Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
8 pending office actions • 7 clients • 8 examiners • 8 art units • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Miller & Martin PLLC has 8 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The firm’s career applications total 1171, giving the available outcome measures a meaningful application base.
Its resolved allowance rate is 87.58%, with an average of 2.66 office actions per allowance. The combination indicates a prosecution record with a high rate of resolved allowances and a moderate number of examination events associated with each allowance.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 3 (38%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (62%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
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.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| LYNCH, PATRICK JOHN | 1 | 61.1% | +41.6% |
| CHAVCHAVADZE, COLLEEN MARGARET | 1 | 57.4% | +40.2% |
| MEINECKE DIAZ, SUSANNA M | 1 | 30.7% | +20.5% |
| NGUYEN, CHI Q | 1 | 82.4% | +12.4% |
| SHIRSAT, VIVEK K | 1 | 74.3% | +27.9% |
| TALLMAN, BRIAN A | 1 | 24.1% | +38.8% |
| BARHAM, BETHANY P | 1 | 51.8% | +32.2% |
| COTHRAN, BERNARD E | 1 | 45.2% | +15.5% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18098014 | Optimized Topical Formulation for Lidocaine Pain Relief Gel | BARHAM, BETHANY P | 138d overdue |
| 19237542 | Synchronous Grass Tufting Machine | LYNCH, PATRICK JOHN | — |
| 19105393 | Roof Tent, Roof System As Well As Method For Folding A Roof Tent In And Out | CHAVCHAVADZE, COLLEEN MARGARET | — |
| 19051377 | Artificial Intelligence Text Scheduling Method | MEINECKE DIAZ, SUSANNA M | — |
| 19034028 | Sloped Edge On Decorative Articles With A Rigid Base And A Decor That Is Digitally Printed Thereon | NGUYEN, CHI Q | — |
| 18641778 | REFRACTORY INSERT FOR COOKING APPARATUS | SHIRSAT, VIVEK K | — |
| 18610457 | Automated Onboarding Method | TALLMAN, BRIAN A | — |
| 17903671 | SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING THE DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF A STRUCTURE | COTHRAN, BERNARD E | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18098014 | Optimized Topical Formulation for Lidocaine Pain Relief Gel | BARHAM, BETHANY P | 138d overdue |
| 19237542 | Synchronous Grass Tufting Machine | LYNCH, PATRICK JOHN | — |
| 19105393 | Roof Tent, Roof System As Well As Method For Folding A Roof Tent In And Out | CHAVCHAVADZE, COLLEEN MARGARET | — |
| 19051377 | Artificial Intelligence Text Scheduling Method | MEINECKE DIAZ, SUSANNA M | — |
| 19034028 | Sloped Edge On Decorative Articles With A Rigid Base And A Decor That Is Digitally Printed Thereon | NGUYEN, CHI Q | — |
| 18641778 | REFRACTORY INSERT FOR COOKING APPARATUS | SHIRSAT, VIVEK K | — |
| 18610457 | Automated Onboarding Method | TALLMAN, BRIAN A | — |
| 17903671 | SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING THE DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF A STRUCTURE | COTHRAN, BERNARD E | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Financial AI Corp. | 2 |
| Tuftco Comporation | 1 |
| Vdl Hapro B.V. | 1 |
| SHAW INDUSTRIES GROUP, INC. | 1 |
| Premier Specialty Brands LLC | 1 |
| Focus Consumer Healthcare | 1 |
| Joulea, LLC | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3732 | 1 |
| 3634 | 1 |
| 3625 | 1 |
| 3635 | 1 |
| 3762 | 1 |
| 3628 | 1 |
| 1611 | 1 |
| 2188 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19237542 | Synchronous Grass Tufting Machine | Tuftco Comporation | LYNCH, PATRICK JOHN | 3732 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2025 |
| 19105393 | Roof Tent, Roof System As Well As Method For Folding A Roof Tent In And Out | Vdl Hapro B.V. | CHAVCHAVADZE, COLLEEN MARGARET | 3634 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2025 |
| 19051377 | Artificial Intelligence Text Scheduling Method | Financial AI Corp. | MEINECKE DIAZ, SUSANNA M | 3625 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 12, 2025 |
| 19034028 | Sloped Edge On Decorative Articles With A Rigid Base And A Decor That Is Digitally Printed Thereon | Shaw Industries Group, Inc. | NGUYEN, CHI Q | 3635 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 22, 2025 |
| 18641778 | REFRACTORY INSERT FOR COOKING APPARATUS | Premier Specialty Brands LLC | SHIRSAT, VIVEK K | 3762 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 22, 2024 |
| 18610457 | Automated Onboarding Method | Financial AI Corp. | TALLMAN, BRIAN A | 3628 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2024 |
| 18098014 | Optimized Topical Formulation for Lidocaine Pain Relief Gel | Focus Consumer Healthcare, LLC | BARHAM, BETHANY P | 1611 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 138d overdue | Pending | Jan 17, 2023 |
| 17903671 | SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING THE DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF A STRUCTURE | Joulea, LLC | COTHRAN, BERNARD E | 2188 | §101§102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 06, 2022 |
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Start Free Trial87.6% of resolved applications prosecuted by Miller & Martin Pllc were allowed, across 1,171 applications in USPTO records.
2.66 office actions per allowed application on average.
8 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 7 clients, before 8 examiners in 8 art units.
