Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP

39 pending office actions • 21 clients • 34 examiners • 26 art units • 0 of 39 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=2582 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

89.7%
Allowance Rate
n=2582
+0.61σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=2582
2.9
OAs to Allowance
n=1749
-0.33σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=1749
968 days
Time to Allowance
n=1749
+5.1pp
Interview Lift
n=2582
23.0%
RCE Rate
n=2582
2.2%
Appeal Rate
n=2582

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

80.1%
§101 Overcome
n=201
83.9%
§102 Overcome
n=640
84.3%
§103 Overcome
n=987
86.9%
§112 Overcome
n=589

Specialization & Scale

A47C, G06F, G06Q
Top CPC Subclasses
16%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=2582
9
Practitioners
n=2582
286.9
Apps / Practitioner
n=2582

Portfolio Summary

39
Total Pending OAs
25
Non-Final OAs
14
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 16 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

11
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
3
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 16 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (11)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 days (3)

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.

27
Hard (69%)
10
Medium (26%)
2
Easy (5%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only5 (13%)
§101 + other12 (31%)
§103 only8 (21%)
§102 only2 (5%)
§112 only2 (5%)
Multi-statute (no §101)10 (26%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
5% of docket
4
Information Tech
10% of docket
1
Communications
3% of docket
1
Semiconductors
3% of docket
24
Mechanical / Eng
62% of docket
7
Business / Other
18% 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
MUSTAFA, MOHAMMED H 3 35.0% +30.8%
KIRSCH, ANDREW THOMAS 2 50.6% +35.0%
ALMATRAHI, SAHAR FARIS 2 30.5% +57.6%
WOODWORTH, II, ALLAN J 2 39.4% +42.1%
DAVISON, LAURA L 1 32.6% +36.2%
GARFT, CHRISTOPHER 1 59.1% +23.1%
PILCHER, JONATHAN L 1 63.9% +44.9%
CEPLUCH, ALYSSA L 1 62.4% +24.8%
SMITH, CHAIM A 1 39.5% +51.8%
CAMPANELL, FRANCIS C 1 72.8% +9.3%

Hard Cases (27)

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
18466534 MANAGING VENDOR OFFERS SPAR, ILANA L 168d overdue
18332288 DYNAMIC DISCOUNTING SYSTEM AND METHOD RANKINS, WILLIAM E 87d overdue
18176939 DEEP LEARNING-ASSISTED APPROACH FOR ACCURATE HISTOLOGIC GRADING AND EARLY DETECTION OF DYSPLASIA SIOZOPOULOS, CONSTANTINE B 59d overdue
18346678 USER APPLICATION APPROVAL GAW, MARK H 32d overdue
18629581 MARKING TECHNIQUES USING UNIQUE FONT FILE VERSIONS FOR DOCUMENT SOURCE DETECTION LEGGETT, ANDREA C. 26d overdue
18075693 TEXTUAL ADJUSTMENT TO A TARGET READING LEVEL YIP, JACK 9d overdue
18763956 DYNAMIC DISCOUNTING SYSTEM AND METHOD NGUYEN, LIZ P 1d overdue
18373174 DEVICE FOR THE LAUNCH AND RECOVERY OF LARGE DIAMETER UNCREWED UNDERWATER VEHICLE STARCK, ERIC ANTHONY 1d overdue

Interview Candidates (14)

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
19263150 AUTOMATIC ANIMAL FEEDING SYSTEM FOR ROTATING DISPOSAL COMPARTMENT COMPONENTS ALMATRAHI, SAHAR FARIS 12d
18543915 AUTOMATED RECOURSE MUSTAFA, MOHAMMED H 40d
17878717 MANAGING VENDOR OFFERS WOODWORTH, II, ALLAN J 40d
19327806 BEVERAGE CONTAINER WITH REMOVABLE BOOT KIRSCH, ANDREW THOMAS
19097154 BEVERAGE SYSTEM AND LID WITH MAGNETIC SPRING MECHANISM DAVISON, LAURA L
19048310 ENVIRONMENTAL FACILITY SUPPORTING STRUCTURE OF VERTICAL HEAT RECOVERY STEAM GENERATOR GARFT, CHRISTOPHER
18987203 PYROLYSIS REACTOR AND APPARATUS HAVING SAME FOR RECOVERING CARBON FIBER AND GLASS FIBER PILCHER, JONATHAN L
18872193 CO-PROCESSING OF BIOMASS DURING FLUIDIZED COKING WITH GASIFICATION CEPLUCH, ALYSSA L

