Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Grell & Watson Patent Attorneys LLC

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

5 pending office actions • 5 clients • 5 examiners • 4 art units • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

This profile covers Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems and shows 5 pending office actions. The record includes 889 career applications, giving the active docket a defined historical context.

The resolved allowance rate is 88.55%, and the average is 2.44 office actions per allowance. The resolved portfolio shows allowance in most matters, with allowances generally following multiple office actions.

Practitioners can use the outcome rate to frame historical success and the action average to plan response work. The pending matters should be managed with awareness that favorable resolved results have still involved recurring examination activity.

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

Quality Metrics (n=889 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

88.6%
Allowance Rate
n=889
+0.60σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=889
2.4
OAs to Allowance
n=526
-0.52σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=526
888 days
Time to Allowance
n=526
+4.1pp
Interview Lift
n=889
12.1%
RCE Rate
n=889
0.0%
Appeal Rate
n=889

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

73.6%
§101 Overcome
n=53
78.4%
§102 Overcome
n=241
81.4%
§103 Overcome
n=371
82.6%
§112 Overcome
n=270

Specialization & Scale

G06Q, Y10T, G06F
Top CPC Subclasses
10%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=889
2
Practitioners
n=889
444.5
Apps / Practitioner
n=889

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
1
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

2
Hard (40%)
3
Medium (60%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (20%)
§103 only2 (40%)
§102 only1 (20%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (20%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
20% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
80% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
GEHMAN, BRYON P 1 73.7% +30.6%
OBAID, HAMZEH M 1 37.9% +21.8%
ADAMS, PHILIP CHARLES 1 76.6% +0.5%
CONDO, VERONICA MARIE 1 82.1% +6.8%
O'HERN, BRENT T 1 78.5% +19.4%

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
18749458 AIRCRAFT BOARDING VEHICLE AND METHODS OF USE CONDO, VERONICA MARIE —

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
18941335 System And Method For The Quantitative Measurement and Reduction Of Marketing Entropy Using Geometric Methods And Heuristics OBAID, HAMZEH M 5d
18385671 SEASONING BLEND CONTAINING TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL O'HERN, BRENT T 40d

Interview Candidates (3)

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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18941335 System And Method For The Quantitative Measurement and Reduction Of Marketing Entropy Using Geometric Methods And Heuristics OBAID, HAMZEH M 5d
18385671 SEASONING BLEND CONTAINING TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL O'HERN, BRENT T 40d
19250419 GAS-FILLED INSULATING PACKAGING MATERIAL WITH A LOW EMITTING ALUMINIZED FILM INTERNAL STRUCTURE CONFIGURED FOR COLD CHAIN PACKAGES GEHMAN, BRYON P —

Client Portfolio (5 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36122
37361
36241
17931

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19250419 GAS-FILLED INSULATING PACKAGING MATERIAL WITH A LOW EMITTING ALUMINIZED FILM INTERNAL STRUCTURE CONFIGURED FOR COLD CHAIN PACKAGES Pearl City Holding, Llc. GEHMAN, BRYON P 3736 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 26, 2025
18941335 System And Method For The Quantitative Measurement and Reduction Of Marketing Entropy Using Geometric Methods And Heuristics Pelatro Pte. Ltd. OBAID, HAMZEH M 3624 §101§102 Final Rejection 5d Pending Nov 08, 2024
18894033 Ergonomic Elevated Foot Board Device for Vehicles with a Floor Mounted Pedal or Pedals Niteworks LLC ADAMS, PHILIP CHARLES 3612 §102 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 24, 2024
18749458 AIRCRAFT BOARDING VEHICLE AND METHODS OF USE Dovetail Boarding Systems LLC CONDO, VERONICA MARIE 3612 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 20, 2024
18385671 SEASONING BLEND CONTAINING TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL Tanya Diaz O'HERN, BRENT T 1793 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 40d Pending Oct 31, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Grell & Watson Patent Attorneys LLC's patent allowance rate?

88.5% of resolved applications prosecuted by Grell & Watson Patent Attorneys LLC were allowed, across 889 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Grell & Watson Patent Attorneys LLC average before allowance?

2.44 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Grell & Watson Patent Attorneys LLC have?

5 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 5 clients, before 5 examiners in 4 art units.

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