Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Carroll, Hoette & Butscher, LLC

Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

82 pending office actions • 23 clients • 75 examiners • 50 art units • 0 of 82 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

This profile has 82 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. Its broader record covers 4265 career applications, with a resolved allowance rate of 91.5% and an average of 3.85 office actions per allowance.

The docket represents substantial active prosecution in a transportation and mechanical practice. The allowance rate provides context for resolved outcomes, while the office-action average helps assess examination workload and plan prosecution resources.

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

Quality Metrics (n=4265 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

91.5%
Allowance Rate
n=4265
+0.63σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=4265
3.8
OAs to Allowance
n=2776
+0.17σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=2776
1124 days
Time to Allowance
n=2776
-1.1pp
Interview Lift
n=4265
31.9%
RCE Rate
n=4265
7.2%
Appeal Rate
n=4265

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

80.0%
§101 Overcome
n=455
82.2%
§102 Overcome
n=1546
82.5%
§103 Overcome
n=2283
82.0%
§112 Overcome
n=1259

Specialization & Scale

A61B, B61L, G06T
Top CPC Subclasses
16%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=4265
0
Practitioners
n=4265
—
Apps / Practitioner
n=4265 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

82
Total Pending OAs
41
Non-Final OAs
33
Final Rejections
8
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 23 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

13
Overdue
0
Due this week
4
Due this month
3
Due in next 60 days
3
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. 23 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (13)Due ≤ 30 days (4)Due ≤ 60 days (3)Due later (3)

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.

38
Hard (46%)
41
Medium (50%)
2
Easy (2%)
1
Unknown (1%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (2%)
§101 + other13 (16%)
§103 only34 (41%)
§102 only7 (9%)
§112 only2 (2%)
Multi-statute (no §101)23 (28%)
No statute on record1 (1%)

Industry Mix

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

15
Life Sciences
18% of docket
4
Information Tech
5% of docket
3
Communications
4% of docket
21
Semiconductors
26% of docket
34
Mechanical / Eng
41% of docket
5
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.

820 h
Manual time on pending OAs
164 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
287 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
7.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CHAMBERS, TRAVIS SLOAN 3 86.2% +11.1%
KRATT, JUSTIN M 2 86.8% +5.2%
BURGOS-GUNTIN, NELSON R 2 92.5% +4.3%
MARUNDA II, TORRENCE S 2 25.8% +30.5%
YOO, REGINA M 2 63.8% +5.8%
KIM, JAY C 2 49.4% +21.6%
SOTO, HENRIX 1 70.8% +29.3%
KHATIB, RAMI 1 77.0% +13.7%
BUSE, TERRY C 1 60.6% +24.3%
GORDON, ANNA L 1 73.3% +30.2%

Quick Wins (5)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18497070 CONTACT ELEMENT WITH A SPRAY COATING AS WELL AS CONNECTION ASSEMBLY, USE OF A SPRAY MEDIUM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A CONTACT ELEMENT CHAMBERS, TRAVIS SLOAN 71d
18805314 CONTACT ELEMENT WITH SHAPE MEMORY MATERIAL BURGOS-GUNTIN, NELSON R —
18752497 HOUSING ASSEMBLY FOR A CONNECTOR, CONNECTOR AND CONNECTION ASSEMBLY CHAMBERS, TRAVIS SLOAN —
18736785 CURRENT-CARRYING CONTACT ELEMENT WITH A STRUCTURED CONTACT SURFACE CHAMBERS, TRAVIS SLOAN —
18619544 CABLE HOLDING ASSEMBLY FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE BURGOS-GUNTIN, NELSON R —

