Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Danielson Legal LLC

Technology area: Computing & Software

15 pending office actions • 11 clients • 15 examiners • 10 art units • 0 of 15 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Danielson Legal LLC is a patent law firm with 788 career applications. The firm focuses on the Computing & Software technology area. It has a resolved allowance rate pct of 89.41. This success rate is paired with an avg office actions per allowance of 3.58. Currently, the firm is handling 11 pending office actions.

The avg office actions per allowance of 3.58 reflects the complexities of the Computing & Software sector, where several rounds of prosecution are often necessary. Despite these challenges, the firm achieves a resolved allowance rate pct of 89.41. This suggests that their approach is effective in overcoming examiner rejections across 788 career applications. The 11 pending office actions represent the firm's ongoing efforts in this technical field. For practitioners, these metrics indicate a firm that navigates the specific hurdles of software patenting to reach a grant. The firm's 788 career applications provide a substantial record in the Computing & Software technology area.

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

Quality Metrics (n=788 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

89.4%
Allowance Rate
n=788
+0.52σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=788
3.6
OAs to Allowance
n=473
+0.03σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=473
986 days
Time to Allowance
n=473
+3.9pp
Interview Lift
n=788
31.0%
RCE Rate
n=788
1.6%
Appeal Rate
n=788

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

81.8%
§101 Overcome
n=121
81.1%
§102 Overcome
n=217
81.1%
§103 Overcome
n=365
78.7%
§112 Overcome
n=202

Specialization & Scale

H04L, G06F, H04W
Top CPC Subclasses
30%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=788
3
Practitioners
n=788
262.7
Apps / Practitioner
n=788

Portfolio Summary

15
Total Pending OAs
11
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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 (73%)
4
Medium (27%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other3 (20%)
§103 only3 (20%)
§102 only1 (7%)
Multi-statute (no §101)8 (53%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
7% of docket
7
Information Tech
47% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
20% of docket
4
Business / Other
27% 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.

150 h
Manual time on pending OAs
30 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
52 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PATEL, DEVANG R 1 65.6% +39.2%
PALIWAL, YOGESH 1 84.0% +10.4%
GURMU, MULUEMEBET 1 80.2% +17.5%
SPAMER, DONALD R 1 59.2% +32.1%
JAMSHIDI, GHODRAT 1 86.9% +15.0%
BOROWSKI, MICHAEL 1 27.6% +57.1%
CROSBY JR, RICHARD D 1 69.0% +15.0%
TRAC, JONATHAN KHANH 1 — —
COYER, RYAN D 1 79.2% +19.9%
SAAVEDRA, EMILIO J 1 69.2% +26.4%

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
17775990 System for picking up elements MILLNER, MONICA E 88d overdue
18690428 Printing and perforating machine CROSBY JR, RICHARD D 44d overdue
19121786 Manufacturing large scale metal laminated object parts PATEL, DEVANG R —
19091454 Intelligent security for data fabrics PALIWAL, YOGESH —
19038312 Method and system for identifying a cell line during incubation of the cell line GURMU, MULUEMEBET —
19018965 Germicidal partition system SPAMER, DONALD R —
18976514 Endpoint and protocol for trusted digital manufacturing JAMSHIDI, GHODRAT —
18890923 Compliance inspection BOROWSKI, MICHAEL —

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
18690428 Printing and perforating machine CROSBY JR, RICHARD D 44d overdue
19121786 Manufacturing large scale metal laminated object parts PATEL, DEVANG R —
19091454 Intelligent security for data fabrics PALIWAL, YOGESH —
19038312 Method and system for identifying a cell line during incubation of the cell line GURMU, MULUEMEBET —
19018965 Germicidal partition system SPAMER, DONALD R —
18976514 Endpoint and protocol for trusted digital manufacturing JAMSHIDI, GHODRAT —
18890923 Compliance inspection BOROWSKI, MICHAEL —
18737971 Automated software application analysis COYER, RYAN D —

Client Portfolio (11 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
21632
17351
24931
37241
36531
21911
21171
21561
24491
36321

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19121786 Manufacturing large scale metal laminated object parts Alloy Enterprises Inc. PATEL, DEVANG R 1735 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 16, 2025
19091454 Intelligent security for data fabrics Realm.Security, Inc. PALIWAL, YOGESH §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 26, 2025
19038312 Method and system for identifying a cell line during incubation of the cell line Thrive Bioscience, Inc. GURMU, MULUEMEBET 2163 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 27, 2025
19018965 Germicidal partition system Aura Technologies, LLC SPAMER, DONALD R §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 13, 2025
18976514 Endpoint and protocol for trusted digital manufacturing Aura Technologies, LLC JAMSHIDI, GHODRAT 2493 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 11, 2024
18890923 Compliance inspection Environmental 360, Inc. BOROWSKI, MICHAEL §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 20, 2024
18690428 Printing and perforating machine Open Mind Ventures, S.L.U. CROSBY JR, RICHARD D 3724 §103§112 Final Rejection 44d overdue Pending Aug 10, 2024
18750141 Pivotable suction cup device and method Righthand Robotics, Inc. TRAC, JONATHAN KHANH 3653 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 21, 2024
18737971 Automated software application analysis Virtusa Corporation COYER, RYAN D 2191 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 08, 2024
18647886 Suction device multipick detection Righthand Robotics, Inc. SAAVEDRA, EMILIO J 2117 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 26, 2024
18607040 Dynamic software inventory system and method Rocket Software, Inc. RAJAPUTRA, SUMAN 2163 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 15, 2024
18424311 Applying Multi-Faceted Trust Scores for Decision Making Using a Decision Table and Predetermined Action Triggering Rocket Software Technologies, Inc. SHAH, VAISHALI 2156 §101§103 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 26, 2024
18376302 Suction device and apparatus Righthand Robotics, Inc. WILKINSON, RALPH DAVID §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 03, 2023
18215905 Tunneling with fully qualified domain name hosts Sophos Limited CELANI, NICHOLAS P 2449 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 29, 2023
17775990 System for picking up elements Open Mind Ventures, S.L.U. MILLNER, MONICA E 3632 §102§103 Non-Final OA 88d overdue Pending May 11, 2022

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