Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Malloy & Malloy

14 pending office actions • 10 clients • 14 examiners • 13 art units • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 65 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=1700 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

88.7%
Allowance Rate
n=1700
+0.48σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1700
2.0
OAs to Allowance
n=1151
-0.73σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=1151
878 days
Time to Allowance
n=1151
+4.9pp
Interview Lift
n=1700
10.2%
RCE Rate
n=1700
0.3%
Appeal Rate
n=1700

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

70.6%
§101 Overcome
n=85
82.3%
§102 Overcome
n=350
79.7%
§103 Overcome
n=526
84.3%
§112 Overcome
n=440

Specialization & Scale

A61M, A61B, G06Q
Top CPC Subclasses
11%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1700
0
Practitioners
n=1700
Apps / Practitioner
n=1700 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

14
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

8
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
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. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (8)Due ≤ 60 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.

9
Hard (64%)
4
Medium (29%)
1
Easy (7%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (14%)
§101 + other1 (7%)
§103 only3 (21%)
§102 only1 (7%)
§112 only1 (7%)
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (43%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
14% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
7% of docket
9
Mechanical / Eng
64% of docket
2
Business / Other
14% 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.

140 h
Manual time on pending OAs
28 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
49 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BARNETT, DEVIN K 1 56.3% +26.7%
ABDOSH, SAMIR 1 83.9% +6.5%
KENNEDY, JOSHUA T 1 51.2% +48.2%
EL-BATHY, IBRAHIM N 1 52.6% +46.5%
COLLINS, DARRYL J 1 89.0% +4.9%
BENNETT, KAYLA MARIE 1 97.3% +3.4%
FOWLER, DANIEL WAYNE 1 72.6% +12.0%
BAYNES, KEVIN J 1 74.2% +34.4%
RICCI, CRAIG D 1 53.4% +52.6%
KIM, DANIELLE A 1 36.7% +57.5%

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
29947931 VERTICAL MOUNTING ASSEMBLY BENNETT, KAYLA MARIE

Hard Cases (9)

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
18354749 Stabilizing Lower-Body Swimming Garment HOEY, ALISSA L 535d overdue
19095914 REMOTE TACTICAL GIMBAL TARGETING SYSTEM FOR SINGLE OR MULTIPLE ROCKET LAUNCHERS ABDOSH, SAMIR 23d overdue
18496624 SHADE CANOPY TENSIONING ASSEMBLY HAWK, NOAH CHANDLER 23d overdue
18117894 CURVED FOOTSTRAP INSERT AND ASSEMBLY SANDERSON, JOSEPH W 15d overdue
18957965 SPORTS TRAINING AND REHABILITATION DEVICE KENNEDY, JOSHUA T 10d overdue
18621491 JOINT SYSTEM BAYNES, KEVIN J 9d overdue
18935037 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING SHIPPING CONTAINERS EL-BATHY, IBRAHIM N 40d
18894332 EYEWEAR SYSTEM WITH REPLACEABLE LENSES COLLINS, DARRYL J

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
18652006 INTERNAL BIPOLAR RADIOFREQUENCY PROBE FOWLER, DANIEL WAYNE 22d overdue
18957965 SPORTS TRAINING AND REHABILITATION DEVICE KENNEDY, JOSHUA T 10d overdue
18621491 JOINT SYSTEM BAYNES, KEVIN J 9d overdue
18935037 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING SHIPPING CONTAINERS EL-BATHY, IBRAHIM N 40d
19178590 HEIGHT ADJUSTABLE FURNITURE LEG BARNETT, DEVIN K
18595072 LIPOSOME VITAMIN C PREPARATION RICCI, CRAIG D
18433084 PHYTOCANNABINOID FORMULATIONS AND METHODS FOR EXTRACTION KIM, DANIELLE A

Client Portfolio (10 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36411
37841
36281
28721
29241
37941
36781
16111
16131
36361

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19178590 HEIGHT ADJUSTABLE FURNITURE LEG Tuuci Worldwide, LLC BARNETT, DEVIN K §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 14, 2025
19095914 REMOTE TACTICAL GIMBAL TARGETING SYSTEM FOR SINGLE OR MULTIPLE ROCKET LAUNCHERS Integrated Launcher Solutions Inc. ABDOSH, SAMIR 3641 §101 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Mar 31, 2025
18957965 SPORTS TRAINING AND REHABILITATION DEVICE A1 & D1 Enterprise Inc. KENNEDY, JOSHUA T 3784 §102§103 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Nov 25, 2024
18935037 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING SHIPPING CONTAINERS World Commodity Freight Limited Liability Company EL-BATHY, IBRAHIM N 3628 §101 Final Rejection 40d Pending Nov 01, 2024
18894332 EYEWEAR SYSTEM WITH REPLACEABLE LENSES Fgx International Inc. COLLINS, DARRYL J 2872 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 24, 2024
29947931 VERTICAL MOUNTING ASSEMBLY Americanflat Corporation BENNETT, KAYLA MARIE 2924 §112 Final Rejection Pending Jun 18, 2024
18652006 INTERNAL BIPOLAR RADIOFREQUENCY PROBE A Hoyos LLC FOWLER, DANIEL WAYNE 3794 §102 Final Rejection 22d overdue Pending May 01, 2024
18621491 JOINT SYSTEM Tuuci Worldwide, LLC BAYNES, KEVIN J 3678 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Mar 29, 2024
18595072 LIPOSOME VITAMIN C PREPARATION One Innovation Labs, LLC RICCI, CRAIG D 1611 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 04, 2024
18433084 PHYTOCANNABINOID FORMULATIONS AND METHODS FOR EXTRACTION One Innovation Labs, LLC KIM, DANIELLE A 1613 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 05, 2024
18496624 SHADE CANOPY TENSIONING ASSEMBLY Tuuci Worldwide, LLC HAWK, NOAH CHANDLER 3636 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Oct 27, 2023
18354749 Stabilizing Lower-Body Swimming Garment The Otters Company, LLC HOEY, ALISSA L 3732 §101§102§103§112 Final Rejection 535d overdue Pending Jul 19, 2023
18135377 EYEGLASS READER TAG Fgx International Inc. ACKUN, JACOB K 3736 §103 Non-Final OA 196d overdue Pending Apr 17, 2023
18117894 CURVED FOOTSTRAP INSERT AND ASSEMBLY Adventure Sports Inc. SANDERSON, JOSEPH W 3619 §102§103 Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending Mar 06, 2023

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