Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Gardiner Roberts LLP

7 pending office actions • 6 clients • 7 examiners • 7 art units • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=477 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

73.3%
Allowance Rate
n=477
+0.36σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=477
4.1
OAs to Allowance
n=253
+0.53σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=253
1478 days
Time to Allowance
n=253
+17.7pp
Interview Lift
n=477
31.9%
RCE Rate
n=477
0.2%
Appeal Rate
n=477

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=9 (min 20)
71.4%
§102 Overcome
n=28
76.3%
§103 Overcome
n=152
89.5%
§112 Overcome
n=38

Specialization & Scale

H04L, G06F, Y10T
Top CPC Subclasses
16%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=477
2
Practitioners
n=477
238.5
Apps / Practitioner
n=477

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)

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.

1
Hard (14%)
6
Medium (86%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (14%)
§103 only6 (86%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
14% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
86% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
RODRIGUEZ, VICENTE M 1 77.5% +15.1%
CHOI, DAVID 1 18.2% +27.8%
DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R 1 68.9% +13.8%
CARVALHO, ERROL A 1 15.0% +17.9%
MOORE, REVA R 1 52.8% +50.8%
SHEPHERD, MATTHEW RICHARD 1 53.5% +38.8%
DAVIS, SHENG HAN 1 66.1% +34.2%

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18647896 Digital Patient Pathway in personalized healthcare systems with Advanced Medical Manufacturing Simulator CHOI, DAVID 30d overdue
18235086 System and Method for Tracking Messages in an Electronic Messaging Campaign CARVALHO, ERROL A

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
17983211 ROMAN BLIND WITH SHROUD PROTECTION SHEPHERD, MATTHEW RICHARD 70d overdue
17666470 System and Method for Removing Organics from Phosphate Ore Using an Acid DAVIS, SHENG HAN 35d overdue
18647896 Digital Patient Pathway in personalized healthcare systems with Advanced Medical Manufacturing Simulator CHOI, DAVID 30d overdue
18386100 CLUB TRAY DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R 19d overdue
18647922 Aerospace-Based Healthcare Systems RODRIGUEZ, VICENTE M
18235086 System and Method for Tracking Messages in an Electronic Messaging Campaign CARVALHO, ERROL A
18141702 System and Method for Processing and Managing Retailer Transactions and Events MOORE, REVA R

Client Portfolio (6 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36421
36841
37341
36221
36271
36341
17321

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18647922 Aerospace-Based Healthcare Systems Thinking Robotstudios Inc. And Mash.Flights RODRIGUEZ, VICENTE M 3642 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 26, 2024
18647896 Digital Patient Pathway in personalized healthcare systems with Advanced Medical Manufacturing Simulator Thinking Robotstudios Inc. And Mash.Flights CHOI, DAVID 3684 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Apr 26, 2024
18386100 CLUB TRAY Coleman Containers Limited DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R 3734 §103 Final Rejection 19d overdue Pending Nov 01, 2023
18235086 System and Method for Tracking Messages in an Electronic Messaging Campaign Iwinback Sales Inc. CARVALHO, ERROL A 3622 §101 Final Rejection Pending Aug 17, 2023
18141702 System and Method for Processing and Managing Retailer Transactions and Events Hyde'S Business Solutions Ltd. MOORE, REVA R 3627 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 01, 2023
17983211 ROMAN BLIND WITH SHROUD PROTECTION Maxxmar Inc. SHEPHERD, MATTHEW RICHARD 3634 §103 Final Rejection 70d overdue Pending Nov 08, 2022
17666470 System and Method for Removing Organics from Phosphate Ore Using an Acid Kor Mineral Technologies Inc. DAVIS, SHENG HAN 1732 §103 Final Rejection 35d overdue Pending Feb 07, 2022

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