Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Stetina Garred Brucker & Newboles

48 pending office actions • 31 clients • 46 examiners • 32 art units • 0 of 48 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 130 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=5856 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

83.7%
Allowance Rate
n=5856
+0.54σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=5856
2.7
OAs to Allowance
n=3993
-0.47σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=3993
953 days
Time to Allowance
n=3993
+10.3pp
Interview Lift
n=5856
16.5%
RCE Rate
n=5856
1.4%
Appeal Rate
n=5856

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

80.0%
§101 Overcome
n=366
79.3%
§102 Overcome
n=1359
80.0%
§103 Overcome
n=2413
84.2%
§112 Overcome
n=1702

Specialization & Scale

Y10T, G06F, G06Q
Top CPC Subclasses
9%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=5856
1
Practitioners
n=5856
5856.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=5856

Portfolio Summary

48
Total Pending OAs
28
Non-Final OAs
20
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 26 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

19
Overdue
1
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. 26 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (19)Due ≤ 7 days (1)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.

24
Hard (50%)
17
Medium (35%)
5
Easy (10%)
2
Unknown (4%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (4%)
§101 + other3 (6%)
§103 only16 (33%)
§102 only1 (2%)
§112 only4 (8%)
Double-patenting only1 (2%)
Multi-statute (no §101)19 (40%)
No statute on record2 (4%)

Industry Mix

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

7
Life Sciences
15% of docket
6
Information Tech
12% of docket
2
Communications
4% of docket
7
Semiconductors
15% of docket
18
Mechanical / Eng
38% of docket
8
Business / Other
17% 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.

480 h
Manual time on pending OAs
96 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
168 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
4.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ABRAHAM, TANIA 2 72.5% +17.1%
DOVE, TRACY MAE 2 69.0% +10.0%
KLAYMAN, AMIR ARIE 1 34.9% +27.7%
DAGNEW, SABA 1 37.7% +17.6%
GUSTAFSON, MATHEW DONALD 1 80.0% +40.0%
DAGER, JONATHAN M 1 82.2% +4.8%
JOHNSON, PHILLIP A 1 81.5% +13.0%
CHEYNEY, CHARLES 1 56.7% +42.5%
PEREZ BORROTO, ALFONSO 1 73.5% +19.1%
TSENG, CHARLES 1 79.2% +31.5%

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
19216930 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED IDENTIFICATION AND ASSISTED REPAIR OF CAN-RELATED FAULTS ACROSS MULTIPLE VEHICLE ECUS GUSTAFSON, MATHEW DONALD

Hard Cases (24)

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
18344765 DISCRIMINATING BETWEEN DIRECT AND MACHINE GENERATED HUMAN VOICES WITHEY, THEODORE JOHN 111d overdue
18485590 NON-INVASIVE AND NON-CONTACT BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING WITH HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING AGAHI, PUYA 99d overdue
18906962 RECONFIGURABLE VEHICLE ACCESSORY CONTROLLER BRAUCH, CHARLES JOSEPH 87d overdue
18143537 CONTROL OF SOIL CONTAMINANT MASS DISCHARGE WITH HORIZONTAL PERMEABLE COLLOIDAL SORBENT BARRIERS ANDRISH, SEAN D 66d overdue
18137753 HIGH VOLTAGE BATTERY STATE OF HEALTH ESPINOZA, ABIGAIL LEE 53d overdue
18629506 SYSTEM AND RELATED METHODOLOGY OF USING VEHICLE DATA IN CONNECTION WITH THE SALE OF A VEHICLE ROSEN, NICHOLAS D 46d overdue
18672785 BOOSTER SEAT CONFIGURED FOR COMPACT SIDE-BY-SIDE POSITIONING ABRAHAM, TANIA 45d overdue
18110627 DRY ELECTRODE MANUFACTURE BY TEMPERATURE ACTIVATION METHOD DOVE, TRACY MAE 29d overdue

