Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Gowling Wlg (Canada) LLP

62 pending office actions • 32 clients • 61 examiners • 49 art units • 0 of 62 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 152 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=4670 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

83.2%
Allowance Rate
n=4670
+0.56σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=4670
3.6
OAs to Allowance
n=2485
-0.03σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=2485
1111 days
Time to Allowance
n=2485
+10.5pp
Interview Lift
n=4670
27.6%
RCE Rate
n=4670
1.9%
Appeal Rate
n=4670

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

81.5%
§101 Overcome
n=135
78.9%
§102 Overcome
n=337
79.2%
§103 Overcome
n=1482
93.4%
§112 Overcome
n=288

Specialization & Scale

G06F, H04L, G06Q
Top CPC Subclasses
14%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=4670
30
Practitioners
n=4670
155.7
Apps / Practitioner
n=4670

Portfolio Summary

62
Total Pending OAs
32
Non-Final OAs
28
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 35 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

21
Overdue
0
Due this week
7
Due this month
4
Due in next 60 days
3
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. 35 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (21)Due ≤ 30 days (7)Due ≤ 60 days (4)Due later (3)

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.

9
Hard (15%)
50
Medium (81%)
3
Easy (5%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only9 (15%)
§103 only43 (69%)
§102 only7 (11%)
§112 only2 (3%)
Double-patenting only1 (2%)

Industry Mix

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

14
Life Sciences
23% of docket
6
Information Tech
10% of docket
3
Communications
5% of docket
1
Semiconductors
2% of docket
33
Mechanical / Eng
53% of docket
5
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.

620 h
Manual time on pending OAs
124 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
217 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
5.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CHABREYRIE, RODOLPHE ANDRE 2 84.9% +22.3%
JOHNSON, GERALD 1 78.4% +9.2%
ADAMS, GREGORY W 1 75.2% +23.8%
WYSZYNSKI, AUBREY H 1 89.5% +12.5%
LONG, EDWARD X 1 73.3% +48.3%
ARUNDALE, ROBERT K 1 75.4% +24.3%
KELLY, CATHERINE A 1 59.9% +27.9%
YACOB, SISAY 1 76.7% +17.4%
NGUYEN, TUAN N 1 68.1% +26.3%
GEMBEH, SHIRLEY V 1 63.2% +33.6%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18369033 BATTERY MODULE MANUFACTURING CLAMPING ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF CLAMPING A BATTERY PALLET FOR WELDING CHABREYRIE, RODOLPHE ANDRE 19d
18368990 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING A BATTERY MODULE CHABREYRIE, RODOLPHE ANDRE 22d
19221193 GENERATION AND APPLICATION OF SYNTHETIC THREAT DATA WYSZYNSKI, AUBREY H

Hard Cases (9)

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
17891816 METHOD OF DETERMINING WHETHER A FRAUD CLAIM IS LEGITIMATE PRATT, EHRIN LARMONT 89d overdue
18431041 Method for Diagnosing and Assessing Endometriosis BORGEEST, CHRISTINA M 60d overdue
18453170 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AGRICULTURAL GREENHOUSE GAS ESTIMATION GODBOLD, DAVID GARRISON 42d overdue
18808859 PREDICTING FINANCIAL METRICS SUBRAMANIAN, NARAYANSWAMY 22d overdue
17891548 DYNAMIC ESG VISUALIZATION YESILDAG, MEHMET 15d
18454571 DATA MAPPING METHOD AND SYSTEM FU, HAO 27d
18282371 COMPUTING DEVICE INTERACTION TRACKING AND ASSESSMENT PADUA, NICO LAUREN
18113787 TARGETED MESSAGING BEKERMAN, MICHAEL

Interview Candidates (10)

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
18369033 BATTERY MODULE MANUFACTURING CLAMPING ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF CLAMPING A BATTERY PALLET FOR WELDING CHABREYRIE, RODOLPHE ANDRE 19d
18368990 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING A BATTERY MODULE CHABREYRIE, RODOLPHE ANDRE 22d
18951774 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD OF ALERTING A PROPERTY MANAGER OF A ROOF POOLING ISSUE YACOB, SISAY 42d
19045432 WINDOW OPENING CONTROL DEVICE KELLY, CATHERINE A 56d
19257690 BALE STACKER SYSTEM ADAMS, GREGORY W
19221193 GENERATION AND APPLICATION OF SYNTHETIC THREAT DATA WYSZYNSKI, AUBREY H
19186179 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING PHISHING CAMPAIGNS LONG, EDWARD X
19047795 STORAGE TANK SIPHON ARUNDALE, ROBERT K

