Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Networking & Security • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

7 pending office actions • 5 clients • 6 examiners • 4 art units • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP focuses on Chemistry & Materials, having managed 1343 career applications. The firm has a resolved allowance rate pct of 78.83. Currently, there are 3 pending office actions. The 78.83 resolved allowance rate pct across 1343 applications demonstrates a track record in the Chemistry & Materials field. The 3 pending office actions are fewer than the career applications.

The avg office actions per allowance is 2.99. This indicates that the firm typically reaches a resolution through its prosecution efforts. The 2.99 avg office actions per allowance provides an expectation for the prosecution timeline. With 1343 career applications, the firm's performance metrics are based on its work in Chemistry & Materials, supporting the 78.83 resolved allowance rate pct. Practitioners can use these metrics to set expectations for the prosecution cycle.

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

Quality Metrics (n=1343 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

78.8%
Allowance Rate
n=1343
+0.51σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1343
3.0
OAs to Allowance
n=771
-0.02σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=771
1137 days
Time to Allowance
n=771
+8.6pp
Interview Lift
n=1343
20.6%
RCE Rate
n=1343
1.2%
Appeal Rate
n=1343

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

75.5%
§101 Overcome
n=102
71.7%
§102 Overcome
n=258
74.4%
§103 Overcome
n=383
74.2%
§112 Overcome
n=279

Specialization & Scale

G06Q, A61B, G01N
Top CPC Subclasses
17%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1343
5
Practitioners
n=1343
268.6
Apps / Practitioner
n=1343

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. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

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

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (14%)
§101 + other2 (29%)
§103 only1 (14%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (43%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
14% of docket
1
Information Tech
14% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
29% of docket
3
Business / Other
43% 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
IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE 2 33.5% +25.0%
TRAN, HAI 1 62.1% +31.8%
WOODALL, NICHOLAS W 1 82.0% +13.3%
OLSEN, KAELEIGH ELIZABETH 1 50.0% +61.5%
BECHTEL, KEVIN M 1 70.5% +61.3%
BRAVO, JOCELYN MARY 1 50.1% +45.2%

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
18903138 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED SCAM DETECTION BECHTEL, KEVIN M 12d
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 (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
18903138 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED SCAM DETECTION BECHTEL, KEVIN M 12d
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
36951
17891
24911
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 §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 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 27, 2024
18903138 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED SCAM DETECTION Scamnetic Inc. BECHTEL, KEVIN M 2491 §101§103 Final Rejection 12d Pending Oct 01, 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 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 19, 2024

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