Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
156 pending office actions • 64 clients • 138 examiners • 82 art units • 0 of 156 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Hovey Williams LLP manages a large-scale patent portfolio within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. With 9312 career applications, the firm possesses extensive experience across a broad range of mechanical and commercial technologies. Its resolved allowance rate pct of 85.18 reflects a consistent ability to secure grants across this high volume of filings. This track record indicates a stable prosecution strategy that adapts well to various examiner requirements.
The firm's current workload includes 135 pending office actions, indicating a high level of ongoing prosecution activity. On average, the firm reaches an allowance after 2.85 avg office actions per allowance. This metric provides insight into the typical duration and complexity of the negotiation process with patent examiners. For clients in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems, the 85.18 resolved allowance rate pct and 2.85 avg office actions per allowance represent the firm's established performance standards across its 9312 career applications. These figures help practitioners assess the firm's capacity for handling high-volume intellectual property needs.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 40 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 40 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 15 (10%) |
| §101 + other | 18 (12%) |
| §103 only | 39 (25%) |
| §102 only | 2 (1%) |
| §112 only | 7 (4%) |
| Double-patenting only | 4 (3%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 6 (4%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 64 (41%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (1%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
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.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| GREGG, MARY M | 6 | 14.0% | +14.2% |
| DARLING, DEVIN MITCHELL | 5 | 60.0% | +18.7% |
| CHEN, SHELLEY | 3 | 66.2% | +20.4% |
| GERTH, KATIE L | 2 | 75.8% | +16.6% |
| WILCOX, JAMES J | 2 | 70.1% | +61.2% |
| YONO, RAVEN E | 2 | 38.9% | +33.6% |
| CROSBY JR, RICHARD D | 2 | 69.4% | +15.0% |
| SCHWARTZ, CHRISTOPHER P | 2 | 85.4% | +6.2% |
| TRAN, UYEN M | 2 | 31.2% | +39.2% |
| TORRES, ALICIA M | 2 | 73.5% | +17.4% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18355971 | COMPLIANT ROLLER CUTTER | PRONE, JASON D | 163d overdue |
| 18411971 | MANDIBULAR ADVANCEMENT DEVICE | MILLER, DANIEL A | 155d overdue |
| 18832812 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DIFFERENTIAL HEIGHT MODIFICATION OF THE SURFACE OF THE TRAFFIC AREA | STRYKER, NICHOLAS F | 127d overdue |
| 18147889 | SELF-ADJUSTING ANTI-SCALP SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WHEELED LAWN CARE MACHINE | TORRES, ALICIA M | 38d overdue |
| 18804315 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GUARDING AND COMPOUNDING MATERIAL WITH TWO ROLL MILL | CROSBY JR, RICHARD D | 30d overdue |
| 17416936 | CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITORS | MOORE, SUSANNA | 30d overdue |
| 19034553 | DETERMINING HEALTH OF WORDLINES FOR CONTINUED USER DATA PROGRAMMING | DUDEK JR, EDWARD J | 17d overdue |
| 18324315 | ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ENGINE FOR ENTITY RESOLUTION AND STANDARDIZATION | KASSIM, IMAD MUTEE | 15d overdue |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18516313 | VISION SYSTEM FOR METERING DEVICE | TORRES, ALICIA M | 43d overdue |
| 18489618 | AUTONOMOUS AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM | CHEN, SHELLEY | 38d overdue |
| 18147889 | SELF-ADJUSTING ANTI-SCALP SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WHEELED LAWN CARE MACHINE | TORRES, ALICIA M | 38d overdue |
| 18804315 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GUARDING AND COMPOUNDING MATERIAL WITH TWO ROLL MILL | CROSBY JR, RICHARD D | 30d overdue |
| 18472033 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PAYMENT ROUTING | GREGG, MARY M | 5d overdue |
| 18472028 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PAYMENT ROUTING | GREGG, MARY M | 12d |
| 18472039 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PAYMENT ROUTING | GREGG, MARY M | 22d |
| 18145627 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PAYMENT ROUTING | GREGG, MARY M | 26d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3695 | 7 |
| 1764 | 6 |
| 1726 | 5 |
| 3731 | 4 |
| 3694 | 4 |
| 3724 | 4 |
| 3665 | 4 |
| 2139 | 3 |
| 2137 | 3 |
| 3671 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19443907 | METHOD AND SYSTEMS FOR BLOCKING MULTI-RAIL CONTACTLESS FRAUD | Mastercard International Incorporated | QAYYUM, ZESHAN | 3697 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2026 |
| 19322137 | DATA CLEAN-UP METHOD FOR IMPROVING PREDICTIVE MODEL TRAINING | Brighterion, Inc. | OYEBISI, OJO O | 3695 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 08, 2025 |
