Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Calderone Mckay LLC

14 pending office actions • 10 clients • 13 examiners • 12 art units • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=346 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

77.4%
Allowance Rate
n=346
+0.41σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=346
3.9
OAs to Allowance
n=188
-0.02σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=188
1189 days
Time to Allowance
n=188
+25.8pp
Interview Lift
n=346
36.6%
RCE Rate
n=346
1.2%
Appeal Rate
n=346

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=16 (min 20)
66.4%
§102 Overcome
n=107
61.0%
§103 Overcome
n=177
66.3%
§112 Overcome
n=166

Specialization & Scale

A61K, A61Q, C08L
Top CPC Subclasses
11%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=346
0
Practitioners
n=346
Apps / Practitioner
n=346 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

14
Total Pending OAs
9
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due later (1)

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.

7
Hard (50%)
4
Medium (29%)
3
Easy (21%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (7%)
§101 + other2 (14%)
§103 only4 (29%)
§112 only3 (21%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (29%)

Industry Mix

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

6
Life Sciences
43% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
7% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
43% of docket
1
Business / Other
7% 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.

140 h
Manual time on pending OAs
28 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
49 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
YOON, TAE H 2 66.5% +24.7%
FINK, THOMAS ANDREW 1 64.8% +32.4%
GARTLAND, SCOTT D 1 11.1% +12.6%
SCOVILLE, BLAKE E 1 73.9% +28.4%
TSUI, ALFRED H 1 31.5% +32.7%
SONG, MATTHEW J 1 60.4% +14.3%
ABADIR, NADER 1 96.8% +3.3%
MCCULLEY, MEGAN CASSANDRA 1 58.2% +17.2%
JACKSON, JORDAN L 1 41.0% +38.5%
MERRIAM, ANDREW E 1 25.0% +32.1%

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
35519571 TUMBLER ABADIR, NADER 264d overdue

Hard Cases (8)

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
18251949 Smart Hospital Bed Operating System and Method using Big Data GARTLAND, SCOTT D 79d overdue
18122243 PROCEDURES FOR OBTAINING CALCIUM OXIDE FROM EGGSHELLS WITH APPLICATIONS IN FOOD PROCESSING MERRIAM, ANDREW E 79d overdue
18021670 PROGRAMMABLE ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD SYSTEM MORICE DE VARGAS, SARA JESSICA 8d overdue
17926653 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING NEEDS OF PATIENT FOR HOSPITAL RESOURCES JACKSON, JORDAN L 9d
17439544 FERTILISING COMPOSITION WHICH INCLUDES A PLANT-ASSIMILABLE PHOSPHORUS AND CALCIUM POTENTIATOR AND USE THEREOF SMITH, JENNIFER A 15d
16568125 Crosslinkable Aromatic Polymer Compositions for Use in Additive Manufacturing Processes and Methods for Forming the Same YOON, TAE H 15d
19111110 PISTON PUMP WITH QUICK EXHAUST SLIDE VALVES FINK, THOMAS ANDREW 77d
18551790 FIXING SYSTEM OF A WEAR ELEMENT IN A SUPPORT ELEMENT OF AN EARTH MOVING MACHINE THROUGH A PIN, AND A RETAINER SCOVILLE, BLAKE 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
18251949 Smart Hospital Bed Operating System and Method using Big Data GARTLAND, SCOTT D 79d overdue
18122243 PROCEDURES FOR OBTAINING CALCIUM OXIDE FROM EGGSHELLS WITH APPLICATIONS IN FOOD PROCESSING MERRIAM, ANDREW E 79d overdue
17926653 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING NEEDS OF PATIENT FOR HOSPITAL RESOURCES JACKSON, JORDAN L 9d
16568125 Crosslinkable Aromatic Polymer Compositions for Use in Additive Manufacturing Processes and Methods for Forming the Same YOON, TAE H 15d
19111110 PISTON PUMP WITH QUICK EXHAUST SLIDE VALVES FINK, THOMAS ANDREW 77d
18551790 FIXING SYSTEM OF A WEAR ELEMENT IN A SUPPORT ELEMENT OF AN EARTH MOVING MACHINE THROUGH A PIN, AND A RETAINER SCOVILLE, BLAKE E
18264834 WEAR ASSEMBLY FOR AN EARTH-MOVING MACHINE AND CORRESPONDING MACHINE TSUI, ALFRED H
18263373 PROCESS FOR PRODUCING ROLLS AND MEMBRANES OF SUBMICROMETRIC THICKNESS OF GA2O3 BY ION IMPLANTATION SONG, MATTHEW J

