Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Messner Reeves LLP

9 pending office actions • 8 clients • 9 examiners • 9 art units • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=521 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

76.6%
Allowance Rate
n=521
+0.23σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=521
2.9
OAs to Allowance
n=292
-0.31σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=292
1055 days
Time to Allowance
n=292
+11.5pp
Interview Lift
n=521
24.4%
RCE Rate
n=521
1.6%
Appeal Rate
n=521

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

56.7%
§101 Overcome
n=60
67.6%
§102 Overcome
n=136
65.3%
§103 Overcome
n=216
72.8%
§112 Overcome
n=180

Specialization & Scale

H04L, G06Q, G06F
Top CPC Subclasses
38%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=521
3
Practitioners
n=521
173.7
Apps / Practitioner
n=521

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
1
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.

1
Overdue
1
Due this week
2
Due this month
1
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 (1)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 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.

8
Hard (89%)
1
Medium (11%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other3 (33%)
§103 only1 (11%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (56%)

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
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
11% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
67% 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.

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
RASNIC, HUNTER J 1 11.4% +22.4%
BHANDARI, SHREYAJ RAM 1
WAESCO, JOSEPH M 1 47.3% +42.5%
HOEY, ALISSA L 1 44.3% +32.1%
SKURDAL, COREY NELSON 1 61.5% +11.5%
OLSON, JENNIFER MAR B 1 54.5% +19.4%
ROSARIO-APONTE, ALBA T 1 55.1% +25.5%
THAI, JASMINE THANH 1 31.0% +59.5%
BAHENA, CHRISTIE L. 1 67.8% +24.0%

Hard Cases (8)

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
19025853 METHODS OF CROSS CORRELATION OF BIOFIELD SCANS TO ENOME DATABASE, GENOME DATABASE, BLOOD TEST, AND PHENOTYPE DATA RASNIC, HUNTER J 22d overdue
17767853 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BIG DATA ANALYTICS THAI, JASMINE THANH 5d
18410656 POCKET CUFF HOEY, ALISSA L 28d
18234796 A RADIATION SHIELDING GARMENT, A WEIGHT TRANSFER SUPPORT SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME SKURDAL, COREY NELSON 34d
18718351 ZERO KNOWLEDGE PROOF BASED CHILD KEY AUTHENTICITY BHANDARI, SHREYAJ RAM
18412959 PRICE OPTIMIZATION SYSTEM WAESCO, JOSEPH M
17848189 DISPLAY SIGN HEATING APPARATUS, METHOD OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME ROSARIO-APONTE, ALBA T
17446115 PROSTHETIC LIMB SOCKETS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING BAHENA, CHRISTIE L.

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
19025853 METHODS OF CROSS CORRELATION OF BIOFIELD SCANS TO ENOME DATABASE, GENOME DATABASE, BLOOD TEST, AND PHENOTYPE DATA RASNIC, HUNTER J 22d overdue
17767853 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BIG DATA ANALYTICS THAI, JASMINE THANH 5d
18410656 POCKET CUFF HOEY, ALISSA L 28d
18198585 MUFFLER SYSTEM WITH PNEUMATICALLY ACTUATED BYPASS VALVE OLSON, JENNIFER MAR B 28d
18234796 A RADIATION SHIELDING GARMENT, A WEIGHT TRANSFER SUPPORT SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME SKURDAL, COREY NELSON 34d
18412959 PRICE OPTIMIZATION SYSTEM WAESCO, JOSEPH M
17848189 DISPLAY SIGN HEATING APPARATUS, METHOD OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME ROSARIO-APONTE, ALBA T
17446115 PROSTHETIC LIMB SOCKETS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING BAHENA, CHRISTIE L.

Client Portfolio (8 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36841
24341
36251
37321
37341
28371
37611
21291
37741

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19025853 METHODS OF CROSS CORRELATION OF BIOFIELD SCANS TO ENOME DATABASE, GENOME DATABASE, BLOOD TEST, AND PHENOTYPE DATA Iolera Holdings Pte. Ltd. RASNIC, HUNTER J 3684 §101§103 Non-Final OA 22d overdue Pending Jan 16, 2025
18718351 ZERO KNOWLEDGE PROOF BASED CHILD KEY AUTHENTICITY NCHAIN LICENSING AG BHANDARI, SHREYAJ RAM 2434 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 10, 2024
18412959 PRICE OPTIMIZATION SYSTEM Skyline Products, Inc. WAESCO, JOSEPH M 3625 §101§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 15, 2024
18410656 POCKET CUFF Code Of Silence, LLC HOEY, ALISSA L 3732 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Jan 11, 2024
18234796 A RADIATION SHIELDING GARMENT, A WEIGHT TRANSFER SUPPORT SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME Salus Scientific Corp. SKURDAL, COREY NELSON 3734 §102§103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Aug 16, 2023
18198585 MUFFLER SYSTEM WITH PNEUMATICALLY ACTUATED BYPASS VALVE Austin From Boston LLC OLSON, JENNIFER MAR B 2837 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending May 17, 2023
17848189 DISPLAY SIGN HEATING APPARATUS, METHOD OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME Skyline Products, Inc. ROSARIO-APONTE, ALBA T 3761 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jun 23, 2022
17767853 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BIG DATA ANALYTICS New England Complex Systems Institute THAI, JASMINE THANH 2129 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 5d Pending Apr 08, 2022
17446115 PROSTHETIC LIMB SOCKETS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING Medical Creations, Inc. BAHENA, CHRISTIE L. 3774 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Aug 26, 2021

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