Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Carr & Ferrell LLP

17 pending office actions • 15 clients • 16 examiners • 11 art units • 0 of 17 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 46 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=4517 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

82.8%
Allowance Rate
n=4517
+0.49σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=4517
4.1
OAs to Allowance
n=1954
+0.23σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=1954
1103 days
Time to Allowance
n=1954
+13.7pp
Interview Lift
n=4517
32.1%
RCE Rate
n=4517
1.5%
Appeal Rate
n=4517

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

84.3%
§101 Overcome
n=134
85.9%
§102 Overcome
n=220
83.5%
§103 Overcome
n=1303
91.4%
§112 Overcome
n=163

Specialization & Scale

G06F, H04L, G06Q
Top CPC Subclasses
36%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=4517
6
Practitioners
n=4517
752.8
Apps / Practitioner
n=4517

Portfolio Summary

17
Total Pending OAs
10
Non-Final OAs
7
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 30 days (2)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.

3
Hard (18%)
13
Medium (76%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (6%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only3 (18%)
§103 only13 (76%)
No statute on record1 (6%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
6% of docket
2
Information Tech
12% of docket
1
Communications
6% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
12
Mechanical / Eng
71% of docket
1
Business / Other
6% 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.

170 h
Manual time on pending OAs
34 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
59 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
WUNDERLICH, ERWIN J 2 40.9% +39.9%
STRAUB, D'ARCY WINSTON 1 77.2% +18.7%
HUANG, JAY 1 53.1% +20.0%
FENSTERMACHER, JASON B 1 46.3% +39.2%
OPSASNICK, MICHAEL N 1 81.9% +10.1%
THAKUR, VIREN A 1 13.5% +26.9%
RENZE, GEORGE NICHOLAS 1 71.9% +18.8%
HOLCOMB, MARK 1 33.8% +40.5%
BYRD, UCHE SOWANDE 1 22.8% +27.1%
ULLAH, ARIF 1 47.3% +36.7%

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
18929173 Whispered and Other Low Signal-to-Noise Voice Recognition Systems and Methods OPSASNICK, MICHAEL N

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
18611501 Artificially Intelligent Systems, Methods and Media for Identification, Quantification and Correction of Defects in Health Care Services HOLCOMB, MARK 71d overdue
18098369 Systems for Globally Optimal and Locally Specific Classification of Items PUTTAIAH, ASHA 30d overdue
18589343 DYNAMIC FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS USING LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS BYRD, UCHE SOWANDE 29d overdue
18635684 BEVERAGE POD WITH A FOLDABLE SEGMENTED LID THAT CONTAINS WHOLE BREWING ELEMENTS THAKUR, VIREN A 8d overdue
17588092 Systems, Methods and Media for Automatic Prioritizer SHELDEN, BION A 13d

Interview Candidates (11)

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
18611501 Artificially Intelligent Systems, Methods and Media for Identification, Quantification and Correction of Defects in Health Care Services HOLCOMB, MARK 71d overdue
18589343 DYNAMIC FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS USING LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS BYRD, UCHE SOWANDE 29d overdue
18635684 BEVERAGE POD WITH A FOLDABLE SEGMENTED LID THAT CONTAINS WHOLE BREWING ELEMENTS THAKUR, VIREN A 8d overdue
18977439 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF GENERATING USER IDENTITY PACKETS USING BIOMETRICS FENSTERMACHER, JASON B 14d
19315250 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-ENHANCED DATABASE SECURITY SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING SEMANTIC DATA PROXIES STRAUB, D'ARCY WINSTON 72d
19248251 Systems and Methods for Conducting Secure Transactions Utilizing Gateway Servers HUANG, JAY
18929173 Whispered and Other Low Signal-to-Noise Voice Recognition Systems and Methods OPSASNICK, MICHAEL N
18620851 System and Method for Dynamically Improving the Performance of Real-Time Rendering Systems via an Optimized Data Set RENZE, GEORGE NICHOLAS

Client Portfolio (15 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36243
36852
36252
37612
24911
36191
36981
17921
26131
24331

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19315250 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-ENHANCED DATABASE SECURITY SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING SEMANTIC DATA PROXIES Dymium Inc. STRAUB, D'ARCY WINSTON 2491 §103 Non-Final OA 72d Pending Aug 29, 2025
19248251 Systems and Methods for Conducting Secure Transactions Utilizing Gateway Servers One Global Service For General Trading LLC HUANG, JAY 3619 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 24, 2025
18977439 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF GENERATING USER IDENTITY PACKETS USING BIOMETRICS Mitek Systems, Inc. FENSTERMACHER, JASON B 3698 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Dec 11, 2024
18929173 Whispered and Other Low Signal-to-Noise Voice Recognition Systems and Methods Skywalk Inc. OPSASNICK, MICHAEL N §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 28, 2024
18635684 BEVERAGE POD WITH A FOLDABLE SEGMENTED LID THAT CONTAINS WHOLE BREWING ELEMENTS Smart Coffee Technology, Inc. THAKUR, VIREN A 1792 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Apr 15, 2024
18620851 System and Method for Dynamically Improving the Performance of Real-Time Rendering Systems via an Optimized Data Set Didimo, Inc. RENZE, GEORGE NICHOLAS 2613 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 28, 2024
18611501 Artificially Intelligent Systems, Methods and Media for Identification, Quantification and Correction of Defects in Health Care Services Motive Medical Intelligence HOLCOMB, MARK 3685 §101 Final Rejection 71d overdue Pending Mar 20, 2024
18589343 DYNAMIC FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS USING LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS Alby Al, Inc. BYRD, UCHE SOWANDE 3624 §103 Non-Final OA 29d overdue Pending Feb 27, 2024
18530092 Group-Based Electric Vehicle Charging Optimization Systems and Methods Rainforest Automation, Inc. ULLAH, ARIF 3625 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 05, 2023
18525378 Systems and Methods for Performing Secure Machine Learning Analytics Using Homomorphic Encryption Enveil, Inc. POLTORAK, PIOTR 2433 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 30, 2023
18098369 Systems for Globally Optimal and Locally Specific Classification of Items Iglobal Exports LLC PUTTAIAH, ASHA 3691 §101 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Jan 18, 2023
18086591 COMPUTERIZED TOOLS TO ACCESS AN ENTERPRISE DATA MODEL FOR IMPLEMENTING COMPONENT DATA OBJECTS Certinia Inc. CHOY, PAN G 3624 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 21, 2022
17967784 Sponsorship Exposure Metric System Blinkfire Analytics, Inc. SCHEUNEMANN, RICHARD N 3624 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 17, 2022
17588092 Systems, Methods and Media for Automatic Prioritizer Bluecore, Inc. SHELDEN, BION A 3685 §101 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Jan 28, 2022
17355113 ENGAGEMENT DATA OBJECTS IMPLEMENTED IN A DATA AGGREGATION MODEL TO ADAPT COMPUTERIZED ENTERPRISE DATA FLOWS Certinia Inc. SINGLETARY, TYRONE E 3625 Final Rejection Pending Jun 22, 2021
17323704 Laser Ablation and Laser Processing Fume and Contaminant Capture System G.C. Laser Systems, Inc. WUNDERLICH, ERWIN J 3761 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 18, 2021
15859013 Laser Ablation and Processing Methods and Systems G.C. Laser Systems, Inc. WUNDERLICH, ERWIN J 3761 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 29, 2017

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