Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Mccormick, Paulding & Huber, Pllc

62 pending office actions • 30 clients • 59 examiners • 35 art units • 0 of 62 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=4488 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

88.1%
Allowance Rate
n=4488
+0.58σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=4488
3.4
OAs to Allowance
n=3275
-0.02σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=3275
1091 days
Time to Allowance
n=3275
+6.6pp
Interview Lift
n=4488
24.4%
RCE Rate
n=4488
3.1%
Appeal Rate
n=4488

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

83.0%
§101 Overcome
n=235
82.6%
§102 Overcome
n=1553
84.0%
§103 Overcome
n=2123
86.6%
§112 Overcome
n=1697

Specialization & Scale

Y10T, F04B, F25B
Top CPC Subclasses
9%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=4488
3
Practitioners
n=4488
1496.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=4488

Portfolio Summary

62
Total Pending OAs
40
Non-Final OAs
18
Final Rejections
4
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 21 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

12
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
6
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. 21 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (12)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 days (6)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.

32
Hard (52%)
21
Medium (34%)
9
Easy (15%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other3 (5%)
§103 only18 (29%)
§102 only3 (5%)
§112 only9 (15%)
Multi-statute (no §101)29 (47%)

Industry Mix

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

16
Life Sciences
26% of docket
1
Information Tech
2% of docket
1
Communications
2% of docket
8
Semiconductors
13% of docket
29
Mechanical / Eng
47% of docket
7
Business / Other
11% 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.

620 h
Manual time on pending OAs
124 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
217 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
5.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
YECHURI, SITARAMARAO S 2 85.8% -8.9%
DUNWOODY, AARON M 2 75.0% +11.6%
DESTA, ELIAS 2 84.0% +9.8%
LEE, GEOFFREY S 1 60.8% +19.7%
REID, MICHAEL ROBERT 1 79.0% +19.7%
GRUSBY, REBECCA LYNN 1 31.6% +45.1%
DRAGICEVICH, ZACHARY T 1 79.5% +4.9%
HEWITT, JAMES M 1 69.3% +45.2%
BAND, MICHAEL A 1 44.9% +55.5%
SINGH, DAPINDER 1 82.4% +18.7%

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
19318882 SEMICONDUCTOR POWER MODULE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE YECHURI, SITARAMARAO S
19099066 SCROLL COMPRESSOR SINGH, DAPINDER

Hard Cases (32)

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
19077695 FEMALE FLUID CONNECTOR FOR A QUICK CONNECTING AND DISCONNECTING FLUID COUPLING HEWITT, JAMES M 60d overdue
18795641 PLATE HEAT EXCHANGER ALVARE, PAUL 45d overdue
18798041 PLATE HEAT EXCHANGER LING, FOR K. 26d overdue
18040668 STERILIZING DEVICE AND STERILIZING METHOD STOFFA, WYATT A 17d overdue
17234200 Wearable Pulse Waveform Measurement System and Method AGAHI, PUYA 15d overdue
17698290 PHYSICAL QUANTITY ESTIMATING SYSTEM AND PHYSICAL QUANTITY ESTIMATING METHOD DESTA, ELIAS 4d overdue
18505565 GAS SENSING LEAK MITIGATION UNIT LOPEZ ALVAREZ, OLVIN 12d
18251489 HEAT EXCHANGER AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM HAVING SAME LANE, DEVON 36d

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
19077695 FEMALE FLUID CONNECTOR FOR A QUICK CONNECTING AND DISCONNECTING FLUID COUPLING HEWITT, JAMES M 60d overdue
19099087 SCROLL PLATE COVER AND SCROLL COMPRESSOR LEE, GEOFFREY S
19133929 VALVE WITH IMPROVED PISTON BALANCING REID, MICHAEL ROBERT
19124124 CONNECTOR MODULE FOR FLUIDLY CONNECTING A FLUID SYSTEM TO A FUNCTION MODULE, ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A CONNECTOR MODULE AND METHOD FOR FLUIDLY CONNECTING A FLUID SYSTEM TO A CONNECTOR MODULE DUNWOODY, AARON M
19089726 WASH-OFF LABEL GRUSBY, REBECCA LYNN
19102189 FILM FORMING APPARATUS AND FILM FORMING METHOD BAND, MICHAEL A
19099066 SCROLL COMPRESSOR SINGH, DAPINDER
18782600 VENEER TYPE TUBE OR HOSE WITH DIFFUSION BARRIER DUNWOODY, AARON M

