Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Rowand LLP

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

86 pending office actions • 7 clients • 84 examiners • 63 art units • 0 of 86 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Rowand LLP (TD) operates in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems with 664 career applications. The firm has a resolved allowance rate of 88.81 percent. It averages 3.25 office actions per allowance, providing a benchmark for the expected number of examiner interactions.

The firm has 65 pending office actions. The 88.81 percent allowance rate is derived from 664 career applications. The 3.25 average office actions per allowance indicates the typical frequency of office actions before an allowance is granted. This data reflects the firm's prosecution experience in its primary technology area.

With 664 career applications, the firm has a solid track record. The 65 pending office actions represent the current active docket. The 88.81 percent allowance rate and 3.25 average office actions per allowance are key figures for practitioners to consider when evaluating the firm's prosecution efficiency and success.

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

Quality Metrics (n=665 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

88.4%
Allowance Rate
n=665
+0.54σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=665
3.2
OAs to Allowance
n=375
-0.27σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=375
941 days
Time to Allowance
n=375
-4.8pp
Interview Lift
n=665
33.5%
RCE Rate
n=665
1.9%
Appeal Rate
n=665

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

68.0%
§101 Overcome
n=78
73.6%
§102 Overcome
n=193
72.2%
§103 Overcome
n=342
72.0%
§112 Overcome
n=168

Specialization & Scale

G06Q, G06F, H10W
Top CPC Subclasses
22%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=665
8
Practitioners
n=665
83.1
Apps / Practitioner
n=665

Portfolio Summary

86
Total Pending OAs
47
Non-Final OAs
33
Final Rejections
6
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 16 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
0
Due this week
6
Due this month
4
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. 16 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 30 days (6)Due ≤ 60 days (4)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.

58
Hard (67%)
24
Medium (28%)
4
Easy (5%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only9 (10%)
§101 + other32 (37%)
§103 only23 (27%)
§102 only1 (1%)
§112 only4 (5%)
Multi-statute (no §101)17 (20%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
1% of docket
34
Information Tech
40% of docket
5
Communications
6% of docket
12
Semiconductors
14% of docket
31
Mechanical / Eng
36% of docket
3
Business / Other
3% 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.

860 h
Manual time on pending OAs
172 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
301 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
7.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MAMILLAPALLI, PAVAN 2 80.4% +17.0%
ALI, JAHED 2 62.4% +52.8%
XIE, THEODORE L 1 38.5% +83.3%
LONG, EDWARD X 1 74.0% +44.1%
KHATRI, NILESH B 1 61.7% +24.2%
FENSTERMACHER, JASON B 1 47.3% +37.4%
JACOB, WILLIAM J 1 49.3% +34.4%
CLARE, MARK C 1 14.1% +19.9%
EL-HAGE HASSAN, ABDALLAH A 1 43.2% +40.5%
MILEF, ELDA G 1 41.1% +8.2%

Hard Cases (59)

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
19037708 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REAL-TIME PROCESSING OF RESOURCE REQUESTS CUNNINGHAM II, GREGORY S 32d overdue
18767513 Assisted Channel Credit Applications with Automatic Integration into Digital Wallets CHISM, STEVEN R 23d overdue
18246633 FLIP CHIP MICRODEVICE STRUCTURE MEHTA, RATISHA 9d overdue
18740869 Curbside Branch Optimization DIVELBISS, MATTHEW H 15d
17866630 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY PROVIDING A SECOND RESOURCE TYPE TO REPLACE OR OFFSET A FIRST RESOURCE TYPE CHU JOY, JORGE A 15d
19020498 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING ACCESS TO RESOURCES IN A COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT WAESCO, JOSEPH M 16d
18996077 SECTIONAL DRIVING PIZIALI, JEFFREY J 28d
18321982 MACHINE LEARNING FORECASTING BASED ON RESIDUAL PREDICTIONS LAI, DYLAN HONG 34d

Interview Candidates (11)

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
18964825 Untitled MAMILLAPALLI, PAVAN —
18968292 Untitled XIE, THEODORE L —
18964773 Untitled LONG, EDWARD X —
19546746 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING DATA TRANSFER RECOMMENDATIONS KHATRI, NILESH B —
19402275 AUTHENTICATION USING NON-FUNGIBLE TOKEN AS PROOF OF ACCOUNT OWNERSHIP FENSTERMACHER, JASON B —
19307371 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INITIATING A TRANSFER OF RESOURCES JACOB, WILLIAM J —
19306340 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING LOCATION-BASED APPOINTMENT OPERATIONS CLARE, MARK C —
19262408 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING ONLINE STOREFRONTS EL-HAGE HASSAN, ABDALLAH A —

