Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts LLP

39 pending office actions • 22 clients • 39 examiners • 35 art units • 0 of 39 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 34 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=9003 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

82.5%
Allowance Rate
n=9003
+0.47σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=9003
3.0
OAs to Allowance
n=5965
-0.20σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=5965
990 days
Time to Allowance
n=5965
+9.9pp
Interview Lift
n=9003
19.4%
RCE Rate
n=9003
2.2%
Appeal Rate
n=9003

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

75.2%
§101 Overcome
n=727
79.2%
§102 Overcome
n=2630
80.2%
§103 Overcome
n=4116
81.4%
§112 Overcome
n=3064

Specialization & Scale

F03D, G06F, Y02E
Top CPC Subclasses
13%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=9003
13
Practitioners
n=9003
692.5
Apps / Practitioner
n=9003

Portfolio Summary

39
Total Pending OAs
29
Non-Final OAs
9
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 27 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

21
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
2
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. 27 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (21)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (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.

21
Hard (54%)
14
Medium (36%)
4
Easy (10%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other8 (21%)
§103 only12 (31%)
§102 only1 (3%)
§112 only3 (8%)
Double-patenting only1 (3%)
Double-patenting + other1 (3%)
Multi-statute (no §101)13 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

9
Life Sciences
23% of docket
9
Information Tech
23% of docket
2
Communications
5% of docket
2
Semiconductors
5% of docket
15
Mechanical / Eng
38% of docket
2
Business / Other
5% 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.

390 h
Manual time on pending OAs
78 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
136 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
WEDDLE, ALEXANDER MARION 1 63.4% +26.3%
ADAMS, GREGORY W 1 75.2% +23.8%
KESSIE, DANIEL 1 61.9% +24.2%
CALANDRA, ANTHONY J 1 62.8% +18.2%
NARRAMORE, BLAKE I 1 77.5% +22.5%
BHUYAN, MOHAMMAD SOLAIMAN 1 82.2% +22.3%
SELLERS, DANIEL R 1 68.1% +17.1%
KLOECKER, KATHERINE ANNE 1 44.8% +37.4%
REISNER, NOAM S 1 74.2% -9.3%
ZHOU, QINGZHANG 1 67.6% +24.2%

Hard Cases (21)

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
17496336 CERAMIC VAPE ASSEMBLY KESSIE, JENNIFER A 395d overdue
18435144 MAGNETIC TOY D'AGOSTINO, PAUL ANTHONY 237d overdue
18832727 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WRITING AND RETRIEVAL OF DATA IN BLOCKCHAIN BHUYAN, MOHAMMAD SOLAIMAN 111d overdue
16980561 KIT FOR MEASURING ANTI-CYCLIC CITRULLINATED PEPTIDE ANTIBODY, APPLICATION THEREOF, AND TEST METHOD SABILA, MERCY HELLEN 67d overdue
17294746 VERIFICATION OF CLASSIFICATION DECISIONS IN CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORKS FERNANDEZ RIVAS, OMAR F 60d overdue
18706460 WIND TURBINE WITH A FIRE EXTINGUISHING SYSTEM ZHOU, QINGZHANG 53d overdue
18038090 BIOCIDE GONZALEZ, LUISALBERTO 45d overdue
18286259 METHOD FOR PROVIDING A DIGITAL IDENTIFIER FOR A WORKPIECE, ELECTRONIC DATABASE, TOKEN, AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING A TOKEN PEARSON, AMANDA HYEONWOO 35d overdue

Interview Candidates (9)

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
18908913 WIND TURBINE WITH A POWER BEAMING APPARATUS, CENTRAL POWER INSTALLATION FOR A WIND FARM, WIND FARM, METHOD FOR OPERATING A WIND FARM AND METHOD FOR INSTALLING A WIND TURBINE KESSIE, DANIEL 175d overdue
18832727 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WRITING AND RETRIEVAL OF DATA IN BLOCKCHAIN BHUYAN, MOHAMMAD SOLAIMAN 111d overdue
18706460 WIND TURBINE WITH A FIRE EXTINGUISHING SYSTEM ZHOU, QINGZHANG 53d overdue
18834056 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXCHANGING PRIVATE DATA AMONG NODES IN BLOCKCHAIN NETWORK NARRAMORE, BLAKE I 29d overdue
18917501 METHOD FOR STORING AT LEAST ONE PIPE OF A STATIONARY OFFSHORE DEVICE AND STATIONARY OFFSHORE DEVICE ADAMS, GREGORY W 26d overdue
18719022 BONE CONDUCTION SPEAKER UNIT AND HEADREST INCORPORATING SAME SELLERS, DANIEL R 8d overdue
18878962 ELEVATED PRESSURE HYBRID WOOD MODIFICATION WEDDLE, ALEXANDER MARION
18792845 METHODS AND DEVICES FOR PROCESSING LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS USING MECHANICAL PRETREATMENT TO ENHANCE FEEDSTOCK HYDRATION PROPERTIES CALANDRA, ANTHONY J

