Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Networking & Security • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
5 pending office actions • 5 clients • 5 examiners • 4 art units • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 14 patents granted in the last 365 days
Brion Raffoul operates in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The firm has managed 457 career applications. There are 4 pending office actions currently, showing a small active docket.
The firm maintains a resolved allowance rate of 89.36 percent. Reaching an allowance takes an average of 3.17 office actions. This average suggests a standard prosecution cycle for mechanical and e-commerce applications, involving several rounds of communication with the USPTO. The 89.36 percent allowance rate indicates a high level of success in securing patent grants. With only 4 pending actions, the firm's current active docket is focused. Practitioners can use the 3.17 average and the 457 career applications to set expectations for the timeline and effort required to achieve an allowance. These figures demonstrate a consistent performance in the firm's primary technology area.
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.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 3 (60%) |
| §103 only | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (20%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
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.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| LULTSCHIK, WILLIAM G | 1 | 22.3% | +31.3% |
| CAUDLE, PENNY LOUISE | 1 | 70.2% | +14.5% |
| CERIONI, DANIEL LEE | 1 | 64.5% | +28.0% |
| HABTEGEORGIS, MATTHIAS | 1 | 79.2% | +15.7% |
| FRUNZI, VICTORIA E. | 1 | 25.4% | +24.4% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19327341 | SYSTEM FOR MANAGING ELECTRONIC CALENDARING SYSTEM OF A FACILITY | LULTSCHIK, WILLIAM G | — |
| 19003646 | GAIT-BASED BIOMETRIC DATA ANALYSIS SYSTEM | CERIONI, DANIEL LEE | — |
| 18025389 | ROAMING DNS FIREWALL | HABTEGEORGIS, MATTHIAS | — |
| 17799427 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCT PLACEMENT | FRUNZI, VICTORIA E. | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19327341 | SYSTEM FOR MANAGING ELECTRONIC CALENDARING SYSTEM OF A FACILITY | LULTSCHIK, WILLIAM G | — |
| 19042988 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AI-ASSISTED RESPONSES TO USER QUERIES | CAUDLE, PENNY LOUISE | — |
| 19003646 | GAIT-BASED BIOMETRIC DATA ANALYSIS SYSTEM | CERIONI, DANIEL LEE | — |
| 18025389 | ROAMING DNS FIREWALL | HABTEGEORGIS, MATTHIAS | — |
| 17799427 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCT PLACEMENT | FRUNZI, VICTORIA E. | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Ottawa Heart Institute Research Corporation | 1 |
| The Pamoja Institute For Community Engagement And Action | 1 |
| Autonomous Id Canada Inc. | 1 |
| FIELD EFFECT SOFTWARE INC. | 1 |
| UNEFI INC. | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3682 | 1 |
| 3791 | 1 |
| 2491 | 1 |
| 3689 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19327341 | SYSTEM FOR MANAGING ELECTRONIC CALENDARING SYSTEM OF A FACILITY | Ottawa Heart Institute Research Corporation | LULTSCHIK, WILLIAM G | 3682 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2025 |
| 19042988 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AI-ASSISTED RESPONSES TO USER QUERIES | The Pamoja Institute For Community Engagement And Action | CAUDLE, PENNY LOUISE | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2025 | |
| 19003646 | GAIT-BASED BIOMETRIC DATA ANALYSIS SYSTEM | Autonomous Id Canada Inc. | CERIONI, DANIEL LEE | 3791 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2024 |
| 18025389 | ROAMING DNS FIREWALL | Field Effect Software Inc. | HABTEGEORGIS, MATTHIAS | 2491 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 08, 2023 |
| 17799427 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCT PLACEMENT | UNEFI INC. | FRUNZI, VICTORIA E. | 3689 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 12, 2022 |
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