Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Phillips Lytle LLP

6 pending office actions • 4 clients • 6 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=624 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

81.6%
Allowance Rate
n=624
+0.60σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=624
2.6
OAs to Allowance
n=336
-0.50σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=336
1096 days
Time to Allowance
n=336
+5.2pp
Interview Lift
n=624
18.0%
RCE Rate
n=624
3.4%
Appeal Rate
n=624

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

62.5%
§101 Overcome
n=24
69.6%
§102 Overcome
n=112
72.4%
§103 Overcome
n=196
81.9%
§112 Overcome
n=127

Specialization & Scale

Y10T, H02K, G02B
Top CPC Subclasses
12%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=624
5
Practitioners
n=624
124.8
Apps / Practitioner
n=624

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)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.

4
Hard (67%)
2
Medium (33%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (17%)
§103 only2 (33%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
17% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
17% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
50% of docket
1
Business / Other
17% 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
MCCARRY JR, ROBERT J 1 81.9% +16.7%
MORELLO, JEAN F 1 68.7% +8.9%
ADAMS, NATHANIEL L 1 71.8% +19.9%
BELAY, DILNESSA B 1 62.4% +25.3%
DENNIS, MICHAEL DAVID 1 55.4% +30.6%
WHITE, DYLAN C 1 77.2% +13.0%

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
17951384 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROPOSAL AND DONATION OF AN OBJECT WHITE, DYLAN C 80d overdue
18592655 Load Sensing Device for a Hoist MORELLO, JEAN F 36d overdue
18672720 Trolley Single Point Adjustment System MCCARRY JR, ROBERT J
18109457 VARIABLE FREQUENCY DRIVE FOR FLASH JOULE HEATING SYSTEM AND METHOD BELAY, DILNESSA B

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
17951384 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROPOSAL AND DONATION OF AN OBJECT WHITE, DYLAN C 80d overdue
18232911 Wire Rope Hoist With Swivel Sheave ADAMS, NATHANIEL L 2d overdue
18095083 Plumber's Neck Putter with a Double Offset DENNIS, MICHAEL DAVID 79d
18672720 Trolley Single Point Adjustment System MCCARRY JR, ROBERT J
18109457 VARIABLE FREQUENCY DRIVE FOR FLASH JOULE HEATING SYSTEM AND METHOD BELAY, DILNESSA B

Client Portfolio (4 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28551
36541
17361
37111
36251

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18672720 Trolley Single Point Adjustment System Columbus Mckinnon Corporation MCCARRY JR, ROBERT J §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 23, 2024
18592655 Load Sensing Device for a Hoist Columbus Mckinnon Corporation MORELLO, JEAN F 2855 §102§103 Final Rejection 36d overdue Pending Mar 01, 2024
18232911 Wire Rope Hoist With Swivel Sheave Columbus Mckinnon Corporation ADAMS, NATHANIEL L 3654 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Aug 11, 2023
18109457 VARIABLE FREQUENCY DRIVE FOR FLASH JOULE HEATING SYSTEM AND METHOD William Marsh Rice University BELAY, DILNESSA B 1736 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 14, 2023
18095083 Plumber's Neck Putter with a Double Offset M Ogden Putter Company LLC DENNIS, MICHAEL DAVID 3711 §103 Non-Final OA 79d Pending Jan 10, 2023
17951384 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROPOSAL AND DONATION OF AN OBJECT Exchange Technologies International, Inc. WHITE, DYLAN C 3625 §101§112 Non-Final OA 80d overdue Pending Sep 23, 2022

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