Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP

Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

18 pending office actions • 10 clients • 18 examiners • 9 art units • 0 of 18 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

FAY KAPLUN & MARCIN, LLP operates in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The firm has managed 4296 career applications. Within this portfolio, the firm has achieved a resolved allowance rate pct of 87.85. This rate provides a benchmark for the firm's success in securing patent grants for its clients.

The prosecution history shows an avg office actions per allowance of 3.91. Currently, the firm is addressing 10 pending office actions. These figures represent the firm's total career applications and its current workload in its primary technology area. This resolved allowance rate pct of 87.85 reflects the firm's historical performance across its 4296 career applications. Practitioners can use the avg office actions per allowance of 3.91 to estimate the typical number of responses required for an allowance. The 10 pending office actions indicate the firm's current active matters requiring resolution.

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

Quality Metrics (n=4300 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

87.9%
Allowance Rate
n=4300
+0.58σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=4300
3.9
OAs to Allowance
n=2514
+0.22σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=2514
1162 days
Time to Allowance
n=2514
+6.4pp
Interview Lift
n=4300
30.4%
RCE Rate
n=4300
8.9%
Appeal Rate
n=4300

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

83.7%
§101 Overcome
n=406
81.7%
§102 Overcome
n=1280
82.3%
§103 Overcome
n=1965
82.0%
§112 Overcome
n=1050

Specialization & Scale

H04W, H04L, A61B
Top CPC Subclasses
43%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=4300
3
Practitioners
n=4300
1433.3
Apps / Practitioner
n=4300

Portfolio Summary

18
Total Pending OAs
12
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
1
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 7 days (1)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.

9
Hard (50%)
7
Medium (39%)
1
Easy (6%)
1
Unknown (6%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only3 (17%)
§101 + other1 (6%)
§103 only6 (33%)
§102 only1 (6%)
Double-patenting only1 (6%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (28%)
No statute on record1 (6%)

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
1
Communications
6% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
8
Mechanical / Eng
44% of docket
9
Business / Other
50% 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.

180 h
Manual time on pending OAs
36 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
63 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
WAGGLE, JR, LARRY E 1 80.6% +17.3%
NGUYEN, DANNY 1 90.1% +6.5%
DILLON JR, JOSEPH A 1 81.0% +6.6%
ISMAIL, OMAR S 1 91.2% +10.0%
BORISSOV, IGOR N 1 28.5% +41.8%
HU, KANG 1 36.6% +35.3%
GLENN, CHRISTOPHER A. 1 40.2% +36.7%
RENWICK, REGINALD A 1 70.3% +9.8%
TRIGGS, ANDREW J 1 66.7% +27.8%
SMITH, BRIAN M 1 52.5% +36.9%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19070057 MAGNETIC FIELD PROPULSION UNIT NGUYEN, DANNY —
19062779 PNEUMATIC TUBE SYSTEM WITH SECURE CARRIER STORAGE DILLON JR, JOSEPH A —
19008076 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING 3D POSITIONAL COORDINATES OF A BALL ISMAIL, OMAR S —

Hard Cases (9)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
16942561 TAMPER-PROOF SENSOR FOR A CONTAINER STEVENS, ALLAN D 4d overdue
16900817 BREATHING SYSTEM COMPONENT AND A PROCESS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF THE BREATHING SYSTEM COMPONENT ZHANG, TINA 14d
18303023 Remote Real Property Inspection ROSEN, ELIZABETH H 34d
18872160 CONTROL OF CARBON DIOXIDE TRANSFER IN OXYGENATOR FOR EXTRACORPOREAL BLOOD GAS EXCHANGE BORISSOV, IGOR N —
18964019 System and Method for Ensuring Fairness in Virtual Golf Tournament HU, KANG —
18901346 System and Method for Enhanced Tracking, and a Club for Use in the Method GLENN, CHRISTOPHER A. —
18779686 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEASURING A TOPPLING FREQUENCY RENWICK, REGINALD A —
18658748 SEMI-AUTOMATIC LABELLING OF DATASETS SMITH, BRIAN M —

