Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Dickinson Wright Pllc - Washington Dc

Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

234 pending office actions • 121 clients • 212 examiners • 154 art units • 0 of 234 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 492 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

The profile covers Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems and shows 235 pending office actions. The record includes 26696 career applications, providing broad context for the active prosecution workload.

The resolved allowance rate is 86.01%, with an average of 3.22 office actions per allowance. These measures describe resolved outcomes and the examination activity associated with allowance. For practitioners, they support separate assessments of likely prosecution results and the resources needed to address ongoing office actions.

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

Quality Metrics (n=26696 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

86.0%
Allowance Rate
n=26696
+0.49σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=26696
3.2
OAs to Allowance
n=17095
-0.16σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=17095
1027 days
Time to Allowance
n=17095
+7.9pp
Interview Lift
n=26696
24.6%
RCE Rate
n=26696
2.7%
Appeal Rate
n=26696

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

70.6%
§101 Overcome
n=1690
78.2%
§102 Overcome
n=7368
78.6%
§103 Overcome
n=11860
80.8%
§112 Overcome
n=8211

Specialization & Scale

H04L, G06F, H04W
Top CPC Subclasses
11%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=26696
37
Practitioners
n=26696
721.5
Apps / Practitioner
n=26696

Portfolio Summary

234
Total Pending OAs
146
Non-Final OAs
82
Final Rejections
6
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 54 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

28
Overdue
1
Due this week
13
Due this month
10
Due in next 60 days
2
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. 54 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (28)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (13)Due ≤ 60 days (10)Due later (2)

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.

131
Hard (56%)
82
Medium (35%)
21
Easy (9%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only7 (3%)
§101 + other31 (13%)
§103 only63 (27%)
§102 only13 (6%)
§112 only12 (5%)
Double-patenting only9 (4%)
Double-patenting + other6 (3%)
Multi-statute (no §101)93 (40%)

Industry Mix

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

70
Life Sciences
30% of docket
17
Information Tech
7% of docket
12
Communications
5% of docket
27
Semiconductors
12% of docket
105
Mechanical / Eng
45% of docket
3
Business / Other
1% 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.

2,340 h
Manual time on pending OAs
468 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
819 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
20.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
JALALZADEH ABYANE, SHILA 4 50.6% +48.8%
ADE, OGER GARCIA 4 75.5% -2.5%
CHNG, JOY POH AI 3 60.6% +19.0%
MCFADDEN, MICHAEL P 3 86.5% +19.6%
WELCH, WILLOW GRACE 2 55.6% +46.6%
FISCHER, JUSTIN R 2 44.2% +2.5%
MILLER, WILLIAM L 2 79.0% +14.9%
NGUYEN, TUAN N 2 68.1% +26.4%
FRISBY, KESHA 2 52.9% +23.3%
SPAMER, DONALD R 2 59.4% +32.3%

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
19030078 CAPACITOR WITH MULTIPLE ELEMENTS FOR MULTIPLE REPLACEMENT APPLICATIONS MCFADDEN, MICHAEL P —
19030699 CAPACITOR WITH MULTIPLE ELEMENTS FOR MULTIPLE REPLACEMENT APPLICATIONS MCFADDEN, MICHAEL P —
19003300 CAPACITOR WITH MULTIPLE ELEMENTS FOR MULTIPLE REPLACEMENT APPLICATIONS MCFADDEN, MICHAEL P —

Hard Cases (131)

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
17655760 LOAD MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, WALKING TRAINING SYSTEM, LOAD MEASUREMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAM FERNANDES, PATRICK M 154d overdue
18357024 COMPUTERIZED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN ELECTRONIC ACCOUNT VIA EXECUTED BETTING SCHEMES WILLIAMS, ROSS A 147d overdue
18498620 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO DETERMINE MOTION PROFILES BASED ON IDENTIFIED CORRELATIONS BETWEEN MOTION AND USER IMPACT JALALZADEH ABYANE, SHILA 127d overdue
18341416 RUN-TIME CAVITY RING-DOWN SPECTROSCOPY PATTERN RECOGNITION ALEXANDER, EMMA LYNNE 121d overdue
17370806 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EFFICIENT AND ECONOMICAL FULFILMENT OF PRESCRIPTION ORDERS DETWEILER, JAMES M 113d overdue
18601227 MOUNTING SYSTEM FOR ATTACHING A SUPPORT TO A CRANE AND RELATED METHODS ADAMS, NATHANIEL L 49d overdue
18414942 Method of Dispositioning and Control of a Semiconductor Manufacturing Process CAI, PHUONG HAU 43d overdue
18011453 PROCESSES FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL UP-CYCLING OF PLASTICS AND SYSTEMS THEREOF WONG, EDNA 36d overdue

