Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Kaufman & Canoles, P.C.

7 pending office actions • 3 clients • 7 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=129 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

96.6%
Allowance Rate
n=129
+0.62σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=129
2.2
OAs to Allowance
n=86
-1.03σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=86
825 days
Time to Allowance
n=86
+1.6pp
Interview Lift
n=129
27.0%
RCE Rate
n=129
2.2%
Appeal Rate
n=129

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=19 (min 20)
71.0%
§102 Overcome
n=31
72.9%
§103 Overcome
n=48
67.6%
§112 Overcome
n=34

Specialization & Scale

G06Q, G07G, G06F
Top CPC Subclasses
35%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=129
1
Practitioners
n=129
129.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=129

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
3
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
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)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.

5
Hard (71%)
2
Medium (29%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (14%)
§101 + other3 (43%)
§103 only1 (14%)
Double-patenting + other1 (14%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (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
1
Communications
14% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
71% 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
ALDERSON, ANNE-MARIE K 1 33.7% +41.3%
GLASS, RUSSELL S 1 71.3% +20.7%
SINGH, RUPANGINI 1 35.7% +52.6%
MANGIALASCHI, TRACY 1 75.3% +27.3%
TUTOR, AARON N 1 33.3% +33.0%
SHAPIRO, JEFFREY ALAN 1 55.1% +15.8%
GOODMAN, MATTHEW PARKER 1 21.3% +30.9%

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
18217282 OBJECT IDENTIFICATION BASED ON A PARTIAL VISUAL OBJECT IDENTIFIER CODE SCAN AT POINT OF SALE TUTOR, AARON N 79d overdue
17478082 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A UNIVERSAL CONNECT CORPORATE TRAVEL MANAGEMENT PLATFORM GOODMAN, MATTHEW PARKER 48d
19320613 AUTOMATED ALERT SYSTEM ALDERSON, ANNE-MARIE K
18649048 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING DEMAND AT AN AIRLINE LEVEL FOR PROCURING ACCURATE NUMBER AND TYPE OF VEHICLES SINGH, RUPANGINI
18126831 CONVEYOR OPERATION FAULT DETECTION BY A POINT OF SALE SYSTEM SHAPIRO, JEFFREY ALAN

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
18217282 OBJECT IDENTIFICATION BASED ON A PARTIAL VISUAL OBJECT IDENTIFIER CODE SCAN AT POINT OF SALE TUTOR, AARON N 79d overdue
18616843 OBJECT CLASSIFICATION AND IDENTIFICATION AT POINT OF SALE MANGIALASCHI, TRACY 14d
17478082 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A UNIVERSAL CONNECT CORPORATE TRAVEL MANAGEMENT PLATFORM GOODMAN, MATTHEW PARKER 48d
19320613 AUTOMATED ALERT SYSTEM ALDERSON, ANNE-MARIE K
19081072 Expandable Bagging System GLASS, RUSSELL S
18649048 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING DEMAND AT AN AIRLINE LEVEL FOR PROCURING ACCURATE NUMBER AND TYPE OF VEHICLES SINGH, RUPANGINI
18126831 CONVEYOR OPERATION FAULT DETECTION BY A POINT OF SALE SYSTEM SHAPIRO, JEFFREY ALAN

Client Portfolio (3 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36282
36821
26681
36271
36191

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19320613 AUTOMATED ALERT SYSTEM Joint Technology Solutions, Inc. ALDERSON, ANNE-MARIE K 3682 §101§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Sep 05, 2025
19081072 Expandable Bagging System Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, Inc. GLASS, RUSSELL S §112DP Non-Final OA Pending Mar 17, 2025
18649048 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING DEMAND AT AN AIRLINE LEVEL FOR PROCURING ACCURATE NUMBER AND TYPE OF VEHICLES Airlines Reporting Corporation SINGH, RUPANGINI 3628 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 29, 2024
18616843 OBJECT CLASSIFICATION AND IDENTIFICATION AT POINT OF SALE Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, Inc. MANGIALASCHI, TRACY 2668 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Mar 26, 2024
18217282 OBJECT IDENTIFICATION BASED ON A PARTIAL VISUAL OBJECT IDENTIFIER CODE SCAN AT POINT OF SALE Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, Inc. TUTOR, AARON N 3627 §101§102§103 Final Rejection 79d overdue Pending Jun 30, 2023
18126831 CONVEYOR OPERATION FAULT DETECTION BY A POINT OF SALE SYSTEM Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, Inc. SHAPIRO, JEFFREY ALAN 3619 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 27, 2023
17478082 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A UNIVERSAL CONNECT CORPORATE TRAVEL MANAGEMENT PLATFORM Airlines Reporting Corporation GOODMAN, MATTHEW PARKER 3628 §101§103 Final Rejection 48d Pending Sep 17, 2021

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