Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Dickinson Wright, PLLC

Technology areas: Computing & Software • Networking & Security • Communications

21 pending office actions • 1 client • 21 examiners • 20 art units • 1 of 21 (5%) have an AI response strategy ready • 56 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

DICKINSON WRIGHT RLLP’s profile covers Computing & Software and reports 21 pending office actions. Its broader career record contains 26696 applications, with a resolved allowance rate of 86.01% and an average of 3.22 office actions per allowance.

The allowance rate indicates that resolved matters have frequently reached allowance, while the action average shows that an allowed matter typically required multiple examination exchanges. The pending docket should therefore be managed alongside response sequencing and amendment strategy rather than treated as a standalone performance measure.

For a practitioner, the combination of a large historical application record and a current open-action count supports portfolio-level planning. Computing and software matters may benefit from consistent claim construction positions, clear technical explanations, and early identification of issues likely to require more than one response.

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

21
Total Pending OAs
17
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
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.

4
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
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 (4)

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.

8
Hard (38%)
10
Medium (48%)
2
Easy (10%)
1
Unknown (5%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other3 (14%)
§103 only10 (48%)
§112 only1 (5%)
Double-patenting only1 (5%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (24%)
No statute on record1 (5%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
11
Information Tech
52% of docket
6
Communications
29% of docket
1
Semiconductors
5% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
10% of docket
1
Business / Other
5% 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.

210 h
Manual time on pending OAs
42 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
74 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PARRY, CHRISTOPHER L 1 54.6% +17.3%
KING, JOHN B 1 80.8% +37.3%
MA, WEI 1 73.0% +6.3%
VICARY, KEITH E 1 57.9% +40.1%
JOHNSON, TERRELL S 1 86.9% +10.4%
ULLAH, SHARIF E 1 84.8% +21.2%
MORLAN, ROBERT M 1 74.3% +15.6%
GIROUARD, JANICE MARIE 1 73.9% +12.7%
PEREZ, JOSE L 1 52.0% +41.0%
GUEVARA, VINCENT JOSEPH S 1 — —

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19227332 TECHNIQUES FOR AUTHORIZING ACTIVITIES ACROSS COMPUTING DEVICES KING, JOHN B —

Hard Cases (8)

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
18067690 PROVISIONING CREDENTIALS ON MULTIPLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES RAK, TAYLOR SIMON DUANE 53d overdue
19230712 TECHNIQUES FOR MANAGING EMAILS PARRY, CHRISTOPHER L —
19094393 MASKING/ZEROING PREDICATION IN PROCESSOR CIRCUITS VICARY, KEITH E —
19089363 PERFORMANCE STATE AWARE DYNAMIC CLOCK GATING JOHNSON, TERRELL S —
18909672 DYNAMIC MANAGEMENT OF A RESERVE eSIM FOR A WIRELESS DEVICE GUEVARA, VINCENT JOSEPH S —
18770149 TECHNIQUES FOR ADJUSTING GAIN MAPS FOR DIGITAL IMAGES ALLISON, ANDRAE S —
18468658 TECHNIQUES FOR GENERATING VIDEO EFFECTS FOR SING-ALONG SESSIONS SCHREIBER, CHRISTINA MARIE —
18157056 TECHNIQUES FOR IMPLEMENTING DYNAMIC INTERACTIVE ON-DEMAND USER INTERFACE ORDERING RAMPHAL, LATASHA DEVI —

Interview Candidates (8)

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
19230712 TECHNIQUES FOR MANAGING EMAILS PARRY, CHRISTOPHER L —
19227332 TECHNIQUES FOR AUTHORIZING ACTIVITIES ACROSS COMPUTING DEVICES KING, JOHN B —
19094393 MASKING/ZEROING PREDICATION IN PROCESSOR CIRCUITS VICARY, KEITH E —
19089363 PERFORMANCE STATE AWARE DYNAMIC CLOCK GATING JOHNSON, TERRELL S —
19069408 TECHNIQUES FOR PROMOTING PRIVACY WHEN PROVIDING QUERY RESULTS ULLAH, SHARIF E —
19012413 SMART DATA MODE FOR 5G WIRELESS DEVICES MORLAN, ROBERT M —
18935952 DYNAMIC ADDRESS-BASED DATA RELIABILITY GIROUARD, JANICE MARIE —
18924311 OFF-LINE PROFILE PROVISIONING FOR WIRELESS DEVICES PEREZ, JOSE L —

