Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 14, 2026

Stinson LLP (Eaton)

5 pending office actions • 1 client • 5 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 16 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=19675 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

83.4%
Allowance Rate
n=19675
+0.64σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=19675
3.6
OAs to Allowance
n=8537
-0.03σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=8537
1153 days
Time to Allowance
n=8537
+8.4pp
Interview Lift
n=19675
28.3%
RCE Rate
n=19675
2.8%
Appeal Rate
n=19675

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

84.5%
§101 Overcome
n=181
82.6%
§102 Overcome
n=1109
79.5%
§103 Overcome
n=4938
91.2%
§112 Overcome
n=989

Specialization & Scale

A61B, Y10T, G06F
Top CPC Subclasses
11%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=19675
10
Practitioners
n=19675
1967.5
Apps / Practitioner
n=19675

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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
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.

0
Hard (0%)
5
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (60%)
§102 only2 (40%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
40% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
60% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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
TUMEBO, TSION M 1 66.6% +19.8%
EPPS, TODD MICHAEL 1 72.6% +7.6%
DUNWOODY, AARON M 1 75.0% +11.5%
HOFFBERG, ROBERT JOSEPH 1 72.3% +24.0%
FERGUSON, MICHAEL P 1 63.4% +73.8%

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
18461338 DUAL CONTACTOR ELECTRICAL PANELBOARD ASSEMBLY, SYSTEMS AND METHODS HOFFBERG, ROBERT JOSEPH 2d overdue
18959112 POLYMER LUMINAIRE TUMEBO, TSION M 72d
18423953 3-PIECE COMPRESSION COUPLING FOR ELECTRICAL METALLIC TUBING DUNWOODY, AARON M
18180699 CABLE TRAY SPLICE PLATE ASSEMBLY FERGUSON, MICHAEL P

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Emerson 5

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28751
36321
36791
28351
36191

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18959112 POLYMER LUMINAIRE Eaton Intelligent Power Limited TUMEBO, TSION M 2875 §103 Final Rejection 72d Pending Nov 25, 2024
18618884 Multi-Gang Mounting Bracket for Electrical or Communication Device Eaton Intelligent Power Limited EPPS, TODD MICHAEL 3632 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 27, 2024
18423953 3-PIECE COMPRESSION COUPLING FOR ELECTRICAL METALLIC TUBING Eaton Intelligent Power Limited DUNWOODY, AARON M 3679 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 26, 2024
18461338 DUAL CONTACTOR ELECTRICAL PANELBOARD ASSEMBLY, SYSTEMS AND METHODS Eaton Intelligent Power Limited HOFFBERG, ROBERT JOSEPH 2835 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Sep 05, 2023
18180699 CABLE TRAY SPLICE PLATE ASSEMBLY Eaton Intelligent Power Limited FERGUSON, MICHAEL P 3619 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 08, 2023

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