Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings - Nashville

Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

14 pending office actions • 10 clients • 14 examiners • 12 art units • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 35 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings - Nashville has 16 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering and 8624 career applications. The application history is broad, while the current profile focuses on a defined technical area.

The resolved allowance rate is 84.8%, with an average of 2.91 office actions per allowance. Resolved matters show a favorable allowance pattern, and the average indicates that allowance generally follows fewer than three office-action exchanges. The data can assist clients in evaluating expected prosecution effort alongside the recorded outcome rate.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Quality Metrics (n=8624 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

84.8%
Allowance Rate
n=8624
+0.55σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=8624
2.9
OAs to Allowance
n=5898
-0.29σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=5898
1002 days
Time to Allowance
n=5898
+8.1pp
Interview Lift
n=8624
21.4%
RCE Rate
n=8624
1.3%
Appeal Rate
n=8624

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

76.0%
§101 Overcome
n=641
80.3%
§102 Overcome
n=2303
81.0%
§103 Overcome
n=3731
83.8%
§112 Overcome
n=2337

Specialization & Scale

G06F, G06Q, H04L
Top CPC Subclasses
14%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=8624
18
Practitioners
n=8624
479.1
Apps / Practitioner
n=8624

Portfolio Summary

14
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
6
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.

4
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)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.

7
Hard (50%)
7
Medium (50%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (14%)
§103 only4 (29%)
§102 only1 (7%)
Double-patenting + other2 (14%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (36%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
21% of docket
1
Information Tech
7% of docket
1
Communications
7% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
9
Mechanical / Eng
64% 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.

140 h
Manual time on pending OAs
28 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
49 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PECKHAM, RICHARD GRANT 1 68.1% +36.1%
DEERY, ERIN LEAH 1 58.4% +48.7%
CHOI, YUE YIN 1 60.0% +8.2%
KLAYMAN, AMIR ARIE 1 35.1% +27.4%
BENLAGSIR, AMINE 1 68.5% +59.2%
SHELDEN, BION A 1 22.1% +20.1%
MATTHEWS, JENNIFER S 1 54.3% +21.7%
SUL, DOUGLAS YOUNG 1 54.8% +56.0%
NICONOVICH, ALEXANDER R 1 72.7% +21.7%
HALL JR, TYRONE VINCENT 1 76.4% +23.7%

Hard Cases (7)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17836574 BASKETBALL WITH COMPONENT HOLDER BALDORI, JOSEPH B 45d overdue
18790905 TELEMEDICINE PLATFORM FOR LOCATION-BASED PROVIDER SCREENING AND REFERRAL SHELDEN, BION A 4d overdue
18886596 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING ELECTRIC BASED NON-LINEAR WAVES IN NATURAL TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS BENLAGSIR, AMINE 62d
19020092 APPARATUSES FOR INSTALLING GLASS SHOWER DOORS DEERY, ERIN LEAH —
18999949 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONDUCTING CHALLENGES ON SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS CHOI, YUE YIN —
18936970 PORTABLE BASKETBALL GOAL ASSEMBLY KLAYMAN, AMIR ARIE —
18756085 UNILATERAL ELECTRIFIED INTERLOCKING BLOCK SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF NICONOVICH, ALEXANDER R —

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
18498582 WOOD AND METAL WORKING TOOLS HAVING A LOW FRICTION COATING HALL JR, TYRONE VINCENT 43d overdue
18790905 TELEMEDICINE PLATFORM FOR LOCATION-BASED PROVIDER SCREENING AND REFERRAL SHELDEN, BION A 4d overdue
18886596 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING ELECTRIC BASED NON-LINEAR WAVES IN NATURAL TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS BENLAGSIR, AMINE 62d
19327713 CANNABINOID COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USING PECKHAM, RICHARD GRANT —
19020092 APPARATUSES FOR INSTALLING GLASS SHOWER DOORS DEERY, ERIN LEAH —
18936970 PORTABLE BASKETBALL GOAL ASSEMBLY KLAYMAN, AMIR ARIE —
18768687 TABLE SAW DUST DEFLECTION SYSTEM MATTHEWS, JENNIFER S —
18761489 WOUND DRESSING APPARATUS SUL, DOUGLAS YOUNG —

Client Portfolio (10 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37113
16271
37541
36991
26881
36851
37241
37851
37231
24391

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19327713 CANNABINOID COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USING Greenway Herbal Products, LLC PECKHAM, RICHARD GRANT 1627 §102§103§112DP Final Rejection — Pending Sep 12, 2025
19020092 APPARATUSES FOR INSTALLING GLASS SHOWER DOORS Maax Bath Inc. DEERY, ERIN LEAH 3754 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 14, 2025
18999949 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONDUCTING CHALLENGES ON SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS Inmo, LLC CHOI, YUE YIN 3699 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 23, 2024
18936970 PORTABLE BASKETBALL GOAL ASSEMBLY Russell Brands, LLC KLAYMAN, AMIR ARIE 3711 §103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 04, 2024
18886596 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING ELECTRIC BASED NON-LINEAR WAVES IN NATURAL TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS Tennessee Technological University BENLAGSIR, AMINE 2688 §103§112Other Final Rejection 62d Pending Sep 16, 2024
18790905 TELEMEDICINE PLATFORM FOR LOCATION-BASED PROVIDER SCREENING AND REFERRAL Checkmyspot, Inc. SHELDEN, BION A 3685 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Jul 31, 2024
18768687 TABLE SAW DUST DEFLECTION SYSTEM Jpw Industries Inc. MATTHEWS, JENNIFER S 3724 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 10, 2024
18761489 WOUND DRESSING APPARATUS Phase One Health, LLC SUL, DOUGLAS YOUNG 3785 §112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 02, 2024
18756085 UNILATERAL ELECTRIFIED INTERLOCKING BLOCK SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF Tennessee Technological University NICONOVICH, ALEXANDER R 3711 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 27, 2024
18498582 WOOD AND METAL WORKING TOOLS HAVING A LOW FRICTION COATING Jpw Industries Inc. HALL JR, TYRONE VINCENT 3723 §103 Final Rejection 43d overdue Pending Oct 31, 2023
18132271 COMPLIANT INSIGHT FORUM AND ANALYSIS FOR HEALTHCARE Omny, Inc. WANG, HARRIS C 2439 §103 Final Rejection 149d overdue Pending Apr 07, 2023
17916591 HYPOCHLOROUS ACID SOLUTIONS AND METHODS OF USE Phase One Health, LLC HAGHIGHATIAN, MINA 1616 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 03, 2022
17945806 GARMENT AND A COMPOSITE FABRIC FOR USE IN HAZARDOUS ENVIRONMENTS Stuart Robertson IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE 1789 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 15, 2022
17836574 BASKETBALL WITH COMPONENT HOLDER Russell Brands, LLC BALDORI, JOSEPH B 3711 §102§103 Final Rejection 45d overdue Pending Jun 09, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Bradley Arant Boult Cummings - Nashville's patent allowance rate?

84.8% of resolved applications prosecuted by Bradley Arant Boult Cummings - Nashville were allowed, across 8,624 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Bradley Arant Boult Cummings - Nashville average before allowance?

2.91 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Bradley Arant Boult Cummings - Nashville have?

14 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 10 clients, before 14 examiners in 12 art units.

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