Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Hayes Soloway P.C.

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

150 pending office actions • 92 clients • 137 examiners • 99 art units • 0 of 150 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

HAYES SOLOWAY P.C. has 146 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials and 7,347 career applications. The firm’s active docket is supported by a substantial recorded application history in the same broad technical setting.

The resolved allowance rate is 85.84%, and the average is 3.45 office actions per allowance. The first measure reports resolved application outcomes, while the second reflects the examination activity associated with allowances.

This record gives a chemistry and materials client a basis for considering current workload together with historical prosecution behavior. It does not provide client-level, subfield-level, or attorney-level performance detail.

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

Quality Metrics (n=7347 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

85.8%
Allowance Rate
n=7347
+0.56σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=7347
3.4
OAs to Allowance
n=4960
-0.02σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=4960
974 days
Time to Allowance
n=4960
+10.2pp
Interview Lift
n=7347
27.4%
RCE Rate
n=7347
2.4%
Appeal Rate
n=7347

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

78.5%
§101 Overcome
n=446
80.9%
§102 Overcome
n=2181
80.0%
§103 Overcome
n=3379
81.1%
§112 Overcome
n=2726

Specialization & Scale

Y10T, A61B, G01N
Top CPC Subclasses
7%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=7347
3
Practitioners
n=7347
2449.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=7347

Portfolio Summary

150
Total Pending OAs
94
Non-Final OAs
54
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 38 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

15
Overdue
2
Due this week
12
Due this month
5
Due in next 60 days
4
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. 38 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (15)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (12)Due ≤ 60 days (5)Due later (4)

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.

91
Hard (61%)
52
Medium (35%)
6
Easy (4%)
1
Unknown (1%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (1%)
§101 + other18 (12%)
§103 only41 (27%)
§102 only9 (6%)
§112 only6 (4%)
Double-patenting + other2 (1%)
Multi-statute (no §101)71 (47%)
No statute on record1 (1%)

Industry Mix

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

59
Life Sciences
39% of docket
7
Information Tech
5% of docket
7
Communications
5% of docket
16
Semiconductors
11% of docket
57
Mechanical / Eng
38% of docket
4
Business / Other
3% 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.

1,500 h
Manual time on pending OAs
300 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
525 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
13.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PATEL, VISHAL A 3 59.1% +22.6%
CUMAR, NATHAN 3 78.8% +14.6%
AHMED, SHEEBA 2 80.6% +14.5%
BOOTH, ALEXANDER D 2 54.4% +37.6%
HARCUM, MARCUS E 2 89.4% +5.5%
PIRO, NICHOLAS ANTHONY 2 47.5% +41.3%
DINH, PHUONG K 2 87.3% +8.9%
SHAPIRO, JEFFREY ALAN 2 55.0% +15.6%
SCHWARTZ, RAPHAEL M 2 67.3% +29.7%
LIANG, SHIBIN 2 63.0% +17.1%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18891600 ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION EQUIPMENT AND MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES HARCUM, MARCUS E —
18712664 FIBER-REINFORCED PLASTIC COMPOSITE HAVING IMPROVED UV AND GLOSS PROPERTIES, A PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF AND USE THEREOF AHMED, SHEEBA —
18695300 Co-axial interconnect for low temperature applications DINH, PHUONG K —

Hard Cases (91)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18687186 ENERGY HARVESTING DEVICE REID JR, CHARLES H 118d overdue
18027030 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A STABLE FRUCTOOLIGOSACCHARIDE COMPOSITION, FRUCTOOLIGOSACCHARIDE COMPOSITION, AND USE THEREOF EIX, EMILY FAY 114d overdue
18370264 PANCAKE PRODUCTS BASED ON OAT FLOUR KOHLER, STEPHANIE A 30d overdue
17262009 Method for the Study of Embryo Mutations in IN VITRO Reproduction Processes SMITH, EMILIE ALINE 30d overdue
17783518 PROBIOTIC COMPOSITION FOR USE AS AN ANTIOXIDANT BREEN, KIMBERLY CATHERINE 26d overdue
18287994 MODULAR INTERCONNECTABLE HOUSING STRUCTURES AND BUILT STRUCTURES FORMED THEREFROM SMITH, COURTNEY L 25d overdue
18871430 TRANSFER RING, TIRE BUILDING ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING ONE OR MORE TIRE COMPONENTS BOOTH, ALEXANDER D 17d overdue
17767143 COAGULATION ASSAY APPARATUS AND METHODS THEREOF REGLAS, GEORGIANA C 9d overdue

Interview Candidates (18)