Hard Cases (40)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17844527 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCALIZING AN ATTACHMENT TOOL MARUNDA II, TORRENCE S 60d overdue
19041205 PEDICLE SCREW ASSEMBLY LITTLE, ANNA VICTORIA 45d overdue
18354274 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING AIRPORT OPERATIONS GILLS, KURTIS 15d overdue
18467547 INTERACTIVE VISUALIZATION OF PREDICTED INFORMATION ALONG ACTIVE FLIGHT PATH ON NAVIGATION DISPLAYS INSERRA, MADISON RENEE 8d overdue
18483017 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRINTING ON A SUBSTRATE O'HARA, BRIAN M 27d
18644263 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FORECASTING RESOLUTION OF NON-CONFORMANCES IN RELATION TO VEHICLE COMPONENTS DURING MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS BROWN, LUIS A 34d
18324436 FALL PROTECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS MCFARLAND, KATHLEEN MAVOURNEEN 41d
18632530 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING TURNAROUND OF AIRCRAFT AT AN AIRPORT MARUNDA II, TORRENCE S 61d

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
17844527 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCALIZING AN ATTACHMENT TOOL MARUNDA II, TORRENCE S 60d overdue
18632530 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING TURNAROUND OF AIRCRAFT AT AN AIRPORT MARUNDA II, TORRENCE S 61d
18497070 CONTACT ELEMENT WITH A SPRAY COATING AS WELL AS CONNECTION ASSEMBLY, USE OF A SPRAY MEDIUM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A CONTACT ELEMENT CHAMBERS, TRAVIS SLOAN 71d
19333053 LIFTING SYSTEM AND LIFTING METHOD FOR A CRANE SOTO, HENRIX —
19269665 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TAXIING OPERATIONS IN MULTI-ENGINE AIRCRAFT KHATIB, RAMI —
19268511 MACHINE GUIDANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING CONSTRUCTION VEHICLES AND SURROUNDING TERRAIN BUSE, TERRY C —
19234450 EMERGENCY OXYGEN SYSTEMS FOR INTERNAL CABINS OF AIRCRAFT GORDON, ANNA L —
18752497 HOUSING ASSEMBLY FOR A CONNECTOR, CONNECTOR AND CONNECTION ASSEMBLY CHAMBERS, TRAVIS SLOAN —

Client Portfolio (23 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28316
17585
28344
36663
36633
28983
28993
36422
36262
37912

