Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Dunlap Codding, P.C.

23 pending office actions • 12 clients • 19 examiners • 14 art units • 0 of 23 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=4670 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

71.1%
Allowance Rate
n=4670
+0.45σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=4670
2.9
OAs to Allowance
n=2487
-0.30σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=2487
1010 days
Time to Allowance
n=2487
+20.4pp
Interview Lift
n=4670
16.9%
RCE Rate
n=4670
1.5%
Appeal Rate
n=4670

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

75.9%
§101 Overcome
n=241
72.2%
§102 Overcome
n=925
74.1%
§103 Overcome
n=1510
77.0%
§112 Overcome
n=948

Specialization & Scale

B65D, A47G, Y10T
Top CPC Subclasses
18%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=4670
3
Practitioners
n=4670
1556.7
Apps / Practitioner
n=4670

Portfolio Summary

23
Total Pending OAs
16
Non-Final OAs
7
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

7
Overdue
1
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. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (7)Due ≤ 7 days (1)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.

10
Hard (43%)
9
Medium (39%)
3
Easy (13%)
1
Unknown (4%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (4%)
§101 + other2 (9%)
§103 only8 (35%)
§112 only1 (4%)
Double-patenting only2 (9%)
Double-patenting + other1 (4%)
Multi-statute (no §101)7 (30%)
No statute on record1 (4%)

Industry Mix

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

8
Life Sciences
35% of docket
3
Information Tech
13% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
9% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
22% of docket
5
Business / Other
22% 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.

230 h
Manual time on pending OAs
46 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
80 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CULBERT, COURTNEY GUENTHER 3 24.5% +5.7%
DOERRLER, WILLIAM CHARLES 2 77.9% +13.7%
SPARKS, RUSSELL E 2 63.1% +15.4%
SEBASTIAN, KAITLYN E 1 73.3% +20.9%
HOGE, GARY CHAPMAN 1 63.7% +22.5%
KRATT, JUSTIN M 1 86.9% +5.6%
HAILU, TADESSE 1 77.9% +3.9%
COMSTOCK, DAVID C 1 86.5% -8.4%
KESSIE, JENNIFER A 1 64.7% +22.9%
AMARA, MOHAMED K 1 75.7% +30.0%

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
18773197 Aerosol Delivery Device With An Air Flow Passage Having Two Airflow Branches KRATT, JUSTIN M

Hard Cases (13)

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
18939225 PICTURE FRAME HOGE, GARY CHAPMAN 18d overdue
18523270 COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHOD MARTINEZ, TOMMY NMN 16d overdue
17697072 SMOKING SUBSTITUTE APPARATUS CULBERT, COURTNEY GUENTHER 8d overdue
17679852 SMOKING SUBSTITUTE DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD DIYAN, OLUWATOSIN OLUWATUMININ 4d overdue
18310643 INTELLIGENT FILTER BOSTWICK, SIDNEY VINCENT 5d
18652199 VIDEO LARYNGOSCOPE AND METHOD FOR USING SAME COMSTOCK, DAVID C 27d
18352102 ACTIVITY RECRUITMENT PLATFORM MPAMUGO, CHINYERE 34d
18648047 AEROSOL DELIVERY SYSTEM KESSIE, JENNIFER A

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
17686020 SMOKING SUBSTITUTE APPARATUS SPARKS, RUSSELL E 30d overdue
18939225 PICTURE FRAME HOGE, GARY CHAPMAN 18d overdue
19232524 OBJECTIVE MEDICAL 3D SCANNING AND MAPPING SYSTEM SEBASTIAN, KAITLYN E
19197670 NET WRAP RECOVERY DEVICE DOERRLER, WILLIAM CHARLES
18987217 NET WRAP RECOVERY DEVICE DOERRLER, WILLIAM CHARLES
18648047 AEROSOL DELIVERY SYSTEM KESSIE, JENNIFER A
18611339 APPARATUS FOR TIME-RESOLVED FLUORESCENCE MEASUREMENT USING BANDWIDTH-LIMITED DIGITAL-PULSE LIGHT MODULATION AND METHODS AMARA, MOHAMED K
17126404 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING RECONSTITUTED PLANT MATERIAL SPARKS, RUSSELL E

Client Portfolio (12 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17474
17553
39932
37971
36311
28311
21741
37731
28771
36731

