Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Daylight Law, P.C.

Technology areas: Computing & Software • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

22 pending office actions • 11 clients • 22 examiners • 8 art units • 0 of 22 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Daylight Law, P.C. is a patent law firm with 782 career applications. The firm specializes in the Computing & Software technology area. It has achieved a resolved allowance rate pct of 93.86. This success is coupled with an avg office actions per allowance of 2.93. The firm currently has 9 pending office actions.

The avg office actions per allowance of 2.93 indicates a prosecution cycle for the Computing & Software field. Securing an allowance in several office actions on average is a performance metric. This efficiency is paired with a 93.86 resolved allowance rate pct across 782 career applications. With 9 pending office actions, the firm maintains an active docket. These figures demonstrate a firm that is effective at navigating the specific challenges of software patents to achieve outcomes for its clients. The firm's 782 career applications establish its 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=782 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

93.9%
Allowance Rate
n=782
+0.51σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=782
2.9
OAs to Allowance
n=535
-0.25σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=535
986 days
Time to Allowance
n=535
+2.2pp
Interview Lift
n=782
21.4%
RCE Rate
n=782
3.6%
Appeal Rate
n=782

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

77.8%
§101 Overcome
n=45
83.9%
§102 Overcome
n=205
82.8%
§103 Overcome
n=302
87.8%
§112 Overcome
n=164

Specialization & Scale

G06F, H04L, H04W
Top CPC Subclasses
25%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=782
2
Practitioners
n=782
391.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=782

Portfolio Summary

22
Total Pending OAs
17
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (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.

11
Hard (50%)
10
Medium (45%)
1
Easy (5%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (5%)
§101 + other2 (9%)
§103 only7 (32%)
§102 only1 (5%)
Double-patenting only1 (5%)
Double-patenting + other2 (9%)
Multi-statute (no §101)8 (36%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
5% of docket
5
Information Tech
23% of docket
1
Communications
5% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
14% of docket
12
Business / Other
55% 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.

220 h
Manual time on pending OAs
44 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
77 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HILTUNEN, THOMAS J 1 81.4% +6.1%
ABAD, FARLEY J 1 86.3% +5.3%
WILLIAMS, CLAYTON R 1 81.9% -5.0%
SHAIFER HARRIMAN, DANT B 1 81.0% +17.5%
SHIN, CHRISTOPHER B 1 89.7% +4.6%
CHOI, CHARLES J 1 82.9% +5.0%
PETRANEK, JACOB ANDREW 1 79.9% +8.6%
DEANE JR, WILLIAM J 1 82.4% +2.6%
WU, LORI SOUTHARD 1 88.4% +6.2%
DORVIL, RICHEMOND 1 36.1% +32.0%

Quick Wins (5)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19305061 DATA COMMUNICATION LINK WITH CAPACITOR-BASED PUMPED OUTPUT HILTUNEN, THOMAS J —
19244165 SEAMLESS PLACE AND ROUTE FOR HETEROGENEOUS NETWORK OF PROCESSOR CORES ABAD, FARLEY J —
19239877 Differential Static and Dynamic Caching on an Edge Computing System WILLIAMS, CLAYTON R —
19093258 AI Accelerator Cores with Integrated CPU for External Communication Over Ethernet SHIN, CHRISTOPHER B —
18964030 Simultaneous Voice and Data Content Driven Commercial Data Platform DEANE JR, WILLIAM J —

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
18012990 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING WELDING SEAM QUALITY DETECTION AREA, COMPUTER AND STORAGE MEDIUM FERDOUSI, FAHMIDA NMN 36d overdue
18759786 INSTRUCTION FETCH GROUP EXIT POINT PREDICTION USING OFFSET COUNTERS VICARY, KEITH E 12d
19203148 NON-FUNGIBLE TOKEN OWNERSHIP REGISTRATION AND VERIFICATION SYSTEM SHAIFER HARRIMAN, DANT B —
19089026 Transaction and Request Buffers for Cache Miss Handling CHOI, CHARLES J —
19075311 OVERLAY LAYER FOR NETWORK OF PROCESSOR CORES PETRANEK, JACOB ANDREW —
18943798 Compact Axial Flux Electric Motor and Gearbox WU, LORI SOUTHARD —
18905329 Rotor Embedded Impellers for Axial Flux Machine Cooling SINGH, ALEXANDER A —
18887051 Flexible Cache Pooling for Network of Processing Cores RIGGINS, ARI FAITH COLEMA —

Interview Candidates (2)