Interview Candidates (11)

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
18672785 BOOSTER SEAT CONFIGURED FOR COMPACT SIDE-BY-SIDE POSITIONING ABRAHAM, TANIA 45d overdue
18110627 DRY ELECTRODE MANUFACTURE BY TEMPERATURE ACTIVATION METHOD DOVE, TRACY MAE 29d overdue
18653826 DRY ELECTRODE MANUFACTURE BY TEMPERATURE ACTIVATION METHOD DOVE, TRACY MAE 7d
19014958 Magnetic Device Mount PEREZ BORROTO, ALFONSO 12d
18488624 BOOSTER SEAT CONFIGURED FOR COMPACT SIDE-BY-SIDE POSITIONING ABRAHAM, TANIA 12d
19421480 MODULAR LED WALL APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS KLAYMAN, AMIR ARIE
19300955 TRANSMEDIA STORY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS DAGNEW, SABA
19216930 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED IDENTIFICATION AND ASSISTED REPAIR OF CAN-RELATED FAULTS ACROSS MULTIPLE VEHICLE ECUS GUSTAFSON, MATHEW DONALD

Client Portfolio (31 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37534
36362
17252
28372
21442
26552
37111
21131
28361
36651

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19421480 MODULAR LED WALL APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS Nantstudios, LLC KLAYMAN, AMIR ARIE 3711 §103Other Final Rejection Pending Dec 16, 2025
19300955 TRANSMEDIA STORY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS Nant Holdings Ip, LLC DAGNEW, SABA §101Other Non-Final OA Pending Aug 15, 2025
19216930 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED IDENTIFICATION AND ASSISTED REPAIR OF CAN-RELATED FAULTS ACROSS MULTIPLE VEHICLE ECUS Innova Electronics Corporation GUSTAFSON, MATHEW DONALD 2113 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 23, 2025
19199063 ACOUSTIC BASED DETECTION AND AVOIDANCE FOR AIRCRAFT Scientific Applications And Research Associates, Inc. DAGER, JONATHAN M §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 05, 2025
19193239 POLYURETHANE BUSHING WITH CAST-IN-PLACE POLYMER LINER Bunker Corp. Dba Energy Suspension JOHNSON, PHILLIP A Non-Final OA Pending Apr 29, 2025
19068944 FILLING NOZZLE Tatsuno Corporation CHEYNEY, CHARLES §101§103Other Non-Final OA Pending Mar 03, 2025
19014958 Magnetic Device Mount Scosche Industries, Inc. PEREZ BORROTO, ALFONSO 2836 Other Non-Final OA 12d Pending Jan 09, 2025
19009671 CHROMA KEY CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS Nantmobile, LLC TSENG, CHARLES §103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Jan 03, 2025
18972309 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPENSING A BEVERAGE Drinkstation Holdings Corporation PANCHOLI, VISHAL J §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 06, 2024
18965795 FLOW RATE REGULATING VALVE Tatsuno Corporation VENKATESAN, UMASHANKAR 3753 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 02, 2024
18946622 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEPARATING AGGREGATE FOR A CONCRETE TOPPING SLAB Shaw & Sons, Inc. MACKEY, PATRICK HEWEY DP Non-Final OA Pending Nov 13, 2024
18910795 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ASSISTANT FOR VEHICLE DIAGNOSTICS Innova Electronics Corporation ROBERT, DANIEL M 3665 §103 Final Rejection 71d overdue Pending Oct 09, 2024
18906962 RECONFIGURABLE VEHICLE ACCESSORY CONTROLLER Kc Ip Holdings, LLC BRAUCH, CHARLES JOSEPH 3747 §103§112 Final Rejection 87d overdue Pending Oct 04, 2024