Client Portfolio (32 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36953
37613
37532
37412
36262
36212
36521
36751
26861
37541

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19275258 ACTIVE TARGETS FOR TRACKING, AND METHODS FOR ASSEMBLING AND USING THE SAME Intellijoint Surgical Inc. JOHNSON, GERALD §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 21, 2025
19257690 BALE STACKER SYSTEM Marcrest Manufacturing Inc. ADAMS, GREGORY W 3652 §112 Final Rejection Pending Jul 02, 2025
19221193 GENERATION AND APPLICATION OF SYNTHETIC THREAT DATA Royal Bank Of Canada WYSZYNSKI, AUBREY H §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 28, 2025
19186179 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING PHISHING CAMPAIGNS Royal Bank Of Canada LONG, EDWARD X §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 22, 2025
19047795 STORAGE TANK SIPHON Stormwell Inc. ARUNDALE, ROBERT K 3753 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 07, 2025
19045432 WINDOW OPENING CONTROL DEVICE Visionar Window Systems Inc. KELLY, CATHERINE A 3675 §103 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Feb 04, 2025
18951774 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD OF ALERTING A PROPERTY MANAGER OF A ROOF POOLING ISSUE Gestion Soprema Canada Inc. YACOB, SISAY 2686 §103 Non-Final OA 42d Pending Nov 19, 2024
18853778 CATCHMENT BASIN FOR USE IN A RECIRCULATING SHOWER SYSTEM Pledge Resource Managers Inc. Dba Rainstick Shower NGUYEN, TUAN N 3754 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 03, 2024
18846459 Bioinks for 3D Extrusion Bioprinting, Methods of Making and Uses Thereof Mcmaster University GEMBEH, SHIRLEY V 1742 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 12, 2024
18812205 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED AGENT-CLIENT CALL INTERACTIONS Royal Bank Of Canada TESHALE, AKELAW 2694 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 22, 2024
18808859 PREDICTING FINANCIAL METRICS Royal Bank Of Canada SUBRAMANIAN, NARAYANSWAMY 3691 §101 Final Rejection 22d overdue Pending Aug 19, 2024
18799816 PROCESSING OF MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC DATA TO OBTAIN CODING INFORMATION Royal Bank Of Canada TIEDEMAN, JASON S 3683 §102 Final Rejection Pending Aug 09, 2024
18835375 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TIRE BALANCING Counteract Balancing Beads Inc. PAQUETTE, SEDEF ESRA AYALP 1749 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 02, 2024
18788934 ROTARY VALVE Stormwell Inc. DO, HAILEY KYUNG AE 3753 DP Final Rejection Pending Jul 30, 2024
18761715 Hybrid Anatomical Registration of a Body Intellijoint Surgical Inc. COLEY, ZADE JAMES 3775 §102 Non-Final OA 23d Pending Jul 02, 2024
18740738 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING IMAGING USING LOW-FREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS Esi Imaging Inc. JACOB, OOMMEN 3797 §103 Final Rejection 28d Pending Jun 12, 2024
18641915 EAVESTROUGH HANGER BRACKET Excelsior Inc. MCNICHOLS, ERET C 3635 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 22, 2024
18431041 Method for Diagnosing and Assessing Endometriosis Mcmaster University BORGEEST, CHRISTINA M 1675 §101 Non-Final OA 60d overdue Pending Feb 02, 2024
18428902 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EVALUATING ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING REPORTS Royal Bank Of Canada ANDERSON, MICHAEL W. 3600 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 31, 2024
18533796 CURVILINEAR TRACK SECTIONS HAVING POSITION SENSORS Ats Corporation TRINH, MINH N 3729 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 08, 2023
18526561 MONITORING HEALTH OF NETWORK APPLICATION BY COMBINING PREDICTIONS FROM DISPARATE DATA SOURCES Royal Bank Of Canada ZENG, WENWEI §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 01, 2023
