Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Cascadia Intellectual Property

13 pending office actions • 5 clients • 7 examiners • 6 art units • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 45 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=1264 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

92.2%
Allowance Rate
n=1264
+0.80σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1264
3.6
OAs to Allowance
n=799
-0.12σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=799
1062 days
Time to Allowance
n=799
-0.0pp
Interview Lift
n=1264
31.5%
RCE Rate
n=1264
1.1%
Appeal Rate
n=1264

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

87.0%
§101 Overcome
n=77
88.8%
§102 Overcome
n=107
87.8%
§103 Overcome
n=434
93.6%
§112 Overcome
n=94

Specialization & Scale

G06F, G06Q, H04L
Top CPC Subclasses
27%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1264
3
Practitioners
n=1264
421.3
Apps / Practitioner
n=1264

Portfolio Summary

13
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
2
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. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (2)

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.

2
Hard (15%)
6
Medium (46%)
2
Easy (15%)
3
Unknown (23%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (15%)
§103 only5 (38%)
§112 only1 (8%)
Double-patenting only1 (8%)
Double-patenting + other1 (8%)
No statute on record3 (23%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
15% of docket
2
Information Tech
15% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
8
Mechanical / Eng
62% of docket
1
Business / Other
8% 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.

130 h
Manual time on pending OAs
26 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
46 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BERTRAM, ERIC D 7 81.1% +12.6%
SAXENA, AKASH 1 48.9% +30.9%
TRAN, SCOTT THANH BINH 1
PATEL, NEHA 1 22.7% +20.9%
MAYE, AYUB A 1 57.8% +42.0%
LEVERETT, MARY CHANG 1 61.3% +22.7%
KIM, BRYAN 1 28.5% +36.9%

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
18982974 DEFIBRILLATOR HOUSING WITH COVER BERTRAM, ERIC D 16d overdue
19224706 SELF-APPLIED DEFIBRILLATOR AND METHOD FOR SELF-APPLICATION BERTRAM, ERIC D 15d overdue
18982960 DEFIBRILLATOR HOUSING WITH UNITARY FRAME BERTRAM, ERIC D 77d

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19223747 DEFIBRILLATOR FOR SELF-APPLICATION AND METHOD OF USE BERTRAM, ERIC D 1d overdue
18305879 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING SOCIAL NETWORK SECURE TRANSACTIONS PATEL, NEHA 22d
17875991 CONTACT INTERFACING MATERIAL RECEPTACLE KIM, BRYAN

Interview Candidates (12)

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
18483316 EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR WITH LOW VOLTAGE ENERGY STORAGE BERTRAM, ERIC D 79d overdue
18982974 DEFIBRILLATOR HOUSING WITH COVER BERTRAM, ERIC D 16d overdue
19224706 SELF-APPLIED DEFIBRILLATOR AND METHOD FOR SELF-APPLICATION BERTRAM, ERIC D 15d overdue
17898826 SYSTEM AND METHOD INCORPORATING MODULAR DATA ENCRYPTION FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE MAYE, AYUB A 3d overdue
19223747 DEFIBRILLATOR FOR SELF-APPLICATION AND METHOD OF USE BERTRAM, ERIC D 1d overdue
17876065 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING CELL FUNCTIONING AND MOTILITY WITH THE AID OF A DIGITAL COMPUTER LEVERETT, MARY CHANG 9d
19224713 AMBULATORY MONITOR WITH INTEGRATED DEFIBRILLATOR AND METHOD OF USE FOR SELF-APPLICATION BERTRAM, ERIC D 15d
18305879 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING SOCIAL NETWORK SECURE TRANSACTIONS PATEL, NEHA 22d

Client Portfolio (5 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37967
21881
36991
24361
16871
17921

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19224713 AMBULATORY MONITOR WITH INTEGRATED DEFIBRILLATOR AND METHOD OF USE FOR SELF-APPLICATION Bardy Technologies, Inc. BERTRAM, ERIC D 3796 Other Non-Final OA 15d Pending May 30, 2025
19224706 SELF-APPLIED DEFIBRILLATOR AND METHOD FOR SELF-APPLICATION Bardy Technologies, Inc. BERTRAM, ERIC D 3796 DP Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending May 30, 2025
19223747 DEFIBRILLATOR FOR SELF-APPLICATION AND METHOD OF USE Bardy Technologies, Inc. BERTRAM, ERIC D 3796 §101 Final Rejection 1d overdue Pending May 30, 2025
18982974 DEFIBRILLATOR HOUSING WITH COVER Bardy Technologies, Inc. BERTRAM, ERIC D 3796 §103 Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending Dec 16, 2024
18982960 DEFIBRILLATOR HOUSING WITH UNITARY FRAME Bardy Technologies, Inc. BERTRAM, ERIC D 3796 DPOther Final Rejection 77d Pending Dec 16, 2024
18982953 DEFIBRILLATOR HOUSING WITH SECURE WIRE ASSEMBLY Bardy Technologies, Inc. BERTRAM, ERIC D 3796 Other Final Rejection 42d Pending Dec 16, 2024
18439600 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING SASONAL NET CARBON EMISSIONS SAVINGS WITH THE AID OF A DIGITAL COMPUTER Clean Power Research, LLC SAXENA, AKASH 2188 §112 Final Rejection 84d Pending Feb 12, 2024
18483316 EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR WITH LOW VOLTAGE ENERGY STORAGE Bardy Technologies, Inc. BERTRAM, ERIC D 3796 Other Non-Final OA 79d overdue Pending Oct 09, 2023
18314753 SYSTEM AND METHOD BALANCE-POINT-THERMAL-CONDUCTIVITY-BASED BUILDING ANALYSIS THE AID OF A DIGITAL COMPUTER Clean Power Research, LLC TRAN, SCOTT THANH BINH §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 09, 2023
18305879 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING SOCIAL NETWORK SECURE TRANSACTIONS Smartbothub, Inc. PATEL, NEHA 3699 §101 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Apr 24, 2023
17898826 SYSTEM AND METHOD INCORPORATING MODULAR DATA ENCRYPTION FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE Genesee Valley Innovations, LLC MAYE, AYUB A 2436 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Aug 30, 2022
17876065 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING CELL FUNCTIONING AND MOTILITY WITH THE AID OF A DIGITAL COMPUTER Xerox Corporation LEVERETT, MARY CHANG 1687 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Jul 28, 2022
17875991 CONTACT INTERFACING MATERIAL RECEPTACLE Xerox Corporation KIM, BRYAN 1792 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 28, 2022

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