Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Johnson & Martin, P.A.

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

8 pending office actions • 4 clients • 8 examiners • 6 art units • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Johnson & Martin, P.A. focuses on Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems and reports 507 career applications. Its resolved allowance rate is 77.98%, with 8 pending office actions. The application total provides the scale of the recorded prosecution history, while the allowance rate describes outcomes among resolved matters.

The average of 3.64 office actions per allowance indicates that allowed cases have generally required multiple examination exchanges. The 8 pending office actions identify the current matters requiring attention. For a practitioner, the 77.98% resolved allowance rate and 3.64 average actions provide separate context for outcome expectations and the prosecution work associated with reaching allowance.

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

Quality Metrics (n=507 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

78.0%
Allowance Rate
n=507
+0.57σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=507
3.6
OAs to Allowance
n=262
-0.02σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=262
1118 days
Time to Allowance
n=262
+11.7pp
Interview Lift
n=507
26.8%
RCE Rate
n=507
2.0%
Appeal Rate
n=507

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

73.5%
§101 Overcome
n=49
73.5%
§102 Overcome
n=136
77.6%
§103 Overcome
n=210
79.9%
§112 Overcome
n=154

Specialization & Scale

G06Q, A61K, H04L
Top CPC Subclasses
15%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=507
1
Practitioners
n=507
507.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=507

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

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.

5
Hard (62%)
3
Medium (38%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (25%)
§103 only1 (12%)
§102 only1 (12%)
Double-patenting + other1 (12%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (38%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
25% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
75% 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.

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
DANIELS, JASON S 1 85.8% +15.0%
CAHILL, JESSICA MARIE 1 78.6% +22.7%
MI, QIUWEN 1 68.4% +50.0%
VENKATESAN, UMASHANKAR 1 79.7% +13.6%
WOLFORD, KURT JOSEPH 1 75.7% +26.2%
DEMUREN, BABAJIDE A 1 73.9% +22.3%
BLANKENSHIP, GREGORY A 1 85.2% +3.8%
VAN, LUAN V 1 34.5% +40.0%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19169734 Sub-Frame and Step Assembly for Truck DANIELS, JASON S —

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18327260 Enclosed Rollback Tow Truck Bed and Frame Assembly BLANKENSHIP, GREGORY A 154d overdue
18721089 Hard Surface Connection System, Method and Product DEMUREN, BABAJIDE A 83d
19042251 DEVICE FOR PREVENTING BREAKAGE OF DIAPHRAGM FOR NORMAL-OPEN SOLENOID VALVE CAHILL, JESSICA MARIE —
19011109 Composition for Prevention and Treatment of Bacterial and Viral Infections and Inflammation MI, QIUWEN —
18746442 HOT WATER SUPPLY APPARATUS AND HOT WATER CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR WOLFORD, KURT JOSEPH —

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
18721089 Hard Surface Connection System, Method and Product DEMUREN, BABAJIDE A 83d
19169734 Sub-Frame and Step Assembly for Truck DANIELS, JASON S —
19042251 DEVICE FOR PREVENTING BREAKAGE OF DIAPHRAGM FOR NORMAL-OPEN SOLENOID VALVE CAHILL, JESSICA MARIE —
19011109 Composition for Prevention and Treatment of Bacterial and Viral Infections and Inflammation MI, QIUWEN —
18877361 RECIRCULATION VALVE VENKATESAN, UMASHANKAR —
18746442 HOT WATER SUPPLY APPARATUS AND HOT WATER CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR WOLFORD, KURT JOSEPH —
17559195 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING WATER SOFTENERS VAN, LUAN V —

Client Portfolio (4 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36122
37532
16551
37621
36351
17001

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19169734 Sub-Frame and Step Assembly for Truck Em Sil Enterprises, Inc. DANIELS, JASON S 3612 §103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 03, 2025
19042251 DEVICE FOR PREVENTING BREAKAGE OF DIAPHRAGM FOR NORMAL-OPEN SOLENOID VALVE Kyungdong Navien Co., Ltd. CAHILL, JESSICA MARIE 3753 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 31, 2025
19011109 Composition for Prevention and Treatment of Bacterial and Viral Infections and Inflammation David A. Cuddeback MI, QIUWEN 1655 §101§102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 06, 2025
18877361 RECIRCULATION VALVE Kyungdong Navien Co., Ltd. VENKATESAN, UMASHANKAR 3753 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 20, 2024
18746442 HOT WATER SUPPLY APPARATUS AND HOT WATER CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR Kyungdong Navien Co., Ltd. WOLFORD, KURT JOSEPH 3762 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 18, 2024
18721089 Hard Surface Connection System, Method and Product Tac-Fast Systems SA DEMUREN, BABAJIDE A 3635 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 83d Pending Jun 17, 2024
18327260 Enclosed Rollback Tow Truck Bed and Frame Assembly Em Sil Enterprises, Inc. BLANKENSHIP, GREGORY A 3612 §101§102§103§112Other Non-Final OA 154d overdue Pending Jun 01, 2023
17559195 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING WATER SOFTENERS Kyungdong Navien Co., Ltd. VAN, LUAN V 1700 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 22, 2021

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Johnson & Martin, P.A.'s patent allowance rate?

78.0% of resolved applications prosecuted by Johnson & Martin, P.A. were allowed, across 507 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Johnson & Martin, P.A. average before allowance?

3.64 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Johnson & Martin, P.A. have?

8 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 4 clients, before 8 examiners in 6 art units.

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