Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Gurr & Brande, Pllc

9 pending office actions • 9 clients • 9 examiners • 8 art units • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=768 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

85.4%
Allowance Rate
n=768
+0.37σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=768
1.9
OAs to Allowance
n=363
-0.94σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=363
747 days
Time to Allowance
n=363
+8.8pp
Interview Lift
n=768
8.2%
RCE Rate
n=768
1.6%
Appeal Rate
n=768

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=15 (min 20)
71.6%
§102 Overcome
n=169
70.6%
§103 Overcome
n=228
78.7%
§112 Overcome
n=155

Specialization & Scale

B60R, G06F, B60P
Top CPC Subclasses
9%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=768
0
Practitioners
n=768
Apps / Practitioner
n=768 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
2
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.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
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
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (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.

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

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (11%)
§112 only1 (11%)
Double-patenting + other1 (11%)
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (67%)

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
LAVINDER, JACK W 1 65.3% +28.1%
SHUR, STEVEN JAMES 1 64.4% +33.4%
KRYCINSKI, STANTON L 1 68.3% +28.2%
ZHANG, YINGCHUAN 1 68.5% +28.7%
MCNICHOLS, ERET C 1 74.9% -16.0%
FERENCE, JAMES M 1 71.2% +16.9%
BERNARD, ADRIEN J 1 81.3% +17.6%
MARRISON, SAMUEL JOSEPH 1 69.8% +40.5%
BALLER, KELSEY E 1 62.1% +60.7%

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
18673828 CENTER HEIGHT ADJUSTABLE SHOOTING STICKS FOR MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN MCNICHOLS, ERET C 147d overdue
19034394 HANDGUN HANGER APPARATUS KRYCINSKI, STANTON L 50d overdue
18501567 CONCRETE PANEL ASSEMBLY SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF BERNARD, ADRIEN J 9d
18381567 MULTI-COMPONENT COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR INFUSION LINE IDENTIFICATION MARRISON, SAMUEL JOSEPH 19d
19208370 FISH WASTE TREATMENT DIGESTOR AND AQUAPONICS SYSTEM SHUR, STEVEN JAMES
18827503 BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL TRAINING DEVICE FOR IMPROVED SPIN RATE AND EFFICIENCY ZHANG, YINGCHUAN

Interview Candidates (8)

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
19034394 HANDGUN HANGER APPARATUS KRYCINSKI, STANTON L 50d overdue
18501567 CONCRETE PANEL ASSEMBLY SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF BERNARD, ADRIEN J 9d
18381567 MULTI-COMPONENT COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR INFUSION LINE IDENTIFICATION MARRISON, SAMUEL JOSEPH 19d
18658490 SWIVEL ANCHOR FERENCE, JAMES M 23d
19217752 ARTICLE OF JEWELRY WITH MAGNETIC CLASP ASSEMBLY LAVINDER, JACK W
19208370 FISH WASTE TREATMENT DIGESTOR AND AQUAPONICS SYSTEM SHUR, STEVEN JAMES
18827503 BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL TRAINING DEVICE FOR IMPROVED SPIN RATE AND EFFICIENCY ZHANG, YINGCHUAN
18346628 PAIN-RELIEVING APPARATUS BALLER, KELSEY E

Client Portfolio (9 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36471
36311
37111
36321
36351
17411
37831
37851

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19217752 ARTICLE OF JEWELRY WITH MAGNETIC CLASP ASSEMBLY Zl Holdings, LLC LAVINDER, JACK W §103DP Non-Final OA Pending May 23, 2025
19208370 FISH WASTE TREATMENT DIGESTOR AND AQUAPONICS SYSTEM Dachinik Domes & Aquaponics, LLC SHUR, STEVEN JAMES 3647 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 14, 2025
19034394 HANDGUN HANGER APPARATUS Berry'S Manufacturing Of Utah, Inc. KRYCINSKI, STANTON L 3631 §103§112 Non-Final OA 50d overdue Pending Jan 22, 2025
18827503 BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL TRAINING DEVICE FOR IMPROVED SPIN RATE AND EFFICIENCY Travis Ficklin ZHANG, YINGCHUAN 3711 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 06, 2024
18673828 CENTER HEIGHT ADJUSTABLE SHOOTING STICKS FOR MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN AllPredatorCalls.Com, Inc. MCNICHOLS, ERET C 3632 §102§103 Non-Final OA 147d overdue Pending May 24, 2024
18658490 SWIVEL ANCHOR Iron Fusion Enterprise, LLC FERENCE, JAMES M 3635 §103 Final Rejection 23d Pending May 08, 2024
18501567 CONCRETE PANEL ASSEMBLY SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF Innovatech Systems, LLC BERNARD, ADRIEN J 1741 §102§103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Nov 03, 2023
18381567 MULTI-COMPONENT COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR INFUSION LINE IDENTIFICATION Orion Innovations Inc. MARRISON, SAMUEL JOSEPH 3783 §103§112 Non-Final OA 19d Pending Oct 18, 2023
18346628 PAIN-RELIEVING APPARATUS Black Diamond Creations, LLC BALLER, KELSEY E 3785 §112 Final Rejection Pending Jul 03, 2023

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