Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Cozen O''Connor - Sea Patent

Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

17 pending office actions • 9 clients • 16 examiners • 14 art units • 0 of 17 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 40 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Cozen O''Connor - SEA Patent operates in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area, with 14 pending office actions currently active. This work is part of the firm's broader career history of 19375 applications. The 14 pending office actions represent the current focus for this specific set of files. The firm's experience in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems is supported by their 19375 career applications.

The firm maintains a resolved allowance rate of 85.65 percent, a figure calculated from their 19375 career applications. This 85.65 percent rate serves as a benchmark for the outcomes of their patent filings. Prosecution involves an average of 3.35 office actions per allowance, a metric that describes the typical interaction with patent examiners. For practitioners, this 3.35 average is a key indicator of the effort required to reach an allowance. The 14 pending office actions are managed alongside this 85.65 percent allowance rate and 3.35 office action average. These statistics provide a clear view of the firm's historical and current performance.

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

Quality Metrics (n=19375 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

85.6%
Allowance Rate
n=19375
+0.54σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=19375
3.4
OAs to Allowance
n=12754
-0.03σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=12754
1066 days
Time to Allowance
n=12754
+4.9pp
Interview Lift
n=19375
24.8%
RCE Rate
n=19375
2.2%
Appeal Rate
n=19375

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

77.7%
§101 Overcome
n=1362
78.5%
§102 Overcome
n=5599
80.2%
§103 Overcome
n=8901
82.5%
§112 Overcome
n=5859

Specialization & Scale

H04W, G06F, H04L
Top CPC Subclasses
11%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=19375
0
Practitioners
n=19375
—
Apps / Practitioner
n=19375 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

17
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
10
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
1
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. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 days (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.

11
Hard (65%)
4
Medium (24%)
2
Easy (12%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (6%)
§101 + other3 (18%)
§103 only2 (12%)
§102 only1 (6%)
§112 only2 (12%)
Double-patenting + other1 (6%)
Multi-statute (no §101)7 (41%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
6% of docket
1
Information Tech
6% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
6% of docket
12
Mechanical / Eng
71% of docket
2
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.

170 h
Manual time on pending OAs
34 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
59 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BARKER, MATTHEW M 2 72.6% +14.9%
AZHAR, ARSLAN 1 78.8% +19.6%
YANKEY, RYAN ANDREW 1 77.6% +14.6%
SCHWARTZ, JOSHUA L 1 68.1% +21.5%
FRAZIER, BRADY W 1 78.4% +27.3%
TRAVERS, MATTHEW P 1 63.2% +43.6%
CROSS, JULIANA MARIA 1 82.5% +18.4%
MCCULLERS, AARON KYLE 1 45.3% +35.7%
MPAMUGO, CHINYERE 1 28.5% +26.9%
TRISCHLER, JOHN T 1 68.3% +21.5%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18722132 HIGH RESOLUTION WIDE SWATH SAR IMAGING CROSS, JULIANA MARIA 29d

Hard Cases (11)

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
18407184 Integrative System and Method for Performing Medical Diagnosis Using Artificial Intelligence MPAMUGO, CHINYERE 45d overdue
18390855 Battery Control Systems and Methods TRISCHLER, JOHN T 26d overdue
17862691 MANUFACTURING METHODS AND RELATED STRUCTURES, FOR EXAMPLE USEFUL IN AIRFRAMES AND OTHER STRUCTURES LAN, YAN 23d overdue
18520298 SAFETY SYSTEMS AND METHODS EMPLOYED IN ROBOT OPERATIONS GAMMON, MATTHEW CHRISTOPHER 2d overdue
19106847 FLUID STORAGE MONITORING BARKER, MATTHEW M 53d
19115689 DRY-BULK STOCKPILE MONITORING BARKER, MATTHEW M —
18879476 SATELLITE THERMAL CONTROL YANKEY, RYAN ANDREW —
18933881 DYNAMIC PROFILE SWITCHING SCHWARTZ, JOSHUA L —

Interview Candidates (11)

