Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Polson Intellectual Property Law P.C.

14 pending office actions • 12 clients • 14 examiners • 11 art units • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=1235 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

95.0%
Allowance Rate
n=1235
+0.40σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1235
1.4
OAs to Allowance
n=1042
-1.38σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=1042
867 days
Time to Allowance
n=1042
-0.8pp
Interview Lift
n=1235
7.8%
RCE Rate
n=1235
0.5%
Appeal Rate
n=1235

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=10 (min 20)
89.4%
§102 Overcome
n=170
82.2%
§103 Overcome
n=247
87.7%
§112 Overcome
n=341

Specialization & Scale

A63G, A45D, B60R
Top CPC Subclasses
10%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1235
1
Practitioners
n=1235
1235.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=1235

Portfolio Summary

14
Total Pending OAs
14
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 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
1
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. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

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

7
Hard (50%)
5
Medium (36%)
2
Easy (14%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only5 (36%)
§112 only2 (14%)
Multi-statute (no §101)7 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
7% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
14% of docket
8
Mechanical / Eng
57% of docket
3
Business / Other
21% 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.

140 h
Manual time on pending OAs
28 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
49 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CATTANACH, COLIN J 1 59.0% +19.5%
MALDONADO, STEVEN 1 30.4% +46.2%
HAN, JASON 1 68.3% +31.9%
MAGAR, DIL KUMAR 1 54.3% +16.1%
SOUTHWOOD, YEN LE 1 97.7% +2.5%
BONZELL, PHILIP J 1 78.5% +12.0%
NGUYEN, NHAT HUY T 1 53.8% +23.1%
DICKSTEIN, WILLIAM DOUGLAS 1 0.0% +0.0%
FORD, DARRELL CHRISTOPHER 1 76.3% +39.1%
BUTCHER, CAROLINE N 1 81.3% +13.6%

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
35525976 Cup lid SOUTHWOOD, YEN LE

Hard Cases (7)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19028564 LIGHT SHEET BUMPERS AND INSTALLATION KIT WITH SUCH BUMPERS HAN, JASON 42d overdue
18551288 Instrument Panel Carrier For A Motor Vehicle BUTCHER, CAROLINE N 25d overdue
18275502 FLAME RETARDANT POLYURETHANE COATING FOR BELT CONVEYOR ROLLERS ANTHONY, JOSEPH DAVID 9d overdue
18516114 Chain And Arrangement Of A Chain With A Sprocket DICKSTEIN, WILLIAM DOUGLAS 5d overdue
18736515 GYROSCOPICALLY STABILISED FIREFIGHTING AERIAL VEHICLES BONZELL, PHILIP J 78d
18551262 Motor Vehicle Support Member With a Bushing FORD, DARRELL CHRISTOPHER
18551027 Method For Laser Welding ULATOWSKI, EMMA ELIZABETH

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
19028564 LIGHT SHEET BUMPERS AND INSTALLATION KIT WITH SUCH BUMPERS HAN, JASON 42d overdue
18551288 Instrument Panel Carrier For A Motor Vehicle BUTCHER, CAROLINE N 25d overdue
19196319 SEARCHLIGHT SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE POST CATTANACH, COLIN J 28d
18943327 Locking Washer MAGAR, DIL KUMAR 41d
18736515 GYROSCOPICALLY STABILISED FIREFIGHTING AERIAL VEHICLES BONZELL, PHILIP J 78d
19066709 MEDICAL DEVICE WITH BEADED STRUCTURE FOR LOCALIZATION AND MARKING MALDONADO, STEVEN
18412819 Computer Implemented Classification Tool And Method For Classification Of Microelectrode Recordings Taken During A Deep Brain Stimulation NGUYEN, NHAT HUY T
18551262 Motor Vehicle Support Member With a Bushing FORD, DARRELL CHRISTOPHER

Client Portfolio (12 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28752
37971
36751
29221
36421
37251
37261
36761
37411
37621

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19196319 SEARCHLIGHT SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE POST Golight, Inc. CATTANACH, COLIN J 2875 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending May 01, 2025
19066709 MEDICAL DEVICE WITH BEADED STRUCTURE FOR LOCALIZATION AND MARKING Xuanwu Hospital Capital Medical University MALDONADO, STEVEN 3797 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 28, 2025
19028564 LIGHT SHEET BUMPERS AND INSTALLATION KIT WITH SUCH BUMPERS Brooksco, LLC HAN, JASON 2875 §102§103 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Jan 17, 2025
18943327 Locking Washer Heico Befestigungstechnik GmbH MAGAR, DIL KUMAR 3675 §103 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Nov 11, 2024
35525976 Cup lid Beijing Shenchuang Century Information Technology Co., Ltd. SOUTHWOOD, YEN LE 2922 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 20, 2024
18736515 GYROSCOPICALLY STABILISED FIREFIGHTING AERIAL VEHICLES Zircon Chambers Pty. Ltd. BONZELL, PHILIP J 3642 §102§103 Non-Final OA 78d Pending Jun 06, 2024
18412819 Computer Implemented Classification Tool And Method For Classification Of Microelectrode Recordings Taken During A Deep Brain Stimulation Naukowa I Akademicka Siec Komputerowa – Panstwowy Instytut Badawczy NGUYEN, NHAT HUY T §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 15, 2024
18516114 Chain And Arrangement Of A Chain With A Sprocket J.D. Theile GmbH & Co. Kg DICKSTEIN, WILLIAM DOUGLAS 3725 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Nov 21, 2023
18551262 Motor Vehicle Support Member With a Bushing Kirchhoff Automotive Deutschland GmbH FORD, DARRELL CHRISTOPHER 3726 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 19, 2023
18551288 Instrument Panel Carrier For A Motor Vehicle Kirchhoff Automotive Deutschland GmbH BUTCHER, CAROLINE N 3676 §102§112 Non-Final OA 25d overdue Pending Sep 19, 2023
18551027 Method For Laser Welding Kirchhoff Automotice Deutschland GmbH ULATOWSKI, EMMA ELIZABETH §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 18, 2023
18547196 Method For Laser Welding, And Welded Construction Produced Thereby Kirchhoff Automotive Deutschland GmbH DUGER, JASON H 3741 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 11, 2023
18547761 Dryer And Drying Unit For Drying Paper Tubes International Tobacco Machinery Poland Sp. Z O.O. WAN, DEMING 3762 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Aug 24, 2023
18275502 FLAME RETARDANT POLYURETHANE COATING FOR BELT CONVEYOR ROLLERS Somma Comércio De Equipamentos Industriais Ltda. ANTHONY, JOSEPH DAVID 1764 §103§112 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Aug 02, 2023

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