Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Hitaffer, Pllc

8 pending office actions • 8 clients • 8 examiners • 7 art units • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=396 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

89.8%
Allowance Rate
n=396
+0.53σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=396
2.4
OAs to Allowance
n=273
-0.68σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=273
886 days
Time to Allowance
n=273
+7.6pp
Interview Lift
n=396
12.8%
RCE Rate
n=396
0.0%
Appeal Rate
n=396

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=15 (min 20)
75.5%
§102 Overcome
n=106
77.6%
§103 Overcome
n=152
82.0%
§112 Overcome
n=156

Specialization & Scale

A61G, F16M, F16B
Top CPC Subclasses
17%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=396
0
Practitioners
n=396
Apps / Practitioner
n=396 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
6
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
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
2
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 (1)Due later (2)

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 (75%)
2
Medium (25%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (12%)
§103 only2 (25%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (62%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
12% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
75% of docket
1
Business / Other
12% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CARREIRO, CAITLIN ANN 1 45.6% +39.3%
LE, SANG PHUOC 1
FORD, DARRELL CHRISTOPHER 1 76.3% +39.1%
SMALL, NAOMI J 1 63.6% +23.9%
BARLOW, ADAM G 1 70.8% +19.7%
HALL, LUKE F 1 49.0% +65.5%
NGUYEN, BAO D 1 54.2% +27.7%
CRANDALL, RICHARD W. 1 29.8% +33.4%

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
17785047 INFRASTRUCTURE AND METHODOLOGY FOR PRODUCING CANNABIS CRANDALL, RICHARD W. 15d overdue
18709623 Method of Manufacturing a Truss Structure Element and a Truss Structure FORD, DARRELL CHRISTOPHER 12d
18540848 Prefab Panel, Modular Facade, and Mounting Method Thereof BARLOW, ADAM G 63d
18259742 Patient Support Apparatus With Removable Part Comprising Self Locking Cradle Mechanism HALL, LUKE F 71d
19148879 Cranial Remodeling Orthosis CARREIRO, CAITLIN ANN
18713632 METHOD OF ASYNCHRONOUS DATA COMMUNICATION AND REGISTRATION OF A USER EQUIPMENT LE, SANG PHUOC

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
17785047 INFRASTRUCTURE AND METHODOLOGY FOR PRODUCING CANNABIS CRANDALL, RICHARD W. 15d overdue
18701561 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING ASSISTANCE IN VEHICLE ACCIDENTS SMALL, NAOMI J 2d overdue
18709623 Method of Manufacturing a Truss Structure Element and a Truss Structure FORD, DARRELL CHRISTOPHER 12d
18540848 Prefab Panel, Modular Facade, and Mounting Method Thereof BARLOW, ADAM G 63d
18259742 Patient Support Apparatus With Removable Part Comprising Self Locking Cradle Mechanism HALL, LUKE F 71d
19148879 Cranial Remodeling Orthosis CARREIRO, CAITLIN ANN
17969561 HAND DRYER DEVICE NGUYEN, BAO D

Client Portfolio (8 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37861
37261
26851
36331
36731
37621
36191

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19148879 Cranial Remodeling Orthosis Invent Medical Group, S.R.O. CARREIRO, CAITLIN ANN 3786 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 17, 2025
18713632 METHOD OF ASYNCHRONOUS DATA COMMUNICATION AND REGISTRATION OF A USER EQUIPMENT Satelio Iot Services, S.L. LE, SANG PHUOC §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 24, 2024
18709623 Method of Manufacturing a Truss Structure Element and a Truss Structure Area Four Industries Cesko s.r.o. FORD, DARRELL CHRISTOPHER 3726 §102§112 Non-Final OA 12d Pending May 13, 2024
18701561 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING ASSISTANCE IN VEHICLE ACCIDENTS Atressa Global Corporation, S.L. SMALL, NAOMI J 2685 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Apr 15, 2024
18540848 Prefab Panel, Modular Facade, and Mounting Method Thereof Saint-Gobain Placo BARLOW, ADAM G 3633 §103§112 Non-Final OA 63d Pending Dec 14, 2023
18259742 Patient Support Apparatus With Removable Part Comprising Self Locking Cradle Mechanism Linet Spol. S R.O HALL, LUKE F 3673 §102§103 Non-Final OA 71d Pending Jun 28, 2023
17969561 HAND DRYER DEVICE Mediclinics, S.A. NGUYEN, BAO D 3762 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 19, 2022
17785047 INFRASTRUCTURE AND METHODOLOGY FOR PRODUCING CANNABIS Cicada Limited CRANDALL, RICHARD W. 3619 §103§112 Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending Jun 13, 2022

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