Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Dana - Mccoy Russell LLP

30 pending office actions • 9 clients • 28 examiners • 17 art units • 0 of 30 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=9347 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

88.7%
Allowance Rate
n=9347
+0.51σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=9347
3.0
OAs to Allowance
n=5937
-0.25σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=5937
970 days
Time to Allowance
n=5937
+4.0pp
Interview Lift
n=9347
24.2%
RCE Rate
n=9347
1.5%
Appeal Rate
n=9347

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

74.3%
§101 Overcome
n=627
78.4%
§102 Overcome
n=3130
78.5%
§103 Overcome
n=4535
81.6%
§112 Overcome
n=2938

Specialization & Scale

B60K, H01M, G06F
Top CPC Subclasses
10%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=9347
10
Practitioners
n=9347
934.7
Apps / Practitioner
n=9347

Portfolio Summary

30
Total Pending OAs
22
Non-Final OAs
7
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

6
Overdue
1
Due this week
4
Due this month
0
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. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (6)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (4)

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.

17
Hard (57%)
12
Medium (40%)
1
Easy (3%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only10 (33%)
§102 only1 (3%)
§112 only1 (3%)
Double-patenting + other1 (3%)
Multi-statute (no §101)17 (57%)

Industry Mix

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

7
Life Sciences
23% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
10
Semiconductors
33% of docket
8
Mechanical / Eng
27% of docket
5
Business / Other
17% 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.

300 h
Manual time on pending OAs
60 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
105 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
NGUYEN, LILLIAN T 2 84.1% +13.9%
APPLEGATE, SARAH ARIMINTIA 2 50.0% +55.6%
VO, ETHAN NGUYEN 1 75.9% +11.4%
JOYCE, WILLIAM C 1 69.5% +16.2%
ORTEGA, JOSEPH 1 72.4% +16.2%
QURESHI, MOHAMMED AHMED 1 84.1% +11.1%
ANDREWS, MICHAEL 1 64.3% +24.6%
KENERLY, TERRANCE L 1 73.6% +15.1%
LAZO, THOMAS E 1 86.8% +8.8%
LAUGHLIN, CHARLES S 1 76.5% +10.7%

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
18662348 SYSTEMS FOR A BRAKE SYSTEM LAZO, THOMAS E

Hard Cases (17)

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
18828899 MULTI-SPEED ELECTRIC AXLE NGUYEN, LILLIAN T 37d overdue
18397212 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MEASURING MOTOR SHAFT TORQUE ROBERTS, HERBERT K 31d overdue
18673089 EXTERNALLY EXCITED ELECTRIC MACHINE WITH ROTOR COOLING SYSTEM KENERLY, TERRANCE L 28d overdue
18621970 BRAZED HYBRID ALUMINUM/COPPER HEAT EXCHANGERS OMORI, MARY I 6d
18748556 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COOLING CARBON BRUSHES AND SLIP RINGS QURESHI, MOHAMMED AHMED 12d
18472946 ELECTRIC MOTOR COOLING SYSTEM MATES, ROBERT E 14d
17643576 SYSTEMS FOR HAIRPIN WIRES FOR ELECTRIC MOTORS TALPALATSKI, ALEXANDER 15d
18908434 ELECTRIC MACHINE FLUID COOLING SYSTEM WITH AIR VENT VO, ETHAN NGUYEN

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
18828899 MULTI-SPEED ELECTRIC AXLE NGUYEN, LILLIAN T 37d overdue
18328602 SEPARATOR PLATE COMPRISING AN ALTERNATING EDGE IN THE PORT REGION APPLEGATE, SARAH ARIMINTIA 36d overdue
18673089 EXTERNALLY EXCITED ELECTRIC MACHINE WITH ROTOR COOLING SYSTEM KENERLY, TERRANCE L 28d overdue
18789401 DRIVELINE FOR A VEHICLE HAVING A TRANSMISSION WITH AT LEAST NINE SPEEDS JOYCE, WILLIAM C 9d overdue
18748556 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COOLING CARBON BRUSHES AND SLIP RINGS QURESHI, MOHAMMED AHMED 12d
18908434 ELECTRIC MACHINE FLUID COOLING SYSTEM WITH AIR VENT VO, ETHAN NGUYEN
18883623 MODULAR AND ADAPTABLE MULTI-SPEED AND MULTI-REDUCTION AXLE NGUYEN, LILLIAN T
18756574 OVERMOLDED FLOW INSERT FOR A ROTOR SHAFT ORTEGA, JOSEPH

Client Portfolio (9 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28345
36552
28552
17232
17252
36181
36141
37831
17841
28461

