Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Daly, Crowley, Mofford & Durkee, LLP

45 pending office actions • 14 clients • 44 examiners • 29 art units • 0 of 45 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 101 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=13541 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

90.7%
Allowance Rate
n=13541
+0.72σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=13541
3.4
OAs to Allowance
n=6960
-0.16σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=6960
1054 days
Time to Allowance
n=6960
+5.7pp
Interview Lift
n=13541
29.8%
RCE Rate
n=13541
3.2%
Appeal Rate
n=13541

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

79.0%
§101 Overcome
n=319
87.6%
§102 Overcome
n=988
85.3%
§103 Overcome
n=4355
88.3%
§112 Overcome
n=853

Specialization & Scale

G06F, A61K, A61P
Top CPC Subclasses
21%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=13541
10
Practitioners
n=13541
1354.1
Apps / Practitioner
n=13541

Portfolio Summary

45
Total Pending OAs
32
Non-Final OAs
13
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 28 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

10
Overdue
2
Due this week
5
Due this month
5
Due in next 60 days
6
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. 28 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (10)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (5)Due ≤ 60 days (5)Due later (6)

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.

1
Hard (2%)
38
Medium (84%)
3
Easy (7%)
3
Unknown (7%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (2%)
§103 only31 (69%)
§102 only7 (16%)
§112 only3 (7%)
No statute on record3 (7%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
7% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
5
Communications
11% of docket
27
Semiconductors
60% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
11% of docket
5
Business / Other
11% 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.

450 h
Manual time on pending OAs
90 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
158 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MONSUR, NASIMA 2 78.7% +26.1%
DEROSE, VOLVICK 1 90.2% +10.6%
NGUYEN, DANNY 1 90.1% +6.4%
LEVI, DAMEON E 1 65.7% +4.7%
HAMADYK, ANNA N 1 88.1% +7.0%
DHAKAL, BICKEY 1 84.1% +16.5%
ASTACIO-OQUENDO, GIOVANNI 1 88.4% +10.4%
DU, HAIXIA 1 86.5% +17.9%
MCANDREW, CHRISTOPHER P 1 85.8% +14.0%
OGG, DAVID EARL 1 83.7% +11.3%

Quick Wins (7)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18727425 MAGNETORESISTIVE ELEMENT HAVING THERMALLY ROBUST PERFORMANCES AFTER HIGH-FIELD EXPOSURE AND SENSOR COMPRISING THE MAGNETORESISTIVE ELEMENT MCANDREW, CHRISTOPHER P 19d overdue
18889972 Wideband Directional Antenna System With Minimized Volumetric Signature HAMADYK, ANNA N 6d
18982169 CELLULAR NETWORK HAVING ENERGY LOAD SHIFTING DEROSE, VOLVICK
18966300 CONTACTOR BOUNCE REDUCTION NGUYEN, DANNY
18830847 AUTOMATIC TUNING FOR BLDC MOTOR FIELD-ORIENTED CONTROLLER DHAKAL, BICKEY
18822765 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND STRUCTURES FOR REDUCING CONDUCTOR CROSS-TALK ERROR ASTACIO-OQUENDO, GIOVANNI
18790208 METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING SKETCH IMAGE, APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING SKETCH IMAGE USING THE METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM HAVING PROGRAM FOR PROCESSING THE METHOD DU, HAIXIA

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18260151 LINEARIZATION OF MAGNETIC SENSOR OUTPUT BASED ON CONTINUOUS CORRECTION OF HIGH ORDER VOLTAGE OUTPUT COMPONENTS BRAUNLICH, MARTIN WALTER 70d

Interview Candidates (8)

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
18727425 MAGNETORESISTIVE ELEMENT HAVING THERMALLY ROBUST PERFORMANCES AFTER HIGH-FIELD EXPOSURE AND SENSOR COMPRISING THE MAGNETORESISTIVE ELEMENT MCANDREW, CHRISTOPHER P 19d overdue
18417392 COMPENSATION MECHANISM FOR EXTENDED LINEARITY OF MAGNETIC FIELD SENSORS MONSUR, NASIMA 34d
18982169 CELLULAR NETWORK HAVING ENERGY LOAD SHIFTING DEROSE, VOLVICK
18944096 Systems and Methods for Integrated Shielding in a Current Sensor MONSUR, NASIMA
18830847 AUTOMATIC TUNING FOR BLDC MOTOR FIELD-ORIENTED CONTROLLER DHAKAL, BICKEY
18822765 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND STRUCTURES FOR REDUCING CONDUCTOR CROSS-TALK ERROR ASTACIO-OQUENDO, GIOVANNI
18790208 METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING SKETCH IMAGE, APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING SKETCH IMAGE USING THE METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM HAVING PROGRAM FOR PROCESSING THE METHOD DU, HAIXIA
18743328 CELLULAR NETWORK HAVING ENERGY LOAD SHIFTING AND ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES OGG, DAVID EARL

