Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (Las Vegas)

5 pending office actions • 4 clients • 5 examiners • 3 art units • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 12 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=12784 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

87.0%
Allowance Rate
n=12784
+0.55σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=12784
3.2
OAs to Allowance
n=7789
-0.21σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=7789
985 days
Time to Allowance
n=7789
+7.5pp
Interview Lift
n=12784
27.7%
RCE Rate
n=12784
0.9%
Appeal Rate
n=12784

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

70.2%
§101 Overcome
n=242
84.5%
§102 Overcome
n=934
79.0%
§103 Overcome
n=4632
89.9%
§112 Overcome
n=905

Specialization & Scale

C23C, H01L, H10P
Top CPC Subclasses
13%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=12784
0
Practitioners
n=12784
Apps / Practitioner
n=12784 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
1
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%)
1
Medium (20%)
1
Easy (20%)
2
Unknown (40%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (20%)
§103 only1 (20%)
Double-patenting only1 (20%)
No statute on record2 (40%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
20% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
40% of docket
2
Business / Other
40% 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
TROTTER, SCOTT S 1 63.0% +14.1%
SEMBER, THOMAS M 1 84.3% +11.5%
NGUYEN, VI X 1 85.9% +13.3%
YEN, JASON TAHAI 1 76.8% +23.7%
MITCHELL, EDWIN COLEMAN 1 31.7% +64.7%

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
18787688 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING A MODIFIED TISSUE GRAFT NGUYEN, VI X 30d overdue

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18672431 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING AND DISPLAYING VARIABLE NUMBERS OF SYMBOLS FOR USE IN A SYMBOL MATCHING GAME YEN, JASON TAHAI

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
18787688 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING A MODIFIED TISSUE GRAFT NGUYEN, VI X 30d overdue
18585269 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ASSOCIATING SECONDARY MATERIALS WITH A TISSUE GRAFT AND MODIFIED TISSUE GRAFTS MITCHELL, EDWIN COLEMAN 23d overdue
19259676 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRACKING PERSONAL PROPERTY COLLATERAL TROTTER, SCOTT S
18946472 PRIZE IDENTIFIER FOR AMUSEMENT-TYPE PRIZE-PLAY COLLECTION DEVICE SEMBER, THOMAS M
18672431 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING AND DISPLAYING VARIABLE NUMBERS OF SYMBOLS FOR USE IN A SYMBOL MATCHING GAME YEN, JASON TAHAI

Client Portfolio (4 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
CellTherX 2
Crediot, Inc. 1
Aries Technology, LLC 1
Blastworks Limited 1

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37711
37151
16191

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19259676 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRACKING PERSONAL PROPERTY COLLATERAL Crediot, Inc. TROTTER, SCOTT S DP Non-Final OA Pending Jul 03, 2025
18946472 PRIZE IDENTIFIER FOR AMUSEMENT-TYPE PRIZE-PLAY COLLECTION DEVICE Aries Technology, LLC SEMBER, THOMAS M Other Non-Final OA Pending Nov 13, 2024
18787688 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING A MODIFIED TISSUE GRAFT Celltherx Corp. NGUYEN, VI X 3771 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Jul 29, 2024
18672431 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING AND DISPLAYING VARIABLE NUMBERS OF SYMBOLS FOR USE IN A SYMBOL MATCHING GAME Blastworks Limited YEN, JASON TAHAI 3715 §101 Final Rejection Pending May 23, 2024
18585269 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ASSOCIATING SECONDARY MATERIALS WITH A TISSUE GRAFT AND MODIFIED TISSUE GRAFTS Celltherx Corp. MITCHELL, EDWIN COLEMAN 1619 Other Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Feb 23, 2024

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