Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

6 pending office actions • 5 clients • 5 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP works in Chemistry & Materials and reports 6 pending office actions across 1345 career applications. The application total provides substantial historical context for the current pending docket.

The resolved allowance rate is 78.86%, and the average is 2.98 office actions per allowance. Practitioners can read these figures as complementary indicators of resolved outcomes and the office-action activity associated with allowance.

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

Quality Metrics (n=1345 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

78.9%
Allowance Rate
n=1345
+0.47σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1345
3.0
OAs to Allowance
n=772
-0.02σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=772
1135 days
Time to Allowance
n=772
+8.5pp
Interview Lift
n=1345
20.6%
RCE Rate
n=1345
1.2%
Appeal Rate
n=1345

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

75.5%
§101 Overcome
n=102
71.3%
§102 Overcome
n=258
74.2%
§103 Overcome
n=383
73.8%
§112 Overcome
n=279

Specialization & Scale

G06Q, A61B, G01N
Top CPC Subclasses
17%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1345
5
Practitioners
n=1345
269.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=1345

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
1
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.

5
Hard (83%)
1
Medium (17%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (17%)
§101 + other1 (17%)
§103 only1 (17%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
50% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
50% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE 2 33.5% +24.9%
TRAN, HAI 1 62.0% +31.4%
WOODALL, NICHOLAS W 1 82.1% +13.3%
OLSEN, KAELEIGH ELIZABETH 1 47.1% +64.3%
BRAVO, JOCELYN MARY 1 50.3% +44.7%

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
19427141 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED SCAM DETECTION TRAN, HAI —
19219739 FIXATION ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF USE WOODALL, NICHOLAS W —
19004729 FAR INFRARED RADIATION NANOFIBER YARN COMPOSITION IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE —
18897977 BRA PAD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME BRAVO, JOCELYN MARY —
18808850 FAR INFRARED RADIATION NANOFIBER YARN COMPOSITION IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE —

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19427141 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED SCAM DETECTION TRAN, HAI —
19219739 FIXATION ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF USE WOODALL, NICHOLAS W —
19004729 FAR INFRARED RADIATION NANOFIBER YARN COMPOSITION IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE —
18961769 PERSONAL CARE PRODUCT COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING A FATTY AMIDE AND METHODS FOR MAKING SAME OLSEN, KAELEIGH ELIZABETH —
18897977 BRA PAD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME BRAVO, JOCELYN MARY —
18808850 FAR INFRARED RADIATION NANOFIBER YARN COMPOSITION IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE —

Client Portfolio (5 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17892
36951
37751
16191
37321

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19427141 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED SCAM DETECTION Scamnetic Inc. TRAN, HAI 3695 §101 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 19, 2025
19219739 FIXATION ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF USE Extremity Medical, LLC WOODALL, NICHOLAS W 3775 §102§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending May 27, 2025
19004729 FAR INFRARED RADIATION NANOFIBER YARN COMPOSITION Ideavillage Products Corp. IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE 1789 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 30, 2024
18961769 PERSONAL CARE PRODUCT COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING A FATTY AMIDE AND METHODS FOR MAKING SAME Ash Ingredients Inc. OLSEN, KAELEIGH ELIZABETH 1619 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 27, 2024
18897977 BRA PAD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME Chico'S Brands Investments, Inc. BRAVO, JOCELYN MARY 3732 §101§102§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 26, 2024
18808850 FAR INFRARED RADIATION NANOFIBER YARN COMPOSITION Ideavillage Products Corp. IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE 1789 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 19, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Kelley Drye & Warren LLP's patent allowance rate?

78.9% of resolved applications prosecuted by Kelley Drye & Warren LLP were allowed, across 1,345 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Kelley Drye & Warren LLP average before allowance?

2.98 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Kelley Drye & Warren LLP have?

6 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 5 clients, before 5 examiners in 5 art units.

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