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Apple 21

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
24541
24981
21351
21831
21761
24091
21381
24741
26831
26641

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19230712 TECHNIQUES FOR MANAGING EMAILS Apple Inc. PARRY, CHRISTOPHER L 2454 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 06, 2025
19227332 TECHNIQUES FOR AUTHORIZING ACTIVITIES ACROSS COMPUTING DEVICES Apple Inc. KING, JOHN B 2498 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 03, 2025
19174467 TECHNIQUES FOR MANAGING SOLID-STATE STORAGE DEVICES Apple Inc. MA, WEI 2135 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 09, 2025
19094393 MASKING/ZEROING PREDICATION IN PROCESSOR CIRCUITS Apple Inc. VICARY, KEITH E 2183 §101§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 28, 2025
19089363 PERFORMANCE STATE AWARE DYNAMIC CLOCK GATING Apple Inc. JOHNSON, TERRELL S 2176 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 25, 2025
19069408 TECHNIQUES FOR PROMOTING PRIVACY WHEN PROVIDING QUERY RESULTS Apple Inc. ULLAH, SHARIF E — Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 04, 2025
19012413 SMART DATA MODE FOR 5G WIRELESS DEVICES Apple Inc. MORLAN, ROBERT M 2409 DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 07, 2025
18935952 DYNAMIC ADDRESS-BASED DATA RELIABILITY Apple Inc. GIROUARD, JANICE MARIE 2138 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 04, 2024
18924311 OFF-LINE PROFILE PROVISIONING FOR WIRELESS DEVICES Apple Inc. PEREZ, JOSE L 2474 §103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 23, 2024
18909672 DYNAMIC MANAGEMENT OF A RESERVE eSIM FOR A WIRELESS DEVICE Apple Inc. GUEVARA, VINCENT JOSEPH S 2683 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 08, 2024
18900476 IMAGE SPECIFIC GLOBAL TONE CURVE AND RESIDUAL GAIN MAP GENERATION BASED ON MULTIPLE IMAGES Apple Inc. LIU, XIAO 2664 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 27, 2024
18887593 DYNAMIC eSIM CUSTOMIZATION WITH PRESET TEMPLATES Apple Inc. DEAN, JR, JOSEPH E 2647 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 17, 2024
18810144 SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE FILE MANAGEMENT FOR ESIM TRANSFER Apple Inc. JAIN, SWATI 2649 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 20, 2024
18770149 TECHNIQUES FOR ADJUSTING GAIN MAPS FOR DIGITAL IMAGES Apple Inc. ALLISON, ANDRAE S 2673 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 11, 2024
18641173 SIGNAL AGGREGATION Apple Inc. SWIFT, CHARLES M 2196 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 19, 2024
18636079 TECHNIQUES FOR DETERMINISTICALLY ROUTING DATABASE REQUESTS TO DATABASE SERVERS Apple Inc. SKHOUN, HICHAM 2164 §103 Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Apr 15, 2024
18501973 TECHNIQUES FOR UTILIZING GAIN MAPS TO MANAGE VARYING STATES OF AN IMAGE Apple Inc. ZHANG, FAN 2682 §103 Final Rejection 58d overdue Pending Nov 03, 2023
18492685 DATA TRACE INDEXING AND TRACE PACKET ENCAPSULATION Apple Inc. GUSTAFSON, MATHEW DONALD 2113 §103 Non-Final OA 26d overdue AI Ready Oct 23, 2023
18468658 TECHNIQUES FOR GENERATING VIDEO EFFECTS FOR SING-ALONG SESSIONS Apple Inc. SCHREIBER, CHRISTINA MARIE 2837 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 15, 2023
18157056 TECHNIQUES FOR IMPLEMENTING DYNAMIC INTERACTIVE ON-DEMAND USER INTERFACE ORDERING Apple Inc. RAMPHAL, LATASHA DEVI 3688 §101§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 19, 2023
18067690 PROVISIONING CREDENTIALS ON MULTIPLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES Apple Inc. RAK, TAYLOR SIMON DUANE 3697 §103§112 Non-Final OA 53d overdue Pending Dec 16, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Dickinson Wright, PLLC's patent allowance rate?

86.0% of resolved applications prosecuted by Dickinson Wright, PLLC were allowed, across 26,696 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Dickinson Wright, PLLC average before allowance?

3.22 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Dickinson Wright, PLLC have?

21 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 1 client, before 21 examiners in 20 art units.

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