Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Fletcher Yoder, P.C.

40 pending office actions • 12 clients • 37 examiners • 21 art units • 0 of 40 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=4323 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

92.1%
Allowance Rate
n=4323
+0.47σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=4323
3.4
OAs to Allowance
n=2718
-0.04σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=2718
970 days
Time to Allowance
n=2718
+5.8pp
Interview Lift
n=4323
24.0%
RCE Rate
n=4323
4.9%
Appeal Rate
n=4323

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

84.3%
§101 Overcome
n=261
84.6%
§102 Overcome
n=1458
83.4%
§103 Overcome
n=2025
85.6%
§112 Overcome
n=847

Specialization & Scale

G06F, G11C, G09G
Top CPC Subclasses
31%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=4323
20
Practitioners
n=4323
216.2
Apps / Practitioner
n=4323

Portfolio Summary

40
Total Pending OAs
29
Non-Final OAs
9
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
1
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. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 days (1)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.

16
Hard (40%)
19
Medium (48%)
3
Easy (8%)
2
Unknown (5%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (5%)
§103 only11 (28%)
§102 only7 (18%)
Double-patenting only3 (8%)
Double-patenting + other1 (2%)
Multi-statute (no §101)14 (35%)
No statute on record2 (5%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
3
Information Tech
8% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
7
Semiconductors
18% of docket
20
Mechanical / Eng
50% of docket
10
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.

400 h
Manual time on pending OAs
80 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
140 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CRAWFORD, JASON 2 85.0% +8.9%
ROCHE, JOHN B 2 74.0% -19.9%
TRAN, JULIA C 2 62.4% +28.1%
STANEK, KELSEY L 1 80.7% +15.8%
VILAKAZI, SIZO BINDA 1 74.3% +11.3%
KIM, JAMES JAY 1 70.5% +27.1%
MOORTHY, ARAVIND K 1 84.4% +12.2%
HASSAN, AURANGZEB 1 80.3% +17.0%
METZGER, MICHAEL J 1 90.5% +7.8%
WELLS, JAMES STEVEN 1 90.9% -3.4%

Quick Wins (4)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19191980 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED PHONE AND DIGITAL COMMUNICATION VERIFICATION AND EFFICIENCY MOORTHY, ARAVIND K
19176114 INTERRUPT HANDLING BY MIGRATING INTERRUPTS BETWEEN PROCESSING CORES HASSAN, AURANGZEB
19029952 MULTI-LEVEL HIERARCHICAL ROUTING MATRICES FOR PATTERN-RECOGNITION PROCESSORS METZGER, MICHAEL J
19029471 NETWORK-ON-CHIP (NOC) WITH FLEXIBLE DATA WIDTH CRAWFORD, JASON

Hard Cases (16)

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
18249945 IDENTIFICATION OF A NOCICEPTION PARAMETER DOWNEY, JOHN R 56d overdue
18374550 COMPUTER VISION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AN AGRICULTURAL HEADER RHEE, ROY B 53d overdue
18532779 HYBRID PROPULSION SYSTEM AVILA, STEPHEN P 30d overdue
18436200 INDEPENDENT FRONT AND REAR GANG ANGLE CONTROL FOR A TILLAGE IMPLEMENT GAMMON, MATTHEW CHRISTOPHER 26d
17938792 DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE AND METHOD HAVING AN OCCLUDING MEMBER ZAMORY, JUSTIN L 33d
18487706 Microelectromechanical Device for Generating Sound Pressure RIRIE, EVERETT TRAJAN 79d
19409383 VALVE GUIDE FOR GUIDING A VALVE STEM STANEK, KELSEY L
19287733 INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE VILAKAZI, SIZO BINDA

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
19409383 VALVE GUIDE FOR GUIDING A VALVE STEM STANEK, KELSEY L
19287733 INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE VILAKAZI, SIZO BINDA
19227301 COMBUSTION ENGINE KIM, JAMES JAY
19191980 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED PHONE AND DIGITAL COMMUNICATION VERIFICATION AND EFFICIENCY MOORTHY, ARAVIND K
19176114 INTERRUPT HANDLING BY MIGRATING INTERRUPTS BETWEEN PROCESSING CORES HASSAN, AURANGZEB
18672148 CAM TRACK ADJUSTMENT ASSEMBLY FOR A HARVESTING REEL TRAN, JULIA C
18439079 WING FORCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR AN AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT TRAN, JULIA C