Client Portfolio (14 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
285810
28522
28772
36452
28381
28001
28451
26111
28271
17941

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18982169 CELLULAR NETWORK HAVING ENERGY LOAD SHIFTING Talkingheads Wireless, Inc. DEROSE, VOLVICK §102 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 16, 2024
18966300 CONTACTOR BOUNCE REDUCTION Allegro MicroSystems, LLC NGUYEN, DANNY 2838 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 03, 2024
18944096 Systems and Methods for Integrated Shielding in a Current Sensor Allegro MicroSystems, LLC MONSUR, NASIMA §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 12, 2024
18895917 Radio Location And Augmented Reality Antenna System Fractal Antenna Systems, Inc. LEVI, DAMEON E 2800 §103 Non-Final OA 66d overdue Pending Sep 25, 2024
18889972 Wideband Directional Antenna System With Minimized Volumetric Signature Fractal Antenna Systems, Inc. HAMADYK, ANNA N 2845 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Sep 19, 2024
18830847 AUTOMATIC TUNING FOR BLDC MOTOR FIELD-ORIENTED CONTROLLER Allegro MicroSystems, LLC DHAKAL, BICKEY §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 11, 2024
18822765 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND STRUCTURES FOR REDUCING CONDUCTOR CROSS-TALK ERROR Allegro MicroSystems, LLC ASTACIO-OQUENDO, GIOVANNI 2858 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 03, 2024
18790208 METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING SKETCH IMAGE, APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING SKETCH IMAGE USING THE METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM HAVING PROGRAM FOR PROCESSING THE METHOD Korea Advanced Institute Of Science And Technology DU, HAIXIA 2611 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 31, 2024
18727425 MAGNETORESISTIVE ELEMENT HAVING THERMALLY ROBUST PERFORMANCES AFTER HIGH-FIELD EXPOSURE AND SENSOR COMPRISING THE MAGNETORESISTIVE ELEMENT Allegro MicroSystems, LLC MCANDREW, CHRISTOPHER P 2858 §103 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Jul 09, 2024
18743328 CELLULAR NETWORK HAVING ENERGY LOAD SHIFTING AND ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES Talkingheads Wireless, Inc. OGG, DAVID EARL Non-Final OA Pending Jun 14, 2024
18738149 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SENSING FLASH MEMORY OUTPUT Allegro MicroSystems, LLC COON, BRADLEY SCOTT 2827 §112 Final Rejection 54d Pending Jun 10, 2024
18734254 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND TECHNIQUES FOR POSITIONING A SENSOR DEVICE Allegro MicroSystems, LLC HARRISON, MICHAEL A 2852 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 05, 2024
18679972 Perpendicular MR SAF Allegro MicroSystems, LLC MCDONALD, RODNEY GLENN 1794 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending May 31, 2024
18712019 DETECTION AND IDENTIFICATION OF DEFECTS USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ANALYSIS OF MULTI-DIMENSIONAL INFORMATION DATA Jessica White CODRINGTON, SHANE WRENSFORD 2667 §103 Non-Final OA 16d Pending May 21, 2024
18666144 CELLULAR NETWORK THAT SCALES TRANSMIT POWER BASED ON LINK CAPACITY AND MEASURED SNR Talkingheads Wireless, Inc. TRAN, PABLO N 2643 §102 Non-Final OA Pending May 16, 2024
18663263 CURRENT SENSOR SYSTEMS Allegro MicroSystems, LLC MILLER, DANIEL R 2858 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 14, 2024
18709631 MAGNETORESISTIVE ELEMENT HAVING HIGH OUT-OF-PLANE SENSITIVITY Allegro MicroSystems, LLC LIU, KENDRICK X 2853 §103 Non-Final OA 42d Pending May 13, 2024
18652971 STRUCTURES, METHODS, AND TECHNIQUES FOR DECREASING A LATERAL DIMENSION OF TUNNELING MAGNETORESISTANCE PILLARS Allegro MicroSystems, LLC SANGHERA, JAS A 2863 Non-Final OA Pending May 02, 2024
18628319 TMR SENSOR HAVING VORTEX STACK TO ENHANCE LINEARITY Allegro MicroSystems, LLC AURORA, REENA 2858 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Apr 05, 2024
18619903 METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR COMPACT OPTICAL GAS ABSORPTION MEASUREMENTS Servomex Group Limited AHMED, JAMIL 2877 §103 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Mar 28, 2024
18619846 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USE IN OPTICAL GAS ABSORPTION MEASUREMENTS Servomex Group Limited FABIAN JR, ROBERTO 2877 §103 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Mar 28, 2024
18609375 GMR LAYOUT FOR COMPACT TRANSDUCER WITH MISMATCH CONTROL Allegro MicroSystems, LLC ALLGOOD, ALESA M 2858 §103 Final Rejection 86d Pending Mar 19, 2024
