Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Gray Ice Higdon

28 pending office actions • 19 clients • 28 examiners • 24 art units • 0 of 28 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 48 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=13327 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

93.3%
Allowance Rate
n=13327
+0.59σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=13327
3.2
OAs to Allowance
n=7205
-0.28σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=7205
961 days
Time to Allowance
n=7205
+4.2pp
Interview Lift
n=13327
28.4%
RCE Rate
n=13327
4.2%
Appeal Rate
n=13327

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

79.9%
§101 Overcome
n=239
84.0%
§102 Overcome
n=771
85.0%
§103 Overcome
n=4153
87.2%
§112 Overcome
n=515

Specialization & Scale

G06F, H04L, G10L
Top CPC Subclasses
36%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=13327
6
Practitioners
n=13327
2221.2
Apps / Practitioner
n=13327

Portfolio Summary

28
Total Pending OAs
19
Non-Final OAs
8
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 12 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 30 days (4)Due ≤ 60 days (2)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 (4%)
21
Medium (75%)
5
Easy (18%)
1
Unknown (4%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (4%)
§103 only20 (71%)
§102 only1 (4%)
§112 only3 (11%)
Double-patenting only2 (7%)
No statute on record1 (4%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
7% of docket
3
Information Tech
11% of docket
5
Communications
18% of docket
3
Semiconductors
11% of docket
12
Mechanical / Eng
43% of docket
3
Business / Other
11% 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.

280 h
Manual time on pending OAs
56 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
98 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LY, TOAN C 1 79.0% +19.8%
VU, JIMMY T 1 86.5% +9.4%
MARTINEZ BORRERO, LUIS A 1 80.8% +17.7%
TOMASZEWSKI, MICHAEL 1 47.9% +23.0%
TAWFIK, SAMEH 1 63.1% +30.9%
FARROW, FELICIA 1 59.0% +33.9%
ZHOU, QINGZHANG 1 67.5% +24.1%
DIAS, RAVEEN J 1 80.5% +17.4%
BEATTY, TY MITCHELL 1 71.0% +43.3%
MOTSINGER, SEAN T 1 78.3% +11.9%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19096310 DIMMABLE LED LIGHT FIXTURE WITH ADJUSTABLE CORRELATED COLOR TEMPERATURE CHANGE (CCT) AND BRIGHTNESS PARAMETERS VU, JIMMY T
18812898 REEL ARRANGEMENT AND LOCKING MECHANISM DIAS, RAVEEN J

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17046704 ABNORMAL BLOOD OXYGENATION LEVEL MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD, AND SELF-MONITORING OXYGENATION SYSTEM AND METHOD HOUGH, JESSANDRA F 15d overdue

Interview Candidates (9)

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
18946584 PRIVACY-BASED MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD FARROW, FELICIA 51d overdue
18639499 PRIVACY-BASED MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD MOTSINGER, SEAN T 14d
19288427 LIGHT FIXTURE WITH A DETACHABLE PHOTO-VOLTAIC MODULE LY, TOAN C 70d
19068743 DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTERFACING BETWEEN ELECTRICALLY POWERED VEHICLES AND USER DEVICES MARTINEZ BORRERO, LUIS A
19050592 METHOD FOR REGISTERING A VIRTUAL REPRESENTATION OF A PATIENT ANATOMY WITH A COORDINATE SYSTEM OF A PHYSICAL PATIENT ANATOMY TOMASZEWSKI, MICHAEL
19029750 Dynamic Adjustment of Wrap Force Parameter Responsive to Monitored Wrap Force and/or For Film Break Reduction TAWFIK, SAMEH
18917390 Spray Manifold ZHOU, QINGZHANG
18812898 REEL ARRANGEMENT AND LOCKING MECHANISM DIAS, RAVEEN J

Client Portfolio (19 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37312
28761
36651
24371
36541
26631
26731
37631
28531
24821

