Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings - Nashville

15 pending office actions • 12 clients • 15 examiners • 12 art units • 0 of 15 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 39 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=8508 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

84.8%
Allowance Rate
n=8508
+0.53σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=8508
2.9
OAs to Allowance
n=5832
-0.29σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=5832
1004 days
Time to Allowance
n=5832
+8.1pp
Interview Lift
n=8508
21.2%
RCE Rate
n=8508
1.3%
Appeal Rate
n=8508

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

77.7%
§101 Overcome
n=618
81.0%
§102 Overcome
n=2277
81.4%
§103 Overcome
n=3682
84.0%
§112 Overcome
n=2313

Specialization & Scale

G06F, H04L, G06Q
Top CPC Subclasses
14%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=8508
16
Practitioners
n=8508
531.8
Apps / Practitioner
n=8508

Portfolio Summary

15
Total Pending OAs
11
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
1
Due this week
2
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. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 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.

9
Hard (60%)
6
Medium (40%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other4 (27%)
§103 only3 (20%)
Double-patenting + other3 (20%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

5
Life Sciences
33% of docket
2
Information Tech
13% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
33% of docket
3
Business / Other
20% 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.

150 h
Manual time on pending OAs
30 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
52 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
JACKSON, JAKIEDA R 1 74.1% +15.7%
CHOI, YUE YIN 1 59.9% +9.0%
KWIECINSKI, RYAN D 1 68.4% +19.5%
SHELDEN, BION A 1 22.0% +18.4%
SUL, DOUGLAS YOUNG 1 54.9% +56.6%
TRAN, ERIC 1 69.8% +24.0%
WESTERBERG, NISSA M 1 23.3% +36.8%
ROS, NICHOLAS A 1 52.8% +34.3%
FIEBIG, RUSSELL G 1 62.6% +25.4%
KAKARLA, BHASKAR 1

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
18474186 MOBILE FEED CONTROL AND MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF KAKARLA, BHASKAR 23d overdue
18790905 TELEMEDICINE PLATFORM FOR LOCATION-BASED PROVIDER SCREENING AND REFERRAL SHELDEN, BION A 4d overdue
18205967 DECORATIVE PANEL HAVING A DIGITALLY PRINTED PATTERN AND PRINTING METHOD THEREFOR POLLEY, CHRISTOPHER M 5d
18640861 ANTIMICROBIAL AND DRUG-NEUTRALIZING COMPOSITION WESTERBERG, NISSA M 22d
19046506 Systems and Methods for Creating and Continuously Improving Domain-Specific Translation Models Using Synthetic Data JACKSON, JAKIEDA R
18999949 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONDUCTING CHALLENGES ON SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS CHOI, YUE YIN
18744161 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF TREATING INVASIVE PATHOGENS TRAN, ERIC
18627156 BATHING ASSEMBLY WITH WATER COLLECTION AND DISPERSION ROS, NICHOLAS A

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
18790905 TELEMEDICINE PLATFORM FOR LOCATION-BASED PROVIDER SCREENING AND REFERRAL SHELDEN, BION A 4d overdue
18640861 ANTIMICROBIAL AND DRUG-NEUTRALIZING COMPOSITION WESTERBERG, NISSA M 22d
18597621 HYDROXYUREA TO ENHANCE SPERM CELLS FIEBIG, RUSSELL G 27d
19046506 Systems and Methods for Creating and Continuously Improving Domain-Specific Translation Models Using Synthetic Data JACKSON, JAKIEDA R
18895179 GLAZING BEADS AND METHODS OF ASSEMBLY USING SAME KWIECINSKI, RYAN D
18761489 WOUND DRESSING APPARATUS SUL, DOUGLAS YOUNG
18744161 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF TREATING INVASIVE PATHOGENS TRAN, ERIC
18627156 BATHING ASSEMBLY WITH WATER COLLECTION AND DISPERSION ROS, NICHOLAS A

Client Portfolio (12 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36991
36351
36851
16181
37541
16551
21161
36271
17851
24391

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19046506 Systems and Methods for Creating and Continuously Improving Domain-Specific Translation Models Using Synthetic Data Sourcecaps Holding, Inc. JACKSON, JAKIEDA R §101§102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 05, 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
18895179 GLAZING BEADS AND METHODS OF ASSEMBLY USING SAME Coastal Industries, Inc. KWIECINSKI, RYAN D 3635 §102§103DP Non-Final OA Pending Sep 24, 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
18761489 WOUND DRESSING APPARATUS Phase One Health, LLC SUL, DOUGLAS YOUNG §112DP Non-Final OA Pending Jul 02, 2024
18744161 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF TREATING INVASIVE PATHOGENS Duke University TRAN, ERIC §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 14, 2024
18640861 ANTIMICROBIAL AND DRUG-NEUTRALIZING COMPOSITION Aseptic Health, LLC WESTERBERG, NISSA M 1618 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 22d Pending Apr 19, 2024
18627156 BATHING ASSEMBLY WITH WATER COLLECTION AND DISPERSION Maax Bath Inc. ROS, NICHOLAS A 3754 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 04, 2024
18597621 HYDROXYUREA TO ENHANCE SPERM CELLS Meharry Medical College FIEBIG, RUSSELL G 1655 §112DP Final Rejection 27d Pending Mar 06, 2024
18474186 MOBILE FEED CONTROL AND MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF Ebsco Industries, Inc. KAKARLA, BHASKAR 2116 §102§103 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Sep 25, 2023
18218969 SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR UTILITY CONSUMPTION OF DATA Omny, Inc. MASUD, ROKIB 3627 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 06, 2023
18205967 DECORATIVE PANEL HAVING A DIGITALLY PRINTED PATTERN AND PRINTING METHOD THEREFOR Maax Bath Inc. POLLEY, CHRISTOPHER M 1785 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Jun 05, 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
17556606 COSMETIC PREPARATION IN GEL FORM Schwan-Stabilo Cosmetics GmbH & Co. Kg MATTISON, LORI K 1619 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 20, 2021

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