Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Soquel Group, LLC

Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

28 pending office actions • 7 clients • 27 examiners • 17 art units • 0 of 28 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Soquel Group, LLC handles 794 career applications in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The firm has a resolved allowance rate pct of 88.34. Prosecution involves an avg office actions per allowance of 3.2.

The firm is currently managing 20 pending office actions. The 88.34 resolved allowance rate pct and 3.2 avg office actions per allowance are based on the firm's 794 career applications. These metrics provide a data-driven profile of the firm's performance in its primary technology area.

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

Quality Metrics (n=794 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

88.3%
Allowance Rate
n=794
+0.56σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=794
3.2
OAs to Allowance
n=500
-0.16σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=500
998 days
Time to Allowance
n=500
+8.2pp
Interview Lift
n=794
27.2%
RCE Rate
n=794
0.6%
Appeal Rate
n=794

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

70.5%
§101 Overcome
n=105
75.9%
§102 Overcome
n=224
78.1%
§103 Overcome
n=406
76.3%
§112 Overcome
n=279

Specialization & Scale

G06F, G06Q, B05B
Top CPC Subclasses
24%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=794
0
Practitioners
n=794
—
Apps / Practitioner
n=794 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

28
Total Pending OAs
14
Non-Final OAs
14
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (2)Due later (1)

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.

20
Hard (71%)
6
Medium (21%)
1
Easy (4%)
1
Unknown (4%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (7%)
§101 + other6 (21%)
§103 only3 (11%)
§102 only3 (11%)
§112 only1 (4%)
Multi-statute (no §101)12 (43%)
No statute on record1 (4%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
4
Information Tech
14% of docket
1
Communications
4% of docket
2
Semiconductors
7% of docket
12
Mechanical / Eng
43% of docket
9
Business / Other
32% 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.

280 h
Manual time on pending OAs
56 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
98 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ZHU, NOAH YI MIN 2 80.5% +14.5%
LE, UYEN T 1 83.9% +9.5%
RAMSEY, JEREMY C 1 52.5% +46.9%
MOLNAR, HUNTER A 1 50.6% +33.1%
YOUNG, TIFFANY P 1 79.7% +22.7%
BEKERMAN, MICHAEL 1 32.5% +31.1%
GARTRELLE, ANTHONY M 1 91.9% -8.8%
BLANCHETTE, JOSHUA B 1 47.8% +31.8%
CRAWFORD, JASON 1 85.0% +9.1%
CORRIELUS, JEAN B 1 89.5% +15.6%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19173762 Characterizing Method of Aeronautic Routes and Associated Characterizing System GARTRELLE, ANTHONY M —
18852454 Logic device and logic computation architecture CRAWFORD, JASON —
19043511 Improved multi-port elementary antenna and associated active electronically scanned array antenna CORRIELUS, JEAN B —

Hard Cases (20)

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
18725758 System and method for monitoring the operation of a computer SIMITOSKI, MICHAEL J 16d
18183938 Data labelling method for building a database for configuring, validating and/or testing an application for monitoring an individual's fatigue level CHRISTIANSON, SKYLAR LINDSEY 16d
18530181 Antenna system and associated decoupling device SINGH, GURBIR 27d
19198706 Method And System For Bidding On Uncontested Search Advertising Auctions BEKERMAN, MICHAEL 41d
18246850 Method and electronic device for generating a structured database of relevant data for managing a task, and associated computer program LE, UYEN T —
18855797 DEVICE FOR GUIDING A SLIDING DOOR OF A VEHICLE RAMSEY, JEREMY C —
19249046 Method and device for determining and providing a classification, according to their environmental impact, of a plurality of separate aeronautical flights MOLNAR, HUNTER A —
19220080 Method for simultaneous localization and mapping; associated system and computer program YOUNG, TIFFANY P —

Interview Candidates (8)

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
19198706 Method And System For Bidding On Uncontested Search Advertising Auctions BEKERMAN, MICHAEL 41d
18855797 DEVICE FOR GUIDING A SLIDING DOOR OF A VEHICLE RAMSEY, JEREMY C —
19249046 Method and device for determining and providing a classification, according to their environmental impact, of a plurality of separate aeronautical flights MOLNAR, HUNTER A —
19220080 Method for simultaneous localization and mapping; associated system and computer program YOUNG, TIFFANY P —
19171356 Evaluation method of the level of fatigue of an operator and associated evaluation system BLANCHETTE, JOSHUA B —
19043511 Improved multi-port elementary antenna and associated active electronically scanned array antenna CORRIELUS, JEAN B —
18880000 Method for detecting an interfering signal in a GNSS receiver and associated detection device ZHU, NOAH YI MIN —
18877267 Device and method for maintaining reliability of the positioning of a vehicle irrespective of the vulnerability of satellite data ZHU, NOAH YI MIN —

