Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Cesari And Mckenna, LLP

67 pending office actions • 34 clients • 64 examiners • 47 art units • 0 of 67 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 154 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=9453 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

83.6%
Allowance Rate
n=9453
+0.68σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=9453
3.6
OAs to Allowance
n=5411
-0.03σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=5411
1100 days
Time to Allowance
n=5411
+10.6pp
Interview Lift
n=9453
28.6%
RCE Rate
n=9453
1.1%
Appeal Rate
n=9453

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

82.1%
§101 Overcome
n=212
86.9%
§102 Overcome
n=680
82.8%
§103 Overcome
n=3089
89.8%
§112 Overcome
n=725

Specialization & Scale

A61K, G06F, A61P
Top CPC Subclasses
20%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=9453
6
Practitioners
n=9453
1575.5
Apps / Practitioner
n=9453

Portfolio Summary

67
Total Pending OAs
41
Non-Final OAs
25
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 29 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

11
Overdue
1
Due this week
8
Due this month
4
Due in next 60 days
5
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. 29 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (11)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (8)Due ≤ 60 days (4)Due later (5)

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.

9
Hard (13%)
51
Medium (76%)
7
Easy (10%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only9 (13%)
§103 only50 (75%)
§102 only1 (1%)
§112 only5 (7%)
Double-patenting only2 (3%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
6% of docket
13
Information Tech
19% of docket
4
Communications
6% of docket
10
Semiconductors
15% of docket
28
Mechanical / Eng
42% of docket
8
Business / Other
12% 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.

670 h
Manual time on pending OAs
134 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
234 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
5.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
WALSH, EMMETT K 2 52.8% +20.2%
CURRAN, J MITCHELL 2 63.4% +33.0%
HIGHLAND, RACHEL S 2 67.1% +36.0%
MORRIS, JOHN J 1 60.9% +20.4%
MUSHAMBO, MARTIN 1 84.8% +13.9%
GALERA, PATRICK PAUL CONTRER 1 80.0% +22.2%
SHIAO, DAVID A 1 75.6% +30.5%
MINCARELLI, JAN P 1 32.5% +28.1%
STOCK JR, GORDON J 1 81.4% +17.6%
OESTREICH, MITCHELL T 1 74.5% +20.6%

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
19027230 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR WIREFRAMES OF A STRUCTURE OR ELEMENT OF INTEREST AND WIREFRAMES GENERATED THEREFROM MUSHAMBO, MARTIN
18978543 DYNAMICALLY NEGOTIATED CLIENT-SERVER RENDERING FOR A SCIENTIFIC VISUALIZATION SYSTEM GALERA, PATRICK PAUL CONTRER
18923191 FLUORESCENCE-CODED MID-INFRARED PHOTOTHERMAL MICROSCOPE STOCK JR, GORDON J

Hard Cases (9)

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
18280133 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR RESPIRATORY TRAINING AND TESTING GANESAN, SUNDHARA M 13d
18926012 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FACILITATING MANAGING CLOUDS FOR A USER MINCARELLI, JAN P 55d
18208470 GENERATING PARALLEL SYNTHETIC TRAINING DATA FOR A MACHINE LEARNING MODEL TO PREDICT COMPLIANCE WITH RULESETS ANDREI, RADU 70d
18782344 AUTOMATED ENGAGEMENT OF TECHNICAL INCIDENT RESPONSE TEAMS USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE STIVALETTI, MATHEUS R 71d
18583368 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND MEDIA FOR ADAPTING A SPECTRAL DENSITY BASED ON VARYING ENVIRONMENTAL OPERATING CONDITIONS DO, AN H
18528028 VIRTUAL SENSOR MODULE FOR COMPUTING SPATIAL-TEMPORAL TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENTS OF A BATTERY MAGUIRE, LINDSAY M
18241162 METHOD FOR PARALLEL COUNTERPARTY RISK CALCULATION SHAIKH, MOHAMMAD Z
18210442 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRAINING MACHINE LEARNING CLASSIFICATION MODELS TO GENERATE INVESTMENT DATA PREDICTIONS POLLOCK, GREGORY A

