Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Dowell & Dowell, P.C.

30 pending office actions • 24 clients • 27 examiners • 23 art units • 0 of 30 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 73 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=4445 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

79.7%
Allowance Rate
n=4445
+0.54σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=4445
3.0
OAs to Allowance
n=2612
-0.29σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=2612
1119 days
Time to Allowance
n=2612
+15.1pp
Interview Lift
n=4445
20.0%
RCE Rate
n=4445
1.3%
Appeal Rate
n=4445

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

73.1%
§101 Overcome
n=52
84.9%
§102 Overcome
n=272
78.9%
§103 Overcome
n=1479
91.2%
§112 Overcome
n=423

Specialization & Scale

A61B, Y10T, G01N
Top CPC Subclasses
11%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=4445
2
Practitioners
n=4445
2222.5
Apps / Practitioner
n=4445

Portfolio Summary

30
Total Pending OAs
21
Non-Final OAs
9
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 20 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

12
Overdue
0
Due this week
5
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. 20 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (12)Due ≤ 30 days (5)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.

1
Hard (3%)
25
Medium (83%)
3
Easy (10%)
1
Unknown (3%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (3%)
§103 only23 (77%)
§102 only2 (7%)
§112 only2 (7%)
Double-patenting only1 (3%)
No statute on record1 (3%)

Industry Mix

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

9
Life Sciences
30% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
3% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
18
Mechanical / Eng
60% of docket
2
Business / Other
7% 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.

300 h
Manual time on pending OAs
60 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
105 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BEATTY, COLLIN X 2 82.4% +14.8%
SHIN, DANA H 2 27.1% +27.5%
GUMP, MICHAEL ANTHONY 2 63.4% +49.0%
BAGGOT, BREFFNI 1 34.6% +25.0%
IMAM, TANZIM 1 70.8% +27.2%
BROWN, SETH RICHARD 1 48.9% +46.1%
COLLIER, JAMESON D 1 54.2% +47.5%
WALRAED-SULLIVAN, KYLE 1 73.5% +30.6%
CHOI, YOUNHEE JEON 1 70.8% +49.0%
KOTTER, KIP T 1 67.7% +21.5%

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
18950540 FLEXIBLE EYEWEAR ASSEMBLY BEATTY, COLLIN X
18950542 FLEXIBLE BRIDGE ASSEMBLY FOR EYEWEAR AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING FLEXIBLE EYEWEAR BEATTY, COLLIN X

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18933178 MICRORNA-BASED PARTICLE FOR THE TREATMENT OF DYSREGULATED IMMUNE RESPONSE SHIN, DANA H
18794415 MICRORNA-BASED PARTICLE FOR THE TREATMENT OF DYSREGULATED IMMUNE RESPONSE SHIN, DANA H
17692617 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROL OF ICE SKATE BLADE GRINDING APPARATUS GUMP, MICHAEL ANTHONY

Interview Candidates (13)

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
18850759 DEVICE FOR SELECTIVE ATTENUATION OF NOISE EMITTED BY DENTISTRY EQUIPMENT BROWN, SETH RICHARD 43d overdue
18380849 AUTOMATIC BLADE HOLDER GUMP, MICHAEL ANTHONY 25d overdue
19188456 METHOD AND COMPUTING DEVICE FOR OPTIMIZING PLACEMENT OF DIGITAL SIGNAGE CONTENT BASED ON AUDIENCE SEGMENTS BAGGOT, BREFFNI 16d overdue
18708791 A SPIKE SHOE COLLIER, JAMESON D 8d overdue
18690441 DEEP DISH AERODYNAMIC WHEEL AND ACCESSORIES KOTTER, KIP T 8d overdue
18693309 SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS FOR ULTRASOUND DETECTION OF VASCULAR HEMODYNAMIC MEASURES CHOI, YOUNHEE JEON 23d
18698974 ROBOTIC ASSEMBLY OF MASS TIMBER STRUCTURAL PANELS WALRAED-SULLIVAN, KYLE 28d
19094374 STACKING AND WRAPPING SYSTEM AND A METHOD OF USING SAME IMAM, TANZIM 39d

Client Portfolio (24 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37233
16352
37912
17972
36211
37311
37861
37321
36351
37971

