Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Elliott Ostrander & Preston, P.C.

Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

6 pending office actions • 4 clients • 5 examiners • 4 art units • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Elliott Ostrander & Preston, P.C. operates in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area, where it has managed 297 career applications. The firm maintains a resolved allowance rate of 80.79 percent. This performance is achieved with an average of 3.61 office actions per allowance. These metrics provide a view of the firm's historical results in its primary field.

Currently, the firm has 6 pending office actions to manage. The average of 3.61 office actions per allowance provides a benchmark for expected prosecution cycles, while the 80.79 percent allowance rate indicates the outcome frequency for its 297 career applications. This volume of 6 pending office actions represents the firm's current workload.

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

Quality Metrics (n=297 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

80.8%
Allowance Rate
n=297
+0.41σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=297
3.6
OAs to Allowance
n=164
+0.11σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=164
950 days
Time to Allowance
n=164
+13.3pp
Interview Lift
n=297
34.5%
RCE Rate
n=297
1.8%
Appeal Rate
n=297

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

—
§101 Overcome
n=19 (min 20)
72.0%
§102 Overcome
n=75
72.7%
§103 Overcome
n=139
75.0%
§112 Overcome
n=88

Specialization & Scale

H10H, C09K, B82Y
Top CPC Subclasses
18%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=297
1
Practitioners
n=297
297.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=297

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 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.

2
Hard (33%)
4
Medium (67%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (67%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
17% of docket
1
Communications
17% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
67% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PARSLEY, DAVID J 2 54.1% +28.7%
LE, CHAU D 1 85.3% +16.8%
SAMS, MATTHEW C 1 68.0% +11.3%
DIROMA, SCOTT MICHAEL 1 28.9% +28.9%
JORDAN, MORGAN T 1 53.0% +34.0%

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
18943732 Large Language Model(s) System for Capturing, Maintaining, and Separating Copyrighted Information Within a Blockchain Network with Automatic Output of Information LE, CHAU D 12d

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
17666788 BLOCKCHAIN BRIDGE SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND STORAGE MEDIA FOR TRADING NON- FUNGIBLE TOKEN DIROMA, SCOTT MICHAEL 146d overdue
18118051 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WEAKENING PIN BONE ATTACHMENT IN FISH PARSLEY, DAVID J 32d overdue
16897006 Lawn Amendment and Packaging JORDAN, MORGAN T —

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17666788 BLOCKCHAIN BRIDGE SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND STORAGE MEDIA FOR TRADING NON- FUNGIBLE TOKEN DIROMA, SCOTT MICHAEL 146d overdue
18118051 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WEAKENING PIN BONE ATTACHMENT IN FISH PARSLEY, DAVID J 32d overdue
18943732 Large Language Model(s) System for Capturing, Maintaining, and Separating Copyrighted Information Within a Blockchain Network with Automatic Output of Information LE, CHAU D 12d
18800761 Method and Apparatus for Design of a Wireless Network SAMS, MATTHEW C —
18226707 Method and Apparatus for Weakening Pin Bone Attachment in Fish PARSLEY, DAVID J —
16897006 Lawn Amendment and Packaging JORDAN, MORGAN T —

Client Portfolio (4 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36433
24081
26461
36981

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18943732 Large Language Model(s) System for Capturing, Maintaining, and Separating Copyrighted Information Within a Blockchain Network with Automatic Output of Information Pangee, Inc. LE, CHAU D 2408 §103 Final Rejection 12d Pending Nov 11, 2024
18800761 Method and Apparatus for Design of a Wireless Network Sail Internet, Inc. SAMS, MATTHEW C 2646 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 12, 2024
18226707 Method and Apparatus for Weakening Pin Bone Attachment in Fish Circle Seafoods, Inc. PARSLEY, DAVID J 3643 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 26, 2023
18118051 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WEAKENING PIN BONE ATTACHMENT IN FISH Circle Seafoods, Inc. PARSLEY, DAVID J 3643 §103§112Other Final Rejection 32d overdue Pending Mar 06, 2023
17666788 BLOCKCHAIN BRIDGE SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND STORAGE MEDIA FOR TRADING NON- FUNGIBLE TOKEN Pangee, Inc. DIROMA, SCOTT MICHAEL 3698 §103 Non-Final OA 146d overdue Pending Feb 08, 2022
16897006 Lawn Amendment and Packaging Proseeds Marketing, Inc. JORDAN, MORGAN T 3643 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 09, 2020

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Elliott Ostrander & Preston, P.C.'s patent allowance rate?

80.8% of resolved applications prosecuted by Elliott Ostrander & Preston, P.C. were allowed, across 297 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Elliott Ostrander & Preston, P.C. average before allowance?

3.61 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Elliott Ostrander & Preston, P.C. have?

6 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 4 clients, before 5 examiners in 4 art units.

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