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19288427 LIGHT FIXTURE WITH A DETACHABLE PHOTO-VOLTAIC MODULE Globe Electric Company Inc. LY, TOAN C 2876 §103 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Aug 01, 2025
19096310 DIMMABLE LED LIGHT FIXTURE WITH ADJUSTABLE CORRELATED COLOR TEMPERATURE CHANGE (CCT) AND BRIGHTNESS PARAMETERS Globe Electric Company Inc. VU, JIMMY T DP Non-Final OA Pending Mar 31, 2025
19068743 DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTERFACING BETWEEN ELECTRICALLY POWERED VEHICLES AND USER DEVICES Cykel Technologies Inc. MARTINEZ BORRERO, LUIS A 3665 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 03, 2025
19050592 METHOD FOR REGISTERING A VIRTUAL REPRESENTATION OF A PATIENT ANATOMY WITH A COORDINATE SYSTEM OF A PHYSICAL PATIENT ANATOMY Brainlab SE TOMASZEWSKI, MICHAEL DP Non-Final OA Pending Feb 11, 2025
19029750 Dynamic Adjustment of Wrap Force Parameter Responsive to Monitored Wrap Force and/or For Film Break Reduction Lantech.Com, LLC TAWFIK, SAMEH 3731 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 17, 2025
18946584 PRIVACY-BASED MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD Spectronix Inc. FARROW, FELICIA 2437 §103 Non-Final OA 51d overdue Pending Nov 13, 2024
18917390 Spray Manifold Stinger Equipment, Inc. ZHOU, QINGZHANG §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 16, 2024
18812898 REEL ARRANGEMENT AND LOCKING MECHANISM Anderson Travis Holdings, LLC DIAS, RAVEEN J 3654 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 22, 2024
18709249 MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OBJECT-SPECIFIC RECOGNITION Techinsights Inc. BEATTY, TY MITCHELL 2663 §112 Non-Final OA Pending May 10, 2024
18639499 PRIVACY-BASED MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD Spectronix Inc. MOTSINGER, SEAN T 2673 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Apr 18, 2024
18622510 DOWNSTREAM TAIL ADHERENCE OPERATION FOR STRETCH WRAPPING MACHINE Lantech.Com, LLC FRY, PATRICK B 3731 §103 Non-Final OA 92d overdue Pending Mar 29, 2024
18605463 PROTECTIVE TUBE, TEMPERATURE SENSOR DEVICE WITH A PROTECTIVE TUBE AND DOUBLE-WALLED PIPE OR CONTAINER Wika Alexander Wiegand SE & Co. Kg MARONEY, JENNA M 3763 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 14, 2024
18602542 TEMPERATURE SENSOR ASSEMBLY AND SENSOR CARRIER WITH A TEMPERATURE SENSOR ASSEMBLY Wika Alexander Wiegand SE & Co. Kg LIN, ERICA S Y 2853 §103 Non-Final OA 83d Pending Mar 12, 2024
18576192 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING AN ORTHODONTIC OCCLUSION CLASS Orthodontia Vision Inc. KELLEY, CHRISTOPHER S 2482 §103 Final Rejection 9d Pending Jan 03, 2024
18396509 EXTENDER HANDLE FOR SCRUBBER DEVICE Sud Scrub Inc. RODGERS, THOMAS RAYMOND 3723 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Dec 26, 2023
18527723 Tracking a Part of a Surface of a Patient's Body Using Thermographic Images Brainlab SE ASGHAR, AMINAH 3797 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 04, 2023
18509855 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING API-INFUSED EDIBLES, AND RESULTING EDIBLE PRODUCTS Transport Authority, Inc. BEKKER, KELLY JO 1792 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Nov 15, 2023
18559744 ANALYSIS AND AUGMENTATION OF DISPLAY DATA Brainlab SE COCHRAN, BRIANNA RENAE 2615 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 08, 2023
18371756 FILL LEVEL DETECTION Nexpring US Opco Inc. FITZGERALD, JOHN P 2855 §112 Final Rejection 36d overdue Pending Sep 22, 2023
18457024 Modular Display System Kite Group Limited AZARI, SEPEHR 2621 §103 Final Rejection 41d Pending Aug 28, 2023
18349518 ENHANCED TRACTOR LOADER WITH VARIABLE SPEED CONTROL FOR ELECTRIC ACTUATION AND AUTOMATIC BUCKET LEVELING Lgm Usa, LLC HASSANIARDEKANI, HAJAR 3669 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 10, 2023
18038195 DETECTION OF IMAGE STRUCTURES VIA DIMENSIONALITY-REDUCING PROJECTIONS Brainlab SE AKHAVANNIK, HADI 2676 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 22, 2023
18084980 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING COMPUTER NUMERICAL CONTROL MACHINES Ats Corporation EVERETT, CHRISTOPHER E 2117 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 20, 2022
17833297 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING API-CONTAINING EDIBLES, AND RESULTING EDIBLE PRODUCTS Transport Authority, Inc. CHEN, CATHERYNE 1655 §103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Jun 06, 2022
17742855 ANTIMICROBIAL PUNCTURE SITE PATCH WITH POST INJECTION SAFETY SEALING Injection Safety Industries, LLC DIPERT, FORREST BLAKE 3783 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 12, 2022
17501795 Applicator Control User Interface Stinger Equipment, Inc. LEE, CHEE-CHONG 3752 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 14, 2021
17433368 APPARATUS FOR INTRAOPERATIVE NEUROMONITORING OF NERVES IN THE PELVIC REGION OF A PATIENT Dr. Langer Medical GmbH KIM, SAMUEL CHONG 3791 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 24, 2021
17046704 ABNORMAL BLOOD OXYGENATION LEVEL MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD, AND SELF-MONITORING OXYGENATION SYSTEM AND METHOD Spectronix Inc. HOUGH, JESSANDRA F 3796 §101 Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending Oct 09, 2020

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