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
18407184 Integrative System and Method for Performing Medical Diagnosis Using Artificial Intelligence MPAMUGO, CHINYERE 45d overdue
18390855 Battery Control Systems and Methods TRISCHLER, JOHN T 26d overdue
18722132 HIGH RESOLUTION WIDE SWATH SAR IMAGING CROSS, JULIANA MARIA 29d
19106847 FLUID STORAGE MONITORING BARKER, MATTHEW M 53d
19115689 DRY-BULK STOCKPILE MONITORING BARKER, MATTHEW M —
19102069 AUTOMATED CONFIGURATION OF ROBOTS IN MULTI-ROBOT OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENT OPTIMIZING FOR WEAR AND OTHER PARAMETERS AZHAR, ARSLAN —
18879476 SATELLITE THERMAL CONTROL YANKEY, RYAN ANDREW —
18933881 DYNAMIC PROFILE SWITCHING SCHWARTZ, JOSHUA L —

Client Portfolio (9 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36462
36561
36441
37261
36481
36631
36851
28591
24751
37461

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19115689 DRY-BULK STOCKPILE MONITORING Iceye OY BARKER, MATTHEW M 3646 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 26, 2025
19106847 FLUID STORAGE MONITORING Iceye OY BARKER, MATTHEW M 3646 §101§102§103 Final Rejection 53d Pending Feb 26, 2025
19102069 AUTOMATED CONFIGURATION OF ROBOTS IN MULTI-ROBOT OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENT OPTIMIZING FOR WEAR AND OTHER PARAMETERS Realtime Robotics, Inc. AZHAR, ARSLAN 3656 §102DP Final Rejection — Pending Feb 07, 2025
18879476 SATELLITE THERMAL CONTROL Iceye OY YANKEY, RYAN ANDREW 3644 §102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 27, 2024
18933881 DYNAMIC PROFILE SWITCHING Cubic Telecom Limited SCHWARTZ, JOSHUA L §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 31, 2024
18851373 DETECTING AND SUPPRESSING AMBIGUITIES IN SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR DATA AND IMAGES Iceye OY FRAZIER, BRADY W §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 26, 2024
18729021 CONDUCTOR BUNDLE SEPARATION DEVICE AND CONDUCTOR BUNDLE SEPARATION METHOD Eishin Technology Co., Ltd. TRAVERS, MATTHEW P 3726 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 15, 2024
18722132 HIGH RESOLUTION WIDE SWATH SAR IMAGING Iceye OY CROSS, JULIANA MARIA 3648 §112 Final Rejection 29d Pending Jun 20, 2024
18701704 SATELLITE OPERATION AND PROCESSING OF SATELLITE STATE DATA Iceye OY MCCULLERS, AARON KYLE 3663 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 16, 2024
18407184 Integrative System and Method for Performing Medical Diagnosis Using Artificial Intelligence Ayur.Ai Private Limited MPAMUGO, CHINYERE 3685 §101 Final Rejection 45d overdue Pending Jan 08, 2024
18390855 Battery Control Systems and Methods Exro Technologies Inc. TRISCHLER, JOHN T 2859 §102§103 Final Rejection 26d overdue Pending Dec 20, 2023
18541472 DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTERNET OF THINGS DEVICES BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS CHOWDHURY, MAHBUBUL BAR 2475 §112 Final Rejection 26d Pending Dec 15, 2023
18523439 ENERGY EFFICIENT PUMP AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS Shape Technologies Group, Inc. BERTHEAUD, PETER JOHN 3746 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 29, 2023
18520298 SAFETY SYSTEMS AND METHODS EMPLOYED IN ROBOT OPERATIONS Realtime Robotics, Inc. GAMMON, MATTHEW CHRISTOPHER 3657 §101§102§103§112 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Nov 27, 2023
18039814 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND USER INTERFACES EMPLOYING CLEARANCE DETERMINATIONS IN ROBOT MOTION PLANNING AND CONTROL Realtime Robotics, Inc. CAMERON, ATTICUS A 3658 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 01, 2023
17862691 MANUFACTURING METHODS AND RELATED STRUCTURES, FOR EXAMPLE USEFUL IN AIRFRAMES AND OTHER STRUCTURES Imagine Aero Inc. LAN, YAN 1782 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 23d overdue Pending Jul 12, 2022
17851699 FLUID JET SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USE TO ACCESS AND DISASSEMBLE COMPONENTS OF HAZARDOUS ARTICLES Shape Technologies Group, Inc. NEIBAUR, ROBERT F 3700 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 28, 2022

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