Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Pierson Ferdinand, LLP

Technology areas: Computing & Software • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

33 pending office actions • 22 clients • 33 examiners • 30 art units • 0 of 33 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Pierson Ferdinand, LLP has 34 pending office actions in Computing & Software and 557 career applications in its recorded portfolio. The current pending workload is therefore presented alongside a meaningful prosecution history in a technology area where claim scope and software functionality can require sustained examination strategy.

The resolved allowance rate is 88.73%, while the average is 2.92 office actions per allowance. Together, these figures describe a portfolio in which resolved matters frequently reach allowance after more than one office-action cycle, while the allowance rate remains high within the firm’s recorded work. Clients can use the profile to assess software prosecution experience with attention to both outcomes and response activity.

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

Quality Metrics (n=557 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

88.7%
Allowance Rate
n=557
+0.50σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=557
2.9
OAs to Allowance
n=315
-0.23σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=315
893 days
Time to Allowance
n=315
+4.4pp
Interview Lift
n=557
35.5%
RCE Rate
n=557
1.4%
Appeal Rate
n=557

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

65.5%
§101 Overcome
n=87
67.7%
§102 Overcome
n=164
68.9%
§103 Overcome
n=235
65.8%
§112 Overcome
n=158

Specialization & Scale

G06F, G06N, G05D
Top CPC Subclasses
27%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=557
2
Practitioners
n=557
278.5
Apps / Practitioner
n=557

Portfolio Summary

33
Total Pending OAs
21
Non-Final OAs
12
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
1
Due this week
2
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 days (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.

20
Hard (61%)
8
Medium (24%)
4
Easy (12%)
1
Unknown (3%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (3%)
§101 + other9 (27%)
§103 only6 (18%)
§102 only1 (3%)
§112 only3 (9%)
Double-patenting only1 (3%)
Double-patenting + other1 (3%)
Multi-statute (no §101)10 (30%)
No statute on record1 (3%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
6% of docket
14
Information Tech
42% of docket
4
Communications
12% of docket
2
Semiconductors
6% of docket
11
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.

330 h
Manual time on pending OAs
66 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
115 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BONNETTE, RODNEY ANDREW 1 90.5% +6.4%
BADAWI, MEDHAT 1 81.6% +12.4%
CONYERS, DAWAUNE A 1 65.7% +19.3%
KHONG, ALEXANDER 1 84.2% +27.8%
MINCEY, JERMAINE A 1 56.9% +41.3%
GOODCHILD, WILLIAM J 1 82.8% +14.4%
PHAM, MICHAEL 1 80.1% +22.0%
RUIZ, ANGELICA 1 83.3% +14.4%
MARIAM, DANIEL G 1 90.6% +10.3%
PEFFLEY, MICHAEL F 1 77.8% +13.5%

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
19214378 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BLOCKCHAIN-BASED CLOUD STORAGE DOCUMENT INTEGRITY PHAM, MICHAEL 7d
19370593 ADDITIVE MANUFACTURED INTEGRAL FASTENING SYSTEM FOR MISSION ADAPTABLE UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES BONNETTE, RODNEY ANDREW —
19217549 SECURE STORAGE OF DATA VIA A DISTRIBUTED LEDGER SYSTEM GOODCHILD, WILLIAM J —
19059816 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STAMP DETECTION AND CLASSIFICATION MARIAM, DANIEL G —

Hard Cases (20)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18652157 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUGMENTED REALITY ENVIRONMENTS AND TOKENS MCCOY, AIDAN WILLIAM 56d overdue
18619453 ADVANCED DATA COLLECTION BLOCK IDENTIFICATION ALLEN, NICHOLAS E 35d overdue
18941788 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING ROUTE PLANNING FOR TIGHT TURNS FOR ROBOTIC APPARATUSES NGUYEN, BAO LONG T 26d
17565008 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING DATA, AND RELATED PRODUCT NGUYEN, CHAU T 27d
19357000 MISSION-ADAPTABLE AERIAL VEHICLE AND METHODS FOR IN-FIELD ASSEMBLY AND USE BADAWI, MEDHAT —
19285245 CONFIGURABLE NARRATIVE SYSTEM CONYERS, DAWAUNE A —
19247698 Systems and Methods for Distributed Entity Tracking KHONG, ALEXANDER —
19242968 Systems and Methods for Machine Learning-Based Data Extraction MINCEY, JERMAINE A —