Client Portfolio (21 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36934
37333
36223
36432
39931
41001
36961
16571
36731
21741

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19327806 BEVERAGE CONTAINER WITH REMOVABLE BOOT Brumate, Inc. KIRSCH, ANDREW THOMAS 3733 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 12, 2025
19263150 AUTOMATIC ANIMAL FEEDING SYSTEM FOR ROTATING DISPOSAL COMPARTMENT COMPONENTS Paws Forward Inc. ALMATRAHI, SAHAR FARIS 3643 §101§103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Jul 08, 2025
19097154 BEVERAGE SYSTEM AND LID WITH MAGNETIC SPRING MECHANISM Brumate, Inc. DAVISON, LAURA L 3993 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Apr 01, 2025
19048310 ENVIRONMENTAL FACILITY SUPPORTING STRUCTURE OF VERTICAL HEAT RECOVERY STEAM GENERATOR DOOSAN ENERBILITY CO., LTD. GARFT, CHRISTOPHER 4100 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 07, 2025
18987203 PYROLYSIS REACTOR AND APPARATUS HAVING SAME FOR RECOVERING CARBON FIBER AND GLASS FIBER DOOSAN ENERBILITY CO., LTD. PILCHER, JONATHAN L §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 19, 2024
18872193 CO-PROCESSING OF BIOMASS DURING FLUIDIZED COKING WITH GASIFICATION ExxonMobil CEPLUCH, ALYSSA L §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 05, 2024
18962366 ASEPTIC CONCENTRATED LIQUID BEVERAGE CONTAINER Tc Heartland LLC SMITH, CHAIM A §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 27, 2024
18930086 METAL VANADATES AS OXYGEN CARRIERS FOR DEHYDROGENATION U.S. Department of Energy CAMPANELL, FRANCIS C §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 29, 2024
18893584 PARTIAL AUTOMATED RECOURSE Multi Service Technology Solutions, Inc. MUSTAFA, MOHAMMED H 3693 §101§103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 23, 2024
18793520 BEVERAGE CONTAINER WITH REMOVABLE SLEEVE OR BOOT Brumate, Inc. KIRSCH, ANDREW THOMAS 3733 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Aug 02, 2024
18763956 DYNAMIC DISCOUNTING SYSTEM AND METHOD Pollen, Inc. NGUYEN, LIZ P 3696 §101 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Jul 03, 2024
18657451 CONVERSION OF PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY DERIVED ORGANIC CARBON TO INORGANIC CARBON ExxonMobil YAMASAKI, ROBERT J 1657 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 07, 2024
18653630 COMBINED COMBUSTION BURNER AND COMBUSTION APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME DOOSAN ENERBILITY CO., LTD. SAVANI, AVINASH A §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 02, 2024
18651128 THREE MOTOR RECLINER MECHANISM WITH INDEPENDENT SEAT, BACK AND OTTOMAN L&P Property Management Company SUN, GEORGE 3673 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 30, 2024
18643737 SOURCE DETECTION USING UNIQUE TRACEABLE IMAGES WITHIN WEBPAGES Echomark, Inc. NGUYEN, PHUONG H 2174 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 23, 2024
18629581 MARKING TECHNIQUES USING UNIQUE FONT FILE VERSIONS FOR DOCUMENT SOURCE DETECTION Echomark, Inc. LEGGETT, ANDREA C. 2171 §101§102§103 Final Rejection 26d overdue Pending Apr 08, 2024
18692291 DEVICE FOR SEWAGE PIPE WORK Rausch Rehab GmbH GRAY, FRANCIS C 2852 §102 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Mar 14, 2024
18600276 SECURE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM FOR DUE PROCESS Lightning Dep Inc. D/B/A Lightning Law MONTALVO, CARLOS FERNANDO 3629 §101§103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 08, 2024
18599000 CONDITIONAL AND MARGINAL MODEL BASED FRAME GENERATION Irreverent Labs, Inc. TSENG, CHARLES 2613 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Mar 07, 2024
