Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Smith, Gambrell & Russell

63 pending office actions • 28 clients • 62 examiners • 41 art units • 0 of 63 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 115 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=9678 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

82.1%
Allowance Rate
n=9678
+0.49σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=9678
3.3
OAs to Allowance
n=6696
-0.09σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=6696
1116 days
Time to Allowance
n=6696
+8.6pp
Interview Lift
n=9678
25.4%
RCE Rate
n=9678
1.3%
Appeal Rate
n=9678

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

79.8%
§101 Overcome
n=540
79.9%
§102 Overcome
n=2621
79.8%
§103 Overcome
n=4096
81.3%
§112 Overcome
n=2682

Specialization & Scale

H01L, H10P, B01J
Top CPC Subclasses
13%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=9678
9
Practitioners
n=9678
1075.3
Apps / Practitioner
n=9678

Portfolio Summary

63
Total Pending OAs
41
Non-Final OAs
20
Final Rejections
2
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.

14
Overdue
1
Due this week
7
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
4
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 (14)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (7)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (4)

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.

28
Hard (44%)
27
Medium (43%)
7
Easy (11%)
1
Unknown (2%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (2%)
§101 + other5 (8%)
§103 only22 (35%)
§102 only3 (5%)
§112 only6 (10%)
Double-patenting only1 (2%)
Double-patenting + other2 (3%)
Multi-statute (no §101)22 (35%)
No statute on record1 (2%)

Industry Mix

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

22
Life Sciences
35% of docket
1
Information Tech
2% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
3
Semiconductors
5% of docket
28
Mechanical / Eng
44% of docket
9
Business / Other
14% 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.

630 h
Manual time on pending OAs
126 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
220 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
5.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TAWFIK, SAMEH 2 63.0% +31.1%
LISOWSKI, JACEK 1 65.5% +42.0%
CLARK, RYAN C 1 88.1% +8.2%
PATEL, BRIJESH V 1 65.1% +40.4%
LAM, ALEX W 1 92.1% +1.4%
HANDVILLE, BRIAN 1 51.6% +28.1%
SINAKI, ARFAN Y 1 79.3% +41.7%
EDWARDS, LOREN C 1 81.7% +28.6%
NGUYEN, ANDREW H 1 75.2% +42.4%
RUSSELL, STEPHEN MATTHEW 1 62.1% +37.3%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19083335 AIRCRAFT ENGINE AEROMECHANICAL INSTABILITY DETECTION EDWARDS, LOREN C

Hard Cases (28)

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
18300078 BIODEGRADABLE STRING TRIMMER LINE MCKINNON, LASHAWNDA T 141d overdue
18615728 WALL PLUMBING AND LEVELING DEVICE KWIECINSKI, RYAN D 139d overdue
18783928 YEAST-BASED NUTRIENT AND USES THEREOF LIU, DEBORAH YANG-HAO 43d overdue
18632064 CUSTOM MULTI-COLORED IMAGES APPLIED TO THREE DIMENSIONAL PRODUCTS, SUCH AS POLYSTYRENE POST PRODUCTION ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS BALDORI, JOSEPH B 42d overdue
18709958 Remote Health Monitoring System BORISSOV, IGOR N 30d overdue
15154147 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING PATIENT-CENTRIC DATA SEREBOFF, NEAL 23d overdue
18551277 Systems and Methods for Predicting Behavioral Traits BULLINGTON, ROBERT P 1d overdue
18512313 NON-DESTRUCTIVE DATA ACQUISITION METHOD FOR IOT DEVICES SHAFAYET, MOHAMMED 16d

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
19070809 METHODS FOR FILM DEPOSITION DELIVERY CONTAINER TAWFIK, SAMEH 3d overdue
19248197 INSULATED PACKAGING ASSEMBLY WITH MULTI-LAYER A-B LINER HANDVILLE, BRIAN 23d
17173293 INSULATED BOX TAWFIK, SAMEH 28d
19079526 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SYNCHROPHASING A PROPULSION SYSTEM USING ELECTRIC MACHINES NGUYEN, ANDREW H 82d
18937474 Untitled LISOWSKI, JACEK
19556349 MODULAR SHIPPING ASSEMBLY WITH INSULATOR WRAP AND INNER INSULATOR BOXES PATEL, BRIJESH V
19205521 MODULAR APPARATUS, DESIGN, CONCEPT FOR MODULES, CONNECTION, ATTACHMENT AND CAPABILITY ADDING STRUCTURAL ADD ONS FOR VEHICLES, STRUCTURES SINAKI, ARFAN Y
19083335 AIRCRAFT ENGINE AEROMECHANICAL INSTABILITY DETECTION EDWARDS, LOREN C