18779942 SAFETY JOINT Tatsuno Corporation SHRIEVES, STEPHANIE ALEXANDRA 3753 §112 Non-Final OA 149d overdue Pending Jul 22, 2024
18771041 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING THE SHARPENING OF NAIL NIPPERS Startool, Inc. GUMP, MICHAEL ANTHONY §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 12, 2024
18769064 LUMINOUS HANGING ORNAMENT Shandong Meikeda Electronic Graphic Inc. RUMMEL, JULIA L 1784 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Jul 10, 2024
18672785 BOOSTER SEAT CONFIGURED FOR COMPACT SIDE-BY-SIDE POSITIONING Diono, LLC ABRAHAM, TANIA 3636 §102§103 Final Rejection 45d overdue Pending May 23, 2024
18659974 TRANSCRANIAL ALTERNATING CURRENT DYNAMIC FREQUENCY STIMULATION (TACS) SYSTEM Nexalin Technology, Inc. STICE, PAULA J 3700 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending May 09, 2024
18653826 DRY ELECTRODE MANUFACTURE BY TEMPERATURE ACTIVATION METHOD Licap Technologies, Inc. DOVE, TRACY MAE 1725 §103§112 Non-Final OA 7d Pending May 02, 2024
18636088 LIGHT EXTINCTION TOMOGRAPHY FOR MEASUREMENT OF ICE CRYSTALS AND OTHER SMALL PARTICLES Plexar Associates, Inc. GRAY, SUNGHEE Y 2877 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 15, 2024
18629506 SYSTEM AND RELATED METHODOLOGY OF USING VEHICLE DATA IN CONNECTION WITH THE SALE OF A VEHICLE Innova Electronics Corporation ROSEN, NICHOLAS D 3689 §101 Final Rejection 46d overdue Pending Apr 08, 2024
18620391 FLOW RATE REGULATING VALVE Tatsuno Corporation ROST, ANDREW J 3753 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 28, 2024
18608535 CONCRETE DOWEL PLACEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS Shaw & Sons, Inc. TRIGGS, ANDREW J 3635 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Mar 18, 2024
18602693 Report Design Wizard Solver, Inc. CALDERON SANTIAGO, ALVARO RAFAEL 2171 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 12, 2024
18408914 EMBEDDABLE TILES CONTAINING PASSIVE DEVICES FOR PACKAGED SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES Saras Micro Devices, Inc. INOUSSA, MOULOUCOULAY 2818 §102 Non-Final OA 60d Pending Jan 10, 2024
18488624 BOOSTER SEAT CONFIGURED FOR COMPACT SIDE-BY-SIDE POSITIONING Diono, LLC ABRAHAM, TANIA 3636 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Oct 17, 2023
18485590 NON-INVASIVE AND NON-CONTACT BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING WITH HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING Algorithmic Mashup, Inc. AGAHI, PUYA 3791 §101§103 Final Rejection 99d overdue Pending Oct 12, 2023
18285402 NOISE REDUCING NOSECONE FOR AIRCRAFT Scientific Applications And Research Associates, Inc. SAN MARTIN, EDGARDO 2837 §102§103 Non-Final OA 39d Pending Oct 03, 2023
18477763 RECOGNITION OF USER-DEFINED PATTERNS AT EDGE DEVICES WITH A HYBRID REMOTE-LOCAL PROCESSING Aondevices, Inc. SCHALLHORN, TYLER J 2144 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 29, 2023
18474852 Water Sensor Buoy with Integrated Anti-Fouling Wheel Precision Measurement Engineering, Inc. WALSH, RYAN D 2852 §103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Sep 26, 2023
18474600 Water Sensor Buoy with Removable Sensor Package Precision Measurement Engineering, Inc. CULLER, JILL E 2853 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Sep 26, 2023
