Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Parsons Behle and Latimer

Technology area: Communications

6 pending office actions • 6 clients • 6 examiners • 6 art units • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Parsons Behle & Latimer handles Chemistry & Materials matters across 888 career applications. Its current docket includes 6 pending office actions, showing active prosecution work alongside the reported application portfolio.

The resolved allowance rate is 82.88%, and an allowed application receives an average of 3.03 office actions. The outcome and activity measures provide distinct signals for portfolio analysis. Practitioners can use them to review allowance results, anticipate response work, and evaluate prosecution management.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Quality Metrics (n=888 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

82.9%
Allowance Rate
n=888
+0.52σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=888
3.0
OAs to Allowance
n=518
-0.14σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=518
983 days
Time to Allowance
n=518
+14.2pp
Interview Lift
n=888
17.9%
RCE Rate
n=888
3.3%
Appeal Rate
n=888

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

78.7%
§101 Overcome
n=47
85.2%
§102 Overcome
n=263
82.0%
§103 Overcome
n=362
81.5%
§112 Overcome
n=200

Specialization & Scale

Y10T, H04L, F41A
Top CPC Subclasses
10%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=888
7
Practitioners
n=888
126.9
Apps / Practitioner
n=888

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

6
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (17%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (83%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
17% of docket
1
Information Tech
17% of docket
1
Communications
17% of docket
1
Semiconductors
17% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
33% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
EDWARDS, MARK 1 76.5% +13.3%
CASTELLANO, STEPHEN J 1 65.1% +35.7%
PHAN, MINH Q 1 75.7% -4.5%
CALANDRA, ANTHONY J 1 62.9% +18.6%
DANG, CHRISTINE 1 49.7% +51.4%
RANEW, BENJAMIN THOMAS 1 90.9% +13.6%

Hard Cases (6)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19240603 SUPPLEMENTAL DISPLAY FOR INTERACTIVE CONTENT EDWARDS, MARK 16d overdue
19201721 COMPRESSION-RESISTANT THIN-WALL CONTAINER CASTELLANO, STEPHEN J —
19075570 ELECTRODE AND SHIELDING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMPLIANT SENSORS PHAN, MINH Q —
18730098 THERMAL-PRESSURE HYDROLYSIS SUSTAINABLE BIOMASS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ALTERNATIVE PROTEINS AND BIO-MATERIALS CALANDRA, ANTHONY J —
18416181 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DLT-ENABLED DIGITIZED TOKENS FOR CARBON CREDITS DANG, CHRISTINE —
17816896 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BANDWIDTH ADAPTIVE SCHEDULING IN CLOUD BASED VIRTUAL NETWORK FUNCTIONS FOR TRAFFIC OVER POINT-TO-POINT OVERLAY TUNNELS RANEW, BENJAMIN THOMAS —

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19240603 SUPPLEMENTAL DISPLAY FOR INTERACTIVE CONTENT EDWARDS, MARK 16d overdue
19201721 COMPRESSION-RESISTANT THIN-WALL CONTAINER CASTELLANO, STEPHEN J —
18730098 THERMAL-PRESSURE HYDROLYSIS SUSTAINABLE BIOMASS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ALTERNATIVE PROTEINS AND BIO-MATERIALS CALANDRA, ANTHONY J —
18416181 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DLT-ENABLED DIGITIZED TOKENS FOR CARBON CREDITS DANG, CHRISTINE —
17816896 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BANDWIDTH ADAPTIVE SCHEDULING IN CLOUD BASED VIRTUAL NETWORK FUNCTIONS FOR TRAFFIC OVER POINT-TO-POINT OVERLAY TUNNELS RANEW, BENJAMIN THOMAS —

Client Portfolio (6 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
26241
37331
28521
17481
36981
24651

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19240603 SUPPLEMENTAL DISPLAY FOR INTERACTIVE CONTENT Innovative Point Of Sale Systems, LLC EDWARDS, MARK 2624 §103§112 Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending Jun 17, 2025
19201721 COMPRESSION-RESISTANT THIN-WALL CONTAINER BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY CASTELLANO, STEPHEN J 3733 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 07, 2025
19075570 ELECTRODE AND SHIELDING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMPLIANT SENSORS Nitto Bend Technologies, Inc. PHAN, MINH Q 2852 §101DP Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 10, 2025
18730098 THERMAL-PRESSURE HYDROLYSIS SUSTAINABLE BIOMASS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ALTERNATIVE PROTEINS AND BIO-MATERIALS Thermo Pressure Technologies Limited CALANDRA, ANTHONY J 1748 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 18, 2024
18416181 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DLT-ENABLED DIGITIZED TOKENS FOR CARBON CREDITS Dynamis Energy, LLC DANG, CHRISTINE 3698 §103§112Other Final Rejection — Pending Jan 18, 2024
17816896 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BANDWIDTH ADAPTIVE SCHEDULING IN CLOUD BASED VIRTUAL NETWORK FUNCTIONS FOR TRAFFIC OVER POINT-TO-POINT OVERLAY TUNNELS Cradlepoint, Inc. RANEW, BENJAMIN THOMAS 2465 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 02, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Parsons Behle and Latimer's patent allowance rate?

82.9% of resolved applications prosecuted by Parsons Behle and Latimer were allowed, across 888 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Parsons Behle and Latimer average before allowance?

3.03 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Parsons Behle and Latimer have?

6 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 6 clients, before 6 examiners in 6 art units.

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