Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Fennemore Craig, P.C.

Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

11 pending office actions • 9 clients • 10 examiners • 10 art units • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

FENNEMORE CRAIG, P.C. has 10 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems and 567 career applications. The current docket and application history together provide a focused view of ongoing and historical prosecution activity.

The resolved allowance rate is 86.83%, with an average of 2.76 office actions per allowance. The rate reflects the historical share of resolved matters reaching allowance, while the average describes the examination effort commonly associated with that result. These measures can inform resource planning without replacing review of each pending file.

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

Quality Metrics (n=567 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

86.8%
Allowance Rate
n=567
+0.57σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=567
2.8
OAs to Allowance
n=356
-0.37σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=356
823 days
Time to Allowance
n=356
+6.9pp
Interview Lift
n=567
13.2%
RCE Rate
n=567
7.3%
Appeal Rate
n=567

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

60.9%
§101 Overcome
n=46
79.3%
§102 Overcome
n=145
78.5%
§103 Overcome
n=233
82.1%
§112 Overcome
n=179

Specialization & Scale

Y10T, G06Q, B22F
Top CPC Subclasses
10%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=567
3
Practitioners
n=567
189.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=567

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
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 (36%)
6
Medium (55%)
1
Easy (9%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (9%)
§101 + other1 (9%)
§103 only5 (45%)
§102 only1 (9%)
§112 only1 (9%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (18%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
18% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
9% of docket
1
Semiconductors
9% of docket
7
Mechanical / Eng
64% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

110 h
Manual time on pending OAs
22 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
38 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KONERU, SUJAY 2 58.1% +37.3%
LEE, GENE W 1 74.0% +10.1%
GUAN, GUANG H 1 59.7% +54.9%
ZHOU, QINGZHANG 1 67.3% +24.4%
LIN, ERICA S Y 1 86.0% +2.7%
MUELLER, SARAH ALEXANDRA 1 62.1% +28.5%
MURRAY, WAYNE SCOTT 1 44.9% +46.9%
AKAKPO, DANY E 1 86.7% +13.3%
WU, JENNY R 1 63.6% +15.9%
LEFF, STEVEN N 1 41.4% +8.4%

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
18962174 SYSTEMS AND APPARATUSES FOR TRANSMISSION OVER A COMMON DIFFERENTIAL WIRE PAIR LIN, ERICA S Y —
18665971 INFINITELY ADJUSTABLE FLIP-UP WINDSHIELD AKAKPO, DANY E —

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
18730522 HAZARDOUS-GOODS VEHICLE TRANSPORTATION SAFETY MONITORING CLIENT BASED ON CLOUD PLATFORM MURRAY, WAYNE SCOTT 39d
18832006 VEHICLE SAFETY MONITORING SYSTEM BASED ON INTERNET OF THINGS MUELLER, SARAH ALEXANDRA —
18633135 ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF METAL ALLOYS AND METAL ALLOY MATRIX COMPOSITES WU, JENNY R —
17981710 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING GRILLING APPLIANCES VIA EDGE COMPUTING PLATFORMS LEFF, STEVEN N —

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
18730522 HAZARDOUS-GOODS VEHICLE TRANSPORTATION SAFETY MONITORING CLIENT BASED ON CLOUD PLATFORM MURRAY, WAYNE SCOTT 39d
19454753 Content Display Device and Methods of Selecting and Displaying Content LEE, GENE W —
19447202 Mounting System GUAN, GUANG H —
19062466 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DEPLOYING EQUIPMENT REQUIRED TO MEET DEFINED PRODUCTION TARGETS KONERU, SUJAY —
19062477 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DEPLOYING EQUIPMENT REQUIRED TO MEET DEFINED PRODUCTION TARGETS KONERU, SUJAY —
18971782 FLUID DISPERSION SYSTEM FOR AGRICULTURAL SPRAYERS ZHOU, QINGZHANG —
18832006 VEHICLE SAFETY MONITORING SYSTEM BASED ON INTERNET OF THINGS MUELLER, SARAH ALEXANDRA —
18665971 INFINITELY ADJUSTABLE FLIP-UP WINDSHIELD AKAKPO, DANY E —

Client Portfolio (9 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36242
26241
36311
37521
28531
36691
36281
36721
17331
17921

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19454753 Content Display Device and Methods of Selecting and Displaying Content Tuneshine, Inc. LEE, GENE W 2624 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 21, 2026
19447202 Mounting System Tska, LLC GUAN, GUANG H 3631 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 13, 2026
19062466 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DEPLOYING EQUIPMENT REQUIRED TO MEET DEFINED PRODUCTION TARGETS Freeport-Mcmoran Inc. KONERU, SUJAY 3624 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 25, 2025
19062477 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DEPLOYING EQUIPMENT REQUIRED TO MEET DEFINED PRODUCTION TARGETS Freeport-Mcmoran Inc. KONERU, SUJAY 3624 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 25, 2025
18971782 FLUID DISPERSION SYSTEM FOR AGRICULTURAL SPRAYERS Air-O Fan Products Corporation ZHOU, QINGZHANG 3752 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 06, 2024
18962174 SYSTEMS AND APPARATUSES FOR TRANSMISSION OVER A COMMON DIFFERENTIAL WIRE PAIR Electsol-Dsp LLC LIN, ERICA S Y 2853 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 27, 2024
18832006 VEHICLE SAFETY MONITORING SYSTEM BASED ON INTERNET OF THINGS The Third Research Institute of Ministry of Public Security MUELLER, SARAH ALEXANDRA 3669 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 22, 2024
18730522 HAZARDOUS-GOODS VEHICLE TRANSPORTATION SAFETY MONITORING CLIENT BASED ON CLOUD PLATFORM The Third Research Institute of Ministry of Public Security MURRAY, WAYNE SCOTT 3628 §101 Final Rejection 39d Pending Jul 19, 2024
18665971 INFINITELY ADJUSTABLE FLIP-UP WINDSHIELD Super ATV, LLC AKAKPO, DANY E 3672 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 16, 2024
18633135 ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF METAL ALLOYS AND METAL ALLOY MATRIX COMPOSITES Elementum 3D, Inc. WU, JENNY R 1733 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 11, 2024
17981710 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING GRILLING APPLIANCES VIA EDGE COMPUTING PLATFORMS Dansons US, LLC LEFF, STEVEN N 1792 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 07, 2022

Managing Fennemore Craig, P.C.'s Patent Prosecution?

IP Author helps law firms respond to office actions faster with AI-generated responses, examiner analytics, and prosecution intelligence.

Start Free Trial

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Fennemore Craig, P.C.'s patent allowance rate?

86.8% of resolved applications prosecuted by Fennemore Craig, P.C. were allowed, across 567 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Fennemore Craig, P.C. average before allowance?

2.76 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Fennemore Craig, P.C. have?

11 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 9 clients, before 10 examiners in 10 art units.

Sign in with your work email

Enter your email to receive a magic link. No password needed.

Personal email addresses (Gmail, Yahoo, etc.) are not accepted.

Free tier: 3 strategy analyses per month