Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Stratford Group Ltd.

17 pending office actions • 14 clients • 16 examiners • 13 art units • 0 of 17 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=927 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

85.9%
Allowance Rate
n=927
+0.41σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=927
3.5
OAs to Allowance
n=676
+0.02σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=676
874 days
Time to Allowance
n=676
+9.1pp
Interview Lift
n=927
25.8%
RCE Rate
n=927
1.6%
Appeal Rate
n=927

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

73.0%
§101 Overcome
n=89
75.8%
§102 Overcome
n=264
80.6%
§103 Overcome
n=464
75.2%
§112 Overcome
n=226

Specialization & Scale

G09G, H04L, G06F
Top CPC Subclasses
35%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=927
1
Practitioners
n=927
927.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=927

Portfolio Summary

17
Total Pending OAs
10
Non-Final OAs
7
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
1
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (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.

12
Hard (71%)
5
Medium (29%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (6%)
§101 + other3 (18%)
§103 only3 (18%)
§102 only2 (12%)
Multi-statute (no §101)8 (47%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
12% of docket
3
Information Tech
18% of docket
2
Communications
12% of docket
2
Semiconductors
12% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
35% of docket
2
Business / Other
12% 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.

170 h
Manual time on pending OAs
34 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
59 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HOEKSTRA, JEFFREY GERBEN 2 55.7% +39.6%
PEREZ, JULIO R 1 83.2% +9.3%
GUILIANO, CHARLES A 1 37.4% +37.9%
NAHAR, QAMRUN 1 88.0% +10.0%
YU, TIAN NMN 1 55.3% +18.7%
CLOUSER, BENJAMIN WADE 1 45.8% +65.0%
LYONS, ANDREW M 1 73.9% +15.2%
THAKUR, VIREN A 1 13.5% +27.0%
NGUYEN, THERESA 1 100.0% +0.0%
LAGOY, KYRA RAND 1 6.3% -7.7%

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
18819218 SITUATIONAL AWARENESS OVER A LOW BANDWIDTH SHORT BURST DATA SATELLITE SYSTEM PEREZ, JULIO R

Hard Cases (12)

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
17862805 MUTUAL STIMULATION DEVICE MATTHEWS, CHRISTINE HOPKINS 169d overdue
18494114 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ERROR REPRODUCTION IN WEB-BASED APPLICATIONS LYONS, ANDREW M 49d overdue
18365597 DISTRIBUTED ADAPTIVE RADIO CONFIGURATION NGUYEN, THERESA 30d overdue
18457554 STAND-UP BAG FOR MICROWAVING FRESH PRODUCE WITH BREACHABLE SAUCE POUCH THAKUR, VIREN A 19d overdue
18536108 CANCER DETECTION METHOD, KIT, AND SYSTEM YU, TIAN NMN 29d
18427300 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VIDEO GAME DESIGN AND ENGAGEMENT TRACKING NAHAR, QAMRUN 57d
19058822 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EVALUATING GAIT HOEKSTRA, JEFFREY GERBEN
18782092 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ESTIMATING RISK FOR A PLURALITY OF ASSETS GUILIANO, CHARLES A

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
18494114 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ERROR REPRODUCTION IN WEB-BASED APPLICATIONS LYONS, ANDREW M 49d overdue
18457554 STAND-UP BAG FOR MICROWAVING FRESH PRODUCE WITH BREACHABLE SAUCE POUCH THAKUR, VIREN A 19d overdue
18536108 CANCER DETECTION METHOD, KIT, AND SYSTEM YU, TIAN NMN 29d
18427300 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VIDEO GAME DESIGN AND ENGAGEMENT TRACKING NAHAR, QAMRUN 57d
19058822 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EVALUATING GAIT HOEKSTRA, JEFFREY GERBEN
18782092 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ESTIMATING RISK FOR A PLURALITY OF ASSETS GUILIANO, CHARLES A
18619845 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EVALUATING GAIT HOEKSTRA, JEFFREY GERBEN
18508750 FMCW LIDAR SIGNAL DISAMBIGUATION SAMPLING AND PROCESSING CLOUSER, BENJAMIN WADE

Client Portfolio (14 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37914
36231
21991
16811
41001
21911
17921
24181
36851
28511

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19058822 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EVALUATING GAIT UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HOEKSTRA, JEFFREY GERBEN 3791 §101§102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 20, 2025
18819218 SITUATIONAL AWARENESS OVER A LOW BANDWIDTH SHORT BURST DATA SATELLITE SYSTEM Nortac Defence Limited PEREZ, JULIO R §102Other Non-Final OA Pending Aug 29, 2024
18782092 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ESTIMATING RISK FOR A PLURALITY OF ASSETS Jana Corporation GUILIANO, CHARLES A 3623 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 24, 2024
18619845 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EVALUATING GAIT UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HOEKSTRA, JEFFREY GERBEN 3791 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 28, 2024
18427300 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VIDEO GAME DESIGN AND ENGAGEMENT TRACKING Begin AI Inc. NAHAR, QAMRUN 2199 §102§103 Non-Final OA 57d Pending Jan 30, 2024
18536108 CANCER DETECTION METHOD, KIT, AND SYSTEM Mironcol Diagnostics, Inc. YU, TIAN NMN 1681 §101§102§112 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Dec 11, 2023
18508750 FMCW LIDAR SIGNAL DISAMBIGUATION SAMPLING AND PROCESSING Voyant Photonics, Inc. CLOUSER, BENJAMIN WADE 4100 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 14, 2023
18494114 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ERROR REPRODUCTION IN WEB-BASED APPLICATIONS Noibu Technologies Inc. LYONS, ANDREW M 2191 §101§103 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Oct 25, 2023
18457554 STAND-UP BAG FOR MICROWAVING FRESH PRODUCE WITH BREACHABLE SAUCE POUCH Earthfresh Farms Inc. THAKUR, VIREN A 1792 §103§112 Final Rejection 19d overdue Pending Aug 29, 2023
18365597 DISTRIBUTED ADAPTIVE RADIO CONFIGURATION Aviat U.S., Inc. NGUYEN, THERESA 2418 §103§112 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Aug 04, 2023
18344258 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING AND DETECTING POST-OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS Nerv Technology Inc. LAGOY, KYRA RAND 3685 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jun 29, 2023
18201476 SQUARE ARRAYS OF OCTAGONAL THREE-DIMENSIONAL MICROWAVE CAVITIES FOR QUANTUM COMPUTING Nord Quantique Inc. SOUNDRANAYAGAM, RAYAPPU NMN 2851 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending May 24, 2023
18177246 INTEGRATED POLARIZATION CONTROLLER SYSTEMS Voyant Photonics, Inc. CONNELLY, MICHELLE R 2874 §102 Final Rejection Pending Mar 02, 2023
17862805 MUTUAL STIMULATION DEVICE Pow Product Inc. MATTHEWS, CHRISTINE HOPKINS 3791 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 169d overdue Pending Jul 12, 2022
17765903 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ADAPTIVE TRAFFIC CONTROL Miovision Technologies US, LLC AFRIFA-KYEI, ANTHONY D 2686 §103 Final Rejection 6d Pending Apr 01, 2022
17616498 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED METROLOGY Innovative Canadian Capital Growth Inc. BALSECA, FRANKLIN D 2688 §103 Non-Final OA 53d overdue Pending Dec 03, 2021
17598118 SYSTEMS, METHODS AND DEVICES FOR PREDICTING AND DETECTING POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS Nerv Technology Inc. VALVIS, ALEXANDER M 3791 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 24, 2021

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