Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Maschoff Brennan Gilmore Israelsen & Mauriel LLP

Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

38 pending office actions • 14 clients • 34 examiners • 14 art units • 0 of 38 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=839 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

83.7%
Allowance Rate
n=839
+0.50σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=839
3.4
OAs to Allowance
n=436
-0.24σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=436
1100 days
Time to Allowance
n=436
+18.5pp
Interview Lift
n=839
26.5%
RCE Rate
n=839
3.9%
Appeal Rate
n=839

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

71.4%
§101 Overcome
n=105
72.7%
§102 Overcome
n=187
73.6%
§103 Overcome
n=333
78.9%
§112 Overcome
n=204

Specialization & Scale

G06F, G01S, G06Q
Top CPC Subclasses
26%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=839
4
Practitioners
n=839
209.8
Apps / Practitioner
n=839

Portfolio Summary

38
Total Pending OAs
23
Non-Final OAs
13
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
1
Due this week
6
Due this month
3
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. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (6)Due ≤ 60 days (3)

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.

19
Hard (50%)
19
Medium (50%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (3%)
§101 + other5 (13%)
§103 only18 (47%)
§102 only1 (3%)
Multi-statute (no §101)13 (34%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
5% of docket
5
Information Tech
13% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
3
Semiconductors
8% of docket
15
Mechanical / Eng
39% of docket
13
Business / Other
34% 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.

380 h
Manual time on pending OAs
76 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
133 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CHANG, SUKWOO JAMES 4 57.3% +41.1%
MALIKASIM, JONATHAN L 2 80.9% -0.8%
STANFORD, CHRISTOPHER J 1 55.0% +26.8%
NGUYEN, BAO LONG T 1 82.9% +7.3%
HOLMAN, JOHN D 1 58.7% +21.8%
TAN, OLIVER E 1 73.2% +10.1%
TRAN, LOC 1 83.8% +24.1%
HEFLIN, HARRISON JAMES RIEL 1 72.3% +14.4%
LEWANDROSKI, SARA J 1 81.0% +9.0%
PATTON, SPENCER D 1 74.1% +21.1%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19312402 CLEANING PRIORITIZATION FOR MOBILE CLEANING ROBOT NGUYEN, BAO LONG T —
18126053 METHOD FOR ACCURATE TIME-OF-FLIGHT CALCULATION ON THE COST-EFFECTIVE TOF LIDAR SYSTEM MALIKASIM, JONATHAN L —

Hard Cases (19)

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
18126240 REAL-TIME MONITORING DC OFFSET OF ADC DATA OF LIDAR SYSTEM RICHTER, KARA MARIE 26d
18511982 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR POLYGON MIRROR ANGLES ADJUSTMENT WRIGHT, ANDREW RUSSELL 27d
18749421 DRUG KNOWLEDGE QUIZ METHOD, APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND MEDIUM YIP, JACK 34d
17994486 MOBILE CLEANING ROBOT WITH A SPACER CHANG, SUKWOO JAMES 48d
19408093 HIGH DENSITY LIDAR SYSTEMS STANFORD, CHRISTOPHER J —
19300202 USER FEEDBACK ON POTENTIAL OBSTACLES AND ERROR CONDITIONS DETECTED BY AUTONOMOUS MOBILE ROBOTS HOLMAN, JOHN D —
19297279 MAPPING STASIS FOR MOBILE CLEANING ROBOT TAN, OLIVER E —
19294992 ANSWER INFORMATION GENERATION METHOD TRAN, LOC —