Client Portfolio (28 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37415
37313
37362
17832
36422
37912
17382
17362
17892
37461

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18937474 Untitled General Electric Company LISOWSKI, JACEK §103 Non-Final OA Pending
19057705 Untitled General Electric Company CLARK, RYAN C §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending
19556349 MODULAR SHIPPING ASSEMBLY WITH INSULATOR WRAP AND INNER INSULATOR BOXES Pratt Corrugated Holdings, Inc. PATEL, BRIJESH V 3736 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Mar 04, 2026
19282105 LOADING SHARING ACROSS MULITPLE POWER SUPPLIES General Electric Company LAM, ALEX W §101§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Jul 28, 2025
19248197 INSULATED PACKAGING ASSEMBLY WITH MULTI-LAYER A-B LINER Pratt Corrugated Holdings, Inc. HANDVILLE, BRIAN 1783 §103§112 Non-Final OA 23d Pending Jun 24, 2025
19205521 MODULAR APPARATUS, DESIGN, CONCEPT FOR MODULES, CONNECTION, ATTACHMENT AND CAPABILITY ADDING STRUCTURAL ADD ONS FOR VEHICLES, STRUCTURES Rhoman Aerospace Corporation SINAKI, ARFAN Y 3642 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 12, 2025
19083335 AIRCRAFT ENGINE AEROMECHANICAL INSTABILITY DETECTION General Electric Company EDWARDS, LOREN C 3746 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 18, 2025
19079526 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SYNCHROPHASING A PROPULSION SYSTEM USING ELECTRIC MACHINES General Electric Company NGUYEN, ANDREW H 3741 §103 Final Rejection 82d Pending Mar 14, 2025
19070809 METHODS FOR FILM DEPOSITION DELIVERY CONTAINER Pratt Corrugated Holdings, Inc. TAWFIK, SAMEH 3731 §103 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Mar 05, 2025
19056573 STARCH-CELLULOSE COMPOSITE MATERIAL Pratt Corrugated Holdings, Inc. RUSSELL, STEPHEN MATTHEW 1748 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 18, 2025
19013399 METHOD FOR COATING A WALL-FLOW FILTER UMICORE AG & CO. KG VETERE, ROBERT A 1712 §103§112DPOther Non-Final OA Pending Jan 08, 2025
18930139 VEHICLE SIDE STRUCTURE Subaru Corporation LEMBO, AARON LLOYD §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 29, 2024
18925629 METHOD OF USING DOUBLE-HANDLE BOX Pratt Corrugated Holdings, Inc. GEHMAN, BRYON P 3736 DP Final Rejection Pending Oct 24, 2024
18899210 SEALABLE BOX ASSEMBLY Pratt Corrugated Holdings, Inc. DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R 3734 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 27, 2024
18801941 ELECTRIC MACHINE ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME General Electric Deutschland Holding GmbH IMTIAZ, ZOHEB S 2846 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 13, 2024
18800895 SANDWICH STRUCTURE, METHOD OF PRODUCING SANDWICH STRUCTURE, AND AIRCRAFT Gh Craft Ltd. COLLISTER, ELIZABETH A 1784 §103 Non-Final OA 83d Pending Aug 12, 2024
18783928 YEAST-BASED NUTRIENT AND USES THEREOF Danstar Ferment AG LIU, DEBORAH YANG-HAO 1791 §103§112 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Jul 25, 2024
18763536 Apparatuses, Methods and Systems for Virtualizing a Reprogrammable Universal Integrated Circuit Chip Gigsky, Inc. DOAN, PHUOC HUU §102§103Other Non-Final OA Pending Jul 03, 2024
18678918 ACOUSTIC INSPECTION DEVICE AND METHODS OF OPERATION General Electric Company SINGER, DAVID L 2855 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 30, 2024
18709958 Remote Health Monitoring System Lifeq B.V. BORISSOV, IGOR N 3685 §101§103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending May 14, 2024
18632064 CUSTOM MULTI-COLORED IMAGES APPLIED TO THREE DIMENSIONAL PRODUCTS, SUCH AS POLYSTYRENE POST PRODUCTION ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS Slab Dream Lab, LLC BALDORI, JOSEPH B 3711 §102§103 Final Rejection 42d overdue Pending Apr 10, 2024
