Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Ferguson Case Orr Paterson LLP

25 pending office actions • 22 clients • 23 examiners • 21 art units • 0 of 25 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 138 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=991 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

87.3%
Allowance Rate
n=991
+0.11σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=991
2.1
OAs to Allowance
n=604
-0.90σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=604
769 days
Time to Allowance
n=604
+10.2pp
Interview Lift
n=991
13.0%
RCE Rate
n=991
0.0%
Appeal Rate
n=991

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=8 (min 20)
71.2%
§102 Overcome
n=52
65.5%
§103 Overcome
n=223
85.1%
§112 Overcome
n=174

Specialization & Scale

A61B, G10D, B25B
Top CPC Subclasses
12%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=991
0
Practitioners
n=991
Apps / Practitioner
n=991 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

25
Total Pending OAs
13
Non-Final OAs
10
Final Rejections
2
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.

4
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
2
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 (4)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due later (2)

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.

0
Hard (0%)
18
Medium (72%)
7
Easy (28%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only15 (60%)
§102 only3 (12%)
§112 only7 (28%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
4% of docket
1
Information Tech
4% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
4
Semiconductors
16% of docket
9
Mechanical / Eng
36% of docket
10
Business / Other
40% 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.

250 h
Manual time on pending OAs
50 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
88 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CALABRESE, MARY ANN 3 84.2% +4.0%
LEE, ANGELA J 1 96.9% -2.3%
GOTTSCHALK, DARCEY E 1 89.6% +3.6%
PRICE, CRAIG JAMES 1 68.7% +21.9%
NEGRON, ISMAEL 1 73.5% +14.9%
GOODCHILD, WILLIAM J 1 83.0% +13.9%
LEE, STEVEN SHIH-CHING 1 67.0% +23.3%
MARTINEZ, VANESSA 1 98.4% -7.2%
DODSON, CHRISTINA MARIE 1 97.3% +3.3%
CHOY, KA SHAN 1 93.7% +9.9%

Quick Wins (9)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
35522801 Chandelier MARTINEZ, VANESSA 92d overdue
35522690 Table lamp DODSON, CHRISTINA MARIE 53d overdue
35523295 Table CALABRESE, MARY ANN 76d
35527022 Floor lamp LEE, ANGELA J
35526953 Foil bag cap GOTTSCHALK, DARCEY E
35525100 Table CALABRESE, MARY ANN
19108833 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RECORDING DATA RELATING TO A TANGIBLE ASSET IN ASSOCIATION WITH A SUBJECT THROUGH THE CREATION OF A NON-COUNTERFEITABLE DIGITAL CERTIFICATE ADAPTED TO CERTIFY OWNERSHIP OR POSSESSION, USAGE AND MAINTENANCE OF THE ASSET GOODCHILD, WILLIAM J
35523490 Table CALABRESE, MARY ANN

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19136575 BALL VALVE WITH A RETAINING SYSTEM PRICE, CRAIG JAMES
19095958 DEVICES, METHODS, AND SYSTEMS FOR ILLUMINATED SUBSTRATES NEGRON, ISMAEL
19108833 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RECORDING DATA RELATING TO A TANGIBLE ASSET IN ASSOCIATION WITH A SUBJECT THROUGH THE CREATION OF A NON-COUNTERFEITABLE DIGITAL CERTIFICATE ADAPTED TO CERTIFY OWNERSHIP OR POSSESSION, USAGE AND MAINTENANCE OF THE ASSET GOODCHILD, WILLIAM J
19070286 GLASS TEMPERING PROCESS, IN PARTICULAR FOR LOW-EMISSION GLASSES LEE, STEVEN SHIH-CHING

Client Portfolio (22 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
29313
29511
29221
37531
28751
29341
29331
24351
36751
36711

