Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Cantor Colburn LLP - Fastcap Systems

Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics

10 pending office actions • 3 clients • 9 examiners • 8 art units • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

CANTOR COLBURN LLP - FastCAP Systems has 10 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The reported career application record is 74576, with an 88.02% resolved allowance rate and an average of 3.15 office actions per allowance.

The pending-action figure shows current examination work for this profile. The historical figures describe the reported application base, resolved outcomes, and office-action activity associated with allowance. For prosecution planning, this combination can inform docket review and resource expectations while separating current FastCAP Systems matters from the broader historical record.

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

Quality Metrics (n=74576 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

88.0%
Allowance Rate
n=74576
+0.54σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=74576
3.2
OAs to Allowance
n=52363
-0.22σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=52363
1018 days
Time to Allowance
n=52363
+3.9pp
Interview Lift
n=74576
25.8%
RCE Rate
n=74576
2.0%
Appeal Rate
n=74576

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

74.3%
§101 Overcome
n=3246
80.2%
§102 Overcome
n=24100
80.5%
§103 Overcome
n=37518
81.8%
§112 Overcome
n=23788

Specialization & Scale

H10K, G02F, G06F
Top CPC Subclasses
10%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=74576
68
Practitioners
n=74576
1096.7
Apps / Practitioner
n=74576

Portfolio Summary

10
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
2
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (2)

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.

1
Hard (10%)
9
Medium (90%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only5 (50%)
§102 only1 (10%)
Double-patenting + other3 (30%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (10%)

Industry Mix

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

7
Life Sciences
70% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
20% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
10% 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.

100 h
Manual time on pending OAs
20 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
35 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
JONES, OLIVIA ANN 2 58.6% +52.3%
GRAY, GEORGE STERLING 1 75.3% +10.0%
FERGUSON, DION 1 86.9% +8.4%
MCCONNELL, WYATT P 1 80.8% +9.2%
LI, AIQUN 1 63.7% +23.1%
GILLIAM, BARBARA LEE 1 24.1% +13.4%
KASS-MULLET, BENJAMIN ELI 1 71.4% +6.3%
TALBOT, BRIAN K 1 59.2% +30.9%
MCFARLAND, DANIEL PATRICK 1 38.1% -14.3%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18945893 CHIP FORM ULTRACAPACITOR FERGUSON, DION —
18580319 ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES MCCONNELL, WYATT P —

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18247849 MANUFACTURE OF ELECTRODES FOR ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES GILLIAM, BARBARA LEE 26d

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18247849 MANUFACTURE OF ELECTRODES FOR ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES GILLIAM, BARBARA LEE 26d
18220050 ELECTRODES FOR ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES JONES, OLIVIA ANN 34d
18081057 ELECTRODES FOR ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES JONES, OLIVIA ANN 34d
19451802 POWER SYSTEM FOR DOWNHOLE TOOLSTRING GRAY, GEORGE STERLING —
18481651 ELECTRODES FOR ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES LI, AIQUN —
17986077 ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES TALBOT, BRIAN K —

Client Portfolio (3 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Nanoramic 5
FASTCAP ULTRACAPACITORS LLC 3
Fastcap Systems 2

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17272
17892
36761
28471
17661
17521
17121
28591

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19451802 POWER SYSTEM FOR DOWNHOLE TOOLSTRING Fastcap Ultracapacitors LLC GRAY, GEORGE STERLING 3676 §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 16, 2026
18945893 CHIP FORM ULTRACAPACITOR Fastcap Ultracapacitors LLC FERGUSON, DION 2847 §112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 13, 2024
18580319 ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES Fastcap Systems Corporation MCCONNELL, WYATT P 1727 §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 18, 2024
18481651 ELECTRODES FOR ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES Nanoramic, Inc. LI, AIQUN 1766 §102 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 05, 2023
18220050 ELECTRODES FOR ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES Nanoramic, Inc. JONES, OLIVIA ANN 1789 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Jul 10, 2023
18247849 MANUFACTURE OF ELECTRODES FOR ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES Nanoramic, Inc. GILLIAM, BARBARA LEE 1727 §102§103Other Non-Final OA 26d Pending Apr 04, 2023
18081057 ELECTRODES FOR ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES Fastcap Systems Corporation JONES, OLIVIA ANN 1789 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Dec 14, 2022
18062214 ELECTRODES FOR ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES Nanoramic, Inc. KASS-MULLET, BENJAMIN ELI 1752 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 06, 2022
17986077 ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES Nanoramic, Inc. TALBOT, BRIAN K 1712 §103Other Final Rejection — Pending Nov 14, 2022
17976080 ADVANCED ELECTROLYTES FOR HIGH TEMERATURE ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE Fastcap Ultracapacitors LLC MCFARLAND, DANIEL PATRICK 2859 §103 Final Rejection 29d overdue Pending Oct 28, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Cantor Colburn LLP - Fastcap Systems's patent allowance rate?

88.0% of resolved applications prosecuted by Cantor Colburn LLP - Fastcap Systems were allowed, across 74,576 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Cantor Colburn LLP - Fastcap Systems average before allowance?

3.15 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Cantor Colburn LLP - Fastcap Systems have?

10 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 3 clients, before 9 examiners in 8 art units.

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