Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Cascadia Intellectual Property

Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Computing & Software • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

15 pending office actions • 8 clients • 13 examiners • 6 art units • 0 of 15 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 42 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Cascadia Intellectual Property focuses on the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area, where it has 1088 career applications. The firm currently manages 9 pending office actions. Its resolved allowance rate stands at 92.27 percent.

The average of 3.68 office actions per allowance indicates the level of engagement with the USPTO required to reach a grant. This figure is useful for practitioners when forecasting the resources needed for patent prosecution. The 92.27 percent allowance rate, combined with the 3.68 average office actions, provides a data-grounded expectation for the success and duration of the examination process in this field.

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

Quality Metrics (n=1088 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

92.3%
Allowance Rate
n=1088
+0.80σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1088
3.7
OAs to Allowance
n=800
-0.10σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=800
1062 days
Time to Allowance
n=800
-0.1pp
Interview Lift
n=1088
32.1%
RCE Rate
n=1088
1.1%
Appeal Rate
n=1088

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

89.3%
§101 Overcome
n=252
86.5%
§102 Overcome
n=245
86.9%
§103 Overcome
n=466
88.3%
§112 Overcome
n=359

Specialization & Scale

G06F, G06Q, H04L
Top CPC Subclasses
27%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1088
3
Practitioners
n=1088
362.7
Apps / Practitioner
n=1088

Portfolio Summary

15
Total Pending OAs
10
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)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.

10
Hard (67%)
5
Medium (33%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other3 (20%)
§103 only1 (7%)
Double-patenting + other4 (27%)
Multi-statute (no §101)7 (47%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
20% of docket
2
Information Tech
13% of docket
1
Communications
7% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
27% of docket
5
Business / Other
33% 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.

150 h
Manual time on pending OAs
30 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
52 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BERTRAM, ERIC D 3 81.2% +12.4%
SISON, CHRISTINE ANDREA PAN 1 33.3% +37.7%
FLORA, NURUN N 1 86.1% +1.7%
PRESSLY, KURT NICHOLAS 1 32.1% +16.9%
KOSACK, JOSEPH R 1 74.8% -6.2%
HEASLEY, MEGHAN CHRISTINE 1 75.2% +34.0%
ANDERSON, REBECCA L 1 73.4% +23.6%
SAXENA, AKASH 1 49.1% +30.5%
TRAN, SCOTT THANH BINH 1 100.0% +0.0%
COOK, BRIAN S 1 62.2% +29.2%

Quick Wins (4)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 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
19224713 AMBULATORY MONITOR WITH INTEGRATED DEFIBRILLATOR AND METHOD OF USE FOR SELF-APPLICATION BERTRAM, ERIC D 15d
18822393 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSLATING A 3D VISUALIZATION TO A 2D VISUALIZATION FLORA, NURUN N —

Hard Cases (10)

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
17876065 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING CELL FUNCTIONING AND MOTILITY WITH THE AID OF A DIGITAL COMPUTER LEVERETT, MARY CHANG 9d
18439600 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING SASONAL NET CARBON EMISSIONS SAVINGS WITH THE AID OF A DIGITAL COMPUTER SAXENA, AKASH 84d
19315052 DEFIBRILLATION ASSEMBLY ENERGIZABLE THROUGH CASE OPENING SISON, CHRISTINE ANDREA PAN —
18761037 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SPECIFICATION, CODIFICATION, AND DEPLOYMENT OF COMPOSITE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS PRESSLY, KURT NICHOLAS —
18711519 AUTOPHAGY INDUCING COMPOUNDS AND USES THEREOF, IN PARTICULAR FOR DISEASES OF THE CNS HEASLEY, MEGHAN CHRISTINE —
18701195 INHALABLE PROTEASE INHIBITORS FOR USE IN THE PREVENTION AND/OR TREATMENT OF FIBROTIC AUTOIMMUNE OR INFLAMMATORY LUNG DISEASES ANDERSON, REBECCA L —
18314753 SYSTEM AND METHOD BALANCE-POINT-THERMAL-CONDUCTIVITY-BASED BUILDING ANALYSIS THE AID OF A DIGITAL COMPUTER TRAN, SCOTT THANH BINH —
18297506 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC FLOORPLAN GENERATION COOK, BRIAN S —

