Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Shaver & Swanson, LLP

Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

6 pending office actions • 6 clients • 6 examiners • 3 art units • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

SHAVER & SWANSON, LLP operates in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The firm has managed 968 career applications in this field. Currently, there are 4 pending office actions that the firm must resolve for its clients. This current workload represents a portion of the career applications handled by the firm.

The firm maintains a resolved allowance rate of 70.73 percent across its portfolio. To achieve these results, the firm averages 2.58 office actions per allowance. This figure indicates the amount of examiner interaction typically required to reach an outcome. Practitioners can use the 70.73 percent resolved allowance rate to evaluate the firm's historical performance.

The 968 career applications provide context for the firm's experience. With 4 pending office actions, the firm continues its work in a sector where it typically sees 2.58 office actions per allowance. These data points define the firm's prosecution profile in mechanical and transportation systems.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Quality Metrics (n=968 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

70.7%
Allowance Rate
n=968
+0.32σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=968
2.6
OAs to Allowance
n=418
-0.38σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=418
997 days
Time to Allowance
n=418
+19.2pp
Interview Lift
n=968
16.6%
RCE Rate
n=968
3.6%
Appeal Rate
n=968

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

69.2%
§101 Overcome
n=26
64.4%
§102 Overcome
n=202
67.4%
§103 Overcome
n=304
69.0%
§112 Overcome
n=261

Specialization & Scale

Y10T, A63B, B05B
Top CPC Subclasses
7%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=968
1
Practitioners
n=968
968.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=968

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
3
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.

6
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (100%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
17% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
17% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
33% of docket
2
Business / Other
33% 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
PRICE, MITCHELL JAMES 1 83.3% +25.0%
GOMBERG, BENJAMIN S 1 66.7% +28.9%
ISHAQ, ISHAQ MOHAMED SAID 1 — —
CLEMENT, MICHELLE RENEE 1 69.6% +18.6%
QUINN, DANIEL MICHAEL 1 70.4% +34.7%
SHIAO, YIH-HORNG 1 72.5% +75.9%

Hard Cases (6)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17637906 Edible Formulations Based on Active Ingredients and Arginine SHIAO, YIH-HORNG 331d overdue
19038315 Scooter Ergo Stabilization Platform PRICE, MITCHELL JAMES —
19022690 Firearm Assembly GOMBERG, BENJAMIN S —
18757353 Gear Base ISHAQ, ISHAQ MOHAMED SAID —
18638179 EXPANSION CHAMBER ASSEMBLY AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME CLEMENT, MICHELLE RENEE —
18619074 Archery Peep and Apparatus Constrictor QUINN, DANIEL MICHAEL —

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
17637906 Edible Formulations Based on Active Ingredients and Arginine SHIAO, YIH-HORNG 331d overdue
19038315 Scooter Ergo Stabilization Platform PRICE, MITCHELL JAMES —
19022690 Firearm Assembly GOMBERG, BENJAMIN S —
18638179 EXPANSION CHAMBER ASSEMBLY AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME CLEMENT, MICHELLE RENEE —
18619074 Archery Peep and Apparatus Constrictor QUINN, DANIEL MICHAEL —

Client Portfolio (6 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36412
28551
16911

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19038315 Scooter Ergo Stabilization Platform Goscootin Inc. PRICE, MITCHELL JAMES §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 27, 2025
19022690 Firearm Assembly Fm-Products, Inc. GOMBERG, BENJAMIN S 3641 §102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 15, 2025
18757353 Gear Base Seekells Innovations LLC ISHAQ, ISHAQ MOHAMED SAID §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 27, 2024
18638179 EXPANSION CHAMBER ASSEMBLY AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME F.M. Products Inc. CLEMENT, MICHELLE RENEE 3641 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 17, 2024
18619074 Archery Peep and Apparatus Constrictor Sawtooth Outdoor Products LLC QUINN, DANIEL MICHAEL 2855 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 27, 2024
17637906 Edible Formulations Based on Active Ingredients and Arginine Graal S.r.l. SHIAO, YIH-HORNG 1691 §102§112 Final Rejection 331d overdue Pending Feb 24, 2022

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