Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
177 pending office actions • 81 clients • 172 examiners • 97 art units • 0 of 177 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT CANADA LLP handles 6867 career applications in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The firm has a very high resolved allowance rate of 98.95 percent. However, this success comes with an average of 5.63 office actions per allowance. There are 132 pending office actions currently.
The 98.95 percent resolved allowance rate across the firm's career applications indicates an extremely high probability of grant. The average of 5.63 office actions per allowance suggests a persistent and lengthy prosecution process is often necessary to achieve these results. Practitioners should prepare for an extended negotiation with the patent office, as the 5.63 average indicates multiple rounds of rejection and response. With 132 pending office actions, the firm continues to manage a substantial volume of active matters in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector, leveraging their experience from 6867 career applications to navigate the patent office's requirements.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 46 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 46 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 9 (5%) |
| §101 + other | 32 (18%) |
| §103 only | 43 (24%) |
| §102 only | 5 (3%) |
| §112 only | 9 (5%) |
| Double-patenting only | 2 (1%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 4 (2%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 72 (41%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (1%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
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.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHOW, JEFFREY J | 4 | 77.2% | +15.6% |
| GRAVES, TIMOTHY P | 2 | 81.0% | +15.3% |
| SAHNI, VISHAL R | 2 | 75.4% | +18.9% |
| CHOI, WILLIAM SOON | 1 | 74.2% | +11.8% |
| PATEL, NEHA | 1 | 23.4% | +21.1% |
| HANKS, BENJAMIN L | 1 | 21.4% | +30.3% |
| JOYCE, WILLIAM C | 1 | 69.6% | +16.0% |
| GILLIGAN, CHRISTOPHER L | 1 | 57.5% | +40.3% |
| HALL, FORREST G | 1 | 60.1% | +31.7% |
| FEACHER, LORENA R | 1 | 28.5% | +32.3% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18615260 | ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS FOR DEPLOYING A TRAILING EDGE FLAP OF AN AIRCRAFT | CONLON, MARISA V | 89d overdue |
| 18164654 | BIOSENSOR APPARATUS AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF | CHIU, MAY LEUNG | 77d overdue |
| 17893302 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MACHINE LEARNING ARCHITECTURE WITH SELECTIVE LEARNING | BAIRD, EDWARD J | 77d overdue |
| 18242164 | SYNCHRONIZED PROCESSING OF DATA BY NETWORKED COMPUTING RESOURCES | JACOB, WILLIAM J | 72d overdue |
| 18108481 | PROCESSING OF ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS | CUNNINGHAM II, GREGORY S | 60d overdue |
| 18638033 | METATARSAL PROTECTIVE ARCH FOR ITEM OF FOOTWEAR | PRANGE, SHARON M | 52d overdue |
| 18920875 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SAAS DATA CONTROL PLATFORM | MAI, KEVIN S | 43d overdue |
| 18550708 | SUBSTRATE FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME | MENZ, DOUGLAS M | 43d overdue |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18111306 | SHELL-BASED MATERIAL | SAHNI, VISHAL R | 8d |
| 19543329 | JOINT DEVICE FOR DRAIN PIPES | CHOI, WILLIAM SOON | — |
| 19404739 | VIRTUALIZATION AND SECURE PROCESSING OF DATA | PATEL, NEHA | — |
| 19317553 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS FOR MANAGING MEDICAL APPLICATIONS AND MEDICAL COMPUTER ASSIGNMENTS USING AN EXTERNAL COMPUTER | HANKS, BENJAMIN L | — |
| 19141214 | MECHANICAL DEMULTIPLEXER | JOYCE, WILLIAM C | — |
| 19243361 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING SURGICAL HARDWARE | GILLIGAN, CHRISTOPHER L | — |
| 19210104 | GUSSET FOR A GARMENT | HALL, FORREST G | — |
| 19208168 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CALL CENTER NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING | FEACHER, LORENA R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3732 | 7 |
| 3625 | 5 |
| 3791 | 5 |
| 3763 | 4 |
| 3715 | 3 |
| 3696 | 3 |
| 3699 | 2 |
| 2622 | 2 |
| 1785 | 2 |
| 3736 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19543329 | JOINT DEVICE FOR DRAIN PIPES | C.G. Air Systèmes Inc. | CHOI, WILLIAM SOON | 3679 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 18, 2026 |
| 19404739 | VIRTUALIZATION AND SECURE PROCESSING OF DATA | Royal Bank Of Canada | PATEL, NEHA | 3699 | §101DPOther | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 01, 2025 |
| 19317553 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS FOR MANAGING MEDICAL APPLICATIONS AND MEDICAL COMPUTER ASSIGNMENTS USING AN EXTERNAL COMPUTER | 3D Bridge Solutions Inc. | HANKS, BENJAMIN L | 3684 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 03, 2025 |
