Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

North Weber & Baugh

18 pending office actions • 9 clients • 17 examiners • 14 art units • 0 of 18 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 17 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=292 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

85.9%
Allowance Rate
n=292
+0.55σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=292
3.7
OAs to Allowance
n=146
-0.02σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=146
905 days
Time to Allowance
n=146
+11.6pp
Interview Lift
n=292
34.1%
RCE Rate
n=292
5.7%
Appeal Rate
n=292

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

61.0%
§101 Overcome
n=41
79.0%
§102 Overcome
n=76
67.2%
§103 Overcome
n=131
71.0%
§112 Overcome
n=76

Specialization & Scale

G06F, H04W, H04L
Top CPC Subclasses
24%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=292
0
Practitioners
n=292
Apps / Practitioner
n=292 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

18
Total Pending OAs
12
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
2
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. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (2)

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.

9
Hard (50%)
9
Medium (50%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (6%)
§101 + other6 (33%)
§103 only9 (50%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (11%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
6% of docket
5
Information Tech
28% of docket
1
Communications
6% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
10
Mechanical / Eng
56% of docket
1
Business / Other
6% 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.

180 h
Manual time on pending OAs
36 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
63 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MUSTAFA, MOHAMMED H 2 35.0% +30.8%
EL-BATHY, IBRAHIM N 1 52.6% +46.5%
STERLING, AMY JO 1 76.6% +10.5%
GUILIANO, CHARLES A 1 37.4% +37.9%
KRYCINSKI, STANTON L 1 68.3% +28.2%
MCCLAIN, GERALD 1 74.3% +14.5%
NGUYEN, TRI V 1 67.4% +57.7%
MILLER, BRANDON J 1 87.5% +8.7%
YAO, KWANG BIN 1 45.2% +17.4%
BLAISE, MALINA D 1 57.5% +39.4%

Hard Cases (9)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17640797 METHOD FOR DETERMINING A TOPOLOGY OF A DEFINED BOUNDED SURFACE FOR DEWATERING SAID SURFACE MORRIS, JOSEPH PATRICK 239d overdue
18242415 LOAN ORIGINATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL (LLM)-BASED VIRTUAL ASSISTANTS AND TASK LIBRARIES MUSTAFA, MOHAMMED H 4d overdue
18653526 SOLAR TABLE RACK WITH OFF-LOADER KRYCINSKI, STANTON L 12d
18823881 SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL-BASED VIRTUAL ASSISTANTS AND TASK LIBRARIES MUSTAFA, MOHAMMED H 15d
18233313 PERSONALIZED WI-FI SYSTEMS AND METHODS MILLER, BRANDON J 41d
19261651 SOLAR MODULE CRATE TRANSPORT AND MONITORING STRUCTURE EL-BATHY, IBRAHIM N
18115419 MODULAR INTERACTIVE EXERCISE AND GAMING SYSTEMS AND METHODS BLAISE, MALINA D
17390159 CENTRALIZED AND COORDINATED INSTALLATION OF SOLAR SYSTEMS ABOUZAHRA, REHAM K

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
17990407 ADDITIVES AND/OR ADDITIVE-ADDITIVE COMBINATIONS FOR COMPOUNDING, THERMOPLASTIC PLASTIC COMPRISING SAME AND USE OF THE PLASTIC NGUYEN, TRI V 181d overdue
18655978 USE OF RFID TECHNOLOGY, IOT AND DIGITAL TWIN TO TRACK PRODUCTION, PRODUCTIVITY, SAFETY AND QUALITY METRICS ON LARGE SOLAR PROJECTS GUILIANO, CHARLES A 67d overdue
18242415 LOAN ORIGINATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL (LLM)-BASED VIRTUAL ASSISTANTS AND TASK LIBRARIES MUSTAFA, MOHAMMED H 4d overdue
18197990 PACKETIZATION WITHIN MULTI-STREAM WIRELINE-WIRELESS PHYSICALLY CONVERGED ARCHITECTURES YAO, KWANG BIN 9d
18653526 SOLAR TABLE RACK WITH OFF-LOADER KRYCINSKI, STANTON L 12d
18823881 SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL-BASED VIRTUAL ASSISTANTS AND TASK LIBRARIES MUSTAFA, MOHAMMED H 15d
19261651 SOLAR MODULE CRATE TRANSPORT AND MONITORING STRUCTURE EL-BATHY, IBRAHIM N
18828336 SELF-CLOSING PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE-TO-TORQUE TUBE RAIL STERLING, AMY JO