Interview Candidates (20)

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
18498620 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO DETERMINE MOTION PROFILES BASED ON IDENTIFIED CORRELATIONS BETWEEN MOTION AND USER IMPACT JALALZADEH ABYANE, SHILA 127d overdue
18111217 COMPUTERIZED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC DETERMINATION AND APPLICATION OF ADJUSTED ELECTRONIC STIMULUS PATTERNS WELCH, WILLOW GRACE 9d overdue
19363480 Systems and Methods for Optimizing Treatment Plans to Support User Progression During Rehabilitation for the Purpose of Assisting in Determining AL-Driven Interventions by Using Machine Learning to Generate at Least One Data Signature Associated with a Regression of aa User's Medical Condition WELCH, WILLOW GRACE 43d
19302576 PERSUASIVE MOTIVATION FOR ORTHOPEDIC TREATMENT JALALZADEH ABYANE, SHILA —
19298848 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING AI/ML AND TELEMEDICINE FOR INVASIVE SURGICAL TREATMENT TO DETERMINE A CARDIAC TREATMENT PLAN THAT USES AN ELECTROMECHANICAL MACHINE CHNG, JOY POH AI —
19275187 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING AI ML AND TELEMEDICINE TO PERFORM BARIATRIC REHABILITATION VIA AN ELECTROMECHANICAL MACHINE CHNG, JOY POH AI —
19275259 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING AI/ML TO GENERATE TREATMENT PLANS TO STIMULATE PREFERRED ANGIOGENESIS CHNG, JOY POH AI —
19210645 GREEN CREMATION MILLER, WILLIAM L —

Client Portfolio (121 clients)

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Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36869
37847
37545
28475
36274
36774
28344
37923
36873
36353

