Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Pitchford Fugett, Pllc

9 pending office actions • 7 clients • 8 examiners • 2 art units • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=436 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

86.8%
Allowance Rate
n=436
+0.51σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=436
2.3
OAs to Allowance
n=269
-0.59σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=269
697 days
Time to Allowance
n=269
+13.3pp
Interview Lift
n=436
13.2%
RCE Rate
n=436
4.5%
Appeal Rate
n=436

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=16 (min 20)
71.9%
§102 Overcome
n=146
72.8%
§103 Overcome
n=180
79.8%
§112 Overcome
n=109

Specialization & Scale

F41A, F41B, F41C
Top CPC Subclasses
25%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=436
2
Practitioners
n=436
218.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=436

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 30 days (1)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.

5
Hard (56%)
4
Medium (44%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (22%)
§102 only2 (22%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (56%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
11% of docket
7
Mechanical / Eng
78% of docket
1
Business / Other
11% 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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
WEBER, JONATHAN C 2 64.4% +28.5%
LEE, BENJAMIN P 1 80.0% +17.0%
BERGIN, JAMES S 1 79.3% +10.1%
GOMBERG, BENJAMIN S 1 66.9% +29.2%
KLEIN, GABRIEL J 1 66.0% +24.5%
COOPER, JOHN 1 79.4% +17.8%
BASICHAS, ALFRED 1 72.1% +3.8%
LUKS, JEREMY AUSTIN 1 73.6% +21.8%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19211127 HANDGUN BRACE LEE, BENJAMIN P 19d overdue

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19171611 MONOLITHIC SUPPRESSOR FOR A GUN GOMBERG, BENJAMIN S 19d
19205637 MULTI-SHOT DISCARDING SABOT ROUND BERGIN, JAMES S 35d
18886994 AMBIDEXTROUS BOTTOM BELT FEED AND BOX FEED FIREARM KLEIN, GABRIEL J
18829620 SELECT FIRE TRIGGER MECHANISM FOR MACHINE GUNS COOPER, JOHN
18614710 SMOKELESS FIREPIT BASICHAS, ALFRED

Interview Candidates (8)

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
18398877 Airgun with Predetermined Selectable Impact Energy WEBER, JONATHAN C 29d overdue
19211127 HANDGUN BRACE LEE, BENJAMIN P 19d overdue
18581616 SILENCER FOR MULTI BARREL WEAPON SYSTEMS LUKS, JEREMY AUSTIN 1d overdue
19171611 MONOLITHIC SUPPRESSOR FOR A GUN GOMBERG, BENJAMIN S 19d
19205637 MULTI-SHOT DISCARDING SABOT ROUND BERGIN, JAMES S 35d
19345384 PIVOTABLE FOLLOWER FOR AMMUNITION MAGAZINE WEBER, JONATHAN C
18886994 AMBIDEXTROUS BOTTOM BELT FEED AND BOX FEED FIREARM KLEIN, GABRIEL J
18829620 SELECT FIRE TRIGGER MECHANISM FOR MACHINE GUNS COOPER, JOHN

Client Portfolio (7 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36417
28371

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19345384 PIVOTABLE FOLLOWER FOR AMMUNITION MAGAZINE Fostech, Inc. WEBER, JONATHAN C 3641 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 30, 2025
19211127 HANDGUN BRACE Gear Head Works, LLC LEE, BENJAMIN P 3641 §102Other Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending May 16, 2025
19205637 MULTI-SHOT DISCARDING SABOT ROUND Eight Holdings LLC BERGIN, JAMES S 3641 §102§103 Non-Final OA 35d Pending May 12, 2025
19171611 MONOLITHIC SUPPRESSOR FOR A GUN Eight Holdings LLC GOMBERG, BENJAMIN S 3641 §102§103 Non-Final OA 19d Pending Apr 07, 2025
18886994 AMBIDEXTROUS BOTTOM BELT FEED AND BOX FEED FIREARM Chd Holdings KLEIN, GABRIEL J 3641 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 16, 2024
18829620 SELECT FIRE TRIGGER MECHANISM FOR MACHINE GUNS Chd Holdings, LLC COOPER, JOHN 3641 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 10, 2024
18614710 SMOKELESS FIREPIT UNITED STATES STOVE COMPANY BASICHAS, ALFRED §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 24, 2024
18581616 SILENCER FOR MULTI BARREL WEAPON SYSTEMS Chd Holdings, LLC LUKS, JEREMY AUSTIN 2837 §103Other Final Rejection 1d overdue Pending Feb 20, 2024
18398877 Airgun with Predetermined Selectable Impact Energy UMAREX GmbH & Co. KG WEBER, JONATHAN C 3641 §103 Final Rejection 29d overdue Pending Dec 28, 2023

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