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
18665478 SINGLE SPACE PARKING METER AND REMOVABLE SINGLE SPACE PARKING METER MECHANISM SHAPIRO, JEFFREY ALAN 23d overdue
18871430 TRANSFER RING, TIRE BUILDING ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING ONE OR MORE TIRE COMPONENTS BOOTH, ALEXANDER D 17d overdue
18710795 SLIDING ELEMENT PATEL, VISHAL A 6d
18235667 PARKING METER HOUSING FOR FACILITATING MAINTENANCE SHAPIRO, JEFFREY ALAN 22d
18606756 Method and inspection apparatus for inspecting containers provided with closures, and method and closure apparatus for closing containers SCHWARTZ, RAPHAEL M 23d
18606725 Method and inspection apparatus for inspecting containers provided with closures, and method and closure apparatus for closing containers SCHWARTZ, RAPHAEL M 23d
18723378 GLASS CONTAINER COATED INTERNALLY WITH A METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORK PIRO, NICHOLAS ANTHONY 61d
18222922 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FORMING PLASTIC PREFORMS INTO PLASTIC CONTAINERS WITH CHANGEOVER ROBOT LIANG, SHIBIN 61d

Client Portfolio (92 clients)

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Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36757
28317
37534
17873
36353
17413
37153
36543
17493
16163

