Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Matney Legal Group Pllc

7 pending office actions • 3 clients • 7 examiners • 7 art units • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 13 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=393 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

92.9%
Allowance Rate
n=393
+0.72σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=393
3.1
OAs to Allowance
n=105
-0.48σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=105
1081 days
Time to Allowance
n=105
-3.9pp
Interview Lift
n=393
33.6%
RCE Rate
n=393
0.0%
Appeal Rate
n=393

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=3 (min 20)
§102 Overcome
n=10 (min 20)
79.7%
§103 Overcome
n=59
§112 Overcome
n=16 (min 20)

Specialization & Scale

A61F, A61L, A01N
Top CPC Subclasses
33%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=393
2
Practitioners
n=393
196.5
Apps / Practitioner
n=393

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

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.

0
Hard (0%)
5
Medium (71%)
2
Easy (29%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (57%)
§102 only1 (14%)
§112 only1 (14%)
Double-patenting only1 (14%)

Industry Mix

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

5
Life Sciences
71% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
14% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
14% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BERKE-SCHLESSEL, DAVID W 1 66.6% +31.9%
SINGH, GURBIR 1 66.7% +15.9%
MCNEIL, JENNIFER C 1 22.6% +16.7%
HERBERT, MADISON TAYLOR 1 55.6% +53.3%
JOHNSON, ALLISON MARIE 1 44.4% +51.2%
DUDDEN, TERESA MARIE 1 41.7% +40.0%
STAVROU, CONSTANTINA E 1 42.9% +34.3%

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18241557 GLYCOSYLATED STEVIOL GLYCOSIDE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF PREPARING GLYCOSYLATED STEVIOL GLYCOSIDE COMPOSITIONS MCNEIL, JENNIFER C

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
17731616 PRESERVATION METHODS USING TREHALOSE WITH OTHER CRYOPROTECTANTS BEING ABSENT FROM THE CRYOPRESERVATION PROTOCOL JOHNSON, ALLISON MARIE 62d
18757079 CROSSLINKED SOFT TISSUE GRAFT AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF BERKE-SCHLESSEL, DAVID W
18565054 SPHERICAL REFLECTOR ANTENNA HAVING WAVEGUIDE FEED SYSTEM SINGH, GURBIR
18241557 GLYCOSYLATED STEVIOL GLYCOSIDE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF PREPARING GLYCOSYLATED STEVIOL GLYCOSIDE COMPOSITIONS MCNEIL, JENNIFER C
17987257 CASSETTE FOR PRESERVATION OF NATURAL AND BIOENGINEERED TISSUES HERBERT, MADISON TAYLOR
17636244 TRANSFORAMINAL POSTERIOR ATRAUMATIC LUMBAR BIO-IMPLANT DUDDEN, TERESA MARIE
17603661 BIRTH TISSUE-DERIVED PRODUCTS AND PREPARATION AND USES THEREOF STAVROU, CONSTANTINA E

Client Portfolio (3 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
LifeNet Health 5
Freefall Aerospace 1
Tate & Lyle 1

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
16511
28451
17931
17581
16381
37741
16321

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18757079 CROSSLINKED SOFT TISSUE GRAFT AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Lifenet Health BERKE-SCHLESSEL, DAVID W 1651 DP Non-Final OA Pending Jun 27, 2024
18565054 SPHERICAL REFLECTOR ANTENNA HAVING WAVEGUIDE FEED SYSTEM Freefall Aerospace, Inc. SINGH, GURBIR 2845 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 28, 2023
18241557 GLYCOSYLATED STEVIOL GLYCOSIDE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF PREPARING GLYCOSYLATED STEVIOL GLYCOSIDE COMPOSITIONS Tate & Lyle Solutions Usa LLC MCNEIL, JENNIFER C 1793 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 01, 2023
17987257 CASSETTE FOR PRESERVATION OF NATURAL AND BIOENGINEERED TISSUES Lifenet Health HERBERT, MADISON TAYLOR 1758 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 15, 2022
17731616 PRESERVATION METHODS USING TREHALOSE WITH OTHER CRYOPROTECTANTS BEING ABSENT FROM THE CRYOPRESERVATION PROTOCOL Lifenet Health JOHNSON, ALLISON MARIE 1638 §103 Non-Final OA 62d Pending Apr 28, 2022
17636244 TRANSFORAMINAL POSTERIOR ATRAUMATIC LUMBAR BIO-IMPLANT Lifenet Health DUDDEN, TERESA MARIE 3774 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 17, 2022
17603661 BIRTH TISSUE-DERIVED PRODUCTS AND PREPARATION AND USES THEREOF Lifenet Health STAVROU, CONSTANTINA E 1632 §102 Final Rejection Pending Oct 14, 2021

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