| 19141214 | MECHANICAL DEMULTIPLEXER | Mathieu Tanguay | JOYCE, WILLIAM C | 3618 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 19, 2025 |
| 19243361 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING SURGICAL HARDWARE | Orthosoft Ulc | GILLIGAN, CHRISTOPHER L | 3683 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 19, 2025 |
| 19210104 | GUSSET FOR A GARMENT | Lululemon Athletica Canada Inc. | HALL, FORREST G | 3732 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 16, 2025 |
| 19208168 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CALL CENTER NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING | Royal Bank Of Canada | FEACHER, LORENA R | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 14, 2025 | |
| 19197072 | COMPUTER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COGNITIVE TESTS FOR SCALABLE PRECISION EDUCATION | Acuity Insights Inc. | LANE, DANIEL E | 3715 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 02, 2025 |
| 19189991 | BYPASS VALVE | Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. | RIEGELMAN, MICHAEL A | 3654 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 25, 2025 |
| 19097002 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ROUTING MEDIA | Genetec Inc. | DUONG, OANH | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 01, 2025 | |
| 19074149 | WEARABLE COMPUTING DEVICE WITH ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL SENSORS | Interaxon Inc. | GIESY, ADAM | 2622 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2025 |
| 19070881 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USER INTERFACE ORCHESTRATION AND PRESENTATION | Royal Bank Of Canada | ROSEN, NICHOLAS D | §101DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2025 | |
| 19048332 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENGINE HOT SECTION MAINTENANCE | Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. | MARSH, STEVEN M | 3632 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 07, 2025 |
| 19042348 | DEVICE AND METHOD TO PROBE AN ELECTRICAL PROPERTY OF A MATERIAL IN RELATION TO CHARGE SHARING | The Governing Council of the University of Toronto | SANGHERA, JAS A | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2025 | |
| 19040264 | WIRELESS TAMPER-EVIDENT LABEL FOR A TUBE OR CONTAINER | 16095020 Canada Inc. | POWERS, LAURA C | 1785 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2025 |
| 18998365 | SCOOP | O International Inc. | ADAMS, NATHANIEL L | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2025 | |
| 19027761 | VISION GUIDANCE SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AIRCRAFT | BOMBARDIER INC. | CHOW, JEFFREY J | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 | |
| 19028514 | VISION GUIDANCE SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AIRCRAFT | BOMBARDIER INC. | CHOW, JEFFREY J | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 | |
| 19028565 | VISION GUIDANCE SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AIRCRAFT | BOMBARDIER INC. | CHOW, JEFFREY J | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 | |
| 18881026 | VELOCITY MEASUREMENT BY DECORRELATION RATIO OF STRUCTURED OPTICAL SIGNALS | Polyvalor, Limited Partnership | XING, CHRISTINA ILONA | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 03, 2025 | |
| 18876336 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MODIFYING A PHOTONIC CHIP HAVING A SEMICONDUCTOR WAVEGUIDE | Femtum Inc. | UNDERWOOD, JARREAS C | 2877 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2024 |
| 18983978 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE BASED ON ACCELERATOR ACTUATION RATE | Taiga Motors Inc. | MILLER, PRESTON JAY | 3661 | §103 | Final Rejection | 46d | Pending | Dec 17, 2024 |
| 18874692 | BATTERY PACK ENCLOSURE WITH HEAT-CONDUCTING PLATE | 9351-0618 Québec Inc. | KANDAS, NICHOLAS R | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2024 | |
| 18873814 | SKATE WITH FOOT WRAPPING SYSTEM | Sport Maska Inc. | MARIN, DAKOTA | 3732 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 |
| 18873537 | HAND-HELD SECTION OF A SPORTING GOOD IMPLEMENT | Sport Maska Inc. | LEGESSE, NINI F | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 10, 2024 | |
| 18873324 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMMUNICATIONS USING BLENDED WIDE AREA NETWORKS | Dejero Labs Inc. | PARRY, CHRISTOPHER L | 2454 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 09, 2024 |
| 18971406 | PLOW BLADE SYSTEM WITH PIVOTING BLADE | Atelier D'Usinage Jules Roberge Inc. | SCOVILLE, BLAKE E | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2024 | |
| 18972190 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRACKING MOVEMENT OF ROBOT IN ROBOT-ASSISTED SURGERY | Orthosoft Ulc | EL SAYAH, MOHAMAD O | 3658 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 60d | Pending | Dec 06, 2024 |
