Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Nexus Law Group LLP

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

Quality Metrics (n=431 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

81.8%
Allowance Rate
n=431
+0.42σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=431
2.7
OAs to Allowance
n=266
-0.38σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=266
1014 days
Time to Allowance
n=266
+13.3pp
Interview Lift
n=431
13.8%
RCE Rate
n=431
5.0%
Appeal Rate
n=431

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=11 (min 20)
74.1%
§102 Overcome
n=135
73.3%
§103 Overcome
n=195
78.7%
§112 Overcome
n=122

Specialization & Scale

B65D, A62C, Y10T
Top CPC Subclasses
6%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=431
2
Practitioners
n=431
215.5
Apps / Practitioner
n=431

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
9
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
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. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)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.

7
Hard (64%)
4
Medium (36%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (9%)
§103 only4 (36%)
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (55%)

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
10
Mechanical / Eng
91% of docket
1
Business / Other
9% 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.

110 h
Manual time on pending OAs
22 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
38 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ALVESTEFFER, STEPHEN D 2 57.2% +25.1%
NELSON, CHRISTINE L 2 62.9% +34.0%
MACCAGNO, PIERRE L 1 23.4% +32.0%
DANDRIDGE, CHRISTOPHER R. 1 65.9% +36.7%
KIL, JINNEY 1 46.8% +54.1%
TREMARCHE, CONNOR J. 1 65.1% +28.0%
PEZZLO, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER 1 80.0% +60.0%
HIJAZ, OMAR F 1 55.6% +35.2%
PATEL, OM 1 58.3% +54.4%

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
18204353 FORMWORK SYSTEM AND A METHOD OF FORMING A WALL HIJAZ, OMAR F 147d overdue
18358716 APPARATUS FOR ASCENDING AND DESCENDING A LINE WITH A LOAD PEZZLO, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER 46d overdue
18676095 SUSPENSION AND CONTROL HEAD APPARATUS FOR AERIAL FIREFIGHTING BUCKETS DANDRIDGE, CHRISTOPHER R. 24d overdue
17782962 DENTAL TOOL HAVING A THERMOELECTRIC DEVICE PATEL, OM 15d overdue
18366253 TARGET IRRADIATON SYSTEM AND AN EFFECTOR FOR THE SAME KIL, JINNEY 29d
18684671 FRAME FOR HOLDING A DENTAL DAM NELSON, CHRISTINE L 33d
19334767 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED HEALTH RECORD GENERATION MACCAGNO, PIERRE L

Interview Candidates (11)

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
18204353 FORMWORK SYSTEM AND A METHOD OF FORMING A WALL HIJAZ, OMAR F 147d overdue
18358716 APPARATUS FOR ASCENDING AND DESCENDING A LINE WITH A LOAD PEZZLO, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER 46d overdue
18676095 SUSPENSION AND CONTROL HEAD APPARATUS FOR AERIAL FIREFIGHTING BUCKETS DANDRIDGE, CHRISTOPHER R. 24d overdue
17782962 DENTAL TOOL HAVING A THERMOELECTRIC DEVICE PATEL, OM 15d overdue
18366253 TARGET IRRADIATON SYSTEM AND AN EFFECTOR FOR THE SAME KIL, JINNEY 29d
18684671 FRAME FOR HOLDING A DENTAL DAM NELSON, CHRISTINE L 33d
19334767 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED HEALTH RECORD GENERATION MACCAGNO, PIERRE L
18884432 ARTICLE HAVING A REUSABLE WRITING SURFACE ALVESTEFFER, STEPHEN D

Client Portfolio (9 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37722
36871
37151
37521
36461
37621
36341
36351
37911

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19334767 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED HEALTH RECORD GENERATION Acuity Holding Corp. MACCAGNO, PIERRE L 3687 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 19, 2025
18884432 ARTICLE HAVING A REUSABLE WRITING SURFACE Wipebook Corp. ALVESTEFFER, STEPHEN D §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Sep 13, 2024
18767676 WORKBOOK Wipebook Corp. ALVESTEFFER, STEPHEN D 3715 §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Jul 09, 2024
18766181 ORTHODONTIC ATTACHMENT 1092228 B.C. Ltd. NELSON, CHRISTINE L 3772 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 08, 2024
18676095 SUSPENSION AND CONTROL HEAD APPARATUS FOR AERIAL FIREFIGHTING BUCKETS Sei Manufacturing Inc. DANDRIDGE, CHRISTOPHER R. 3752 §102§103 Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending May 28, 2024
18684671 FRAME FOR HOLDING A DENTAL DAM Pds Inc. NELSON, CHRISTINE L 3772 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Feb 17, 2024
18366253 TARGET IRRADIATON SYSTEM AND AN EFFECTOR FOR THE SAME Isosolutions Marketing And Management Inc. KIL, JINNEY 3646 §103§112 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Aug 07, 2023
18275973 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DRYING SLUDGE Iq Energy Inc. TREMARCHE, CONNOR J. 3762 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 04, 2023
18358716 APPARATUS FOR ASCENDING AND DESCENDING A LINE WITH A LOAD Reg Coates PEZZLO, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER 3634 §102§103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Jul 25, 2023
18204353 FORMWORK SYSTEM AND A METHOD OF FORMING A WALL Earth House Holding Ltd. HIJAZ, OMAR F 3635 §103§112 Non-Final OA 147d overdue Pending May 31, 2023
17782962 DENTAL TOOL HAVING A THERMOELECTRIC DEVICE Pds Inc. PATEL, OM 3791 §102§103 Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending Jun 06, 2022

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