Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Notaro Michalos & Zaccaria P.C. - Ncr Atleos Pros.

5 pending office actions • 2 clients • 4 examiners • 4 art units • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=23 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

37.5%
Allowance Rate
n=23
-0.40σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=23
OAs to Allowance
n=3 (min 20)
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=3 (min 20)
Time to Allowance
n=3 (min 20)
-42.9pp
Interview Lift
n=23
150.0%
RCE Rate
n=23
4.0%
Appeal Rate
n=23

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=4 (min 20)
§102 Overcome
n=4 (min 20)
§103 Overcome
n=16 (min 20)
§112 Overcome
n=2 (min 20)

Specialization & Scale

G06Q, G07D, G07F
Top CPC Subclasses
50%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=23
0
Practitioners
n=23
Apps / Practitioner
n=23 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due later (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.

0
Hard (0%)
4
Medium (80%)
1
Easy (20%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (80%)
§112 only1 (20%)

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
5
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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CICCHINO, PATRICK D 2 80.8% +13.2%
GONZALEZ, LUIS A 1 84.8% +4.4%
RESTIFO, JEFFREY J 1 79.3% +10.5%
SHERR, MARIA CRISTI OWEN 1 26.5% +13.9%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18618964 MEDIA GUIDE AND GUIDING CICCHINO, PATRICK D 13d
18619001 CURVED GUIDES AND GUIDING CICCHINO, PATRICK D 69d
18619015 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MOVEABLE GUIDE GONZALEZ, LUIS A

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17854726 CRYPTOCURRENCY COLD WALLET STORAGE DEVICE DISPENSER SHERR, MARIA CRISTI OWEN

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18618964 MEDIA GUIDE AND GUIDING CICCHINO, PATRICK D 13d
18216732 VEHICLE RESTIFO, JEFFREY J 14d
18619001 CURVED GUIDES AND GUIDING CICCHINO, PATRICK D 69d
17854726 CRYPTOCURRENCY COLD WALLET STORAGE DEVICE DISPENSER SHERR, MARIA CRISTI OWEN

Client Portfolio (2 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
NCR Atleos Corporation 3
NCR Corporation 2

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36192
36531
36131
36971

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18618964 MEDIA GUIDE AND GUIDING Ncr Atleos Corporation CICCHINO, PATRICK D 3619 §103 Final Rejection 13d Pending Mar 27, 2024
18619015 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MOVEABLE GUIDE Ncr Atleos Corporation GONZALEZ, LUIS A 3653 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 27, 2024
18619001 CURVED GUIDES AND GUIDING Ncr Atleos Corporation CICCHINO, PATRICK D 3619 §112 Non-Final OA 69d Pending Mar 27, 2024
18216732 VEHICLE Ncr Corporation RESTIFO, JEFFREY J 3613 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Jun 30, 2023
17854726 CRYPTOCURRENCY COLD WALLET STORAGE DEVICE DISPENSER Ncr Corporation SHERR, MARIA CRISTI OWEN 3697 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 30, 2022

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