Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Miller Johnson

13 pending office actions • 10 clients • 13 examiners • 9 art units • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 39 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=592 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

86.3%
Allowance Rate
n=592
+0.53σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=592
3.1
OAs to Allowance
n=334
-0.28σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=334
931 days
Time to Allowance
n=334
+1.7pp
Interview Lift
n=592
28.9%
RCE Rate
n=592
2.5%
Appeal Rate
n=592

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

44.2%
§101 Overcome
n=86
66.5%
§102 Overcome
n=164
66.2%
§103 Overcome
n=257
77.6%
§112 Overcome
n=152

Specialization & Scale

G05B, G06F, G06Q
Top CPC Subclasses
19%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=592
9
Practitioners
n=592
65.8
Apps / Practitioner
n=592

Portfolio Summary

13
Total Pending OAs
9
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
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
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 (1)Due later (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 (62%)
5
Medium (38%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (8%)
§101 + other2 (15%)
§103 only2 (15%)
§102 only3 (23%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (38%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
15% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
2
Communications
15% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
46% of docket
3
Business / Other
23% 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.

130 h
Manual time on pending OAs
26 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
46 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
AHMAD, FARIA F 1 76.7% +8.2%
KRUG, RANDELL J 1 76.5% +17.5%
OH, HARRY Y 1 85.1% +17.0%
BOSWELL, CHRISTOPHER J 1 67.4% +26.0%
TRAVERS, MATTHEW P 1 63.2% +43.6%
O'MALLEY, CONOR AIDAN 1 70.3% -9.6%
WEAVER, ADAM MICHAEL 1 86.7% +33.3%
QURESHI, REHMAN AHMED 1 100.0% +0.0%
ALUNKAL, THOMAS D 1 72.2% +15.5%
PEO, JONATHAN M 1 48.2% +48.1%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18605898 Animal Waste Collection Apparatus QURESHI, REHMAN AHMED

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
19055193 Method and Manufacturing Installation for Producing a Plurality of Workpieces TRAVERS, MATTHEW P 44d overdue
17544853 MEASURING AND STRENGTHENING PHYSIOLOGICAL/NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL STATES PREDICTIVE OF SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE FERNSTROM, KURT 28d overdue
18213784 GRATED RAKE TC 3600, DOCKET 13d
18648680 Method and System for Verification of Persons in Portrait Paintings O'MALLEY, CONOR AIDAN 63d
19218745 Safety Device for Safeguarding a Danger Zone of an Automated Machine, in Particular a Robot OH, HARRY Y
18607454 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AGRICULTURAL ADVISOR CHATBOT WEAVER, ADAM MICHAEL
18481675 SYSTEM FOR INCREASING AND DISPLAYING EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCY OF STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE PEO, JONATHAN M
18184195 BIODEGRADABLE WRAPPING FOR CARTRIDGES DEZENDORF, MORGAN FAITH

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19055193 Method and Manufacturing Installation for Producing a Plurality of Workpieces TRAVERS, MATTHEW P 44d overdue
19237938 Throttle Grip Device KRUG, RANDELL J 30d overdue
19218745 Safety Device for Safeguarding a Danger Zone of an Automated Machine, in Particular a Robot OH, HARRY Y
19193115 Door Latch System BOSWELL, CHRISTOPHER J
18607454 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AGRICULTURAL ADVISOR CHATBOT WEAVER, ADAM MICHAEL
18496915 Safety Gate Monitoring Module ALUNKAL, THOMAS D
18481675 SYSTEM FOR INCREASING AND DISPLAYING EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCY OF STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE PEO, JONATHAN M

Client Portfolio (10 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37262
36751
36181
26751
26581
17791
36001
17551
37151

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19294639 Tamper-Resistant Locking System and Method Willo Products Company, LLC AHMAD, FARIA F 3675 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 08, 2025
19237938 Throttle Grip Device Asahi Denso Co., Ltd. KRUG, RANDELL J 3618 §103 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Jun 13, 2025
19218745 Safety Device for Safeguarding a Danger Zone of an Automated Machine, in Particular a Robot Pilz GmbH & Co. Kg OH, HARRY Y §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 27, 2025
19193115 Door Latch System Willo Products Company, LLC BOSWELL, CHRISTOPHER J §102 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 29, 2025
19055193 Method and Manufacturing Installation for Producing a Plurality of Workpieces Carl Zeiss Digital Innovation GmbH TRAVERS, MATTHEW P 3726 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 44d overdue Pending Feb 17, 2025
18648680 Method and System for Verification of Persons in Portrait Paintings Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. O'MALLEY, CONOR AIDAN 2675 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA 63d Pending Apr 29, 2024
18607454 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AGRICULTURAL ADVISOR CHATBOT Farmer'S Business Network, Inc. WEAVER, ADAM MICHAEL 2658 §101§103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 16, 2024
18605898 Animal Waste Collection Apparatus The Great States Corporation QURESHI, REHMAN AHMED §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 15, 2024
18496915 Safety Gate Monitoring Module Pilz GmbH & Co. Kg ALUNKAL, THOMAS D 3726 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 29, 2023
18481675 SYSTEM FOR INCREASING AND DISPLAYING EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCY OF STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE P4 Infrastructure, Inc. PEO, JONATHAN M 1779 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 05, 2023
18213784 GRATED RAKE The Great States Corporation TC 3600, DOCKET 3600 §102§103 Final Rejection 13d Pending Jun 23, 2023
18184195 BIODEGRADABLE WRAPPING FOR CARTRIDGES Freelander Innovations Usa, LLC DEZENDORF, MORGAN FAITH 1755 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 15, 2023
17544853 MEASURING AND STRENGTHENING PHYSIOLOGICAL/NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL STATES PREDICTIVE OF SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE Optios, Inc. FERNSTROM, KURT 3715 §103§112 Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Dec 07, 2021

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