Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Ferguson Braswell Fraser Kubasta Pc

19 pending office actions • 9 clients • 15 examiners • 13 art units • 0 of 19 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=344 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

92.0%
Allowance Rate
n=344
+0.57σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=344
3.2
OAs to Allowance
n=206
-0.14σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=206
955 days
Time to Allowance
n=206
+8.3pp
Interview Lift
n=344
31.2%
RCE Rate
n=344
3.0%
Appeal Rate
n=344

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

66.7%
§101 Overcome
n=39
80.3%
§102 Overcome
n=76
73.6%
§103 Overcome
n=144
75.0%
§112 Overcome
n=108

Specialization & Scale

G06F, G02B, H04L
Top CPC Subclasses
19%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=344
2
Practitioners
n=344
172.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=344

Portfolio Summary

19
Total Pending OAs
10
Non-Final OAs
9
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
3
Due in next 60 days
3
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. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (3)Due later (3)

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.

13
Hard (68%)
6
Medium (32%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (11%)
§103 only3 (16%)
Double-patenting + other3 (16%)
Multi-statute (no §101)11 (58%)

Industry Mix

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

8
Life Sciences
42% of docket
2
Information Tech
11% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
3
Semiconductors
16% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
26% of docket
1
Business / Other
5% 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.

190 h
Manual time on pending OAs
38 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
66 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
NEAGU, IRINA 3 46.8% +57.5%
PERUNGAVOOR, VENKATANARAY 2 87.8% +3.3%
CHANG, KYUNG SOOK 2 60.5% +41.0%
BUKHARI, AQEEL H 1 85.5% +14.4%
WALSH, EMMETT K 1 52.7% +19.9%
TRAN, SUSAN T 1 62.7% +35.6%
WALLICK, STEPHANIE SHOSHANA 1 29.7% +36.3%
NGUYEN, TIEN C 1 67.9% +18.3%
GARFT, CHRISTOPHER 1 59.1% +23.1%
FITZGERALD, JOHN P 1 75.1% +2.2%

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
18770817 ENCRYPTED FILE CONTROL PERUNGAVOOR, VENKATANARAY 70d
18657205 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCED DATA PROTECTION PERUNGAVOOR, VENKATANARAY 70d

Hard Cases (13)

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
18205332 FURCATION TUBE VACUUM ASSIST THOMASON, DARBY MARGARET 100d overdue
17918820 High-Potency Vitamin C Chemical Peeling Solutions PRAGANI, RAJAN 12d
18338270 COLUMN IN A MODULE WITH INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL ON-COLUMN OR FLOW CELL DETECTORS WITH OPTIONAL HEATING FOR LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY FITZGERALD, JOHN P 20d
18418175 CABLE MANAGEMENT BUNDLE CLIP GARFT, CHRISTOPHER 28d
17670956 SECURE DATA TRANSMISSION NG, JONATHAN K 39d
18501422 High-Potency Vitamin C Topical Formulations CHANG, KYUNG SOOK 42d
18641335 SMART AIML VERTIPORT AND VTOL HOTEL, SMART KITCHEN AND CASINO AUTONOMOUS INTELLIGENT INFRASTRUCTURE WALLICK, STEPHANIE SHOSHANA 60d
19003863 USER READINESS EVALUATION SYSTEM WALSH, EMMETT K 71d

Interview Candidates (11)

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
18319334 C5 KETONE COMPOSITIONS AND RELATED METHODS FOR THERAPEUTIC AND PERFORMANCE SUPPLEMENTATION NEAGU, IRINA 141d overdue
18418175 CABLE MANAGEMENT BUNDLE CLIP GARFT, CHRISTOPHER 28d
18501422 High-Potency Vitamin C Topical Formulations CHANG, KYUNG SOOK 42d
18641335 SMART AIML VERTIPORT AND VTOL HOTEL, SMART KITCHEN AND CASINO AUTONOMOUS INTELLIGENT INFRASTRUCTURE WALLICK, STEPHANIE SHOSHANA 60d
19003863 USER READINESS EVALUATION SYSTEM WALSH, EMMETT K 71d
19084411 POWER AND BACKUP SYSTEM FOR LOW POWER OUTDOOR APPLICATIONS BUKHARI, AQEEL H
18653884 ANHYDROUS BARRIER AND ANTIOXIDANT COMPOSITIONS TRAN, SUSAN T
18703024 Anhydrous Urea Emulsions with a Retinoid Agent CHANG, KYUNG SOOK

