Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Mccarter & English, LLP Newark

12 pending office actions • 11 clients • 11 examiners • 10 art units • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 27 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=1671 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

79.2%
Allowance Rate
n=1671
+0.44σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1671
3.1
OAs to Allowance
n=904
-0.31σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=904
1155 days
Time to Allowance
n=904
+6.5pp
Interview Lift
n=1671
28.0%
RCE Rate
n=1671
1.8%
Appeal Rate
n=1671

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

85.7%
§101 Overcome
n=35
79.1%
§102 Overcome
n=91
76.6%
§103 Overcome
n=521
90.8%
§112 Overcome
n=109

Specialization & Scale

G06Q, G06F, Y10T
Top CPC Subclasses
17%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1671
0
Practitioners
n=1671
Apps / Practitioner
n=1671 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

12
Total Pending OAs
10
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 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
1
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (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.

0
Hard (0%)
11
Medium (92%)
1
Easy (8%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only10 (83%)
§102 only1 (8%)
Double-patenting only1 (8%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
8% of docket
2
Information Tech
17% of docket
2
Communications
17% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
42% of docket
2
Business / Other
17% 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.

120 h
Manual time on pending OAs
24 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
42 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PILCHER, JONATHAN L 2 63.8% +45.0%
IGNACZEWSKI, JAMES EDWARD 1 81.0% -5.1%
KHALID, OMER 1 66.9% +23.1%
BRINEY III, WALTER F 1 65.5% +4.8%
HACKENBERG, RACHEL J 1 78.4% +25.9%
RIEGLER, PATRICK F 1 54.6% +32.0%
TOLEDO-DURAN, EDWIN J 1 69.7% +32.5%
O'SHEA, BRENDAN S 1 30.8% +38.6%
DONAHUE, ZACHARY RYAN 1 1.7% +4.7%
HAUSMANN, MICHELLE M 1 76.4% +21.4%

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
19306816 Convertible Door Handle IGNACZEWSKI, JAMES EDWARD

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
18117962 Systems and Methods for Product Purchases and Non-Fungible Tokens DONAHUE, ZACHARY RYAN 13d

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
18127414 Computer Vision Systems and Methods for Property Scene Understanding from Digital Images and Videos O'SHEA, BRENDAN S 87d overdue
18411752 Engine, System, and Method of Providing Automated Risk Mitigation RIEGLER, PATRICK F 49d overdue
17868157 Computer Vision Systems and Methods for Blind Localization of Image Forgery HAUSMANN, MICHELLE M 17d overdue
19099113 Remote Event Monitoring System and Method KHALID, OMER 41d
19047911 Methods for Petroleum Coke Carbon Capture and Sequestration PILCHER, JONATHAN L
19048044 Methods for Petroleum Coke Carbon Capture and Sequestration PILCHER, JONATHAN L
18952333 System and Method for Dynamic Device Discovery and Address Assignment HACKENBERG, RACHEL J
18578701 Apparatus for Servicing a Structure TOLEDO-DURAN, EDWIN J

Client Portfolio (11 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36751
17721
24221
26921
21711
36781
36261
36891
26711
37611

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19306816 Convertible Door Handle Nbr Brands, Inc. IGNACZEWSKI, JAMES EDWARD 3675 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 21, 2025
19047911 Methods for Petroleum Coke Carbon Capture and Sequestration Confair Carbon Capture Technologies, LLC PILCHER, JONATHAN L §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 07, 2025
19048044 Methods for Petroleum Coke Carbon Capture and Sequestration Confair Carbon Capture Technologies, LLC PILCHER, JONATHAN L 1772 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 07, 2025
19099113 Remote Event Monitoring System and Method Tooth Care Project Ltd. KHALID, OMER 2422 §103 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Jan 28, 2025
18870914 Display with Integrated Speaker Sky Cp Limited BRINEY III, WALTER F 2692 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 02, 2024
18952333 System and Method for Dynamic Device Discovery and Address Assignment Hayward Industries, Inc. HACKENBERG, RACHEL J DP Non-Final OA Pending Nov 19, 2024
18411752 Engine, System, and Method of Providing Automated Risk Mitigation Josh Kelso RIEGLER, PATRICK F 2171 §103 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Jan 12, 2024
18578701 Apparatus for Servicing a Structure Rototech Pte. Ltd. TOLEDO-DURAN, EDWIN J 3678 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 11, 2024
18127414 Computer Vision Systems and Methods for Property Scene Understanding from Digital Images and Videos Insurance Services Office, Inc. O'SHEA, BRENDAN S 3626 §103 Non-Final OA 87d overdue Pending Mar 28, 2023
18117962 Systems and Methods for Product Purchases and Non-Fungible Tokens National Entertainment Collectibles Association, Inc. DONAHUE, ZACHARY RYAN 3689 §103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Mar 06, 2023
17868157 Computer Vision Systems and Methods for Blind Localization of Image Forgery The Regents of the University of Colorado HAUSMANN, MICHELLE M 2671 §103 Final Rejection 17d overdue Pending Jul 19, 2022
17256567 Trackless Welding Carriage With Guide Wheel Titan Trailers Inc. BURNS, KRISTINA BABINSKI 3761 §103 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Dec 28, 2020

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