Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Mcafee & Taft

Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

15 pending office actions • 11 clients • 15 examiners • 12 art units • 0 of 15 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 18 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=1280 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

88.0%
Allowance Rate
n=1280
+0.62σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1280
3.0
OAs to Allowance
n=843
-0.22σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=843
1016 days
Time to Allowance
n=843
+11.7pp
Interview Lift
n=1280
18.1%
RCE Rate
n=1280
2.6%
Appeal Rate
n=1280

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

86.1%
§101 Overcome
n=36
84.2%
§102 Overcome
n=323
85.3%
§103 Overcome
n=565
87.0%
§112 Overcome
n=363

Specialization & Scale

E21B, C09K, Y10T
Top CPC Subclasses
20%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1280
8
Practitioners
n=1280
160.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=1280

Portfolio Summary

15
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
8
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)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.

13
Hard (87%)
2
Medium (13%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (7%)
§103 only2 (13%)
Multi-statute (no §101)12 (80%)

Industry Mix

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

5
Life Sciences
33% of docket
1
Information Tech
7% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
40% of docket
3
Business / Other
20% 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.

150 h
Manual time on pending OAs
30 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
52 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LETTERMAN, CATRINA A 1 66.9% +30.8%
LEE, CRYSTAL J 1 82.1% +21.5%
MATTHEWS, MADISON ROSE 1 80.4% +34.8%
JONES, LOGAN P 1 43.3% +31.2%
SU, XIAOWEI 1 71.7% +12.8%
LEFF, ANGELA MARIE DITRAN 1 69.8% +13.4%
PRICE, CRAIG JAMES 1 68.9% +22.1%
YAO, THEODORE N 1 66.9% +39.4%
WIECZOREK, MICHAEL P 1 55.2% +16.8%
PAGE, HANA C 1 60.3% +32.8%

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
18812758 ADAPTIVE ROBOTIC HEAD SUPPORT MATTHEWS, MADISON ROSE —

Hard Cases (13)

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
17944818 DESIGNING SMART ENVIRONMENTAL EFFICIENCY FLUIDS COCCHI, MICHAEL EDWARD 36d overdue
18276938 VOID FORMING MODULE, METHOD OF PREPARING A STRUCTURE AND USE OF SUCH MODULE IN THE PREPARATION OF A STRUCTURE YAO, THEODORE N 28d overdue
18123144 TREATED TITANIUM DIOXIDE PIGMENT PARVINI, PEGAH 22d overdue
18375251 HYDRAULIC CEMENT FOR CARBON DIOXIDE ENVIRONMENTS LEFF, ANGELA MARIE DITRAN 15d
19016614 FREE STANDING TRAINING BAG LETTERMAN, CATRINA A —
18954796 FIBER INCORPORATED THIXOTROPIC CEMENT SLURRY FOR LOST CIRCULATION APPLICATION LEE, CRYSTAL J —
18658108 FIRE PIT WITH LIFT OFF ASH HANDLING MECHANISM JONES, LOGAN P —
18638295 PROCESSES FOR RECOVERING METALS FROM BLACK MASS SU, XIAOWEI —

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
18276938 VOID FORMING MODULE, METHOD OF PREPARING A STRUCTURE AND USE OF SUCH MODULE IN THE PREPARATION OF A STRUCTURE YAO, THEODORE N 28d overdue
18375251 HYDRAULIC CEMENT FOR CARBON DIOXIDE ENVIRONMENTS LEFF, ANGELA MARIE DITRAN 15d
19016614 FREE STANDING TRAINING BAG LETTERMAN, CATRINA A —
18954796 FIBER INCORPORATED THIXOTROPIC CEMENT SLURRY FOR LOST CIRCULATION APPLICATION LEE, CRYSTAL J —
18812758 ADAPTIVE ROBOTIC HEAD SUPPORT MATTHEWS, MADISON ROSE —
18658108 FIRE PIT WITH LIFT OFF ASH HANDLING MECHANISM JONES, LOGAN P —
18638295 PROCESSES FOR RECOVERING METALS FROM BLACK MASS SU, XIAOWEI —
18233266 SAND LOCK VALVE PRICE, CRAIG JAMES —

Client Portfolio (11 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37841
17381
36741
37531
36761
17881
17451
17311
37811
37451

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19016614 FREE STANDING TRAINING BAG Century, LLC LETTERMAN, CATRINA A 3784 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 10, 2025
18954796 FIBER INCORPORATED THIXOTROPIC CEMENT SLURRY FOR LOST CIRCULATION APPLICATION Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. LEE, CRYSTAL J 1738 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 21, 2024
18812758 ADAPTIVE ROBOTIC HEAD SUPPORT The University of Tulsa MATTHEWS, MADISON ROSE §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 22, 2024
18658108 FIRE PIT WITH LIFT OFF ASH HANDLING MECHANISM Lamplight Farms Incorporated JONES, LOGAN P §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 08, 2024
18638295 PROCESSES FOR RECOVERING METALS FROM BLACK MASS Cvmr Corporation SU, XIAOWEI §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 17, 2024
18375251 HYDRAULIC CEMENT FOR CARBON DIOXIDE ENVIRONMENTS Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. LEFF, ANGELA MARIE DITRAN 3674 §102§103 Final Rejection 15d Pending Sep 29, 2023
18233266 SAND LOCK VALVE Klx Energy Services LLC PRICE, CRAIG JAMES 3753 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 11, 2023
18276938 VOID FORMING MODULE, METHOD OF PREPARING A STRUCTURE AND USE OF SUCH MODULE IN THE PREPARATION OF A STRUCTURE Water Products Limited YAO, THEODORE N 3676 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 28d overdue Pending Aug 11, 2023
18222233 INORGANIC PIGMENT TREATED WITH PHMS/PDMS COPOLYMER Tronox LLC WIECZOREK, MICHAEL P 1788 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 14, 2023
18209190 METAMATERIAL LAMINATE BASED ON POLYMER NANOFIBERS AND METALLIC NANOFIBERS AND METALLIC NANOPARTICLES FOR SENSOR APPLICATIONS University of Central Oklahoma PAGE, HANA C 1745 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 13, 2023
18123144 TREATED TITANIUM DIOXIDE PIGMENT Tronox LLC PARVINI, PEGAH 1731 §103§112 Non-Final OA 22d overdue Pending Mar 17, 2023
18024410 AN OSTOMY APPLIANCE Salts Healthcare Limited KALIHER, HANS CHRISTIAN 3781 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 02, 2023
18010138 HIGH SPEED NUT CRACKING APPARATUS Savage Equipment Incorporated MCCAFFREY, KAYLA M 3745 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 13, 2022
17944818 DESIGNING SMART ENVIRONMENTAL EFFICIENCY FLUIDS Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. COCCHI, MICHAEL EDWARD 2188 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending Sep 14, 2022
17402303 ANTI-CORROSION TITANIUM DIOXIDE PIGMENTS Tronox LLC JOHNSTON, BRIEANN R 1766 §103 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Aug 13, 2021

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