Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Burr & Forman LLP - Fgtl

5 pending office actions • 2 clients • 5 examiners • 2 art units • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=338 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

43.6%
Allowance Rate
n=338
-0.20σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=338
3.0
OAs to Allowance
n=68
-0.28σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=68
830 days
Time to Allowance
n=68
-19.8pp
Interview Lift
n=338
40.4%
RCE Rate
n=338
4.3%
Appeal Rate
n=338

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=19 (min 20)
28.3%
§102 Overcome
n=106
21.3%
§103 Overcome
n=197
24.7%
§112 Overcome
n=97

Specialization & Scale

B29C, B62D, B60W
Top CPC Subclasses
11%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=338
0
Practitioners
n=338
Apps / Practitioner
n=338 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
2
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.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
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.

2
Hard (40%)
3
Medium (60%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (40%)
§102 only1 (20%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (40%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
60% of docket
2
Business / Other
40% 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
WATSON, HALEIGH NOELLE 1 34.6% +77.3%
BAILEY, JOHN D 1 78.5% +17.1%
BOWES, STEPHEN M 1 66.3% +25.9%
MORRIS, DAVID R. 1 81.9% +14.2%
SAHNI, VISHAL R 1 75.5% +19.4%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18423513 ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED JOUNCE BUMPER WITH DIFFERENT INTERNAL PROPERTIES MORRIS, DAVID R.

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19059958 P4215US00 WATSON, HALEIGH NOELLE
18733219 SINGLE ELECTRIC BRAKE BOOSTER MODULE WITH REDUNDANT ELECTRONICS BOWES, STEPHEN M

Interview Candidates (5)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18800541 BRAKE ASSIST FOR HOLDING TORQUE WITHIN A BRAKE ASSEMBLY BAILEY, JOHN D 43d
19059958 P4215US00 WATSON, HALEIGH NOELLE
18733219 SINGLE ELECTRIC BRAKE BOOSTER MODULE WITH REDUNDANT ELECTRONICS BOWES, STEPHEN M
18423513 ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED JOUNCE BUMPER WITH DIFFERENT INTERNAL PROPERTIES MORRIS, DAVID R.
18515573 SPRING ISOLATOR PAD WITH INTEGRATED SPRING ROTATION STOP AND PAD ROTATION STOP SAHNI, VISHAL R

Client Portfolio (2 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Ford 4
Husqvarna 1

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36162
37471

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19059958 P4215US00 Husqvarna AB WATSON, HALEIGH NOELLE §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 21, 2025
18800541 BRAKE ASSIST FOR HOLDING TORQUE WITHIN A BRAKE ASSEMBLY Ford Global Technologies, LLC BAILEY, JOHN D 3747 §103 Final Rejection 43d Pending Aug 12, 2024
18733219 SINGLE ELECTRIC BRAKE BOOSTER MODULE WITH REDUNDANT ELECTRONICS Ford Global Technologies, LLC BOWES, STEPHEN M §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 04, 2024
18423513 ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED JOUNCE BUMPER WITH DIFFERENT INTERNAL PROPERTIES Ford Global Technologies, LLC MORRIS, DAVID R. 3616 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 26, 2024
18515573 SPRING ISOLATOR PAD WITH INTEGRATED SPRING ROTATION STOP AND PAD ROTATION STOP Ford Global Technologies, LLC SAHNI, VISHAL R 3616 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 21, 2023

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