18583553 LID-SECURING MECHANISM, BEVERAGE CONTAINER WITH LID-SECURING MECHANISM, AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME Brumate, Inc. BALDRIGHI, ERIC C 3733 §103 Non-Final OA 53d Pending Feb 21, 2024
18419743 REVERSIBLE DECK PLANK Fairway Architectural Railing Solutions HERRING, BRENT W 3633 §102 Final Rejection 20d Pending Jan 23, 2024
18414978 PARTNER AND USER GATEWAY TOOL Multi Service Technology Solutions, Inc. MUSTAFA, MOHAMMED H 3693 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 17, 2024
18406814 EXHAUST SYSTEM FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE, GAS TURBINE ENGINE HAVING THE SAME, AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING, CONFIGURING, AND USING THE SAME DOOSAN ENERBILITY CO., LTD. MALATEK, KATHERYN A 3741 §112 Final Rejection Pending Jan 08, 2024
18543915 AUTOMATED RECOURSE Multi Service Technology Solutions, Inc. MUSTAFA, MOHAMMED H 3693 §101§103 Non-Final OA 40d Pending Dec 18, 2023
18541752 SECURE INFORMATION RETRIEVAL Advisor First, LLC LEE, GIL H 2446 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 15, 2023
18378998 INTELLIGENT ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE PLATFORM Lawhq LLC KHAN, SHAHID K 2146 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 11, 2023
18373174 DEVICE FOR THE LAUNCH AND RECOVERY OF LARGE DIAMETER UNCREWED UNDERWATER VEHICLE Huntington Ingalls, Inc. STARCK, ERIC ANTHONY 3615 §103§112 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Sep 26, 2023
18466534 MANAGING VENDOR OFFERS Ycs Group, LLC SPAR, ILANA L 3622 §101§103 Final Rejection 168d overdue Pending Sep 13, 2023
18464946 AUTOMATIC ANIMAL FEEDING SYSTEM COMPRISING WEIGHT SENSOR AND ANALYTICS SYSTEM Paws Forward Inc. SCOTT, JACOB S 3655 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 11, 2023
18464950 AUTOMATIC ANIMAL FEEDING SYSTEM Paws Forward Inc. ALMATRAHI, SAHAR FARIS 3643 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 11, 2023
18346678 USER APPLICATION APPROVAL Multi Service Technology Solutions, Inc. GAW, MARK H 3693 §101 Non-Final OA 32d overdue Pending Jul 03, 2023
18332288 DYNAMIC DISCOUNTING SYSTEM AND METHOD Pollen, LLC RANKINS, WILLIAM E 3694 §101 Final Rejection 87d overdue Pending Jun 09, 2023
18309334 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HYDROGEN LIQUEFACTION Cosmodyne, LLC KING, BRIAN M 3763 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 28, 2023
18176939 DEEP LEARNING-ASSISTED APPROACH FOR ACCURATE HISTOLOGIC GRADING AND EARLY DETECTION OF DYSPLASIA UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT COLUMBIA SIOZOPOULOS, CONSTANTINE B 3686 §101 Final Rejection 59d overdue Pending Mar 01, 2023
18102644 AUTOMATED PLATE SHAPING AND VERIFICATION Huntington Ingalls, Inc. ABOAGYE, MICHAEL 1733 §112 Final Rejection Pending Jan 27, 2023
18086829 SPRING MECHANISM FOR ROCKER ASSEMBLY AND ROCKER ASSEMBLY COMPRISING THE SAME Leggett & Platt (Jiaxing) Co., Ltd. SAHNI, VISHAL R 3616 §103 Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending Dec 22, 2022
18085047 MANAGING VENDOR OFFERS Ycs Group, LLC WOODWORTH, II, ALLAN J 3622 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 20, 2022
18075693 TEXTUAL ADJUSTMENT TO A TARGET READING LEVEL Plabook YIP, JACK 3715 §101§103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Dec 06, 2022
17878717 MANAGING VENDOR OFFERS Ycs Group, LLC WOODWORTH, II, ALLAN J 3622 §101§103 Non-Final OA 40d Pending Aug 01, 2022

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