Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Conley Rose - Blackberry Files

8 pending office actions • 1 client • 8 examiners • 7 art units • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 15 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=56135 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

90.7%
Allowance Rate
n=56135
+0.58σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=56135
3.0
OAs to Allowance
n=38155
-0.27σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=38155
982 days
Time to Allowance
n=38155
+2.0pp
Interview Lift
n=56135
21.1%
RCE Rate
n=56135
2.8%
Appeal Rate
n=56135

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

85.5%
§101 Overcome
n=885
88.8%
§102 Overcome
n=5186
85.6%
§103 Overcome
n=23574
92.7%
§112 Overcome
n=3487

Specialization & Scale

H04L, G06F, H04W
Top CPC Subclasses
16%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=56135
27
Practitioners
n=56135
2079.1
Apps / Practitioner
n=56135

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

0
Hard (0%)
6
Medium (75%)
1
Easy (12%)
1
Unknown (12%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only6 (75%)
Double-patenting only1 (12%)
No statute on record1 (12%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
3
Information Tech
38% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
12% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
25% of docket
2
Business / Other
25% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ARTIMEZ, DANA FERREN 1 56.4% +46.6%
PATEL, HETUL B 1 63.1% +1.2%
CHERY, DADY 1 88.0% +9.3%
SHEN, SAMUEL 1 41.8% +23.2%
MULARSKI, ROSS TERRY 1 75.0% +25.0%
BAZNA, JUDY 1 66.7% +25.6%
NGUYEN, TAN D 1 24.4% +19.0%
RODEN, DONALD THOMAS 1 0.0% +0.0%

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18166981 VEHICLE SERVICING NGUYEN, TAN D
17551458 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TRAINING A NEURAL NETWORK BASED ON IMPURE DATA RODEN, DONALD THOMAS

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18956128 VEHICLE SETTINGS USING SIGNALS OF A SIGNAL CATALOG ARTIMEZ, DANA FERREN 24d overdue
18332554 REMEDIATION FOR AN ENTITY OUTSIDE A SCOPE OF AN ALERT BAZNA, JUDY 55d
18653394 PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY AND METHOD OF NAVIGATING DISPLAYED INFORMATION SHEN, SAMUEL
18527475 INTRISICALLY SAFE DESIGNED DEVICES AND METHODS THEREFOR MULARSKI, ROSS TERRY
18166981 VEHICLE SERVICING NGUYEN, TAN D

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
BlackBerry Limited 8

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36671
39921
21791
28411
24951
36291
21281

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18956128 VEHICLE SETTINGS USING SIGNALS OF A SIGNAL CATALOG Blackberry Limited ARTIMEZ, DANA FERREN 3667 §103 Final Rejection 24d overdue Pending Nov 22, 2024
18907724 CONFIGURATION INFORMATION CHANGES Blackberry Limited PATEL, HETUL B 3992 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 07, 2024
18786804 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BATTERY LIFE IMPROVEMENT FOR LOW POWER DEVICES IN WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS Blackberry Limited CHERY, DADY Non-Final OA Pending Jul 29, 2024
18653394 PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY AND METHOD OF NAVIGATING DISPLAYED INFORMATION Blackberry Limited SHEN, SAMUEL 2179 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 02, 2024
18527475 INTRISICALLY SAFE DESIGNED DEVICES AND METHODS THEREFOR Blackberry Limited MULARSKI, ROSS TERRY 2841 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 04, 2023
18332554 REMEDIATION FOR AN ENTITY OUTSIDE A SCOPE OF AN ALERT Blackberry Limited BAZNA, JUDY 2495 §103 Non-Final OA 55d Pending Jun 09, 2023
18166981 VEHICLE SERVICING Blackberry Limited NGUYEN, TAN D 3629 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 09, 2023
17551458 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TRAINING A NEURAL NETWORK BASED ON IMPURE DATA Blackberry Limited RODEN, DONALD THOMAS 2128 DP Final Rejection Pending Dec 15, 2021

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