Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Warner Norcross & Judd LLP

76 pending office actions • 31 clients • 74 examiners • 52 art units • 0 of 76 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=7900 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

92.6%
Allowance Rate
n=7900
+0.58σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=7900
2.0
OAs to Allowance
n=5414
-0.84σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=5414
889 days
Time to Allowance
n=5414
+0.5pp
Interview Lift
n=7900
13.5%
RCE Rate
n=7900
2.5%
Appeal Rate
n=7900

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

81.8%
§101 Overcome
n=143
83.9%
§102 Overcome
n=1641
82.2%
§103 Overcome
n=2605
85.3%
§112 Overcome
n=1826

Specialization & Scale

C08G, C08L, C08K
Top CPC Subclasses
12%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=7900
6
Practitioners
n=7900
1316.7
Apps / Practitioner
n=7900

Portfolio Summary

76
Total Pending OAs
49
Non-Final OAs
27
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 21 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

8
Overdue
0
Due this week
8
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
3
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. 21 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (8)Due ≤ 30 days (8)Due ≤ 60 days (2)Due later (3)

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.

40
Hard (53%)
32
Medium (42%)
3
Easy (4%)
1
Unknown (1%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (3%)
§101 + other2 (3%)
§103 only30 (39%)
§102 only1 (1%)
§112 only3 (4%)
Double-patenting + other1 (1%)
Multi-statute (no §101)36 (47%)
No statute on record1 (1%)

Industry Mix

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

19
Life Sciences
25% of docket
3
Information Tech
4% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
7
Semiconductors
9% of docket
37
Mechanical / Eng
49% of docket
10
Business / Other
13% 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.

760 h
Manual time on pending OAs
152 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
266 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
6.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
FERGUSON, MICHAEL P 2 63.4% +73.0%
CARLSON, MARC 2 71.1% +23.4%
WOLFORD, NAOMI M 1 55.8% +40.0%
GRAMLING, SEAN P 1 66.5% +28.2%
DUNAY, CHRISTOPHER E 1 76.2% +13.8%
GEDEON, DEBORAH TALITHA 1 54.4% +61.8%
CAIN, AARON G 1 43.0% +29.3%
MATTHEWS, MADISON ROSE 1 80.1% +35.4%
CIRNU, ALEXANDRU 1 42.8% +21.0%
LATHERS, KEVIN ANTHONY 1 80.0% +15.9%

Hard Cases (40)

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
18761546 METHOD FOR PRODUCING HIGH-QUALITY ULTRASONICALLY WELDED SPOT JOINTS GAMINO, CARLOS J 73d overdue
18732945 FRICTION PRESSURE WELDING OF SIMILAR AND/OR DISSIMILAR MATERIALS STONER, KILEY SHAWN 32d overdue
18606129 METHOD OF JOINING TWO DISSIMILAR ALLOYS AND COMPOSITE ARTICLES INCLUDING THE SAME JANSSEN, REBECCA 28d overdue
19100768 SYSTEM COMPRISING A PALLET, CONTAINERS AND STACKING PINS SANGHERA, SYMREN K 10d overdue
18589566 SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS WITH VAPOR DISPENSING CARLSON, MARC 3d overdue
18213477 METHODS AND DEVICES FOR OPERATING PREDICTIVE ENGINES ZENG, WENWEI 1d overdue
18720928 METHOD AND APPARATUS TO CLEAN ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED COMPONENTS ZHANG, RICHARD Z 20d
18733099 VACUUM HOLSTER GOLIK, ARTHUR PAUL 22d

Interview Candidates (12)

