Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Morrison & Foerster, LLP

9 pending office actions • 7 clients • 8 examiners • 8 art units • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

7
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (7)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (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.

1
Hard (11%)
7
Medium (78%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (11%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (11%)
§103 only7 (78%)
No statute on record1 (11%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
9
Mechanical / Eng
100% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BORLINGHAUS, JASON M 2 47.4% +20.6%
BEKERMAN, MICHAEL 1 32.8% +32.0%
EVANS, TRISTAN ISAAC 1 34.0% +54.4%
KAVANAUGH, JOHN T 1 72.0% +32.6%
JOYCE, WILLIAM C 1 69.4% +16.2%
PALAVECINO, KATHLEEN GAGE 1 66.3% +37.8%
GREGG, MARY M 1 14.1% +14.2%
COVINGTON, AMANDA R 1 21.8% +30.0%

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17941369 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ONBOARDING AND SUPPORTING CREDIT PRODUCT PARTNERS GREGG, MARY M 167d overdue
17709207 VISUALIZATIONS AND PREDICTIONS OF ONE OR MORE METRICS ASSOCIATED WITH FINANCIAL HEALTH BORLINGHAUS, JASON M 92d overdue
17620414 NETWORK-BASED MARKETPLACE SERVICE PRICING TOOL FOR FACILITATING PURCHASES OF BUNDLED SERVICES AND PRODUCTS COVINGTON, AMANDA R 81d overdue

Interview Candidates (9)

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
17941369 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ONBOARDING AND SUPPORTING CREDIT PRODUCT PARTNERS GREGG, MARY M 167d overdue
17709207 VISUALIZATIONS AND PREDICTIONS OF ONE OR MORE METRICS ASSOCIATED WITH FINANCIAL HEALTH BORLINGHAUS, JASON M 92d overdue
17620414 NETWORK-BASED MARKETPLACE SERVICE PRICING TOOL FOR FACILITATING PURCHASES OF BUNDLED SERVICES AND PRODUCTS COVINGTON, AMANDA R 81d overdue
18348699 VISUALIZATIONS AND PREDICTIONS OF ONE OR MORE METRICS ASSOCIATED WITH FINANCIAL HEALTH BORLINGHAUS, JASON M 45d overdue
18406051 BACKEND BUNDLED HEALTHCARE SERVICES PAYMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS PALAVECINO, KATHLEEN GAGE 32d overdue
19060127 HEALTHCARE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT EVANS, TRISTAN ISAAC 22d overdue
18661450 EXTENSION AND RETRACTION ACTUATORS WITH PARALLEL ARRANGEMENT JOYCE, WILLIAM C 11d overdue
18906002 SHOE COVERS FOR BOWLING KAVANAUGH, JOHN T 13d

Client Portfolio (7 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36922
36211
36831
37321
36181
36881
36951
36861

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19207213 PRIVACY-CONSCIOUS CONTENT AND ADVERTISEMENT TARGETING 2No, Inc. BEKERMAN, MICHAEL 3621 §103 Non-Final OA 41d Pending May 13, 2025
19060127 HEALTHCARE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Axle Health Inc. EVANS, TRISTAN ISAAC 3683 §103 Non-Final OA 22d overdue Pending Feb 21, 2025
18906002 SHOE COVERS FOR BOWLING Glidz Bowling, LLC KAVANAUGH, JOHN T 3732 §103 Final Rejection 13d Pending Oct 03, 2024
18661450 EXTENSION AND RETRACTION ACTUATORS WITH PARALLEL ARRANGEMENT Sol Robotics, Inc. JOYCE, WILLIAM C 3618 §103 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending May 10, 2024
18406051 BACKEND BUNDLED HEALTHCARE SERVICES PAYMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS Tendo Systems Inc. PALAVECINO, KATHLEEN GAGE 3688 §103 Final Rejection 32d overdue Pending Jan 05, 2024
18348699 VISUALIZATIONS AND PREDICTIONS OF ONE OR MORE METRICS ASSOCIATED WITH FINANCIAL HEALTH Mercury Financial Holdings LLC BORLINGHAUS, JASON M 3692 §103 Non-Final OA 45d overdue Pending Jul 07, 2023
17941369 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ONBOARDING AND SUPPORTING CREDIT PRODUCT PARTNERS Mercury Financial Holdings LLC GREGG, MARY M 3695 Non-Final OA 167d overdue Pending Sep 09, 2022
17709207 VISUALIZATIONS AND PREDICTIONS OF ONE OR MORE METRICS ASSOCIATED WITH FINANCIAL HEALTH Mercury Financial Holdings LLC BORLINGHAUS, JASON M 3692 §101 Final Rejection 92d overdue Pending Mar 30, 2022
17620414 NETWORK-BASED MARKETPLACE SERVICE PRICING TOOL FOR FACILITATING PURCHASES OF BUNDLED SERVICES AND PRODUCTS Mdsave Shared Services Inc. COVINGTON, AMANDA R 3686 §103 Non-Final OA 81d overdue Pending Dec 17, 2021

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