Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Martin & Ferraro, LLP

10 pending office actions • 5 clients • 9 examiners • 6 art units • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=1287 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

90.8%
Allowance Rate
n=1287
+0.62σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1287
3.6
OAs to Allowance
n=898
-0.04σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=898
1142 days
Time to Allowance
n=898
+3.5pp
Interview Lift
n=1287
30.3%
RCE Rate
n=1287
2.8%
Appeal Rate
n=1287

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

89.6%
§101 Overcome
n=77
79.7%
§102 Overcome
n=261
83.7%
§103 Overcome
n=453
85.6%
§112 Overcome
n=327

Specialization & Scale

A61B, A61F, H04L
Top CPC Subclasses
31%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1287
1
Practitioners
n=1287
1287.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=1287

Portfolio Summary

10
Total Pending OAs
8
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.

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

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)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.

6
Hard (60%)
3
Medium (30%)
1
Easy (10%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (10%)
§103 only2 (20%)
§102 only1 (10%)
Double-patenting only1 (10%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
10% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
60% 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
WOLFF, ARIELLE R 2 46.5% +34.1%
COTRONEO, STEVEN J 1 69.2% +32.1%
ORTIZ, RAFAEL ALFREDO 1 61.1% +35.4%
CARTER, TARA ROSE E 1 80.6% +9.7%
PAGAN, JAVIER A 1 68.9% +24.5%
BECCIA, CHRISTOPHER J 1 83.4% +14.0%
CHIANG, JENNIFER C 1 70.5% +30.0%
HUYNH, NAM TRUNG 1 74.8% +11.3%
SUN, XIUQIN 1 72.5% +3.7%

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
19027870 PATIENT-POSITIONING SYSTEM, COMPUTER-CONTROL AND DATA-INTEGRATION SYSTEM, SURGICAL COMPONENTRY, AND SURGICAL METHODS OF USING SAME BECCIA, CHRISTOPHER J

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
18088767 PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING DURABLE PLANT TAGS FOR HORTICULTURAL ORGANIZATION SUN, XIUQIN 46d overdue
19056077 VENTILATED CONTAINER FOR PRODUCE PAGAN, JAVIER A 16d
19418633 PATIENT-POSITIONING SYSTEM, COMPUTER-CONTROL AND DATA-INTEGRATION SYSTEM, SURGICAL COMPONENTRY, AND SURGICAL METHODS OF USING SAME COTRONEO, STEVEN J
19324691 BOOKLET PACKAGING ORTIZ, RAFAEL ALFREDO
19205366 SURGICAL AND STABILIZATION TECHNIQUES FOR TREATMENT OF SACROILIAC JOINTS CARTER, TARA ROSE E
18951520 DEODORANT CONTAINER CHIANG, JENNIFER C

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
18537720 ULTRASONIC MIST INHALER WOLFF, ARIELLE R 89d overdue
16959940 ULTRASONIC MIST INHALER WOLFF, ARIELLE R 89d overdue
19056077 VENTILATED CONTAINER FOR PRODUCE PAGAN, JAVIER A 16d
19418633 PATIENT-POSITIONING SYSTEM, COMPUTER-CONTROL AND DATA-INTEGRATION SYSTEM, SURGICAL COMPONENTRY, AND SURGICAL METHODS OF USING SAME COTRONEO, STEVEN J
19324691 BOOKLET PACKAGING ORTIZ, RAFAEL ALFREDO
19027870 PATIENT-POSITIONING SYSTEM, COMPUTER-CONTROL AND DATA-INTEGRATION SYSTEM, SURGICAL COMPONENTRY, AND SURGICAL METHODS OF USING SAME BECCIA, CHRISTOPHER J
18951520 DEODORANT CONTAINER CHIANG, JENNIFER C
18804491 TELEPHONE NETWORK SYSTEM AND METHOD HUYNH, NAM TRUNG

Client Portfolio (5 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37852
37731
37361
37351
37541
28571

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19418633 PATIENT-POSITIONING SYSTEM, COMPUTER-CONTROL AND DATA-INTEGRATION SYSTEM, SURGICAL COMPONENTRY, AND SURGICAL METHODS OF USING SAME Emplase Medical Technologies, LLC COTRONEO, STEVEN J 3773 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 12, 2025
19324691 BOOKLET PACKAGING Shaheen Innovations Holding Limited ORTIZ, RAFAEL ALFREDO 3736 §103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Sep 10, 2025
19205366 SURGICAL AND STABILIZATION TECHNIQUES FOR TREATMENT OF SACROILIAC JOINTS Emplase Medical Technologies, LLC CARTER, TARA ROSE E §102§103Other Non-Final OA Pending May 12, 2025
19056077 VENTILATED CONTAINER FOR PRODUCE Orora Packaging Solutions PAGAN, JAVIER A 3735 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 16d Pending Feb 18, 2025
19027870 PATIENT-POSITIONING SYSTEM, COMPUTER-CONTROL AND DATA-INTEGRATION SYSTEM, SURGICAL COMPONENTRY, AND SURGICAL METHODS OF USING SAME Emplase Medical Technologies, LLC BECCIA, CHRISTOPHER J DP Non-Final OA Pending Jan 17, 2025
18951520 DEODORANT CONTAINER Orora Packaging Solutions CHIANG, JENNIFER C 3754 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 18, 2024
18804491 TELEPHONE NETWORK SYSTEM AND METHOD Flypsi, Inc. HUYNH, NAM TRUNG §102Other Non-Final OA Pending Aug 14, 2024
18537720 ULTRASONIC MIST INHALER Shaheen Innovations Holding Limited WOLFF, ARIELLE R 3785 §103 Final Rejection 89d overdue Pending Dec 12, 2023
18088767 PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING DURABLE PLANT TAGS FOR HORTICULTURAL ORGANIZATION Orora Visual LLC SUN, XIUQIN 2857 §101§102§103 Final Rejection 46d overdue Pending Dec 26, 2022
16959940 ULTRASONIC MIST INHALER Shaheen Innovations Holding Limited WOLFF, ARIELLE R 3785 §103 Non-Final OA 89d overdue Pending Jul 02, 2020

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