Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Schacht Law Office, Inc.

6 pending office actions • 3 clients • 5 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 28 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=1902 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

87.9%
Allowance Rate
n=1902
+0.60σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1902
2.6
OAs to Allowance
n=1145
-0.45σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=1145
921 days
Time to Allowance
n=1145
+3.9pp
Interview Lift
n=1902
16.0%
RCE Rate
n=1902
0.5%
Appeal Rate
n=1902

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=14 (min 20)
89.3%
§102 Overcome
n=149
87.7%
§103 Overcome
n=505
95.5%
§112 Overcome
n=156

Specialization & Scale

B65D, Y10T, E04F
Top CPC Subclasses
13%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1902
1
Practitioners
n=1902
1902.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=1902

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

0
Hard (0%)
3
Medium (50%)
3
Easy (50%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (33%)
§102 only1 (17%)
§112 only1 (17%)
Double-patenting only2 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
83% of docket
1
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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SCRUGGS, ROBERT J 2 60.3% +25.7%
FORD, DARRELL CHRISTOPHER 1 76.3% +39.1%
ARMSTRONG, KYLE 1 72.2% +29.9%
MCMAHON, MATTHEW R 1 57.5% +52.5%
ABRAHAM, IBRAHIME A 1 24.6% +38.5%

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
17962854 Pizza Oven ABRAHAM, IBRAHIME A

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18801221 ADAPTABLE BUSHING ASSEMBLY REMOVAL COUPLER AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REMOVING BUSHING ASSEMBLIES FORD, DARRELL CHRISTOPHER 155d overdue
18753176 RETAINING RING PLIER SYSTEMS AND METHODS SCRUGGS, ROBERT J
18402460 CLAMPING SYTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR DRIVING CAISSONS INTO THE EARTH ARMSTRONG, KYLE
18485986 PRESS TOOL SYSTEMS AND METHODS SCRUGGS, ROBERT J
18149798 COUPLER ASSEMBLY FOR REMOVING BUSHING PINS MCMAHON, MATTHEW R
17962854 Pizza Oven ABRAHAM, IBRAHIME A

Client Portfolio (3 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37261
36191
37231
36781
37611

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18801221 ADAPTABLE BUSHING ASSEMBLY REMOVAL COUPLER AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REMOVING BUSHING ASSEMBLIES Tiger Tool International Incorporated FORD, DARRELL CHRISTOPHER 3726 §112 Non-Final OA 155d overdue Pending Aug 12, 2024
18753176 RETAINING RING PLIER SYSTEMS AND METHODS Tiger Tool International Incorporated SCRUGGS, ROBERT J DP Non-Final OA Pending Jun 25, 2024
18402460 CLAMPING SYTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR DRIVING CAISSONS INTO THE EARTH American Piledriving Equipment, Inc. ARMSTRONG, KYLE 3619 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 02, 2024
18485986 PRESS TOOL SYSTEMS AND METHODS Tiger Tool International Incorporated SCRUGGS, ROBERT J 3723 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 12, 2023
18149798 COUPLER ASSEMBLY FOR REMOVING BUSHING PINS Tiger Tool International Incorporated MCMAHON, MATTHEW R 3678 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 04, 2023
17962854 Pizza Oven Wood Stone Corporation ABRAHAM, IBRAHIME A 3761 DP Final Rejection Pending Oct 10, 2022

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