Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Haverstock & Owens

Technology areas: Computing & Software • Networking & Security • Communications

5 pending office actions • 2 clients • 5 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

HAVERSTOCK & OWENS operates in Networking & Security. The firm has managed 3902 career applications, achieving a resolved allowance rate of 90.2 percent. This is accomplished with an average of 4.94 office actions per allowance.

The firm currently has 3 pending office actions. The 90.2 percent allowance rate across 3902 career applications shows a strong success rate in networking prosecution. With an average of 4.94 office actions per allowance, the firm demonstrates a very persistent path to securing patent grants. This data is relevant for the 3 pending office actions currently on the firm's docket. The firm's track record across 3902 career applications indicates its ability to maintain a 90.2 percent allowance rate through extensive examiner interaction in the Networking & Security sector.

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

Quality Metrics (n=3902 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

90.2%
Allowance Rate
n=3902
+0.60σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=3902
4.9
OAs to Allowance
n=2706
+0.82σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=2706
1134 days
Time to Allowance
n=2706
+4.2pp
Interview Lift
n=3902
37.8%
RCE Rate
n=3902
1.4%
Appeal Rate
n=3902

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

84.0%
§101 Overcome
n=517
87.8%
§102 Overcome
n=1159
88.2%
§103 Overcome
n=1879
88.8%
§112 Overcome
n=1211

Specialization & Scale

G06F, H04L, H04N
Top CPC Subclasses
20%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=3902
0
Practitioners
n=3902
—
Apps / Practitioner
n=3902 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

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

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
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.

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

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (20%)
§103 only2 (40%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (40%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
3
Information Tech
60% of docket
2
Communications
40% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% 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
NOAMAN, BASSAM A 1 79.1% +46.2%
JEBARI, MOHAMMED 1 55.7% +15.3%
PARK, SOO JIN 1 81.9% +17.3%
ISLAM, MEHRAZUL NMN 1 53.8% +21.9%
HICKS, AUSTIN JAMES 1 75.0% +25.8%

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18371280 NETWORK AUTHENTICATION PROCESS NOAMAN, BASSAM A 38d overdue
18368508 DISPLACEMENT PACKING USING SINGLE LoD PER BLOCK JEBARI, MOHAMMED —
18200474 SINGLE EXTRACELLULAR VESICLE SORTING BASED ON SURFACE BIOMARKERS PARK, SOO JIN —

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18371280 NETWORK AUTHENTICATION PROCESS NOAMAN, BASSAM A 38d overdue
18368508 DISPLACEMENT PACKING USING SINGLE LoD PER BLOCK JEBARI, MOHAMMED —
18200474 SINGLE EXTRACELLULAR VESICLE SORTING BASED ON SURFACE BIOMARKERS PARK, SOO JIN —
18114910 EFFICIENT MAPPING COORDINATE CREATION AND TRANSMISSION ISLAM, MEHRAZUL NMN —
18113753 MODULE FOR IDENTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION TO SORT CELLS BASED ON THE NUCLEAR TRANSLOCATION OF FLUORESCENCE SIGNALS HICKS, AUSTIN JAMES —

Client Portfolio (2 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Sony 4
WINKK, INC 1

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
24971
24821
26751
26621
21421

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18371280 NETWORK AUTHENTICATION PROCESS Winkk, Inc. NOAMAN, BASSAM A 2497 §101§103 Non-Final OA 38d overdue Pending Sep 21, 2023
18368508 DISPLACEMENT PACKING USING SINGLE LoD PER BLOCK Sony Corporation Of America JEBARI, MOHAMMED 2482 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 14, 2023
18200474 SINGLE EXTRACELLULAR VESICLE SORTING BASED ON SURFACE BIOMARKERS Sony Corporation Of America PARK, SOO JIN 2675 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 22, 2023
18114910 EFFICIENT MAPPING COORDINATE CREATION AND TRANSMISSION Sony Corporation Of America ISLAM, MEHRAZUL NMN 2662 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 27, 2023
18113753 MODULE FOR IDENTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION TO SORT CELLS BASED ON THE NUCLEAR TRANSLOCATION OF FLUORESCENCE SIGNALS Sony Corporation Of America HICKS, AUSTIN JAMES 2142 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 24, 2023

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