Interview Candidates (13)

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
17632687 MEDICAL SET FOR TREATING ANEURYSMS, PRODUCTION PROCESS, AND MEDICAL SYSTEM FOR TREATING ANEURYSMS HIGHLAND, RACHEL S 49d overdue
18926012 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FACILITATING MANAGING CLOUDS FOR A USER MINCARELLI, JAN P 55d
18268910 STENT, IN PARTICULAR FOR TREATING CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES HIGHLAND, RACHEL S 83d
19294157 TECHNIQUE FOR EFFICIENTLY INDEXING DATA OF AN ARCHIVAL STORAGE SYSTEM MORRIS, JOHN J
19030042 INTELLIGENT CIRCUIT BREAKER ELECTRICAL PANEL WALSH, EMMETT K
19027230 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR WIREFRAMES OF A STRUCTURE OR ELEMENT OF INTEREST AND WIREFRAMES GENERATED THEREFROM MUSHAMBO, MARTIN
18978543 DYNAMICALLY NEGOTIATED CLIENT-SERVER RENDERING FOR A SCIENTIFIC VISUALIZATION SYSTEM GALERA, PATRICK PAUL CONTRER
18966254 GRID POWER LOSS DETECTION TECHNIQUE SHIAO, DAVID A

Client Portfolio (34 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37744
28573
37613
28962
21692
37922
36342
37852
28361
36261