Client Portfolio (30 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
376310
37464
37534
36793
28342
17892
37912
28931
17851
17941

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19099087 SCROLL PLATE COVER AND SCROLL COMPRESSOR Danfoss (Tianjin) Ltd. LEE, GEOFFREY S 3746 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 23, 2025
19318882 SEMICONDUCTOR POWER MODULE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE Semikron Danfoss GmbH YECHURI, SITARAMARAO S 2893 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 04, 2025
19133929 VALVE WITH IMPROVED PISTON BALANCING Danfoss A/S REID, MICHAEL ROBERT 3753 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 29, 2025
19124124 CONNECTOR MODULE FOR FLUIDLY CONNECTING A FLUID SYSTEM TO A FUNCTION MODULE, ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A CONNECTOR MODULE AND METHOD FOR FLUIDLY CONNECTING A FLUID SYSTEM TO A CONNECTOR MODULE Danfoss A/S DUNWOODY, AARON M 3679 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 24, 2025
19089726 WASH-OFF LABEL Specialty Printing, LLC GRUSBY, REBECCA LYNN 1785 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 25, 2025
19077358 QUICK CONNECTING AND DISCONNECTING FLUID COUPLING Danfoss A/S DRAGICEVICH, ZACHARY T 3679 §103 Final Rejection 40d Pending Mar 12, 2025
19077695 FEMALE FLUID CONNECTOR FOR A QUICK CONNECTING AND DISCONNECTING FLUID COUPLING Danfoss A/S HEWITT, JAMES M 3679 §102§103§112Other Final Rejection 60d overdue Pending Mar 12, 2025
19102189 FILM FORMING APPARATUS AND FILM FORMING METHOD Jsw Afty Corporation BAND, MICHAEL A 1794 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 07, 2025
19099066 SCROLL COMPRESSOR Danfoss (Tianjin) Ltd. SINGH, DAPINDER 3746 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 28, 2025
18873054 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, SOLAR CELL, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SOLAR CELL National Institute Of Advanced Industrial Science And Technology CANNON, RYAN SMITH 1726 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 09, 2024
18698242 AIR BLOW GUN Koganei Corporation PHAM, TUONGMINH NGUYEN §112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 30, 2024
18852703 HYDRAULIC AXIAL PISTON UNIT AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OF A HYDRAULIC AXIAL PISTON UNIT Danfoss Power Solutions Inc. COMLEY, ALEXANDER BRYANT 3746 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 30, 2024
18844647 PACKAGING MADE OF SHEET METAL MATERIAL WITH TEAR-OFF FOIL LID AND MATERIAL SET, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME Soudronic AG KMET, LAUREN ELIZABETH 3735 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 06, 2024
18819876 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING COLOR CORRECTION OF INDIVIDUAL DISPLAY ELEMENTS IN A VIRTUAL STUDIO Disney Enterprises, Inc. VELAZQUEZ VALENCI, AMELIA NMN 2612 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 29, 2024
18838395 PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE FROM COTTON OR COTTON BLENDS Eeden GmbH MINSKEY, JACOB T 1748 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 14, 2024
18837352 A METHOD FOR GENERATING EARLY TEMPERATURE WARNING IN A VAPOUR COMPRESSION SYSTEM Danfoss A/S BANKS, KEONA LAUREN 3763 §103 Final Rejection 12d Pending Aug 09, 2024
18798041 PLATE HEAT EXCHANGER Danfoss A/S LING, FOR K. 3763 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 26d overdue Pending Aug 08, 2024
18795641 PLATE HEAT EXCHANGER Danfoss A/S ALVARE, PAUL 3763 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 45d overdue Pending Aug 06, 2024
18833534 MOTOR, SCROLL COMPRESSOR AND PROCESSING METHOD OF MOTOR Danfoss (Tianjin) Ltd. PHAM, LEDA T 2834 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 26, 2024
