Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Cr Miles, P.C.

22 pending office actions • 17 clients • 22 examiners • 19 art units • 0 of 22 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 35 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=1903 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

88.2%
Allowance Rate
n=1903
+0.67σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1903
3.3
OAs to Allowance
n=923
-0.13σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=923
962 days
Time to Allowance
n=923
+11.3pp
Interview Lift
n=1903
24.4%
RCE Rate
n=1903
2.0%
Appeal Rate
n=1903

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=18 (min 20)
87.7%
§102 Overcome
n=154
82.2%
§103 Overcome
n=529
91.2%
§112 Overcome
n=159

Specialization & Scale

Y10T, A61K, A61B
Top CPC Subclasses
10%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1903
1
Practitioners
n=1903
1903.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=1903

Portfolio Summary

22
Total Pending OAs
15
Non-Final OAs
7
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 16 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

7
Overdue
2
Due this week
6
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. 16 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (7)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (6)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.

0
Hard (0%)
17
Medium (77%)
2
Easy (9%)
3
Unknown (14%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only17 (77%)
§112 only1 (5%)
Double-patenting only1 (5%)
No statute on record3 (14%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
14% of docket
2
Information Tech
9% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
9% of docket
12
Mechanical / Eng
55% of docket
3
Business / Other
14% 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.

220 h
Manual time on pending OAs
44 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
77 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BELK, SHANNEL NICOLE 1 59.1% +37.7%
DAVIS, RICHARD G 1 80.3% +18.0%
NAVAS JR, EDEMIO 1 71.6% +24.3%
REID, MICHAEL ROBERT 1 79.0% +19.5%
EIDE, HEIDI MARIE 1 50.5% +32.7%
SCHMIEDER, NICOLE A K 1 67.8% +33.9%
COTEY, PHILIP L 1 84.0% +21.2%
BARR, MICHAEL E 1 32.1% +11.7%
LUKS, JEREMY AUSTIN 1 73.7% +21.6%
VANTERPOOL, LESTER L 1 54.8% -10.4%

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
18819668 TIME-TEMPERATURE INDICATOR BASED ON INCREASED THERMAL REACTIVITY OF A DIACETYLENE UPON MELT RECRYSTALLIZATION COTEY, PHILIP L

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
19224387 Modular System For A Decoy DAVIS, RICHARD G 5d
18951042 Connector System For Releasably Connecting Fluid Conduits REID, MICHAEL ROBERT 15d
19052545 Geospatial Media Recording System NAVAS JR, EDEMIO 19d
18913273 Bracket Selection System EIDE, HEIDI MARIE 33d
19239528 Bracket Identification Marking System BELK, SHANNEL NICOLE
18903103 Smart Skill Competency Evaluation System SCHMIEDER, NICOLE A K
18819668 TIME-TEMPERATURE INDICATOR BASED ON INCREASED THERMAL REACTIVITY OF A DIACETYLENE UPON MELT RECRYSTALLIZATION COTEY, PHILIP L
18724871 ULTRASONIC INDICATOR BASED ON EMULSION FORMATION BARR, MICHAEL E

Client Portfolio (17 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37722
36441
24001
37531
41001
17111
28371
37341
37151
37961

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19239528 Bracket Identification Marking System Klowen Braces, Inc. BELK, SHANNEL NICOLE DP Non-Final OA Pending Jun 16, 2025
19224387 Modular System For A Decoy Splash Landing, LLC DAVIS, RICHARD G 3644 Other Non-Final OA 5d Pending May 30, 2025
19052545 Geospatial Media Recording System Remote Geosystems, Inc. NAVAS JR, EDEMIO 2400 §103 Non-Final OA 19d Pending Feb 13, 2025
18951042 Connector System For Releasably Connecting Fluid Conduits Wilmarc Holdings, LLC REID, MICHAEL ROBERT 3753 §112 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Nov 18, 2024
18913273 Bracket Selection System Klowen Braces, Inc. EIDE, HEIDI MARIE 3772 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Oct 11, 2024
18903103 Smart Skill Competency Evaluation System Bongo Learn, Inc. SCHMIEDER, NICOLE A K 4100 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 01, 2024
18819668 TIME-TEMPERATURE INDICATOR BASED ON INCREASED THERMAL REACTIVITY OF A DIACETYLENE UPON MELT RECRYSTALLIZATION Jp Laboratories, Inc. COTEY, PHILIP L §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 29, 2024
18724871 ULTRASONIC INDICATOR BASED ON EMULSION FORMATION Jp Laboratories, Inc. BARR, MICHAEL E 1711 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 27, 2024
18752999 Earplug Interchangeable Faceplate Decibullz LLC LUKS, JEREMY AUSTIN 2837 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 25, 2024
18680675 Slidable Apparel System Pax Gear LLC VANTERPOOL, LESTER L 3734 §103 Final Rejection 10d overdue Pending May 31, 2024
18618817 Visual Or Audible Indicators Of Sensed Motion In Sport Object Sensor Maestros, LLC GRANT, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER 3715 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 27, 2024
18291980 AI-Based Tool for Assessing Motor Visuo-Spatial Gestalt and Memory Abilities BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY TEJANI, ANKIT D 3796 Other Non-Final OA 6d Pending Jan 25, 2024
18217398 Visual Or Audible Indicators Of Sensed Motion In A Hockey Puck Sensor Maestros, LLC BERRY, SAMANTHA MARIE 3711 §103 Final Rejection 71d overdue Pending Jun 30, 2023
18214357 Blister Prevention System 2Think, LLC LEWIS, KIM M 3786 §103 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Jun 26, 2023
18213494 Compositions for Wetness Indication Chromatic Technologies, Inc. KESSEL, MARIS R 1758 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Jun 23, 2023
18092552 Reduced Bias Submission Review System Bongo Learn, Inc. PADUA, NICO LAUREN 3626 §103 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Jan 03, 2023
18078319 Intraoral Device Perrydigma Research Ltd. FARAJ, LINA AHMAD 3772 §103 Final Rejection 12d Pending Dec 09, 2022
17797901 Roofing Membrane Bond Indicator Chromatic Technologies, Inc. MANCINI, EVAN THOMAS 2855 §103 Non-Final OA 92d overdue Pending Aug 05, 2022
17717993 Plant Growing System Steam Tech, LLC CALLAWAY, SPENCER THOMAS 3642 §103 Non-Final OA 16d Pending Apr 11, 2022
17480322 Sexed Sperm Bulk Separation Systems Cytolutions, LLC SVEIVEN, MICHAEL CAMERON 1678 Other Final Rejection 22d Pending Sep 21, 2021
17294264 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEPARATION OF TISSUE Eyedea Medical, Inc. HOUSTON, ELIZABETH 3771 §103 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending May 14, 2021
16579079 Dual Screen Interface Gemini Interface Solutions LLC WONG, WILLIAM 2144 §103 Non-Final OA 104d overdue Pending Sep 23, 2019

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