Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Carnelian Law LLC

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

8 pending office actions • 6 clients • 8 examiners • 8 art units • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

This profile has 8 pending office actions in Communications. Its broader record covers 376 career applications, with a resolved allowance rate of 73.28% and an average of 2.2 office actions per allowance.

The docket reflects active prosecution in a communications practice. The broader figures provide context for resolved outcomes and the amount of examination activity associated with allowed matters, supporting response planning.

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

Quality Metrics (n=376 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

73.3%
Allowance Rate
n=376
+0.25σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=376
2.2
OAs to Allowance
n=181
-0.80σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=181
802 days
Time to Allowance
n=181
+25.8pp
Interview Lift
n=376
12.6%
RCE Rate
n=376
4.3%
Appeal Rate
n=376

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

39.2%
§101 Overcome
n=51
51.6%
§102 Overcome
n=62
56.0%
§103 Overcome
n=150
57.3%
§112 Overcome
n=89

Specialization & Scale

G06F, H04L, G06Q
Top CPC Subclasses
30%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=376
1
Practitioners
n=376
376.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=376

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
1
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
1
Due this month
0
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.

5
Hard (62%)
2
Medium (25%)
1
Easy (12%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (12%)
§103 only2 (25%)
Double-patenting only1 (12%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
12% of docket
3
Communications
38% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
50% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BELLINGER, JASON R 1 70.0% +18.7%
VILLENA, MARK 1 71.1% +14.7%
RANDAZZO, THOMAS 1 86.8% +12.3%
IJAZ, MUHAMMAD 1 74.3% +24.5%
DULANEY, BENJAMIN O 1 62.9% +11.2%
TULOP, JIRAPON INTAVONG 1 70.2% +23.5%
SHOULDERS, ANNIE LEE 1 74.9% +17.8%
NGUYEN, PHIL K 1 82.5% +14.1%

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
18615238 TRANSMITTER-SIDE LINK TRAINING WITH IN-BAND HANDSHAKING NGUYEN, PHIL K 8d
18939797 AUTOMATED PRODUCT UNLOADING, HANDLING, AND DISTRIBUTION RANDAZZO, THOMAS —

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
19096116 OMNIDIRECTIONAL ROLLER WHEEL WITH SOLD BUSHING AND SYMMETRICAL AXLE BELLINGER, JASON R —
18939750 MULTISTAGE SELECTIVE CART CLAMP IJAZ, MUHAMMAD —
18898257 COMPLEX COLOR SPACE CONVERSION USING CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORKS DULANEY, BENJAMIN O —
18896459 CONFIGURABLE DYNAMIC CALL ROUTING AND MATCHING SYSTEM TULOP, JIRAPON INTAVONG —
18633385 ADAPTABLE HIGH PERFORMANCE NEURAL INTERFACE ELECTRODES THAT CONFORM TO HUMAN ANATOMY SHOULDERS, ANNIE LEE —

Interview Candidates (8)

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
18615238 TRANSMITTER-SIDE LINK TRAINING WITH IN-BAND HANDSHAKING NGUYEN, PHIL K 8d
19096116 OMNIDIRECTIONAL ROLLER WHEEL WITH SOLD BUSHING AND SYMMETRICAL AXLE BELLINGER, JASON R —
19094662 ADAPTIVE CLOSED LOOP COMMUNICATION SYSTEM VILLENA, MARK —
18939797 AUTOMATED PRODUCT UNLOADING, HANDLING, AND DISTRIBUTION RANDAZZO, THOMAS —
18939750 MULTISTAGE SELECTIVE CART CLAMP IJAZ, MUHAMMAD —
18898257 COMPLEX COLOR SPACE CONVERSION USING CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORKS DULANEY, BENJAMIN O —
18896459 CONFIGURABLE DYNAMIC CALL ROUTING AND MATCHING SYSTEM TULOP, JIRAPON INTAVONG —
18633385 ADAPTABLE HIGH PERFORMANCE NEURAL INTERFACE ELECTRODES THAT CONFORM TO HUMAN ANATOMY SHOULDERS, ANNIE LEE —

Client Portfolio (6 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Lab67 2
Gridspace 2
Lab0, Inc. 1
Kyocera 1
Cognixion 1
NVIDIA 1

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36151
26581
36551
36311
26831
26931
37941
21761

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19096116 OMNIDIRECTIONAL ROLLER WHEEL WITH SOLD BUSHING AND SYMMETRICAL AXLE Lab67 Co. BELLINGER, JASON R 3615 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 31, 2025
19094662 ADAPTIVE CLOSED LOOP COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Gridspace Inc. VILLENA, MARK 2658 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 28, 2025
18939797 AUTOMATED PRODUCT UNLOADING, HANDLING, AND DISTRIBUTION Lab0, Inc. RANDAZZO, THOMAS 3655 DP Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 07, 2024
18939750 MULTISTAGE SELECTIVE CART CLAMP Lab67 Co. IJAZ, MUHAMMAD 3631 §101§102§103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 07, 2024
18898257 COMPLEX COLOR SPACE CONVERSION USING CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORKS Kyocera Document Solutions, Inc. DULANEY, BENJAMIN O 2683 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 26, 2024
18896459 CONFIGURABLE DYNAMIC CALL ROUTING AND MATCHING SYSTEM Gridspace Inc. TULOP, JIRAPON INTAVONG 2693 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 25, 2024
18633385 ADAPTABLE HIGH PERFORMANCE NEURAL INTERFACE ELECTRODES THAT CONFORM TO HUMAN ANATOMY Cognixion Corporation SHOULDERS, ANNIE LEE 3794 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 11, 2024
18615238 TRANSMITTER-SIDE LINK TRAINING WITH IN-BAND HANDSHAKING NVIDIA Corporation NGUYEN, PHIL K 2176 §103 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Mar 25, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Carnelian Law LLC's patent allowance rate?

73.3% of resolved applications prosecuted by Carnelian Law LLC were allowed, across 376 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Carnelian Law LLC average before allowance?

2.20 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Carnelian Law LLC have?

8 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 6 clients, before 8 examiners in 8 art units.

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