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19188456 METHOD AND COMPUTING DEVICE FOR OPTIMIZING PLACEMENT OF DIGITAL SIGNAGE CONTENT BASED ON AUDIENCE SEGMENTS Broadsign Serv, Inc. BAGGOT, BREFFNI 3621 §103 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Apr 24, 2025
19094374 STACKING AND WRAPPING SYSTEM AND A METHOD OF USING SAME Lyric Automation Canada Corporation IMAM, TANZIM 3731 §102 Non-Final OA 39d Pending Mar 28, 2025
18950540 FLEXIBLE EYEWEAR ASSEMBLY Brent Sheldon BEATTY, COLLIN X §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 18, 2024
18950542 FLEXIBLE BRIDGE ASSEMBLY FOR EYEWEAR AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING FLEXIBLE EYEWEAR Brent Sheldon BEATTY, COLLIN X §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 18, 2024
18933178 MICRORNA-BASED PARTICLE FOR THE TREATMENT OF DYSREGULATED IMMUNE RESPONSE Northmirs, Inc. SHIN, DANA H 1635 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 31, 2024
18850759 DEVICE FOR SELECTIVE ATTENUATION OF NOISE EMITTED BY DENTISTRY EQUIPMENT Scorpion BROWN, SETH RICHARD 3786 §103 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Sep 25, 2024
18794415 MICRORNA-BASED PARTICLE FOR THE TREATMENT OF DYSREGULATED IMMUNE RESPONSE Northmirs, Inc. SHIN, DANA H 1635 §112 Final Rejection Pending Aug 05, 2024
18708791 A SPIKE SHOE Pro Paint Gear Inc. COLLIER, JAMESON D 3732 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending May 09, 2024
18698974 ROBOTIC ASSEMBLY OF MASS TIMBER STRUCTURAL PANELS Intelligent City Inc. WALRAED-SULLIVAN, KYLE 3635 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Apr 05, 2024
18693309 SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS FOR ULTRASOUND DETECTION OF VASCULAR HEMODYNAMIC MEASURES Moonrise Medical, Inc. CHOI, YOUNHEE JEON 3797 §103 Non-Final OA 23d Pending Mar 19, 2024
18690441 DEEP DISH AERODYNAMIC WHEEL AND ACCESSORIES 2592497 Ontario Inc. KOTTER, KIP T 3615 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Mar 08, 2024
18686525 SYSTEMS, APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR FORMING INCISIONS IN TISSUE USING LASER PULSES Light Matter Interaction Inc. CIRULNICK, EMILY NICOLE 3792 §103 Non-Final OA 16d Pending Feb 26, 2024
18444096 VASCULAR FLOW DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM Moonrise Medical Inc. PORTILLO, JAIRO H 3791 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 16, 2024
18418685 METHOD AND SYSTEM OF CONTROLLING A NON-HOMOGENEOUS COHORT OF OZONE GAS GENERATING DEVICES 13482073 Canada Inc. TRIEU, VAN THANH 2685 §103 Final Rejection 66d overdue Pending Jan 22, 2024
18530514 AUTOMATIC BLADE HOLDER Prosharp Inc. MARKMAN, MAKENA 3723 Other Non-Final OA 41d Pending Dec 06, 2023
18386749 TRACHEAL INTUBATION DEVICE FOR DELIVERY OF APNEIC OXYGENATION AND SUCTION The Hospital For Sick Childern PINDERSKI, JACQUELINE M 3785 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 03, 2023
18288895 BICYCLE WITH MOVING AND/OR MORPHING AERODYNAMIC FRAME ELEMENTS 2592497 Ontario Inc. ARCE, MARLON ALEXANDER 3611 §103 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Oct 30, 2023
18380849 AUTOMATIC BLADE HOLDER Prosharp Inc. GUMP, MICHAEL ANTHONY 3723 §103 Final Rejection 25d overdue Pending Oct 17, 2023
18286049 ENDOPROTHESES COMPONENT FOR JOINTS Semmelweis Egyetem PRESTON, REBECCA STRASZHEIM 3774 §102 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Oct 06, 2023
18238074 POLYMERIC MICELLE COMPOSITIONS UVIC INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIPS INC. BURKHART, MICHAEL D 1638 §112 Final Rejection 146d overdue Pending Aug 25, 2023
18143649 PROTEIN-RELEASE SYSTEM FOR SUSTAINED RELEASE OF PROTEINS Molly Shoichet SUNSHINE, HANNAH LOUISE 1644 DP Non-Final OA Pending May 05, 2023
18135966 TREATMENT OF BLEPHARITIS Fine Cotton Factory Inc. WORSHAM, JESSICA N 1615 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 18, 2023
18110005 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INDIRECT MOVEMENT FEEDBACK DURING SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION REHABILITATION AND ENHANCEMENT Iregained Inc. TRAN, THO Q 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 45d overdue Pending Feb 15, 2023
18070716 EFFERVESCENT BEVERAGE IN VALVELESS CONTAINER AERATED WITH SPARINGLY SOLUBLE GASES, AND APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAME Rebel Beverage Labs LLC HAWKINS, AMANDA SALATA 1793 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 29, 2022
17919071 NANOMATERIALS FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION OF PHENOLIC ANALYTES Eye3Concepts Inc. MCCRACKEN, DANIEL 1736 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Oct 14, 2022
17918437 Methods for Characterization of Compounds Derived from Cannabis SP. Medleaf Biotechnologies And Global Research And Development Inc. XU, XIAOYUN 1797 §103 Final Rejection 20d Pending Oct 12, 2022
17820392 ROBOTIC SURGERY SYSTEMA Conavi Medical Corp. BOICE, JAMES EDWARD 3795 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Aug 17, 2022
17699690 TRACKING MARKER SUPPORT STRUCTURE AND SURFACE REGISTRATION METHODS EMPLOYING THE SAME FOR PERFORMING NAVIGATED SURGICAL PROCEDURES 7D Surgical Ulc BOLES, SAMEH RAAFAT 3775 §103 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Mar 21, 2022
17692617 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROL OF ICE SKATE BLADE GRINDING APPARATUS Prosharp Inc. GUMP, MICHAEL ANTHONY 3723 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 11, 2022
17605175 DIGITAL MICROFLUIDIC AGGLUTINATION ASSAYS The Governing Council of the University of Toronto JARRETT, LORE RAMILLANO 1797 §103 Final Rejection 79d Pending Oct 20, 2021

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