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19333053 LIFTING SYSTEM AND LIFTING METHOD FOR A CRANE Liebherr-Werk Ehingen GmbH SOTO, HENRIX 3654 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 18, 2025
19269665 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TAXIING OPERATIONS IN MULTI-ENGINE AIRCRAFT The Boeing Company KHATIB, RAMI 3669 §101Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 15, 2025
19268511 MACHINE GUIDANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING CONSTRUCTION VEHICLES AND SURROUNDING TERRAIN Equipmentshare.Com Inc. BUSE, TERRY C 3666 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 14, 2025
19234450 EMERGENCY OXYGEN SYSTEMS FOR INTERNAL CABINS OF AIRCRAFT The Boeing Company GORDON, ANNA L 3642 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 11, 2025
19186209 HYBRID HEAT TRANSFER LABEL ASSEMBLIES Illinois Tool Works Inc. GRABOWSKI, KYLE ROBERT §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 22, 2025
19068240 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY HYPERLINKING TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION FOR WORK INSTRUCTIONS The Boeing Company HATCH, ANGELA MAIDA 3626 §101§103 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 03, 2025
19045693 STATOR PLATE, STATOR ASSEMBLY, RESOLVER, AND A KIT FOR ASSEMBLY OF A RESOLVER Te Connectivity Belgium BV DESAI, NAISHADH N §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 05, 2025
19041205 PEDICLE SCREW ASSEMBLY Ulrich Medical, USA LITTLE, ANNA VICTORIA 3773 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 45d overdue Pending Jan 30, 2025
19019084 NOZZLE ARRANGEMENT FOR APPLYING FLUIDS, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A MAIN BODY OF SUCH A NOZZLE ARRANGEMENT Illinois Tool Works Inc. NGUON, VIRAK 1741 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 13, 2025
18986094 SYSTEM METHOD FOR GENERATING ANIMAL CERTIFICATES Globalvetlink, L.C. DHOOGE, DEVIN J 2677 §101§102 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 18, 2024
18961104 MULTI-AGENT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM FOR TECHNICAL PUBLICATION AND MAINTENANCE HISTORY RETRIEVAL The Boeing Company REN, ZHUBING 2658 §101§103 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 26, 2024
18958568 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CALCULATING MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION LIKELIHOOD BASED ON LESION WALL SHEAR STRESS DESCRIPTORS Pie Medical Imaging B.V. MAIDEN, MICHAEL KIM 2665 §103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 25, 2024
18956580 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING WEATHER CONDITIONS WITHIN AN AIRSPACE The Boeing Company BEDEWI, RAMI NABIH 3666 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 22, 2024
18956708 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NON-DESTRUCTIVELY INSPECTING COMPONENTS The Boeing Company TROOST, AARON L 3666 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 22, 2024
18890311 CONNECTOR FRAME UNIT AND CONNECTOR FRAME STRIP FOR CHICKLETS Te Connectivity Belgium BV KRATT, JUSTIN M 2833 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 19, 2024
18882253 NOZZLE ARRANGEMENT FOR THE APPLICATION OF FLUIDS AND SYSTEM FOR THE APPLICATION OF FLUIDS Illinois Tool Works Inc. HO, ANNA THI 3752 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 11, 2024
18817566 CONNECTOR HOUSING ASSEMBLY AND CONNECTOR Te Connectivity Solutions GmbH BAILLARGEON, PAUL D §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 28, 2024
18839692 CALL SYSTEM, HOST DEVICE, MOBILE TERMINAL, AND CLOUD SERVER Shenzhen Hollyland Technology Co., Ltd. TON, DANG T 2476 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 19, 2024
18805314 CONTACT ELEMENT WITH SHAPE MEMORY MATERIAL Te Connectivity Solutions GmbH BURGOS-GUNTIN, NELSON R §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 14, 2024
18787534 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING THE MOVEMENT OF ANIMALS Globalvetlink, L.C. ROBINSON, AKIBA KANELLE 3628 §103 Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending Jul 29, 2024
18768735 PLUG CONNECTOR, PLUG CONNECTOR MATING PIECE AND PLUG CONNECTOR SYSTEM Te Connectivity Solutions GmbH ALHAWAMDEH, NADER J 2831 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 10, 2024
18754398 CIRCUITRY HOLDER OF A RESOLVERS STATOR Te Connectivity Belgium BV SETZER, NICHOLAS LEE 2834 — Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 26, 2024
18752497 HOUSING ASSEMBLY FOR A CONNECTOR, CONNECTOR AND CONNECTION ASSEMBLY Te Connectivity Solutions GmbH CHAMBERS, TRAVIS SLOAN 2831 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 24, 2024
18747901 CLOSURE STRIPS OF RESEALABLE ENCLOSURES AND METHODS OF TERMINATING THE CLOSURE STRIPS Illinois Tool Works Inc. AHMED, MOBEEN 3731 §102 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 19, 2024
18736785 CURRENT-CARRYING CONTACT ELEMENT WITH A STRUCTURED CONTACT SURFACE Te Connectivity Solutions GmbH CHAMBERS, TRAVIS SLOAN §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 07, 2024
18717074 APPARATUS FOR ATTACHING A BUILDING MATERIAL TO A BASE Vf-Yhtiöt OY MCNALLY, DANIEL 1746 §102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 06, 2024
