Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Definitive Patents, Member Synchrony Ip

Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

8 pending office actions • 7 clients • 8 examiners • 8 art units • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 22 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

The profile covers Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems and shows 8 pending office actions. The record includes 182 career applications, connecting the current workload with a defined application history.

The resolved allowance rate is 97.46%, while the average is 2.03 office actions per allowance. This combination records a strong resolved allowance outcome and a relatively limited examination sequence before allowance within the reported data. It may help practitioners separate expected outcome considerations from the practical effort required for responses.

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

Quality Metrics (n=182 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

97.5%
Allowance Rate
n=182
+0.80σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=182
2.0
OAs to Allowance
n=115
-0.84σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=115
886 days
Time to Allowance
n=115
-0.6pp
Interview Lift
n=182
14.4%
RCE Rate
n=182
0.0%
Appeal Rate
n=182

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

—
§101 Overcome
n=18 (min 20)
89.2%
§102 Overcome
n=37
81.0%
§103 Overcome
n=63
82.0%
§112 Overcome
n=50

Specialization & Scale

G06Q, A61H, A61B
Top CPC Subclasses
16%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=182
1
Practitioners
n=182
182.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=182

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
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.

4
Hard (50%)
2
Medium (25%)
2
Easy (25%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (12%)
§103 only2 (25%)
§112 only1 (12%)
Double-patenting only1 (12%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (38%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
12% of docket
1
Information Tech
12% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
50% of docket
2
Business / Other
25% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CAMPEN, KELLY SCAGGS 1 50.9% +31.1%
KAHELIN, MICHAEL WILLIAM 1 78.0% +23.6%
KORSAK, OLEG 1 85.7% +7.3%
ENGLE, PATRICIA LYNN 1 62.5% +31.1%
MALIKASIM, JONATHAN L 1 80.5% +0.0%
UNDERWOOD, CYNTHIA R 1 94.8% +3.0%
BOUCHELLE, LAURA A 1 80.2% +10.3%
WHATLEY, BENJAMIN R 1 66.7% +68.3%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
29940186 CARRIAGE NUT UNDERWOOD, CYNTHIA R 19d
19081300 MULTI-PARTY CONTROLLED TRANSIENT USER CREDENTIALING FOR INTERACTION WITH SECURE DATA KORSAK, OLEG —

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19121958 EXPANDING TEMPORARY PACING LEAD KAHELIN, MICHAEL WILLIAM —
18982993 RECONFIGURABLE GOLF WINDSHIELD AND MODULAR ACCESSORY MOUNTING SYSTEM MALIKASIM, JONATHAN L —
18426992 Robotically Augmented Catheter Manipulation Handle BOUCHELLE, LAURA A —
18255519 VARIABLE POWER COLD MICROWAVE TISSUE PROCESSOR WHATLEY, BENJAMIN R —

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19268248 DYNAMIC CRYTOCURRENCY INERTIA SYSTEM CAMPEN, KELLY SCAGGS —
19121958 EXPANDING TEMPORARY PACING LEAD KAHELIN, MICHAEL WILLIAM —
19061449 CONFIGURED SEAT BACK AND REAR SEATING ENGLE, PATRICIA LYNN —
18426992 Robotically Augmented Catheter Manipulation Handle BOUCHELLE, LAURA A —
18255519 VARIABLE POWER COLD MICROWAVE TISSUE PROCESSOR WHATLEY, BENJAMIN R —

Client Portfolio (7 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36911
37921
24921
39911
36451
29241
37831
17981

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19268248 DYNAMIC CRYTOCURRENCY INERTIA SYSTEM Volmex Labs Corporation CAMPEN, KELLY SCAGGS 3691 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 14, 2025
19121958 EXPANDING TEMPORARY PACING LEAD Nextern Innovation, LLC KAHELIN, MICHAEL WILLIAM 3792 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 17, 2025
19081300 MULTI-PARTY CONTROLLED TRANSIENT USER CREDENTIALING FOR INTERACTION WITH SECURE DATA Playback Health Inc. KORSAK, OLEG 2492 DP Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 17, 2025
19061449 CONFIGURED SEAT BACK AND REAR SEATING Vexas Corp. ENGLE, PATRICIA LYNN 3991 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 24, 2025
18982993 RECONFIGURABLE GOLF WINDSHIELD AND MODULAR ACCESSORY MOUNTING SYSTEM Golf Cart King, LLC MALIKASIM, JONATHAN L 3645 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 16, 2024
29940186 CARRIAGE NUT Eagle Industrial Group Inc. UNDERWOOD, CYNTHIA R 2924 §112 Non-Final OA 19d Pending Apr 30, 2024
18426992 Robotically Augmented Catheter Manipulation Handle Nextern Innovation, LLC BOUCHELLE, LAURA A 3783 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 30, 2024
18255519 VARIABLE POWER COLD MICROWAVE TISSUE PROCESSOR Pathronix Corp. WHATLEY, BENJAMIN R 1798 §101§103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 01, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Definitive Patents, Member Synchrony Ip's patent allowance rate?

97.5% of resolved applications prosecuted by Definitive Patents, Member Synchrony Ip were allowed, across 182 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Definitive Patents, Member Synchrony Ip average before allowance?

2.03 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Definitive Patents, Member Synchrony Ip have?

8 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 7 clients, before 8 examiners in 8 art units.

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