Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Brunet & Co. Ltd.

Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

5 pending office actions • 5 clients • 5 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

BRUNET & CO. LTD. has 5 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials and 406 career applications. The profile reflects current examination activity within a broader application record for this technology area.

The resolved allowance rate is 87.64%, with an average of 2.53 office actions per allowance. Resolved matters reach allowance at the reported rate, while the average indicates that examination generally involves more than one office action. These measures give practitioners a basis for reviewing response strategy and recurring chemistry or materials issues.

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

Quality Metrics (n=406 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

87.6%
Allowance Rate
n=406
+0.55σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=406
2.5
OAs to Allowance
n=241
-0.60σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=241
881 days
Time to Allowance
n=241
+6.1pp
Interview Lift
n=406
16.7%
RCE Rate
n=406
1.0%
Appeal Rate
n=406

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

—
§101 Overcome
n=9 (min 20)
85.7%
§102 Overcome
n=91
81.3%
§103 Overcome
n=150
81.2%
§112 Overcome
n=96

Specialization & Scale

A01C, Y02E, F03D
Top CPC Subclasses
12%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=406
1
Practitioners
n=406
406.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=406

Portfolio Summary

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

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
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.

3
Hard (60%)
1
Medium (20%)
1
Easy (20%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§112 only1 (20%)
Double-patenting + other1 (20%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (60%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
40% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
60% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HO, ANNA THI 1 39.3% +34.6%
CAMPOS JR, JUAN J 1 68.8% +19.6%
HIGGINS, GERARD T 1 63.3% +39.4%
FABIAN-KOVACS, ARPAD 1 84.9% +3.1%
MCCLENDON, SANZA L 1 80.4% +10.7%

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
18102936 PHOTORESIN FORMULATIONS AND USE THEREOF FOR VOLUMETRIC ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING MCCLENDON, SANZA L 44d overdue
19064886 AIR BOOM SPREADER FOR PARTICULATE MATERIAL AND AIR BOOM ASSEMBLY AND DROP TUBE THEREFOR HO, ANNA THI —
18847329 INSTRUMENTED END-EFFECTOR FOR HORTICULTURAL CROP MANAGEMENT TASKS FABIAN-KOVACS, ARPAD —

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18102936 PHOTORESIN FORMULATIONS AND USE THEREOF FOR VOLUMETRIC ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING MCCLENDON, SANZA L 44d overdue
19064886 AIR BOOM SPREADER FOR PARTICULATE MATERIAL AND AIR BOOM ASSEMBLY AND DROP TUBE THEREFOR HO, ANNA THI —
18856216 HOISTING DEVICE FOR A WIND TURBINE, AND METHOD FOR INSTALLING A HOISTING DEVICE ON A WIND TURBINE CAMPOS JR, JUAN J —
18848977 3D-PRINTABLE PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMIC COMPOSITIONS WITH CARBON NANOMATERIALS HIGGINS, GERARD T —

Client Portfolio (5 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37521
36541
17851
36711
17651

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19064886 AIR BOOM SPREADER FOR PARTICULATE MATERIAL AND AIR BOOM ASSEMBLY AND DROP TUBE THEREFOR Salford Group Inc. HO, ANNA THI 3752 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 27, 2025
18856216 HOISTING DEVICE FOR A WIND TURBINE, AND METHOD FOR INSTALLING A HOISTING DEVICE ON A WIND TURBINE Liftwerx Solutions Inc. CAMPOS JR, JUAN J 3654 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 11, 2024
18848977 3D-PRINTABLE PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMIC COMPOSITIONS WITH CARBON NANOMATERIALS Xerox Corporation HIGGINS, GERARD T 1785 §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 20, 2024
18847329 INSTRUMENTED END-EFFECTOR FOR HORTICULTURAL CROP MANAGEMENT TASKS Vineland Research And Innovation Centre FABIAN-KOVACS, ARPAD 3671 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 16, 2024
18102936 PHOTORESIN FORMULATIONS AND USE THEREOF FOR VOLUMETRIC ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING National Research Council Of Canada MCCLENDON, SANZA L 1765 §102§112 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Jan 30, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Brunet & Co. Ltd.'s patent allowance rate?

87.6% of resolved applications prosecuted by Brunet & Co. Ltd. were allowed, across 406 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Brunet & Co. Ltd. average before allowance?

2.53 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Brunet & Co. Ltd. have?

5 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 5 clients, before 5 examiners in 5 art units.

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