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19437917 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING TREATMENT PLANS TO SUPPORT USER PROGRESSION DURING REHABILITATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF ASSISTING IN DETERMINING AI-DRIVEN INTERVENTIONS BY USING MACHINE LEARNING TO GENERATE AT LEAST ONE DATA SIGNATURE ASSOCIATED WITH A LIFE-THREATENING EVENT Rom Technologies, Inc. PAN, YUHUI R 2116 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 31, 2025
19369555 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANALYZING OBJECTIVE INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THE PERFORMANCE OF A PATIENT PERFORMING A TREATMENT PLAN AND FOR MODIFYING THE TREATMENT PLAN USING AI/ML Rom Technologies, Inc. SIDDIQUEE, TAMEEM 3792 §103 Final Rejection 54d Pending Oct 27, 2025
19363480 Systems and Methods for Optimizing Treatment Plans to Support User Progression During Rehabilitation for the Purpose of Assisting in Determining AL-Driven Interventions by Using Machine Learning to Generate at Least One Data Signature Associated with a Regression of aa User's Medical Condition Rom Technologies, Inc. WELCH, WILLOW GRACE 3792 §102§103Other Final Rejection 43d Pending Oct 20, 2025
19472022 OPTICAL SYSTEM AND DEVICES Uniphy Limited CHATLY, AMIT 2624 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 07, 2025
19472009 PACKAGED LIGHT EMITTING DIODE AND TOUCH SENSITIVE APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME Uniphy Limited SIDDIQUI, MD SAIFUL A 2626 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 07, 2025
19346493 NON-SEQUENTIAL RESTAURANT ORDER SYSTEM AND METHOD Blue Baker, LLC TARAE, CATHERINE MICHELLE 3992 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA 33d Pending Sep 30, 2025
19324761 VIDEO SUMMARIZATION METHOD, APPARATUS, COMPUTER DEVICE, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT Shanghai Hode Information Technology Co., Ltd. FAN, HUA 2426 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 10, 2025
19307864 DECORATIVE ASSEMBLY FOR A LIGHT FIXTURE Tulip Goods Co. SONG, ZHENG B 2875 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 22, 2025
19302576 PERSUASIVE MOTIVATION FOR ORTHOPEDIC TREATMENT Rom Technologies, Inc. JALALZADEH ABYANE, SHILA 3784 §112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 18, 2025
19298848 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING AI/ML AND TELEMEDICINE FOR INVASIVE SURGICAL TREATMENT TO DETERMINE A CARDIAC TREATMENT PLAN THAT USES AN ELECTROMECHANICAL MACHINE Rom Technologies, Inc. CHNG, JOY POH AI 3686 §101DP Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 13, 2025
19154673 SEAL STRUCTURE AND BACKUP MEMBER VALQUA, LTD. FOSTER, NICHOLAS L 3675 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 07, 2025
19285592 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING SMART EXERCISE DEVICES TO PERFORM CARDIOVASCULAR REHABILITATION Rom Technologies, Inc. ELSHAER, ALAAELDIN M 3687 §101Other Final Rejection — Pending Jul 30, 2025
19275187 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING AI ML AND TELEMEDICINE TO PERFORM BARIATRIC REHABILITATION VIA AN ELECTROMECHANICAL MACHINE Rom Technologies, Inc. CHNG, JOY POH AI 3686 §101DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 21, 2025
19275259 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING AI/ML TO GENERATE TREATMENT PLANS TO STIMULATE PREFERRED ANGIOGENESIS Rom Technologies, Inc. CHNG, JOY POH AI 3686 §101DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 21, 2025
18877649 METHOD FOR HANDLING AN OBJECT BY MEANS OF A ROBOTIC ARM, AND DEVICE COMPRISING A ROBOTIC ARM FOR HANDLING AN OBJECT Robominds GmbH EL SAYAH, MOHAMAD O 3658 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 08, 2025
19260184 TRANSPORT AND STORAGE CONTAINER FOR LIQUIDS Protechna S.A. KIRSCH, ANDREW THOMAS 3733 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 03, 2025
19254573 RESTRUCTURING STRUCTURED PAYLOADS FOR EFFICIENT DOWNSTREAM ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION, STORAGE, AND PROCESSING Briza, Inc. ANSARI, NAJEEBUDDIN 2463 §102 Non-Final OA 100d overdue Pending Jun 30, 2025
19136039 RUBBER COMPOSITION COMPAGNIE GÉNÉRALE DES ÉTABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN FISCHER, JUSTIN R 1749 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 05, 2025
19219773 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COORDINATING ORDERING BETWEEN MOBILE DEVICES Blue Baker, LLC ADE, OGER GARCIA 3627 DP Non-Final OA — Pending May 27, 2025
19219613 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING BEHAVIORS USING BLOCKCHAIN DATA Deep3 Labs LLC WORJLOH, JALATEE 3697 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 27, 2025
19212254 HANDLE AND HANDLE ASSEMBLY FOR COUPLING TO EXERCISE EQUIPMENT Kablekrushers, LLC MORGAN, EMILY M 3677 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 22d Pending May 19, 2025
19210645 GREEN CREMATION Endure Products, LLC MILLER, WILLIAM L 3677 §112Other Non-Final OA — Pending May 16, 2025
18850598 TOOL REPLACING DEVICE Nakamura-Tome Precision Industry Co., Ltd. FORD, DARRELL CHRISTOPHER 3722 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 14, 2025
19203027 METHODS FOR PERSONALIZED MARKETING OF RETAIL PRODUCTS Alpha Modus, Corp. JEANTY, ROMAIN 3624 §101§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending May 08, 2025
19198796 System and Method for Enhanced Ordering Using Incentives and Location Based Delivery Points Blue Baker, LLC ADE, OGER GARCIA 3627 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 05, 2025
19191192 INFLATABLE PRODUCT BESTWAY INFLATABLES & MATERIAL CORP. NGUYEN, TUAN N 3754 §102§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 28, 2025
