Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Mcmillan LLP

5 pending office actions • 5 clients • 5 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=456 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

82.8%
Allowance Rate
n=456
+0.64σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=456
3.8
OAs to Allowance
n=274
-0.02σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=274
1092 days
Time to Allowance
n=274
+7.1pp
Interview Lift
n=456
33.8%
RCE Rate
n=456
0.0%
Appeal Rate
n=456

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

75.0%
§101 Overcome
n=76
71.0%
§102 Overcome
n=124
79.0%
§103 Overcome
n=209
81.6%
§112 Overcome
n=158

Specialization & Scale

G06Q, G06F, A61C
Top CPC Subclasses
16%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=456
4
Practitioners
n=456
114.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=456

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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
1
Due this week
0
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 7 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.

4
Hard (80%)
1
Medium (20%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (20%)
§103 only1 (20%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (60%)

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
1
Semiconductors
20% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
40% 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
ALMATRAHI, SAHAR FARIS 1 30.5% +57.6%
WASEEM, HUMA 1 18.6% +23.0%
SPAMER, DONALD R 1 59.7% +31.5%
RAMIREZ, DELIA M 1 65.1% +56.3%
KING, GEORGE G 1 58.2% +38.1%

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17270690 Method for Producing Biodegradable Polymer RAMIREZ, DELIA M 87d overdue
18776169 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PATIENT DATA MANAGEMENT WASEEM, HUMA 43d overdue
17257735 Improved Camouflage KING, GEORGE G 6d
18566511 FLUID STERILIZATION DEVICE FOR USE WITH UV LIGHT SOURCE SPAMER, DONALD R

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
17270690 Method for Producing Biodegradable Polymer RAMIREZ, DELIA M 87d overdue
18776169 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PATIENT DATA MANAGEMENT WASEEM, HUMA 43d overdue
17257735 Improved Camouflage KING, GEORGE G 6d
18875686 A SYSTEM FOR RETAINING WATER AND PROVIDING NUTRIENTS TO PLANTLETS ALMATRAHI, SAHAR FARIS
18566511 FLUID STERILIZATION DEVICE FOR USE WITH UV LIGHT SOURCE SPAMER, DONALD R

Client Portfolio (5 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36431
36861
17991
16521
28721

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18875686 A SYSTEM FOR RETAINING WATER AND PROVIDING NUTRIENTS TO PLANTLETS Global Treegro Inc. ALMATRAHI, SAHAR FARIS 3643 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 16, 2024
18776169 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PATIENT DATA MANAGEMENT Biospark AI Technologies Inc. WASEEM, HUMA 3686 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Jul 17, 2024
18566511 FLUID STERILIZATION DEVICE FOR USE WITH UV LIGHT SOURCE Origen Air Systems Ltd. SPAMER, DONALD R 1799 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 01, 2023
17270690 Method for Producing Biodegradable Polymer Moharram Ventures Inc. RAMIREZ, DELIA M 1652 §103§112 Final Rejection 87d overdue Pending Feb 23, 2021
17257735 Improved Camouflage Hyperstealth Biotechnology Corporation KING, GEORGE G 2872 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Jan 04, 2021

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