Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Fernando & Partners, LLP

36 pending office actions • 5 clients • 35 examiners • 20 art units • 12 of 36 (33%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=1083 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

93.4%
Allowance Rate
n=1083
+0.57σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1083
3.6
OAs to Allowance
n=754
-0.10σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=754
937 days
Time to Allowance
n=754
-1.1pp
Interview Lift
n=1083
41.4%
RCE Rate
n=1083
4.5%
Appeal Rate
n=1083

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

83.8%
§101 Overcome
n=117
83.4%
§102 Overcome
n=302
81.9%
§103 Overcome
n=579
87.4%
§112 Overcome
n=167

Specialization & Scale

G06F, G06T, G06V
Top CPC Subclasses
62%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1083
0
Practitioners
n=1083
Apps / Practitioner
n=1083 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

36
Total Pending OAs
21
Non-Final OAs
15
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 14 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

11
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 14 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (11)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due later (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.

14
Hard (39%)
19
Medium (53%)
3
Easy (8%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other4 (11%)
§103 only17 (47%)
§102 only2 (6%)
Double-patenting only3 (8%)
Multi-statute (no §101)10 (28%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
6
Information Tech
17% of docket
18
Communications
50% of docket
1
Semiconductors
3% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
6% of docket
9
Business / Other
25% 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.

360 h
Manual time on pending OAs
72 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
126 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
RAYAN, MIHIR K 2 85.1% +10.8%
CHATLY, AMIT 1 68.1% +13.7%
HUNTER, MISHAWN N 1 78.2% +14.3%
CORRIELUS, JEAN M 1 84.1% +12.7%
LEE, MICHAEL 1 79.5% +10.0%
ALMEIDA, CORY A 1 67.2% +22.6%
MA, CALVIN 1 76.0% +13.2%
BROWN, SHEREE N 1 65.2% +26.5%
CHNG, JOY POH AI 1 60.7% +18.7%
AMIN, JWALANT B 1 79.4% +15.2%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19307442 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING USER INPUT FOR MULTIPLE DEVICES RAYAN, MIHIR K

Hard Cases (14)

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
18369621 Partial Perspective Correction with Mitigation of Vertical Disparity FLORA, NURUN N 87d overdue
18612941 Foveated Anti-Aliasing HOANG, PHI 30d overdue
18694354 Object Manipulation in Graphical Environment BLOOMQUIST, KEITH D 26d overdue
18203794 Game Save System and Method HSU, RYAN 10d overdue
18123837 Arranging Virtual Objects SHAH, SUJIT 13d
19295240 CREATION AND USE OF VIRTUAL PLACES CORRIELUS, JEAN M
19286221 Method And Device For Dynamic Sensory And Input Modes Based On Contextual State RAYAN, MIHIR K
18989776 PHARMACEUTICAL CONTENT GENERATION BASED ON USER TYPE CHNG, JOY POH AI

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
19063896 HEURISTIC FOR HAND TRACKING CORRECTION MODES MA, CALVIN 38d overdue
19307442 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING USER INPUT FOR MULTIPLE DEVICES RAYAN, MIHIR K
19307451 Displaying a Rendered Volumetric Representation According to Different Display Modes CHATLY, AMIT
19302348 Device with Speaker and Image Sensor HUNTER, MISHAWN N
19295240 CREATION AND USE OF VIRTUAL PLACES CORRIELUS, JEAN M
19286221 Method And Device For Dynamic Sensory And Input Modes Based On Contextual State RAYAN, MIHIR K
19275969 Calibrating a Gaze Tracker LEE, MICHAEL
19189802 Content Manipulation via a Computer-Generated Representation of a Trackpad ALMEIDA, CORY A

Client Portfolio (5 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
26193
26222
26242
26292
26152
26162
26281
36861
26661
21471