19187286 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING TO GENERATE A VIRTUAL COACH Blueforge Alliance FRISBY, KESHA 3715 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 23, 2025
19122452 SMART COUCHTOP EXTENSION CONFIGURED TO BE RELEASABLY COUPLED TO A COUCHTOP BASE STATION Orfit Industries LABARGE, ALISON N 3679 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 18, 2025
19180500 LIFTING DEVICE FOR MANIPULATING A LOAD AND METHOD FOR MANIPULATING A LOAD Efs - Gesellschaft Für Hebe- Und Handhabungstechnik Mbh SAMPLE, JONATHAN L 3657 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 16, 2025
19176838 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING A VOCATIONAL MASK TO GENERATE POSITIONAL AND ORIENTATION INFORMATION FOR A WORK TOOL Blueforge Alliance FRISBY, KESHA §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 11, 2025
19175126 DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE, DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD FOR A VEHICLE, AND PROGRAM Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha MATTA, ALEXANDER GEORGE 3668 §103Other Final Rejection — Pending Apr 10, 2025
19169822 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING TO MONITOR WORK TASKS Blueforge Alliance YESILDAG, MEHMET 3624 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 03, 2025
19097968 INFLATABLE PRODUCT BESTWAY INFLATABLES & MATERIAL CORP. NEWTON, JASON TODD 3673 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 02, 2025
19097374 SHEET, SHEET PRINTING METHOD, SHEET PRINTING DEVICE AND INFLATABLE PRODUCT BESTWAY INFLATABLES & MATERIAL CORP. RUMMEL, IAN A 1785 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 01, 2025
19094200 COVER PLATE ASSEMBLY AND CENTERING BAR Balco, Inc. AGUDELO, PAOLA 3633 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 28, 2025
19115626 MODULAR ELECTRONIC FUSES AND FUSE BOX Fep Fahrzeugelektrik Pirna GmbH & Co. Kg PEREZ BORROTO, ALFONSO 2836 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 26, 2025
19088461 PUMP SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING MULTIPLE STRAPDOWN SOLUTIONS IN ATTITUDE HEADING AND REFERENCE SYSTEM (AHRS) L3 Technologies, Inc. AN, IG TAI 3662 DP Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 24, 2025
19087152 PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD STATOR WINDING ENHANCEMENTS FOR AXIAL FIELD ROTARY ENERGY DEVICE Infinitum Electric Inc. CHANG, MINKI 2834 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 21, 2025
19075099 DISPLAYING CONTENT OF A CLOSED APPLICATION ON A MOBILE DEVICE SCREEN Adenda Media Inc. CAO, VINCENT M 3622 §112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 10, 2025
19070741 BOTTOM CAP FOR FOAM BUILDING PANELS Softwick Corporation MAESTRI, PATRICK J 3635 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 05, 2025
19067537 Divert Merge Apparatus and Method Aegis Sortation, LLC AWAIS, MUHAMMAD SUMRAIZ 3651 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 28, 2025
19066455 MULTIMODAL HAPTIC DEVICE FOR RENDERING CUTANEOUS AND KINESTHETIC TACTILE CUES OF A TARGET, AND METHOD FOR RENDERING CUTANEOUS AND KINESTHETIC TACTILE CUES OF A TARGET ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FÉDÉRALE DE LAUSANNE (EPFL) YANG, JAMES J 2686 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 28, 2025
19067030 INTRA-BOTTOM HOLE ASSEMBLY (BHA) WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Erdos Miller, Inc. THOMPSON, KENNETH L 3676 §101§102 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 28, 2025
19106486 ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Shenzhen Microbt Electronics Technology Co., Ltd. DANIELS, ANTHONY J 2637 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 25, 2025
19055313 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AN ENHANCED HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL USER INTERFACE DISPLAYING MEASUREMENT INFORMATION FOR A PLURALITY OF USERS Rom Technologies, Inc. HRANEK, KAREN AMANDA 3684 §101 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 17, 2025
19055342 SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ELECTRICALLY ACTUATED PEDAL FOR AN EXERCISE OR REHABILITATION MACHINE Rom Technologies, Inc. GANESAN, SUNDHARA M 3784 DP Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 17, 2025
19051514 AUTOMATIC SYSTEM FOR STORING AND HANDLING GROUPS OF ARTICLES TO BE PROCESSED Adige-Sys S.p.A. MCCLAIN, GERALD 3652 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 12, 2025
19051310 MODULAR AXIAL FIELD ROTARY ENERGY DEVICE WITH PCB STATOR AND ENHANCED VARIABLE FREQUENCY DRIVE SYSTEM Infinitum Electric Inc. SINGH, ALEXANDER A 2834 DP Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 12, 2025
19049457 REMOTE EXAMINATION THROUGH AUGMENTED REALITY Rom Technologies, Inc. KHAYER, SOHANA T 3657 §103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 10, 2025
19049896 Formulations Containing Biologically Prepared Fibers BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE MURATA, AUSTIN 1712 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 10, 2025

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Dickinson Wright Pllc - Washington Dc's patent allowance rate?

86.0% of resolved applications prosecuted by Dickinson Wright Pllc - Washington Dc were allowed, across 26,696 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Dickinson Wright Pllc - Washington Dc average before allowance?

3.22 office actions per allowed application on average.

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234 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 121 clients, before 212 examiners in 154 art units.

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