Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Scherrer Patent & Trademark Law P.C.

8 pending office actions • 7 clients • 8 examiners • 7 art units • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=801 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

83.6%
Allowance Rate
n=801
+0.51σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=801
3.0
OAs to Allowance
n=447
-0.44σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=447
909 days
Time to Allowance
n=447
+14.4pp
Interview Lift
n=801
21.1%
RCE Rate
n=801
1.7%
Appeal Rate
n=801

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

81.8%
§101 Overcome
n=44
77.8%
§102 Overcome
n=230
77.0%
§103 Overcome
n=330
83.4%
§112 Overcome
n=259

Specialization & Scale

B65D, G06Q, G06F
Top CPC Subclasses
8%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=801
1
Practitioners
n=801
801.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=801

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
3
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
0
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (2)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.

5
Hard (62%)
3
Medium (38%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (12%)
§103 only3 (38%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

5
Life Sciences
62% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
25% of docket
1
Business / Other
12% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
DHANANI, SHAMS 1 93.9% +7.5%
COPENHEAVER, BLAINE R 1 83.6% +19.7%
SWANSON, ANDREW L 1 66.0% +11.6%
KERSHAW, KELLY P 1 16.9% +15.0%
COHEN, MICHAEL P 1 58.7% +27.2%
SHERMAN, ERIC SCOTT 1 72.8% +16.1%
WEN, KEVIN GUANHUA 1 59.7% +38.5%
HOFFMAN, SUSAN COE 1 54.2% +25.5%

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
18200915 Apparatus and Methods for Deployment of Welding Repair Systems for Railroad Trackwork WEN, KEVIN GUANHUA 16d overdue
18533368 COMPOSITIONS OF TAURINE AND MALIC ACID AND METHODS OF MAKING THE COMPOSITIONS COHEN, MICHAEL P 9d
19118573 MOBILE ROBOT SUSPENSION SYSTEM DHANANI, SHAMS
18837684 Laminates and Method of Manufacture Thereof COPENHEAVER, BLAINE R
18409973 GLYCEROPHOSPHATE COMPOSITIONS FOR IMPROVING FLAVOR IN CONSUMABLE PRODUCTS KERSHAW, KELLY P

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
18200915 Apparatus and Methods for Deployment of Welding Repair Systems for Railroad Trackwork WEN, KEVIN GUANHUA 16d overdue
17855324 Composition for Promoting Relaxation and Methods of Making and Using the Same HOFFMAN, SUSAN COE 5d overdue
18533368 COMPOSITIONS OF TAURINE AND MALIC ACID AND METHODS OF MAKING THE COMPOSITIONS COHEN, MICHAEL P 9d
18274251 LOW-COST NOVEL ADSORBENT WITH HIGH CHLORIDE REMOVAL CAPACITY SHERMAN, ERIC SCOTT 28d
18673726 GLASS EDGE FOILER APPARATUS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME SWANSON, ANDREW L 71d
18837684 Laminates and Method of Manufacture Thereof COPENHEAVER, BLAINE R
18409973 GLYCEROPHOSPHATE COMPOSITIONS FOR IMPROVING FLAVOR IN CONSUMABLE PRODUCTS KERSHAW, KELLY P

Client Portfolio (7 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36141
17451
17911
16121
17361
37611
16551

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19118573 MOBILE ROBOT SUSPENSION SYSTEM Difacto Robotics & Automation Private Ltd. DHANANI, SHAMS 3614 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 04, 2025
18837684 Laminates and Method of Manufacture Thereof Linermist Limited COPENHEAVER, BLAINE R §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 12, 2024
18673726 GLASS EDGE FOILER APPARATUS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME Creator'S Stained Glass, Inc. SWANSON, ANDREW L 1745 §103 Non-Final OA 71d Pending May 24, 2024
18409973 GLYCEROPHOSPHATE COMPOSITIONS FOR IMPROVING FLAVOR IN CONSUMABLE PRODUCTS NutriScience Innovations LLC KERSHAW, KELLY P 1791 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 11, 2024
18533368 COMPOSITIONS OF TAURINE AND MALIC ACID AND METHODS OF MAKING THE COMPOSITIONS NutriScience Innovations LLC COHEN, MICHAEL P 1612 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Dec 08, 2023
18274251 LOW-COST NOVEL ADSORBENT WITH HIGH CHLORIDE REMOVAL CAPACITY Sud Chemie India Pvt Ltd. SHERMAN, ERIC SCOTT 1736 §103 Final Rejection 28d Pending Jul 26, 2023
18200915 Apparatus and Methods for Deployment of Welding Repair Systems for Railroad Trackwork Holland, L.P. WEN, KEVIN GUANHUA 3761 §103§112 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending May 23, 2023
17855324 Composition for Promoting Relaxation and Methods of Making and Using the Same Celesta Company LLC HOFFMAN, SUSAN COE 1655 §103 Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending Jun 30, 2022

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