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19307442 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING USER INPUT FOR MULTIPLE DEVICES Apple Inc. RAYAN, MIHIR K 2622 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 22, 2025
19307451 Displaying a Rendered Volumetric Representation According to Different Display Modes Apple Inc. CHATLY, AMIT 2624 §102Other Non-Final OA Pending Aug 22, 2025
19302348 Device with Speaker and Image Sensor Apple Inc. HUNTER, MISHAWN N §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 18, 2025
19295240 CREATION AND USE OF VIRTUAL PLACES Pfaqutruma Research LLC CORRIELUS, JEAN M §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 08, 2025
19286221 Method And Device For Dynamic Sensory And Input Modes Based On Contextual State Apple Inc. RAYAN, MIHIR K 2622 §102§103Other Non-Final OA Pending Jul 30, 2025
19275969 Calibrating a Gaze Tracker Apple Inc. LEE, MICHAEL §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 21, 2025
19189802 Content Manipulation via a Computer-Generated Representation of a Trackpad Apple Inc. ALMEIDA, CORY A 2628 §103Other Final Rejection AI Ready Apr 25, 2025
19063896 HEURISTIC FOR HAND TRACKING CORRECTION MODES Apple Inc. MA, CALVIN 2629 §103 Final Rejection 38d overdue AI Ready Feb 26, 2025
19030804 COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A VIRTUAL MEETING SPACE Apple Inc. BROWN, SHEREE N §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 17, 2025
18989776 PHARMACEUTICAL CONTENT GENERATION BASED ON USER TYPE Acto Technologies Inc. CHNG, JOY POH AI 3686 §101§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 20, 2024
18971490 Displaying a Prioritized Offscreen Indicator Apple Inc. AMIN, JWALANT B DP Non-Final OA Pending Dec 06, 2024
18957707 Indicating a Position of an Occluded Physical Object Apple Inc. WU, CHONG DP Non-Final OA Pending Nov 23, 2024
18926113 Methods and Systems for Composing and Executing a Scene Apple Inc. MUSHAMBO, MARTIN 2615 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 24, 2024
18899761 System, Method and Apparatus of Simulating Physics in a Virtual Environment Pfaqutruma Research LLC CRAWFORD, JACINTA M DP Non-Final OA Pending Sep 27, 2024
18898256 Dynamic Portals Apple Inc. SUO, JOSHUA JUNGWOOK 2616 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 26, 2024
18893503 Calibrating Acoustic Instruments for a Physical Environment Apple Inc. GE, JIN 2619 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 23, 2024
18812432 Generating Adapted Virtual Content to Spatial Characteristics of a Physical Setting Apple Inc. COBB, MICHAEL J 2615 §103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Aug 22, 2024
18772991 Fitness System Apple Inc. DULANEY, KATHLEEN YUAN 2666 §102§103Other Non-Final OA Pending Jul 15, 2024
18750769 Displaying Representations of Environments Apple Inc. NADKARNI, SARVESH J 2629 §103Other Final Rejection AI Ready Jun 21, 2024
18678972 Detecting an Occlusion of an Image Sensor Apple Inc. HWANG, JINSU §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 30, 2024
18672992 Late-Stage Warp of Dynamic-Anchored Content Apple Inc. FOSTER, THOMAS JOHN 2616 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending May 23, 2024
18631393 Method And Device For Managing Attention Accumulators Apple Inc. NGUYEN, NHAT HUY T 2147 §103 Final Rejection 87d overdue AI Ready Apr 10, 2024
18695268 Methods and Systems for Storing Object Information With Contextual Information Apple Inc. GIULIANI, GIUSEPPI J 2153 §103 Final Rejection 67d overdue AI Ready Mar 25, 2024
18612941 Foveated Anti-Aliasing Apple Inc. HOANG, PHI 2619 §102§103 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Mar 21, 2024
18694354 Object Manipulation in Graphical Environment Apple Inc. BLOOMQUIST, KEITH D 2171 §102§103 Final Rejection 26d overdue AI Ready Mar 21, 2024
18691014 Waveguide-Based Eye Illumination Apple Inc. PINKNEY, DAWAYNE 2872 §102 Final Rejection 36d overdue AI Ready Mar 11, 2024
18601554 MONITORING DEVICE FOR PREDICTIVE FAULT DETECTION Tectio Corp. GAVIA, NYLA EMANI ANN §101§102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 11, 2024
18286608 Text Suggestion Based on Environmental Context Apple Inc. TILLERY, RASHAWN N 2174 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue AI Ready Oct 12, 2023
18286522 Warped Perspective Correction Apple Inc. BUDISALICH, ANDREW STEVEN 2662 §103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Oct 11, 2023
18369621 Partial Perspective Correction with Mitigation of Vertical Disparity Apple Inc. FLORA, NURUN N 2619 §102§103 Non-Final OA 87d overdue AI Ready Sep 18, 2023
18274092 Displaying a Contextualized Widget Apple Inc. BADAWI, ANGIE M 2179 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 25, 2023
18211513 Object Detection Outside a User Field-of-View Apple Inc. ZONG, HELEN 2683 §103 Non-Final OA 86d AI Ready Jun 19, 2023
18203794 Game Save System and Method Our Machinery, Inc. HSU, RYAN 3715 §101§103 Final Rejection 10d overdue Pending May 31, 2023
18123833 Transposing Virtual Objects Between Viewing Arrangements Apple Inc. CHEN, YU 2613 §103 Final Rejection 85d overdue AI Ready Mar 20, 2023
18123837 Arranging Virtual Objects Apple Inc. SHAH, SUJIT 2624 §103§112 Final Rejection 13d Pending Mar 20, 2023
18114629 Gesture Tutorial for a Finger-Wearable Device Apple Inc. STORK, KYLE R 2128 §103 Final Rejection 1d overdue AI Ready Feb 27, 2023

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