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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19203148 NON-FUNGIBLE TOKEN OWNERSHIP REGISTRATION AND VERIFICATION SYSTEM SHAIFER HARRIMAN, DANT B —
18915160 Semantic Form Processing Using Automated Schema Library Generation DORVIL, RICHEMOND —

Client Portfolio (11 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
21832
37612
21331
26581
21381
36251
17251
21231

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19305061 DATA COMMUNICATION LINK WITH CAPACITOR-BASED PUMPED OUTPUT Blue Cheetah Analog Design, Inc. HILTUNEN, THOMAS J §102§103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 20, 2025
19244165 SEAMLESS PLACE AND ROUTE FOR HETEROGENEOUS NETWORK OF PROCESSOR CORES Tenstorrent AI Ulc ABAD, FARLEY J 2183 §103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 20, 2025
19239877 Differential Static and Dynamic Caching on an Edge Computing System Nostra, Inc. WILLIAMS, CLAYTON R §112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 16, 2025
19203148 NON-FUNGIBLE TOKEN OWNERSHIP REGISTRATION AND VERIFICATION SYSTEM Counterten, Inc. SHAIFER HARRIMAN, DANT B §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending May 08, 2025
19093258 AI Accelerator Cores with Integrated CPU for External Communication Over Ethernet Tenstorrent Usa, Inc. SHIN, CHRISTOPHER B §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 28, 2025
19089026 Transaction and Request Buffers for Cache Miss Handling Tenstorrent Usa, Inc. CHOI, CHARLES J 2133 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 25, 2025
19075311 OVERLAY LAYER FOR NETWORK OF PROCESSOR CORES Tenstorrent AI Ulc PETRANEK, JACOB ANDREW §102§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 10, 2025
18964030 Simultaneous Voice and Data Content Driven Commercial Data Platform Phonefully LLC DEANE JR, WILLIAM J DP Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 29, 2024
18943798 Compact Axial Flux Electric Motor and Gearbox Conifer Systems, Inc. WU, LORI SOUTHARD §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 11, 2024
18915160 Semantic Form Processing Using Automated Schema Library Generation Horizon 3 Venture Studio LLC DORVIL, RICHEMOND 2658 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 14, 2024
18911234 Multicore Processor Clock Distribution Using Asynchronous Wavefront Tenstorrent Usa, Inc. BIRKHIMER, CHRISTOPHER D 2138 §103 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Oct 09, 2024
18905329 Rotor Embedded Impellers for Axial Flux Machine Cooling Conifer Systems, Inc. SINGH, ALEXANDER A §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 03, 2024
18887051 Flexible Cache Pooling for Network of Processing Cores Tenstorrent Usa, Inc. RIGGINS, ARI FAITH COLEMA §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 17, 2024
18824055 PROCESSOR WITH DISPATCH BUFFER ALLOCATION AFFINITY CREDIT ADJUSTMENT Tenstorrent Usa, Inc. MUDRICK, TIMOTHY A §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 04, 2024
18781998 Chip with Top Metal Pad Pitch Adjustment Tenstorrent AI Ulc MENZ, LAURA MARY §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 23, 2024
18759786 INSTRUCTION FETCH GROUP EXIT POINT PREDICTION USING OFFSET COUNTERS Tenstorrent Usa, Inc. VICARY, KEITH E 2183 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 12d Pending Jun 28, 2024
18612043 AB Testing on Edge Computing System Nostra, Inc. SINGLETARY, TYRONE E 3625 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Mar 21, 2024
18292021 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATED OPTIMIZATION OF COX ELECTROLYSIS REACTOR Dioxycle JEBUTU, MOFOLUWASO SIMILOLUWA §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 25, 2024
18279831 BATTERY END COVER MOUNTING DEVICE AND MOUNTING METHOD, AND BATTERY PRODUCTION LINE Guangdong Lyric Robot Automation Co., Ltd. CREPEAU, JONATHAN 1725 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 31, 2023
18122112 MEMBRANE ATTACHED TO A CARTRIDGE BY SEALS WITH DIFFERING STRENGTHS Cana Technology, Inc. NGUYEN, THUYHANG NGOC 3761 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 15, 2023
18012990 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING WELDING SEAM QUALITY DETECTION AREA, COMPUTER AND STORAGE MEDIUM Guangdong Lyric Robot Automation Co., Ltd. FERDOUSI, FAHMIDA NMN 3761 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending Dec 27, 2022
15945454 CONDITIONAL GRAPH EXECUTION BASED ON PRIOR SIMPLIFIED GRAPH EXECUTION Tenstorrent AI Ulc WONG, WILLIAM 2123 §101 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 04, 2018

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