Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Franklin & Associates International Inc.

6 pending office actions • 6 clients • 6 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=417 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

83.5%
Allowance Rate
n=417
+0.43σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=417
2.4
OAs to Allowance
n=299
-0.58σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=299
895 days
Time to Allowance
n=299
+12.6pp
Interview Lift
n=417
14.8%
RCE Rate
n=417
0.0%
Appeal Rate
n=417

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

70.7%
§101 Overcome
n=58
74.0%
§102 Overcome
n=154
81.1%
§103 Overcome
n=217
83.3%
§112 Overcome
n=144

Specialization & Scale

G06F, H04N, G02B
Top CPC Subclasses
20%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=417
0
Practitioners
n=417
Apps / Practitioner
n=417 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

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

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 30 days (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.

3
Hard (50%)
2
Medium (33%)
1
Easy (17%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (33%)
§112 only1 (17%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
17% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
17% of docket
1
Semiconductors
17% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
33% of docket
1
Business / Other
17% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CUMAR, NATHAN 1 78.7% +14.6%
STEITZ, RACHEL RUNNING 1 54.6% +25.8%
WATKO, JULIE ANNE 1 75.0% +12.4%
DIETZ, NOE ROBERT 1 0.0% +0.0%
COOLEY, CHARLES E 1 79.1% +15.0%
HUSTOFT, JUSTIN WAYNE 1 67.0% +19.7%

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
18656524 FALSE EYELASH APPARATUS AND METHODS STEITZ, RACHEL RUNNING 89d overdue
18905094 LUGGAGE SMART DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS THEREOF CUMAR, NATHAN 16d overdue
18032175 AN ELEMENT FOR A CO-ROTATING TWIN-SCREW PROCESSOR COOLEY, CHARLES E 14d
18595348 AEROSOL CONTAINMENT APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS DIETZ, NOE ROBERT

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18656524 FALSE EYELASH APPARATUS AND METHODS STEITZ, RACHEL RUNNING 89d overdue
18620691 Display Panel and Preparation Method Therefor WATKO, JULIE ANNE 25d overdue
18905094 LUGGAGE SMART DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS THEREOF CUMAR, NATHAN 16d overdue
17610693 OPTICAL SYSTEM, CAMERA MODULE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS HUSTOFT, JUSTIN WAYNE 8d
18032175 AN ELEMENT FOR A CO-ROTATING TWIN-SCREW PROCESSOR COOLEY, CHARLES E 14d

Client Portfolio (6 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36751
37721
26271
17741
28721

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18905094 LUGGAGE SMART DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS THEREOF Package, Inc. CUMAR, NATHAN 3675 §102§103 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Oct 02, 2024
18656524 FALSE EYELASH APPARATUS AND METHODS Hal J Hansen STEITZ, RACHEL RUNNING 3772 §102§103§112Other Final Rejection 89d overdue Pending May 06, 2024
18620691 Display Panel and Preparation Method Therefor HKC Corporation Limited WATKO, JULIE ANNE 2627 §112 Non-Final OA 25d overdue Pending Mar 28, 2024
18595348 AEROSOL CONTAINMENT APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS Airsolve LLC DIETZ, NOE ROBERT §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 04, 2024
18032175 AN ELEMENT FOR A CO-ROTATING TWIN-SCREW PROCESSOR Steer Engineering Private Limited COOLEY, CHARLES E 1774 §102§103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Apr 15, 2023
17610693 OPTICAL SYSTEM, CAMERA MODULE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS Jiangxi Jingchao Optical Co., Ltd. HUSTOFT, JUSTIN WAYNE 2872 §103 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Nov 11, 2021

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