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
17994486 MOBILE CLEANING ROBOT WITH A SPACER CHANG, SUKWOO JAMES 48d
18207346 MOBILE CLEANING ROBOT INCLUDING SCRUBBING FEATURES CHANG, SUKWOO JAMES 49d
19408093 HIGH DENSITY LIDAR SYSTEMS STANFORD, CHRISTOPHER J —
19300202 USER FEEDBACK ON POTENTIAL OBSTACLES AND ERROR CONDITIONS DETECTED BY AUTONOMOUS MOBILE ROBOTS HOLMAN, JOHN D —
19297279 MAPPING STASIS FOR MOBILE CLEANING ROBOT TAN, OLIVER E —
19294992 ANSWER INFORMATION GENERATION METHOD TRAN, LOC —
19210223 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DOCK PLACEMENT FOR AN AUTONOMOUS MOBILE ROBOT HEFLIN, HARRISON JAMES RIEL —
19035194 CONTROL OF AUTONOMOUS MOBILE ROBOTS PATTON, SPENCER D —

Client Portfolio (14 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36458
37234
41003
28722
36562
24921
37151
21721
24691
24871

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19408093 HIGH DENSITY LIDAR SYSTEMS Seyond, Inc. STANFORD, CHRISTOPHER J 2872 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 03, 2025
19312402 CLEANING PRIORITIZATION FOR MOBILE CLEANING ROBOT Irobot Corporation NGUYEN, BAO LONG T 3656 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 28, 2025
19300202 USER FEEDBACK ON POTENTIAL OBSTACLES AND ERROR CONDITIONS DETECTED BY AUTONOMOUS MOBILE ROBOTS Irobot Corporation HOLMAN, JOHN D §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 14, 2025
19297279 MAPPING STASIS FOR MOBILE CLEANING ROBOT Irobot Corporation TAN, OLIVER E §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 12, 2025
19294992 ANSWER INFORMATION GENERATION METHOD BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. TRAN, LOC §101Other Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 08, 2025
19210223 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DOCK PLACEMENT FOR AN AUTONOMOUS MOBILE ROBOT Irobot Corporation HEFLIN, HARRISON JAMES RIEL §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 16, 2025
19193336 METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES FOR MAPPING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SIGNALS FOR MOBILE ROBOT GUIDANCE Irobot Corporation LEWANDROSKI, SARA J §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 29, 2025
19035194 CONTROL OF AUTONOMOUS MOBILE ROBOTS Irobot Corporation PATTON, SPENCER D 3656 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 23, 2025
18988908 METHOD AND SYSTEM OF SYMBOL SELECTION FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED Victorialand Beauty, LLC LANE, DANIEL E §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 20, 2024
18968920 ANNOTATION METHOD FOR LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. PULLIAS, JESSE SCOTT §102§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 04, 2024
18866988 ENABLING CELLULAR BASED ZERO TRUST NETWORK ACCESS Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ) KOBROSLI, SHADI HASSAN 2492 §103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Nov 18, 2024
18923543 DETECTION CIRCUIT FOR LASER RADAR, LASER RADAR, VEHICLE SYSTEM, AND METHOD Tudatong (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. MALIKASIM, JONATHAN L §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 22, 2024
18749421 DRUG KNOWLEDGE QUIZ METHOD, APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND MEDIUM BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. YIP, JACK 3715 §101§103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Jun 20, 2024
18720621 INFORMATION RECOMMENDATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND MEDIUM BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. TSUI, WILSON W 2172 §101§102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 14, 2024
18707866 METHOD AND SYSTEMS FOR CSI REPORTING ENHANCEMENT FOR TYPE II PMI PREDICTION Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Pub) HUYNH, DUNG B. 2469 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 06, 2024
18684602 ELECTROMECHANICAL HYDROGEN GENERATOR H2Generation Inc. CONTRERAS, CIEL P §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 16, 2024
