Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

The Caldwell Firm, LLC

8 pending office actions • 7 clients • 8 examiners • 8 art units • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=608 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

88.5%
Allowance Rate
n=608
+0.46σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=608
3.3
OAs to Allowance
n=446
-0.14σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=446
715 days
Time to Allowance
n=446
+9.4pp
Interview Lift
n=608
32.5%
RCE Rate
n=608
5.1%
Appeal Rate
n=608

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

80.8%
§101 Overcome
n=141
77.1%
§102 Overcome
n=144
83.7%
§103 Overcome
n=301
87.6%
§112 Overcome
n=153

Specialization & Scale

G06F, H04L, G06Q
Top CPC Subclasses
64%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=608
1
Practitioners
n=608
608.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=608

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
1
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.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
2
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 60 days (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.

4
Hard (50%)
3
Medium (38%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (12%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other4 (50%)
§103 only2 (25%)
Double-patenting + other1 (12%)
No statute on record1 (12%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
12% of docket
3
Information Tech
38% of docket
1
Communications
12% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
38% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CARDWELL, ERIC 1 87.9% +11.8%
KASPER, BYRON XAVIER 1 71.4% +16.1%
XAVIER, ANTONIO J 1 71.1% +17.9%
GIAMMONA, FRANCESCA FILIPPA 1 37.0% +55.9%
AMBAYE, MEWALE A 1 91.6% -1.0%
LEE, GIL H 1 82.9% +29.9%
ANDREI, RADU 1 36.8% +20.3%
HAYLES, ASHFORD S 1 66.5% +37.6%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19035783 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR IMPROVING MEMORY SYSTEMS CARDWELL, ERIC 118d overdue
16560983 Methods, Systems, and Computer Program Products for Accessing a Service Via a Proxy Communications Agent LEE, GIL H

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18507020 ENFORCING ROBOTIC SAFETY CONSTRAINTS BASED ON AI GENERATED SAFETY DESCRIPTIONS KASPER, BYRON XAVIER 17d overdue
18186897 Methods of Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease by Monitoring STING Signaling Activation GIAMMONA, FRANCESCA FILIPPA 34d
15925737 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DETERMINING WHETHER TO PROMPT AN ACTION BY A PLATFORM IN CONNECTION WITH A MOBILE DEVICE ANDREI, RADU 41d
15426022 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PRESENTING DECISION-RELATED INFORMATION HAYLES, ASHFORD S

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19035783 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR IMPROVING MEMORY SYSTEMS CARDWELL, ERIC 118d overdue
18507020 ENFORCING ROBOTIC SAFETY CONSTRAINTS BASED ON AI GENERATED SAFETY DESCRIPTIONS KASPER, BYRON XAVIER 17d overdue
18186897 Methods of Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease by Monitoring STING Signaling Activation GIAMMONA, FRANCESCA FILIPPA 34d
15925737 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DETERMINING WHETHER TO PROMPT AN ACTION BY A PLATFORM IN CONNECTION WITH A MOBILE DEVICE ANDREI, RADU 41d
18350732 DEVICES, METHODS, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES FOR MANIPULATING USER INTERFACE OBJECTS WITH VISUAL AND/OR HAPTIC FEEDBACK XAVIER, ANTONIO J
16560983 Methods, Systems, and Computer Program Products for Accessing a Service Via a Proxy Communications Agent LEE, GIL H
15426022 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PRESENTING DECISION-RELATED INFORMATION HAYLES, ASHFORD S

Client Portfolio (7 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
21391
36571
26221
16811
24691
24461
36971
36271

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19035783 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR IMPROVING MEMORY SYSTEMS Smith Memory Technologies, LLC CARDWELL, ERIC 2139 §103 Non-Final OA 118d overdue Pending Jan 23, 2025
18507020 ENFORCING ROBOTIC SAFETY CONSTRAINTS BASED ON AI GENERATED SAFETY DESCRIPTIONS 3Laws Robotics Inc. KASPER, BYRON XAVIER 3657 §101§103 Final Rejection 17d overdue Pending Nov 10, 2023
18350732 DEVICES, METHODS, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES FOR MANIPULATING USER INTERFACE OBJECTS WITH VISUAL AND/OR HAPTIC FEEDBACK Smith Interface Technologies, LLC XAVIER, ANTONIO J 2622 DPOther Non-Final OA Pending Jul 11, 2023
18186897 Methods of Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease by Monitoring STING Signaling Activation Feng Xue GIAMMONA, FRANCESCA FILIPPA 1681 §101§102§103§112 Final Rejection 34d Pending Mar 20, 2023
17842653 Enabling a Backup Network Interface Hardware Component in Response to a Failure Sitting MAN, LLC AMBAYE, MEWALE A 2469 Other Non-Final OA Pending Jun 16, 2022
16560983 Methods, Systems, and Computer Program Products for Accessing a Service Via a Proxy Communications Agent Sitting MAN, LLC LEE, GIL H 2446 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 04, 2019
15925737 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DETERMINING WHETHER TO PROMPT AN ACTION BY A PLATFORM IN CONNECTION WITH A MOBILE DEVICE W74Technology, LLC ANDREI, RADU 3697 §101§103 Final Rejection 41d Pending Mar 19, 2018
15426022 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PRESENTING DECISION-RELATED INFORMATION Majen Tech, LLC HAYLES, ASHFORD S 3627 §101§103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 06, 2017

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