Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Edmonds & Cmaidalka, P.C.

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

7 pending office actions • 5 clients • 7 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Edmonds & Cmaidalka, P.C. handles Chemistry & Materials matters and has 7 pending office actions across 429 career applications. The figures indicate a focused active workload within a recorded prosecution portfolio.

The resolved allowance rate is 84.19%, and allowed matters average 3.2 office actions per allowance. The allowance measure indicates frequent successful resolution, while the office-action average shows that allowed cases generally require repeated examination exchanges. Practitioners can use the profile to plan chemistry and materials prosecution with continued response activity in mind.

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

Quality Metrics (n=429 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

84.2%
Allowance Rate
n=429
+0.51σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=429
3.2
OAs to Allowance
n=213
-0.13σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=213
999 days
Time to Allowance
n=213
+14.9pp
Interview Lift
n=429
17.0%
RCE Rate
n=429
2.6%
Appeal Rate
n=429

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

—
§101 Overcome
n=10 (min 20)
77.0%
§102 Overcome
n=87
75.0%
§103 Overcome
n=160
76.2%
§112 Overcome
n=122

Specialization & Scale

B63B, E21B, F16L
Top CPC Subclasses
18%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=429
1
Practitioners
n=429
429.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=429

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

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.

5
Hard (71%)
2
Medium (29%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (29%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (71%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
43% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
29% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
29% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PETERSON, ALANNA KAY 1 41.1% +27.6%
MCMAHON, MATTHEW R 1 57.3% +53.0%
TESKIN, FRED M 1 89.6% +7.9%
PICHLER, MARIN 1 63.4% +9.6%
POLLOCK, AUSTIN M 1 51.2% +36.2%
SIPES, JOHN CURTIS 1 78.0% +19.1%
TAYLOR, JORDAN W 1 63.2% +36.9%

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19469511 MODULAR SYSTEM FOR CULTIVATION PETERSON, ALANNA KAY —
18617260 SWIVEL CONNECTORS FOR U-JOINTS AND PROCESSES FOR USING SAME MCMAHON, MATTHEW R —
18545505 POLYMERS OF VINYLCYCLOBUTANE AND PROCESSES FOR MAKING SAME TESKIN, FRED M —
18330166 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION OF GAS ATOMIZED METAL POWDERS POLLOCK, AUSTIN M —
18246361 LIGHTGUIDE OF EYEWEAR APPARATUS, EYEWEAR APPARATUS AND OPERATIONAL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF LIGHTGUIDE SIPES, JOHN CURTIS —

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
19469511 MODULAR SYSTEM FOR CULTIVATION PETERSON, ALANNA KAY —
18617260 SWIVEL CONNECTORS FOR U-JOINTS AND PROCESSES FOR USING SAME MCMAHON, MATTHEW R —
18330166 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION OF GAS ATOMIZED METAL POWDERS POLLOCK, AUSTIN M —
18246361 LIGHTGUIDE OF EYEWEAR APPARATUS, EYEWEAR APPARATUS AND OPERATIONAL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF LIGHTGUIDE SIPES, JOHN CURTIS —
18156947 IMPROVED CATALYSTS FOR INTERMOLECULAR CYCLOADDITION TAYLOR, JORDAN W —

Client Portfolio (5 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28722
17382
36421
36781
17621

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19469511 MODULAR SYSTEM FOR CULTIVATION The House Farmer S.r.l. PETERSON, ALANNA KAY 3642 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 26, 2025
18617260 SWIVEL CONNECTORS FOR U-JOINTS AND PROCESSES FOR USING SAME Sofec, Inc. MCMAHON, MATTHEW R 3678 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 26, 2024
18545505 POLYMERS OF VINYLCYCLOBUTANE AND PROCESSES FOR MAKING SAME The Trustees of Princeton University TESKIN, FRED M 1762 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 19, 2023
18550417 DISPLAY STRUCTURE AND DISPLAY DEVICE Dispelix OY PICHLER, MARIN 2872 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 13, 2023
18330166 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION OF GAS ATOMIZED METAL POWDERS Tenova S.p.A. POLLOCK, AUSTIN M 1738 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 06, 2023
18246361 LIGHTGUIDE OF EYEWEAR APPARATUS, EYEWEAR APPARATUS AND OPERATIONAL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF LIGHTGUIDE Dispelix OY SIPES, JOHN CURTIS 2872 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 23, 2023
18156947 IMPROVED CATALYSTS FOR INTERMOLECULAR CYCLOADDITION The Trustees of Princeton University TAYLOR, JORDAN W 1738 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 19, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Edmonds & Cmaidalka, P.C.'s patent allowance rate?

84.2% of resolved applications prosecuted by Edmonds & Cmaidalka, P.C. were allowed, across 429 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Edmonds & Cmaidalka, P.C. average before allowance?

3.20 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Edmonds & Cmaidalka, P.C. have?

7 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 5 clients, before 7 examiners in 5 art units.

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