Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Grell & Watson Patent Attorneys LLC

9 pending office actions • 7 clients • 9 examiners • 7 art units • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=869 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

88.6%
Allowance Rate
n=869
+0.60σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=869
2.4
OAs to Allowance
n=519
-0.51σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=519
887 days
Time to Allowance
n=519
+4.8pp
Interview Lift
n=869
12.1%
RCE Rate
n=869
0.0%
Appeal Rate
n=869

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

76.5%
§101 Overcome
n=51
80.1%
§102 Overcome
n=236
82.0%
§103 Overcome
n=367
83.2%
§112 Overcome
n=267

Specialization & Scale

G06Q, Y10T, G06F
Top CPC Subclasses
11%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=869
2
Practitioners
n=869
434.5
Apps / Practitioner
n=869

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
2
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (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.

6
Hard (67%)
1
Medium (11%)
2
Easy (22%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (22%)
§101 + other2 (22%)
§103 only1 (11%)
§112 only1 (11%)
Double-patenting only1 (11%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (22%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
11% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
7
Mechanical / Eng
78% of docket
1
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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
WOODWORTH, II, ALLAN J 1 39.4% +42.1%
PAL, PRINCE 1 70.5% +15.5%
DIAS, RAVEEN J 1 80.7% +17.3%
OBAID, HAMZEH M 1 38.2% +22.3%
CONDO, VERONICA MARIE 1 81.9% +6.4%
O'HERN, BRENT T 1 78.1% +20.2%
SCHEUNEMANN, RICHARD N 1 6.3% +8.4%
JAMES, GREGORY MARK 1 19.7% +14.3%
DAVIS, SHARON M 1 68.1% +26.5%

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 (6)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 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
18329861 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPLICATIONS OF INTERSTITIAL PSEUDO-MUON FUSION DAVIS, SHARON M 7d
18381391 System and Method for Real Time Scoring, Classification, Assortment, and Contextual Nurturing of Digital Engagements using Numerical, Statistical, and Heuristics-based Techniques SCHEUNEMANN, RICHARD N 22d
18385671 SEASONING BLEND CONTAINING TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL O'HERN, BRENT T 40d
18961638 AUTOMATIC CORE LOADING SYSTEM DIAS, RAVEEN J
18275688 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING MICROPAYMENTS JAMES, GREGORY MARK

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
18941335 System And Method For The Quantitative Measurement and Reduction Of Marketing Entropy Using Geometric Methods And Heuristics OBAID, HAMZEH M 5d
18329861 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPLICATIONS OF INTERSTITIAL PSEUDO-MUON FUSION DAVIS, SHARON M 7d
18385671 SEASONING BLEND CONTAINING TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL O'HERN, BRENT T 40d
18974036 STRAW GRIPPER AND TAB SEPARATOR FOR DISPOSABLE CUP OR LID AND METHODS OF USE PAL, PRINCE 82d
19375760 System and Method for Optical-Wave Modeling of Customer Behavior in Marketing Ecosystems WOODWORTH, II, ALLAN J
18961638 AUTOMATIC CORE LOADING SYSTEM DIAS, RAVEEN J
18275688 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING MICROPAYMENTS JAMES, GREGORY MARK

Client Portfolio (7 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36242
36221
37351
36541
17931
36921
36461

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19375760 System and Method for Optical-Wave Modeling of Customer Behavior in Marketing Ecosystems Pelatro Pte. Ltd. WOODWORTH, II, ALLAN J 3622 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 31, 2025
18974036 STRAW GRIPPER AND TAB SEPARATOR FOR DISPOSABLE CUP OR LID AND METHODS OF USE Sustainer, Llc. PAL, PRINCE 3735 DP Final Rejection 82d Pending Dec 09, 2024
18961638 AUTOMATIC CORE LOADING SYSTEM Pinnacle Converting Equipment & Services LLC DIAS, RAVEEN J 3654 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Nov 27, 2024
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
18749458 AIRCRAFT BOARDING VEHICLE AND METHODS OF USE Dovetail Boarding Systems LLC CONDO, VERONICA MARIE §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
18381391 System and Method for Real Time Scoring, Classification, Assortment, and Contextual Nurturing of Digital Engagements using Numerical, Statistical, and Heuristics-based Techniques Pelatro Pte. Ltd. SCHEUNEMANN, RICHARD N 3624 §101 Final Rejection 22d Pending Oct 18, 2023
18275688 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING MICROPAYMENTS Ampacash Corporation JAMES, GREGORY MARK 3692 §101 Final Rejection Pending Aug 03, 2023
18329861 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPLICATIONS OF INTERSTITIAL PSEUDO-MUON FUSION Lemma Holdings Inc. DAVIS, SHARON M 3646 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Jun 06, 2023

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