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19294157 TECHNIQUE FOR EFFICIENTLY INDEXING DATA OF AN ARCHIVAL STORAGE SYSTEM Nutanix, Inc. MORRIS, JOHN J §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 07, 2025
19030042 INTELLIGENT CIRCUIT BREAKER ELECTRICAL PANEL Savant Systems, Inc. WALSH, EMMETT K 2896 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 17, 2025
19027230 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR WIREFRAMES OF A STRUCTURE OR ELEMENT OF INTEREST AND WIREFRAMES GENERATED THEREFROM Bentley Systems Capital, LLC MUSHAMBO, MARTIN §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 17, 2025
18978543 DYNAMICALLY NEGOTIATED CLIENT-SERVER RENDERING FOR A SCIENTIFIC VISUALIZATION SYSTEM Luminary Cloud, Inc. GALERA, PATRICK PAUL CONTRER §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 12, 2024
18966254 GRID POWER LOSS DETECTION TECHNIQUE Savant Systems, Inc. SHIAO, DAVID A 2836 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 03, 2024
18926012 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FACILITATING MANAGING CLOUDS FOR A USER Opticloud Inc. MINCARELLI, JAN P 3626 §101 Non-Final OA 55d Pending Oct 24, 2024
18923191 FLUORESCENCE-CODED MID-INFRARED PHOTOTHERMAL MICROSCOPE Trustees Of Boston University STOCK JR, GORDON J DP Non-Final OA Pending Oct 22, 2024
18909517 EFFICIENT AND UNIFORM COLOR-LIGHT INTEGRATION DEVICE Trustees Of Boston University OESTREICH, MITCHELL T §112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 08, 2024
18851536 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTISPECTRAL AND MOSAIC IMAGING Activ Surgical, Inc. LI, JOHN DENNY 3798 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 26, 2024
18794743 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC INGESTION OF DATA USING A RATE-LIMITED APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE Fmr LLC CURRAN, J MITCHELL 2169 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 05, 2024
18785701 DATABASE OBSERVABILITY SYSTEM Fmr LLC MEHRMANESH, ELMIRA 2113 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 26, 2024
18782344 AUTOMATED ENGAGEMENT OF TECHNICAL INCIDENT RESPONSE TEAMS USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Fmr LLC STIVALETTI, MATHEUS R 3623 §101 Final Rejection 71d Pending Jul 24, 2024
18760469 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REAL-TIME QUALITY ANALYSIS OF WIRELESS LIVE AUDIO STREAMS Mixhalo Corp. SHAH, MEHULKUMAR J 2459 §103 Non-Final OA 52d overdue Pending Jul 01, 2024
18755490 INTELLIGENT CIRCUIT BREAKER ELECTRICAL PANEL Savant Systems, Inc. WALSH, EMMETT K 2896 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 26, 2024
18731946 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CALLBACK MANAGEMENT Fmr LLC ELAHEE, MD S 2694 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 03, 2024
18677339 SMART PREFETCHING OF OPERATIONS TECHNIQUE Nutanix, Inc. CURRAN, J MITCHELL 2169 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 29, 2024
18645693 DEVICE FOR FILLING AND COMPACTING POWDER OR GRANULES Etzinger Engineering SHUTTY, DAVID G 3725 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 25, 2024
18637186 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NAVIGATION SYSTEM SPOOFING DETECTION USING DEEP LEARNING NovAtel Inc. CROSS, JULIANA MARIA 3648 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 16, 2024
18633243 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND MEDIA FOR MANAGING AND TRANSFORMING ALERTS GENERATED FOR CLOUD COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTS Fmr LLC BARKER, TODD L 2449 §103 Final Rejection 21d Pending Apr 11, 2024
18621320 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REAL-TIME CONCERT TRANSCRIPTION AND USER-CAPTURED VIDEO TAGGING Mixhalo Corp. ALBERTALLI, BRIAN LOUIS 2656 §103 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Mar 29, 2024
18621968 NEUROMODULATION TECHNIQUES AND DEVICES RELATING THERETO Trustees Of Boston University LUKJAN, SEBASTIAN X 3792 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Mar 29, 2024
18694849 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFUSION QUANTIFICATION Activ Surgical, Inc. NAKHJAVAN, SHERVIN K 2672 §103 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Mar 22, 2024