Interview Candidates (9)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19199700 System And Method Of Presenting A Hybrid Cloud Cache As A File System RUIZ, ANGELICA 5d overdue
19214378 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BLOCKCHAIN-BASED CLOUD STORAGE DOCUMENT INTEGRITY PHAM, MICHAEL 7d
19357000 MISSION-ADAPTABLE AERIAL VEHICLE AND METHODS FOR IN-FIELD ASSEMBLY AND USE BADAWI, MEDHAT —
19285245 CONFIGURABLE NARRATIVE SYSTEM CONYERS, DAWAUNE A —
19247698 Systems and Methods for Distributed Entity Tracking KHONG, ALEXANDER —
19242968 Systems and Methods for Machine Learning-Based Data Extraction MINCEY, JERMAINE A —
19217549 SECURE STORAGE OF DATA VIA A DISTRIBUTED LEDGER SYSTEM GOODCHILD, WILLIAM J —
19059816 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STAMP DETECTION AND CLASSIFICATION MARIAM, DANIEL G —

Client Portfolio (22 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
21592
21532
21542
36471
36421
21681
24331
26751
37941
26331

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19370593 ADDITIVE MANUFACTURED INTEGRAL FASTENING SYSTEM FOR MISSION ADAPTABLE UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES Firestorm Labs, Inc. BONNETTE, RODNEY ANDREW 3647 §103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 27, 2025
19357000 MISSION-ADAPTABLE AERIAL VEHICLE AND METHODS FOR IN-FIELD ASSEMBLY AND USE Firststorm Labs, Inc. BADAWI, MEDHAT 3642 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 13, 2025
19285245 CONFIGURABLE NARRATIVE SYSTEM Snorble, Incorporated CONYERS, DAWAUNE A 2159 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 30, 2025
19247698 Systems and Methods for Distributed Entity Tracking Sequoia Games, Inc. KHONG, ALEXANDER 2168 §101§102§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 24, 2025
19242968 Systems and Methods for Machine Learning-Based Data Extraction Nationstar Mortgage LLC, D/B/A Mr. Cooper MINCEY, JERMAINE A 2159 §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 18, 2025
19217549 SECURE STORAGE OF DATA VIA A DISTRIBUTED LEDGER SYSTEM Fortress Cyber Security, LLC GOODCHILD, WILLIAM J 2433 §103Other Non-Final OA — Pending May 23, 2025
19214378 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BLOCKCHAIN-BASED CLOUD STORAGE DOCUMENT INTEGRITY Egnyte, Inc. PHAM, MICHAEL 2153 §102Other Final Rejection 7d Pending May 21, 2025
19199700 System And Method Of Presenting A Hybrid Cloud Cache As A File System Egnyte, Inc. RUIZ, ANGELICA 2154 Other Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending May 06, 2025
19059816 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STAMP DETECTION AND CLASSIFICATION Nationstar Mortgage LLC, D/B/A Mr. Cooper MARIAM, DANIEL G 2675 DP Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 21, 2025
19104331 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR REMOVAL OF PAPULES Lombardi Institute Of Dermatology, Pllc PEFFLEY, MICHAEL F 3794 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 17, 2025
19029116 METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND APPARATUS FOR ROUTING DATA OVER MEDIUM AND HIGH VOLTAGE POWER LINES Crius Technology Group, Inc. ALI, SHAWKAT M 2633 §112 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 17, 2025
18941788 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING ROUTE PLANNING FOR TIGHT TURNS FOR ROBOTIC APPARATUSES Brain Corporation NGUYEN, BAO LONG T 3656 §101§103DP Final Rejection 26d Pending Nov 08, 2024
18916117 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LASER IMAGING ODOMETRY FOR AUTONOMOUS ROBOTS Brain Corporation BUKSA, CHRISTOPHER ALLEN 3658 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Oct 15, 2024
18893360 SYSTEMS AND APPARATUSES FOR A PROTECTIVE MODULE FOR ROBOTIC SENSORS Brain Corporation BENNETT, JENNIFER D 2878 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 23, 2024
18886881 ARTICULATING DIE AND FORMING PROCESS Foldstar Inc. TAWFIK, SAMEH 3731 §103 Final Rejection 9d overdue Pending Sep 16, 2024