18533048 INTERFERENCE REDUCTION Innovusion, Inc. AHMAD, KHALIL ALI 4100 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 07, 2023
18515157 MOTOR ASSEMBLY FOR LIDAR, LIDAR, AND CARRIER SYSTEM Innovusion, Inc. SCHLAK, DANIEL KEITH 4100 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 20, 2023
18511982 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR POLYGON MIRROR ANGLES ADJUSTMENT Innovusion, Inc. WRIGHT, ANDREW RUSSELL 2872 §102§103 Final Rejection 27d Pending Nov 16, 2023
18383426 LASER SOURCE WITH MULTIPLE SEEDS FOR LIDAR Innovusion, Inc. FLORES, MARK ANTHONY 4100 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 24, 2023
18375961 MULTI-WAVELENGTH PULSE STEERING IN LIDAR SYSTEMS Innovusion, Inc. NICKERSON, SAMANTHA K 3645 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 02, 2023
18374620 STRAY LIGHT FILTER STRUCTURES FOR LIDAR DETECTOR ARRAY Innovusion, Inc. BAGHDASARYAN, HOVHANNES 3645 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 28, 2023
18370224 WAVELENGTH STABILITY OF MULTIJUNCTION DIODE LASER IN LIDAR Innovusion, Inc. NASER, SANJIDA IFFAT 3645 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 19, 2023
18367425 DATA FUSION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LiDAR SYSTEM AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Innovusion, Inc. RAHMAN, MOHAMMAD J 2487 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 12, 2023
18234799 LOW-PROFILE LIDAR SYSTEM WITH SINGLE POLYGON AND MULTIPLE OSCILLATING MIRROR SCANNERS Innovusion, Inc. FRITCHMAN, JOSEPH C 3645 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 16, 2023
18207346 MOBILE CLEANING ROBOT INCLUDING SCRUBBING FEATURES Irobot Corporation CHANG, SUKWOO JAMES 3723 §103 Final Rejection 49d Pending Jun 08, 2023
18126887 METHOD FOR MOLECULAR REPRESENTING BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. HAYES, JONATHAN EDWARD §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 27, 2023
18126059 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTION OF GALVANOMETER MIRROR ZERO POSITION ANGLE OFFSET AND FAULT DETECTION IN LIDAR Innovusion, Inc. SINGH, AVIRAJ DONGSOOK 3645 §103 Final Rejection 29d Pending Mar 24, 2023
18126240 REAL-TIME MONITORING DC OFFSET OF ADC DATA OF LIDAR SYSTEM Innovusion, Inc. RICHTER, KARA MARIE 3645 §103§112 Final Rejection 26d Pending Mar 24, 2023
18126053 METHOD FOR ACCURATE TIME-OF-FLIGHT CALCULATION ON THE COST-EFFECTIVE TOF LIDAR SYSTEM Innovusion, Inc. MALIKASIM, JONATHAN L 3645 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 24, 2023
18124526 METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF WINDOW BLOCKAGE DETECTION FOR LIDAR Innovusion, Inc. CHILTON, CLARA GRACE 3645 §103 Final Rejection 9d Pending Mar 21, 2023
17994486 MOBILE CLEANING ROBOT WITH A SPACER Irobot Corporation CHANG, SUKWOO JAMES 3723 §103§112 Final Rejection 48d Pending Nov 28, 2022
17991071 PROACTIVE MAINTENANCE IN AN AUTONOMOUS MOBILE ROBOT Irobot Corporation XIA, XUYANG 2143 §103 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Nov 21, 2022
17943135 MANUFACTURE OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH OPTICAL TRANSMISSION CHANNEL BETWEEN OPTICAL COUPLER AND OUTSIDE OF THE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE United Microelectronics Center Co., Ltd. HANUMASAGAR, SHAMITA S 2814 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Sep 12, 2022
17878411 EVACUATION STATION Irobot Corporation CHANG, SUKWOO JAMES 3723 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 01, 2022
17793361 LOW-HARM CIGARETTE SUBJECTED TO SMOKE ENHANCEMENT China Tobacco Henan Industrial Co., Ltd. MARTIN, JOHN MITCHELL 1755 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 15, 2022
17057605 COOLING FILTER ROD, APPLICATION THEREOF AND CIGARETTE China Tobacco Hunan Industrial Co., Ltd. CULBERT, COURTNEY GUENTHER 1747 §103 Final Rejection 5d Pending Nov 20, 2020
16950226 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SCHEDULING MOBILE ROBOT MISSIONS Irobot Corporation CHANG, SUKWOO JAMES 3723 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 17, 2020

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