Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Henneman & Associates, PLC

10 pending office actions • 3 clients • 9 examiners • 8 art units • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 20 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=1179 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

86.2%
Allowance Rate
n=1179
+0.51σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1179
3.1
OAs to Allowance
n=604
-0.04σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=604
1072 days
Time to Allowance
n=604
+12.8pp
Interview Lift
n=1179
22.0%
RCE Rate
n=1179
0.8%
Appeal Rate
n=1179

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=18 (min 20)
85.5%
§102 Overcome
n=83
85.7%
§103 Overcome
n=378
89.4%
§112 Overcome
n=47

Specialization & Scale

G06F, H04N, G02B
Top CPC Subclasses
25%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1179
2
Practitioners
n=1179
589.5
Apps / Practitioner
n=1179

Portfolio Summary

10
Total Pending OAs
6
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.

4
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
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 (4)Due ≤ 30 days (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.

2
Hard (20%)
8
Medium (80%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (20%)
§103 only6 (60%)
§102 only2 (20%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
6
Information Tech
60% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
30% of docket
1
Business / Other
10% 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.

100 h
Manual time on pending OAs
20 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
35 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
IQBAL, MUSTAFA 2 46.5% +27.2%
PATEL, MANGLESH M 1 74.5% +18.2%
CAREY, FORREST L 1 56.6% +54.4%
ALMANI, MOHSEN 1 50.3% +21.7%
GURMU, MULUEMEBET 1 79.9% +18.1%
WEBER, TAMARA L 1 87.0% +12.2%
BOUTAH, ALINA A 1 89.9% +9.2%
LEE, MICHAEL M 1 83.7% +42.5%
LEGGETT, ANDREA C. 1 75.8% +20.7%

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
18802630 Hybrid Approach To Data Governance LEE, MICHAEL M 99d overdue
18930142 Systems and Methods for Facilitating Access to Private Files Using a Cloud Storage System BOUTAH, ALINA A 24d overdue
18952107 System And Method For Adjusting Vehicle Location WEBER, TAMARA L

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
18213454 System And Method For Allocating Digital Data According To Valu of Digital Content IQBAL, MUSTAFA 17d overdue
19094449 Systematic Approach Towards System Identification Based Yaw Rate Estimation With Low-Cost IMU+GPS Units PATEL, MANGLESH M

Interview Candidates (9)

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
18802630 Hybrid Approach To Data Governance LEE, MICHAEL M 99d overdue
18213454 System And Method For Allocating Digital Data According To Valu of Digital Content IQBAL, MUSTAFA 17d overdue
19029342 System And Method For Allocating Digital Data According To Value Of Digital Content IQBAL, MUSTAFA 1d overdue
18487715 User Interface Overlay System LEGGETT, ANDREA C. 15d
19094449 Systematic Approach Towards System Identification Based Yaw Rate Estimation With Low-Cost IMU+GPS Units PATEL, MANGLESH M
19027678 Systems and Methods for Uploading Streamed Objects to a Cloud Storage System CAREY, FORREST L
19026230 System And Method For Synchronizing File Systems With Large Namespaces ALMANI, MOHSEN
18980853 Flexible Permission Management Framework For Cloud Attached File Systems GURMU, MULUEMEBET

Client Portfolio (3 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Egnyte 7
Ridecell, Inc. 2
Incisive Software Corporation 1

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36252
24911
21591
21631
36671
24581
24361
21711

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19094449 Systematic Approach Towards System Identification Based Yaw Rate Estimation With Low-Cost IMU+GPS Units Ridecell, Inc. PATEL, MANGLESH M §101 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 28, 2025
19027678 Systems and Methods for Uploading Streamed Objects to a Cloud Storage System Egnyte, Inc. CAREY, FORREST L 2491 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 17, 2025
19029342 System And Method For Allocating Digital Data According To Value Of Digital Content Egnyte, Inc. IQBAL, MUSTAFA 3625 §103 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Jan 17, 2025
19026230 System And Method For Synchronizing File Systems With Large Namespaces Egnyte, Inc. ALMANI, MOHSEN 2159 §102 Final Rejection Pending Jan 16, 2025
18980853 Flexible Permission Management Framework For Cloud Attached File Systems Egnyte, Inc. GURMU, MULUEMEBET 2163 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 13, 2024
18952107 System And Method For Adjusting Vehicle Location Ridecell, Inc. WEBER, TAMARA L 3667 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 19, 2024
18930142 Systems and Methods for Facilitating Access to Private Files Using a Cloud Storage System Egnyte, Inc. BOUTAH, ALINA A 2458 §103 Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending Oct 29, 2024
18802630 Hybrid Approach To Data Governance Egnyte, Inc. LEE, MICHAEL M 2436 §102 Final Rejection 99d overdue Pending Aug 13, 2024
18487715 User Interface Overlay System Incisive Software Corporation LEGGETT, ANDREA C. 2171 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Oct 16, 2023
18213454 System And Method For Allocating Digital Data According To Valu of Digital Content Egnyte, Inc. IQBAL, MUSTAFA 3625 §101 Final Rejection 17d overdue Pending Jun 23, 2023

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