18607841 Monocular Camera-Assisted Technique with Glasses Accommodation for Precise Facial Feature Measurements at Varying Distances Veero Analytics, LLC KUDO, KEN 2671 §103 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Mar 18, 2024
18606252 ISOLATED GATE DRIVER IC HAVING HETEROGENOUS ASIL COMMUNICATION Allegro MicroSystems, LLC YEAMAN, JAMES G 2842 §103 Final Rejection 75d Pending Mar 15, 2024
18603298 MAGNETIC FIELD SENSOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WITH INTEGRAL FERROMAGNETIC MATERIAL Allegro MicroSystems, LLC ANDREWS, BRENT J 2858 §103 Final Rejection 62d Pending Mar 13, 2024
18438831 TRANSFORMER-BASED INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PACKAGES HAVING FRACTIONAL COIL STRUCTURES Allegro MicroSystems, LLC GEBREMARIAM, SAMUEL A 2811 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 12, 2024
18417392 COMPENSATION MECHANISM FOR EXTENDED LINEARITY OF MAGNETIC FIELD SENSORS Allegro MicroSystems, LLC MONSUR, NASIMA 2858 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Jan 19, 2024
18536598 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INVERSE LIGHTING OF A PLANT Stem Cultivation, Inc. WONG, JESSICA BOWEN 3644 §103 Final Rejection 16d Pending Dec 12, 2023
18569349 TERRAIN STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF GROWING PLANTS USING THE SAME Kang Myung Lee MAYO, TARA LEIGH 3671 §103 Non-Final OA 38d overdue Pending Dec 12, 2023
18499345 HIGH VOLTAGE CAPACITOR FORMED IN PCB FABRICATION Allegro MicroSystems, LLC GEYER, SCOTT B 2812 §102 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Nov 01, 2023
18477755 Transformer Packages Providing Magnetostriction Management Allegro MicroSystems, LLC AHMED, SHAHED 2813 §103 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Sep 29, 2023
18475674 INDUCTIVE 360-DEGREE ANGLE SENSOR USING A RADIALLY-SEPARATED DUAL TARGET Allegro MicroSystems, LLC SCHINDLER, DAVID M 2858 §102 Non-Final OA 61d Pending Sep 27, 2023
18366838 Producing Hydrocarbons From Carbohydrates Using Nuclear Energy The Earthineering Company LLC ZHANG, KELING NMN 1732 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 08, 2023
18362218 WIDE-DYNAMIC-RANGE SPLIT-DETECTOR LIDAR PHOTORECEIVER Allegro MicroSystems, LLC THATCHER, CLINT A 3645 §103 Non-Final OA 63d Pending Jul 31, 2023
18349266 VOLTAGE-ISOLATED INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PACKAGES WITH PIN-COUPLED COILS Allegro MicroSystems, LLC WHITTINGTON, KENNETH 3992 §112 Final Rejection Pending Jul 10, 2023
18260151 LINEARIZATION OF MAGNETIC SENSOR OUTPUT BASED ON CONTINUOUS CORRECTION OF HIGH ORDER VOLTAGE OUTPUT COMPONENTS Allegro MicroSystems, LLC BRAUNLICH, MARTIN WALTER 2858 §101 Final Rejection 70d Pending Jun 30, 2023
18340053 ISOLATED GATE DRIVER WITH A FAULT SIGNAL Allegro MicroSystems, LLC NAVARRO, HUGO IVAN 2858 §103 Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending Jun 23, 2023
18256975 DEEP PERCEPTUAL IMAGE ENHANCEMENT Research Foundation Of The City University Of New York DEPALMA, CAROLINE ELIZABETH 2675 §102 Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending Jun 12, 2023
18330555 DAMAGE PROTECTION FOR OPTICAL SYSTEMS Allegro MicroSystems, LLC NOEL, JEMPSON 3645 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Jun 07, 2023
18302248 MICRO PRE-CONCENTRATOR HAVING CERAMIC-POLYMER COMPOSITE WITH 3D NANO-SHELL STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME Korea Advanced Institute Of Science And Technology SCHIFFMAN, BENJAMIN A 1742 §102 Final Rejection Pending Apr 18, 2023
18184242 Pulsed Laser System Allegro MicroSystems, LLC MENEFEE, JAMES A 2828 §103 Non-Final OA 87d overdue Pending Mar 15, 2023
18149203 SENSORS WITH FAULT DETECTION Allegro MicroSystems, LLC FADUL, PHILIPMARCUS T 2852 §103 Final Rejection 15d Pending Jan 03, 2023
17919038 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING QUANTUM CIRCUITS Cambridge Quantum Computing Limited CENTRAL, DOCKET 2851 Non-Final OA 120d overdue Pending Oct 14, 2022
17521950 DRYING UNIT AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING A SUBSTRATE INCLUDING A DRYING UNIT Semes Co., Ltd. WANG, FRANKLIN JEFFERSON 3761 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 09, 2021
17351612 SENSOR DEVICE HAVING CONFIGURATION CHANGES Tive, Inc. NIMOX, RAYMOND LONDALE 2857 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 18, 2021

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