Client Portfolio (12 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36715
37472
28442
21842
28252
36642
37411
36721
37311
36481

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19409383 VALVE GUIDE FOR GUIDING A VALVE STEM Innio Jenbacher GmbH & Co. Og STANEK, KELSEY L 3741 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 04, 2025
19287733 INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE Innio Jenbacher GmbH & Co. Og VILAKAZI, SIZO BINDA 3747 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 31, 2025
19227301 COMBUSTION ENGINE Innio Jenbacher GmbH & Co. Og KIM, JAMES JAY §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 03, 2025
19191980 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED PHONE AND DIGITAL COMMUNICATION VERIFICATION AND EFFICIENCY United Services Automobile Association (USAA) MOORTHY, ARAVIND K DP Non-Final OA Pending Apr 28, 2025
19176114 INTERRUPT HANDLING BY MIGRATING INTERRUPTS BETWEEN PROCESSING CORES Altera Corporation HASSAN, AURANGZEB §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Apr 10, 2025
19029952 MULTI-LEVEL HIERARCHICAL ROUTING MATRICES FOR PATTERN-RECOGNITION PROCESSORS Micron Technology, Inc. METZGER, MICHAEL J §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 17, 2025
19029471 NETWORK-ON-CHIP (NOC) WITH FLEXIBLE DATA WIDTH Altera Corporation CRAWFORD, JASON 2844 §102Other Non-Final OA Pending Jan 17, 2025
19022854 PROGRAMMABLE DEVICE, HIERARCHICAL PARALLEL MACHINES, AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING STATE INFORMATION Micron Technology, Inc. CRAWFORD, JASON 2844 Other Non-Final OA Pending Jan 15, 2025
19020817 OVERFLOW DETECTION AND CORRECTION IN STATE MACHINE ENGINES Micron Technology, Inc. ROCHE, JOHN B 2184 Other Non-Final OA Pending Jan 14, 2025
18974555 Gated Extend Re-Gate Synchronization Circuitry Micron Technology, Inc. WELLS, JAMES STEVEN 2825 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 09, 2024
18973347 INTEGRAL GRAFT INTERBODY DEVICES Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc. COTRONEO, STEVEN J §102 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 09, 2024
18869429 FLUID TRANSFER ASSEMBLY Scout Surface Solutions, LLC AKARAGWE, YANICK A 3672 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 26, 2024
18930833 PMOS THRESHOLD COMPENSATION SENSE AMPLIFIER FOR FeRAM DEVICES Micron Technology, Inc. ALROBAIE, KHAMDAN N DP Non-Final OA Pending Oct 29, 2024
18919279 ASEPTIC MANUFACTURING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DOSING AND PACKAGING OF A PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCT 2Epharma LLC CHEUNG, CHUN HOI 3731 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 17, 2024
18901895 SELF-ADAPTATION OF DRAM COMMAND/ADDRESS INTERFACE Micron Technology, Inc. BRASWELL, DONALD H.B. 2825 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 30, 2024
18898286 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING CROP LOSSES VIA IMAGING PROCESSING Cnh Industrial America LLC JHA, ABDHESH K §102 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 26, 2024
18794647 HYBRID PROPULSION SYSTEM Duxion Motors, Inc. FRAZIER, BRADY W 3648 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 05, 2024
18783764 NEGATIVE FEEDBACK THRESHOLD COMPENSATION FOR SENSE AMPLIFIERS Micron Technology, Inc. NGUYEN, VAN THU T 2824 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 25, 2024
18784456 Post Package Repair of Memory with Data Corruption Systems and Methods Micron Technology, Inc. BARNETT, JACK KENSINGTON 2111 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 25, 2024
18672148 CAM TRACK ADJUSTMENT ASSEMBLY FOR A HARVESTING REEL Cnh Industrial America LLC TRAN, JULIA C 3671 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 23, 2024