Client Portfolio (9 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36312
36932
24612
36231
36521
17641
26471
24731
37151
24001

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19261651 SOLAR MODULE CRATE TRANSPORT AND MONITORING STRUCTURE Terabase Energy, Inc. EL-BATHY, IBRAHIM N §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 07, 2025
18828336 SELF-CLOSING PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE-TO-TORQUE TUBE RAIL Terabase Energy, Inc. STERLING, AMY JO 3631 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 09, 2024
18823881 SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL-BASED VIRTUAL ASSISTANTS AND TASK LIBRARIES TidalWave Tech Inc. MUSTAFA, MOHAMMED H 3693 §101§103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Sep 04, 2024
18655978 USE OF RFID TECHNOLOGY, IOT AND DIGITAL TWIN TO TRACK PRODUCTION, PRODUCTIVITY, SAFETY AND QUALITY METRICS ON LARGE SOLAR PROJECTS Terabase Energy, Inc. GUILIANO, CHARLES A 3623 §103 Non-Final OA 67d overdue Pending May 06, 2024
18653526 SOLAR TABLE RACK WITH OFF-LOADER Terabase Energy, Inc. KRYCINSKI, STANTON L 3631 §102§103 Final Rejection 12d Pending May 02, 2024
18623140 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SOLAR PANEL ORIENTATION DURING A LOADING PROCESS ONTO A CENTRALIZED ASSEMBLY FRAMEWORK Terabase Energy, Inc. MCCLAIN, GERALD 3652 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 01, 2024
17990407 ADDITIVES AND/OR ADDITIVE-ADDITIVE COMBINATIONS FOR COMPOUNDING, THERMOPLASTIC PLASTIC COMPRISING SAME AND USE OF THE PLASTIC Mocom Compounds GmbH & Co. Kg NGUYEN, TRI V 1764 §103 Final Rejection 181d overdue Pending Feb 03, 2024
18242415 LOAN ORIGINATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL (LLM)-BASED VIRTUAL ASSISTANTS AND TASK LIBRARIES TidalWave Tech Inc. MUSTAFA, MOHAMMED H 3693 §101§103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Sep 05, 2023
18233313 PERSONALIZED WI-FI SYSTEMS AND METHODS Phytunes, Inc. MILLER, BRANDON J 2647 §103§112 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Aug 12, 2023
18197990 PACKETIZATION WITHIN MULTI-STREAM WIRELINE-WIRELESS PHYSICALLY CONVERGED ARCHITECTURES Phytunes, Inc. YAO, KWANG BIN 2473 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending May 16, 2023
18115419 MODULAR INTERACTIVE EXERCISE AND GAMING SYSTEMS AND METHODS Hykso Inc. BLAISE, MALINA D 3715 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 28, 2023
18082023 METHOD AND ARCHITECTURE FOR SCALABLE OPEN RADIO ACCESS NETWORK (O-RAN) FRONTHAUL TRAFFIC PROCESSING Edgeq, Inc. JIANG, CHARLES C 2400 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 15, 2022
17832593 SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR 5G AND WLAN PRIVATE NETWORK CONVERGENCE FOR IMPROVED QOS AND QOE Edgeq, Inc. NGUYEN, BAO G 2461 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 04, 2022
17717027 MULTI-TECHNOLOGY MULTI-USER IMPLEMENTATION FOR LOWER MAC PROTOCOL PROCESSING Edgeq, Inc. CHAKRAVARTHY, LATHA 2461 §103 Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending Apr 08, 2022
17640797 METHOD FOR DETERMINING A TOPOLOGY OF A DEFINED BOUNDED SURFACE FOR DEWATERING SAID SURFACE UDS Urbane Daten-System GMBH MORRIS, JOSEPH PATRICK 2188 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA 239d overdue Pending Mar 04, 2022
17390159 CENTRALIZED AND COORDINATED INSTALLATION OF SOLAR SYSTEMS Terabase Energy, Inc. ABOUZAHRA, REHAM K 3625 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 30, 2021
17126746 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCATING PRODUCTS Referboard Marketing Pty Ltd. KANG, TIMOTHY J 3689 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Dec 18, 2020
15863078 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED HEALTHCARE SERVICE Advinow, Inc. SZUMNY, JONATHON A 3686 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 05, 2018

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