Client Portfolio (7 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36945
36994
28173
36982
36962
36262
21652
21592
26282
36252

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18964825 Untitled The Toronto-Dominion Bank MAMILLAPALLI, PAVAN §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending
18968292 Untitled The Toronto-Dominion Bank XIE, THEODORE L §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending
18964773 Untitled The Toronto-Dominion Bank LONG, EDWARD X §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending
19546746 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING DATA TRANSFER RECOMMENDATIONS The Toronto-Dominion Bank KHATRI, NILESH B 3699 §101§102§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 23, 2026
19402275 AUTHENTICATION USING NON-FUNGIBLE TOKEN AS PROOF OF ACCOUNT OWNERSHIP The Toronto-Dominion Bank FENSTERMACHER, JASON B 3698 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 26, 2025
19307371 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INITIATING A TRANSFER OF RESOURCES The Toronto-Dominion Bank JACOB, WILLIAM J 3696 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 22, 2025
19306340 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING LOCATION-BASED APPOINTMENT OPERATIONS The Toronto-Dominion Bank CLARE, MARK C 3628 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 21, 2025
19262408 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING ONLINE STOREFRONTS The Toronto-Dominion Bank EL-HAGE HASSAN, ABDALLAH A 3623 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 08, 2025
19261347 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REAL-TIME CHEQUE PROCESSING AND RETURN AT AN AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE The Toronto-Dominion Bank MILEF, ELDA G 3694 §101 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 07, 2025
19260389 SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC DATA TRANSFER ACCELERATION The Toronto-Dominion Bank LEROUX, ETIENNE PIERRE 2161 §102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 04, 2025
19253290 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DYNAMICALLY RECOMMENDING ONLINE ACTIONS The Toronto-Dominion Bank O'SHEA, BRENDAN S 3626 §103 Final Rejection 55d Pending Jun 27, 2025
19142277 MICRO-LEDS FOR VEHICLE INTERIOR LIGHT Vuereal Inc. KRYUKOVA, ERIN 2875 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 23, 2025
19233388 THREAT DETECTION AND MITIGATION IN A NETWORKED ENVIRONMENT The Toronto-Dominion Bank HENDERSON, ESTHER BENOIT 2458 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 10, 2025
19233649 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUBSTITUTING BORROWED RESOURCES ON A COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR OWNED RESOURCES The Toronto-Dominion Bank SIDDIQI, MOHAMMAD A 2493 §103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 10, 2025
19233416 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ACCESS TO SECURE DATA RECORDS IN A WEB BROWSING SESSION The Toronto-Dominion Bank SHANMUGASUNDARAM, KANNAN 2168 §103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 10, 2025
19218453 USING GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO IMPROVE USER INTERACTIONS The Toronto-Dominion Bank TORGRIMSON, TYLER J 2165 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending May 26, 2025
19205163 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZED TRANSFER OF DIGITAL ASSETS The Toronto-Dominion Bank ROSEN, NICHOLAS D 3689 §101§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending May 12, 2025
19189924 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTEGRATED APPLICATION AND PROVISIONING The Toronto-Dominion Bank ALI, JAHED 3699 §101§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 25, 2025
19174408 MULTI-STAGE LOGICAL STORAGE AREA PROVISIONING The Toronto-Dominion Bank CHRISTENSEN, SCOTT B 2444 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 09, 2025
19053486 MULTI-PART REQUEST FOR TRANSFERS The Toronto-Dominion Bank ALMANI, MOHSEN 2159 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 14, 2025
19037708 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REAL-TIME PROCESSING OF RESOURCE REQUESTS The Toronto-Dominion Bank CUNNINGHAM II, GREGORY S 3694 §101§102§112 Final Rejection 32d overdue Pending Jan 27, 2025
19028086 AR SYSTEM WITH HYBRID DISPLAY Vuereal Inc. GAGNON, GRANT A 2872 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 17, 2025
18996077 SECTIONAL DRIVING Vuereal Inc. PIZIALI, JEFFREY J 2628 §103§112 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Jan 17, 2025
18996159 ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS DISTRIBUTED SENSORS Vuereal Inc. SHUI, MING 2663 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 17, 2025
19020498 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING ACCESS TO RESOURCES IN A COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT The Toronto-Dominion Bank WAESCO, JOSEPH M 3625 §101§103 Non-Final OA 16d Pending Jan 14, 2025
