Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Boulware & Valoir Pllc

Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

12 pending office actions • 9 clients • 12 examiners • 8 art units • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 14 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=739 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

93.2%
Allowance Rate
n=739
+0.89σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=739
4.5
OAs to Allowance
n=410
+0.30σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=410
1110 days
Time to Allowance
n=410
+8.6pp
Interview Lift
n=739
35.4%
RCE Rate
n=739
4.1%
Appeal Rate
n=739

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

96.0%
§101 Overcome
n=50
91.5%
§102 Overcome
n=130
92.1%
§103 Overcome
n=315
92.6%
§112 Overcome
n=299

Specialization & Scale

E21B, C12N, C09K
Top CPC Subclasses
32%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=739
4
Practitioners
n=739
184.8
Apps / Practitioner
n=739

Portfolio Summary

12
Total Pending OAs
10
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
1
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.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
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.

6
Hard (50%)
4
Medium (33%)
2
Easy (17%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (33%)
§112 only2 (17%)
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

6
Life Sciences
50% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
8% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
17% of docket
3
Business / Other
25% 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.

120 h
Manual time on pending OAs
24 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
42 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SHERMAN, ERIC SCOTT 1 73.5% +18.5%
STOCKDALE, JESSICA NICOLE 1 50.0% +35.2%
ROBINSON, RENEE E 1 73.6% +24.2%
KWIECINSKI, RYAN D 1 68.2% +19.7%
RIVERA-CORDERO, ARLYN I 1 63.1% +27.0%
BUI, DUNG H 1 77.8% +25.4%
PANG, ROGER L 1 89.2% +7.1%
YU, DELPHINUS DOU YI 1 33.3% +0.0%
VARMA, AKASH K 1 66.5% +34.4%
JADHAO, SAMADHAN JAISING 1 46.9% +46.2%

Hard Cases (6)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18834045 A 3D PRINTED BUILDING ELEMENT KWIECINSKI, RYAN D 18d overdue
18977511 METHOD FOR RAPID VERIFICATION OF ANTHOCYANIN BIOSYNTHESIS GENE FUNCTION USING ANTHURIUM ANDRAEANUM 'XUEYU' STOCKDALE, JESSICA NICOLE —
18963104 UV PHOTO SCAVENGING OF HYDROGEN SULFIDE ROBINSON, RENEE E —
18436079 SAFETY CHOCK PANG, ROGER L —
18481977 REMOVAL OF CHELATED IRON FROM PRODUCED WATER VARMA, AKASH K —
18174104 STRENGTHENING FRACTURE TIPS FOR PRECISION FRACTURING EDWARDS, ETHAN WESLEY —

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
18834045 A 3D PRINTED BUILDING ELEMENT KWIECINSKI, RYAN D 18d overdue
19047406 METHODS FOR LANDFILL VOLUME REDUCTION SHERMAN, ERIC SCOTT —
18977511 METHOD FOR RAPID VERIFICATION OF ANTHOCYANIN BIOSYNTHESIS GENE FUNCTION USING ANTHURIUM ANDRAEANUM 'XUEYU' STOCKDALE, JESSICA NICOLE —
18963104 UV PHOTO SCAVENGING OF HYDROGEN SULFIDE ROBINSON, RENEE E —
18719007 PURGING COMPOSITION RIVERA-CORDERO, ARLYN I —
18615568 LOOP LINE FOR H2S TREATMENT BUI, DUNG H —
18481977 REMOVAL OF CHELATED IRON FROM PRODUCED WATER VARMA, AKASH K —
18258676 PHARMACEUTICAL COMBINATION PRODUCT COMPRISING A PROTOPARVOVIRUS AND AN ANTIVIRAL BENZIMIDAZOLE AND USES THEREOF FOR TREATING CANCER JADHAO, SAMADHAN JAISING —

Client Portfolio (9 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17732
17361
36351
36551
16361
16721
17991
28571

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
18977511 METHOD FOR RAPID VERIFICATION OF ANTHOCYANIN BIOSYNTHESIS GENE FUNCTION USING ANTHURIUM ANDRAEANUM 'XUEYU' Tropical Crops Genetic Resources Institute, Catas STOCKDALE, JESSICA NICOLE §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 11, 2024
18963104 UV PHOTO SCAVENGING OF HYDROGEN SULFIDE Conocophillips Company ROBINSON, RENEE E §103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 27, 2024
18834045 A 3D PRINTED BUILDING ELEMENT Fantinelli S. R. L. KWIECINSKI, RYAN D 3635 §103§112 Final Rejection 18d overdue Pending Jul 29, 2024
18719007 PURGING COMPOSITION Premix OY RIVERA-CORDERO, ARLYN I §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 12, 2024
18615568 LOOP LINE FOR H2S TREATMENT Conocophillips Company BUI, DUNG H 1773 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 25, 2024
18436079 SAFETY CHOCK Gilbert Arrazolo PANG, ROGER L 3655 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 08, 2024
18555477 METHOD AND COMPOSITIONS FOR PREVENTING TUMOR DEVELOPMENT AND METASTASIS The Administrators Of The Tulane Educational Fund YU, DELPHINUS DOU YI 1636 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 13, 2023
18481977 REMOVAL OF CHELATED IRON FROM PRODUCED WATER Conocophillips Company VARMA, AKASH K 1773 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 05, 2023
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 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending May 03, 2023
18174104 STRENGTHENING FRACTURE TIPS FOR PRECISION FRACTURING Conocophillips Company EDWARDS, ETHAN WESLEY 2857 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 24, 2023

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