Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP - Winston-Salem

11 pending office actions • 9 clients • 11 examiners • 8 art units • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 37 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=59875 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

82.6%
Allowance Rate
n=59875
+0.53σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=59875
3.2
OAs to Allowance
n=35116
-0.20σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=35116
1057 days
Time to Allowance
n=35116
+9.8pp
Interview Lift
n=59875
25.4%
RCE Rate
n=59875
2.1%
Appeal Rate
n=59875

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

78.4%
§101 Overcome
n=4044
80.0%
§102 Overcome
n=13792
80.3%
§103 Overcome
n=21336
82.2%
§112 Overcome
n=14381

Specialization & Scale

G06F, A61K, G01N
Top CPC Subclasses
11%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=59875
0
Practitioners
n=59875
Apps / Practitioner
n=59875 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
9
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (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.

6
Hard (55%)
3
Medium (27%)
1
Easy (9%)
1
Unknown (9%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other3 (27%)
§103 only3 (27%)
§112 only1 (9%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (27%)
No statute on record1 (9%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
36% of docket
1
Information Tech
9% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
27% of docket
3
Business / Other
27% 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.

110 h
Manual time on pending OAs
22 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
38 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
NORDMEYER, PATRICIA L 1 56.5% +37.1%
LEGGETT, ANDREA C. 1 75.8% +20.6%
AYCHILLHUM, ANDARGIE M 1 84.2% +14.8%
ALSHACK, OSMAN M 1 86.4% +14.3%
EBERSMAN, BRUCE I 1 64.1% +58.4%
KHARE, ATUL P 1 54.8% +72.6%
NICOL, ALEXANDER W 1 42.9% +43.1%
LUDWIG, PETER L 1 35.2% +23.2%
POLIAKOVA-GEORGAN, EKATERINA 1 64.1% +17.8%
BARR, MARY EVANGELINE 1 35.9% +31.8%

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
18843354 MULTI-DOCK PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD AYCHILLHUM, ANDARGIE M

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
18332240 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECORDING TRANSACTION AND PRODUCT CUSTOMIZATION INFORMATION LUDWIG, PETER L 56d
18283969 FILM AND METHOD KHARE, ATUL P 70d
18845528 QUALITY CONTROL SYSTEM CONFIGURATION LEGGETT, ANDREA C.
18642306 FORWARD ERROR CORRECTION FOR NON-DETERMINISTIC PARITY GROUP LENGTH ALSHACK, OSMAN M
18037708 VECTORS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EUKARYOTIC GENE EDITING POLIAKOVA-GEORGAN, EKATERINA
18065263 Cover For Sterile Field Fluid Systems BUI, LUAN KIM

Interview Candidates (10)

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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18276812 ENGINEERED EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES AND THEIR USES NICOL, ALEXANDER W 9d
18934965 DEVICE FOR SURFACE COVERING NORDMEYER, PATRICIA L 26d
18332240 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECORDING TRANSACTION AND PRODUCT CUSTOMIZATION INFORMATION LUDWIG, PETER L 56d
18283969 FILM AND METHOD KHARE, ATUL P 70d
18845528 QUALITY CONTROL SYSTEM CONFIGURATION LEGGETT, ANDREA C.
18843354 MULTI-DOCK PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD AYCHILLHUM, ANDARGIE M
18642306 FORWARD ERROR CORRECTION FOR NON-DETERMINISTIC PARITY GROUP LENGTH ALSHACK, OSMAN M
18576888 Methods and Systems for Measuring a Similarity Between Two Graphs EBERSMAN, BRUCE I

Client Portfolio (9 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17881
21121
17421
16341
36271
16371
36821
37361

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18934965 DEVICE FOR SURFACE COVERING Lowe'S Companies, Inc. NORDMEYER, PATRICIA L 1788 §103Other Non-Final OA 26d Pending Nov 01, 2024
18845528 QUALITY CONTROL SYSTEM CONFIGURATION Mclaren Automotive Limited LEGGETT, ANDREA C. §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 10, 2024
18843354 MULTI-DOCK PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD Weathered Security, LLC AYCHILLHUM, ANDARGIE M §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 03, 2024
18642306 FORWARD ERROR CORRECTION FOR NON-DETERMINISTIC PARITY GROUP LENGTH Kratos Integral Holdings LLC ALSHACK, OSMAN M 2112 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 22, 2024
18576888 Methods and Systems for Measuring a Similarity Between Two Graphs Pasqal EBERSMAN, BRUCE I §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 05, 2024
18283969 FILM AND METHOD Great Wrap Pty Ltd. KHARE, ATUL P 1742 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Sep 25, 2023
18276812 ENGINEERED EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES AND THEIR USES Wake Forest University Health Sciences NICOL, ALEXANDER W 1634 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Aug 10, 2023
18332240 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECORDING TRANSACTION AND PRODUCT CUSTOMIZATION INFORMATION Lowe'S Companies, Inc. LUDWIG, PETER L 3627 §101§103 Final Rejection 56d Pending Jun 09, 2023
18037708 VECTORS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EUKARYOTIC GENE EDITING Wake Forest University Health Sciences POLIAKOVA-GEORGAN, EKATERINA 1637 §101§103DP Non-Final OA Pending May 18, 2023
18108433 PREDICTING CHANGES IN RISK BASED ON INTERVENTIONS Waymark, Inc. BARR, MARY EVANGELINE 3682 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 10, 2023
18065263 Cover For Sterile Field Fluid Systems C Change Surgical, LLC BUI, LUAN KIM 3736 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 13, 2022

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