Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

6 pending office actions • 5 clients • 5 examiners • 3 art units • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=1341 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

78.8%
Allowance Rate
n=1341
+0.41σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1341
3.0
OAs to Allowance
n=768
-0.03σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=768
1136 days
Time to Allowance
n=768
+8.4pp
Interview Lift
n=1341
20.6%
RCE Rate
n=1341
1.2%
Appeal Rate
n=1341

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

74.5%
§101 Overcome
n=102
71.3%
§102 Overcome
n=258
74.4%
§103 Overcome
n=383
73.8%
§112 Overcome
n=279

Specialization & Scale

G06Q, A61B, G01N
Top CPC Subclasses
17%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1341
5
Practitioners
n=1341
268.2
Apps / Practitioner
n=1341

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
1
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.

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

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (33%)
§103 only1 (17%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
17% of docket
1
Information Tech
17% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
17% of docket
3
Business / Other
50% 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 33.4% +25.0%
WOODALL, NICHOLAS W 1 82.2% +13.1%
OLSEN, KAELEIGH ELIZABETH 1 38.5% +72.7%
BECHTEL, KEVIN M 1 70.1% +61.7%
BRAVO, JOCELYN MARY 1 49.8% +45.9%

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
18903138 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED SCAM DETECTION BECHTEL, KEVIN M 12d
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
18903138 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED SCAM DETECTION BECHTEL, KEVIN M 12d
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
17891
24911
37321

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
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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