Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Ruggiero Mcallister & Mcmahon LLC - Hubbell

Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

9 pending office actions • 1 client • 8 examiners • 6 art units • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Ruggiero McAllister & McMahon LLC - Hubbell focuses on Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. It records 3,000 career applications and 9 pending office actions, showing a limited current docket within the firm’s broader application history.

The resolved allowance rate is 94.16%, and the firm averages 3.59 office actions per allowance. The allowance figure supplies a historical outcome measure, while the action average describes the prosecution effort associated with allowances. Clients can use the company-specific technology focus and pending workload to assess representation for relevant mechanical claims.

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

Quality Metrics (n=3000 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

94.2%
Allowance Rate
n=3000
+0.67σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=3000
3.6
OAs to Allowance
n=2146
-0.08σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=2146
1124 days
Time to Allowance
n=2146
+2.3pp
Interview Lift
n=3000
34.5%
RCE Rate
n=3000
2.1%
Appeal Rate
n=3000

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

78.2%
§101 Overcome
n=193
77.7%
§102 Overcome
n=928
79.2%
§103 Overcome
n=1582
80.8%
§112 Overcome
n=1102

Specialization & Scale

C03C, H01L, C03B
Top CPC Subclasses
13%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=3000
5
Practitioners
n=3000
600.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=3000

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
6
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.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
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 (2)Due ≤ 30 days (2)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%)
3
Medium (33%)
1
Easy (11%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (33%)
§112 only1 (11%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (56%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
11% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
22% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
67% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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
PRONE, JASON D 2 61.9% +24.5%
ALIE, GHASSEM 1 69.4% +32.5%
THOMPSON, TIMOTHY J 1 82.3% -17.4%
IJAZ, MUHAMMAD 1 74.3% +24.5%
JONES, JAMES WILLIAM 1 73.9% +20.3%
GILLETT, JENNIFER ANN 1 29.7% +37.2%
LE, THANH TAM T 1 86.5% +13.8%
DAVIES, SAMUEL ALLEN 1 37.7% +30.1%

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
18052688 BREAKAWAY ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR LE, THANH TAM T 24d 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
18354141 SURFACE MOUNTED ELECTRICAL DEVICE SUPPORT ASSEMBLIES IJAZ, MUHAMMAD 4d overdue
18800076 CABLE SHAVING TOOL ALIE, GHASSEM 20d
19236275 SHAVING TOOL WITH UPRIGHT HANDLE PRONE, JASON D —
18361859 ELECTRICAL SET SCREW CONNECTOR SYSTEMS AND METHODS THOMPSON, TIMOTHY J —
18168112 UTILITY COVER AND LIGHTWEIGHT UNDERGROUND ENCLOSURE MADE WITH LONG FIBER COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF GILLETT, JENNIFER ANN —

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
18052688 BREAKAWAY ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR LE, THANH TAM T 24d overdue
18354141 SURFACE MOUNTED ELECTRICAL DEVICE SUPPORT ASSEMBLIES IJAZ, MUHAMMAD 4d overdue
18800076 CABLE SHAVING TOOL ALIE, GHASSEM 20d
18484336 HIGH PRECISION CABLE STRIPPING TOOLS PRONE, JASON D 30d
18327949 COMPRESSIVE TERMINAL PAD MOUNTING FACE JONES, JAMES WILLIAM 57d
19236275 SHAVING TOOL WITH UPRIGHT HANDLE PRONE, JASON D —
18168112 UTILITY COVER AND LIGHTWEIGHT UNDERGROUND ENCLOSURE MADE WITH LONG FIBER COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF GILLETT, JENNIFER ANN —
17504843 CUTTING TOOL FOR CABLE SHEATHING DAVIES, SAMUEL ALLEN —

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Hubbell 9

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37244
28471
36311
36151
17891
28311

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19236275 SHAVING TOOL WITH UPRIGHT HANDLE Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. PRONE, JASON D 3724 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 12, 2025
18800076 CABLE SHAVING TOOL Hubbell Power Systems Inc. ALIE, GHASSEM 3724 §102§103 Final Rejection 20d Pending Aug 11, 2024
18484336 HIGH PRECISION CABLE STRIPPING TOOLS Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. PRONE, JASON D 3724 §112 Final Rejection 30d Pending Oct 10, 2023
18361859 ELECTRICAL SET SCREW CONNECTOR SYSTEMS AND METHODS Hubbell Incorporated THOMPSON, TIMOTHY J 2847 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 30, 2023
18354141 SURFACE MOUNTED ELECTRICAL DEVICE SUPPORT ASSEMBLIES Hubbell Incorporated IJAZ, MUHAMMAD 3631 §103§112 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Jul 18, 2023
18327949 COMPRESSIVE TERMINAL PAD MOUNTING FACE Hubbell Incorporated JONES, JAMES WILLIAM 3615 §103 Non-Final OA 57d Pending Jun 02, 2023
18168112 UTILITY COVER AND LIGHTWEIGHT UNDERGROUND ENCLOSURE MADE WITH LONG FIBER COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF Hubbell Incorporated GILLETT, JENNIFER ANN 1789 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 13, 2023
18052688 BREAKAWAY ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR Hubbell Incorporated LE, THANH TAM T 2831 §103 Final Rejection 24d overdue Pending Nov 04, 2022
17504843 CUTTING TOOL FOR CABLE SHEATHING Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. DAVIES, SAMUEL ALLEN 3724 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 19, 2021

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Ruggiero Mcallister & Mcmahon LLC - Hubbell's patent allowance rate?

94.2% of resolved applications prosecuted by Ruggiero Mcallister & Mcmahon LLC - Hubbell were allowed, across 3,000 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Ruggiero Mcallister & Mcmahon LLC - Hubbell average before allowance?

3.59 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Ruggiero Mcallister & Mcmahon LLC - Hubbell have?

9 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 1 client, before 8 examiners in 6 art units.

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