Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Gordon & Jacobson, P.C.

Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

12 pending office actions • 10 clients • 12 examiners • 11 art units • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

GORDON & JACOBSON, P.C. manages a portfolio focused on Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems, with 1883 career applications to date. The firm maintains a resolved allowance rate of 78.48 percent, showing a consistent ability to secure patents in these mechanical and commercial fields. Currently, there are 9 pending office actions under management. The 1883 career applications provide a significant data set for evaluating the firm's long-term performance in these sectors.

On average, the firm requires 3.1 office actions per allowance. This efficiency metric provides a clear expectation for the duration and intensity of the prosecution process for new clients. With 1883 career applications, the firm has developed a significant body of experience that supports its 78.48 percent allowance rate. The 9 pending office actions represent the current front line of the firm's efforts to maintain this success rate. Practitioners can use the 3.1 office actions per allowance as a baseline for budgeting and scheduling in similar Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems cases.

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

Quality Metrics (n=1883 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

78.5%
Allowance Rate
n=1883
+0.50σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1883
3.1
OAs to Allowance
n=1156
-0.21σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=1156
1083 days
Time to Allowance
n=1156
+14.2pp
Interview Lift
n=1883
21.0%
RCE Rate
n=1883
1.7%
Appeal Rate
n=1883

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

74.8%
§101 Overcome
n=111
76.2%
§102 Overcome
n=496
77.8%
§103 Overcome
n=811
81.8%
§112 Overcome
n=522

Specialization & Scale

A61B, A61F, G06F
Top CPC Subclasses
18%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1883
1
Practitioners
n=1883
1883.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=1883

Portfolio Summary

12
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
2
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.

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

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

8
Hard (67%)
1
Medium (8%)
3
Easy (25%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (8%)
§101 + other2 (17%)
§103 only1 (8%)
§112 only2 (17%)
Double-patenting only1 (8%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (42%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
17% of docket
1
Information Tech
8% of docket
1
Communications
8% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
7
Mechanical / Eng
58% of docket
1
Business / Other
8% 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.

120 h
Manual time on pending OAs
24 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
42 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
YAO, THEODORE N 1 66.9% +39.4%
JEUDY, JOSNEL 1 83.8% -16.1%
DO, ROWLAND 1 69.9% -5.6%
NGUYEN, UYEN T 1 40.0% +36.3%
DEONAUTH, NIRVANA 1 69.8% +33.4%
LIN, JESSICA YIFANG 1 81.8% -3.3%
HOPKINS, DAVID ANDREW 1 31.5% +37.5%
WEBB III, JAMES L 1 14.1% +22.3%
WEBB, JESSICA MARIE 1 33.9% +52.9%
SYLVESTER, KEVIN 1 47.5% +27.4%

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
19069097 TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICE EMPLOYING AN ELECTRONIC INFORMATION REPOSITORY STORING SOCIAL NETWORK USER INFORMATION, DEVELOPER INFORMATION, AND MOBILE NETWORK OPERATOR INFORMATION JEUDY, JOSNEL —

Hard Cases (8)

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
18541709 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR QUANTITATIVE FLOW ANALYSIS HOPKINS, DAVID ANDREW 56d overdue
18633402 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR UTILIZING VOLUMETRIC IMAGE DATA TO SUPPORT CORONARY INTERVENTIONS LIN, JESSICA YIFANG 15d
18838868 VEHICLE DIAGNOSTIC METHODS AND SYSTEMS DEONAUTH, NIRVANA 48d
19056611 LEVER-OPERATED ADJUSTMENT DEVICES, FIT SYSTEMS, AND LINE TENSIONING SYSTEMS DO, ROWLAND —
18238006 METHODS AND SYSTEMS EMPLOYING PROFESSIONAL CULTURE TRAITS TO EVALUATE COMPATIBILITY BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS OR GROUPS OF INDIVIDUALS WEBB III, JAMES L —
18215078 MEDICAL STRUCTURED REPORTING WORKFLOW ASSISTED BY NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES WEBB, JESSICA MARIE —
18140524 CURING REPAIR RESIN SYLVESTER, KEVIN —
18016637 IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO HELMETS HADEN, SALLY CLINE —