18782600 VENEER TYPE TUBE OR HOSE WITH DIFFUSION BARRIER Danfoss A/S DUNWOODY, AARON M §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 24, 2024
18761807 METHOD FOR CALCULATION OF A MECHNICAL SPEED OF AN ELECTRIC ROTATIONAL MACHINE Danfoss Power Electronics A/S ZHONG, XIN Y §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 02, 2024
18725356 SCROLL COMPRESSOR Danfoss (Tianjin) Ltd. PLAKKOOTTAM, DOMINICK L 3700 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 28, 2024
18725475 SCROLL COMPRESSOR WITH DUAL ROTATING SCROLLS Danfoss (Tianjin) Ltd. DAVIS, MARY ALICE 3746 §102§103 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Jun 28, 2024
18722866 PLATE HEAT EXCHANGER Danfoss A/S JONES, GORDON A 3763 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 21, 2024
18711945 HEAT EXCHANGE ASSEMBLY AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM HAVING SAME Danfoss A/S DUONG, THO V 3763 §102 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending May 21, 2024
18665888 PRESSURE RETARDED OSMOSIS SYSTEM Saltpower Holding Aps PATEL, PRANAV N §112 Non-Final OA Pending May 16, 2024
18709718 HEAT EXCHANGER AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM HAVING SAME Danfoss A/S RUPPERT, ERIC S 3763 §103 Final Rejection 11d overdue Pending May 13, 2024
18645993 HYDRAULIC STEERING SYSTEM Danfoss Power Solutions Aps NGUYEN, DUSTIN T 3753 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 25, 2024
18625482 SEMICONDUCTOR POWER MODULE Danfoss Silicon Power GmbH YECHURI, SITARAMARAO S §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 03, 2024
18605126 METHOD FOR CALCULATING THE REMAINING CYCLIC LIFETIME OF AN ELECTRIC CONVERTER AND ELECTRIC CONVERTER FOR EXECUTING THE METHOD Vacon OY DESTA, ELIAS §101§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 14, 2024
18687456 GAS-FIRED BURNER, IN PARTICULAR FOR A DRYING DRUM OF AN ASPHALT MIXING PLANT Ammann Schweiz AG SHIRSAT, VIVEK K 3762 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 28, 2024
18686995 COOLER FOR AN ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND POWER MODULE COMPRISING SUCH A COOLER Danfoss Silicon Power GmbH ATTEY, JOEL M 3763 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 27, 2024
18577508 LEADFRAME Danfoss Silicon Power GmbH CHOWDHARY, NIMARTA KAUR 2898 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 08, 2024
18541391 ANTICOAGULANT REVERSAL AGENTS Pinwheel Therapeutics Inc. BORI, IBRAHIM D 1629 §112Other Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Dec 15, 2023
18527556 METHOD FOR MEASURING MECHANICAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS DESCRIBING AN ELECTRIC MOTOR SYSTEM Danfoss Power Electronics A/S VETTER, DANIEL 3628 §112 Final Rejection Pending Dec 04, 2023
18517131 LAYERED PRODUCT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SUCH LAYERED PRODUCT Meneta Holding A/S SAHNI, VISHAL R 3616 §102 Non-Final OA 42d Pending Nov 22, 2023
18505565 GAS SENSING LEAK MITIGATION UNIT Danfoss A/S LOPEZ ALVAREZ, OLVIN 2117 §102§103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Nov 09, 2023
18558804 AQUEOUS DISPERSIONS OF MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS FOR USE IN PRESERVATION OF HARVESTED PRODUCTS Dead Sea Bromine Company Ltd. LACHICA, ERICSON M 1792 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 03, 2023
18555751 POWER MODULE WITH IMPROVED ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS Danfoss Silicon Power GmbH SRINIVASAN, SESHA SAIRAMAN 2812 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 17, 2023
18476008 ULTRA-LOW TEMPERATURE EMERGENCY STARTING POWER SUPPLY Grepow, Inc. TSO, EDWARD H §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 27, 2023
18550604 SCINTILLATOR STRUCTURE Proterial, Ltd. KHAN, TAHSEEN 1781 §103 Non-Final OA 39d Pending Sep 14, 2023