Client Portfolio (10 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36712
17622
37461
36851
17141
29311
17671
28571
17911
36811

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19111110 PISTON PUMP WITH QUICK EXHAUST SLIDE VALVES Samoa Industrial, S.A. FINK, THOMAS ANDREW 3746 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 77d Pending Mar 12, 2025
18251949 Smart Hospital Bed Operating System and Method using Big Data Seoul National University Hospital GARTLAND, SCOTT D 3685 §101§103§112 Final Rejection 79d overdue Pending Feb 12, 2024
18551790 FIXING SYSTEM OF A WEAR ELEMENT IN A SUPPORT ELEMENT OF AN EARTH MOVING MACHINE THROUGH A PIN, AND A RETAINER Metalogenia Research & Technologies S.L. SCOVILLE, BLAKE E 3671 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 21, 2023
18264834 WEAR ASSEMBLY FOR AN EARTH-MOVING MACHINE AND CORRESPONDING MACHINE Metalogenia Research & Technologies S. L. TSUI, ALFRED H 3671 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 09, 2023
18263373 PROCESS FOR PRODUCING ROLLS AND MEMBRANES OF SUBMICROMETRIC THICKNESS OF GA2O3 BY ION IMPLANTATION Instituto Superior Técnico SONG, MATTHEW J 1714 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 28, 2023
35519571 TUMBLER Stor,S.L. ABADIR, NADER 2931 §112 Non-Final OA 264d overdue Pending Jul 26, 2023
18320915 Method for Making Polymers by Transesterification of Polyols and Alkyl Esters of Polycarboxylic Acids, Polymers and Copolymers Made Thereby and Polymeric and Copolymeric Articles Maguire Abbey, LLC MCCULLEY, MEGAN CASSANDRA 1767 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 19, 2023
17926653 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING NEEDS OF PATIENT FOR HOSPITAL RESOURCES Seoul National University Hospital JACKSON, JORDAN L 2857 §101 Final Rejection 9d Pending Mar 27, 2023
18122243 PROCEDURES FOR OBTAINING CALCIUM OXIDE FROM EGGSHELLS WITH APPLICATIONS IN FOOD PROCESSING Xam, Sociedad Anonima MERRIAM, ANDREW E 1791 §103 Final Rejection 79d overdue Pending Mar 16, 2023
18021670 PROGRAMMABLE ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD SYSTEM Seoul National University Hospital MORICE DE VARGAS, SARA JESSICA 3681 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Feb 16, 2023
17639382 CONTACT LENS HAVING INTEGRATED LIGHT SOURCE FOR ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY AND METHOD FOR PREPARING SAME Seoul National University Hospital SHOULDERS, ANNIE LEE 3794 §112 Final Rejection Pending Mar 01, 2022
17439544 FERTILISING COMPOSITION WHICH INCLUDES A PLANT-ASSIMILABLE PHOSPHORUS AND CALCIUM POTENTIATOR AND USE THEREOF Fertinagro Biotech, S.L. SMITH, JENNIFER A 1731 §102§112 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Sep 15, 2021
16568151 Cross-Linking Compositions for Forming Cross-Linked Organic Polymers, Organic Polymer Compositions, Methods of Forming the Same, and Molded Articles Produced Therefrom Greene, Tweed Technologies, Inc. YOON, TAE H 1762 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 11, 2019
16568125 Crosslinkable Aromatic Polymer Compositions for Use in Additive Manufacturing Processes and Methods for Forming the Same Greene, Tweed Technologies, Inc. YOON, TAE H 1762 §102§103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Sep 11, 2019

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