Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Moffat-Rim

6 pending office actions • 1 client • 6 examiners • 4 art units • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=326 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

86.3%
Allowance Rate
n=326
+0.46σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=326
5.6
OAs to Allowance
n=221
+1.02σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=221
943 days
Time to Allowance
n=221
+4.8pp
Interview Lift
n=326
55.1%
RCE Rate
n=326
0.9%
Appeal Rate
n=326

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

73.3%
§101 Overcome
n=105
81.7%
§102 Overcome
n=120
78.9%
§103 Overcome
n=204
76.2%
§112 Overcome
n=80

Specialization & Scale

H04W, H04L, G06F
Top CPC Subclasses
54%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=326
0
Practitioners
n=326
Apps / Practitioner
n=326 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
1
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
1
Due this month
1
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.

2
Hard (33%)
4
Medium (67%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (17%)
§101 + other1 (17%)
§103 only2 (33%)
§102 only1 (17%)
Double-patenting + other1 (17%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
2
Information Tech
33% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
33% of docket
2
Business / Other
33% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
INGRAM, THOMAS P 1 87.5% +6.4%
GOFMAN, ALEX N 1 68.4% +24.6%
CLAWSON, STEPHEN J 1 79.5% +17.8%
WANG, HARRIS C 1 69.6% +20.1%
CHOI, JISUN 1 68.6% +61.7%
KRAISINGER, EMILY MARIE 1 31.1% +44.0%

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
19210194 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CROWD SOURCED DANGEROUS DRIVING DETECTION AND ACCIDENT MITIGATION INGRAM, THOMAS P

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18980294 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DATA PIPELINE STRATIFICATION FOR LOW LATENCY ACCESS GOFMAN, ALEX N 41d
18128116 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BULK ASSET LEASING KRAISINGER, EMILY MARIE

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
18742259 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING IDENTITY CHECKS IN A DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM WANG, HARRIS C 22d
18980294 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DATA PIPELINE STRATIFICATION FOR LOW LATENCY ACCESS GOFMAN, ALEX N 41d
18829928 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMOTIVE DATA INGESTION CLAWSON, STEPHEN J
18499741 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DECOUPLING CHARGING SIGNALS FROM BATTERY SIGNALS CHOI, JISUN
18128116 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BULK ASSET LEASING KRAISINGER, EMILY MARIE

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
BlackBerry Limited 6

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
21631
24391
36661
36261

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19210194 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CROWD SOURCED DANGEROUS DRIVING DETECTION AND ACCIDENT MITIGATION Blackberry Limited INGRAM, THOMAS P §102 Non-Final OA Pending May 16, 2025
18980294 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DATA PIPELINE STRATIFICATION FOR LOW LATENCY ACCESS Blackberry Limited GOFMAN, ALEX N 2163 §101§103 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Dec 13, 2024
18829928 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMOTIVE DATA INGESTION Blackberry Limited CLAWSON, STEPHEN J §112DP Non-Final OA Pending Sep 10, 2024
18742259 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING IDENTITY CHECKS IN A DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM Blackberry Limited WANG, HARRIS C 2439 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Jun 13, 2024
18499741 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DECOUPLING CHARGING SIGNALS FROM BATTERY SIGNALS Blackberry Limited CHOI, JISUN 3666 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 01, 2023
18128116 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BULK ASSET LEASING Blackberry Limited KRAISINGER, EMILY MARIE 3626 §101 Final Rejection Pending Mar 29, 2023

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