18455801 MECHANICALLY ATTACHED EDGE SYSTEM FOR TWO OR MORE WORK PIECES De Lorenzo Marble & Tile, Inc. FERGUSON, MICHAEL P 3619 §103 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Aug 25, 2023
18276238 Curable Epoxy Systems Comprising a Phenolic Polymer Rain Carbon Germany GmbH HESTER, HOLLEY GRACE 1766 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 07, 2023
18228532 SIMULATOR BASED VEHICLE DIAGNOSTICS Innova Electronics Corporation NGUYEN, MISA H 3666 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 31, 2023
18348917 CONFIGURABLE MONITORING AND ACTIONING WITH DISTRIBUTED PROGRAMMABLE PATTERN RECOGNITION EDGE DEVICES Aondevices, Inc. JOHNSON, AMY COHEN 2458 §103 Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending Jul 07, 2023
18344765 DISCRIMINATING BETWEEN DIRECT AND MACHINE GENERATED HUMAN VOICES Aondevices, Inc. WITHEY, THEODORE JOHN 2655 §102§103 Final Rejection 111d overdue Pending Jun 29, 2023
18326254 AUDIO SIGNAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Bad Cat Holdings, LLC QIN, JIANCHUN 2837 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 31, 2023
18143537 CONTROL OF SOIL CONTAMINANT MASS DISCHARGE WITH HORIZONTAL PERMEABLE COLLOIDAL SORBENT BARRIERS Regenesis Bioremediation Products ANDRISH, SEAN D 3678 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 66d overdue Pending May 04, 2023
18137753 HIGH VOLTAGE BATTERY STATE OF HEALTH Innova Electronics Corporation ESPINOZA, ABIGAIL LEE 3657 §103§112 Final Rejection 53d overdue Pending Apr 21, 2023
18042984 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE TREATMENT OF POLLUTED WATERS, IN PARTICULAR WITH HEAVY METALS Ecospray Technologies S.r.l. ROYCE, LIAM A 1777 §103§112 Final Rejection 28d overdue Pending Feb 24, 2023
18110627 DRY ELECTRODE MANUFACTURE BY TEMPERATURE ACTIVATION METHOD Licap Technologies, Inc. DOVE, TRACY MAE 1725 §102§112 Non-Final OA 29d overdue Pending Feb 16, 2023
18003675 CORRECTION APPARATUS FOR CORRECTING THE PLANARITY OF A METAL STRIP AND RELATED CORRECTION METHOD Danieli & C. Officine Meccaniche S.p.A. BOWMAN, ANDREW J 1717 §112 Non-Final OA 60d overdue Pending Dec 28, 2022
17929698 ELECTROMAGNETICALLY ACTUATED FLUIDIC VALVES AND SWITCHES Obotics Inc. KEASEL, ERIC S 3753 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 03, 2022
17759094 STRUCTURE FOR THE TREATMENT OF POLLUTING LIQUIDS Novideas S.r.l. JEONG, YOUNGSUL 1772 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Jul 19, 2022
17703969 END-TO-END ADAPTIVE DEEP LEARNING TRAINING AND INFERENCE METHOD AND TOOL CHAIN TO IMPROVE PERFORMANCE AND SHORTEN DEVELOPMENT CYCLES Aondevices, Inc. HWANG, MEGAN ELIZABETH 2143 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 24, 2022
17675947 ALWAYS-ON WAKE ON MULTI-DIMENSIONAL PATTERN DETECTION (WOMPD) FROM A SENSOR FUSION CIRCUITRY Aondevices, Inc. FLANDERS, ANDREW C 2655 §103 Final Rejection 25d overdue Pending Feb 18, 2022
17450398 ADAPTIVE TUNING PARAMETERS FOR A CLASSIFICATION NEURAL NETWORK Aondevices, Inc. LEWIS, MATTHEW LEE 2144 §101§102§103 Final Rejection 62d Pending Oct 08, 2021
16804991 LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS RECONDENSATION SYSTEM AND RELATED METHODOLOGY Imi Japan KK PETTITT, JOHN F 3763 §103§112 Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending Feb 28, 2020

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