Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Scott T. Griggs, Attorneys AT Law

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

Quality Metrics (n=994 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

92.5%
Allowance Rate
n=994
+0.50σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=994
2.3
OAs to Allowance
n=679
-0.59σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=679
738 days
Time to Allowance
n=679
+2.4pp
Interview Lift
n=994
15.8%
RCE Rate
n=994
1.4%
Appeal Rate
n=994

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

86.5%
§101 Overcome
n=37
81.0%
§102 Overcome
n=121
81.3%
§103 Overcome
n=268
86.1%
§112 Overcome
n=202

Specialization & Scale

H04N, H04W, H04L
Top CPC Subclasses
30%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=994
0
Practitioners
n=994
Apps / Practitioner
n=994 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
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.

1
Hard (20%)
3
Medium (60%)
1
Easy (20%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (20%)
§103 only2 (40%)
§102 only1 (20%)
Double-patenting only1 (20%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
40% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
60% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CARROLL, DAVID P. 1 80.3% +14.4%
MACKEY, PATRICK HEWEY 1 83.6% +13.1%
TADAYYON ESLAMI, TABASSOM 1 49.4% +26.7%
GERLA, STEPHANIE RAE 1 15.9% +31.1%
NGUYEN, TAN D 1 24.3% +19.1%

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
19383644 DRILL STEM SAFETY VALVE ACTUATOR CARROLL, DAVID P.
18610535 Perception-Based Robotic Manipulation System and Method for Robotic Truck Unloader that Unloads/Unpacks Product from Trailers and Containers MACKEY, PATRICK HEWEY

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17933802 DIETARY SUPPLEMENT AND METHOD FOR SYNTHESIS OF SAME GERLA, STEPHANIE RAE 9d overdue
17621855 Board Signage Safety System and Method for Use of Same NGUYEN, TAN D

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18299586 BUOYANT POOL LOUNGE CHAIR FRAME AND BUOYANT POOL LOUNGE CHAIR USING THE SAME TADAYYON ESLAMI, TABASSOM 107d overdue
17933802 DIETARY SUPPLEMENT AND METHOD FOR SYNTHESIS OF SAME GERLA, STEPHANIE RAE 9d overdue
19383644 DRILL STEM SAFETY VALVE ACTUATOR CARROLL, DAVID P.
18610535 Perception-Based Robotic Manipulation System and Method for Robotic Truck Unloader that Unloads/Unpacks Product from Trailers and Containers MACKEY, PATRICK HEWEY
17621855 Board Signage Safety System and Method for Use of Same NGUYEN, TAN D

Client Portfolio (5 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36741
36531
17181
17911
36291

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19383644 DRILL STEM SAFETY VALVE ACTUATOR Hi-Kalibre Equipment Limited CARROLL, DAVID P. 3674 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 08, 2025
18610535 Perception-Based Robotic Manipulation System and Method for Robotic Truck Unloader that Unloads/Unpacks Product from Trailers and Containers Daifuku Co., Ltd. MACKEY, PATRICK HEWEY 3653 DP Non-Final OA Pending Mar 20, 2024
18299586 BUOYANT POOL LOUNGE CHAIR FRAME AND BUOYANT POOL LOUNGE CHAIR USING THE SAME Trc Recreation, LP TADAYYON ESLAMI, TABASSOM 1718 §103 Non-Final OA 107d overdue Pending Apr 12, 2023
17933802 DIETARY SUPPLEMENT AND METHOD FOR SYNTHESIS OF SAME StrongCell, LLC GERLA, STEPHANIE RAE 1791 §103 Final Rejection 9d overdue Pending Sep 20, 2022
17621855 Board Signage Safety System and Method for Use of Same Railpros Field Services, Inc. NGUYEN, TAN D 3629 §101 Final Rejection Pending Dec 22, 2021

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