| 19286368 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTHENTICATION AND PAYMENT WHILE WEARING A FACE COVERING | Mastercard International Incorporated | CHISM, STEVEN R | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 31, 2025 | |
| 19135180 | PRINTING ASSEMBLY, PRINTING METHOD AND MATERIAL WEB | BHS Corrugated Maschinen- und Anlagenbau GmbH | GERTH, KATIE L | 3731 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 03, 2025 |
| 19224033 | PASS THROUGH VOLTAGE ADJUSTMENT TO COMPENSATE FOR CROSS-TEMPERATURE EFFECTS | Microchip Technology Inc. | PAPERNO, NICHOLAS A | 2132 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 30, 2025 |
| 19224032 | VOLTAGE ADJUSTMENT BASED ON MEMORY DEVICE TEMPERATURE PROFILING | Microchip Technology Inc. | KORTMAN, CURTIS JAMES | 2139 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 30, 2025 |
| 19217506 | PHOTONIC DEBONDING FOR WAFER-LEVEL PACKAGING APPLICATIONS | Brewer Science, Inc. | HARM, NICKOLAS R | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2025 | |
| 19213473 | TOOL FOR DELIVERY OF REMEMBRANCES TO RECIPIENTS POSTHUMOUSLY | Open When LLC | CLARE, MARK C | 3628 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 20, 2025 |
| 19208041 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONSENT MANAGEMENT BY ISSUERS ON BEHALF OF CARDHOLDERS | Mastercard International Incorporated | SHERR, MARIA CRISTI OWEN | 3697 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 14, 2025 |
| 19208251 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SMART IDENTIFICATION AND STEP-UP AUTHENTICATION | Mastercard International Incorporated | CHANG, KENNETH W | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 14, 2025 | |
| 19206710 | HYBRID DRYING SYSTEM | Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies, LLC | BANKS, KEONA LAUREN | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 13, 2025 | |
| 19196856 | ALIGNMENT GUIDE FOR AN ALIGNMENT SYSTEM OF A MOBILE IRRIGATION SYSTEM | Lindsay Corporation | BOECKMANN, JASON J | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 02, 2025 | |
| 19191071 | FRONT-FOLDING TOOLBAR | Agsynergy, LLC | MITCHELL, JOEL F | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 28, 2025 | |
| 19175129 | HIGH PRESSURE MIXING HEAD FOR CONTINUOUSLY PRODUCING POLYMERIC FOAM | Afros S.p.A. | NICOLAS, FREDERICK C | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2025 | |
| 19171742 | BIOMASS FEEDSTOCK RECOVERY EQUIPMENT AND PROCESSES | Clayton County Recycling, Inc. | NGUYEN, BAO-THIEU L | 3732 | §102§103DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 07, 2025 |
| 19079714 | SEGMENTATION OF A FLASH TRANSLATION LAYER OF A NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE WITH LARGE STORAGE CAPACITY | Microchip Technology Inc. | SIMONETTI, NICHOLAS J | 2137 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2025 |
| 19068870 | THIXOTROPIC INJECTION MOLDING BARREL ASSEMBLY | Leggera Thixo Technologies LLC | KIM, YUNJU | 1742 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 03, 2025 |
| 19064070 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CLAIMING, VERIFYING, RECORDING, AND ENFORCING DIGITAL AIR RIGHTS | Digital Air Rights Inc. | RAHIM, MONJUR | §101§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2025 | |
| 19056517 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING VIA A PARALLEL SESSION PAYMENT TRANSACTION | Mastercard International Incorporated | JONES, COURTNEY PATRICE | 3699 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 18, 2025 |
| 19054641 | BATTERY WITH INTEGRATED SHOCK AND VIBRATION BARRIER AND INTEGRATED ANTI-THEFT MECHANISM | Project-X18, Inc. | KOROVINA, ANNA | 1725 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2025 |
| 19042198 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTHENTIC USER-MERCHANT ASSOCIATION AND SERVICES | Mastercard International Incorporated | WILCOX, JAMES J | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2025 | |
| 19042241 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTHENTIC USER-MERCHANT ASSOCIATION AND SERVICES | Mastercard International Incorporated | WILCOX, JAMES J | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2025 | |
| 19040720 | A SYSTEM FIRMWARE ALGORITHM TO REDUCE READ ERRORS IN CASES OF CROSS-TEMPERATURE USING BACKGROUND DUMMY READ OPERATIONS | Microchip Technology Inc. | PINGA, JASON MICHAEL | 2137 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2025 |
| 19037000 | ROTARY KNIFE DEFLECTOR FOR DIRECTING TRIMMINGS | Hantover, Inc. | MICHALSKI, SEAN M | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2025 | |
| 18998422 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A CORRUGATOR, CORRUGATOR, COMPUTER PROGRAMME PRODUCT, AND PAPER ROLL | BHS Corrugated Maschinen- und Anlagenbau GmbH | IMAM, TANZIM | 3731 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2025 |
| 19034553 | DETERMINING HEALTH OF WORDLINES FOR CONTINUED USER DATA PROGRAMMING | Microchip Technology Inc. | DUDEK JR, EDWARD J | 2132 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 17d overdue | Pending | Jan 22, 2025 |