Client Portfolio (22 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17472
36272
17121
36521
28361
17481
24381
21681
26941
36421

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18878962 ELEVATED PRESSURE HYBRID WOOD MODIFICATION Wtt Innovation Aps WEDDLE, ALEXANDER MARION 1712 §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Dec 26, 2024
18917501 METHOD FOR STORING AT LEAST ONE PIPE OF A STATIONARY OFFSHORE DEVICE AND STATIONARY OFFSHORE DEVICE Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S ADAMS, GREGORY W 3652 §103 Non-Final OA 26d overdue Pending Oct 16, 2024
18908913 WIND TURBINE WITH A POWER BEAMING APPARATUS, CENTRAL POWER INSTALLATION FOR A WIND FARM, WIND FARM, METHOD FOR OPERATING A WIND FARM AND METHOD FOR INSTALLING A WIND TURBINE Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S KESSIE, DANIEL 2836 §103 Non-Final OA 175d overdue Pending Oct 08, 2024
18792845 METHODS AND DEVICES FOR PROCESSING LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS USING MECHANICAL PRETREATMENT TO ENHANCE FEEDSTOCK HYDRATION PROPERTIES Tab Holding Aps CALANDRA, ANTHONY J 1748 DP Non-Final OA Pending Aug 02, 2024
18834056 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXCHANGING PRIVATE DATA AMONG NODES IN BLOCKCHAIN NETWORK Siemens Aktiengesellschaft NARRAMORE, BLAKE I 2438 §103§112 Non-Final OA 29d overdue Pending Jul 29, 2024
18832727 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WRITING AND RETRIEVAL OF DATA IN BLOCKCHAIN Siemens Aktiengesellschaft BHUYAN, MOHAMMAD SOLAIMAN 2168 §101§103 Non-Final OA 111d overdue Pending Jul 24, 2024
18719022 BONE CONDUCTION SPEAKER UNIT AND HEADREST INCORPORATING SAME Temco Japan Co., Ltd. SELLERS, DANIEL R 2694 §102§103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Jun 12, 2024
18739105 GROWING SYSTEM Green Planet Group, Inc. KLOECKER, KATHERINE ANNE 3642 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 10, 2024
18661068 LIQUID LENS SHUTTER SYNCHRONIZATION FOR OPTICAL PROFILOMETRY Perceptron, Inc. REISNER, NOAM S 2852 §102§103 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending May 10, 2024
18706460 WIND TURBINE WITH A FIRE EXTINGUISHING SYSTEM Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S ZHOU, QINGZHANG 3752 §103§112 Non-Final OA 53d overdue Pending May 01, 2024
18702397 SPINNING TOP TOY Guangzhou Lingdong Creative Culture Technology Co., Ltd. WEISS, NICHOLAS J 3711 §102 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Apr 18, 2024
18693292 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AT LEAST A PART OF A WIND TURBINE BLADE, WIND TURBINE BLADE PART AND WIND TURBINE Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S LIANG, SHIBIN 1741 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 19, 2024
18685426 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING ENGINEERING PROGRAMS WHICH ARE COMPATIBLE WITH A SPECIFIC ENGINEERING ENVIRONMENT Siemens Aktiengesellschaft BROPHY, MATTHEW J 2191 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Feb 21, 2024
18435144 MAGNETIC TOY Smart Subscriptions, LLC D'AGOSTINO, PAUL ANTHONY 3715 §102§103 Non-Final OA 237d overdue Pending Feb 07, 2024
18538602 TOOLBOX SUPPORTING TRANSFER FUEL TANK SuperTanks, LLC ELOSHWAY, NIKI MARINA 3736 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 13, 2023
18567416 VERIFICATION COMPONENT FOR VERIFYING AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, AI, MODEL Siemens Aktiengesellschaft UDDIN, MD I §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 06, 2023
18526620 DRY ATOMIZER Jupiter Research, LLC NGUYEN, PHU HOANG 1747 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 01, 2023
18565771 METHOD AND MACHINE CONTROLLER FOR MONITORING THE TEMPERATURE OF AN ELECTROMECHANICAL MACHINE Siemens Aktiengesellschaft OBEID, FAHD A 3627 §101§102 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 30, 2023
18563830 ESTIMATING A SEA STATE OF AN OFFSHORE WIND TURBINE Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S HAYES, JOVON E 3615 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 82d Pending Nov 22, 2023