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18908434 ELECTRIC MACHINE FLUID COOLING SYSTEM WITH AIR VENT Dana Automotive Systems Group, LLC VO, ETHAN NGUYEN §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 07, 2024
18883623 MODULAR AND ADAPTABLE MULTI-SPEED AND MULTI-REDUCTION AXLE Dana Heavy Vehicle Systems Group, LLC NGUYEN, LILLIAN T 3655 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 12, 2024
18828899 MULTI-SPEED ELECTRIC AXLE Dana Automotive Systems Group, LLC NGUYEN, LILLIAN T 3655 §103§112 Final Rejection 37d overdue Pending Sep 09, 2024
18789401 DRIVELINE FOR A VEHICLE HAVING A TRANSMISSION WITH AT LEAST NINE SPEEDS Dana Performance Transmissions S.r.l. JOYCE, WILLIAM C 3618 §103 Final Rejection 9d overdue Pending Jul 30, 2024
18756574 OVERMOLDED FLOW INSERT FOR A ROTOR SHAFT Dana Tm4 Inc. ORTEGA, JOSEPH 2834 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 27, 2024
18748556 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COOLING CARBON BRUSHES AND SLIP RINGS Dana Automotive Systems Group, LLC QURESHI, MOHAMMED AHMED 2834 §102§103 Final Rejection 12d Pending Jun 20, 2024
18678442 ELECTRIC MACHINE WITH A STATOR COOLING ASSEMBLY Dana Automotive Systems Group, LLC ANDREWS, MICHAEL 2834 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 30, 2024
18673089 EXTERNALLY EXCITED ELECTRIC MACHINE WITH ROTOR COOLING SYSTEM Dana Automotive Systems Group, LLC KENERLY, TERRANCE L 2834 §102§103 Final Rejection 28d overdue Pending May 23, 2024
18662348 SYSTEMS FOR A BRAKE SYSTEM Dana Motion Systems Italia S.r.l. LAZO, THOMAS E §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 13, 2024
18638262 MULTI-MOTOR ELECTRIC DRIVE UNIT Dana Automotive Systems Group, LLC LAUGHLIN, CHARLES S 3614 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 17, 2024
18625101 AXIAL PISTON HYDRAULIC MACHINE HAVING A SELF-ADJUSTING SWASH PLATE Dpc Hydraulics S.r.l. BRANDT, DAVID NELSON 3783 §112 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Apr 02, 2024
18621970 BRAZED HYBRID ALUMINUM/COPPER HEAT EXCHANGERS Dana Canada Corporation OMORI, MARY I 1784 §103§112 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Mar 29, 2024
18432747 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FIELD CONTROL OF EXTERNALLY EXCITED SYNCHRONOUS MOTOR Dana Automotive Systems Group, LLC AGARED, GABRIEL T 2846 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 05, 2024
18415185 SYSTEMS FOR A HYDRAULIC UNIT Dpc Hydraulics S.r.l. MCCALL, ERIC SCOTT 2855 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 17, 2024
18397212 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MEASURING MOTOR SHAFT TORQUE Dana Tm4 Italia S.r.l. ROBERTS, HERBERT K 2855 §102§103 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Dec 27, 2023
18535914 Single-Layer Bipolar Plate for an Electrolyser Reinz-Dichtungs-Gmbh FORRY, COLTON BUSA §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 11, 2023
18520300 SEPARATOR PLATE HAVING A HOLDING STRUCTURE FOR A CONNECTOR PIN Reinz-Dichtungs-Gmbh KEELING, ALEXANDER W §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 27, 2023
18517564 SEPARATOR PLATE FOR AN ELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEM, COMPRISING TWO DIFFERENT INDIVIDUAL PLATES Reinz-Dichtungs-Gmbh JEBUTU, MOFOLUWASO SIMILOLUWA §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 22, 2023
18487795 COUNTER-FLOW HEAT EXCHANGER FOR BATTERY THERMAL MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS Dana Canada Corporation TAN, ESTHER JIESI 1751 §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Oct 16, 2023
18472946 ELECTRIC MOTOR COOLING SYSTEM Dana Automotive Systems Group, LLC MATES, ROBERT E 2834 §102§103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Sep 22, 2023
18447192 SEPARATOR PLATE COMPRISING INDIVIDUAL PLATES WHICH ARE NESTED IN EACH OTHER Reinz-Dichtungs-Gmbh WEINER, LAURA S 1723 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 09, 2023
18328602 SEPARATOR PLATE COMPRISING AN ALTERNATING EDGE IN THE PORT REGION Reinz-Dichtungs-Gmbh APPLEGATE, SARAH ARIMINTIA 1725 §103 Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending Jun 02, 2023
18328573 BIPOLAR PLATE FOR AN ELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEM, AND ASSEMBLY OF SUCH BIPOLAR PLATES Reinz-Dichtungs-Gmbh APPLEGATE, SARAH ARIMINTIA 1725 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 02, 2023
18299513 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TANDEM AXLE SHIFTING Dana Heavy Vehicle Systems Group, LLC BREWER, JACK ROBERT 3663 §103 Non-Final OA 32d overdue Pending Apr 12, 2023
18194366 ROTOR OF A VARIABLE-RELUCTANCE SYNCHRONOUS MOTOR Dana Tm4 Italia S.r.l. TRINH, MINH N 3729 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 31, 2023
18158345 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VEHICLE CHARGING Dana Heavy Vehicle Systems Group, LLC FANTU, YALKEW 2859 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 23, 2023
17930939 PLATE FOR AN ELECTROCHEMICAL, MEDIA-GUIDING SYSTEM, CONTACT ELEMENT, AND TRANSMISSION DEVICE AS WELL AS METHOD FOR THEIR PRODUCTION Reinz-Dichtungs-Gmbh GUPTA, SARIKA 1729 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Sep 09, 2022
17929224 SYSTEMS FOR MODULAR AXLE HOUSING Dana Automotive Systems Group, LLC BELLINGER, JASON R 3615 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 01, 2022
17809771 BATTERY COOLING SYSTEM Ford Global Technologies, LLC EFYMOW, JESSE JAMES 1723 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 29, 2022
17643576 SYSTEMS FOR HAIRPIN WIRES FOR ELECTRIC MOTORS Dana Automotive Systems Group, LLC TALPALATSKI, ALEXANDER 2837 §103§112 Final Rejection 15d Pending Dec 09, 2021

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