Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

The Watson Ip Group, PLC

13 pending office actions • 13 clients • 13 examiners • 11 art units • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=1087 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

84.7%
Allowance Rate
n=1087
+0.60σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1087
2.7
OAs to Allowance
n=670
-0.35σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=670
923 days
Time to Allowance
n=670
+10.6pp
Interview Lift
n=1087
17.7%
RCE Rate
n=1087
1.5%
Appeal Rate
n=1087

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

76.9%
§101 Overcome
n=52
80.7%
§102 Overcome
n=290
80.6%
§103 Overcome
n=417
83.5%
§112 Overcome
n=400

Specialization & Scale

B65D, E04B, B65B
Top CPC Subclasses
15%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1087
0
Practitioners
n=1087
Apps / Practitioner
n=1087 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

13
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
3
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. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

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

7
Hard (54%)
3
Medium (23%)
3
Easy (23%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (23%)
§112 only3 (23%)
Multi-statute (no §101)7 (54%)

Industry Mix

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

5
Life Sciences
38% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
46% of docket
2
Business / Other
15% 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.

130 h
Manual time on pending OAs
26 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
46 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LEVICKY, WILLIAM J 1 69.4% +29.2%
BULLINGTON, ROBERT P 1 42.9% +30.8%
GARFT, CHRISTOPHER 1 59.1% +23.1%
HAFIZ, HAMID TARIQ 1 0.0% +0.0%
PRESSLEY, PAUL DEREK 1 62.0% +25.3%
WASHVILLE, JEFFREY D 1 79.8% -4.8%
ISKRA, JOSEPH W 1 71.3% +27.1%
FREEMAN, JOHN D 1 45.8% +7.0%
AHVAZI, BIJAN 1 63.4% +47.3%
TURNBAUGH, ASHLEIGH NICOLE 1 50.0% +9.0%

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
17416454 MEMBRANE FOR SEPARATION OF STEM CELLS FROM BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES, PRODUCTION PROCESS FOR SAID MEMBRANE, AND PROCESS AND DEVICE FOR SEPARATION, COMPRISING SAID MEMBRANE BEHARRY, ZANNA MARIA 267d overdue
17926576 PROCEDURE FOR OBTAINING FLEXIBLE EXPANDABLE MATERIAL (FEM) RESISTANT TO COMBUSTION USING BIOPLASTIFICIZERS AHVAZI, BIJAN 229d overdue
17910783 LOAD-BEARING PLATE WITH CELLULAR STRUCTURE AND ITS MANUFACTURING PROCESS CHU, KATHERINE J 22d overdue
17558486 MOBILE INDUSTRIAL MIXING APPARATUS COOLEY, CHARLES E 2d overdue
18618958 TRAINING AID ASSEMBLY HAFIZ, HAMID TARIQ 34d
18143060 FILM FOR FLEXIBLE PACKAGING FREEMAN, JOHN D 34d
19066128 WEARABLE PHOTOTHERAPY APPARATUS LEVICKY, WILLIAM J

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17926576 PROCEDURE FOR OBTAINING FLEXIBLE EXPANDABLE MATERIAL (FEM) RESISTANT TO COMBUSTION USING BIOPLASTIFICIZERS AHVAZI, BIJAN 229d overdue
18731202 PORTABLE SCALE STAND ASSEMBLY GARFT, CHRISTOPHER 15d
18518480 CAN SEAMING APPARATUS PRESSLEY, PAUL DEREK 33d
18201090 FASTENER WELDING APPARATUS ISKRA, JOSEPH W 83d
19066128 WEARABLE PHOTOTHERAPY APPARATUS LEVICKY, WILLIAM J
18871143 A SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING INTERACTIVE TRAINING SCENARIO AND FOR DETERMINING THE POSITION OF RELEVANT OBJECTS IN A TRAINING RANGE AND A METHOD OF SYSTEM SET UP AND CALIBRATION BULLINGTON, ROBERT P

Client Portfolio (13 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36321
37151
37251
17661
37611
17871
17631
36671
36711
17741

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19066128 WEARABLE PHOTOTHERAPY APPARATUS Thera B Medical Products, Inc. LEVICKY, WILLIAM J §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 27, 2025
18871143 A SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING INTERACTIVE TRAINING SCENARIO AND FOR DETERMINING THE POSITION OF RELEVANT OBJECTS IN A TRAINING RANGE AND A METHOD OF SYSTEM SET UP AND CALIBRATION Guardiaris D.O.O. BULLINGTON, ROBERT P §112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 02, 2024
18731202 PORTABLE SCALE STAND ASSEMBLY Scales Plus, LLC GARFT, CHRISTOPHER 3632 §103 Final Rejection 15d Pending May 31, 2024
18618958 TRAINING AID ASSEMBLY Artisan Medical Displays, LLC HAFIZ, HAMID TARIQ 3715 §102§103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Mar 27, 2024
18518480 CAN SEAMING APPARATUS Oktober, LLC PRESSLEY, PAUL DEREK 3725 §103 Final Rejection 33d Pending Nov 23, 2023
18267442 BIODEGRADABLE MICROCAPSULES BASED ON COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND SYNTHESIS PROCESS Mikrocaps D.O.O. WASHVILLE, JEFFREY D 1766 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 14, 2023
18201090 FASTENER WELDING APPARATUS Jr Automation Technologies, LLC ISKRA, JOSEPH W 3761 §112 Non-Final OA 83d Pending May 23, 2023
18143060 FILM FOR FLEXIBLE PACKAGING Sig Combibloc Services AG FREEMAN, JOHN D 1787 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 34d Pending May 03, 2023
17926576 PROCEDURE FOR OBTAINING FLEXIBLE EXPANDABLE MATERIAL (FEM) RESISTANT TO COMBUSTION USING BIOPLASTIFICIZERS Smartfireblock Doo Beograd-Cukarica AHVAZI, BIJAN 1763 §103§112 Non-Final OA 229d overdue Pending Nov 18, 2022
17988555 MIXED MODE MOBILE SERVICE ROBOT WITH MANUAL AND AUTONOMOUS MANEUVERABILITY Loop Robots TURNBAUGH, ASHLEIGH NICOLE 3667 §103 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Nov 16, 2022
17910783 LOAD-BEARING PLATE WITH CELLULAR STRUCTURE AND ITS MANUFACTURING PROCESS Isokon, D.O.O., Slovenske Konjice CHU, KATHERINE J 3671 §103§112 Non-Final OA 22d overdue Pending Sep 09, 2022
17558486 MOBILE INDUSTRIAL MIXING APPARATUS One Pass Innovators, LLC COOLEY, CHARLES E 1774 §103§112 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Dec 21, 2021
17416454 MEMBRANE FOR SEPARATION OF STEM CELLS FROM BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES, PRODUCTION PROCESS FOR SAID MEMBRANE, AND PROCESS AND DEVICE FOR SEPARATION, COMPRISING SAID MEMBRANE BIO-RECELL LTD. BEHARRY, ZANNA MARIA 1632 §103§112 Final Rejection 267d overdue Pending Jun 18, 2021

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