Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP - Seattle

42 pending office actions • 27 clients • 39 examiners • 29 art units • 0 of 42 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 88 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=3492 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

82.0%
Allowance Rate
n=3492
+0.53σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=3492
3.1
OAs to Allowance
n=1992
-0.35σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=1992
1076 days
Time to Allowance
n=1992
+10.7pp
Interview Lift
n=3492
25.9%
RCE Rate
n=3492
0.8%
Appeal Rate
n=3492

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

83.6%
§101 Overcome
n=116
80.1%
§102 Overcome
n=282
78.2%
§103 Overcome
n=1179
86.1%
§112 Overcome
n=251

Specialization & Scale

G06F, H04L, G06Q
Top CPC Subclasses
22%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=3492
0
Practitioners
n=3492
Apps / Practitioner
n=3492 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

42
Total Pending OAs
25
Non-Final OAs
15
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 18 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

11
Overdue
0
Due this week
4
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 18 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (11)Due ≤ 30 days (4)Due ≤ 60 days (2)Due later (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.

3
Hard (7%)
32
Medium (76%)
7
Easy (17%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only3 (7%)
§103 only28 (67%)
§102 only4 (10%)
§112 only6 (14%)
Double-patenting only1 (2%)

Industry Mix

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

9
Life Sciences
21% of docket
5
Information Tech
12% of docket
3
Communications
7% of docket
1
Semiconductors
2% of docket
17
Mechanical / Eng
40% of docket
7
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.

420 h
Manual time on pending OAs
84 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
147 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
GEDEON, DEBORAH TALITHA 3 54.1% +63.7%
DUBOIS, PHILIP A 2 25.0% +25.4%
ORTIZ, ADAM C 1 65.9% +34.8%
NGUYEN, SON T 1 28.8% +16.7%
KIM, PATRICK 1 26.1% +33.3%
MEHEDI, MORSHED 1 85.9% -0.8%
HOANG, SON T 1 83.6% +34.7%
FRUNZI, VICTORIA E. 1 25.4% +24.6%
WANG, CLAIRE X 1 68.0% +7.7%
HOANG, PHI 1 81.8% +16.7%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18913837 NOVELTY DETECTION SYSTEM HOANG, SON T 31d overdue
18886928 SYSTEM FOR MITIGATING CONVERGENCE INSUFFICIENCY IN VIRTUAL REALITY DISPLAYS HOANG, PHI 14d
18915103 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LIVENESS DETECTION, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM MEHEDI, MORSHED

Hard Cases (7)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19056054 TICKETING IN MESSAGING KIM, PATRICK 38d overdue
18896787 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING A CONNECTION OF TWO PARTIES FRUNZI, VICTORIA E. 28d overdue
18143009 BALLASTED PIGEAGE DEVICE SYSTEM AND METHOD DUBOIS, PHILIP A 70d
19306505 BED RAIL LOCKING SYSTEM AND METHOD ORTIZ, ADAM C
19261285 ANIMAL HARNESS WITH SIDE-CONNECT LOOP SYSTEM AND METHOD NGUYEN, SON T
18395240 USER QUESTION LABELING METHOD AND APPARATUS SHARVIN, DAVID P
18143007 GRAVITY FLOW WINEMAKING SYSTEM AND METHOD USING BRIDGE CRANES DUBOIS, PHILIP A

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
19056054 TICKETING IN MESSAGING KIM, PATRICK 38d overdue
18913837 NOVELTY DETECTION SYSTEM HOANG, SON T 31d overdue
18896787 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING A CONNECTION OF TWO PARTIES FRUNZI, VICTORIA E. 28d overdue
18886928 SYSTEM FOR MITIGATING CONVERGENCE INSUFFICIENCY IN VIRTUAL REALITY DISPLAYS HOANG, PHI 14d
18143009 BALLASTED PIGEAGE DEVICE SYSTEM AND METHOD DUBOIS, PHILIP A 70d
19322460 PRESSURE PAD COUPLING SYSTEM AND METHOD GEDEON, DEBORAH TALITHA
19306505 BED RAIL LOCKING SYSTEM AND METHOD ORTIZ, ADAM C
19261285 ANIMAL HARNESS WITH SIDE-CONNECT LOOP SYSTEM AND METHOD NGUYEN, SON T