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19406204 SLIDING COMPONENTS Eagle Industry Co., Ltd. PATEL, VISHAL A 3675 §103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 02, 2025
19275875 SLIDING COMPONENT Eagle Industry Co., Ltd. DONDERO, WILLIAM E 3993 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 34d Pending Jul 21, 2025
19264608 FLUID CONTROL VALVE Eagle Industry Co., Ltd. WILLIAMS, PATRICK C 3753 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 09, 2025
19144208 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONETARY TRANSACTION Abhijeet Daigavane CHISM, STEVEN R 3692 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 27, 2025
19142057 SLIDING COMPONENTS Eagle Industry Co., Ltd. FOSTER, NICHOLAS L 3675 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 20, 2025
19225591 SYSTEM OF STANDARDIZED API INTERPRETATION FOR INTER APPLICATION COMMUNICATION Thepowertool Pty Ltd. BROCKINGTON III, WILLIAM S 3623 §101§103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 02, 2025
19132200 SYSTEM AND METHOD TO PROTECT CONTENT SHOWN IN APPLICATION WINDOWS Janusnet Pty Ltd. GEE, JASON KAI YIN 2495 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 22, 2025
19199019 ELECTRICALLY-POWERED TURBOMACHINE ASSEMBLIES Zeroavia, Inc. IGUE, ROBERTO TOSHIHARU 3741 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 05, 2025
19196255 Single-use disposable reference sensor Nova Biomedical Corporation SUN, CAITLYN MINGYUN 1795 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 01, 2025
19183627 SORTING DEVICE AND FEED RAIL FOR PLASTIC PREFORMS Krones AG MCKANE, ELIZABETH L 3991 §103§112Other Final Rejection — Pending Apr 18, 2025
19119381 VALVE Eagle Industry Co., Ltd. COLON MORALES, DAVID 3753 §102Other Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 08, 2025
19091554 METHOD FOR QUANTUM ALGORITHM GENERATION OR OCHESTRATION FOR OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS Qcentroid Labs, S.L. NGUYEN, KHANG HUU 2111 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 26, 2025
19115398 MOTION SICKNESS PREVENTION AND MITIGATION ELECTRONIC DEVICE Neurive Co., Ltd. CIRULNICK, EMILY NICOLE 3792 §102§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 26, 2025
19086503 COATED, RECYCLED PAPER STOCK PRODUCT AND RELATED MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES Monadnock Paper Mills, Inc. AHMED, SHEEBA 1787 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 21, 2025
19108679 PARTITION Okamura Corporation MAESTRI, PATRICK J 3635 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 04, 2025
19108386 Blister sealing film and blister package and method for their production Constantia Teich GmbH SHUKLA, KRUPA 1787 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 03, 2025
19107463 FLUID PRESSURE CIRCUIT Eagle Industry Co., Ltd. MURPHY, KEVIN F 3753 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 27, 2025
19107469 HYDRAULIC PRESSURE CIRCUIT Eagle Industry Co., Ltd. LESLIE, MICHAEL S 3745 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 27, 2025
19055973 ULTRA-COMPACT HIGH-FIELD SPHERICAL TOKAMAK FOR FUSION ENERGY UNIVERSIDAD DE SEVILLA GARNER, LILY CRABTREE 3646 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 18, 2025
19104048 SLIDING COMPONENT Eagle Industry Co., Ltd. CUMAR, NATHAN 3675 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 14, 2025
19103451 MULTI-SPECTRAL IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONDUITS E.V. Offshore Limited MENDOZA, ALEXANDRIA ARELLANO 2877 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 12, 2025
19103429 SEGMENT SEAL Eagleburgmann Japan Co., Ltd. CUMAR, NATHAN 3675 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 12, 2025
18998926 Flexible Hollow Anchor Rod Integrating Digital Monitoring and Construction Method Thereof Jiangsu Fengzhi Mining Technology Co., Ltd. SINGH, SUNIL 3678 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 27, 2025
19021994 Apparatus and method for producing plastic preforms with infrared image recording device Krones AG KRASNOW, NICHOLAS R 1744 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 15, 2025
19022013 Apparatus and method for producing plastics material containers with inspection of plastics material preforms Krones AG ROY, DEBJANI 1741 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 15, 2025
18994834 GRIPPING DEVICE FOR COMBINED CONTAINER ALIGNMENT AND TRANSPORT DEVICE Krones AG MCCLAIN, GERALD 3652 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 15, 2025
19017917 METHOD AND SYSTEM OF ADAPTIVE TESTING VIA CONTINUOUS REAL TIME SCORING Examroom.Ai Corp. FRENCH, CORRELL T 3715 §101§103§112 Final Rejection 43d Pending Jan 13, 2025
19017234 CLEANING CHEMICAL ASSEMBLY, CLEANING CHEMICAL MODULAR SYSTEM, AND COOKING APPLIANCE Rational Aktiengesellschaft BELL, SPENCER E 1711 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 10, 2025
19012138 SPHERICAL SPEAKER Tgi Technology Pte. Ltd. DANG, JULIE X 2692 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 07, 2025
19011254 Carrying apparatus for carrying motor vehicles Herrmann AG TRUONG, MINH D 3654 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 06, 2025
18879845 QUINONE-DERIVED COMPOUNDS AND USE THEREOF AGAINST LEISHMANIA SPP Universidad De La Laguna VAJDA, KRISTIN ANN 1622 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 30, 2024
18879683 VALVE Eagle Industry Co., Ltd. REID, MICHAEL ROBERT 3753 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 27, 2024
18833646 SEMI-SUBMERSIBLE PLATFORM Bluenewables S.L. OLSON, LARS A 3615 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 26, 2024
18876519 AC TO DC POWER CONVERSION METHOD AND SYSTEM The Queen's University of Belfast BEHM, HARRY RAYMOND 2838 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 18, 2024
18874899 ROLLER SORTER DIRECTLINK Krones AG LUK, EMMANUEL S 1744 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 13, 2024
18871430 TRANSFER RING, TIRE BUILDING ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING ONE OR MORE TIRE COMPONENTS VMI Holland B.V. BOOTH, ALEXANDER D 1749 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 17d overdue Pending Dec 03, 2024
18962633 VIRTUAL REALITY FLIGHT SIMULATOR Loft Dynamics Ag. GEBREMICHAEL, BRUK A 3715 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 27, 2024
18962758 VIRTUALIZED AVIONICS Loft Dynamics Ag. MUSSELMAN, TIMOTHY A 3715 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 27, 2024
18861358 A COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING A MOLECULE FROM ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY IMAGES AND GENERATING THE NAME OF SAID MOLECULE ACCORDING TO THE IUPAC NOMENCLATURE UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID MCCORMACK, JASON L §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 29, 2024
18927681 MOBILE REFUELING WITH HYDROGEN CASCADE ARCHITECTURE, AND VACUUM CONDITIONING FOR LIQUID HYDROGEN STORAGE SYSTEMS Zeroavia Ltd. MOORE, DEVON TYLEN 3763 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 25, 2024
18923426 SYSTEM FOR OBTAINING USEFUL DATA FOR ANALYSIS OF BODY MORPHOMETRY AND ASSOCIATED METHOD Fundación Para La Investigación Del Hospital Universitario La Fe De La Comunidad Valenciana NGUYEN, KHAI MINH 2641 Other Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 22, 2024
18858217 Method and cord organizer for organizing cords between a tire building creel and an extruder VMI Holland B.V. PAQUETTE, SEDEF ESRA AYALP 1749 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 18, 2024
18912292 BELT AND TREAD DRUM, ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A BELT AND TREAD PACKAGE VMI Holland B.V. BOOTH, ALEXANDER D 1749 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 10, 2024
18854741 Cleaning Apparatus for Cleaning Internal Channels of an Item of Equipment Meditech Endoscopy Ltd. CORMIER, DAVID G 1711 §102§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 07, 2024
18854765 System and Method for Cleaning Internal Channels of an Endoscope Meditech Endoscopy Ltd. COLEMAN, RYAN L 1714 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 07, 2024
18891600 ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION EQUIPMENT AND MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES Harting Electric Stiftung & Co. Kg HARCUM, MARCUS E 2831 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 20, 2024
18892137 COATING FOR FLOWER HEADS Liquidseal Holding B.V. HAGHIGHATIAN, MINA 1616 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 20, 2024
18577778 TAU-TUBULIN KINASE (TTBK) INHIBITOR COMPOUNDS CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS BURKETT, DANIEL JOHN 1624 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 09, 2024
18841655 FLUID PRESSURE CIRCUIT Eagle Industry Co., Ltd. NGUYEN, DUSTIN T 3745 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 62d Pending Aug 26, 2024
18840235 MACHINE FOR HANDLING A LIMP MATERIAL, IN PARTICULAR TEXTILE ARTICLES Sewts GmbH AHUJA, ANURADHA 3674 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 21, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Hayes Soloway P.C.'s patent allowance rate?

85.8% of resolved applications prosecuted by Hayes Soloway P.C. were allowed, across 7,347 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Hayes Soloway P.C. average before allowance?

3.45 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Hayes Soloway P.C. have?

150 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 92 clients, before 137 examiners in 99 art units.

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