18595058 SYSTEMS, MEDIA, AND METHODS FOR UTILIZING A CROSSWALK ALGORITHM TO IDENTIFY CONTROLS ACROSS FRAMEWORKS, AND FOR UTILIZING IDENTIFIED CONTROLS TO GENERATE CYBERSECURITY RISK ASSESSMENTS Cybersaint, Inc. HABTEGEORGIS, MATTHIAS 2491 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 04, 2024
18593077 SYSTEM AND FRAMEWORK FOR MULTICHANNEL VOICE OF CUSTOMER Fmr LLC PRATT, EHRIN LARMONT 3629 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 01, 2024
18583368 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND MEDIA FOR ADAPTING A SPECTRAL DENSITY BASED ON VARYING ENVIRONMENTAL OPERATING CONDITIONS NovAtel Inc. DO, AN H 2857 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 21, 2024
18582516 PIPING SYSTEM FOR CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION OF A PRECIPITATING FOOD Züger Frischkäse AG Oberbüren ZILBERING, ASSAF 1792 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 20, 2024
18439310 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING OF 3D INFORMATION ON A USER DISPLAY FROM PROCESSING OF SENSOR DATA FOR OBJECTS, COMPONENTS OR FEATURES OF INTEREST IN A SCENE AND USER NAVIGATION THEREON Bentley Systems Capital, LLC HAUSMANN, MICHELLE M 2671 §103 Final Rejection 28d Pending Feb 12, 2024
18437337 COMPACT THREE-DIMENSIONAL ULTRA-WIDEBAND ANTENNA WITH IMPROVED CIRCULAR POLARIZATION PURITY NovAtel Inc. BACK, AUSTIN M 2845 §103 Final Rejection 71d Pending Feb 09, 2024
18420189 WASTE LINE INSERT Haws Corporation WOOD, KIMBERLY T 3631 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 23, 2024
18411660 CONSTRAINT-BASED OPTIMIZATION OF MACHINE LEARNING MODELS Fmr LLC STORK, KYLE R §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 12, 2024
18409941 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AND RENDERING A SELF-CONTAINED REPORT DATA STRUCTURE Digits Financial, Inc. CORTES, HOWARD 2118 §103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Jan 11, 2024
18575484 A REUSABLE TEST DEVICE Pharmista Technologies AB TURK, NEIL N §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 29, 2023
18571548 CONSENSUS BUG DETECTION THROUGH MULTI-TRANSACTION DIFFERENTIAL FUZZING Georgia Tech Research Corporation SYED, FARHAN M 2161 §103 Final Rejection 33d Pending Dec 18, 2023
18528028 VIRTUAL SENSOR MODULE FOR COMPUTING SPATIAL-TEMPORAL TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENTS OF A BATTERY Durapower Holdings Pte. Ltd. MAGUIRE, LINDSAY M 2857 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 04, 2023
18506266 SYSTEM FOR GAIT TRAINING AND METHOD THEREOF Nanyang Technological University TRAN, THIEN JASON 3792 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 10, 2023
18387638 METHOD FOR COMBINING TWO OR MORE SETS OF PRECISE POINT POSITIONING (PPP) CORRECTIONS INCLUDING ALIGNING IONOSPHERIC CORRECTIONS Veripos Limited ABRAHAM, JOHN BISHOY SAM 3646 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 07, 2023
18385738 Protective Aviation Garment David Clark Company Incorporated DECASTRO, ARIANA JOY LACAY 3791 DP Non-Final OA Pending Oct 31, 2023
18497927 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GUIDED WORKFLOW PROCESSING IN CLIENT SERVICE SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS Fmr LLC GOLDBERG, IVAN R 3619 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 30, 2023
18242059 SHADE CONFIGURED TO BE CHANGED IN WIDTH AND HEIGHT AND CONFIGURED TO TRANSFORM BETWEEN DIFFERENT TYPES OF SHADES Wondershades LLC RAMSEY, JEREMY C 3634 §103 Non-Final OA 88d overdue Pending Sep 05, 2023
18280133 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR RESPIRATORY TRAINING AND TESTING Airofit A/S GANESAN, SUNDHARA M 3784 §101 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Sep 01, 2023
18241162 METHOD FOR PARALLEL COUNTERPARTY RISK CALCULATION Fmr LLC SHAIKH, MOHAMMAD Z 3694 §101 Final Rejection Pending Aug 31, 2023
18277920 PLANT AND PROCESS FOR REDUCTION OF THE CARBON DIOXIDE CONTENT OF ATMOSPHERIC AIR Obrist Technologies GmbH GITMAN, GABRIEL E 1692 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 18, 2023
18226494 DETECTION OF A SOLUTE INJECTED INTO A GAS PHASE OPTICAL SPECTROMETER Aerodyne Research, Inc. FABIAN JR, ROBERTO 2877 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Jul 26, 2023
