Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Graeser Associates International Inc.

6 pending office actions • 6 clients • 6 examiners • 6 art units • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=1012 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

57.5%
Allowance Rate
n=1012
+0.16σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1012
3.2
OAs to Allowance
n=435
-0.20σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=435
1243 days
Time to Allowance
n=435
+22.0pp
Interview Lift
n=1012
17.1%
RCE Rate
n=1012
0.9%
Appeal Rate
n=1012

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=18 (min 20)
72.7%
§102 Overcome
n=66
69.5%
§103 Overcome
n=295
72.2%
§112 Overcome
n=54

Specialization & Scale

A61K, G06F, A61B
Top CPC Subclasses
22%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1012
1
Practitioners
n=1012
1012.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=1012

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
3
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.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
2
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
Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (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.

1
Hard (17%)
5
Medium (83%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (17%)
§103 only5 (83%)

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
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
83% 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.

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
PORTER, RACHEL L 1 21.3% +23.0%
NIGH, JAMES D 1 58.8% +30.6%
WHITAKER, ANDREW B 1 18.6% +18.6%
GOYEA, OLUSEGUN 1 65.2% +33.8%
COTRONEO, STEVEN J 1 69.1% +32.3%
SAEED, ALI S 1 31.2% +34.3%

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
18957691 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SECURE HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION WHITAKER, ANDREW B 15d
19298345 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLINICAL TRIALS PORTER, RACHEL L

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18957691 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SECURE HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION WHITAKER, ANDREW B 15d
18889426 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERSONALIZED RETAIL WITH SMART GLASSES GOYEA, OLUSEGUN 55d
18571280 FIBER-REINFORCED BIOCOMPOSITE MEDICAL IMPLANTS WITH DEFORMABLE PROTRUSIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF COTRONEO, STEVEN J 62d
17736649 ORALLY ADMINISTRABLE FILMS COMPRISING POORLY WATER SOLUBLE ACTIVE INGREDIENTS AND PREPARATION THEREOF SAEED, ALI S 83d
19298345 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLINICAL TRIALS PORTER, RACHEL L
18984975 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING VIRTUAL GOODS NIGH, JAMES D

Client Portfolio (6 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36841
36991
36291
36271
37731
16161

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19298345 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLINICAL TRIALS Muehlhausen Limited PORTER, RACHEL L 3684 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 13, 2025
18984975 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING VIRTUAL GOODS Brand Therapy LLC NIGH, JAMES D 3699 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 17, 2024
18957691 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SECURE HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION Optiks Solutions, Inc. WHITAKER, ANDREW B 3629 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Nov 23, 2024
18889426 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERSONALIZED RETAIL WITH SMART GLASSES Verofax Limited GOYEA, OLUSEGUN 3627 §103 Non-Final OA 55d Pending Sep 19, 2024
18571280 FIBER-REINFORCED BIOCOMPOSITE MEDICAL IMPLANTS WITH DEFORMABLE PROTRUSIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Ossio Ltd. COTRONEO, STEVEN J 3773 §103 Final Rejection 62d Pending Dec 18, 2023
17736649 ORALLY ADMINISTRABLE FILMS COMPRISING POORLY WATER SOLUBLE ACTIVE INGREDIENTS AND PREPARATION THEREOF Biota Ltd. SAEED, ALI S 1616 §103 Final Rejection 83d Pending May 04, 2022

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