18290206 EXTRUDED HASHISH PRODUCT AND INDUSTRIAL PROCESS FOR MAKING SAME Hexo Operations Inc. DAVISON, CHARLOTTE INKERI 1755 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 10, 2023
18289613 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HAPTICS USING SHAPE MEMORY MATERIAL Smarter Alloys Inc. MATTHIAS, JONATHAN R 3746 §103 Final Rejection 71d overdue Pending Nov 06, 2023
18383985 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACTIVE CALIBRATION AND/OR LINEARIZATION OF ANTENNA ARRAYS Slim Boumaiza JAIN, SWATI 2649 §103 Final Rejection 84d overdue Pending Oct 26, 2023
18476768 AUTOMATED WORKPIECE TRANSFER SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF IMPLEMENTING THEREOF Ats Corporation VISCARRA, RICARDO I 3657 §103 Final Rejection 53d overdue Pending Sep 28, 2023
18368990 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING A BATTERY MODULE Ats Corporation CHABREYRIE, RODOLPHE ANDRE 3741 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Sep 15, 2023
18369033 BATTERY MODULE MANUFACTURING CLAMPING ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF CLAMPING A BATTERY PALLET FOR WELDING Ats Coporation CHABREYRIE, RODOLPHE ANDRE 3741 §103 Non-Final OA 19d Pending Sep 15, 2023
18282371 COMPUTING DEVICE INTERACTION TRACKING AND ASSESSMENT Rewordly Inc. PADUA, NICO LAUREN 3626 §101 Final Rejection Pending Sep 15, 2023
18461929 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC NEST AND ROUTING ADJUSTMENT Ats Corporation ERDMAN, CHAD G 2116 §103 Final Rejection 43d overdue Pending Sep 06, 2023
18455332 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PREDICTING DATA QUALITY METRICS Royal Bank Of Canada MAMILLAPALLI, PAVAN 2159 §103 Final Rejection 12d Pending Aug 24, 2023
18454571 DATA MAPPING METHOD AND SYSTEM Royal Bank Of Canada FU, HAO 3695 §101 Final Rejection 27d Pending Aug 23, 2023
18453170 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AGRICULTURAL GREENHOUSE GAS ESTIMATION Royal Bank Of Canada GODBOLD, DAVID GARRISON 3628 §101 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Aug 21, 2023
18233466 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR APPLYING USER DATA IN ACCESSING OF INSTITUTIONAL PRODUCTS Royal Bank Of Canada GREGG, MARY M 3695 §103 Final Rejection 50d Pending Aug 14, 2023
18362965 ELECTRIC PROCESS HEATER Thermon Canada Inc. NGUYEN, VY T 3761 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 01, 2023
18340104 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONVEYOR SYSTEM CONFIGURATION Ats Corporation CHAMPAGNE, LUNA 3627 §103 Non-Final OA 89d overdue Pending Jun 23, 2023
18199248 Anti-DFS70 Autoantibodies and methods of attenuating formation of nets Mcmaster University ABBAS, SYED JARAR 1674 §112 Non-Final OA 37d overdue Pending May 18, 2023
18037580 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING FAMILY LAW OBLIGATIONS Come To Agreement Ltd. PATEL, DIVESH 3696 §103 Non-Final OA 45d overdue Pending May 18, 2023
18197197 MULTI-SCALE ARTIFICAL NEURAL NETWORK AND A METHOD FOR OPERATING SAME FOR TIME SERIES FORECASTING Royal Bank Of Canada TRIEU, EM N 2128 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 15, 2023
18029805 DETECTING THERMITE REACTIONS IN AN ELECTROLYTIC CELL Elysis Limited Partnership JEBUTU, MOFOLUWASO SIMILOLUWA 1795 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 31, 2023
18246267 REUSABLE, RESTERILIZABLE SMART HALF-MASK RESPIRATOR APPARATUS AND SYSTEM Padm Medical Inc. MURPHY, VICTORIA 3785 §103 Non-Final OA 82d Pending Mar 22, 2023
18113787 TARGETED MESSAGING BCE INC. BEKERMAN, MICHAEL 3621 §101 Final Rejection Pending Feb 24, 2023
18022912 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MICROGRID CONTROL Troes Corporation FENNEMA, ROBERT E 2117 §102 Non-Final OA 121d overdue Pending Feb 23, 2023