18263158 TAP-MOUNTED WATER PURIFICATION UNIT Omify AG VARMA, AKASH K 1773 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 27, 2023
18347685 System for reverse osmosis Danfoss A/S ROYCE, LIAM A 1777 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 06, 2023
18259672 HEAT EXCHANGER Danfoss A/S ARANT, HARRY E 3763 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 28, 2023
18311722 PROCESS FOR PURIFICATION OF MITRAGYNINE FROM CRUDE EXTRACT Lucky 4U Exims AMIN, ALPA NILESH 1655 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending May 03, 2023
18251489 HEAT EXCHANGER AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM HAVING SAME Danfoss A/S LANE, DEVON 3763 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 36d Pending May 02, 2023
18246887 REUSABLE MOISTURE-REGULATING TEXTILE SHEET BODYVISION Technology GmbH EMRICH, LARISSA ROWE 1789 §112 Non-Final OA 71d overdue Pending Mar 28, 2023
18040668 STERILIZING DEVICE AND STERILIZING METHOD Tokyo Metropolitan Industrial Technology Research Institute STOFFA, WYATT A 2881 §103§112 Final Rejection 17d overdue Pending Feb 06, 2023
18005995 STATOR FOR DISK MOTOR, STATOR SUPPORTING RING AND COMPRESSOR Danfoss (Tianjin) Ltd. SCHLAK, DANIEL KEITH 2834 §112 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Jan 19, 2023
18154108 ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PREDICTING AND DIAGNOSING SCOLIOSIS AND ITS OPERATING METHOD Ceragem Co., Ltd. BALAJI, KAVYA SHOBANA 3791 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jan 13, 2023
18003355 3-DIMENSIONAL MANUFACTURE OF POROUS AND WATERPROOF MEMBRANE Dimpora AG STEELE, JENNIFER A 1789 §103 Non-Final OA 55d Pending Dec 27, 2022
18066469 CHIMERIC ANTIBODIES FOR TREATMENT OF AMYLOID DEPOSITION DISEASES The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York FONTAINHAS, AURORA M 1675 §102§103Other Final Rejection 53d Pending Dec 15, 2022
18062037 HYDRAULIC STEERING UNIT Danfoss Power Solutions Aps SANCHEZ-MEDINA, REINALDO 3753 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 06, 2022
17997852 IMPROVED PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF SEMAGLUTIDE Neuland Laboratories Limited KONOPELSKI SNAVEL, SARA ELIZABETH 1658 §103 Non-Final OA 32d overdue Pending Nov 03, 2022
17960555 CUTTING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF CUTTING APPARATUS Horizon Inc. MATTHEWS, JENNIFER S 3724 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 05, 2022
17781407 POWER MODULE Danfoss Silicon Power GmbH STEVENSON, ANDRE C 2899 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 01, 2022
17698290 PHYSICAL QUANTITY ESTIMATING SYSTEM AND PHYSICAL QUANTITY ESTIMATING METHOD Proterial, Ltd. DESTA, ELIAS 2857 §101DP Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Mar 18, 2022
17547549 CHECK-VALVE Danfoss A/S GARDNER, NICOLE 3753 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 10, 2021
17617102 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING AQUEOUS NITRATE CONCENTRATION IN SOLUTION CONTAINING DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON B. G. Negev Technologies and Applications Ltd. FRITCHMAN, REBECCA M 1758 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 07, 2021
17234200 Wearable Pulse Waveform Measurement System and Method Vivipulse, LLC AGAHI, PUYA 3791 §101§103§112Other Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending Apr 19, 2021
16497864 A VAPOUR COMPRESSION SYSTEM WITH A SUCTION LINE LIQUID SEPARATOR Danfoss A/S FURDGE, LARRY L 3763 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Sep 26, 2019
14891767 METHOD OF PRODUCING A PIGMENT CONTAINING, CATIONIC, HIGH SOLIDS AQUEOUS DISPERSION, AQUEOUS DISPERSION CONTAINING PIGMENTS, AND USE THEREOF Fp-Pigments OY ABU ALI, SHUANGYI 1731 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 17, 2015

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