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
18541709 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR QUANTITATIVE FLOW ANALYSIS HOPKINS, DAVID ANDREW 56d overdue
18838868 VEHICLE DIAGNOSTIC METHODS AND SYSTEMS DEONAUTH, NIRVANA 48d
19207245 METHOD FOR DETERMINING INJECTOR BOTTOM HOLE PRESSURE IN A HYDROCARBON RECOVERY OPERATION USING LINER-DEPLOYED OUTFLOW CONTROL DEVICES YAO, THEODORE N —
18877897 WEARABLE SYSTEM FOR BREAST PUMPING WITH MASSAGE NGUYEN, UYEN T —
18238006 METHODS AND SYSTEMS EMPLOYING PROFESSIONAL CULTURE TRAITS TO EVALUATE COMPATIBILITY BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS OR GROUPS OF INDIVIDUALS WEBB III, JAMES L —
18215078 MEDICAL STRUCTURED REPORTING WORKFLOW ASSISTED BY NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES WEBB, JESSICA MARIE —
18140524 CURING REPAIR RESIN SYLVESTER, KEVIN —

Client Portfolio (10 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36761
36771
37831
37261
26681
21881
36241
36831
17941
37321

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19207245 METHOD FOR DETERMINING INJECTOR BOTTOM HOLE PRESSURE IN A HYDROCARBON RECOVERY OPERATION USING LINER-DEPLOYED OUTFLOW CONTROL DEVICES Cenovus Energy Inc. YAO, THEODORE N 3676 §112 Final Rejection — Pending May 13, 2025
19069097 TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICE EMPLOYING AN ELECTRONIC INFORMATION REPOSITORY STORING SOCIAL NETWORK USER INFORMATION, DEVELOPER INFORMATION, AND MOBILE NETWORK OPERATOR INFORMATION Telesocial, Inc. JEUDY, JOSNEL DP Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 03, 2025
19056611 LEVER-OPERATED ADJUSTMENT DEVICES, FIT SYSTEMS, AND LINE TENSIONING SYSTEMS Garrett Ray Hurley DO, ROWLAND 3677 §102§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 18, 2025
18877897 WEARABLE SYSTEM FOR BREAST PUMPING WITH MASSAGE Imalac, Inc. NGUYEN, UYEN T 3783 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 20, 2024
18838868 VEHICLE DIAGNOSTIC METHODS AND SYSTEMS Belron International Limited DEONAUTH, NIRVANA 3726 §102§103 Final Rejection 48d Pending Aug 15, 2024
18633402 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR UTILIZING VOLUMETRIC IMAGE DATA TO SUPPORT CORONARY INTERVENTIONS Pie Medical Imaging B.V. LIN, JESSICA YIFANG 2668 §102§103 Final Rejection 15d Pending Apr 11, 2024
18541709 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR QUANTITATIVE FLOW ANALYSIS Pie Medical Imaging B.V. HOPKINS, DAVID ANDREW 2188 §101§103§112DP Final Rejection 56d overdue Pending Dec 15, 2023
18238006 METHODS AND SYSTEMS EMPLOYING PROFESSIONAL CULTURE TRAITS TO EVALUATE COMPATIBILITY BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS OR GROUPS OF INDIVIDUALS Torre Labs, Inc. WEBB III, JAMES L 3624 §101 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 25, 2023
18215078 MEDICAL STRUCTURED REPORTING WORKFLOW ASSISTED BY NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES Ebit Srl WEBB, JESSICA MARIE 3683 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 27, 2023
18140524 CURING REPAIR RESIN Belron International Limited SYLVESTER, KEVIN 1794 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 27, 2023
18016637 IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO HELMETS Strategic Sports Limited HADEN, SALLY CLINE 3732 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 17, 2023
17909163 COMPOSITION FOR POLYAMINE BIOSYNTHESIS BM Health GmbH WEDDINGTON, KEVIN E 1629 §103 Non-Final OA 149d overdue Pending Sep 02, 2022

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