18268910 STENT, IN PARTICULAR FOR TREATING CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES Acandis GmbH HIGHLAND, RACHEL S 3774 §103 Non-Final OA 83d Pending Jun 21, 2023
18268026 OPTICAL DEVICE, METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME Nanyang Technological University HARVEY, MINSUN OH 2828 §103 Non-Final OA 19d Pending Jun 16, 2023
18210442 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRAINING MACHINE LEARNING CLASSIFICATION MODELS TO GENERATE INVESTMENT DATA PREDICTIONS Fmr LLC POLLOCK, GREGORY A 3691 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 15, 2023
18208470 GENERATING PARALLEL SYNTHETIC TRAINING DATA FOR A MACHINE LEARNING MODEL TO PREDICT COMPLIANCE WITH RULESETS Fmr LLC ANDREI, RADU 3697 §101 Final Rejection 70d Pending Jun 12, 2023
18203152 CLASSIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS Fmr LLC GONZALES, VINCENT 2124 §103 Non-Final OA 60d Pending May 30, 2023
18037737 STENT Acandis GmbH BLANCO, JAVIER G 3774 §103 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending May 18, 2023
18196279 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SHAPED FOOD PRODUCT Züger Frischkäse AG KOHLER, STEPHANIE A 1791 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 11, 2023
18195197 TECHNIQUES FOR RECOMMENDING NEXT COMMANDS USING RECURRENT NEURAL NETWORKS AND HIDDEN STATE CLUSTERING Bentley Systems, Incorporated MRABI, HASSAN 2147 §103 Final Rejection 12d Pending May 09, 2023
18035699 PLANT AND PROCESS FOR OBTAINING A PREDETERMINED CARBON DIOXIDE/OXYGEN RATIO IN THE ATMOSPHERE Obrist Technologies GmbH COHEN, BRIAN W 1759 §112 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending May 05, 2023
18033757 MEDICAL IMPLANT FOR TREATING ANEURYSMS Acandis GmbH HU, ANN M 3774 §103 Non-Final OA 84d Pending Apr 25, 2023
18119684 SYSTEMS AND METHODS UTILIZING MACHINE LEARNING TO PREDICT A NEUROLOGICAL CONDITION IN A PERSON Wahrheit, LLC GARTLAND, SCOTT D §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 09, 2023
18098397 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTEGRATION OF MACHINE LEARNING MODELS WITH CLIENT APPLICATIONS Fmr LLC LAU, KAITLYN RENEE 2148 §112 Final Rejection 35d Pending Jan 18, 2023
18070729 METHOD FOR RELEASING CONTRACTED TISSUE Thinking Animal Trust WOLFF, ARIELLE R 3785 §103 Final Rejection 18d overdue Pending Nov 29, 2022
17983173 MIXING NOZZLE FOR A LASER PROCESSING SYSTEM Mc Machinery Systems, Inc. ECKARDT, ADAM MICHAEL 3761 §103 Non-Final OA 140d overdue Pending Nov 08, 2022
17954694 TECHNIQUES FOR LABELING ELEMENTS OF AN INFRASTRUCTURE MODEL WITH CLASSES Bentley Systems, Incorporated HAILU, TADESSE 2100 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 28, 2022
17802785 METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A DRILLING INTERPRETATION AND VOLUMES ESTIMATOR Minerva Intelligence Inc. PARK, HYUN D 2857 §101 Final Rejection Pending Aug 26, 2022
17886900 ENERGY MANAGEMENT MODULE Savant Systems, Inc. NYAMOGO, JOSEPH A 2858 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 12, 2022
17695604 WIRING ARRANGEMENT FOR MOTORIZED WINDOW SHADE Savant Systems, Inc. MASSAD, ABE L 3634 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Mar 15, 2022
17632611 MEDICAL KIT AND MEDICAL SYSTEM FOR THE TREATMENT OF ANEURYSMS Acandis GmbH MCGINNITY, JAMES RYAN 3771 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 03, 2022
17632687 MEDICAL SET FOR TREATING ANEURYSMS, PRODUCTION PROCESS, AND MEDICAL SYSTEM FOR TREATING ANEURYSMS Acandis GmbH HIGHLAND, RACHEL S 3774 §103 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Feb 03, 2022
17572233 DATA-INTEGRATED ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION SYSTEM Airmid Critical Care Products, Inc. LEE, BRANDY SCOTT 3785 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 10, 2022
17221410 Systems and Methods for Electronic Marketing Communications Review Fmr LLC PAULA, CESAR B 2145 §112 Final Rejection Pending Apr 02, 2021
17144845 NOZZLES FOR LIQUID COOLED PLASMA ARC CUTTING TORCHES WITH CLOCKING-INDEPENDENT PASSAGES Hypertherm, Inc. TRAN-LE, THAO UYEN 3761 §103 Final Rejection 16d Pending Jan 08, 2021
16577420 Consumable Cartridge for a Plasma Arc Cutting System Hypertherm, Inc. WARD, THOMAS JOHN 3761 §103 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Sep 20, 2019

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