Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Stout, Uxa & Buyan, LLP

16 pending office actions • 13 clients • 15 examiners • 12 art units • 0 of 16 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=2748 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

84.2%
Allowance Rate
n=2748
+0.55σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=2748
3.2
OAs to Allowance
n=1775
-0.07σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=1775
1000 days
Time to Allowance
n=1775
+1.2pp
Interview Lift
n=2748
22.5%
RCE Rate
n=2748
1.2%
Appeal Rate
n=2748

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

82.5%
§101 Overcome
n=126
81.1%
§102 Overcome
n=852
82.9%
§103 Overcome
n=1240
84.0%
§112 Overcome
n=743

Specialization & Scale

A61B, G06F, A61F
Top CPC Subclasses
14%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=2748
2
Practitioners
n=2748
1374.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=2748

Portfolio Summary

16
Total Pending OAs
11
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
1
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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
2
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
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (2)Due later (2)

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.

7
Hard (44%)
7
Medium (44%)
1
Easy (6%)
1
Unknown (6%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (6%)
§103 only6 (38%)
§102 only1 (6%)
§112 only1 (6%)
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (38%)
No statute on record1 (6%)

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
1
Communications
6% of docket
1
Semiconductors
6% of docket
10
Mechanical / Eng
62% of docket
4
Business / Other
25% 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.

160 h
Manual time on pending OAs
32 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
56 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KUHFUSS, ZACHARY L 2 78.3% +17.7%
GRABOWSKI, KYLE ROBERT 1 48.3% +16.4%
BROWNE, SCOTT A 1 71.9% +35.7%
SHAH, SUJIT 1 66.0% +11.2%
BRADLEY, CHRISTINA 1 62.8% +33.2%
FAIRCHILD, AARON BENJAMIN 1 79.3% +20.5%
CONNELLY, MICHELLE R 1 79.8% +13.0%
GHAND, JENNIFER LEIGH-STEWAR 1 60.4% +27.7%
BOECKER, JOSEPH D 1 83.6% +22.8%
DELLA, JAYMI E 1 68.6% +29.9%

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
18200730 INTUBATION DEVICES AND SYSTEMS BOECKER, JOSEPH D

Hard Cases (7)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18917362 VEHICLE MOUNTED CRASH ATTENUATOR GRABOWSKI, KYLE ROBERT 20d
17570257 TRANSITIONS FOR JOINING CRASH IMPACT ATTENUATOR SYSTEMS TO FIXED STRUCTURES FERGUSON, MICHAEL P 63d
18787866 DISPLAY SYSTEM SHAH, SUJIT
18618282 INHIBITION OF TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR, PRO-INFLAMMATORY CYTOKINES AND OTHER INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE MEDIATORS BRADLEY, CHRISTINA
18693164 A BOGIE AND A VEHICLE WITH SUCH BOGIE KUHFUSS, ZACHARY L
18200973 NON-CONTACT VITAL-SIGN MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD GHAND, JENNIFER LEIGH-STEWAR
18196994 INTRUDER DETECTION SYSTEM JENKINS, KIMBERLY YVETTE

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
18917362 VEHICLE MOUNTED CRASH ATTENUATOR GRABOWSKI, KYLE ROBERT 20d
18371249 OPTICAL FIBER ARRAY AND A NANOIMPRINT LITHOGRAPHY PROCESS FOR FORMING THE SAME CONNELLY, MICHELLE R 40d
18320817 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING ARTERIOVENOUS (AV) FISTULAS DELLA, JAYMI E 56d
18445000 WIRELESS CAMERA ASSEMBLY FAIRCHILD, AARON BENJAMIN 70d
18853031 TRACK BROWNE, SCOTT A
18787866 DISPLAY SYSTEM SHAH, SUJIT
18618282 INHIBITION OF TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR, PRO-INFLAMMATORY CYTOKINES AND OTHER INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE MEDIATORS BRADLEY, CHRISTINA
18693163 A Panel, Support Rib and Cantrail KUHFUSS, ZACHARY L

Client Portfolio (13 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36371
26241
37951
28741
37961
37851
37941
36481
37731
37631

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18917362 VEHICLE MOUNTED CRASH ATTENUATOR Traffix Devices, Inc. GRABOWSKI, KYLE ROBERT 3637 §102§103 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Oct 16, 2024
18853031 TRACK Tdi Greenway Technologies Ltd. BROWNE, SCOTT A §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 30, 2024
18787866 DISPLAY SYSTEM Prilit Optronics, Inc. SHAH, SUJIT 2624 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 29, 2024
18618282 INHIBITION OF TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR, PRO-INFLAMMATORY CYTOKINES AND OTHER INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE MEDIATORS Jenius Pharma, LLC BRADLEY, CHRISTINA §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 27, 2024
18693163 A Panel, Support Rib and Cantrail Vlr Technologies Limited KUHFUSS, ZACHARY L §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 19, 2024
18693164 A BOGIE AND A VEHICLE WITH SUCH BOGIE Vlr Technologies Limited KUHFUSS, ZACHARY L §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 19, 2024
18445000 WIRELESS CAMERA ASSEMBLY Integrated Endoscopy, Inc. FAIRCHILD, AARON BENJAMIN 3795 §102 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Feb 19, 2024
18371249 OPTICAL FIBER ARRAY AND A NANOIMPRINT LITHOGRAPHY PROCESS FOR FORMING THE SAME Himax Technologies Limited CONNELLY, MICHELLE R 2874 §103 Final Rejection 40d Pending Sep 21, 2023
18200973 NON-CONTACT VITAL-SIGN MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD Wistron Corporation GHAND, JENNIFER LEIGH-STEWAR 3796 §101§102 Final Rejection Pending May 23, 2023
18200730 INTUBATION DEVICES AND SYSTEMS Flexicare (Group) Limited BOECKER, JOSEPH D 3785 §112Other Non-Final OA Pending May 23, 2023
18320817 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING ARTERIOVENOUS (AV) FISTULAS Avenu Medical, Inc. DELLA, JAYMI E 3794 Other Final Rejection 56d Pending May 19, 2023
18196994 INTRUDER DETECTION SYSTEM Climax Technology Co., Ltd. JENKINS, KIMBERLY YVETTE 3648 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 12, 2023
18027567 INTUBATION DEVICE AND SYSTEM Flexicare (Group) Limited PLIONIS, NICHOLAS J 3773 §103 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Mar 21, 2023
18079689 SMART AND SCALABLE EXTREME VACUUM COOLING FOR FOOD RAPID CHILL AND CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENTAL AGRICULTURE Culinary Sciences, Inc. MOORE, ADAM DORREL 3763 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 12, 2022
18071557 CRASH IMPACT ATTENUATOR SYSTEMS AND METHODS Traffix Devices, Inc. CHU, KATHERINE J 3671 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 29, 2022
17570257 TRANSITIONS FOR JOINING CRASH IMPACT ATTENUATOR SYSTEMS TO FIXED STRUCTURES Nutech Ventures FERGUSON, MICHAEL P 3619 §102§103 Non-Final OA 63d Pending Jan 06, 2022

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