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18665977 SELF-STORAGE FACILITY, FABRICATION, AND METHODOLOGY TRIGGS, ANDREW J 6d
19292460 OFFSET HOLE FOR TPLO COMPRESSION WAGGLE, JR, LARRY E —
19008076 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING 3D POSITIONAL COORDINATES OF A BALL ISMAIL, OMAR S —
18872160 CONTROL OF CARBON DIOXIDE TRANSFER IN OXYGENATOR FOR EXTRACORPOREAL BLOOD GAS EXCHANGE BORISSOV, IGOR N —
18964019 System and Method for Ensuring Fairness in Virtual Golf Tournament HU, KANG —
18901346 System and Method for Enhanced Tracking, and a Club for Use in the Method GLENN, CHRISTOPHER A. —
18658748 SEMI-AUTOMATIC LABELLING OF DATASETS SMITH, BRIAN M —

Client Portfolio (10 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37151
36351
37751
36241
26631
36661
36931
37361
37851

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19292460 OFFSET HOLE FOR TPLO COMPRESSION Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. WAGGLE, JR, LARRY E Other Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 06, 2025
19070057 MAGNETIC FIELD PROPULSION UNIT Tomorrow'S Motion GmbH NGUYEN, DANNY §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 04, 2025
19062779 PNEUMATIC TUBE SYSTEM WITH SECURE CARRIER STORAGE Pevco Systems International Inc. DILLON JR, JOSEPH A §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 25, 2025
19008076 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING 3D POSITIONAL COORDINATES OF A BALL Trackman A/S ISMAIL, OMAR S DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 02, 2025
18872160 CONTROL OF CARBON DIOXIDE TRANSFER IN OXYGENATOR FOR EXTRACORPOREAL BLOOD GAS EXCHANGE Maquet Critical Care AB BORISSOV, IGOR N §101§102 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 05, 2024
18964019 System and Method for Ensuring Fairness in Virtual Golf Tournament Trackman A/S HU, KANG §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 29, 2024
18901346 System and Method for Enhanced Tracking, and a Club for Use in the Method Trackman A/S GLENN, CHRISTOPHER A. §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 30, 2024
18779686 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEASURING A TOPPLING FREQUENCY Trackman A/S RENWICK, REGINALD A 3715 §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 22, 2024
18665977 SELF-STORAGE FACILITY, FABRICATION, AND METHODOLOGY Gs Licenseco LLC TRIGGS, ANDREW J 3635 §103 Final Rejection 6d Pending May 16, 2024
18658748 SEMI-AUTOMATIC LABELLING OF DATASETS Tractable Ltd SMITH, BRIAN M §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 08, 2024
18575058 Laser Welding Method Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha CHABREYRIE, RODOLPHE ANDRE §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 28, 2023
18357700 TPLO Plate Dual Vector Compression System and Method Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. KU, SI MING 3775 §103 Final Rejection 112d overdue Pending Jul 24, 2023
18339618 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSISTING IN LAWN MANAGEMENT Kawasaki Motors, Ltd. WARNER, PHILIP N 3624 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 22, 2023
18334730 System and Method for Spin Rate and Orientation using an Imager Trackman A/S BALI, VIKKRAM 2663 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 14, 2023
18323936 MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OF INFORMATION ABOUT WORK MACHINE Kawasaki Motors, Ltd. RICH, JOSEPHINE ELIZABETH 3666 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 25, 2023
18303023 Remote Real Property Inspection Tractable Ltd ROSEN, ELIZABETH H 3693 §101 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Apr 19, 2023
16942561 TAMPER-PROOF SENSOR FOR A CONTAINER VEGA Grieshaber KG STEVENS, ALLAN D 3736 §103§112 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Jul 29, 2020
16900817 BREATHING SYSTEM COMPONENT AND A PROCESS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF THE BREATHING SYSTEM COMPONENT Maquet Critical Care AB ZHANG, TINA 3785 §103§112 Final Rejection 14d Pending Jun 12, 2020

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