Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Boulware & Valoir Pllc

8 pending office actions • 8 clients • 8 examiners • 7 art units • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 16 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=766 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

92.2%
Allowance Rate
n=766
+0.86σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=766
4.5
OAs to Allowance
n=414
+0.30σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=414
1109 days
Time to Allowance
n=414
+10.2pp
Interview Lift
n=766
35.2%
RCE Rate
n=766
4.1%
Appeal Rate
n=766

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

96.0%
§101 Overcome
n=50
90.2%
§102 Overcome
n=133
91.3%
§103 Overcome
n=321
91.5%
§112 Overcome
n=307

Specialization & Scale

E21B, C12N, C09K
Top CPC Subclasses
31%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=766
4
Practitioners
n=766
191.5
Apps / Practitioner
n=766

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)

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.

3
Hard (38%)
2
Medium (25%)
3
Easy (38%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (25%)
§112 only3 (38%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (38%)

Industry Mix

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

5
Life Sciences
62% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
25% of docket
1
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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SHERMAN, ERIC SCOTT 1 72.8% +16.1%
DAGENAIS, KRISTEN A 1 63.6% +20.2%
ROBINSON, RENEE E 1 73.6% +24.1%
CANFIELD, ROBERT 1 76.0% +18.2%
PANG, ROGER L 1 89.3% +7.1%
JADHAO, SAMADHAN JAISING 1 51.9% +49.5%
BOWERS, NATHAN ANDREW 1 59.2% +32.1%
GU, QINHUA 1 77.3% +27.6%

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
18875858 A BARRIER DEPOSIT WITHIN A SUBSTRATE DAGENAIS, KRISTEN A
18963104 UV PHOTO SCAVENGING OF HYDROGEN SULFIDE ROBINSON, RENEE E
18436079 SAFETY CHOCK PANG, ROGER L

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
18311418 ORGAN PERFUSION PUMP RESERVOIR FILTER DEVICE BOWERS, NATHAN ANDREW 30d overdue
18721408 A ROOFTOP TENT CANFIELD, ROBERT 16d overdue
17670789 Novel oncolytic parvoviruses with enhanced cargo capacity, stable shRNA expression cassette and novel immunogenic properties GU, QINHUA 15d overdue
19047406 METHODS FOR LANDFILL VOLUME REDUCTION SHERMAN, ERIC SCOTT
18875858 A BARRIER DEPOSIT WITHIN A SUBSTRATE DAGENAIS, KRISTEN A
18963104 UV PHOTO SCAVENGING OF HYDROGEN SULFIDE ROBINSON, RENEE E
18258676 PHARMACEUTICAL COMBINATION PRODUCT COMPRISING A PROTOPARVOVIRUS AND AN ANTIVIRAL BENZIMIDAZOLE AND USES THEREOF FOR TREATING CANCER JADHAO, SAMADHAN JAISING

Client Portfolio (8 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17361
17171
36361
36551
16721
17991
16331

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19047406 METHODS FOR LANDFILL VOLUME REDUCTION 3P Projects LLC SHERMAN, ERIC SCOTT 1736 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 06, 2025
18875858 A BARRIER DEPOSIT WITHIN A SUBSTRATE BENEQ OY DAGENAIS, KRISTEN A 1717 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 17, 2024
18963104 UV PHOTO SCAVENGING OF HYDROGEN SULFIDE Conocophillips Company ROBINSON, RENEE E §103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Nov 27, 2024
18721408 A ROOFTOP TENT Rebecca Goodwin CANFIELD, ROBERT 3636 §112 Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending Jun 18, 2024
18436079 SAFETY CHOCK Gilbert Arrazolo PANG, ROGER L 3655 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 08, 2024
18258676 PHARMACEUTICAL COMBINATION PRODUCT COMPRISING A PROTOPARVOVIRUS AND AN ANTIVIRAL BENZIMIDAZOLE AND USES THEREOF FOR TREATING CANCER Luxembourg Institute Of Health JADHAO, SAMADHAN JAISING 1672 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 21, 2023
18311418 ORGAN PERFUSION PUMP RESERVOIR FILTER DEVICE Burnett Stephens Kelly BOWERS, NATHAN ANDREW 1799 §103 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending May 03, 2023
17670789 Novel oncolytic parvoviruses with enhanced cargo capacity, stable shRNA expression cassette and novel immunogenic properties Alliance of Cardiovascular Researchers GU, QINHUA 1633 §112 Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending Feb 14, 2022

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