18677964 HIGH CURRENT CONNECTOR AND MODULE CONNECTOR SYSTEM WITH SUCH A HIGH CURRENT CONNECTOR Te Connectivity Solutions GmbH TA, THO DAC 2834 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending May 30, 2024
18664458 INTRAVENOUS FILTER AIR VENT MEDIA PROTECTION AND ENHANCEMENT Illinois Tool Works Inc. BOSWORTH, KAMI A 3783 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 15, 2024
18662463 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING TAIL SPECIFIC FUEL EFFICIENCY ADVISORIES USING ACARS The Boeing Company AHN, HYANG 3661 §103 Final Rejection 21d Pending May 13, 2024
18644263 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FORECASTING RESOLUTION OF NON-CONFORMANCES IN RELATION TO VEHICLE COMPONENTS DURING MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS The Boeing Company BROWN, LUIS A 3626 §101§103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Apr 24, 2024
18632530 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING TURNAROUND OF AIRCRAFT AT AN AIRPORT The Boeing Company MARUNDA II, TORRENCE S 3663 §103 Non-Final OA 61d Pending Apr 11, 2024
18629073 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FORMING A STRUCTURE INCLUDING A BIO-BASED RESIN PRODUCT The Boeing Company SALVATORE, LYNDA 1789 §102§112 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 08, 2024
18697961 METABOLIC ENGINEERING OF ACTINOMYCETES BY SINGLE CELL MUTANT SELECTION Turun Yliopisto GROSS, CHRISTOPHER M 1653 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 02, 2024
18619544 CABLE HOLDING ASSEMBLY FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. BURGOS-GUNTIN, NELSON R 2831 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 28, 2024
18606990 SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE Enkris Semiconductor, Inc. NGUYEN, THANH T 2893 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 15, 2024
18604407 CONTACT CARRIER, METHOD OF PRODUCING A CONTACT CARRIER AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING A CONTACT CARRIER Te Connectivity Belgium BV QUIGLEY, THOMAS K 2834 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 13, 2024
18601415 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COMPUTING FUNCTIONAL PARAMETERS FOR OPTOACOUSTIC IMAGES Seno Medical Instruments, Inc. DOUGHERTY, SEAN PATRICK 3791 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 11, 2024
18690713 A COMPOSITION COMPRISING FAT OR OIL DROPLETS AND A METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE COMPOSITION Perfat Technologies OY MERCHLINSKY, JOSEPH CULLEN 1791 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 08, 2024
18586759 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING GEO-REFERENCED MAPS The Boeing Company WEISENFELD, ARYAN E 3663 §102 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 26, 2024
18438879 FLAT SOCKET CONTACT DEVICE Te Connectivity Solutions GmbH KRATT, JUSTIN M 2831 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 12, 2024
18436296 WAKE TURBULENCE ALERT SYSTEMS AND METHODS The Boeing Company BROSH, BENJAMIN J 3658 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 08, 2024
18580048 DISTRIBUTED MODEL TRAINING BASED ON NODE FAULT PERCEPTION Zhejiang Lab TRAN, AMY NMN 2126 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 17, 2024
18413439 SOCKET, SOCKET CONNECTOR, CONTACT ELEMENT AND CONNECTION ASSEMBLY Tyco Electronics France SAS PATEL, HARSHAD C 2831 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Jan 16, 2024
18412960 VIBRATION-RESISTANT ELECTRICAL FLAT FEMALE TERMINAL Te Connectivity Solutions GmbH MOUNTAIN, JEFFREY WIGHTMAN 2834 §103 Final Rejection 19d overdue Pending Jan 15, 2024
18579458 FIBER LASER WITH INTRACAVITY FREQUENCY SHIFT AND BANDPASS FILTER Ampliconyx Oy ZHANG, YUANDA 2828 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 15, 2024
18402492 DECONTAMINATION SYSTEM HAVING A MODULAR DECONTAMINATION UNIT Halton OY YOO, REGINA M 1758 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 02, 2024
18539607 BATTERY MODULE AND BATTERY Ioncor Ltd. BROWN, SANDRA LASHAUN 1782 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 14, 2023
18560919 FRONTSIDE-ILLUMINATED IMAGE SENSOR Enkris Semiconductor, Inc. MOVVA, AMAR 2898 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 14, 2023
18499374 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REMOVING A CAP SEAL FROM A FASTENER The Boeing Company HAGHIGHIAN, BEHNOUSH 3745 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 01, 2023
18497070 CONTACT ELEMENT WITH A SPRAY COATING AS WELL AS CONNECTION ASSEMBLY, USE OF A SPRAY MEDIUM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A CONTACT ELEMENT Te Connectivity Germany GmbH CHAMBERS, TRAVIS SLOAN 2831 §103 Final Rejection 71d Pending Oct 30, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Carroll, Hoette & Butscher, LLC's patent allowance rate?

91.5% of resolved applications prosecuted by Carroll, Hoette & Butscher, LLC were allowed, across 4,265 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Carroll, Hoette & Butscher, LLC average before allowance?

3.85 office actions per allowed application on average.

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82 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 23 clients, before 75 examiners in 50 art units.

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