Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Mcafee & Taft

10 pending office actions • 7 clients • 10 examiners • 9 art units • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 17 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=1272 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

88.0%
Allowance Rate
n=1272
+0.61σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1272
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=1272
18.1%
RCE Rate
n=1272
2.7%
Appeal Rate
n=1272

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

88.6%
§101 Overcome
n=35
84.7%
§102 Overcome
n=321
86.4%
§103 Overcome
n=557
88.0%
§112 Overcome
n=359

Specialization & Scale

E21B, C09K, Y10T
Top CPC Subclasses
20%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1272
8
Practitioners
n=1272
159.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=1272

Portfolio Summary

10
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
5
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
0
Due this month
1
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 ≤ 60 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.

7
Hard (70%)
3
Medium (30%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (30%)
Multi-statute (no §101)7 (70%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
20% of docket
1
Information Tech
10% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
7
Mechanical / Eng
70% 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.

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
IRVIN, THOMAS W 1 77.3% +14.9%
PRICE, CRAIG JAMES 1 68.7% +22.1%
YAO, THEODORE N 1 67.1% +38.2%
LEE, MATTHEW D 1 89.4% +5.3%
PAGE, HANA C 1 60.1% +32.5%
SILVA, MICHAEL THOMAS 1 32.7% +21.3%
WILLIAMS, THOMAS J 1 78.7% +14.1%
PARVINI, PEGAH 1 70.1% +12.1%
KALIHER, HANS CHRISTIAN 1 61.8% +29.6%
COCCHI, MICHAEL EDWARD 1 39.9% +46.7%

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
18275646 ACTIVE/SEMI-ACTIVE STEER-BY-WIRE SYSTEM AND METHOD LEE, MATTHEW D

Hard Cases (7)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18033949 VEHICLE ACTIVE VIBRATION CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD SILVA, MICHAEL THOMAS 29d 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
18237167 HIGH TEMPERATURE FLUID ISOLATOR WITH LARGE DYNAMIC DISPLACEMENT CAPABILITY IRVIN, THOMAS W 39d
18233266 SAND LOCK VALVE PRICE, CRAIG JAMES
18029800 DRUM TACTILE FEEDBACK DEVICE STEERING UNIT AND METHOD WILLIAMS, THOMAS J
18024410 AN OSTOMY APPLIANCE KALIHER, HANS CHRISTIAN

Interview Candidates (9)

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
17944818 DESIGNING SMART ENVIRONMENTAL EFFICIENCY FLUIDS COCCHI, MICHAEL EDWARD 36d overdue
18033949 VEHICLE ACTIVE VIBRATION CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD SILVA, MICHAEL THOMAS 29d 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
18237167 HIGH TEMPERATURE FLUID ISOLATOR WITH LARGE DYNAMIC DISPLACEMENT CAPABILITY IRVIN, THOMAS W 39d
18233266 SAND LOCK VALVE PRICE, CRAIG JAMES
18209190 METAMATERIAL LAMINATE BASED ON POLYMER NANOFIBERS AND METALLIC NANOFIBERS AND METALLIC NANOPARTICLES FOR SENSOR APPLICATIONS PAGE, HANA C
18029800 DRUM TACTILE FEEDBACK DEVICE STEERING UNIT AND METHOD WILLIAMS, THOMAS J

Client Portfolio (7 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36162
37531
36761
36171
17451
36631
17311
37811
21881

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18237167 HIGH TEMPERATURE FLUID ISOLATOR WITH LARGE DYNAMIC DISPLACEMENT CAPABILITY Lord Corporation IRVIN, THOMAS W 3616 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 39d Pending Aug 23, 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
18275646 ACTIVE/SEMI-ACTIVE STEER-BY-WIRE SYSTEM AND METHOD Lord Corporation LEE, MATTHEW D 3617 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 03, 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 Final Rejection Pending Jun 13, 2023
18033949 VEHICLE ACTIVE VIBRATION CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD Lord Corporation SILVA, MICHAEL THOMAS 3663 §103§112 Final Rejection 29d overdue Pending Apr 26, 2023
18029800 DRUM TACTILE FEEDBACK DEVICE STEERING UNIT AND METHOD Lord Corporation WILLIAMS, THOMAS J 3616 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 31, 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
17944818 DESIGNING SMART ENVIRONMENTAL EFFICIENCY FLUIDS Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. COCCHI, MICHAEL EDWARD 2188 §103 Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending Sep 14, 2022

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