Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Merchant & Gould - Cox

9 pending office actions • 2 clients • 9 examiners • 7 art units • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=401 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

97.1%
Allowance Rate
n=401
+0.77σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=401
7.5
OAs to Allowance
n=336
+1.42σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=336
1652 days
Time to Allowance
n=336
-5.7pp
Interview Lift
n=401
65.3%
RCE Rate
n=401
2.1%
Appeal Rate
n=401

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

82.6%
§101 Overcome
n=23
92.6%
§102 Overcome
n=54
92.9%
§103 Overcome
n=266
96.6%
§112 Overcome
n=29

Specialization & Scale

H04N, H04L, G06F
Top CPC Subclasses
61%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=401
0
Practitioners
n=401
Apps / Practitioner
n=401 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
4
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.

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

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 30 days (2)

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 (33%)
4
Medium (44%)
1
Easy (11%)
1
Unknown (11%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only3 (33%)
§103 only4 (44%)
§112 only1 (11%)
No statute on record1 (11%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
2
Information Tech
22% of docket
1
Communications
11% of docket
2
Semiconductors
22% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
33% of docket
1
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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SHAIKH, FARIS ASIM 1 69.8% +21.2%
NGUYEN, AN T 1 67.8% +18.7%
KANG, TIMOTHY J 1 45.8% +25.0%
GARG, YOGESH C 1 61.7% +33.5%
MONSUR, NASIMA 1 78.7% +26.1%
VELEZ, ROBERTO 1 67.4% +20.6%
HUANG, CHENG-FENG 1 87.5% +17.1%
ANDERSON, MARGARET MARIE 1 70.4% +18.8%
WONG, ERIC TAK WAI 1 50.8% +13.7%

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
18679883 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING A DEAL STRUCTURE KANG, TIMOTHY J 10d overdue
18892127 DISINFECTANT MONITORING DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD NGUYEN, AN T 9d
18477998 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTELLIGENT LENDER SELECTION WONG, ERIC TAK WAI

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
18621514 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VEHICLE RECOMMENDATION GARG, YOGESH C 84d overdue
18622296 SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR TESTING OF A RECHARGEABLE BATTERY VELEZ, ROBERTO 22d overdue
18679883 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING A DEAL STRUCTURE KANG, TIMOTHY J 10d overdue
18892127 DISINFECTANT MONITORING DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD NGUYEN, AN T 9d
18586082 MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL (MAC) ADDRESS ROTATION ANDERSON, MARGARET MARIE 12d
19068403 GEOGRAPHICALLY-CONVERGED TELEMETRY SYSTEM SHAIKH, FARIS ASIM
18621482 CONTACTOR WELD DETECTION MONSUR, NASIMA
18605155 CONTROL PLANE ONLY MOBILE DEVICE NETWORK ACCESS AUTHENTICATION HUANG, CHENG-FENG

Client Portfolio (2 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Cox Automotive, Inc. 5
Cox 4

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28582
26861
36891
36881
24971
24121
36931

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19068403 GEOGRAPHICALLY-CONVERGED TELEMETRY SYSTEM Cox Communications, Inc. SHAIKH, FARIS ASIM §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 03, 2025
18892127 DISINFECTANT MONITORING DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD Cox Communications, Inc. NGUYEN, AN T 2686 §101 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Sep 20, 2024
18679883 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING A DEAL STRUCTURE Cox Automotive, Inc. KANG, TIMOTHY J 3689 §101 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending May 31, 2024
18621514 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VEHICLE RECOMMENDATION Cox Automotive, Inc. GARG, YOGESH C 3688 §103 Final Rejection 84d overdue Pending Mar 29, 2024
18621482 CONTACTOR WELD DETECTION Cox Automotive, Inc. MONSUR, NASIMA 2858 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 29, 2024
18622296 SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR TESTING OF A RECHARGEABLE BATTERY Cox Automotive, Inc. VELEZ, ROBERTO 2858 §112 Final Rejection 22d overdue Pending Mar 29, 2024
18605155 CONTROL PLANE ONLY MOBILE DEVICE NETWORK ACCESS AUTHENTICATION Cox Communications, Inc. HUANG, CHENG-FENG 2497 Other Non-Final OA Pending Mar 14, 2024
18586082 MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL (MAC) ADDRESS ROTATION Cox Communications, Inc. ANDERSON, MARGARET MARIE 2412 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Feb 23, 2024
18477998 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTELLIGENT LENDER SELECTION Cox Automotive, Inc. WONG, ERIC TAK WAI 3693 §101 Final Rejection Pending Sep 29, 2023

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