Client Portfolio (27 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36733
36892
17952
17912
37742
36431
36281
24081
21691
26191

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19322460 PRESSURE PAD COUPLING SYSTEM AND METHOD Cross Innovations LLC GEDEON, DEBORAH TALITHA 3673 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 08, 2025
19306505 BED RAIL LOCKING SYSTEM AND METHOD Cross Innovations LLC ORTIZ, ADAM C §101 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 21, 2025
19261285 ANIMAL HARNESS WITH SIDE-CONNECT LOOP SYSTEM AND METHOD Canada Pooch Ltd. NGUYEN, SON T 3643 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 07, 2025
19056054 TICKETING IN MESSAGING Hollywood.Com LLC KIM, PATRICK 3628 §103 Non-Final OA 38d overdue Pending Feb 18, 2025
18980421 PRESSURE PAD COUPLING SYSTEM AND METHOD Cross Innovations LLC GEDEON, DEBORAH TALITHA 3673 §102 Final Rejection Pending Dec 13, 2024
18915103 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LIVENESS DETECTION, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Mashang Consumer Finance Co., Ltd. MEHEDI, MORSHED 2408 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 14, 2024
18913837 NOVELTY DETECTION SYSTEM Thatdot, Inc. HOANG, SON T 2169 §103 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Oct 11, 2024
18896787 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING A CONNECTION OF TWO PARTIES Gitcha LLC FRUNZI, VICTORIA E. 3689 §101 Final Rejection 28d overdue Pending Sep 25, 2024
18896742 DETECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Mashang Consumer Finance Co., Ltd. WANG, CLAIRE X §102 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 25, 2024
18886928 SYSTEM FOR MITIGATING CONVERGENCE INSUFFICIENCY IN VIRTUAL REALITY DISPLAYS Dark Arts Software LLC HOANG, PHI 2619 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Sep 16, 2024
18736407 OUT-OF-DISTRIBUTION PREDICTION Citigroup Inc. FEITL, LEAH M 2147 §103 Non-Final OA 60d overdue Pending Jun 06, 2024
18653885 QUESTION MINING METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSIROTY STORAGE MEDIA Mashang Consumer Finance Co., Ltd. BLACK, LINH 2163 §103 Final Rejection 26d overdue Pending May 02, 2024
18704370 ISOLATION ROOM APPARATUS Care Strategic D.I.R. Holdings Pty. Ltd. CAJILIG, CHRISTINE T 3633 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Apr 24, 2024
18625046 COGNITIVE FRAMEWORK AND IMPLEMENTATION METHODS FOR BUSINESS OPERATIONS INTELLIGENCE Netenrich, Inc. GYORFI, THOMAS A 2435 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 02, 2024
18609695 LIFT BAG SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANCHOR TESTING AND/OR REMOVAL Other Lab, LLC VASUDEVA, AJAY 3615 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 19, 2024
18606155 MODEL TRAINING METHOD, COMPUTER DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Mashang Consumer Finance Co., Ltd. CONNER, SEAN M 2663 §103 Non-Final OA 55d Pending Mar 15, 2024
18591205 METHOD FOR TRAINING MODEL, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM Mashang Consumer Finance Co., Ltd. YAO, JULIA ZHI-YI 2666 §112 Final Rejection Pending Feb 29, 2024
18414388 AUTOMATED MICROBIOLOGICAL LABORATORY FOR QUANTITATIVE MICROBIOLOGY USING IN SITU ASSEMBLED CULTURE DEVICES Institute For Environmental Health, Inc. HOBBS, MICHAEL L §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 16, 2024
18410913 SYSTEMS, APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR APPLIANCES WITH INTEGRATED ENERGY STORAGE Channing Street Copper Company KHATIB, RAMI 3669 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 11, 2024
18576727 NON-DAIRY MILK Atomo Coffee, Inc. ZILBERING, ASSAF 1792 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 05, 2024
18399235 ELECTRODE SHEET AND ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE ZHUHAI COSMX BATTERY CO., LTD. SCHULER, JACOB JEROME §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 28, 2023
