Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Pierson Ferdinand, LLP

24 pending office actions • 16 clients • 23 examiners • 20 art units • 0 of 24 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=530 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

89.6%
Allowance Rate
n=530
+0.49σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=530
2.8
OAs to Allowance
n=310
-0.27σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=310
877 days
Time to Allowance
n=310
+4.3pp
Interview Lift
n=530
34.4%
RCE Rate
n=530
1.5%
Appeal Rate
n=530

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

70.7%
§101 Overcome
n=82
68.6%
§102 Overcome
n=159
73.1%
§103 Overcome
n=219
69.9%
§112 Overcome
n=146

Specialization & Scale

G06F, G06N, B25J
Top CPC Subclasses
27%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=530
2
Practitioners
n=530
265.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=530

Portfolio Summary

24
Total Pending OAs
17
Non-Final OAs
7
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
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. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 30 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.

14
Hard (58%)
7
Medium (29%)
2
Easy (8%)
1
Unknown (4%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only4 (17%)
§101 + other5 (21%)
§103 only6 (25%)
§102 only1 (4%)
§112 only2 (8%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (21%)
No statute on record1 (4%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
8% of docket
6
Information Tech
25% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
8% of docket
12
Mechanical / Eng
50% of docket
2
Business / Other
8% 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.

240 h
Manual time on pending OAs
48 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
84 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TRAN, KHOI H 2 54.3% +17.2%
DELAHOUSSAYE, KEITH G 1 80.1% +18.9%
CONYERS, DAWAUNE A 1 65.7% +19.7%
KHONG, ALEXANDER 1 84.1% +27.8%
MORRISON, JAY A 1 81.0% +23.9%
MINCEY, JERMAINE A 1 57.0% +41.2%
SMITH, JORDAN T 1 66.7% +5.9%
TAWFIK, SAMEH 1 63.0% +31.1%
HINTON, HENRY R 1 72.2% +40.0%
LAROSE, RENEE MARIE 1 79.3% +9.1%

Hard Cases (14)

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
18619453 ADVANCED DATA COLLECTION BLOCK IDENTIFICATION ALLEN, NICHOLAS E 35d overdue
18886881 ARTICULATING DIE AND FORMING PROCESS TAWFIK, SAMEH 9d overdue
18740213 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC PREDICTION OF FLIGHT BALLISTICS RENWICK, REGINALD A 13d
19352751 LIGHT BULB SOCKET SUPPORT INTERFACE, INTERFACE ADAPTER, AND SOCKET ADAPTER FOR LIGHT BULB SOCKET DELAHOUSSAYE, KEITH G
19247698 Systems and Methods for Distributed Entity Tracking KHONG, ALEXANDER
19141720 METHOD FOR GENERATING A REQUEST MORRISON, JAY A
19242968 Systems and Methods for Machine Learning-Based Data Extraction MINCEY, JERMAINE A
18961235 Systems and Methods For Determining a Pose of a Sensor on a Robot SMITH, JORDAN T

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
18886881 ARTICULATING DIE AND FORMING PROCESS TAWFIK, SAMEH 9d overdue
19352751 LIGHT BULB SOCKET SUPPORT INTERFACE, INTERFACE ADAPTER, AND SOCKET ADAPTER FOR LIGHT BULB SOCKET DELAHOUSSAYE, KEITH G
19285245 CONFIGURABLE NARRATIVE SYSTEM CONYERS, DAWAUNE A
19247698 Systems and Methods for Distributed Entity Tracking KHONG, ALEXANDER
19141720 METHOD FOR GENERATING A REQUEST MORRISON, JAY A
19242968 Systems and Methods for Machine Learning-Based Data Extraction MINCEY, JERMAINE A
18809548 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ALIGNING A PLURALITY OF LOCAL COMPUTER READABLE MAPS TO A SINGLE GLOBAL MAP AND DETECTING MAPPING ERRORS HINTON, HENRY R
18215326 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTANCE BASED ROBOTIC TIMEOUTS TRAN, KHOI H

