Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Culhane Meadows, PLLC

14 pending office actions • 13 clients • 14 examiners • 12 art units • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=646 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

90.3%
Allowance Rate
n=646
+0.84σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=646
3.8
OAs to Allowance
n=445
-0.28σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=445
978 days
Time to Allowance
n=445
+10.9pp
Interview Lift
n=646
33.9%
RCE Rate
n=646
2.7%
Appeal Rate
n=646

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

76.9%
§101 Overcome
n=65
85.3%
§102 Overcome
n=143
80.8%
§103 Overcome
n=271
86.5%
§112 Overcome
n=282

Specialization & Scale

A61K, A61P, G01N
Top CPC Subclasses
23%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=646
8
Practitioners
n=646
80.8
Apps / Practitioner
n=646

Portfolio Summary

14
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
2
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
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
3
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 later (3)

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.

4
Hard (29%)
10
Medium (71%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (7%)
§103 only7 (50%)
§102 only1 (7%)
Double-patenting + other2 (14%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (21%)

Industry Mix

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

9
Life Sciences
64% of docket
1
Information Tech
7% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
7% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
21% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

140 h
Manual time on pending OAs
28 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
49 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ALAM, HOSAIN T 1 62.5% +13.9%
HUANG, RYAN 1 52.3% +31.4%
CHICKS, ASHLI ARIANA 1 63.2% +45.9%
WRUBLESKI, MATTHEW JAMES 1 59.8% +59.4%
ARNOLD, ERNST V 1 48.1% +13.0%
PALENIK, JEFFREY T 1 53.9% +26.8%
CHANDRASIRI, UPUL PRIYADARSHAN 1 11.8% -15.4%
SMITH, JENNIFER A 1 61.4% +26.1%
MCCUTCHEON, COLIN RUSSELL 1 86.5% +21.9%
PURDY, KYLE A 1 41.0% +36.5%

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
18198515 EPITAXIAL ScxAl1-xN SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES MCCUTCHEON, COLIN RUSSELL 32d overdue

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18206595 Method for Preparing N-P Compound Fertilizer from Incinerated Sewage Sludge Ash (ISSA) SMITH, JENNIFER A 60d overdue
18482398 Suction Device With Improved Ejection Mechanism WRUBLESKI, MATTHEW JAMES 18d overdue
18920276 EXECUTING HIERARCHICAL DATA SPACE OPERATIONS ALAM, HOSAIN T 62d
18275184 Corn Detasseling Inspection Robot and Method for Performing Detasseling by Using Same CHANDRASIRI, UPUL PRIYADARSHAN 84d
17632499 APPARATUS FOR HEATING AND FOAMING A LIQUID, IN PARTICULAR A BEVERAGE KHLOK, BONITA

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
18206595 Method for Preparing N-P Compound Fertilizer from Incinerated Sewage Sludge Ash (ISSA) SMITH, JENNIFER A 60d overdue
18198515 EPITAXIAL ScxAl1-xN SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES MCCUTCHEON, COLIN RUSSELL 32d overdue
18482398 Suction Device With Improved Ejection Mechanism WRUBLESKI, MATTHEW JAMES 18d overdue
18920276 EXECUTING HIERARCHICAL DATA SPACE OPERATIONS ALAM, HOSAIN T 62d
18396391 POROUS POLYMERIC MEMBRANE WITH TEAR PREVENTION RING HUANG, RYAN
18493488 DEUTERATED ANALOGS OF ETIFOXINE AND METHODS OF ADMINISTRATION WITHOUT AUTOINDUCTION OF METABOLISM CHICKS, ASHLI ARIANA
18243584 NOVEL IRON COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME ARNOLD, ERNST V
18238665 PROTON-BINDING POLYMERS FOR ORAL ADMINISTRATION PALENIK, JEFFREY T

Client Portfolio (13 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
16262
16182
21321
17771
37811
16131
16151
36651
17311
28921

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18920276 EXECUTING HIERARCHICAL DATA SPACE OPERATIONS Craxel, Inc. ALAM, HOSAIN T 2132 §101§102§103 Final Rejection 62d Pending Oct 18, 2024
18396391 POROUS POLYMERIC MEMBRANE WITH TEAR PREVENTION RING Global Life Sciences Solutions Operations UK Limited HUANG, RYAN 1777 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 26, 2023
18493488 DEUTERATED ANALOGS OF ETIFOXINE AND METHODS OF ADMINISTRATION WITHOUT AUTOINDUCTION OF METABOLISM Gaba Therapeutics Inc. CHICKS, ASHLI ARIANA 1626 §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Oct 24, 2023
18482398 Suction Device With Improved Ejection Mechanism Carilion Clinic WRUBLESKI, MATTHEW JAMES 3781 §102§103 Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending Oct 06, 2023
18243584 NOVEL IRON COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME Renibus Therapeutics, Inc. ARNOLD, ERNST V 1613 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 07, 2023
18238665 PROTON-BINDING POLYMERS FOR ORAL ADMINISTRATION Renosis, Inc. PALENIK, JEFFREY T 1615 §103DPOther Final Rejection Pending Aug 28, 2023
18275184 Corn Detasseling Inspection Robot and Method for Performing Detasseling by Using Same Intelligent Equipment Research Center, Beijing Academy Of Agriculture And Forestry Sciences CHANDRASIRI, UPUL PRIYADARSHAN 3665 §103 Non-Final OA 84d Pending Jul 31, 2023
18206595 Method for Preparing N-P Compound Fertilizer from Incinerated Sewage Sludge Ash (ISSA) Sichuan University SMITH, JENNIFER A 1731 §103§112 Non-Final OA 60d overdue Pending Jun 06, 2023
18198515 EPITAXIAL ScxAl1-xN SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES Comell University MCCUTCHEON, COLIN RUSSELL 2892 §103 Final Rejection 32d overdue Pending May 17, 2023
18008271 COMPOSITIONS Jvs Products Limited PURDY, KYLE A 1611 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 05, 2022
17773216 COMBINATION OF A CXCR7 ANTAGONIST WITH AN S1P1 RECEPTOR MODULATOR Idorsia Pharmaceuticals Ltd. STOCKTON, LAURA LYNNE 1626 §103 Non-Final OA 77d Pending Aug 02, 2022
17756190 PH RESPONSIVE COMPOSITIONS, FORMULATIONS, AND METHODS OF IMAGING A TUMOR Onconano Medicine, Inc. WESTERBERG, NISSA M 1618 §103DPOther Final Rejection Pending May 18, 2022
17755671 pH Responsive Block Copolymers Compositions, Micelles, and Methods of Use Onconano Medicine, Inc. ROGERS, JAMES WILLIAM 1618 §102Other Non-Final OA 79d overdue Pending May 04, 2022
17632499 APPARATUS FOR HEATING AND FOAMING A LIQUID, IN PARTICULAR A BEVERAGE Eversys Holding SA KHLOK, BONITA 3761 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 02, 2022

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