Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Merchant & Gould Ssi

5 pending office actions • 1 client • 5 examiners • 4 art units • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=52 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

61.4%
Allowance Rate
n=52
+0.03σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=52
4.4
OAs to Allowance
n=27
+0.22σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=27
1326 days
Time to Allowance
n=27
+1.0pp
Interview Lift
n=52
34.1%
RCE Rate
n=52
7.8%
Appeal Rate
n=52

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=5 (min 20)
§102 Overcome
n=7 (min 20)
48.4%
§103 Overcome
n=31
§112 Overcome
n=7 (min 20)

Specialization & Scale

A61B, G01S, G01N
Top CPC Subclasses
60%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=52
0
Practitioners
n=52
Apps / Practitioner
n=52 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
0
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.

1
Hard (20%)
3
Medium (60%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (20%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (20%)
§103 only2 (40%)
§102 only1 (20%)
No statute on record1 (20%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
20% of docket
1
Semiconductors
20% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
40% of docket
1
Business / Other
20% 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
RAEVIS, ROBERT R 1 83.3% +15.5%
WILBURN, MOLLY K 1 90.2% +8.7%
ABULABAN, ABDALLAH 1 69.5% +14.9%
CUEVAS, PEDRO J 1 69.7% +16.0%
EDUN, DEAN NAWAAB 1 48.9% +69.0%

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
18658697 METHOD OF REFINING SEGMENTATION MASK WILBURN, MOLLY K

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17281693 A METHOD FOR DETERMINING A SPEED OF SOUND IN A MEDIUM, AN ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEM IMPLEMENTING SAID METHOD EDUN, DEAN NAWAAB 77d overdue
18424574 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A WAVE-TRANSMITTING DEVICE ABULABAN, ABDALLAH 60d overdue
18754924 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING AN ELECTRICAL SIGNAL FOR AN ULTRASONIC TRANSMITTING DEVICE RAEVIS, ROBERT R
18469727 METHOD FOR DRIVING A TRANSMITTING DEVICE CUEVAS, PEDRO J

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
SUPERSONIC IMAGINE 5

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28551
26661
36451
37971

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18754924 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING AN ELECTRICAL SIGNAL FOR AN ULTRASONIC TRANSMITTING DEVICE Supersonic Imagine RAEVIS, ROBERT R 2855 Other Non-Final OA Pending Jun 26, 2024
18658697 METHOD OF REFINING SEGMENTATION MASK Supersonic Imagine WILBURN, MOLLY K 2666 §101 Non-Final OA Pending May 08, 2024
18424574 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A WAVE-TRANSMITTING DEVICE Supersonic Imagine ABULABAN, ABDALLAH 3645 §103 Non-Final OA 60d overdue Pending Jan 26, 2024
18469727 METHOD FOR DRIVING A TRANSMITTING DEVICE Supersonic Imagine CUEVAS, PEDRO J §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 19, 2023
17281693 A METHOD FOR DETERMINING A SPEED OF SOUND IN A MEDIUM, AN ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEM IMPLEMENTING SAID METHOD Supersonic Imagine EDUN, DEAN NAWAAB 3797 §102 Non-Final OA 77d overdue Pending Mar 31, 2021

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