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
18982974 DEFIBRILLATOR HOUSING WITH COVER BERTRAM, ERIC D 16d overdue
19224706 SELF-APPLIED DEFIBRILLATOR AND METHOD FOR SELF-APPLICATION BERTRAM, ERIC D 15d overdue
19224713 AMBULATORY MONITOR WITH INTEGRATED DEFIBRILLATOR AND METHOD OF USE FOR SELF-APPLICATION BERTRAM, ERIC D 15d
18439600 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING SASONAL NET CARBON EMISSIONS SAVINGS WITH THE AID OF A DIGITAL COMPUTER SAXENA, AKASH 84d
19315052 DEFIBRILLATION ASSEMBLY ENERGIZABLE THROUGH CASE OPENING SISON, CHRISTINE ANDREA PAN —
18761037 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SPECIFICATION, CODIFICATION, AND DEPLOYMENT OF COMPOSITE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS PRESSLY, KURT NICHOLAS —
18711519 AUTOPHAGY INDUCING COMPOUNDS AND USES THEREOF, IN PARTICULAR FOR DISEASES OF THE CNS HEASLEY, MEGHAN CHRISTINE —
18701195 INHALABLE PROTEASE INHIBITORS FOR USE IN THE PREVENTION AND/OR TREATMENT OF FIBROTIC AUTOIMMUNE OR INFLAMMATORY LUNG DISEASES ANDERSON, REBECCA L —

Client Portfolio (8 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37964
21882
26191
16261
17921
16871

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19315052 DEFIBRILLATION ASSEMBLY ENERGIZABLE THROUGH CASE OPENING Bardy Technologies, Inc. SISON, CHRISTINE ANDREA PAN 3796 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 29, 2025
19224706 SELF-APPLIED DEFIBRILLATOR AND METHOD FOR SELF-APPLICATION Bardy Technologies, Inc. BERTRAM, ERIC D 3796 §102§103§112DP Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending May 30, 2025
19224713 AMBULATORY MONITOR WITH INTEGRATED DEFIBRILLATOR AND METHOD OF USE FOR SELF-APPLICATION Bardy Technologies, Inc. BERTRAM, ERIC D 3796 §103DP Final Rejection 15d Pending May 30, 2025
18982974 DEFIBRILLATOR HOUSING WITH COVER Bardy Technologies, Inc. BERTRAM, ERIC D 3796 §103DP Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Dec 16, 2024
18822393 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSLATING A 3D VISUALIZATION TO A 2D VISUALIZATION Genesee Valley Innovations, LLC FLORA, NURUN N 2619 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 02, 2024
18761037 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SPECIFICATION, CODIFICATION, AND DEPLOYMENT OF COMPOSITE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS Filuta AI Inc. PRESSLY, KURT NICHOLAS §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 01, 2024
18711529 AUTOPHAGY INDUCING COMPOUNDS AND USES THEREOF, IN PARTICULAR FOR A SYSTEMIC TREATMENT OF DISEASES AND CONDITIONS Assistance Publique-Hopitaux De Paris (Aphp) KOSACK, JOSEPH R §102§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending May 17, 2024
18711519 AUTOPHAGY INDUCING COMPOUNDS AND USES THEREOF, IN PARTICULAR FOR DISEASES OF THE CNS Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux De Paris (Aphp) HEASLEY, MEGHAN CHRISTINE §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 17, 2024
18701195 INHALABLE PROTEASE INHIBITORS FOR USE IN THE PREVENTION AND/OR TREATMENT OF FIBROTIC AUTOIMMUNE OR INFLAMMATORY LUNG DISEASES Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg ANDERSON, REBECCA L 1626 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 12, 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 §101§112 Non-Final OA 84d Pending Feb 12, 2024
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 §101§102§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending May 09, 2023
18297506 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC FLOORPLAN GENERATION Xerox Corporation COOK, BRIAN S §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 07, 2023
17966449 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MICRO-OBJECT DENSITY DISTRIBUTION CONTROL WITH THE AID OF A DIGITAL COMPUTER Genesee Valley Innovations, LLC KIM, EUNHEE 2188 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 14, 2022
17875991 CONTACT INTERFACING MATERIAL RECEPTACLE Genesee Valley Innovations, LLC KIM, BRYAN 1792 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 28, 2022
17876065 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING CELL FUNCTIONING AND MOTILITY WITH THE AID OF A DIGITAL COMPUTER Xerox Corporation LEVERETT, MARY CHANG 1687 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Jul 28, 2022

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