Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Carmel Patent Agency

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

7 pending office actions • 6 clients • 7 examiners • 6 art units • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

This profile has 7 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. Its broader record covers 208 career applications, with a resolved allowance rate of 72.03% and an average of 1.9 office actions per allowance.

The docket reflects active prosecution in a transportation and mechanical technology area. The allowance rate describes resolved outcomes, while the office-action average indicates the examination activity associated with allowed matters.

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

Quality Metrics (n=208 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

72.0%
Allowance Rate
n=208
+0.13σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=208
1.9
OAs to Allowance
n=103
-0.83σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=103
868 days
Time to Allowance
n=103
+1.0pp
Interview Lift
n=208
12.6%
RCE Rate
n=208
0.0%
Appeal Rate
n=208

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

—
§101 Overcome
n=9 (min 20)
60.0%
§102 Overcome
n=45
50.6%
§103 Overcome
n=79
60.0%
§112 Overcome
n=90

Specialization & Scale

B65B, B65G, A61B
Top CPC Subclasses
9%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=208
0
Practitioners
n=208
—
Apps / Practitioner
n=208 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

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 (43%)
4
Medium (57%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (14%)
§103 only2 (29%)
§102 only2 (29%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (29%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
29% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
71% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MORRISON, THOMAS A 1 74.1% +30.1%
ADAMS, GREGORY W 1 75.2% +23.8%
HESS, DOUGLAS A 1 88.9% +10.6%
SINGH, KAVEL 1 83.7% +14.0%
PARK, EVELYN GRACE 1 51.6% +40.5%
KEYWORTH, PETER 1 58.5% +23.8%
NGUYEN, THANH H 1 18.5% +34.3%

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
19102373 UNIT AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING ARTICLES HESS, DOUGLAS A —
19102374 UNIT AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING ARTICLES SINGH, KAVEL —

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19259111 STORAGE UNIT FOR BLANKS AND RELATED METHOD MORRISON, THOMAS A —
19064772 PIPE-LAYING MACHINE WITH ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM TO THE SLOPE OF THE GROUND ADAMS, GREGORY W —
18832516 WEARABLE APPARATUS FOR ANALYZING MOVEMENTS OF A PERSON AND METHOD THEREOF PARK, EVELYN GRACE —
17282799 A METHOD OF MAKING FRESH FILLED PASTA AND FILLED PASTA OBTAINED THEREBY NGUYEN, THANH H —

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19259111 STORAGE UNIT FOR BLANKS AND RELATED METHOD MORRISON, THOMAS A —
19064772 PIPE-LAYING MACHINE WITH ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM TO THE SLOPE OF THE GROUND ADAMS, GREGORY W —
19102373 UNIT AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING ARTICLES HESS, DOUGLAS A —
19102374 UNIT AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING ARTICLES SINGH, KAVEL —
18832516 WEARABLE APPARATUS FOR ANALYZING MOVEMENTS OF A PERSON AND METHOD THEREOF PARK, EVELYN GRACE —
17770492 SYSTEM FOR SIGNALING AND/OR DISPLAYING A DEPLETION CONDITION OF A FILTER CARTRIDGE KEYWORTH, PETER —
17282799 A METHOD OF MAKING FRESH FILLED PASTA AND FILLED PASTA OBTAINED THEREBY NGUYEN, THANH H —

Client Portfolio (6 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36512
36531
36521
37911
17771
17921

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19259111 STORAGE UNIT FOR BLANKS AND RELATED METHOD G.D S.p.A. MORRISON, THOMAS A 3653 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 03, 2025
19064772 PIPE-LAYING MACHINE WITH ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM TO THE SLOPE OF THE GROUND Scaip S.p.A. ADAMS, GREGORY W 3652 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 27, 2025
19102373 UNIT AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING ARTICLES R.A Jones & Co. HESS, DOUGLAS A 3651 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 08, 2025
19102374 UNIT AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING ARTICLES R.A Jones & Co. SINGH, KAVEL 3651 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 08, 2025
18832516 WEARABLE APPARATUS FOR ANALYZING MOVEMENTS OF A PERSON AND METHOD THEREOF Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Giuliano Isontina PARK, EVELYN GRACE 3791 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 24, 2024
17770492 SYSTEM FOR SIGNALING AND/OR DISPLAYING A DEPLETION CONDITION OF A FILTER CARTRIDGE Laica S.p.A. KEYWORTH, PETER 1777 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 20, 2022
17282799 A METHOD OF MAKING FRESH FILLED PASTA AND FILLED PASTA OBTAINED THEREBY Bertagni 1882 Spa NGUYEN, THANH H 1792 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 05, 2021

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Carmel Patent Agency's patent allowance rate?

72.0% of resolved applications prosecuted by Carmel Patent Agency were allowed, across 208 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Carmel Patent Agency average before allowance?

1.90 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Carmel Patent Agency have?

7 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 6 clients, before 7 examiners in 6 art units.

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