18825646 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DEEPLY INTEGRATED PRESENTATION GADGETS Pencil Learning Technologies, Inc. TSUI, WILSON W 2172 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 05, 2024
18809548 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ALIGNING A PLURALITY OF LOCAL COMPUTER READABLE MAPS TO A SINGLE GLOBAL MAP AND DETECTING MAPPING ERRORS Brain Corporation HINTON, HENRY R 3665 §101§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 20, 2024
18758553 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MOTION CONTROL OF ROBOTS Brain Corporation LAROSE, RENEE MARIE 3657 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 28, 2024
18721908 APPARATUS FOR FORMING A BLANK Kool Global Solutions Pty Ltd. TEMPLETON, CHRISTOPHER L 3725 §102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 20, 2024
18652157 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUGMENTED REALITY ENVIRONMENTS AND TOKENS Sequoia Games, Inc. MCCOY, AIDAN WILLIAM 2611 §102§103 Final Rejection 56d overdue Pending May 01, 2024
18619453 ADVANCED DATA COLLECTION BLOCK IDENTIFICATION Oxylabs, Uab ALLEN, NICHOLAS E 2154 §101§103 Final Rejection 35d overdue Pending Mar 28, 2024
18605713 ENHANCERS AND VECTORS Immunovec, Inc. RAHMAN, MASUDUR 1631 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 14, 2024
18601806 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC CONTEXT-BASED ANNOTATION Nationstar Mortgage LLC, D/B/A/ Mr. Cooper BITAR, NANCY 2664 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Mar 11, 2024
18510342 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MESH NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS AND ENHANCING THE SECURITY AND STEALTH IN COMMUNICATION NETWORKS Crius Technology Group, Inc. YUEN, KAN 2464 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 15, 2023
18500613 THERMASAT INSULATION BASED ISOLATION METHOD ThermaSat Inc. ZERPHEY, CHRISTOPHER R 3799 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 02, 2023
18381037 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING OPTIMIZATION OF FILE UPLOAD OPERATIONS VIA TRANSACTION TRANSFORMATION Egnyte, Inc. HTAY, LIN LIN M 2153 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 17, 2023
18368694 Radiation Induced Conductivity Flux Measurement Device Howe Industries LLC FIN, CAROLYN 2884 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 15, 2023
18340245 FULLY AUTOMATED SAMPLE PROCESSING PLATFORM FROM EXTRACTION TO SEQUENCING Clear Labs, Inc. ABEL, LENORA A 1799 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 23, 2023
18179964 Systems and Methods for Non-Custodial Key Storage and Digital Signatures Realio Technology, Ltd. GRIJALVA LOBOS, BORIS D 2400 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 07, 2023
18003820 INTEGRATED COMPUTING APPARATUS, CHIP, BOARD CARD, DEVICE AND COMPUTING METHOD Cambricon Technologies Corporation Limited DOMAN, SHAWN 2183 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 29, 2022
17565008 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING DATA, AND RELATED PRODUCT Shanghai Cambricon Information Technology Co., Ltd. NGUYEN, CHAU T 2145 §101§103 Final Rejection 27d Pending Dec 29, 2021
17554521 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING DATA, AND RELATED PRODUCTS Shanghai Cambricon Information Technology Co., Ltd. NGUYEN, NHAT HUY T 2147 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 17, 2021
17211526 Virtual Shopping/Gaming Experience Invnt LLC SULLIVAN, THOMAS J 3689 §101§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 24, 2021

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Pierson Ferdinand, LLP's patent allowance rate?

88.7% of resolved applications prosecuted by Pierson Ferdinand, LLP were allowed, across 557 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Pierson Ferdinand, LLP average before allowance?

2.92 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Pierson Ferdinand, LLP have?

33 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 22 clients, before 33 examiners in 30 art units.

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