Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP - Cummins

7 pending office actions • 3 clients • 7 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 41 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=36780 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

84.3%
Allowance Rate
n=36780
+0.55σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=36780
3.4
OAs to Allowance
n=24270
-0.14σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=24270
1077 days
Time to Allowance
n=24270
+7.8pp
Interview Lift
n=36780
28.2%
RCE Rate
n=36780
2.2%
Appeal Rate
n=36780

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

70.9%
§101 Overcome
n=2880
78.6%
§102 Overcome
n=9763
79.8%
§103 Overcome
n=16495
81.4%
§112 Overcome
n=10762

Specialization & Scale

G06F, Y10T, A61B
Top CPC Subclasses
9%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=36780
33
Practitioners
n=36780
1114.6
Apps / Practitioner
n=36780

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
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.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
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.

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

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (29%)
§102 only1 (14%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (57%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
14% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
71% 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
DAVIS, JASON GREGORY 1 74.1% +17.9%
KIM, SANG K 1 81.4% +10.3%
NGUYEN, LILLIAN T 1 84.1% +13.9%
NGUYEN, NGOC T 1 83.4% +19.3%
BOGUE, JESSE SAMUEL 1 79.3% +20.4%
AYALA DELGADO, ANTHONY 1 79.6% +17.1%
GO, RICKY 1 80.1% +8.8%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18949195 AXLE ASSEMBLY DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS NGUYEN, LILLIAN T 23d
18213074 METHODS FOR MEASURING ORGANIC CARBON CONTENT OR AGRICULTURAL SOILS GO, RICKY

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
18848076 Turbine Dosing System with Bypass Delivery NGUYEN, NGOC T 30d
19151087 VARIABLE GEOMETRY TURBINE DAVIS, JASON GREGORY
19120659 CASTING METHOD AND APPARATUS KIM, SANG K
18848104 Turbine NOx Sensor BOGUE, JESSE SAMUEL

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
18949195 AXLE ASSEMBLY DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS NGUYEN, LILLIAN T 23d
18848076 Turbine Dosing System with Bypass Delivery NGUYEN, NGOC T 30d
19151087 VARIABLE GEOMETRY TURBINE DAVIS, JASON GREGORY
19120659 CASTING METHOD AND APPARATUS KIM, SANG K
18848104 Turbine NOx Sensor BOGUE, JESSE SAMUEL
18846260 Turbine Dosing System for Dosing into Regions of Desirable Flow Properties AYALA DELGADO, ANTHONY

Client Portfolio (3 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37452
36551
37991
37461
28571

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19151087 VARIABLE GEOMETRY TURBINE Cummins Ltd. DAVIS, JASON GREGORY 3745 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Jul 25, 2025
19120659 CASTING METHOD AND APPARATUS Wuxi Cummins Turbo Technologies Company Ltd. KIM, SANG K 3745 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 11, 2025
18949195 AXLE ASSEMBLY DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS ArvinMeritor Technology, LLC NGUYEN, LILLIAN T 3655 §103 Final Rejection 23d Pending Nov 15, 2024
18848076 Turbine Dosing System with Bypass Delivery Cummins Emission Solutions, Inc. NGUYEN, NGOC T 3799 §102§103 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Sep 17, 2024
18848104 Turbine NOx Sensor Cummins Emission Solutions, Inc. BOGUE, JESSE SAMUEL §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 17, 2024
18846260 Turbine Dosing System for Dosing into Regions of Desirable Flow Properties Cummins Emission Solutions, Inc. AYALA DELGADO, ANTHONY 3746 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 12, 2024
18213074 METHODS FOR MEASURING ORGANIC CARBON CONTENT OR AGRICULTURAL SOILS Nutrien AG Solutions, Inc. GO, RICKY 2857 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 22, 2023

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