Client Portfolio (16 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37152
36562
28751
21681
21511
21591
37311
36651
36571
21541

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19352751 LIGHT BULB SOCKET SUPPORT INTERFACE, INTERFACE ADAPTER, AND SOCKET ADAPTER FOR LIGHT BULB SOCKET Wintergreen Corporation DELAHOUSSAYE, KEITH G 2875 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 08, 2025
19285245 CONFIGURABLE NARRATIVE SYSTEM Snorble, Incorporated CONYERS, DAWAUNE A §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
19141720 METHOD FOR GENERATING A REQUEST Iui Life MORRISON, JAY A 2151 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 20, 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
18961235 Systems and Methods For Determining a Pose of a Sensor on a Robot Brain Corporation SMITH, JORDAN T §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 26, 2024
18886881 ARTICULATING DIE AND FORMING PROCESS Foldstar Inc. TAWFIK, SAMEH 3731 §103§112 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Sep 16, 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 §102§103 Final Rejection 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
18740213 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC PREDICTION OF FLIGHT BALLISTICS D.O.P.E. Golf, LLC RENWICK, REGINALD A 3715 §101 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Jun 11, 2024
18619453 ADVANCED DATA COLLECTION BLOCK IDENTIFICATION Oxylabs, Uab ALLEN, NICHOLAS E 2154 §101§103 Final Rejection 35d overdue Pending Mar 28, 2024
18414121 USER ID CODES FOR ONLINE VERIFICATION Civic Technologies, Inc. POTRATZ, DANIEL B 2491 §103Other Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending Jan 16, 2024
18368694 Radiation Induced Conductivity Flux Measurement Device Howe Industries LLC FIN, CAROLYN 2884 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 15, 2023
18215326 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTANCE BASED ROBOTIC TIMEOUTS Brain Corporation TRAN, KHOI H 3656 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 28, 2023
18340158 FULLY AUTOMATED SAMPLE PROCESSING PLATFORM FROM EXTRACTION TO SEQUENCING Clear Labs, Inc. LE, AUSTIN Q 1796 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jun 23, 2023
18340245 FULLY AUTOMATED SAMPLE PROCESSING PLATFORM FROM EXTRACTION TO SEQUENCING Clear Labs, Inc. ABEL, LENORA A 1799 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 23, 2023
18095778 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENGAGING BRAKES ON A ROBOTIC DEVICE Brain Corporation TRAN, KHOI H 3656 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 11, 2023
18008400 PROGRAMMABLE INTERACTIVE SYSTEMS, METHODS AND MACHINE READABLE PROGRAMS TO AFFECT BEHAVIORAL PATTERNS Rizkalla, Michael, Adel HAFIZ, HAMID TARIQ 3715 §102 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Dec 05, 2022
17986224 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING GLASS AND SPECULAR SURFACES FOR ROBOTS Brain Corporation RATCLIFFE, LUKE D 3645 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 14, 2022
17942804 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ROUTE SYNCHRONIZATION FOR ROBOTIC DEVICES Brain Corporation DYER, ANDREW R 3662 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 12, 2022
17806328 ThermaSat Solar Thermal Propulsion System ThermaSat Inc. MEADE, LORNE EDWARD 3741 §103 Final Rejection 97d overdue Pending Jun 10, 2022
17745088 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRAINING NEURAL NETWORKS ON A CLOUD SERVER USING SENSORY DATA COLLECTED BY ROBOTS Brain Corporation HAN, KYU HYUNG 2123 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 16, 2022
17283934 METHODS FOR AND COMPOSITIONS FOR DETERMINING FOOD ITEM RECOMMENDATIONS VIOME LIFE SCIENCES, INC. GLENN, CHRISTOPHER A. 3711 §101 Final Rejection Pending Apr 08, 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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