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19232524 OBJECTIVE MEDICAL 3D SCANNING AND MAPPING SYSTEM Optecks, LLC SEBASTIAN, KAITLYN E 3797 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 09, 2025
19197670 NET WRAP RECOVERY DEVICE Bourgault Industries, Ltd. DOERRLER, WILLIAM CHARLES 3993 DP Non-Final OA Pending May 02, 2025
18987217 NET WRAP RECOVERY DEVICE Bourgault Industries, Ltd. DOERRLER, WILLIAM CHARLES 3993 DP Non-Final OA Pending Dec 19, 2024
18939225 PICTURE FRAME John Morrish Limited HOGE, GARY CHAPMAN 3631 §102§103 Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending Nov 06, 2024
18773197 Aerosol Delivery Device With An Air Flow Passage Having Two Airflow Branches Imperial Tobacco Limited KRATT, JUSTIN M 2831 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 15, 2024
18655551 AUTHORING SYSTEM FOR INTERACTIVE VIRTUAL REALITY ENVIRONMENTS Human Mode, LLC HAILU, TADESSE 2174 Other Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending May 06, 2024
18652199 VIDEO LARYNGOSCOPE AND METHOD FOR USING SAME Adroit Surgical, LLC COMSTOCK, DAVID C 3773 §102§103 Final Rejection 27d Pending May 01, 2024
18648047 AEROSOL DELIVERY SYSTEM Imperial Tobacco Limited KESSIE, JENNIFER A §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 26, 2024
18611339 APPARATUS FOR TIME-RESOLVED FLUORESCENCE MEASUREMENT USING BANDWIDTH-LIMITED DIGITAL-PULSE LIGHT MODULATION AND METHODS The Board Of Regents Of The University Of Oklahoma AMARA, MOHAMED K 2877 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 20, 2024
18688487 INFLATABLE SUPPORT Gbuk Group Limited ORTIZ, ADAM C 3673 §103 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Mar 01, 2024
18684291 Compositions and Methods for Increasing Bioavailability Using Cyclodextrin Modification Haus Bioceuticals Inc. GALSTER, SAMUEL LEONARD §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 16, 2024
18422556 METHODS OF TREATING TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY AND RELATED NEUROLOGICAL CONDITIONS The Board Of Regents Of The University Of Oklahoma VARADARAJ, ARCHANA §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Jan 25, 2024
18523270 COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHOD Secure Micro Ltd. MARTINEZ, TOMMY NMN 2496 §103§112 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Nov 29, 2023
18352102 ACTIVITY RECRUITMENT PLATFORM Oklahoma Blood Institute MPAMUGO, CHINYERE 3685 §101 Final Rejection 34d Pending Jul 13, 2023
18310643 INTELLIGENT FILTER Selligence Technology Limited BOSTWICK, SIDNEY VINCENT 2124 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA 5d Pending May 02, 2023
17698542 SMOKING SUBSTITUTE COMPONENT Imperial Tobacco Limited FULTON, MICHAEL TIMOTHY 1747 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 18, 2022
17697136 SMOKING SUBSTITUTE COMPONENT Imperial Tobacco Limited CULBERT, COURTNEY GUENTHER 1747 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 17, 2022
17697072 SMOKING SUBSTITUTE APPARATUS Imperial Tobacco Limited CULBERT, COURTNEY GUENTHER 1747 §103 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Mar 17, 2022
17696467 SMOKING SUBSTITUTE APPARATUS Imperial Tobacco Limited BIEGER, VIRGINIA RUTH 1755 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 16, 2022
17695423 SMOKING SUBSTITUTE APPARATUS Imperial Tobacco Limited CULBERT, COURTNEY GUENTHER 1747 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 15, 2022
17686020 SMOKING SUBSTITUTE APPARATUS Imperial Tobacco Limited SPARKS, RUSSELL E 1755 §112 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Mar 03, 2022
17679852 SMOKING SUBSTITUTE DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD Imperial Tobacco Limited DIYAN, OLUWATOSIN OLUWATUMININ 1700 §101§102§112 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Feb 24, 2022
17126404 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING RECONSTITUTED PLANT MATERIAL Imperial Tobacco Limited SPARKS, RUSSELL E 1755 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 18, 2020

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