Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Clause Eight

Technology areas: Networking & Security • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

13 pending office actions • 8 clients • 10 examiners • 8 art units • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 28 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Clause Eight specializes in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics, where it has managed 951 career applications. The firm has achieved a high resolved allowance rate of 96.41 percent. Prosecution is conducted with an average of 2.04 office actions per allowance.

The firm currently has 10 pending office actions. This active workload is part of its established practice in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics sector. With 951 career applications, the firm has a solid foundation in this technical area. The 96.41 percent allowance rate and the efficient 2.04 office actions per allowance indicate a successful prosecution strategy. For a practitioner, these 10 pending actions represent the firm's ongoing commitment to high-quality outcomes in a technical field.

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

Quality Metrics (n=951 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

96.4%
Allowance Rate
n=951
+0.54σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=951
2.0
OAs to Allowance
n=590
-0.86σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=590
735 days
Time to Allowance
n=590
+0.4pp
Interview Lift
n=951
15.4%
RCE Rate
n=951
0.2%
Appeal Rate
n=951

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

78.7%
§101 Overcome
n=47
91.0%
§102 Overcome
n=100
86.8%
§103 Overcome
n=235
91.6%
§112 Overcome
n=202

Specialization & Scale

H04W, H04L, A61B
Top CPC Subclasses
34%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=951
0
Practitioners
n=951
—
Apps / Practitioner
n=951 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

13
Total Pending OAs
9
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
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.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
0
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 (3)Due ≤ 60 days (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.

6
Hard (46%)
6
Medium (46%)
1
Easy (8%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other4 (31%)
§103 only3 (23%)
Double-patenting only1 (8%)
Double-patenting + other3 (23%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (15%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
3
Information Tech
23% of docket
1
Communications
8% of docket
2
Semiconductors
15% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
31% of docket
3
Business / Other
23% 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
BERHANU, ETSUB D 2 65.3% +24.8%
SOE, KYAW Z 2 89.8% +9.5%
WU, JAMES 2 70.7% +33.3%
GURMU, MULUEMEBET 1 80.2% +17.5%
GUERRERO ROSARIO, ANA VERUSKA 1 45.8% +49.3%
PRATT, EHRIN LARMONT 1 15.3% +13.0%
FITZPATRICK, ATIBA O 1 87.5% +6.0%
HULL, JAMES B 1 45.4% +52.4%
NGUYEN, THUONG 1 68.3% +32.0%
OGLES, MATTHEW ERIC 1 50.0% +57.0%

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
19317067 Memetic Database GURMU, MULUEMEBET —
18889373 Secure Wireless Networks For Vehicle Assigning Authority SOE, KYAW Z —
18754040 Secure Wireless Networks For Vehicles SOE, KYAW Z —

Hard Cases (6)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17328881 Method And System For Visualizing Data From Electrical Source Imaging OGLES, MATTHEW ERIC 134d overdue
17974445 Methods For Parallel And Personalized Education HULL, JAMES B 2d overdue
18974784 Computer-Implemented System That Enable A Live Virtual Inspection To Transform Into A Self-Guided Inspection PRATT, EHRIN LARMONT 33d
16729482 User Interface For Artifact Removal In An EEG BERHANU, ETSUB D 55d
18822395 Antenna Assembly For A Vehicle WU, JAMES —
18652811 Screw And Implant Placement Prediction Engine FITZPATRICK, ATIBA O —

Interview Candidates (10)

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
17328881 Method And System For Visualizing Data From Electrical Source Imaging OGLES, MATTHEW ERIC 134d overdue
17384768 Method And System For Dynamic Wireless Connection Management NGUYEN, THUONG 25d overdue
17974445 Methods For Parallel And Personalized Education HULL, JAMES B 2d overdue
18974784 Computer-Implemented System That Enable A Live Virtual Inspection To Transform Into A Self-Guided Inspection PRATT, EHRIN LARMONT 33d
16729482 User Interface For Artifact Removal In An EEG BERHANU, ETSUB D 55d
19317067 Memetic Database GURMU, MULUEMEBET —
19174804 Emergency Cardiac And Electrocardiogram Electrode Placement System GUERRERO ROSARIO, ANA VERUSKA —
18918054 User Interface For Artifact Removal In An EEG BERHANU, ETSUB D —

Client Portfolio (8 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28412
37912
21631
36291
24121
26771
37151
24161

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19317067 Memetic Database Holtwork LLC GURMU, MULUEMEBET 2163 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 02, 2025
19174804 Emergency Cardiac And Electrocardiogram Electrode Placement System Cb Innovations, LLC GUERRERO ROSARIO, ANA VERUSKA §103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 09, 2025
18974784 Computer-Implemented System That Enable A Live Virtual Inspection To Transform Into A Self-Guided Inspection Vuspex Inc. PRATT, EHRIN LARMONT 3629 §101§103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Dec 09, 2024
18918054 User Interface For Artifact Removal In An EEG Persyst Development Corporation BERHANU, ETSUB D §112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 17, 2024
18889373 Secure Wireless Networks For Vehicle Assigning Authority Platform Science, Inc. SOE, KYAW Z §112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 19, 2024
18822395 Antenna Assembly For A Vehicle Airgain, Inc. WU, JAMES 2841 §103§112Other Final Rejection — Pending Sep 02, 2024
18822394 Antenna Assembly For A Vehicle Airgain, Inc. WU, JAMES 2841 §103Other Final Rejection — Pending Sep 02, 2024
18754040 Secure Wireless Networks For Vehicles Platform Science, Inc. SOE, KYAW Z 2412 DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 25, 2024
18652811 Screw And Implant Placement Prediction Engine Theseus AI, Inc. FITZPATRICK, ATIBA O 2677 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 01, 2024
17974445 Methods For Parallel And Personalized Education Technica Pacifica LLC HULL, JAMES B 3715 §101§112 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Oct 26, 2022
17384768 Method And System For Dynamic Wireless Connection Management Platform Science, Inc. NGUYEN, THUONG 2416 §103 Final Rejection 25d overdue Pending Jul 25, 2021
17328881 Method And System For Visualizing Data From Electrical Source Imaging Persyst Development Corporation OGLES, MATTHEW ERIC 3791 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA 134d overdue Pending May 24, 2021
16729482 User Interface For Artifact Removal In An EEG Persyst Development Corporation BERHANU, ETSUB D 3791 §103§112 Final Rejection 55d Pending Dec 30, 2019

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