Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Goodhue, Coleman & Owens, P.C.

Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

31 pending office actions • 15 clients • 26 examiners • 20 art units • 0 of 31 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Goodhue, Coleman & Owens, P.C. focuses its practice in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The firm has managed 1275 career applications, providing a foundation for evaluating their performance. Currently, the firm is managing 32 pending office actions, indicating a consistent level of ongoing activity with the patent office.

The firm's resolved allowance rate stands at 91.84 percent. This rate of success is achieved with an average of 4.27 office actions per allowance. This 4.27 average suggests a prosecution strategy that involves extensive negotiation with examiners to secure patent grants in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems field. The 91.84 percent allowance rate across 1275 career applications demonstrates a strong ability to eventually overcome rejections.

The 32 pending office actions represent the firm's current active workload. With 1275 career applications, the firm has an established track record. Clients can use the 91.84 percent resolved allowance rate and the 4.27 average office actions per allowance to understand the typical effort and probability of success when working with this firm.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Quality Metrics (n=1275 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

91.8%
Allowance Rate
n=1275
+0.64σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1275
4.3
OAs to Allowance
n=720
+0.34σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=720
970 days
Time to Allowance
n=720
+8.2pp
Interview Lift
n=1275
39.2%
RCE Rate
n=1275
4.3%
Appeal Rate
n=1275

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

69.7%
§101 Overcome
n=145
79.7%
§102 Overcome
n=306
81.9%
§103 Overcome
n=597
80.5%
§112 Overcome
n=374

Specialization & Scale

H04R, G06F, G06Q
Top CPC Subclasses
25%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1275
4
Practitioners
n=1275
318.8
Apps / Practitioner
n=1275

Portfolio Summary

31
Total Pending OAs
17
Non-Final OAs
12
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 13 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

7
Overdue
0
Due this week
5
Due this month
1
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. 13 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (7)Due ≤ 30 days (5)Due ≤ 60 days (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.

21
Hard (68%)
9
Medium (29%)
1
Easy (3%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (6%)
§101 + other11 (35%)
§103 only8 (26%)
Double-patenting only1 (3%)
Double-patenting + other1 (3%)
Multi-statute (no §101)8 (26%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
13% of docket
2
Information Tech
6% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
3
Semiconductors
10% of docket
18
Mechanical / Eng
58% of docket
4
Business / Other
13% 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.

310 h
Manual time on pending OAs
62 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
108 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ANDERSON, SCOTT C 3 58.6% +31.6%
BODENDORF, ANDREW 2 29.5% +37.6%
PEREZ BERMUDEZ, YARITZA H 2 74.1% +19.5%
RUHL, DENNIS WILLIAM 2 26.3% +23.5%
RIDDER, CLAYTON PAUL 1 67.7% +25.4%
LIDDLE, JAY TRENT 1 57.8% +22.9%
FAIRCHILD, AARON BENJAMIN 1 79.6% +20.2%
POTHEN, FEBA 1 81.1% +11.2%
PATEL, JAY M 1 64.6% +39.2%
ANDERSON, MEGAN M 1 74.9% +27.8%

Hard Cases (21)

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
17942810 ELECTROCATALYSTS DOPED WITH CATALYTIC ACTIVITY NANOPARTICLES WITTENBERG, STEFANIE S 154d overdue
18052915 System, Method, and Platform for Providing Support and Financial Resources for Small Businesses RUHL, DENNIS WILLIAM 66d overdue
18667829 METHOD FOR UTILIZING A BLOCKING PAD BODENDORF, ANDREW 49d overdue
19356940 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CARBON CREDIT TOKENIZATION ANDERSON, SCOTT C 8d overdue
18491119 METHOD FOR MONETIZING DATA FOR A RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION MILEF, ELDA G 8d overdue
17842265 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TOKENIZED AFFILIATE MARKETING ANDERSON, SCOTT C 8d overdue
18156119 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UTILIZING GRAVITATIONAL WAVES FOR GEOLOGICAL EXPLORATION PEREZ BERMUDEZ, YARITZA H 9d
17876965 BLOCKING PAD AND A METHOD OF USE THEREOF BODENDORF, ANDREW 16d

Interview Candidates (15)

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
18052915 System, Method, and Platform for Providing Support and Financial Resources for Small Businesses RUHL, DENNIS WILLIAM 66d overdue
18667829 METHOD FOR UTILIZING A BLOCKING PAD BODENDORF, ANDREW 49d overdue
19356940 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CARBON CREDIT TOKENIZATION ANDERSON, SCOTT C 8d overdue
17842265 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TOKENIZED AFFILIATE MARKETING ANDERSON, SCOTT C 8d overdue
18156119 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UTILIZING GRAVITATIONAL WAVES FOR GEOLOGICAL EXPLORATION PEREZ BERMUDEZ, YARITZA H 9d
18667757 BLOCKING PAD AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING INJURY TO A USER FROM A SPECIAL INDIVIDUAL ANDERSON, MEGAN M 14d
17876965 BLOCKING PAD AND A METHOD OF USE THEREOF BODENDORF, ANDREW 16d
16412094 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PLATFORM FOR MANAGING TRANSACTIONS SUPPORTING CAUSES RUHL, DENNIS WILLIAM 26d

Client Portfolio (15 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36943
36812
37152
37842
28572
36262
36221
28581
36711
17181