18560610 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR UPDATING A MODEL PARAMETER FOR A MODEL Siemens Aktiengesellschaft GRUSZKA, DANIEL PATRICK 2121 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 13, 2023
18485564 MALICIOUS ENUMERATION ATTACK DETECTION Sophos Limited GREENE, JOSEPH L 2443 §103 Non-Final OA 74d overdue Pending Oct 12, 2023
18286259 METHOD FOR PROVIDING A DIGITAL IDENTIFIER FOR A WORKPIECE, ELECTRONIC DATABASE, TOKEN, AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING A TOKEN Senodis Technologies GmbH PEARSON, AMANDA HYEONWOO 2666 §103§112 Non-Final OA 35d overdue Pending Oct 10, 2023
18472880 FLOW MANAGEMENT DEVICE CUSTOMIZABLE BY PATIENT TYPE Beaconmedaes LLC STUART, COLIN W 3785 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 22, 2023
18276126 BLADE SET FOR A HAIR CUTTING MACHINE Wahl GmbH KEENA, ELLA LORRAINE 3724 §103 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Aug 07, 2023
18215237 PROCESS FOR CONTROLLING A CONVEYOR LINE FOR ITEMS OF GENERAL CARGO THAT HAS BEEN ADDED BY RETROFITTING Siemens Aktiengesellschaft WILDER, ANDREW H 3627 §103 Final Rejection 9d overdue Pending Jun 28, 2023
18039336 SAFETY SYSTEM FOR AN ENCLOSURE Siemens Mobility GmbH BROWN, EMILY GAIL 3675 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending May 30, 2023
18038090 BIOCIDE Purgos Aps GONZALEZ, LUISALBERTO 1624 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA 45d overdue Pending May 22, 2023
18023768 CONTROLLING THE OPERATION OF A WIND TURBINE Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S DRAPEAU, SIMEON PAUL §101§102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 28, 2023
18023623 GENERATING A KNOWLEDGE BASE FROM MATHEMATICAL FORMULAE IN TECHNICAL DOCUMENTS Indian Institute Of Science WERNER, MARSHALL L 2125 §101§103§112 Final Rejection 84d Pending Feb 27, 2023
18097582 PRELOAD COLLAR FOR A VEHICLE SUSPENSION SYSTEM Westcott Designs Inc. VERLEY, NICOLE T 3614 §103 Final Rejection 132d overdue Pending Jan 17, 2023
17907696 ULTRA-SMALL NANO METAL ORGANIC FRAMEWORK MATERIAL AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY DESTEFANO, AUDRA JEAN 1766 §112 Non-Final OA 184d overdue Pending Sep 29, 2022
17908262 NON-ANTIBODY BINDING PEPTIDES AND THEIR ANALOGS DUAL-TARGETING TO PD-1 AND PD-L1, AND USES THEREOF Guangzhou Yidai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. JONES, DAMERON LEVEST 1618 §112 Non-Final OA 39d Pending Aug 31, 2022
17836202 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING OPERATIONAL CONFIGURATION OF AN ASSET Siemens Aktiengesellschaft CALLE, ANGEL JAVIER 2189 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 09, 2022
17781119 METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND ROBOT CONTROLLER FOR CONFIGURING A ROBOT-OBJECT SYSTEM ENVIRONMENT, AND ROBOT Siemens Aktiengesellschaft KASPER, BYRON XAVIER 3657 §103 Non-Final OA 177d overdue Pending May 31, 2022
17770655 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A DESIGN OF A PRODUCT Siemens Aktiengesellschaft ALHIJA, SAIF A 2186 §101§102§103 Final Rejection 17d overdue Pending Apr 21, 2022
17640866 HYDRAULIC DOOR DRIVE FOR A LIFTING DOOR, LIFTING DOOR COMPRISING THE HYDRAULIC DOOR DRIVE, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE HYDRAULIC DOOR DRIVE Efaflex Inzeniring D.O.O. Ljubljana QUANDT, MICHAEL M 3745 §112 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Mar 07, 2022
17496336 CERAMIC VAPE ASSEMBLY Jupiter Research, LLC KESSIE, JENNIFER A 1747 §102§103 Final Rejection 395d overdue Pending Oct 07, 2021
17294746 VERIFICATION OF CLASSIFICATION DECISIONS IN CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORKS Siemens Aktiengesellschaft FERNANDEZ RIVAS, OMAR F 2100 §101§112 Final Rejection 60d overdue Pending May 18, 2021
16980561 KIT FOR MEASURING ANTI-CYCLIC CITRULLINATED PEPTIDE ANTIBODY, APPLICATION THEREOF, AND TEST METHOD Jiangsu Haooubo Biopharmaceutical Co., Ltd. SABILA, MERCY HELLEN 1654 §103§112 Non-Final OA 67d overdue Pending Dec 01, 2020

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