Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Moffat-Cognitive

Technology areas: Networking & Security • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

5 pending office actions • 2 clients • 5 examiners • 3 art units • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Moffat-Cognitive is a patent law firm specializing in Networking & Security. The firm has managed 53 career applications and achieved a perfect resolved allowance rate of 100.0 percent. Prosecution at the firm averages 2.38 office actions per allowance.

Currently, the firm has 2 pending office actions. The 100.0 percent allowance rate across 53 career applications indicates that every resolved application has resulted in a granted patent. The 2.38 average office actions per allowance suggests an efficient prosecution process in the Networking & Security field.

For practitioners, the 100.0 percent allowance rate is a significant metric of success. The 2.38 average office actions per allowance indicates that the firm effectively manages examiner interactions to reach a grant. With 2 pending office actions, the firm continues its focused work in the Networking & Security technology area.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Quality Metrics (n=53 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

100.0%
Allowance Rate
n=53
+0.52σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=53
2.4
OAs to Allowance
n=21
-0.46σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=21
544 days
Time to Allowance
n=21
+0.0pp
Interview Lift
n=53
28.6%
RCE Rate
n=53
0.0%
Appeal Rate
n=53

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

—
§101 Overcome
n=0 (min 20)
—
§102 Overcome
n=10 (min 20)
—
§103 Overcome
n=16 (min 20)
—
§112 Overcome
n=3 (min 20)

Specialization & Scale

H04W, G01S, H04B
Top CPC Subclasses
84%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=53
0
Practitioners
n=53
—
Apps / Practitioner
n=53 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
2
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.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
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%)
4
Medium (80%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (80%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (20%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
3
Information Tech
60% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
20% 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
DECKER, CASSANDRA L 1 72.3% +15.9%
ELPENORD, CANDAL 1 89.7% +12.7%
SIXTO, NANCY 1 76.9% +37.5%
RANEW, BENJAMIN THOMAS 1 90.9% +14.3%
HENSON, BRANDON JAMES 1 68.2% +27.3%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18700548 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TIME SPREAD ASSEMBLED CSI FOR WIDEBAND CHANNELS ELPENORD, CANDAL —
18573941 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMBINED DATA AND SENSING IN ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS (OFDMA) RANEW, BENJAMIN THOMAS —

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
18893666 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC TIME DOMAIN CHANNEL REPRESENTATIONS DECKER, CASSANDRA L —

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18688134 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COMPRESSED CSI FOR VIRTUAL WIDEBAND CHANNELS SIXTO, NANCY 8d
17696224 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TIME STAMPING OF WI-FI SENSING DATA HENSON, BRANDON JAMES 22d
18893666 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC TIME DOMAIN CHANNEL REPRESENTATIONS DECKER, CASSANDRA L —
18700548 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TIME SPREAD ASSEMBLED CSI FOR WIDEBAND CHANNELS ELPENORD, CANDAL —
18573941 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMBINED DATA AND SENSING IN ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS (OFDMA) RANEW, BENJAMIN THOMAS —

Client Portfolio (2 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
COGNITIVE SYSTEMS CORP. 4
Cognitive Systems 1

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
24652
24731
36451

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18893666 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC TIME DOMAIN CHANNEL REPRESENTATIONS Cognitive Systems Corp. DECKER, CASSANDRA L §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 23, 2024
18700548 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TIME SPREAD ASSEMBLED CSI FOR WIDEBAND CHANNELS Cognitive Systems Corp. ELPENORD, CANDAL 2473 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 11, 2024
18688134 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COMPRESSED CSI FOR VIRTUAL WIDEBAND CHANNELS Cognitive Systems Corp. SIXTO, NANCY 2465 §103 Final Rejection 8d Pending Feb 29, 2024
18573941 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMBINED DATA AND SENSING IN ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS (OFDMA) Cognitive Systems Corp. RANEW, BENJAMIN THOMAS 2465 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 22, 2023
17696224 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TIME STAMPING OF WI-FI SENSING DATA Cognitive Systems Corp. HENSON, BRANDON JAMES 3645 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Mar 16, 2022

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