18113492 REPARAMETERIZATION OF SELECTIVE NETWORKS FOR END-TO-END TRAINING Royal Bank Of Canada SMITH, PAULINHO E 2127 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 23, 2023
18020158 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCEDURE PLANNING USING PREHABILITATION INPUT Intellijoint Surgical Inc. WHALEY, PABLO S §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 07, 2023
18159337 CONVEYOR SYSTEM AND MOVING ELEMENT WITH ARTICULATED BEARINGS Ats Corporation MESHAKA, MAXWELL L 3615 §103 Non-Final OA 96d overdue Pending Jan 25, 2023
18001828 Genetically Modified Bovine Herpesvirus Type 1 (BHV-1) for use to Treat Cancer Mcmaster University KIM, TAEYOON 1631 §103 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Dec 14, 2022
18057569 Multi-Nutrient Composition Exerkine Corporation GHALI, ISIS A D 1611 §103 Final Rejection 78d Pending Nov 21, 2022
17937903 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING E-COMMERCE Adeptmind Inc. STROUD, CHRISTOPHER 3621 §103 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Oct 04, 2022
17899230 FAST REPLICATION OF LASER MACHINED MICRON/SUB-MICRON SCALE PATTERNS ONTO SOFT-METAL SUBSTRATES VIA EMBOSSING UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA KERR, ELIZABETH M 3761 §103 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Aug 30, 2022
17895235 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECOMMENDING INSURANCE Royal Bank Of Canada HAMILTON, SARA CHANDLER 3695 §101 Final Rejection Pending Aug 25, 2022
17891816 METHOD OF DETERMINING WHETHER A FRAUD CLAIM IS LEGITIMATE Royal Bank Of Canada PRATT, EHRIN LARMONT 3629 §101 Final Rejection 89d overdue Pending Aug 19, 2022
17891548 DYNAMIC ESG VISUALIZATION Royal Bank Of Canada YESILDAG, MEHMET 3624 §101 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Aug 19, 2022
17839307 PLANT-BASED CHEESE PRODUCT UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH LACHICA, ERICSON M 1792 §103 Final Rejection 182d overdue Pending Jun 13, 2022
17780129 RECOMBINANT POLYPEPTIDES FOR PROGRAMMING EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES Ottawa Hospital Research Institute TAKENAKA, RISA 1632 §103 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending May 26, 2022
17768950 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUDITING, CREATING, STORING AND/OR ISSUING DIGITAL POWERS OF ATTORNEY AND OTHER LEGAL AND/OR RELATED HEALTH DOCUMENTS 2715158 Ontario Limited GILKEY, CARRIE STRODER 3626 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 14, 2022
17692789 LASER CLEANING OF OXIDIZED PARTS Ats Industrial Automation Inc. CHOU, JIMMY 3761 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 11, 2022
17543169 Method of Determining Disease Causality of Genome Mutations The Hospital for Sick Children CLOW, LORI A 1687 §103 Final Rejection 77d Pending Dec 06, 2021
17412994 Alternative One-Pot Process for Making a Cam Precursor Using Metal Feedstocks Nano One Materials Corp. CHAN, HENG M 1725 §103 Non-Final OA 53d overdue Pending Aug 26, 2021
17280769 METHOD AND SYSTEM OF REAL-TIME SIMULATION AND FORECASTING IN A FULLY-INTEGRATED HYDROLOGIC ENVIRONMENT Aquanty Inc. KNOX, KALERIA 2857 §103 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Mar 26, 2021
16629204 Risk Assessment Tool for Patients with Sepsis Mcmaster University POHNERT, STEVEN C 1683 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 07, 2020
15182783 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR APPLYING AN INJECTION MOULDED PART TO A FINISHED PRODUCTION PART Exco Technologies Limited Dba Neocon LUK, EMMANUEL S 1744 §103 Final Rejection 105d overdue Pending Jun 15, 2016
15091204 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ORTHODONTIC ARCHWIRES FOR MALOCCLUSIONS Smarter Alloys Inc. YUN, CARINA 2194 §103 Final Rejection 35d overdue Pending Apr 05, 2016

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