18629156 MAPPING RESTING-STATE EEG ONTO MOTOR IMAGERY EEG SIGNALS VIA DATA CLUSTERING FOR REDUCED CLASSIFIER TRAINING REQUIREMENTS Kennesaw State University Research And Service Foundation, Inc. DOUGHERTY, SEAN PATRICK 3791 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 08, 2024
18615728 WALL PLUMBING AND LEVELING DEVICE Kw Roman LLC KWIECINSKI, RYAN D 3635 §102§112 Non-Final OA 139d overdue Pending Mar 25, 2024
18692262 HARMONIC DRIVE COMPRISING A TRANSMITTER RING WITHOUT PINS Tq-Systems GmbH TAYLOR II, JAMES JOSEPH 3655 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 14, 2024
18684570 PRODUCTION METHOD OF CALCIUM CARBONATE AND CALCIUM CARBONATE PRODUCTION DEVICE Noritake Co., Limited FORREST, MICHAEL §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 16, 2024
18580535 INTERMODAL CONTAINER MANAGEMENT METHOD, PROGRAM AND SYSTEM Syscom Japan, Inc. ADE, OGER GARCIA 3627 §101§102 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 18, 2024
18410227 Mixture of two constitutionally isomeric bisphosphites Evonik Oxeno GmbH & Co. Kg WITHERSPOON, SIKARL A §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 11, 2024
18399213 Additive for Asphalt Mixes Containing Reclaimed Bituminous Products Arkema France MERKLING, SALLY ANNE 1738 Other Final Rejection 26d Pending Dec 28, 2023
18567183 METHOD FOR PREPARING MERCAPTANS WITH SULFHYDROLYSIS OF PURIFIED DIALKYL SULFIDES Arkema France PAGANO, ALEXANDER R §112DP Non-Final OA Pending Dec 05, 2023
18566958 METHOD FOR PREPARING MERCAPTANS BY SULFHYDROLYSIS OF DIALKYL SULFIDES WITH CATALYST PRETREATMENT Arkema France BAKSHI, PANCHAM §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 04, 2023
18515936 PROPULSION SYSTEM WITH A CONTROL SYSTEM TO DETERMINE HEALTH INFORMATION General Electric Company KANG, EDWIN G 3741 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 21, 2023
18515871 TURBINE ENGINE INCLUDING A STEAM SYSTEM General Electric Company MEILLER, SEAN V 3741 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Nov 21, 2023
18512313 NON-DESTRUCTIVE DATA ACQUISITION METHOD FOR IOT DEVICES BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM SHAFAYET, MOHAMMED 2116 §103§112 Non-Final OA 16d Pending Nov 17, 2023
18284591 PLATINUM SOLUTION FOR SILVER DECORATION AND USE THEREOF Noritake Co., Limited PATEL, RONAK C 1788 §103 Final Rejection 32d overdue Pending Sep 28, 2023
18551277 Systems and Methods for Predicting Behavioral Traits Georgia State University Research Foundation, Inc. BULLINGTON, ROBERT P 3715 §101§112 Final Rejection 1d overdue Pending Sep 19, 2023
18462549 Biodegradable Plant Container with Tear Strips Green Ip, LLC HAYES, KRISTEN C 3642 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 07, 2023
18459750 South Facing Mounting System K2 Systems, LLC FONSECA, JESSIE T 3633 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 01, 2023
18362381 GAS TURBINE ENGINE HAVING OPTIMIZED ACCELERATION RATES BASED ON CLEARANCES General Electric Company BURKE, THOMAS P 3741 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 31, 2023
18356678 VEHICLE Subaru Corporation WALTERS, JOHN DANIEL 3613 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 21, 2023
18262532 PRECIOUS METAL COMPLEXES WITH DIHYDROAZULENYL LIGANDS AND USE THEREOF UMICORE AG & CO. KG FANG, SHANE 1766 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 21, 2023
18354426 NON-INVASIVE BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING SYSTEM Kennesaw State University Research And Service Foundation, Inc. WINAKUR, ERIC FRANK 3791 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 83d Pending Jul 18, 2023
18268678 EXTERNAL FORCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, MEASUREMENT METHOD AND ELECTRICALLY ASSISTED BICYCLE Tq-Systems GmbH WILHELM, TIMOTHY 3617 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 21, 2023