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
35527022 Floor lamp Flos S.p.A. LEE, ANGELA J 2951 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 01, 2025
35526953 Foil bag cap Guala Pack S.P.A GOTTSCHALK, DARCEY E 2922 §112 Final Rejection Pending Sep 24, 2025
19136575 BALL VALVE WITH A RETAINING SYSTEM Castel S.r.l. PRICE, CRAIG JAMES 3753 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 06, 2025
35525100 Table B&B Italia S.p.A. CALABRESE, MARY ANN 2931 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 22, 2025
19095958 DEVICES, METHODS, AND SYSTEMS FOR ILLUMINATED SUBSTRATES Kpi Entertainment, Inc. NEGRON, ISMAEL 2875 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 31, 2025
19108833 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RECORDING DATA RELATING TO A TANGIBLE ASSET IN ASSOCIATION WITH A SUBJECT THROUGH THE CREATION OF A NON-COUNTERFEITABLE DIGITAL CERTIFICATE ADAPTED TO CERTIFY OWNERSHIP OR POSSESSION, USAGE AND MAINTENANCE OF THE ASSET C.R.F. Societa' Consortile Per Azioni GOODCHILD, WILLIAM J §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 05, 2025
19070286 GLASS TEMPERING PROCESS, IN PARTICULAR FOR LOW-EMISSION GLASSES Mazzaroppi Engineering S.r.l. LEE, STEVEN SHIH-CHING §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 04, 2025
35523295 Table Molteni & C. S.P.A CALABRESE, MARY ANN 2931 §112 Non-Final OA 76d Pending Oct 09, 2024
35523490 Table Unifor S.p.A. CALABRESE, MARY ANN 2931 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 08, 2024
35522801 Chandelier Giopato & Coombes S.r.l. MARTINEZ, VANESSA 2934 §112 Final Rejection 92d overdue Pending Oct 04, 2024
35522690 Table lamp Flos S.p.A. DODSON, CHRISTINA MARIE 2933 §103 Non-Final OA 53d overdue Pending Oct 01, 2024
18676422 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NETWORK TRAFFIC FINGERPRINTING AND ASSOCIATED SECURITY ACTIONS Foxio, LLC CHOY, KA SHAN 2435 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 28, 2024
18711816 SEALING SYSTEM FOR MECHANICAL MEMBERS Development Service S.r.l. KONERU, LAKSHMI S 3675 §102 Final Rejection Pending May 20, 2024
18708078 COLD SCARIFICATION AND RECYCLING ASSEMBLY FOR RESTORING A ROAD PAVEMENT, METHODS FOR RESTORING A ROAD SURFACE WITH SUCH ASSEMBLY AND USE OF A MIXTURE OF BITUMEN OR A MIXTURE CONTAINING A HYDROCARBON BINDING AGENT IN SUCH ASSEMBLY Simex Engineering S.R.I. RISIC, ABIGAIL ANNE 3671 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 07, 2024
18634017 TORQUE-LIMITING SLIP-CLUTCH SYSTEM WITH MODULAR DISKS Eca Medical Instruments, Inc. BINDA, GREGORY JOHN 3679 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 12, 2024
35520845 Toothpaste dispenser with transparent cap Guala Dispensing S.p.A. MORRIS, KATHERINE ELIZABETH 2923 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 18, 2024
18605582 MULTI-BALL DEVICE FOR PITCHING TRAINING Paisleys Pitching LLC ARYANPOUR, MITRA 3711 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Mar 14, 2024
18682094 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FIXING PROFILE ELEMENTS OF WALK-IN CLOSETS AND FURNITURE IN GENERAL TO A SUPPORT WALL Arturo Salice S.p.A. GUAN, GUANG H 3631 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 07, 2024
18434670 HYBRID DRUM SHELLS AND RELATED METHODS Drum Workshop, Inc. LOCKETT, KIMBERLY R 2837 §103 Non-Final OA 84d Pending Feb 06, 2024
18681438 DEVICE FOR OPTICALLY CONTROLLING A MARK OR A DEFECT ON A CABLE OR AN EXTRUDED BODY OF GREAT LENGHT, CONTROL ASSEMBLY AND METHOD Lasertecno S.r.l. KOLB, NATHANIEL J 2896 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 05, 2024
18383837 MULTISPECTRAL IMAGING DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD Synthetik Applied Technologies, LLC FULLER, RODNEY EVAN 2852 §102 Non-Final OA 32d overdue Pending Oct 25, 2023
18134253 WORK STATION Unifor S.p.A. AYRES, TIMOTHY MICHAEL 3637 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 13, 2023
17924098 SWAB FOR TAKING BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES AND METHOD FOR MAKING SUCH A SWAB Vacutest Kima S.r.l. FLYNN, TIMOTHY LEE 3781 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 08, 2022
17707844 LOCKING FORCEPS DEVICE Eca Medical Instruments, Inc. HO, TAN-UYEN THI 3771 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 29, 2022
17042771 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMPUTATIONAL MODELLING AND SIMULATION APPLIED TO DRUG CHARACTERIZATION AND/OR OPTIMIZATION Insilicotrials Technologies S.r.l. LEVERETT, MARY CHANG 1687 §103 Final Rejection 32d overdue Pending Sep 28, 2020

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