Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Miller Nash LLP

12 pending office actions • 9 clients • 11 examiners • 10 art units • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=4101 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

83.0%
Allowance Rate
n=4101
+0.39σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=4101
3.0
OAs to Allowance
n=2745
-0.08σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=2745
1168 days
Time to Allowance
n=2745
+0.9pp
Interview Lift
n=4101
20.7%
RCE Rate
n=4101
2.4%
Appeal Rate
n=4101

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

81.4%
§101 Overcome
n=167
73.0%
§102 Overcome
n=779
73.8%
§103 Overcome
n=1173
80.9%
§112 Overcome
n=614

Specialization & Scale

H01L, H10D, H10W
Top CPC Subclasses
25%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=4101
4
Practitioners
n=4101
1025.2
Apps / Practitioner
n=4101

Portfolio Summary

12
Total Pending OAs
10
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 30 days (2)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.

7
Hard (58%)
3
Medium (25%)
2
Easy (17%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (25%)
§112 only1 (8%)
Double-patenting only1 (8%)
Multi-statute (no §101)7 (58%)

Industry Mix

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

6
Life Sciences
50% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
8% of docket
1
Semiconductors
8% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
25% of docket
1
Business / Other
8% 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.

120 h
Manual time on pending OAs
24 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
42 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
VASISTH, VISHAL V 2 72.3% +33.7%
TILLMAN, JR, REGINALD S 1 77.9% +11.2%
RUSHIN, LESTER III 1 87.8% +8.2%
MCCLURE, CHRISTINA D 1 29.9% +32.8%
SHEN, YUZHEN 1 70.7% +13.5%
OLIVER, BRADLEY S 1 60.9% +14.2%
MALEKZADEH, SEYED MASOUD 1 67.2% +31.8%
FERGUSON, LAWRENCE D 1 78.4% +13.4%
PAK, HANNAH J 1 78.2% +20.3%
SUBRAMANIAN, VISWANATHAN 1 80.4% +20.8%

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
18497570 FERROMAGNETIC POLYMERS AND MAGNETIC FIELDS IN SOFT MAGNETIC COMPOSITES SUBRAMANIAN, VISWANATHAN 16d

Hard Cases (7)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18743250 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PREPARING COIR MALEKZADEH, SEYED MASOUD 155d overdue
18637286 COCONUT HARD SHELL GRANULAR INFILL FOR SYNTHETIC SPORT FIELDS FERGUSON, LAWRENCE D 30d overdue
19069044 SYSTEM TO DISPLAY GAMUT EXCURSION SHEN, YUZHEN 29d overdue
18348125 TURF AND LAWN COIR PAK, JOHN D 14d
19340134 SPROCKET AND ROLLERS FOR LOG CHAIN CONVEYOR MECHANISM OF AN AUTOMATIC CARWASH SYSTEM RUSHIN, LESTER III
19216004 METAL-FLUORIDE THIN FILMS AND DEPOSITION METHODS MCCLURE, CHRISTINA D
18522016 FAST FABRICATION OF FIBER REINFORCED POLYMERS USING SOLID EPOXY POWDER CONTAINING AN INITIATOR PAK, HANNAH J

Interview Candidates (10)

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
18743250 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PREPARING COIR MALEKZADEH, SEYED MASOUD 155d overdue
18349916 LUBRICIOUS COATINGS FOR SKIS AND SNOWBOARDS AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USE VASISTH, VISHAL V 127d overdue
18637286 COCONUT HARD SHELL GRANULAR INFILL FOR SYNTHETIC SPORT FIELDS FERGUSON, LAWRENCE D 30d overdue
19069044 SYSTEM TO DISPLAY GAMUT EXCURSION SHEN, YUZHEN 29d overdue
17432629 LUBRICIOUS COATINGS FOR SKIS AND SNOWBOARDS AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USE VASISTH, VISHAL V 4d overdue
18497570 FERROMAGNETIC POLYMERS AND MAGNETIC FIELDS IN SOFT MAGNETIC COMPOSITES SUBRAMANIAN, VISWANATHAN 16d
18721067 REFILLABLE PERSONAL HYGIENE PRODUCT DISPENSER OLIVER, BRADLEY S 62d
19349073 MODULAR FRAME AND CHASSIS SYSTEM FOR A FIREARM TILLMAN, JR, REGINALD S

Client Portfolio (9 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17712
36411
36511
26231
37541
17541
17811
17641
28341
16991

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19349073 MODULAR FRAME AND CHASSIS SYSTEM FOR A FIREARM Icarus Precision LLC TILLMAN, JR, REGINALD S 3641 DP Non-Final OA Pending Oct 03, 2025
19340134 SPROCKET AND ROLLERS FOR LOG CHAIN CONVEYOR MECHANISM OF AN AUTOMATIC CARWASH SYSTEM Triumph Car Wash Parts Limited RUSHIN, LESTER III 3651 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 25, 2025
19216004 METAL-FLUORIDE THIN FILMS AND DEPOSITION METHODS Lotus Applied Technology, LLC MCCLURE, CHRISTINA D §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 22, 2025
19069044 SYSTEM TO DISPLAY GAMUT EXCURSION Project Giants, LLC SHEN, YUZHEN 2623 §103§112 Non-Final OA 29d overdue Pending Mar 03, 2025
18721067 REFILLABLE PERSONAL HYGIENE PRODUCT DISPENSER Batten Industries Inc. OLIVER, BRADLEY S 3754 §103 Non-Final OA 62d Pending Jun 17, 2024
18743250 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PREPARING COIR Genus Industries, Inc. MALEKZADEH, SEYED MASOUD 1754 §102§112Other Non-Final OA 155d overdue Pending Jun 14, 2024
18637286 COCONUT HARD SHELL GRANULAR INFILL FOR SYNTHETIC SPORT FIELDS Genus Industries, LLC Dba Icoir Products Group FERGUSON, LAWRENCE D 1781 §102§103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Apr 16, 2024
18522016 FAST FABRICATION OF FIBER REINFORCED POLYMERS USING SOLID EPOXY POWDER CONTAINING AN INITIATOR Xerox Corporation PAK, HANNAH J 1764 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 28, 2023
18497570 FERROMAGNETIC POLYMERS AND MAGNETIC FIELDS IN SOFT MAGNETIC COMPOSITES Xerox Corporation SUBRAMANIAN, VISWANATHAN 2834 §112 Final Rejection 16d Pending Oct 30, 2023
18349916 LUBRICIOUS COATINGS FOR SKIS AND SNOWBOARDS AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USE Drake Holdings, Inc. VASISTH, VISHAL V 1771 §103Other Final Rejection 127d overdue Pending Jul 10, 2023
18348125 TURF AND LAWN COIR Genus Industries, Inc. PAK, JOHN D 1699 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 14d Pending Jul 06, 2023
17432629 LUBRICIOUS COATINGS FOR SKIS AND SNOWBOARDS AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USE Drake Holdings, Inc. VASISTH, VISHAL V 1771 §103Other Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Aug 20, 2021

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