLE TURNER 1724 §103§112 Final Rejection 42d overdue Pending Mar 18, 2022
17585831 PRISMATIC BATTERY CELL ENERGY DENSITY FOR A LITHIUM ION BATTERY MODULE Cps Technology Holdings LLC CHUO, TONY SHENG HSIANG 1751 §103 Final Rejection 23d overdue Pending Jan 27, 2022
17385437 TIP & ASSEMBLY FOR THERMAL EXTRACTION DEVICE Dynavap, LLC NGUYEN, SONNY V 1700 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 23d Pending Jul 26, 2021

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