Client Portfolio (9 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
16293
36282
24922
16142
28491
16151
36941
36321
16131
28551

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19084411 POWER AND BACKUP SYSTEM FOR LOW POWER OUTDOOR APPLICATIONS Viaphoton, Inc. BUKHARI, AQEEL H 2849 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 19, 2025
19003863 USER READINESS EVALUATION SYSTEM Adaptivedge Readiness Technologies, LLC WALSH, EMMETT K 3628 §101§102§103 Final Rejection 71d Pending Dec 27, 2024
18770817 ENCRYPTED FILE CONTROL Keyavi Data Corp. PERUNGAVOOR, VENKATANARAY 2492 §103 Final Rejection 70d Pending Jul 12, 2024
18657205 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCED DATA PROTECTION Keyavi Data Corporation PERUNGAVOOR, VENKATANARAY 2492 §103 Final Rejection 70d Pending May 07, 2024
18653884 ANHYDROUS BARRIER AND ANTIOXIDANT COMPOSITIONS Mf Beauty Partners LLC TRAN, SUSAN T 1615 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 02, 2024
18641335 SMART AIML VERTIPORT AND VTOL HOTEL, SMART KITCHEN AND CASINO AUTONOMOUS INTELLIGENT INFRASTRUCTURE Innores Analytics LLP WALLICK, STEPHANIE SHOSHANA 3628 §103§112 Final Rejection 60d Pending Apr 20, 2024
18703024 Anhydrous Urea Emulsions with a Retinoid Agent Mf Beauty Partners LLC CHANG, KYUNG SOOK §103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Apr 19, 2024
18597672 QUOTE-TO-ISSUE DIGITAL TRANSACTION SYSTEM Goosehead Financial, LLC NGUYEN, TIEN C 3694 §101§112 Final Rejection Pending Mar 06, 2024
18418175 CABLE MANAGEMENT BUNDLE CLIP Viaphoton, Inc. GARFT, CHRISTOPHER 3632 §103§112 Final Rejection 28d Pending Jan 19, 2024
18501422 High-Potency Vitamin C Topical Formulations Mf Beauty Partners LLC CHANG, KYUNG SOOK 1613 §103§112Other Final Rejection 42d Pending Nov 03, 2023
18338270 COLUMN IN A MODULE WITH INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL ON-COLUMN OR FLOW CELL DETECTORS WITH OPTIONAL HEATING FOR LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY Lc Acquisition, LLC FITZGERALD, JOHN P 2855 §103§112 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Jun 20, 2023
18205332 FURCATION TUBE VACUUM ASSIST Viaphoton, Inc. THOMASON, DARBY MARGARET 2874 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 100d overdue Pending Jun 02, 2023
18319334 C5 KETONE COMPOSITIONS AND RELATED METHODS FOR THERAPEUTIC AND PERFORMANCE SUPPLEMENTATION Keto Innovations, LLC NEAGU, IRINA 1629 §103§112DP Final Rejection 141d overdue Pending May 17, 2023
18157788 C5 KETONE COMPOSITIONS AND RELATED METHODS FOR THERAPEUTIC AND PERFORMANCE SUPPLEMENTATION Keto Innovations, LLC NEAGU, IRINA 1629 §102§103§112DP Final Rejection Pending Jan 20, 2023
17918823 Anhydrous Urea Emulsions Mf Beauty Partners LLC LIU, TRACY 1614 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 13, 2022
17918820 High-Potency Vitamin C Chemical Peeling Solutions Mf Beauty Partners LLC PRAGANI, RAJAN 1614 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 12d Pending Oct 13, 2022
17918826 Anhydrous Azelaic Acid Topical Formulations Mf Beauty Partners LLC JOHNSON, DANIELLE D 1617 §103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Oct 13, 2022
17732482 C5 KETONE COMPOSITIONS, AND RELATED METHODS, FOR THERAPEUTIC AND PERFORMANCE SUPPLEMENTATION Keto Innovations, LLC NEAGU, IRINA 1629 §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Apr 28, 2022
17670956 SECURE DATA TRANSMISSION Ikonopedia, Inc. NG, JONATHAN K 3619 §103§112 Non-Final OA 39d Pending Feb 14, 2022

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