Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Maccord Mason Pllc

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

10 pending office actions • 8 clients • 9 examiners • 7 art units • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

MACCORD MASON PLLC has 9 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials and 1765 career applications. Its resolved allowance rate is 85.52%, with an average of 2.5 office actions per allowance.

The application total supplies context for a practice with ongoing prosecution activity. The allowance rate describes resolved outcomes, while the office-action average indicates the reported prosecution effort associated with allowances. Together, the figures help practitioners review current matters against the firm’s documented prosecution record.

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

Quality Metrics (n=1765 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

85.5%
Allowance Rate
n=1765
+0.48σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1765
2.5
OAs to Allowance
n=1128
-0.22σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=1128
1024 days
Time to Allowance
n=1128
+7.1pp
Interview Lift
n=1765
16.4%
RCE Rate
n=1765
1.7%
Appeal Rate
n=1765

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

65.7%
§101 Overcome
n=35
81.9%
§102 Overcome
n=249
83.3%
§103 Overcome
n=425
84.0%
§112 Overcome
n=380

Specialization & Scale

Y10T, G06Q, G01N
Top CPC Subclasses
11%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1765
3
Practitioners
n=1765
588.3
Apps / Practitioner
n=1765

Portfolio Summary

10
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
1
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.

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

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 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.

8
Hard (80%)
2
Medium (20%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (10%)
§102 only1 (10%)
Multi-statute (no §101)8 (80%)

Industry Mix

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

5
Life Sciences
50% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
10% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
30% of docket
1
Business / Other
10% 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.

100 h
Manual time on pending OAs
20 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
35 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
EOM, ROBERT J 2 57.4% +34.9%
HANDVILLE, BRIAN 1 51.3% +28.4%
GARFT, CHRISTOPHER 1 59.0% +23.2%
BRADFORD, JONATHAN 1 76.1% +21.3%
QUINN, DANIEL MICHAEL 1 73.3% +30.6%
THAKUR, VIREN A 1 13.3% +26.5%
ROSEN, ERIC J 1 41.3% +22.8%
KHAN, AMINA S 1 47.6% +43.0%
JARRETT, LORE RAMILLANO 1 68.6% +25.1%

Hard Cases (8)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
14437279 DEFINITIVE DEVELOPMENT DIAGNOSTIC ANALYSIS EOM, ROBERT J 74d overdue
18948028 HANGER GARFT, CHRISTOPHER 6d
18271069 DELIVERY APPARATUS TO DELIVER A HIDDEN ITEM INSIDE A FOOD THAKUR, VIREN A 30d
19094287 ABSORBENT FLOOR MAT HANDVILLE, BRIAN —
18730868 DETECTION SYSTEM, ASSEMBLY, AND METHOD BRADFORD, JONATHAN —
18754336 TAPE MEASURE ASSEMBLY QUINN, DANIEL MICHAEL —
18008057 CLEANING KIT HAVING A SOLUTE ROSEN, ERIC J —
17639601 TEST DEVICE, ASSEMBLY, AND METHOD JARRETT, LORE RAMILLANO —

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
17796503 APPLICATION OF FRAGRANCE TO FABRIC SUBSTRATES USING FOAM KHAN, AMINA S 93d overdue
14437279 DEFINITIVE DEVELOPMENT DIAGNOSTIC ANALYSIS EOM, ROBERT J 74d overdue
18948028 HANGER GARFT, CHRISTOPHER 6d
18271069 DELIVERY APPARATUS TO DELIVER A HIDDEN ITEM INSIDE A FOOD THAKUR, VIREN A 30d
19094287 ABSORBENT FLOOR MAT HANDVILLE, BRIAN —
18730868 DETECTION SYSTEM, ASSEMBLY, AND METHOD BRADFORD, JONATHAN —
18754336 TAPE MEASURE ASSEMBLY QUINN, DANIEL MICHAEL —
18008057 CLEANING KIT HAVING A SOLUTE ROSEN, ERIC J —

Client Portfolio (8 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17973
36321
37631
28551
17921
37001
17611

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19094287 ABSORBENT FLOOR MAT Protection Products, Inc. HANDVILLE, BRIAN §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 28, 2025
18948028 HANGER Liberty Garden Products, Inc. GARFT, CHRISTOPHER 3632 §102§112 Final Rejection 6d Pending Nov 14, 2024
18730868 DETECTION SYSTEM, ASSEMBLY, AND METHOD Charm Sciences, Inc. BRADFORD, JONATHAN 3763 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 22, 2024
18754336 TAPE MEASURE ASSEMBLY Diversified Innovations, LLC QUINN, DANIEL MICHAEL 2855 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 26, 2024
18271069 DELIVERY APPARATUS TO DELIVER A HIDDEN ITEM INSIDE A FOOD Charm Concepts, LLC THAKUR, VIREN A 1792 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 30d Pending Jul 06, 2023
18008057 CLEANING KIT HAVING A SOLUTE Berkshire Holding Corporation ROSEN, ERIC J 3700 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 02, 2022
17796503 APPLICATION OF FRAGRANCE TO FABRIC SUBSTRATES USING FOAM Lisa Lindberg KHAN, AMINA S 1761 §103 Final Rejection 93d overdue Pending Jul 29, 2022
17639601 TEST DEVICE, ASSEMBLY, AND METHOD Charm Sciences Inc. JARRETT, LORE RAMILLANO 1797 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 02, 2022
16825357 ASSAY ANALYSIS Charm Sciences, Inc. EOM, ROBERT J 1797 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 20, 2020
14437279 DEFINITIVE DEVELOPMENT DIAGNOSTIC ANALYSIS Charm Sciences, Inc. EOM, ROBERT J 1797 §102§103 Final Rejection 74d overdue Pending Apr 21, 2015

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Maccord Mason Pllc's patent allowance rate?

85.5% of resolved applications prosecuted by Maccord Mason Pllc were allowed, across 1,765 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Maccord Mason Pllc average before allowance?

2.50 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Maccord Mason Pllc have?

10 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 8 clients, before 9 examiners in 7 art units.

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