Client Portfolio (7 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28452
36482
36281
36211
36611
36841
24571
24381
24931
36691

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18246850 Method and electronic device for generating a structured database of relevant data for managing a task, and associated computer program Thales LE, UYEN T §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 04, 2025
18855797 DEVICE FOR GUIDING A SLIDING DOOR OF A VEHICLE Flexis RAMSEY, JEREMY C §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 15, 2025
19249046 Method and device for determining and providing a classification, according to their environmental impact, of a plurality of separate aeronautical flights Thales MOLNAR, HUNTER A 3628 §101 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 25, 2025
19220080 Method for simultaneous localization and mapping; associated system and computer program Thales YOUNG, TIFFANY P §101§102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 28, 2025
19198706 Method And System For Bidding On Uncontested Search Advertising Auctions Taskmaster Technologies Inc. BEKERMAN, MICHAEL 3621 §101 Final Rejection 41d Pending May 05, 2025
19173762 Characterizing Method of Aeronautic Routes and Associated Characterizing System Thales GARTRELLE, ANTHONY M 3661 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 08, 2025
19171356 Evaluation method of the level of fatigue of an operator and associated evaluation system Thales BLANCHETTE, JOSHUA B 3684 §101§103 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 07, 2025
18852454 Logic device and logic computation architecture UNIVERSITE GRENOBLE ALPES CRAWFORD, JASON §102 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 05, 2025
19043511 Improved multi-port elementary antenna and associated active electronically scanned array antenna Institut Polytechnique De Bordeaux CORRIELUS, JEAN B 2845 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 02, 2025
18725109 Method for detecting an abnormality in an electronic system in operation Thales SURVILLO, OLEG 2457 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 15, 2025
18880000 Method for detecting an interfering signal in a GNSS receiver and associated detection device Thales ZHU, NOAH YI MIN §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 30, 2024
18877267 Device and method for maintaining reliability of the positioning of a vehicle irrespective of the vulnerability of satellite data Thales ZHU, NOAH YI MIN 3648 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 19, 2024
18985017 CONTROL SYSTEM OF INPUTS/OUTPUTS OF AT LEAST ONE AVIONIC APPLICATION AND OPERATION VERIFICATION METHOD OF SUCH A SYSTEM Thales NARRAMORE, BLAKE I 2438 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 18, 2024
18977922 Method for monitoring a Half Duplex Ethernet network and associated Half Duplex Ethernet network Thales VO, TOAN §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 12, 2024
18725758 System and method for monitoring the operation of a computer Thales SIMITOSKI, MICHAEL J 2493 §102§103 Final Rejection 16d Pending Nov 28, 2024
18894500 Method and system for computing a mission plan for at least one electric or hybrid electric aircraft Thales ALLEN, PAUL MCCARTHY 3669 §101§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 24, 2024
18848519 Method for locating a GNSS jamming source, and associated computer program product and locating device Thales MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 19, 2024
18796299 Spraying member and rotary coating product projector comprising such a spraying member Exel Industries PHAM, TUONGMINH NGUYEN 3752 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 07, 2024
18751271 Method for determining an emergency landing track, corresponding device and computer program Thales GEIST, RICHARD EDWIN 3665 §102 Final Rejection 84d Pending Jun 23, 2024
18721188 Optical window covered with a doped diamond electrode with active fouling removal functionality Thales CHERRY, EUNCHA P §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 17, 2024
18716457 Manufacturing method of a system in package having several layers and associated manufacturing installation Thales NGUYEN, DAO H §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 13, 2024
18713173 Wear assembly for a bucket of an extraction or works machine Safe Metal TSUI, ALFRED H 3671 — Final Rejection — Pending May 24, 2024
18542715 Onboard edge computation device, associated electronic system and method for executing software applications Thales SWIFT, CHARLES M 2196 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 17, 2023
18530181 Antenna system and associated decoupling device Thales SINGH, GURBIR 2845 §103§112 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Dec 05, 2023
18470418 Method for automatically generating a decision making assistance algorithm; computer program product and associated computer device Thales YESILDAG, MEHMET 3624 §101§102 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 20, 2023
18269924 METHOD FOR DETERMINING, USING AN OPTRONIC SYSTEM, POSITIONS IN A SCENE, AND ASSOCIATED OPTRONIC SYSTEM Thales HODAC, ERIC KHOI 3648 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 27, 2023
18183938 Data labelling method for building a database for configuring, validating and/or testing an application for monitoring an individual's fatigue level Thales CHRISTIANSON, SKYLAR LINDSEY 3792 §101§112 Non-Final OA 16d Pending Mar 14, 2023
18042349 Integrated audio acquisition and playback module in electronic component form Thales CHIN, VIVIAN C 2695 §103 Final Rejection 41d Pending Feb 21, 2023

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