Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP

7 pending office actions • 4 clients • 7 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=3733 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

73.0%
Allowance Rate
n=3733
+0.70σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=3733
3.9
OAs to Allowance
n=2078
+0.17σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=2078
1328 days
Time to Allowance
n=2078
+6.1pp
Interview Lift
n=3733
26.7%
RCE Rate
n=3733
2.4%
Appeal Rate
n=3733

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

77.4%
§101 Overcome
n=296
74.3%
§102 Overcome
n=778
74.9%
§103 Overcome
n=1205
77.4%
§112 Overcome
n=990

Specialization & Scale

A61K, A61P, G06Q
Top CPC Subclasses
18%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=3733
5
Practitioners
n=3733
746.6
Apps / Practitioner
n=3733

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
1
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 7 days (1)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.

6
Hard (86%)
1
Medium (14%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only3 (43%)
§101 + other3 (43%)
§103 only1 (14%)

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
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
86% of docket
1
Business / Other
14% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SHIU, HO T 1 72.0% -3.2%
ALLADIN, AMBREEN A 1 24.7% +24.4%
MERCHANT, SHAHID R 1 28.3% +24.8%
RANKINS, WILLIAM E 1 57.7% +8.2%
AKINTOLA, OLABODE 1 50.6% +8.7%
KWONG, CHO YIU 1 32.1% +4.7%
RINES, ROBERT D 1 38.4% +46.6%

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
13399607 SYSTEM, METHOD AND SOFTWARE APPLICATION FOR ACCESSING AND PROCESSING INFORMATION AKINTOLA, OLABODE 77d overdue
13854350 SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR PROVIDING MULTIPLE INCOME START DATES FOR ANNUITIES RANKINS, WILLIAM E 7d
11866815 System and Method For Providing A Deferred Premium Annuity KWONG, CHO YIU 9d
14450580 System and Method for Imbedding a Defined Benefit in a Defined Contribution Plan ALLADIN, AMBREEN A
14057381 Systems and Methods for Performing Workflow MERCHANT, SHAHID R
09986354 System and method for personalizing and delivering insurance or financial services-related content to a user RINES, ROBERT D

Interview Candidates (3)

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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
14450580 System and Method for Imbedding a Defined Benefit in a Defined Contribution Plan ALLADIN, AMBREEN A
14057381 Systems and Methods for Performing Workflow MERCHANT, SHAHID R
09986354 System and method for personalizing and delivering insurance or financial services-related content to a user RINES, ROBERT D

Client Portfolio (4 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36912
36001
36941
36931
36251

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19199764 DATA-DRIVEN, RISK AND ACTIVITY-BASED DYNAMIC AUDIT APPLICATION AND METHOD American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants SHIU, HO T §103Other Non-Final OA Pending May 06, 2025
14450580 System and Method for Imbedding a Defined Benefit in a Defined Contribution Plan Genworth Holdings, Inc. ALLADIN, AMBREEN A 3691 §101Other Final Rejection Pending Aug 04, 2014
14057381 Systems and Methods for Performing Workflow Genworth Holdings, Inc. MERCHANT, SHAHID R 3600 §101 Final Rejection Pending Oct 18, 2013
13854350 SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR PROVIDING MULTIPLE INCOME START DATES FOR ANNUITIES Genworth Holdings, Inc. RANKINS, WILLIAM E 3694 §101§112 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Apr 01, 2013
13399607 SYSTEM, METHOD AND SOFTWARE APPLICATION FOR ACCESSING AND PROCESSING INFORMATION GE Financial Assurance Holdings, Inc. AKINTOLA, OLABODE 3691 §101 Non-Final OA 77d overdue Pending Feb 17, 2012
11866815 System and Method For Providing A Deferred Premium Annuity Genworth Financial, Inc. KWONG, CHO YIU 3693 §101§112 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Oct 03, 2007
09986354 System and method for personalizing and delivering insurance or financial services-related content to a user GE Financial Assurance Holdings, Inc. RINES, ROBERT D 3625 §101§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 08, 2001

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