| 19021154 | PROGRAMMING DUMMY DATA OR PERFORMING FLASH WRITE ON PARTIALLY PROGRAMMED MEMORY BLOCKS OF VIRTUAL BLOCKS | Microchip Technology Inc. | BRASWELL, DONALD H.B. | 2825 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2025 |
| 19017648 | REFINED HARD BIT READ VOLTAGES | Microchip Technology Inc. | NGUYEN, STEVE N | 2111 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 11, 2025 |
| 19015927 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSISTING VISUALLY IMPAIRED USER TO LOCATE PAYMENT TERMINAL | Mastercard International Incorporated | GOYEA, OLUSEGUN | 3627 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2025 |
| 19008790 | METHOD TO DETERMINE THAT A CREDIT CARD NUMBER CHANGE HAS OCCURRED | Mastercard International Incorporated | CHOY, PAN G | 3624 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 03, 2025 |
| 19002635 | GENERATING A LOGICAL TO PHYSICAL DATA STRUCTURE STORED BY A HOST DEVICE | Microchip Technology Inc. | LOONAN, ERIC T | 2137 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 26, 2024 |
| 18989673 | SCRATCH DEPTH COMPARATOR, ASSEMBLY, AND METHOD OF MAKING A SCRATCH DEPTH COMPARATOR | Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies, LLC | GUADALUPE, YARITZA | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 | |
| 18984995 | PROGRAM ERROR HANDLING AT A STORAGE DEVICE | Microchip Technology Inc. | ALROBAIE, KHAMDAN N | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2024 | |
| 18985001 | READ CACHING FOR A SUBSEQUENT READ OPERATION | Microchip Technology Inc. | LI, ZHUO H | 2133 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2024 |
| 18875793 | ASSEMBLY OF A RECEIVER AND A FOREARM | Ceska Zbrojovka A.S. | CAUDLE, LOGAN WILLIAM | 3641 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2024 |
| 18875563 | ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD | BHS Corrugated Maschinen- und Anlagenbau GmbH | SMITH, JACOB A | 3731 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2024 |
| 18967246 | NAMESPACE DATA SEGREGATION IN A MULTI-NAMESPACE MEMORY DEVICE | Microchip Technology Inc. | VERDERAMO III, RALPH A | 2139 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 03, 2024 |
| 18959761 | ECOMMERCE POINT-OF-SALE TRANSACTION FOR OFFLINE TRANSACTIONS | Mastercard International Incorporated | MILEF, ELDA G | 3694 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 26, 2024 |
| 18959184 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHODS, SYSTEMS COMPRISING COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES FOR OPEN BANKING RISK MODEL TESTING FRAMEWORK | Mastercard International Incorporated | POE, KEVIN T | 3692 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
| 18952690 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ELECTRICAL ENERGY-BASED TRANSACTIONS | Mastercard International Incorporated | HARRINGTON, MICHAEL P | 3628 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 19, 2024 |
| 18948620 | MICRO EXTENSION SPRING INSPECTION DEVICE | Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies, LLC | HAMMOND III, THOMAS M | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 15, 2024 | |
| 18947214 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRANSACTION PRE-AUTHENTICATION | Mastercard International Incorporated | YONO, RAVEN E | 3694 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2024 |
| 18941254 | HYDRAULIC MECHANICAL RAMP FOR RAIL CART | Total Truck & Machine LLC | MOSCOSO, JUAN SALVADOR | 3652 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2024 |
| 18940307 | A COMPOSITE BEAM | 5B Ip Holdings Pty Ltd. | MAESTRI, PATRICK J | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 07, 2024 | |
| 18929708 | QUICK INSTALLATION PRESSING BLOCK | Trina Solar Co., Ltd. | GARFT, CHRISTOPHER | 3632 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 29d | Pending | Oct 29, 2024 |
| 18860868 | CORRALLING AMPHIPATHIC PEPTIDE COLLOIDS | Kansas State University Research Foundation | BAZARGANI, ARYA AHMADI | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 28, 2024 | |
| 18922276 | FLEXIBLE INTERMEDIATE BULK CONTAINER WITH COLLECTION SKIRT | Andax Industries LLC | GERTH, KATIE L | 3731 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 21, 2024 |
| 18916269 | SECURITY DEVICE WITH MAGNET ARRAY | Magnasphere Corporation | ROJAS, BERNARD | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 15, 2024 | |
| 18913447 | ROTARY KNIFE BLADE WITH SEGMENTED RACE | Hantover, Inc. | NGUYEN, PHONG H | 3724 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2024 |
| 18693876 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR INSPECTING EGGS CONTACTLESSLY | Egg-Chick Automated Technologies | PERVIN, NUZHAT | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 09, 2024 |
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Start Free Trial85.1% of resolved applications prosecuted by Hovey Williams LLP were allowed, across 9,329 applications in USPTO records.
2.85 office actions per allowed application on average.
156 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 64 clients, before 138 examiners in 82 art units.