Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Patent Capital Group

Technology areas: Computing & Software • Networking & Security • Communications

10 pending office actions • 8 clients • 9 examiners • 9 art units • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 28 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Patent Capital Group handles Networking & Security matters across 657 career applications. The profile records 9 pending office actions, reflecting active prosecution within the reported portfolio.

The resolved allowance rate is 92.95%, and an allowed matter receives an average of 3.77 office actions. These figures provide separate views of resolution outcomes and the examination activity associated with allowance. Practitioners can use them to assess portfolio performance, plan responses, and evaluate the resources required for continued prosecution.

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

Quality Metrics (n=657 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

93.0%
Allowance Rate
n=657
+0.61σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=657
3.8
OAs to Allowance
n=448
+0.15σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=448
1060 days
Time to Allowance
n=448
+2.3pp
Interview Lift
n=657
40.0%
RCE Rate
n=657
3.6%
Appeal Rate
n=657

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

77.2%
§101 Overcome
n=101
85.6%
§102 Overcome
n=202
83.4%
§103 Overcome
n=331
85.5%
§112 Overcome
n=166

Specialization & Scale

H04W, H04L, G06F
Top CPC Subclasses
33%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=657
7
Practitioners
n=657
93.9
Apps / Practitioner
n=657

Portfolio Summary

10
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

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.

3
Hard (30%)
6
Medium (60%)
1
Easy (10%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (10%)
§103 only6 (60%)
§112 only1 (10%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (20%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
10% of docket
5
Information Tech
50% of docket
3
Communications
30% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
10% 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.

100 h
Manual time on pending OAs
20 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
35 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
DOUGLAS, MICHELE CAMILLE 2 80.0% +42.9%
SREEVATSA, SREEYA 1 85.9% +4.4%
GRACIA, GARY S 1 71.2% +48.9%
SHAH, TANMAY K 1 89.2% +9.1%
SU, SARAH 1 80.2% +17.9%
CERVETTI, DAVID GARCIA 1 82.7% +15.3%
BRAHMACHARI, MANDRITA 1 76.9% +28.4%
CADY, MATTHEW ALAN 1 0.0% +0.0%
KOCH, GEORGE R 1 72.8% +17.0%

Quick Wins (4)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18972462 ASSESSING AND IDENTIFYING RESPONSES TO SECURITY RISKS SU, SARAH —
18823117 TELEPHONY DEVICES FOR PUBLIC SAFETY ANSWERING POINTS DOUGLAS, MICHELE CAMILLE —
18773965 CONNECTOR MANAGEMENT & IMPLEMENTATION FOR FLEXIBLE PLATFORM CERVETTI, DAVID GARCIA —
18753780 TELEPHONY DEVICES FOR PUBLIC SAFETY ANSWERING POINTS DOUGLAS, MICHELE CAMILLE —

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19035610 PERSONAL SAFETY DEVICE SREEVATSA, SREEYA —
18971266 AGGREGATING DATA FROM INTERNET OF THING DEVICES TO HELP DETECT EMERGENCY EVENT SHAH, TANMAY K —
18598858 LOCATION INTELLIGENCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD BRAHMACHARI, MANDRITA —
18401165 PROMPT GENERATOR FOR TESTING CADY, MATTHEW ALAN —

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18984089 EARLY FILTERING OF CLEAN FILE USING DYNAMIC ANALYSIS GRACIA, GARY S —
18972462 ASSESSING AND IDENTIFYING RESPONSES TO SECURITY RISKS SU, SARAH —
18823117 TELEPHONY DEVICES FOR PUBLIC SAFETY ANSWERING POINTS DOUGLAS, MICHELE CAMILLE —
18773965 CONNECTOR MANAGEMENT & IMPLEMENTATION FOR FLEXIBLE PLATFORM CERVETTI, DAVID GARCIA —
18753780 TELEPHONY DEVICES FOR PUBLIC SAFETY ANSWERING POINTS DOUGLAS, MICHELE CAMILLE —
18598858 LOCATION INTELLIGENCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD BRAHMACHARI, MANDRITA —
18238865 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BONDING REINFORCED HDPE PIPES KOCH, GEORGE R —

Client Portfolio (8 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
24991
26321
24311
26421
24091
26461
21441
21451
17451

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19035610 PERSONAL SAFETY DEVICE Safely Inc. SREEVATSA, SREEYA §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 23, 2025
18984089 EARLY FILTERING OF CLEAN FILE USING DYNAMIC ANALYSIS Sonicwall, Inc. GRACIA, GARY S 2499 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 17, 2024
18971266 AGGREGATING DATA FROM INTERNET OF THING DEVICES TO HELP DETECT EMERGENCY EVENT Intrado Life & Safety, Inc. SHAH, TANMAY K 2632 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 06, 2024
18972462 ASSESSING AND IDENTIFYING RESPONSES TO SECURITY RISKS Banyan Security, Inc. SU, SARAH 2431 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 06, 2024
18823117 TELEPHONY DEVICES FOR PUBLIC SAFETY ANSWERING POINTS Intrado Life & Safety, Inc. DOUGLAS, MICHELE CAMILLE 2642 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 03, 2024
18773965 CONNECTOR MANAGEMENT & IMPLEMENTATION FOR FLEXIBLE PLATFORM Sonicwall Inc. CERVETTI, DAVID GARCIA 2409 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 16, 2024
18753780 TELEPHONY DEVICES FOR PUBLIC SAFETY ANSWERING POINTS Intrado Life & Safety, Inc. DOUGLAS, MICHELE CAMILLE 2646 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 25, 2024
18598858 LOCATION INTELLIGENCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD South Tejas Solutions, LLC BRAHMACHARI, MANDRITA 2144 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 07, 2024
18401165 PROMPT GENERATOR FOR TESTING Cx360, Inc. CADY, MATTHEW ALAN 2145 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 29, 2023
18238865 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BONDING REINFORCED HDPE PIPES Robert David Jones Iii KOCH, GEORGE R 1745 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 28, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Patent Capital Group's patent allowance rate?

93.0% of resolved applications prosecuted by Patent Capital Group were allowed, across 657 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Patent Capital Group average before allowance?

3.77 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Patent Capital Group have?

10 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 8 clients, before 9 examiners in 9 art units.

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