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19356940 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CARBON CREDIT TOKENIZATION Datavault AI Inc. ANDERSON, SCOTT C 3694 §101§103 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Oct 13, 2025
19248284 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TOKENIZED EVENT MANAGEMENT Datavault AI Inc. ANDERSON, SCOTT C 3622 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 24, 2025
19048355 Use of body-worn radar for biometric measurements, contextual awareness and identification BRAGI GmbH RIDDER, CLAYTON PAUL §103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 07, 2025
19039430 GAMING WITH EARPIECE 3D AUDIO BRAGI GmbH LIDDLE, JAY TRENT DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 28, 2025
19039440 WIRELESS DEVICE PERIPHERAL Treble Innovations, LLC FAIRCHILD, AARON BENJAMIN §103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 28, 2025
18825862 Absence of Voltage Tester Grace Technologies, Inc. POTHEN, FEBA 2858 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 05, 2024
18753785 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REAL-TIME ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY Data Vault Holdings, Inc. PATEL, JAY M 3681 §103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 25, 2024
18667829 METHOD FOR UTILIZING A BLOCKING PAD Grafton Schools, Inc. BODENDORF, ANDREW 3715 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending May 17, 2024
18667757 BLOCKING PAD AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING INJURY TO A USER FROM A SPECIAL INDIVIDUAL Grafton Schools, Inc. ANDERSON, MEGAN M 3784 §103 Final Rejection 14d Pending May 17, 2024
18709307 SEED PLUG PLANTING SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND METHOD Farm Right, LLC TORRES, ALICIA M 3671 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 10, 2024
18650867 JOINT TRAINING METHOD FOR PREDICTING REMAINING USEFUL LIFE OF INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS USING TIME-SERIES DATA Percev LLC WALTON, CHESIREE A §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 30, 2024
18699730 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTINUOUS FLOW SEED TREATER DATA ACQUISITION, COMMERCIALIZATION, AND USE Aginnovation LLC LOUIE, MANDY C 1718 §102§103 Final Rejection 33d Pending Apr 09, 2024
18699707 CONTINUOUS FLOW SEED TREATER Aginnovation LLC THOMAS, BINU 1717 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 09, 2024
18595034 Advanced Metric Water Training Cord Braven Sport Combat Equip, Inc. DICUIA, JONATHAN ANGELO 3784 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 04, 2024
18424163 MAGNETIC ACTIVATION OF AN OPTIC FOR A GUN Axial Innovation LLC COOPER, JOHN 3641 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 26, 2024
18491119 METHOD FOR MONETIZING DATA FOR A RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION Data Vault Holdings, Inc. MILEF, ELDA G 3694 §101§112 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Oct 20, 2023
18261334 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UTILIZING GRAVITATIONAL WAVES FOR GEOLOGICAL EXPLORATION Terahertz Ventures LLC PEREZ BERMUDEZ, YARITZA H 2857 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 13, 2023
18312959 PLATFORM AND METHOD FOR TOKENIZED ACCREDITATION Data Vault Holdings, Inc. TORRICO-LOPEZ, ALAN 3625 §103 Final Rejection 28d Pending May 05, 2023
18156119 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UTILIZING GRAVITATIONAL WAVES FOR GEOLOGICAL EXPLORATION Terahertz Ventures LLC PEREZ BERMUDEZ, YARITZA H 2857 §101§103 Final Rejection 9d Pending Jan 18, 2023
18154230 In-time storage of manufactured cells for medical cellular therapy grown and differentiated in bioreactors Sciperio, Inc. NGUYEN, HENRY H 1758 §103 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Jan 13, 2023
18052915 System, Method, and Platform for Providing Support and Financial Resources for Small Businesses Commcap America, Inc. RUHL, DENNIS WILLIAM 3626 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA 66d overdue Pending Nov 05, 2022
17942810 ELECTROCATALYSTS DOPED WITH CATALYTIC ACTIVITY NANOPARTICLES Hydrolyst LLC WITTENBERG, STEFANIE S 1795 §103§112 Non-Final OA 154d overdue Pending Sep 12, 2022
17941469 PLATFORM AND METHOD FOR TOKENIZATION OF PRECIOUS PHYSICAL ASSETS Data Vault Holdings, Inc. OYEBISI, OJO O 3695 §101 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 09, 2022
17941623 PLATFORM AND METHOD FOR TOKENIZING DNA DATA Data Vault Holdings, Inc. MORICE DE VARGAS, SARA JESSICA 3681 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 09, 2022
17876965 BLOCKING PAD AND A METHOD OF USE THEREOF Grafton Schools, Inc. BODENDORF, ANDREW 3715 §101§102§103§112Other Final Rejection 16d Pending Jul 29, 2022
17848711 SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR SMART INVENTORY MANAGEMENT Data Vault Holdings, Inc. MONTICELLO, WILLIAM THOMAS 3682 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 24, 2022
17842265 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TOKENIZED AFFILIATE MARKETING Data Vault Holdings, Inc. ANDERSON, SCOTT C 3694 §101§103 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Jun 16, 2022
17244284 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMPILING AND UTILIZIING COMPANY DATA TO ADVANCE EQUALITY, DIVERSITY, AND INCLUSION Data Vault Holdings, Inc. LE, UYEN T 2156 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 29, 2021
17108605 Earpiece with glucose sensor and system BRAGI GmbH CATINA, MICHAEL ANTHONY 3791 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 01, 2020
16412094 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PLATFORM FOR MANAGING TRANSACTIONS SUPPORTING CAUSES Commcap America, Inc. RUHL, DENNIS WILLIAM 3626 §101 Non-Final OA 26d Pending May 14, 2019
16125236 System and Computer Implemented Method for Detecting, Identifying, and Rating Content Data Vault Holdings, Inc. SAINT CYR, JEAN D 2425 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 07, 2018

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