Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Burrus Intellectual Property Law Group

Technology areas: Computing & Software • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

11 pending office actions • 1 client • 11 examiners • 9 art units • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 30 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Burrus Intellectual Property Law Group has 11 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems and 439 career applications. The profile combines current examination activity with a broader application record in the same technology area.

The resolved allowance rate is 87.08%, and the average is 3.06 office actions per allowance. Resolved matters reach allowance at the listed rate, while the average indicates that several office actions commonly precede allowance. Practitioners can use these measures to organize responses and assess the continuing prosecution needs of transportation, e-commerce, and mechanical claims.

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

Quality Metrics (n=439 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

87.1%
Allowance Rate
n=439
+0.38σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=439
3.1
OAs to Allowance
n=337
-0.20σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=337
828 days
Time to Allowance
n=337
+11.2pp
Interview Lift
n=439
24.0%
RCE Rate
n=439
12.7%
Appeal Rate
n=439

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

46.7%
§101 Overcome
n=30
80.5%
§102 Overcome
n=185
79.8%
§103 Overcome
n=297
77.5%
§112 Overcome
n=71

Specialization & Scale

G06F, H04M, H04N
Top CPC Subclasses
45%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=439
0
Practitioners
n=439
—
Apps / Practitioner
n=439 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
8
Final Rejections
1
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.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
4
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (4)

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.

5
Hard (45%)
6
Medium (55%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only3 (27%)
§101 + other1 (9%)
§103 only5 (45%)
§102 only1 (9%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (9%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
5
Information Tech
45% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
18% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
36% 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.

110 h
Manual time on pending OAs
22 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
38 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KANG, TIMOTHY J 1 45.5% +27.0%
WU, JERRY 1 68.8% +20.4%
AUGUSTINE, NICHOLAS 1 72.8% +27.9%
PAN, PHOEBE X 1 47.4% +42.5%
SOHRAB, MALICK ARIF 1 86.2% +19.6%
STANLEY, KAVITA 1 37.6% +22.5%
WEINER, ARIELLE E 1 43.4% +53.6%
JAMES, GREGORY MARK 1 19.6% +14.7%
TURK, BROCK E 1 30.5% +37.2%
HENZE, DAVID V 1 69.7% +23.2%

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
18643967 Electronic Devices and Corresponding Methods for Establishing Personal Area Network Communication Channels with Vehicle-Mounted Devices SOHRAB, MALICK ARIF —

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18411630 Methods, Systems, and Electronic Devices for Monitoring User Interaction Events in Electronic Shopping Interactive Computing Environs WEINER, ARIELLE E 29d
18377780 Electronic Devices and Corresponding Methods for Presenting Potential Processor System Failure Mode Notifications JAMES, GREGORY MARK 33d
18438624 Electronic Devices and Corresponding Methods for Utilizing User Sensory Preference Reaction Scores to Enhance User Interface Interactions STANLEY, KAVITA 54d
18924784 Electronic Devices and Corresponding Methods for Presenting Delivery Data Deviation Information KANG, TIMOTHY J —
18376757 Electronic Devices and Corresponding Methods for Presenting Offered Payment Notifications on a User Interface TURK, BROCK E —

Interview Candidates (10)

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
18411630 Methods, Systems, and Electronic Devices for Monitoring User Interaction Events in Electronic Shopping Interactive Computing Environs WEINER, ARIELLE E 29d
18377780 Electronic Devices and Corresponding Methods for Presenting Potential Processor System Failure Mode Notifications JAMES, GREGORY MARK 33d
18132210 Electronic Devices with Multiple Energy Storage Devices, Thermal Mitigation Circuits, and Corresponding Methods HENZE, DAVID V 34d
18438624 Electronic Devices and Corresponding Methods for Utilizing User Sensory Preference Reaction Scores to Enhance User Interface Interactions STANLEY, KAVITA 54d
18737674 Electronic Device with Unitary Flexible Display and Translator and Corresponding Methods WU, JERRY 57d
18924784 Electronic Devices and Corresponding Methods for Presenting Delivery Data Deviation Information KANG, TIMOTHY J —
18657513 Electronic Devices and Corresponding Methods for Transferring Application Operations Between Devices Using Swipe Gestures AUGUSTINE, NICHOLAS —
18657517 Electronic Devices and Corresponding Methods for Transferring Application Operations Between Devices Using Swipe Gestures PAN, PHOEBE X —

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Lenovo 11

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36892
36922
28411
21781
21791
24141
21531
28591
24651

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18924784 Electronic Devices and Corresponding Methods for Presenting Delivery Data Deviation Information Motorola Mobility LLC KANG, TIMOTHY J 3689 §101§103 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 23, 2024
18737674 Electronic Device with Unitary Flexible Display and Translator and Corresponding Methods Motorola Mobility LLC WU, JERRY 2841 §102 Final Rejection 57d Pending Jun 07, 2024
18657513 Electronic Devices and Corresponding Methods for Transferring Application Operations Between Devices Using Swipe Gestures Motorola Mobility LLC AUGUSTINE, NICHOLAS 2178 §103 Final Rejection — Pending May 07, 2024
18657517 Electronic Devices and Corresponding Methods for Transferring Application Operations Between Devices Using Swipe Gestures Motorola Mobility LLC PAN, PHOEBE X 2179 §103 Final Rejection — Pending May 07, 2024
18643967 Electronic Devices and Corresponding Methods for Establishing Personal Area Network Communication Channels with Vehicle-Mounted Devices Motorola Mobility LLC SOHRAB, MALICK ARIF 2414 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 23, 2024
18438624 Electronic Devices and Corresponding Methods for Utilizing User Sensory Preference Reaction Scores to Enhance User Interface Interactions Motorola Mobility LLC STANLEY, KAVITA 2153 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA 54d Pending Feb 12, 2024
18411630 Methods, Systems, and Electronic Devices for Monitoring User Interaction Events in Electronic Shopping Interactive Computing Environs Motorola Mobility LLC WEINER, ARIELLE E 3689 §101 Final Rejection 29d Pending Jan 12, 2024
18377780 Electronic Devices and Corresponding Methods for Presenting Potential Processor System Failure Mode Notifications Motorola Mobility LLC JAMES, GREGORY MARK 3692 §101 Final Rejection 33d Pending Oct 07, 2023
18376757 Electronic Devices and Corresponding Methods for Presenting Offered Payment Notifications on a User Interface Motorola Mobility LLC TURK, BROCK E 3692 §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 04, 2023
18132210 Electronic Devices with Multiple Energy Storage Devices, Thermal Mitigation Circuits, and Corresponding Methods Motorola Mobility LLC HENZE, DAVID V 2859 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Apr 07, 2023
17982329 Electronic Devices and Corresponding Methods for Disabling a Connected Mode Discontinuous Reception (C-DRX) Mode of Operation Under Network Congestion Conditions Motorola Mobility LLC DANIEL JR, WILLIE J 2465 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 07, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Burrus Intellectual Property Law Group's patent allowance rate?

87.1% of resolved applications prosecuted by Burrus Intellectual Property Law Group were allowed, across 439 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Burrus Intellectual Property Law Group average before allowance?

3.06 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Burrus Intellectual Property Law Group have?

11 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 1 client, before 11 examiners in 9 art units.

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