18641303 APPLICATOR TOOL POSITIONABLE WITHIN A VALVE SEAT BORE OF A CYLINDER HEAD FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE Innio Jenbacher GmbH & Co. Og RAIMUND, CHRISTOPHER W §102§103DP Non-Final OA Pending Apr 19, 2024
18591505 INDEPENDENT WING POSITION CONTROL FOR AN AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT Cnh Industrial America LLC TSUI, ALFRED H 3671 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 29, 2024
18439079 WING FORCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR AN AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT Cnh Industrial America LLC TRAN, JULIA C 3671 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 12, 2024
18436200 INDEPENDENT FRONT AND REAR GANG ANGLE CONTROL FOR A TILLAGE IMPLEMENT Cnh Industrial America LLC GAMMON, MATTHEW CHRISTOPHER 3657 §102§103 Final Rejection 26d Pending Feb 08, 2024
18433925 APPOINTMENT-BASED NAVIGATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS Uipco, LLC LIANG, HONGYE 3664 §101§103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 06, 2024
18294118 CYLINDER LINER FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND A METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME Innio Jenbacher GmbH & Co. Og HOLBROOK, TEUTA BAJRAMOVIC 3747 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 31, 2024
18424675 SPARK PLUG CONNECTOR Innio Jenbacher GmbH & Co. Og HUYNH, HAI H 2834 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 26, 2024
18532779 HYBRID PROPULSION SYSTEM Duxion Motors, Inc. AVILA, STEPHEN P 3615 §102§103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Dec 07, 2023
18487706 Microelectromechanical Device for Generating Sound Pressure Robert Bosch GmbH RIRIE, EVERETT TRAJAN 2897 §103§112 Non-Final OA 79d Pending Oct 16, 2023
18374550 COMPUTER VISION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AN AGRICULTURAL HEADER Cnh Industrial America LLC RHEE, ROY B 3664 §103§112 Final Rejection 53d overdue Pending Sep 28, 2023
18374426 OVERFLOW DETECTION AND CORRECTION IN STATE MACHINE ENGINES Micron Technology, Inc. ROCHE, JOHN B 2184 DP Non-Final OA Pending Sep 28, 2023
18345340 ROTARY ACTUATOR SYSTEM FOR WORK VEHICLE Cnh Industrial America LLC BEHRENS, ADAM J 3671 §103 Non-Final OA 26d overdue Pending Jun 30, 2023
18338236 FAST FPGA COMPILATION THROUGH BITSTREAM STITCHING Intel Corporation KHATRI, ANIL §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 20, 2023
18323923 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AN OPERATIONAL STATUS OF A DISC BLADE Cnh Industrial America LLC IVEY, DANA DESHAWN 3662 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 25, 2023
18249945 IDENTIFICATION OF A NOCICEPTION PARAMETER Covidien LP DOWNEY, JOHN R 3792 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA 56d overdue Pending Apr 20, 2023
18133742 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR APPLYING FLUID TO A CUTTING BLADE Cnh Industrial America LLC PANDE, ASHUTOSH 3668 §103 Final Rejection 20d Pending Apr 12, 2023
18191789 FAST FPGA COMPILATION FROM SOFTWARE FLOWS THROUGH PARTIAL RECONFIGURATION AND HARDENED NETWORK-ON-CHIP Intel Corporation ALAM, MOHAMMED §102 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 28, 2023
18087939 ATTACHMENT SYSTEM FOR BUMPER OF WORK VEHICLE Cnh Industrial America LLC MCMAHON, MATTHEW R 3678 §102 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Dec 23, 2022
17938792 DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE AND METHOD HAVING AN OCCLUDING MEMBER Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc. ZAMORY, JUSTIN L 3783 §102§103Other Non-Final OA 33d Pending Oct 07, 2022
17900112 DISC BLADE ANGLE ADJUSTMENT ASSEMBLY FOR A TILLAGE IMPLEMENT Cnh Industrial America LLC MITCHELL, JOEL F 3671 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 31, 2022

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