Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Saxton & Stump, LLC

12 pending office actions • 9 clients • 12 examiners • 10 art units • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 72 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=2078 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

91.5%
Allowance Rate
n=2078
+0.54σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=2078
2.0
OAs to Allowance
n=1153
-0.94σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=1153
914 days
Time to Allowance
n=1153
+1.9pp
Interview Lift
n=2078
10.9%
RCE Rate
n=2078
4.2%
Appeal Rate
n=2078

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=9 (min 20)
89.5%
§102 Overcome
n=114
80.0%
§103 Overcome
n=451
95.4%
§112 Overcome
n=174

Specialization & Scale

Y10T, F16M, C23C
Top CPC Subclasses
12%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=2078
2
Practitioners
n=2078
1039.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=2078

Portfolio Summary

12
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
4
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
2
Due this month
0
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 (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.

1
Hard (8%)
10
Medium (83%)
1
Easy (8%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (8%)
§103 only10 (83%)
Double-patenting only1 (8%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
25% of docket
2
Information Tech
17% of docket
1
Communications
8% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
33% of docket
2
Business / Other
17% 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.

120 h
Manual time on pending OAs
24 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
42 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
EVANS, EBONY E 1 64.1% +28.8%
ORTIZ, ADAM C 1 65.9% +34.8%
SANDERS, JAMES M 1 55.3% +27.3%
TAVAKOLDAVANI, KAMRAN 1 82.5% +7.9%
BERGNER, ERIN FLANAGAN 1 76.5% +30.4%
SATANOVSKY, ALEXANDER 1 56.3% +18.0%
LAUX, JESSICA L 1 54.8% +28.3%
RUSH, ERIC 1 60.7% +36.3%
HARTMAN JR, RONALD D 1 89.7% +4.5%
PATEL, CHANDNI 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
18779404 METHOD FOR COOLING A PRODUCT WITH A REFRIGERATION SYSTEM TAVAKOLDAVANI, KAMRAN 23d overdue
18416316 AUTOMATION AND MOTION CONTROL SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING MOTION PATHS FOR THEATRICAL OBJECTS HARTMAN JR, RONALD D

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18613869 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACCELERATED LIFE TESTING (ALT) OF PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFCs) SATANOVSKY, ALEXANDER

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18799139 LASER SCORING OF POLYMERIC SUBSTRATES FOR USE IN PACKAGING SANDERS, JAMES M 53d overdue
18675747 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOVING GREASE FROM A RANGE HOOD SYSTEM BERGNER, ERIN FLANAGAN 12d
19290723 ROOT BARRIER BRACKET SYSTEM EVANS, EBONY E
18943402 VERTICAL CABLE RAILING AND METHOD OF INSTALLATION ORTIZ, ADAM C
18613869 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACCELERATED LIFE TESTING (ALT) OF PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFCs) SATANOVSKY, ALEXANDER
18605052 EXPANDABLE BRIDGE DECK PANEL FOR A MODULAR DECK SYSTEM LAUX, JESSICA L
18583983 CV BRIDLE MONITOR AND MOBILATOR SENSING SYSTEM RUSH, ERIC

Client Portfolio (9 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36471
17431
37631
17131
36351
26771
21191
21181
17661
37521

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19290723 ROOT BARRIER BRACKET SYSTEM Chester County Bamboo LLC EVANS, EBONY E 3647 DP Non-Final OA Pending Aug 05, 2025
18943402 VERTICAL CABLE RAILING AND METHOD OF INSTALLATION Key-Link Fencing & Railing, Inc. ORTIZ, ADAM C §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 11, 2024
18799139 LASER SCORING OF POLYMERIC SUBSTRATES FOR USE IN PACKAGING C.P. Converters, Inc. SANDERS, JAMES M 1743 §103 Non-Final OA 53d overdue Pending Aug 09, 2024
18779404 METHOD FOR COOLING A PRODUCT WITH A REFRIGERATION SYSTEM Standex International Corporation TAVAKOLDAVANI, KAMRAN 3763 §103 Final Rejection 23d overdue Pending Jul 22, 2024
18675747 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOVING GREASE FROM A RANGE HOOD SYSTEM Kensol Automist LLC BERGNER, ERIN FLANAGAN 1713 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending May 28, 2024
18613869 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACCELERATED LIFE TESTING (ALT) OF PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFCs) Wuhan University Of Technology SATANOVSKY, ALEXANDER §101 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 22, 2024
18605052 EXPANDABLE BRIDGE DECK PANEL FOR A MODULAR DECK SYSTEM Tait Towers Manufacturing, LLC LAUX, JESSICA L 3635 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 14, 2024
18583983 CV BRIDLE MONITOR AND MOBILATOR SENSING SYSTEM Tait Towers Manufacturing, LLC RUSH, ERIC 2677 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 22, 2024
18416316 AUTOMATION AND MOTION CONTROL SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING MOTION PATHS FOR THEATRICAL OBJECTS Tait Towers Manufacturing, LLC HARTMAN JR, RONALD D 2119 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 18, 2024
18391827 UNIVERSAL CONSOLE FOR STAGE AUTOMATION SYSTEM Tait Towers Manufacturing, LLC PATEL, CHANDNI 2118 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 21, 2023
18370962 WATER-BASED TPO ADHESIVE WITH ONE-SIDE APPLICATION Franklin International, Inc. JOHNSTON, BRIEANN R 1766 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Sep 21, 2023
17955196 Preserving Buildings and Other Assets from Bushfires Eps Investments Australia Pty Ltd. BARRERA, JUAN C 3752 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Sep 28, 2022

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