19017993 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING LOCATION BASED MULTIPLIER NOTIFICATIONS The Toronto-Dominion Bank SYROWIK, MATHEW RICHARD 3621 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 13, 2025
18966905 PROBE STRUCTURE FOR MICRO DEVICE INSPECTION Vuereal Inc. ALLGOOD, ALESA M 2858 §102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 03, 2024
18934490 SENTIMENT-BASED ZOOM CONTROL AT A USER INTERFACE The Toronto-Dominion Bank PARCHER, DANIEL W 2174 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 01, 2024
18847515 RETROFIT KITS FOR ENABLING AUTONOMOUS OPERATION IN AUTOSCRUBBERS Anram Holdings STAUBACH, CARL C 3747 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 16, 2024
18826849 REPAIR TECHNIQUES FOR MICRO-LED DEVICES AND ARRAYS Vuereal Inc. GONZALES, VICENTE ROLANDO 2899 §102§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 06, 2024
18814953 ACCUMULATED DATA TRANSFER AMOUNT ACCESS The Toronto-Dominion Bank ST LEGER, GEOFFREY R 2192 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 26, 2024
18793065 METHODS FOR DIGITAL ACCESS MANAGEMENT ON A COMPUTING DEVICE The Toronto-Dominion Bank HERZOG, MADHURI R 2438 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 02, 2024
18767513 Assisted Channel Credit Applications with Automatic Integration into Digital Wallets The Toronto-Dominion Bank CHISM, STEVEN R 3692 §101 Final Rejection 23d overdue Pending Jul 09, 2024
18765861 SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR MANAGING USER ACCESSIBILITY OF WEBPAGES The Toronto-Dominion Bank TSUI, WILSON W 2172 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 08, 2024
18763621 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZATION OF COMPUTING RESOURCES The Toronto-Dominion Bank MADAMBA, GLENFORD J 2451 §102§103Other Final Rejection — Pending Jul 03, 2024
18754997 DATA REPORTING ARCHITECTURE FOR APPLICATIONS The Toronto-Dominion Bank EYERS, DUSTIN D 2164 §103 Final Rejection 8d Pending Jun 26, 2024
18747732 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMAL RENEWALS VERIFICATIONS USING MACHINE LEARNING MODELS The Toronto-Dominion Bank VIG, NARESH 3622 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 19, 2024
18740869 Curbside Branch Optimization The Toronto-Dominion Bank DIVELBISS, MATTHEW H 3624 §101 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Jun 12, 2024
18714405 MOLDS, MOLD ASSEMBLIES AND STACK COMPONENTS Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd. BEHA, CAROLINE 1748 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 29, 2024
18663481 FORWARD LOOKING RESOURCE MANAGER The Toronto-Dominion Bank WU, QING YUAN 2199 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 14, 2024
18640212 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING CONTEXT SUMMARIES FOR DATA TRANSFERS The Toronto-Dominion Bank PAN, PHOEBE X 2179 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 19, 2024
18639075 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEFINING A WEIGHTING SCHEME FOR A DATASET The Toronto-Dominion Bank HAN, BYUNGKWON 2121 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 18, 2024
18633777 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING TRANSFER MESSAGES BASED ON UNSTRUCTURED DATA The Toronto-Dominion Bank SMITH, SEAN THOMAS 2659 §101§103 Final Rejection 63d Pending Apr 12, 2024
18617955 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXECUTING A TEST SCRIPT The Toronto-Dominion Bank NIGATU, BEZA DIRESSA 2192 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 27, 2024
18617897 DIGITAL DOORBELL-BASED NOTIFICATION METHOD AND SYSTEM The Toronto-Dominion Bank ULLAH, ARIF 3625 §101§103 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 27, 2024
18615205 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSLATING A TEST SCRIPT The Toronto-Dominion Bank LYONS, ANDREW M 2191 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 25, 2024
18614076 ACCUMULATED DATA TRANSFER AMOUNT ACCESS The Toronto-Dominion Bank VYAS, ABHISHEK 3694 §101§103 Non-Final OA 40d Pending Mar 22, 2024
18692543 HYBRID-DISPLAY Vuereal Inc. PAN, JIA X 2628 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 15, 2024
18596167 VIBRATION ISOLATION MOUNT Pliteq Inc. BURCH, MELODY M 3616 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 05, 2024
18583283 SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR VALIDATING RESOURCE TRANSFERS IN A COMPUTER NETWORK The Toronto-Dominion Bank SAX, TIMOTHY PAUL 3698 §101 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 21, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Rowand LLP's patent allowance rate?

88.4% of resolved applications prosecuted by Rowand LLP were allowed, across 665 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Rowand LLP average before allowance?

3.25 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Rowand LLP have?

86 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 7 clients, before 84 examiners in 63 art units.

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