Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Mcgrath North Mullin & Kratz, Pc Llo

5 pending office actions • 4 clients • 5 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=245 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

97.3%
Allowance Rate
n=245
+0.87σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=245
2.2
OAs to Allowance
n=219
-0.82σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=219
761 days
Time to Allowance
n=219
+2.4pp
Interview Lift
n=245
12.0%
RCE Rate
n=245
3.2%
Appeal Rate
n=245

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=14 (min 20)
86.0%
§102 Overcome
n=50
87.8%
§103 Overcome
n=107
88.5%
§112 Overcome
n=87

Specialization & Scale

B01F, C02F, B67D
Top CPC Subclasses
20%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=245
0
Practitioners
n=245
Apps / Practitioner
n=245 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
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.

3
Hard (60%)
2
Medium (40%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (20%)
§103 only2 (40%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (40%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
40% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
60% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CLERKLEY, DANIELLE A 1 51.8% +47.0%
FIX, THOMAS S 1 71.9% +15.7%
MI, QIUWEN 1 68.4% +49.6%
BOEHLER, ANNE MARIE M 1 67.1% +13.6%
ATKINSON, JOSHUA ALEXANDER 1 56.0% +34.1%

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17970819 FORMULATIONS OF CREATINE AND CYCLODEXTRIN EXHIBITING IMPROVED BIOAVAILABILITY ATKINSON, JOSHUA ALEXANDER 22d overdue
18365738 WATERCRAFT WITH INTERCHANGEABLE MODULES FIX, THOMAS S 19d overdue
18339396 Full-Spectrum Plant-Derived Extracts Enriched In Total Phenols Including Monomers, Dimers, Trimers, Oligomers And Polymers, Method Of Manufacturing Same And Uses Thereof MI, QIUWEN

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17970819 FORMULATIONS OF CREATINE AND CYCLODEXTRIN EXHIBITING IMPROVED BIOAVAILABILITY ATKINSON, JOSHUA ALEXANDER 22d overdue
18365738 WATERCRAFT WITH INTERCHANGEABLE MODULES FIX, THOMAS S 19d overdue
18738815 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOW VOLTAGE PHYSIOCHEMICAL MODIFICATION OF GRAIN CLERKLEY, DANIELLE A
18339396 Full-Spectrum Plant-Derived Extracts Enriched In Total Phenols Including Monomers, Dimers, Trimers, Oligomers And Polymers, Method Of Manufacturing Same And Uses Thereof MI, QIUWEN
18164677 FIFTH WHEEL HITCH BOEHLER, ANNE MARIE M

Client Portfolio (4 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36431
36181
16551
36111
16121

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18738815 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOW VOLTAGE PHYSIOCHEMICAL MODIFICATION OF GRAIN Smart Sprouts International LLC CLERKLEY, DANIELLE A 3643 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 10, 2024
18365738 WATERCRAFT WITH INTERCHANGEABLE MODULES Alumacraft Boats Inc. FIX, THOMAS S 3618 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Aug 04, 2023
18339396 Full-Spectrum Plant-Derived Extracts Enriched In Total Phenols Including Monomers, Dimers, Trimers, Oligomers And Polymers, Method Of Manufacturing Same And Uses Thereof Phenolics, LLC MI, QIUWEN 1655 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 22, 2023
18164677 FIFTH WHEEL HITCH Automatic Equipment Manufacturing Co. BOEHLER, ANNE MARIE M 3611 §103Other Final Rejection Pending Feb 06, 2023
17970819 FORMULATIONS OF CREATINE AND CYCLODEXTRIN EXHIBITING IMPROVED BIOAVAILABILITY Phenolics, LLC ATKINSON, JOSHUA ALEXANDER 1612 §103§112Other Final Rejection 22d overdue Pending Oct 21, 2022

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