Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

10 pending office actions • 8 clients • 8 examiners • 6 art units • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=567 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

94.7%
Allowance Rate
n=567
+0.67σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=567
3.8
OAs to Allowance
n=414
+0.11σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=414
1109 days
Time to Allowance
n=414
+4.0pp
Interview Lift
n=567
36.4%
RCE Rate
n=567
4.1%
Appeal Rate
n=567

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

80.9%
§101 Overcome
n=89
88.3%
§102 Overcome
n=154
86.6%
§103 Overcome
n=247
89.4%
§112 Overcome
n=161

Specialization & Scale

G06F, B60R, G06Q
Top CPC Subclasses
32%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=567
5
Practitioners
n=567
113.4
Apps / Practitioner
n=567

Portfolio Summary

10
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
0
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. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)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.

3
Hard (30%)
4
Medium (40%)
3
Easy (30%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (20%)
§103 only4 (40%)
§112 only2 (20%)
Double-patenting only1 (10%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (10%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
2
Information Tech
20% of docket
1
Communications
10% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
40% of docket
3
Business / Other
30% 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
STANCZAK, MATTHEW BRIAN 2 39.0% +35.4%
LANDEEN, BROGAN RANE 2 33.3% -50.0%
HASSAN, AURANGZEB 1 80.3% +17.0%
MOSER, BRUCE M 1 84.3% +20.1%
SANDERSON, JOSEPH W 1 77.5% +13.5%
HAYLES, ASHFORD S 1 66.5% +37.6%
DOSHI, AKSHAY 1 64.0% +39.8%
PATEL, JITESH 1 78.9% +12.1%

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
19066493 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADAPTING PROGRAMS FOR INTEROPERABILITY AND ADAPTERS THEREFOR HASSAN, AURANGZEB

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19004795 QUALITY SCORING SYSTEM AND METHOD HAVING SAAS ARCHITECTURE AND SOURCE AND INDUSTRY SCORE FACTORS MOSER, BRUCE M 112d overdue
18657097 UNMANNED ELLIPSOID MULTI-ROTOR AIRSHIP AND RESPECTIVE METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION SANDERSON, JOSEPH W 15d overdue
18532025 CUSTOMIZED BRACHYTHERAPY NEEDLE TEMPLATE AND METHOD LANDEEN, BROGAN RANE

Interview Candidates (8)

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
19004795 QUALITY SCORING SYSTEM AND METHOD HAVING SAAS ARCHITECTURE AND SOURCE AND INDUSTRY SCORE FACTORS MOSER, BRUCE M 112d overdue
18362257 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TIERED PRICING FOR SCARCE COMMODITIES HAYLES, ASHFORD S 72d overdue
18211855 HEARTBEAT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BROADCAST SYSTEM DOSHI, AKSHAY 29d overdue
18657097 UNMANNED ELLIPSOID MULTI-ROTOR AIRSHIP AND RESPECTIVE METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION SANDERSON, JOSEPH W 15d overdue
19366396 Golf Club With Off-Axis Grip STANCZAK, MATTHEW BRIAN 2d overdue
18134483 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING COMPUTER-SIMULATED REALITY INTERACTIONS BETWEEN USERS AND PUBLICATIONS PATEL, JITESH 14d
19401021 Golf Club With Off-Axis Grip STANCZAK, MATTHEW BRIAN
19066493 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADAPTING PROGRAMS FOR INTEROPERABILITY AND ADAPTERS THEREFOR HASSAN, AURANGZEB

Client Portfolio (8 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37112
21541
36191
36271
24221
26121

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19401021 Golf Club With Off-Axis Grip L.A.B. Golf Company LLC STANCZAK, MATTHEW BRIAN 3711 §112 Final Rejection Pending Nov 25, 2025
19366396 Golf Club With Off-Axis Grip L.A.B. Golf Company LLC STANCZAK, MATTHEW BRIAN 3711 §112Other Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Oct 22, 2025
19066493 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADAPTING PROGRAMS FOR INTEROPERABILITY AND ADAPTERS THEREFOR Clinicomp International, Inc. HASSAN, AURANGZEB §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 28, 2025
19004795 QUALITY SCORING SYSTEM AND METHOD HAVING SAAS ARCHITECTURE AND SOURCE AND INDUSTRY SCORE FACTORS Seekr Technologies, Inc. MOSER, BRUCE M 2154 §101§103 Final Rejection 112d overdue Pending Dec 30, 2024
18657097 UNMANNED ELLIPSOID MULTI-ROTOR AIRSHIP AND RESPECTIVE METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION Elio Tecnologia Servicos E Participacoes Ltda SANDERSON, JOSEPH W 3619 §101§102§103§112Other Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending May 07, 2024
18532134 AUTOMATED BRACHYTHERAPY WITH ROBOTICS AND/OR IMAGE GUIDANCE Cowles Ventures, LLC LANDEEN, BROGAN RANE §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 07, 2023
18532025 CUSTOMIZED BRACHYTHERAPY NEEDLE TEMPLATE AND METHOD Cowles Ventures, LLC LANDEEN, BROGAN RANE §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 07, 2023
18362257 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TIERED PRICING FOR SCARCE COMMODITIES Climate Karma Solutions Inc. HAYLES, ASHFORD S 3627 DP Final Rejection 72d overdue Pending Jul 31, 2023
18211855 HEARTBEAT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BROADCAST SYSTEM Trilogy 5G, Inc. DOSHI, AKSHAY 2422 §103 Final Rejection 29d overdue Pending Jun 20, 2023
18134483 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING COMPUTER-SIMULATED REALITY INTERACTIONS BETWEEN USERS AND PUBLICATIONS A Big Chunk of Mud LLC PATEL, JITESH 2612 §103Other Non-Final OA 14d Pending Apr 13, 2023

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