Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Stevens & Lee Pc

5 pending office actions • 5 clients • 5 examiners • 4 art units • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=1364 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

92.5%
Allowance Rate
n=1364
+0.64σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1364
3.8
OAs to Allowance
n=1041
+0.15σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=1041
1137 days
Time to Allowance
n=1041
+3.6pp
Interview Lift
n=1364
29.0%
RCE Rate
n=1364
5.0%
Appeal Rate
n=1364

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

92.4%
§101 Overcome
n=276
92.7%
§102 Overcome
n=413
92.4%
§103 Overcome
n=644
91.4%
§112 Overcome
n=349

Specialization & Scale

G06F, G06Q, H04L
Top CPC Subclasses
31%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1364
0
Practitioners
n=1364
Apps / Practitioner
n=1364 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)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.

2
Hard (40%)
2
Medium (40%)
1
Easy (20%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (20%)
§103 only2 (40%)
§112 only1 (20%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (20%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
20% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
60% of docket
1
Business / Other
20% 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
TAYLOR, NICHOLAS R 1 64.0% +2.4%
NGUYEN, THU N 1 71.8% +26.0%
TULLIA, STEVEN A 1 73.6% +19.7%
LIDDLE, JAY TRENT 1 57.8% +22.9%
MERCHANT, SHAHID R 1 28.3% +24.8%

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18673558 Electric Door Lock Device TULLIA, STEVEN A 92d overdue
18084688 SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR SOURCING AND PROCESSING RECYCLABLE MATERIALS MERCHANT, SHAHID R 63d
19115315 BACKUP METHOD FOR NETWORK DEVICES CONNECTED TO A NETWORK, AND NETWORK DEVICE DESIGNED FOR THIS PURPOSE TAYLOR, NICHOLAS R

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18673558 Electric Door Lock Device TULLIA, STEVEN A 92d overdue
18934673 System and Method For Self-Expiring Data Content NGUYEN, THU N 11d overdue
18611320 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REMOTELY PLAYING ARCADE GAMES LIDDLE, JAY TRENT 11d overdue
18084688 SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR SOURCING AND PROCESSING RECYCLABLE MATERIALS MERCHANT, SHAHID R 63d

Client Portfolio (5 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
21541
36751
37151
36841

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19115315 BACKUP METHOD FOR NETWORK DEVICES CONNECTED TO A NETWORK, AND NETWORK DEVICE DESIGNED FOR THIS PURPOSE Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG TAYLOR, NICHOLAS R §101§102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 26, 2025
18934673 System and Method For Self-Expiring Data Content Ip3 2025, Series 925 Of Allied Security Trust I NGUYEN, THU N 2154 §103 Final Rejection 11d overdue Pending Nov 01, 2024
18673558 Electric Door Lock Device Pin Genie Inc. TULLIA, STEVEN A 3675 §102§103 Final Rejection 92d overdue Pending May 24, 2024
18611320 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REMOTELY PLAYING ARCADE GAMES The Works AT Wyomissing, LLC LIDDLE, JAY TRENT 3715 §112 Final Rejection 11d overdue Pending Mar 20, 2024
18084688 SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR SOURCING AND PROCESSING RECYCLABLE MATERIALS Evtek Inc. MERCHANT, SHAHID R 3684 §103 Non-Final OA 63d Pending Dec 20, 2022

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