Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Elliott Ostrander & Preston, P.C.

Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

7 pending office actions • 4 clients • 6 examiners • 4 art units • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Elliott Ostrander & Preston, P.C. operates as a patent law firm with a focus on Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The firm has managed 297 career applications, indicating a specialized practice in this technical field. It maintains a resolved allowance rate of 80.79 percent, demonstrating a solid track record of successful patent acquisitions. This performance metric is a key indicator of its effectiveness in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector. The firm's prosecution history provides a clear data set for prospective clients.

The firm currently handles 9 pending office actions. Its average of 3.61 office actions per allowance reflects the typical level of engagement required with patent examiners. This figure, combined with the 80.79 percent allowance rate, provides a clear picture of the firm's prosecution strategy. Practitioners can use the 297 career applications and the 3.61 average office actions per allowance to evaluate the firm's operational results and prosecution intensity. These statistics offer a transparent view of the firm's work in its primary technology area.

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
+0.40σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=297
3.6
OAs to Allowance
n=164
+0.10σ
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
75.9%
§112 Overcome
n=87

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

7
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
3
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.

2
Overdue
0
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)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.

3
Hard (43%)
4
Medium (57%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (57%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (43%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
2
Information Tech
29% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
57% of docket
1
Business / Other
14% 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
PARSLEY, DAVID J 2 54.0% +28.7%
LE, CHAU D 1 85.2% +16.9%
SAMS, MATTHEW C 1 67.9% +11.4%
ABOUD, ABDULLAH KHALED 1 — —
DIROMA, SCOTT MICHAEL 1 27.3% +26.1%
JORDAN, MORGAN T 1 52.8% +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 (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 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
18208683 System and Method for Automated Integration of Contextual Information with Content Displayed in a Display Space ABOUD, ABDULLAH KHALED 33d
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
21211
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 §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
18208683 System and Method for Automated Integration of Contextual Information with Content Displayed in a Display Space Pangee, Inc. ABOUD, ABDULLAH KHALED 2121 §102§103Other Non-Final OA 33d Pending Jun 12, 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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