Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Ewing & Jones, Pllc

13 pending office actions • 8 clients • 12 examiners • 8 art units • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=1233 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

90.2%
Allowance Rate
n=1233
+0.60σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1233
3.4
OAs to Allowance
n=707
+0.03σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=707
880 days
Time to Allowance
n=707
+8.9pp
Interview Lift
n=1233
24.7%
RCE Rate
n=1233
4.0%
Appeal Rate
n=1233

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

88.1%
§101 Overcome
n=42
86.9%
§102 Overcome
n=313
87.0%
§103 Overcome
n=509
86.2%
§112 Overcome
n=354

Specialization & Scale

E21B, E04C, G01V
Top CPC Subclasses
27%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1233
0
Practitioners
n=1233
Apps / Practitioner
n=1233 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

13
Total Pending OAs
10
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
2
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. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 7 days (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.

7
Hard (54%)
6
Medium (46%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only6 (46%)
Multi-statute (no §101)7 (54%)

Industry Mix

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

5
Life Sciences
38% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
46% of docket
2
Business / Other
15% 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.

130 h
Manual time on pending OAs
26 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
46 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CHAVCHAVADZE, COLLEEN MARGARET 2 57.5% +40.6%
RUFRANO, ALEXANDER TYLER 1 53.7% +26.2%
AYALEW, TINSAE B 1 75.7% +9.0%
KEASEL, ERIC S 1 79.6% +14.7%
MAUST, TIMOTHY LEWIS 1 81.7% +10.2%
JEBUTU, MOFOLUWASO SIMILOLUWA 1 35.8% +42.3%
MULLINS, JESSICA LYNN 1 50.0% +35.4%
WUNDERLICH, ERWIN J 1 42.4% +41.3%
CULLEN, SEAN P 1 69.2% +28.2%
KUMAR, SRILAKSHMI K 1 50.8% +16.1%

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
18883485 PLATFORM LIFT FOR RAILROAD CAR MOVING VEHICLE MAUST, TIMOTHY LEWIS

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
18143363 BATTERY PROTECTIVE THERMAL ENCLOSURE CULLEN, SEAN P 138d overdue
18129960 LITHIUM-ION BATTERY MODULE STRAP ASSEMBLY KUMAR, SRILAKSHMI K 51d overdue
17848464 BARGE FALL ARREST SYSTEM CHAVCHAVADZE, COLLEEN MARGARET 15d overdue
18073766 BATTERY MODULE FOR LOCOMOTIVE ESTES, JONATHAN WILLIAM 6d
19273870 THREADED COUPLING WITH GAS TIGHT SEALS AND INTERLOCKING DOVETAIL THREADS RUFRANO, ALEXANDER TYLER
18921275 MOBILE HYDRAULIC FRACTURING UNIT DISCHARGE HOSE MOUNTING AND SUPPORT SYSTEM KEASEL, ERIC S
18265036 MULTI-PASS HEATER WUNDERLICH, ERWIN J

Interview Candidates (10)

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
18143363 BATTERY PROTECTIVE THERMAL ENCLOSURE CULLEN, SEAN P 138d overdue
18129960 LITHIUM-ION BATTERY MODULE STRAP ASSEMBLY KUMAR, SRILAKSHMI K 51d overdue
17848464 BARGE FALL ARREST SYSTEM CHAVCHAVADZE, COLLEEN MARGARET 15d overdue
18197557 POWER GENERATION SYSTEM CHAVCHAVADZE, COLLEEN MARGARET 6d
18694338 ELECTROCHEMICAL CARBON DIOXIDE REDUCTION CATALYST FOR FORMATE PRODUCTION JEBUTU, MOFOLUWASO SIMILOLUWA 16d
18586049 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF TREATING CARDIOVASCULAR IMPAIRMENT MULLINS, JESSICA LYNN 42d
19273870 THREADED COUPLING WITH GAS TIGHT SEALS AND INTERLOCKING DOVETAIL THREADS RUFRANO, ALEXANDER TYLER
18921275 MOBILE HYDRAULIC FRACTURING UNIT DISCHARGE HOSE MOUNTING AND SUPPORT SYSTEM KEASEL, ERIC S

Client Portfolio (8 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17952
36342
17252
36791
37531
37921
37611
17241

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19273870 THREADED COUPLING WITH GAS TIGHT SEALS AND INTERLOCKING DOVETAIL THREADS Precision Couplings, LLC RUFRANO, ALEXANDER TYLER 3679 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 18, 2025
19009164 TANK CLEANING SYSTEM WITH MOUNTED SELF-OSCILLATING NOZZLE ASSEMBLY The Modern Group, Ltd. AYALEW, TINSAE B §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 03, 2025
18921275 MOBILE HYDRAULIC FRACTURING UNIT DISCHARGE HOSE MOUNTING AND SUPPORT SYSTEM Stewart & Stevenson LLC KEASEL, ERIC S 3753 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 21, 2024
18883485 PLATFORM LIFT FOR RAILROAD CAR MOVING VEHICLE Stewart & Stevenson LLC MAUST, TIMOTHY LEWIS §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Sep 12, 2024
18694338 ELECTROCHEMICAL CARBON DIOXIDE REDUCTION CATALYST FOR FORMATE PRODUCTION Collège De France JEBUTU, MOFOLUWASO SIMILOLUWA 1795 §103 Final Rejection 16d Pending Mar 21, 2024
18586049 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF TREATING CARDIOVASCULAR IMPAIRMENT Star BP, Inc. MULLINS, JESSICA LYNN 3792 §103 Non-Final OA 42d Pending Feb 23, 2024
18265036 MULTI-PASS HEATER Hc Thermal LLC WUNDERLICH, ERWIN J 3761 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 02, 2023
18197557 POWER GENERATION SYSTEM Stewart & Stevenson LLC CHAVCHAVADZE, COLLEEN MARGARET 3634 §103 Final Rejection 6d Pending May 15, 2023
18143363 BATTERY PROTECTIVE THERMAL ENCLOSURE Stewart & Stevenson LLC CULLEN, SEAN P 1725 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 138d overdue Pending May 04, 2023
18129960 LITHIUM-ION BATTERY MODULE STRAP ASSEMBLY Stewart & Stevenson LLC KUMAR, SRILAKSHMI K 1724 §103§112 Non-Final OA 51d overdue Pending Apr 03, 2023
18073766 BATTERY MODULE FOR LOCOMOTIVE Stewart & Stevenson LLC ESTES, JONATHAN WILLIAM 1725 §103§112 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Dec 02, 2022
17848464 BARGE FALL ARREST SYSTEM Kirby Inland Marine, LP CHAVCHAVADZE, COLLEEN MARGARET 3634 §103§112 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Jun 24, 2022
17773920 CATALYST-IONOMER SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GAS-PHASE ELECTROLYSIS The Governing Council of the University of Toronto RUFO, LOUIS J 1795 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 03, 2022

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