Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Tomlinson Mckinstry, P.C.

8 pending office actions • 2 clients • 8 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=1260 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

91.5%
Allowance Rate
n=1260
+0.55σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1260
2.6
OAs to Allowance
n=718
-0.53σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=718
783 days
Time to Allowance
n=718
+5.8pp
Interview Lift
n=1260
10.8%
RCE Rate
n=1260
4.9%
Appeal Rate
n=1260

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

87.0%
§101 Overcome
n=23
84.6%
§102 Overcome
n=305
86.8%
§103 Overcome
n=453
88.6%
§112 Overcome
n=317

Specialization & Scale

E21B, F04B, E02F
Top CPC Subclasses
41%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1260
1
Practitioners
n=1260
1260.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=1260

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Due ≤ 7 days (1)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.

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

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (38%)
§112 only1 (12%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
12% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
62% of docket
2
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.

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
SMALLEY, JAMES N 1 70.5% -10.0%
ANDRISH, SEAN D 1 71.6% +31.9%
HOQUE, FARHANA AKHTER 1 86.0% +11.2%
STABLEY, MICHAEL R 1 85.8% +12.7%
JARIWALA, CHIRAG 1 62.1% +26.9%
RISIC, ABIGAIL ANNE 1 77.7% +7.3%
KASTURE, DNYANESH G 1 48.2% +26.9%
JEONG, YOUNGSUL 1 71.6% +21.3%

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
18334701 MULTI-PIECE FLUID END KASTURE, DNYANESH G 70d
19090013 AUTONOMOUS BACKFILLING APPARATUS ANDRISH, SEAN D
18819294 NULL POINT DEPTH CALIBRATION HOQUE, FARHANA AKHTER
18766066 TRACK TENSIONING SYSTEM WITH SLIDING WELDMENT STABLEY, MICHAEL R

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
18078768 MULTI-CYCLONE VACUUM EXCAVATION SYSTEM JEONG, YOUNGSUL 7d
18334701 MULTI-PIECE FLUID END KASTURE, DNYANESH G 70d
19090013 AUTONOMOUS BACKFILLING APPARATUS ANDRISH, SEAN D
18819294 NULL POINT DEPTH CALIBRATION HOQUE, FARHANA AKHTER
18766066 TRACK TENSIONING SYSTEM WITH SLIDING WELDMENT STABLEY, MICHAEL R
18508657 HIGH PRESSURE PUMP JARIWALA, CHIRAG

Client Portfolio (2 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
The Charles Machine Works, Inc. 6
Kerr Machine 2

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37462
37331
36761
36711
17721

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19215831 VACUUM TANK DOOR LATCHING ASSEMBLY The Charles Machine Works, Inc. SMALLEY, JAMES N 3733 §112 Non-Final OA Pending May 22, 2025
19090013 AUTONOMOUS BACKFILLING APPARATUS The Charles Machine Works, Inc. ANDRISH, SEAN D §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 25, 2025
18819294 NULL POINT DEPTH CALIBRATION The Charles Machine Works, Inc. HOQUE, FARHANA AKHTER 3676 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 29, 2024
18766066 TRACK TENSIONING SYSTEM WITH SLIDING WELDMENT The Charles Machine Works, Inc. STABLEY, MICHAEL R §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 08, 2024
18508657 HIGH PRESSURE PUMP Kerr Machine Co. JARIWALA, CHIRAG 3746 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 14, 2023
18455187 TRENCH FILLING MACHINE The Charles Machine Works, Inc. RISIC, ABIGAIL ANNE 3671 §103 Non-Final OA 84d Pending Aug 24, 2023
18334701 MULTI-PIECE FLUID END Kerr Machine Co. KASTURE, DNYANESH G 3746 §102§103 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Jun 14, 2023
18078768 MULTI-CYCLONE VACUUM EXCAVATION SYSTEM The Charles Machine Works, Inc. JEONG, YOUNGSUL 1772 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Dec 09, 2022

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