Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Eversheds Sutherland GE

9 pending office actions • 2 clients • 9 examiners • 8 art units • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 37 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=10918 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

90.5%
Allowance Rate
n=10918
+0.66σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=10918
3.6
OAs to Allowance
n=7616
-0.03σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=7616
1063 days
Time to Allowance
n=7616
+7.5pp
Interview Lift
n=10918
30.6%
RCE Rate
n=10918
2.2%
Appeal Rate
n=10918

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

87.6%
§101 Overcome
n=971
84.9%
§102 Overcome
n=3237
86.1%
§103 Overcome
n=5293
86.1%
§112 Overcome
n=3286

Specialization & Scale

G06F, G06Q, H04L
Top CPC Subclasses
12%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=10918
12
Practitioners
n=10918
909.8
Apps / Practitioner
n=10918

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
4
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

7
Hard (78%)
2
Medium (22%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (11%)
§101 + other2 (22%)
§103 only2 (22%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (44%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
11% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
3
Semiconductors
33% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
44% of docket
1
Business / Other
11% 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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LEE, GILBERT Y 1 78.8% +10.6%
KESSIE, DANIEL 1 61.9% +24.2%
KHATRI, NILESH B 1 61.0% +24.7%
NATH, SUMAN KUMAR 1 82.8% +22.0%
GUTMAN, JENNIFER MARIE 1 61.0% +26.2%
FORDJOUR, SARAH AKYAA 1 52.5% +28.0%
SAUNCY, TONI DIAN 1 85.2% +20.0%
KHLOK, BONITA 1 49.8% +48.5%
SAXENA, AKASH 1 48.8% +31.2%

Hard Cases (7)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18188237 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING A DISTANCE TO A FAULT IN HYBRID LINE SYSTEMS SAUNCY, TONI DIAN 25d overdue
18881684 IMPROVED COMPRESSION SEALING GASKET AND SEALING SYSTEM LEE, GILBERT Y
18936400 ENHANCED POWER SYSTEM INTELLIGENT ELECTRONIC DEVICE LICENSING USING MIDDLEWARE KHATRI, NILESH B
18736595 ADAPTIVE ALARM THRESHOLDS FOR RATE OF CHANGE IN DISSOLVED GAS CONCENTRATION IN TRANSFORMER FOR FAULT DETECTION NATH, SUMAN KUMAR
18598928 ENHANCED VIRTUAL PROTECTION, AUTOMATION, AND CONTROL SYSTEM OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT FOR POWER SUBSTATIONS GUTMAN, JENNIFER MARIE
18057899 ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE MACHINING SYSTEM WITH INTEGRATED FLUSHING KHLOK, BONITA
17936661 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TECHNICAL DOCUMENT REVIEW IN COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN (CAD) SYSTEMS WITH EXTERNAL VALIDATION DATA SAXENA, AKASH

Interview Candidates (9)

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
18944945 CONTROL OF BIPOLE POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS KESSIE, DANIEL 38d overdue
18188237 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING A DISTANCE TO A FAULT IN HYBRID LINE SYSTEMS SAUNCY, TONI DIAN 25d overdue
18881684 IMPROVED COMPRESSION SEALING GASKET AND SEALING SYSTEM LEE, GILBERT Y
18936400 ENHANCED POWER SYSTEM INTELLIGENT ELECTRONIC DEVICE LICENSING USING MIDDLEWARE KHATRI, NILESH B
18736595 ADAPTIVE ALARM THRESHOLDS FOR RATE OF CHANGE IN DISSOLVED GAS CONCENTRATION IN TRANSFORMER FOR FAULT DETECTION NATH, SUMAN KUMAR
18598928 ENHANCED VIRTUAL PROTECTION, AUTOMATION, AND CONTROL SYSTEM OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT FOR POWER SUBSTATIONS GUTMAN, JENNIFER MARIE
18359135 AUTO-LOCKING SAFETY T-NUT FORDJOUR, SARAH AKYAA
18057899 ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE MACHINING SYSTEM WITH INTEGRATED FLUSHING KHLOK, BONITA

Client Portfolio (2 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
GE 7
General Electric 2

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36751
28361
36991
28551
37231
28571
37611
21881

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18881684 IMPROVED COMPRESSION SEALING GASKET AND SEALING SYSTEM GE Infrastructure Technology LLC LEE, GILBERT Y 3675 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 06, 2025
18944945 CONTROL OF BIPOLE POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS GE Infrastructure Technology LLC KESSIE, DANIEL 2836 §103 Non-Final OA 38d overdue Pending Nov 12, 2024
18936400 ENHANCED POWER SYSTEM INTELLIGENT ELECTRONIC DEVICE LICENSING USING MIDDLEWARE GE Infrastructure Technology LLC KHATRI, NILESH B 3699 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 04, 2024
18736595 ADAPTIVE ALARM THRESHOLDS FOR RATE OF CHANGE IN DISSOLVED GAS CONCENTRATION IN TRANSFORMER FOR FAULT DETECTION GE Infrastructure Technology LLC NATH, SUMAN KUMAR 2855 §101 Final Rejection Pending Jun 07, 2024
18598928 ENHANCED VIRTUAL PROTECTION, AUTOMATION, AND CONTROL SYSTEM OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT FOR POWER SUBSTATIONS GE Infrastructure Technology LLC GUTMAN, JENNIFER MARIE §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 07, 2024
18359135 AUTO-LOCKING SAFETY T-NUT GE Infrastructure Technology LLC FORDJOUR, SARAH AKYAA 3723 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 26, 2023
18188237 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING A DISTANCE TO A FAULT IN HYBRID LINE SYSTEMS General Electric Technology GmbH SAUNCY, TONI DIAN 2857 §101§103 Non-Final OA 25d overdue Pending Mar 22, 2023
18057899 ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE MACHINING SYSTEM WITH INTEGRATED FLUSHING General Electric Company KHLOK, BONITA 3761 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 22, 2022
17936661 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TECHNICAL DOCUMENT REVIEW IN COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN (CAD) SYSTEMS WITH EXTERNAL VALIDATION DATA General Electric Company SAXENA, AKASH 2188 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 29, 2022

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