18395240 USER QUESTION LABELING METHOD AND APPARATUS Mashang Consumer Finance Co., Ltd. SHARVIN, DAVID P 3692 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 22, 2023
18532888 BATTERY AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCT ZHUHAI COSMX BATTERY CO., LTD. SAVAGE, WILLIAM FADDOUL §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 07, 2023
18525569 BATTERY Zhuhai Cosmx Power Supply Co., Ltd. BROWN, MADISON ELIZABETH §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 30, 2023
18521516 FLOCKED ALTERNATING PRESSURE PAD SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BEDSORE PREVENTION Cross Innovations LLC GEDEON, DEBORAH TALITHA 3673 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 28, 2023
18516823 SEMANTICS DATA PROCESSING Bluebird Labs, Inc. CHEN, ALAN S DP Non-Final OA Pending Nov 21, 2023
18288551 PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CUSTOMIZING HOME APPLIANCE SET, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM Cosmo Iot Technology Co., Ltd. DONAHUE, ZACHARY RYAN 3689 §103 Non-Final OA 134d overdue Pending Oct 26, 2023
18371902 FABRY-PEROT CAVITY ARRAY AND SPECTRUM DETECTOR Nanjing Kanshijie Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. XING, CHRISTINA ILONA 2877 §103 Non-Final OA 25d overdue Pending Sep 22, 2023
18225862 BINDER AND LITHIUM-ION BATTERY COMPRISING SAME ZHUHAI COSMX BATTERY CO., LTD. WHITE, SADIE 1721 §112 Final Rejection Pending Jul 25, 2023
18225649 ELECTRODE SHEET AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, AND LITHIUM-ION BATTERY ZHUHAI COSMX BATTERY CO., LTD. SCHWARTZ, PHILIP N 1749 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 24, 2023
18225640 LITHIUM-ION BATTERY ZHUHAI COSMX BATTERY CO., LTD. GATEWOOD, DANIEL S 1729 §103 Final Rejection 19d overdue Pending Jul 24, 2023
18203930 Modular Warming System for Dialysis Fluid Pedigo Products, Inc. CHOU, JIMMY 3761 §103 Non-Final OA 46d Pending May 31, 2023
18195244 FAN-OUT PACKAGE STRUCTURE AND FAN-OUT PACKAGING METHOD Forehope Electronic (Ningbo) Co., Ltd. BODNAR, JOHN A 1795 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 09, 2023
18143007 GRAVITY FLOW WINEMAKING SYSTEM AND METHOD USING BRIDGE CRANES Amaterra, LLC DUBOIS, PHILIP A 1791 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 03, 2023
18143009 BALLASTED PIGEAGE DEVICE SYSTEM AND METHOD Amaterra, LLC DUBOIS, PHILIP A 1791 §103 Final Rejection 70d Pending May 03, 2023
18022490 FILTER PRODUCTION METHOD AND FILTER Anhui Anuki Technologies Co., Ltd. REMAVEGE, CHRISTOPHER 1713 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 21, 2023
17718255 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IDENTIFYING A DRUG MECHANISM OF ACTION USING NETWORK DYSREGULATION The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York WHALEY, PABLO S 3619 §112 Final Rejection 23d Pending Apr 11, 2022
17558481 LOWER-LEG EXOSKELETON SYSTEM AND METHOD Roam Robotics Inc. MOON, MATTHEW RYAN 3785 §112 Final Rejection 45d overdue Pending Dec 21, 2021
17608973 EPITAXIAL WAFER AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME, AND ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSOR South China Normal University QIAN, SHIZHI 1795 §112 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Nov 04, 2021
17423840 IDENTITY MANAGEMENT, SMART CONTRACT GENERATOR, AND BLOCKCHAIN MEDIATING SYSTEM, AND RELATED METHODS Blockrules Ltd. IDIAKE, VINCENT I 3698 §103 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Jul 16, 2021
17185754 FLUIDIC ACTUATOR SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MOBILE ROBOTS Roam Robotics Inc. PATEL, AREN 3774 §103 Final Rejection 9d Pending Feb 25, 2021
16838347 LEG EXOSKELETON SYSTEM AND METHOD Roam Robotics Inc. WILLSE, DAVID H 3774 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 02, 2020

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