Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Robinson + Cole LLP (Hubbell)

15 pending office actions • 5 clients • 15 examiners • 12 art units • 0 of 15 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=1133 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

94.8%
Allowance Rate
n=1133
+0.60σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1133
3.4
OAs to Allowance
n=822
+0.03σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=822
993 days
Time to Allowance
n=822
+5.8pp
Interview Lift
n=1133
27.9%
RCE Rate
n=1133
2.9%
Appeal Rate
n=1133

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

90.6%
§101 Overcome
n=53
87.3%
§102 Overcome
n=387
88.1%
§103 Overcome
n=529
87.8%
§112 Overcome
n=362

Specialization & Scale

H02G, H01R, G01R
Top CPC Subclasses
20%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1133
3
Practitioners
n=1133
377.7
Apps / Practitioner
n=1133

Portfolio Summary

15
Total Pending OAs
12
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
1
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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
2
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 (1)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (2)

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 (47%)
8
Medium (53%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (7%)
§103 only4 (27%)
§102 only4 (27%)
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (40%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
7% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
8
Semiconductors
53% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
27% of docket
2
Business / Other
13% 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.

150 h
Manual time on pending OAs
30 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
52 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
WOOD, KIMBERLY T 1 54.4% +27.6%
HO, DAO Q 1 83.1% +32.3%
SOMERS, MARC S 1 64.9% +34.3%
TEFERA, HIWOT E 1 74.4% +24.9%
SINGH, HIRDEPAL 1 86.4% +12.4%
SAWYER, STEVEN T 1 72.5% +30.5%
ZAKARIA, AKM 1 82.5% +16.2%
MERCADO, ALEXANDER A 1 69.3% +19.6%
LE, JOHN H 1 87.9% +7.0%
BEDTELYON, JOHN M 1 78.3% +14.1%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18590307 METERING ASSEMBLY, SWITCHBOARD CASE, ADAPTER CRADLE AND METHOD OF USE LE, JOHN H 84d
19033998 PROVIDING SECURITY IN AN INTELLIGENT ELECTRONIC DEVICE HO, DAO Q

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
18887719 WIFI ACCESS POINT ENCLOSURE TEFERA, HIWOT E 42d overdue
18748701 DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ELECTRICAL UTILITY SUBMETERING ZAKARIA, AKM 33d
18506418 COATING FOR REDUCING FRICTION IN A RECIPROCATING ASSEMBLY MACARTHUR, VICTOR L 76d
19078447 UNIVERSAL BACK MOUNTING PLATE WOOD, KIMBERLY T
18888682 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COLLECTING, ANALYZING, BILLING, AND REPORTING DATA FROM INTELLIGENT ELECTRONIC DEVICES SOMERS, MARC S
18826902 WIRELESS INTELLIGENT ELECTRONIC DEVICE SINGH, HIRDEPAL
18735689 METER TRANSMISSION UNIT MOUNTING DEVICE MERCADO, ALEXANDER 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
18887719 WIFI ACCESS POINT ENCLOSURE TEFERA, HIWOT E 42d overdue
18748701 DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ELECTRICAL UTILITY SUBMETERING ZAKARIA, AKM 33d
19078447 UNIVERSAL BACK MOUNTING PLATE WOOD, KIMBERLY T
19033998 PROVIDING SECURITY IN AN INTELLIGENT ELECTRONIC DEVICE HO, DAO Q
18888682 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COLLECTING, ANALYZING, BILLING, AND REPORTING DATA FROM INTELLIGENT ELECTRONIC DEVICES SOMERS, MARC S
18826902 WIRELESS INTELLIGENT ELECTRONIC DEVICE SINGH, HIRDEPAL
18815098 PIVOTABLE AND ADJUSTABLE SUPPORT FOR ELECTRICAL DEVICE SAWYER, STEVEN T
18735689 METER TRANSMISSION UNIT MOUNTING DEVICE MERCADO, ALEXANDER A

Client Portfolio (5 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28552
37361
21591
36371
28471
28581
28571
28741
28341
28311

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19078447 UNIVERSAL BACK MOUNTING PLATE Hubbell Incorporated WOOD, KIMBERLY T 3736 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 13, 2025
19033998 PROVIDING SECURITY IN AN INTELLIGENT ELECTRONIC DEVICE Ei Electronics LLC, D/B/A Electro Industries/Gauge Tech HO, DAO Q §102Other Non-Final OA Pending Jan 22, 2025
18888682 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COLLECTING, ANALYZING, BILLING, AND REPORTING DATA FROM INTELLIGENT ELECTRONIC DEVICES Ei Electronics, LLC, D/B/A Electro Industries/Gauge Tech SOMERS, MARC S 2159 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 18, 2024
18887719 WIFI ACCESS POINT ENCLOSURE Hubbell Incorporated TEFERA, HIWOT E 3637 §102§103 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Sep 17, 2024
18826902 WIRELESS INTELLIGENT ELECTRONIC DEVICE Ei Electronics LLC, D/B/A Electro Industries/Gauge Tech SINGH, HIRDEPAL §103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Sep 06, 2024
18815098 PIVOTABLE AND ADJUSTABLE SUPPORT FOR ELECTRICAL DEVICE Hubbell Incorporated SAWYER, STEVEN T 2847 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 26, 2024
18748701 DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ELECTRICAL UTILITY SUBMETERING El Electronics LLC, D/B/A Electro Industries/Gauge Tech ZAKARIA, AKM 2858 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 33d Pending Jun 20, 2024
18735689 METER TRANSMISSION UNIT MOUNTING DEVICE Hubbell Incorporated MERCADO, ALEXANDER A 2855 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 06, 2024
18590307 METERING ASSEMBLY, SWITCHBOARD CASE, ADAPTER CRADLE AND METHOD OF USE Ei Electronics LLC, D/B/A Electro Industries/Gauge Tech LE, JOHN H 2857 §102 Non-Final OA 84d Pending Feb 28, 2024
18403232 MULTI-SIZED CABLE CLAMP Hubbell Incorporated BEDTELYON, JOHN M 2874 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 03, 2024
18541290 SENSING SYSTEM AND ELECTRICITY METER ASSEMBLY Aclara Meters LLC MEGNA FUENTES, ANTHONY W 2855 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 15, 2023
18519812 WEATHERPROOF COVER FOR RECEPTACLE IN SINGLE-GANG HOUSING Hubbell Incorporated GUGGER, SEAN A 2834 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 27, 2023
18508234 Split Parallel Connector Dmc Power, LLC PATEL, HARSHAD C 2831 §102 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Nov 14, 2023
18506418 COATING FOR REDUCING FRICTION IN A RECIPROCATING ASSEMBLY Hubbell Incorporated MACARTHUR, VICTOR L 3618 §102§112 Non-Final OA 76d Pending Nov 10, 2023
17909250 System and Method for Monitoring Operation of a Heating System for a Space Hubbell Incorporated BARGERO, JOHN E 3762 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 02, 2022

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