| 18871088 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CALIBRATING SENSING INSTRUMENTS | The Armstrong Monitoring Corporation | GRAVES, TIMOTHY P | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 02, 2024 | |
| 18963654 | CONTAINER FOR COLLECTING AND CONTAINING A LIQUID DRAINED FROM A VEHICLE | Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited | STEVENS, ALLAN D | 3736 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 28, 2024 |
| 18962555 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTRAOPERATIVE ANATOMICAL IMAGING | Orthosoft Ulc | EDUN, DEAN NAWAAB | 3797 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
| 18962057 | COMPACT PNEUMATIC HAMMER POSITIONER | R.N.P. Industries Inc. | KOSKY, JUSTIN THOMAS | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 | |
| 18960501 | WALL FINISHING SYSTEM | Durock Alfacing International Limited | FLORES JR, DONALD M | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 26, 2024 | |
| 18959025 | WEARABLE COMPUTING DEVICE | Interaxon Inc. | TU, AURELIE H | §102§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 | |
| 18949662 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AI-SUPPORTED DEPLOYMENT OF COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTS | Royal Bank Of Canada | DAO, THUY CHAN | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 15, 2024 | |
| 18949064 | INTERIOR POSITIONING SYSTEM FOR TRACKING COMMUNICATION DEVICES WITHIN A REMOTE LOCATION, AND METHOD THEREFORE | Solutions Ambra Inc. | MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 15, 2024 | |
| 18947092 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT USING A GENERATIVE AI SYSTEM | Pricewaterhousecoopers LLP | MEINECKE DIAZ, SUSANNA M | 3625 | §101§102 | Final Rejection | 42d overdue | Pending | Nov 14, 2024 |
| 18866003 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, ARTICLES, AND METHODS TO PROVIDE A CUSTOMIZED RETAIL EXPERIENCE | Lululemon Athletica Canada Inc. | ZIMMERMAN, MATTHEW E | 3688 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2024 |
| 18866013 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO PROVIDE A PRODUCT INTERACTION | Lululemon Athletica Canada Inc. | SULLIVAN, THOMAS J | 3689 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 29d | Pending | Nov 14, 2024 |
| 18863514 | Use Of Glycine Transporter- 1 Antagonists As Vascular Dementia And/Or Stroke Prophylactic/Treatment Agents | Recherches Neuro-Hippocampe Inc. | ROMERO, KRISTEN WANG | 1629 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2024 |
| 18938369 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING A SHAFT SHEAR EVENT | Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. | GRAVES, TIMOTHY P | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2024 | |
| 18931295 | INTRAOPERATIVE INTERFACING METHOD FOR COMPUTER-ASSISTED SURGERY SYSTEM | Orthosoft Ulc | YANG, YI-SHAN | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 30, 2024 | |
| 18931833 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCT DIMENSION NAVIGATION | Lululemon Athletica Canada Inc. | SMITH, LINDSEY B | 3688 | §101§102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 30, 2024 |
| 18930663 | ENROLLMENT OF SECURITY DEVICES | Genetec Inc. | NAHAR, SAYEDA S | 2435 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 17d overdue | Pending | Oct 29, 2024 |
| 18860864 | PROCESS FOR EXTRACTION OF COMMON AND PRECIOUS METALS FROM WASTED CIRCUIT BOARDS | Seneca Experts-Conseils Inc. | WALTERS, RYAN J | 3726 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 28, 2024 |
| 18860197 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADAPTIVE MOTION SIMULATION IN GAMING | D-Box Technologies Inc. | D'AGOSTINO, PAUL ANTHONY | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2024 | |
| 18921429 | FERMENTED PLANT COMPOSITIONS HAVING MODIFIED ORGANOLEPTIC PROPERTIES | Kefiplant Inc. | MORNHINWEG, JEFFREY P | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 21, 2024 | |
| 18920875 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SAAS DATA CONTROL PLATFORM | Royal Bank Of Canada | MAI, KEVIN S | 2499 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 43d overdue | Pending | Oct 19, 2024 |
| 18920872 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SAAS DATA CONTROL PLATFORM | Royal Bank Of Canada | MORONEY, MICHAEL CORBETT | 3628 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Oct 19, 2024 |
| 18920874 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SAAS DATA CONTROL PLATFORM | Royal Bank Of Canada | LONG, MEREDITH A | 3622 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 19, 2024 |
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Start Free Trial79.9% of resolved applications prosecuted by Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP were allowed, across 6,867 applications in USPTO records.
3.23 office actions per allowed application on average.
177 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 81 clients, before 172 examiners in 97 art units.