18331008 MULTIVALENCE CERIUM OXIDE NANOPARTICLES IN SOLUBLE BORATE GLASS MATRICES FOR TARGETED RELEASE Kennesaw State University Research And Service Foundation, Inc. HERRING, LISA L 1741 §102§103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Jun 07, 2023
18256398 CATALYTICALLY ACTIVE PARTICLE FILTER HAVING A HIGH DEGREE OF FILTERING EFFICIENCY UMICORE AG & CO. KG NGUYEN, CAM N 1736 §112 Final Rejection 17d overdue Pending Jun 07, 2023
18256407 CATALYTICALLY ACTIVE PARTICLE FILTER WITH A HIGH DEGREE OF FILTERING EFFICIENCY UMICORE AG & CO. KG FIORITO, JAMES A 1731 §102 Final Rejection 5d Pending Jun 07, 2023
18253046 Al-P COMPOSITE OXIDE AND EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION CATALYST USING SAME UMICORE SHOKUBAI JAPAN CO., LTD. KUMAR, SRILAKSHMI K 1738 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 16, 2023
18302439 Process and Apparatus for Curing Glass-fiber Paper Composites UMICORE AG & CO. KG DAGENAIS, KRISTEN A 1717 §103 Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending Apr 18, 2023
18300078 BIODEGRADABLE STRING TRIMMER LINE Green Ip, LLC MCKINNON, LASHAWNDA T 1789 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 141d overdue Pending Apr 13, 2023
18246071 BISMUT CONTAINING DIESELOXIDATION CATALYST UMICORE AG & CO. KG PHAN, ANNETTE HOANG-ANH 1736 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 21, 2023
18123732 DIE CLEANING DEVICE Pratt Corrugated Holdings, Inc. POON, DANA LEE 3723 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 20, 2023
18115791 INSULATED BAG WITH HANDLES Pratt Retail Specialties, LLC FERRERO, EDUARDO R 3731 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Mar 01, 2023
18174908 FIBER-REINFORCED RESIN BONDED STRUCTURE Subaru Corporation CHOI, PETER Y 1786 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 27, 2023
17769115 ELECTROLYTIC COMPOSITION BASED ON SULFONIC ACID COMPRISING A PHOSPHORUS ADDITIVE Arkema France KOROVINA, ANNA 1729 §103 Non-Final OA 62d Pending Apr 14, 2022
17642409 THREE-DIMENSIONAL DOWN REPLACEMENT The North Face Apparel Corp. WEYDEMEYER, ETHAN 1783 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 11, 2022
17686046 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING FET REGIONS Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. CHEN, DAVID Z 2815 §102 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Mar 03, 2022
17526383 GAS TURBINE ENGINE NOISE REDUCTION General Electric Company AMAR, MARC J 3741 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Nov 15, 2021
17523165 LASER PEENING PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF LASER PEENING PROCESSING Subaru Corporation MILLS JR., JOE E 3761 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 10, 2021
17467068 BREATHABLE BAFFLES The North Face Apparel Corp. JOHNSON, JENNA LEIGH 1789 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 03, 2021
17173293 INSULATED BOX Pratt Retail Specialties, LLC TAWFIK, SAMEH 3731 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Feb 11, 2021
17048953 Compositions and Methods for Diagnosis and Treatment of Endometriosis The Board Of Regents Of The University Of Texas System MUMMERT, STEPHANIE KANE 1681 §102§103 Non-Final OA 40d Pending Oct 19, 2020
17031246 Weighing and Mixing System Ampacet Corporation MCCARTY, PATRICK M 1774 §103Other Final Rejection 51d overdue Pending Sep 24, 2020
16978906 A PROTEIN-BINDING PRODUCT, A DEVICE CONTAINING SAID PROTEIN-BINDING PRODUCT AND A METHOD FOR EXTRACORPOREAL REDUCTION OF THE LEVEL OF PROTEIN IN BLOOD PLASMA Glycorex Transplantation AB BUNKER, AMY M 1684 §112 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Sep 08, 2020
15154147 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING PATIENT-CENTRIC DATA Photon Medical Communications, Inc. SEREBOFF, NEAL 3683 §101 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending May 13, 2016

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