Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Hulsey Pc

15 pending office actions • 15 clients • 15 examiners • 12 art units • 0 of 15 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 41 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=1250 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

73.0%
Allowance Rate
n=1250
+0.45σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1250
2.3
OAs to Allowance
n=608
-0.64σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=608
839 days
Time to Allowance
n=608
+20.6pp
Interview Lift
n=1250
9.4%
RCE Rate
n=1250
0.6%
Appeal Rate
n=1250

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

65.0%
§101 Overcome
n=40
78.8%
§102 Overcome
n=104
72.4%
§103 Overcome
n=369
72.4%
§112 Overcome
n=105

Specialization & Scale

G06Q, A61B, G06F
Top CPC Subclasses
17%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1250
0
Practitioners
n=1250
Apps / Practitioner
n=1250 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

15
Total Pending OAs
12
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
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. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 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.

1
Hard (7%)
9
Medium (60%)
3
Easy (20%)
2
Unknown (13%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (7%)
§103 only9 (60%)
§112 only3 (20%)
No statute on record2 (13%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
7% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
2
Communications
13% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
10
Mechanical / Eng
67% of docket
2
Business / Other
13% 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.

150 h
Manual time on pending OAs
30 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
52 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
VANDERHORST, MARIA VICTORIA 1 48.5% +37.2%
GRAHAM, ANDREW D 1 59.5% +22.7%
KLOTZ, WILLIAM R 1 39.1% +55.3%
POND, ROBERT M 1 71.1% +42.3%
LOEPPKE, JANIE MEREDITH 1 54.9% +29.6%
ROWLAND, STEVE 1 77.7% +17.7%
WADDY, JONATHAN J 1 71.6% +37.0%
BLAISE, MALINA D 1 57.5% +39.6%
DONAHUE, ZACHARY RYAN 1 1.7% +4.7%
HALLORAN, THOMAS JAMES 1

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
19012478 INFLATABLE SPA LINER LOEPPKE, JANIE MEREDITH
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
18959489 INTENSIFIER RAM BLOWOUT PREVENTER WADDY, JONATHAN J 29d overdue
19067752 SYSTEM COMPRISING A POOL APPARATUS AND AN INFLATABLE POOL COVER KLOTZ, WILLIAM R 40d
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
19012478 INFLATABLE SPA LINER LOEPPKE, JANIE MEREDITH
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

Client Portfolio (15 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37542
36211
17421
37841
37531
36891
36481
26111
37151
36761

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19228192 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLLATERAL APPRAISAL AND LOAN ENTRY INTEGRATION Porter'S Pawn & Bargain Center Inc. VANDERHORST, MARIA VICTORIA 3621 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 04, 2025
19181183 EXTRUDER DIE ASSEMBLY Heartland Tool Works, Inc. GRAHAM, ANDREW D 1742 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 16, 2025
19067752 SYSTEM COMPRISING A POOL APPARATUS AND AN INFLATABLE POOL COVER Cowboy Pools, LLC KLOTZ, WILLIAM R 3754 §103 Non-Final OA 40d Pending Feb 28, 2025
19035729 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGEMENT OF RESOURCES ASSOCIATED WITH AN ENTITY Casalogy, LLC POND, ROBERT M §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 23, 2025
19012478 INFLATABLE SPA LINER Bn Beauty Supply LLC LOEPPKE, JANIE MEREDITH 3754 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 07, 2025
18964229 WEARABLE DEVICE AND METHOD OF MONITORING AND PROVIDING FEEDBACK OF AN EXERCISE ACTIVITY Krj Enterprises LLC ROWLAND, STEVE 3784 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 29, 2024
18959489 INTENSIFIER RAM BLOWOUT PREVENTER BOP TECHNOLOGIES, LLC WADDY, JONATHAN J 3753 §112 Non-Final OA 29d overdue Pending Nov 25, 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 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 25, 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 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 19, 2024
18615112 SINGLE RADAR STRIP CENTERING SYSTEM Logika Systems Inc. HALLORAN, THOMAS JAMES 3648 §103 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Mar 25, 2024
18417099 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING INTERNET-BASED TEACHING UTILIZING A HOLOGRAPHIC PROJECTION Carroll Beck, Inc. AHMAD, NAUMAN UDDIN 2611 §103 Non-Final OA 37d overdue Pending Jan 19, 2024
18525189 METHOD AND PROCESSING UNIT FOR IDENTIFYING STATE OF MIND OF A USER BY ANALYZING DRAWINGS DRAWN BY A USER Kasen-Kells Consulting, LLC D/B/A Color Mending LANE, DANIEL E 3715 §103 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Nov 30, 2023
18483232 MANIFOLD IMPLEMENTED IN MULTI-CHANNEL SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING FLOW OF FLUIDS IN OIL WELL Controlled Fluids, Inc. GRAY, GEORGE STERLING 3676 §112 Final Rejection 23d overdue Pending Oct 09, 2023
18376791 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSFORMING AND INTEGRATING MOBILE DEVICE SHOPPING INTERFACES ACROSS MULTIPLE SHOPPING VENUES AND CARRIERS Minime-Labs Global, Inc. DONADO, FRANK E 2641 §103 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Oct 04, 2023
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 §112 Final Rejection Pending Jul 18, 2023

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