Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Hulsey Pc

Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

9 pending office actions • 9 clients • 9 examiners • 9 art units • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

HULSEY PC has 9 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems and 1285 career applications. Its resolved allowance rate is 71.94%, with an average of 2.31 office actions per allowance.

The profile combines a current docket with historical measures in a broad mechanical and commercial technology area. The allowance rate provides the resolved outcome measure, while the office-action average indicates the response activity associated with allowances. Practitioners can use the figures to assess both historical results and the immediate attention required by pending matters.

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

Quality Metrics (n=1285 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

71.9%
Allowance Rate
n=1285
+0.42σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1285
2.3
OAs to Allowance
n=628
-0.66σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=628
839 days
Time to Allowance
n=628
+22.3pp
Interview Lift
n=1285
9.2%
RCE Rate
n=1285
0.6%
Appeal Rate
n=1285

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

68.0%
§101 Overcome
n=175
71.8%
§102 Overcome
n=269
71.1%
§103 Overcome
n=408
70.0%
§112 Overcome
n=366

Specialization & Scale

G06Q, G06F, A61B
Top CPC Subclasses
17%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1285
0
Practitioners
n=1285
—
Apps / Practitioner
n=1285 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

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.

9
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other6 (67%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
11% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
11% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
7
Mechanical / Eng
78% 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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LE, THUYKHANH 1 78.2% +34.2%
VANDERHORST, MARIA VICTORIA 1 48.1% +37.8%
GRAHAM, ANDREW D 1 59.8% +23.3%
POND, ROBERT M 1 71.1% +42.4%
ROWLAND, STEVE 1 78.0% +17.5%
BLAISE, MALINA D 1 57.4% +38.8%
HOLLY, JOHN H 1 53.8% +30.3%
DONAHUE, ZACHARY RYAN 1 1.7% +4.7%
KIM, CHRISTOPHER S 1 63.3% +21.6%

Hard Cases (9)

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
19535502 VIVA ANALYSIS: AUTOMATED ALGORITHMS TO ANALYZE DISAMBIGUATED NATURAL LANGUAGE (NL) TEXT TO DERIVE DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF INTENT LE, THUYKHANH —
19228192 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLLATERAL APPRAISAL AND LOAN ENTRY INTEGRATION VANDERHORST, MARIA VICTORIA —
19181183 EXTRUDER DIE ASSEMBLY GRAHAM, ANDREW D —
19035729 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGEMENT OF RESOURCES ASSOCIATED WITH AN ENTITY POND, ROBERT M —
18964229 WEARABLE DEVICE AND METHOD OF MONITORING AND PROVIDING FEEDBACK OF AN EXERCISE ACTIVITY ROWLAND, STEVE —
18927720 VIRTUAL REALITY (VR) SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SIMULATING A GAME AND PROVIDING ENHANCED IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE BLAISE, MALINA D —
18553528 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A CREDIT-BASED SPLIT-COMMISSION ELECTRONIC PAYMENT NETWORK HOLLY, JOHN H —
18747675 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A VIRTUAL ASSORTMENT INTERFACE OF COMPONENTS IN INVENTORY IN AN E-COMMERCE ENVIRONMENT DONAHUE, ZACHARY RYAN —

Interview Candidates (8)

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
19535502 VIVA ANALYSIS: AUTOMATED ALGORITHMS TO ANALYZE DISAMBIGUATED NATURAL LANGUAGE (NL) TEXT TO DERIVE DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF INTENT LE, THUYKHANH —
19228192 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLLATERAL APPRAISAL AND LOAN ENTRY INTEGRATION VANDERHORST, MARIA VICTORIA —
19181183 EXTRUDER DIE ASSEMBLY GRAHAM, ANDREW D —
19035729 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGEMENT OF RESOURCES ASSOCIATED WITH AN ENTITY POND, ROBERT M —
18964229 WEARABLE DEVICE AND METHOD OF MONITORING AND PROVIDING FEEDBACK OF AN EXERCISE ACTIVITY ROWLAND, STEVE —
18927720 VIRTUAL REALITY (VR) SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SIMULATING A GAME AND PROVIDING ENHANCED IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE BLAISE, MALINA D —
18553528 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A CREDIT-BASED SPLIT-COMMISSION ELECTRONIC PAYMENT NETWORK HOLLY, JOHN H —
18223273 FIRE SPRINKLER ATTACHMENT CONFIGURED TO FIT OVER A PIPE OUTLET AND TO CONNECT TO A FIRE SPRINKLER OR PIPE OR OTHER MATERIAL KIM, CHRISTOPHER S —

Client Portfolio (9 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
26551
36211
17421
36881
37841
37151
36961
36891
37521

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19535502 VIVA ANALYSIS: AUTOMATED ALGORITHMS TO ANALYZE DISAMBIGUATED NATURAL LANGUAGE (NL) TEXT TO DERIVE DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF INTENT Empathi Al Inc. LE, THUYKHANH 2655 §101§102§112 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 10, 2026
19228192 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLLATERAL APPRAISAL AND LOAN ENTRY INTEGRATION Porter'S Pawn & Bargain Center Inc. VANDERHORST, MARIA VICTORIA 3621 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 04, 2025
19181183 EXTRUDER DIE ASSEMBLY Heartland Tool Works, Inc. GRAHAM, ANDREW D 1742 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 16, 2025
19035729 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGEMENT OF RESOURCES ASSOCIATED WITH AN ENTITY Casalogy, LLC POND, ROBERT M 3688 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 23, 2025
18964229 WEARABLE DEVICE AND METHOD OF MONITORING AND PROVIDING FEEDBACK OF AN EXERCISE ACTIVITY Krj Enterprises LLC ROWLAND, STEVE 3784 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 29, 2024
18927720 VIRTUAL REALITY (VR) SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SIMULATING A GAME AND PROVIDING ENHANCED IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE Golf Scope Inc. D/B/A Gold+ BLAISE, MALINA D 3715 §101§102 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 25, 2024
18553528 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A CREDIT-BASED SPLIT-COMMISSION ELECTRONIC PAYMENT NETWORK Paybook, Inc. HOLLY, JOHN H 3696 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 14, 2024
18747675 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A VIRTUAL ASSORTMENT INTERFACE OF COMPONENTS IN INVENTORY IN AN E-COMMERCE ENVIRONMENT Asp Clips, Inc. DONAHUE, ZACHARY RYAN 3689 §101§103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 19, 2024
18223273 FIRE SPRINKLER ATTACHMENT CONFIGURED TO FIT OVER A PIPE OUTLET AND TO CONNECT TO A FIRE SPRINKLER OR PIPE OR OTHER MATERIAL Northark Precision, LLC KIM, CHRISTOPHER S 3752 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 18, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Hulsey Pc's patent allowance rate?

71.9% of resolved applications prosecuted by Hulsey Pc were allowed, across 1,285 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Hulsey Pc average before allowance?

2.31 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Hulsey Pc have?

9 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 9 clients, before 9 examiners in 9 art units.

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