Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Marks & Clerk

Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Networking & Security • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

6 pending office actions • 4 clients • 6 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=1523 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

78.2%
Allowance Rate
n=1523
+0.57σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1523
3.4
OAs to Allowance
n=785
-0.19σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=785
1213 days
Time to Allowance
n=785
+6.8pp
Interview Lift
n=1523
22.8%
RCE Rate
n=1523
4.0%
Appeal Rate
n=1523

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

86.2%
§101 Overcome
n=109
82.4%
§102 Overcome
n=239
83.9%
§103 Overcome
n=442
87.1%
§112 Overcome
n=326

Specialization & Scale

A23J, H04L, A23L
Top CPC Subclasses
19%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1523
7
Practitioners
n=1523
217.6
Apps / Practitioner
n=1523

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)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.

4
Hard (67%)
2
Medium (33%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (17%)
§101 + other1 (17%)
§103 only1 (17%)
Double-patenting + other1 (17%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
33% of docket
1
Information Tech
17% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
33% of docket
1
Business / Other
17% 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
MATTSON, SEAN D 1 67.2% +42.2%
EMRICH, LARISSA ROWE 1 48.3% +41.8%
STIVALETTI, MATHEUS R 1 37.1% +28.3%
SALEH, ZAID MUHAMMAD 1 65.0% +46.7%
ANDERSON, MICHAEL D 1 80.1% +15.1%
RIOJA, MELISSA A 1 49.5% +53.8%

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
18682884 Secure Unmanaged Network Switch and Related Methods ANDERSON, MICHAEL D 28d

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17958266 POLYURETHANE ELASTOMER COMPOSITION COMPRISING LIGNIN RIOJA, MELISSA A 42d overdue
18949469 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE COMPUTING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR KITCHEN ORDER PREPARATION COORDINATION STIVALETTI, MATHEUS R 10d overdue
19457885 COMPUTING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY PROCESSING TORSO ULTRASOUND MATTSON, SEAN D —
18898219 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING LUNG POINT SALEH, ZAID MUHAMMAD —

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
17958266 POLYURETHANE ELASTOMER COMPOSITION COMPRISING LIGNIN RIOJA, MELISSA A 42d overdue
18949469 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE COMPUTING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR KITCHEN ORDER PREPARATION COORDINATION STIVALETTI, MATHEUS R 10d overdue
18682884 Secure Unmanaged Network Switch and Related Methods ANDERSON, MICHAEL D 28d
19457885 COMPUTING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY PROCESSING TORSO ULTRASOUND MATTSON, SEAN D —
19331974 POLYALKYLENE GLYCOL TERMINATED POLY-CARBODIIMIDES, AND PROCESS FOR FORMING SAME EMRICH, LARISSA ROWE —
18898219 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING LUNG POINT SALEH, ZAID MUHAMMAD —

Client Portfolio (4 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
DEEP BREATHE INC. 2
Evoco 2
TechRyde Inc. 1
Zemfyre 1

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37981
17891
36231
24331
17641

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19457885 COMPUTING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY PROCESSING TORSO ULTRASOUND Deep Breathe Inc. MATTSON, SEAN D 3798 §101§103 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 23, 2026
19331974 POLYALKYLENE GLYCOL TERMINATED POLY-CARBODIIMIDES, AND PROCESS FOR FORMING SAME Evoco Limited EMRICH, LARISSA ROWE 1789 §103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 17, 2025
18949469 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE COMPUTING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR KITCHEN ORDER PREPARATION COORDINATION Techryde Inc. STIVALETTI, MATHEUS R 3623 §101 Final Rejection 10d overdue Pending Nov 15, 2024
18898219 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING LUNG POINT Deep Breathe Inc. SALEH, ZAID MUHAMMAD §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 26, 2024
18682884 Secure Unmanaged Network Switch and Related Methods Zemfyre Inc. ANDERSON, MICHAEL D 2433 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Feb 09, 2024
17958266 POLYURETHANE ELASTOMER COMPOSITION COMPRISING LIGNIN Evoco Limited RIOJA, MELISSA A 1764 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Sep 30, 2022

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