Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Carnelian Law LLC

Technology areas: Computing & Software • Networking & Security • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

9 pending office actions • 8 clients • 9 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Carnelian Law LLC manages 374 career applications in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The firm currently has 6 pending office actions and a resolved allowance rate of 72.95 percent.

The average of 2.18 office actions per allowance indicates the typical number of responses needed to secure a grant. This figure helps practitioners estimate the procedural requirements for applications in this field. The 72.95 percent allowance rate, combined with the 2.18 average office actions, offers a data-grounded perspective on the firm's historical prosecution outcomes.

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

Quality Metrics (n=374 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

73.0%
Allowance Rate
n=374
+0.26σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=374
2.2
OAs to Allowance
n=178
-0.80σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=178
793 days
Time to Allowance
n=178
+26.4pp
Interview Lift
n=374
12.7%
RCE Rate
n=374
4.3%
Appeal Rate
n=374

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

39.2%
§101 Overcome
n=51
52.5%
§102 Overcome
n=61
56.4%
§103 Overcome
n=149
56.8%
§112 Overcome
n=88

Specialization & Scale

G06F, H04L, G06Q
Top CPC Subclasses
30%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=374
1
Practitioners
n=374
374.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=374

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (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.

6
Hard (67%)
2
Medium (22%)
1
Easy (11%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (11%)
§103 only2 (22%)
Double-patenting only1 (11%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (56%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
2
Information Tech
22% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
33% of docket
4
Business / Other
44% 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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CULLEN, TANNER L 1 71.8% +16.2%
TURCHEN, JAMES R 1 82.4% +33.6%
RANDAZZO, THOMAS 1 86.7% +12.3%
IJAZ, MUHAMMAD 1 74.2% +24.6%
DULANEY, BENJAMIN O 1 62.3% +11.4%
TULOP, JIRAPON INTAVONG 1 69.9% +23.8%
SHOULDERS, ANNIE LEE 1 74.6% +17.6%
ROGERS, ADAM D 1 82.1% +22.7%
NGUYEN, PHIL K 1 82.5% +14.2%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18949729 UNIVERSAL THIRD PARTY PRIVACY AND PERSONAL DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM TURCHEN, JAMES R 7d
18615238 TRANSMITTER-SIDE LINK TRAINING WITH IN-BAND HANDSHAKING NGUYEN, PHIL K 8d
18939797 AUTOMATED PRODUCT UNLOADING, HANDLING, AND DISTRIBUTION RANDAZZO, THOMAS —

Hard Cases (6)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18622667 OMNIDIRECTIONAL ROLLER WHEEL WITH SOLID BUSHING AND SYMMETRICAL AXLE ROGERS, ADAM D 5d
19315315 DISHWASHER LOADING AND UNLOADING ROBOT CULLEN, TANNER L —
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 (9)

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
18622667 OMNIDIRECTIONAL ROLLER WHEEL WITH SOLID BUSHING AND SYMMETRICAL AXLE ROGERS, ADAM D 5d
18949729 UNIVERSAL THIRD PARTY PRIVACY AND PERSONAL DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM TURCHEN, JAMES R 7d
18615238 TRANSMITTER-SIDE LINK TRAINING WITH IN-BAND HANDSHAKING NGUYEN, PHIL K 8d
19315315 DISHWASHER LOADING AND UNLOADING ROBOT CULLEN, TANNER L —
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 —

Client Portfolio (8 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36561
24391
37941
36171
21761

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19315315 DISHWASHER LOADING AND UNLOADING ROBOT Clutterbot, Inc. CULLEN, TANNER L 3656 §103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 29, 2025
18949729 UNIVERSAL THIRD PARTY PRIVACY AND PERSONAL DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Charles Finkelstein Consulting LLC TURCHEN, JAMES R 2439 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Nov 15, 2024
18939797 AUTOMATED PRODUCT UNLOADING, HANDLING, AND DISTRIBUTION Lab0, Inc. RANDAZZO, THOMAS DP Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 07, 2024
18939750 MULTISTAGE SELECTIVE CART CLAMP Lab67 Co. IJAZ, MUHAMMAD §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 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 26, 2024
18896459 CONFIGURABLE DYNAMIC CALL ROUTING AND MATCHING SYSTEM Gridspace Inc. TULOP, JIRAPON INTAVONG §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
18622667 OMNIDIRECTIONAL ROLLER WHEEL WITH SOLID BUSHING AND SYMMETRICAL AXLE Lab67 Co. ROGERS, ADAM D 3617 §102§112Other Non-Final OA 5d Pending Mar 29, 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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