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
18657042 BALUSTER ATTACHMENT SYSTEM FERGUSON, MICHAEL P 15d overdue
18589566 SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS WITH VAPOR DISPENSING CARLSON, MARC 3d overdue
18524746 Untitled WOLFORD, NAOMI M
19414556 A LIGHTING DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE, IN PARTICULAR A HEADLAMP FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE GRAMLING, SEAN P
19302948 MOTOR VEHICLE WITH A LIGHTING DEVICE AND A CONDENSATION PROTECTION SYSTEM DUNAY, CHRISTOPHER E
19270002 PATIENT SUPPORT WITH LIFT ASSEMBLY GEDEON, DEBORAH TALITHA
19266667 DISPLAYING A DYNAMICALLY CHANGING WET CLEAN PATH OF AN AUTONOMOUS FLOOR CLEANER CAIN, AARON G
19143723 PATIENT SUPPORT APPARATUS WITH CPR FEATURES MATTHEWS, MADISON ROSE

Client Portfolio (31 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37524
37473
37233
28752
37452
36192
17352
36792
28342
37832

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18524746 Untitled DENSO CORPORATION WOLFORD, NAOMI M 3648 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending
19414556 A LIGHTING DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE, IN PARTICULAR A HEADLAMP FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA GRAMLING, SEAN P 2875 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 10, 2025
19302948 MOTOR VEHICLE WITH A LIGHTING DEVICE AND A CONDENSATION PROTECTION SYSTEM Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA DUNAY, CHRISTOPHER E 2875 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 18, 2025
19270002 PATIENT SUPPORT WITH LIFT ASSEMBLY Stryker Corporation GEDEON, DEBORAH TALITHA Other Non-Final OA Pending Jul 15, 2025
19266667 DISPLAYING A DYNAMICALLY CHANGING WET CLEAN PATH OF AN AUTONOMOUS FLOOR CLEANER BISSELL Inc. CAIN, AARON G 3656 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 11, 2025
19143723 PATIENT SUPPORT APPARATUS WITH CPR FEATURES Stryker Corporation MATTHEWS, MADISON ROSE 3673 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 26, 2025
19238961 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DETERMINING REAL-TIME LOCATION DENSO CORPORATION CIRNU, ALEXANDRU 3628 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 16, 2025
19133939 FUEL INJECTOR Phinia Delphi Luxembourg Sarl LATHERS, KEVIN ANTHONY 3747 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 29, 2025
19222295 PEFORATING GUN CLUSTER SYSTEM FOR WELLBORE OPERATIONS Dynamic Blasting Solutions, LLC LAMBE, PATRICK F 3676 §102§103 Final Rejection 27d Pending May 29, 2025
19196261 DISINFECTION TRACKING NETWORK UV Partners, Inc. LEROUX, ETIENNE PIERRE 2161 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending May 01, 2025
19123629 NOZZLE FOR AUTOMATIC CLEANING OF A SENSOR A. Raymond et Cie PHAM, TUONGMINH NGUYEN 3752 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 23, 2025
19079013 ARRANGEMENT WITH A HOLDER AND A HOUSING FOR AN ELECTRONIC ASSEMBLY, IN PARTICULAR FOR A RADAR SENSOR, ASSEMBLY WITH SUCH AN ARRANGEMENT, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUCH AN ARRANGEMENT Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA AUGUSTIN, CHRISTOPHER L §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 13, 2025
19047925 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ATOMIC-SCALE FABRICATION UT-BATTELLE, LLC MURATA, AUSTIN 1712 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 07, 2025
19100768 SYSTEM COMPRISING A PALLET, CONTAINERS AND STACKING PINS Schoeller Allibert GmbH SANGHERA, SYMREN K 3735 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Feb 03, 2025
19038006 DUAL DYNAMIC WIRELESS CHARGING UT-BATTELLE, LLC SHAFI, MUHAMMAD 3666 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 27, 2025
19035242 MATERIAL PROCESSING DEVICE WITH VARIABLE OPERATING MECHANISM Terex Gb Limited BROWN, JOSEPH HENRY 3618 §102§112 Final Rejection 40d Pending Jan 23, 2025
19021361 CROSSBOW SIGHT MOUNT Killer Instinct, Inc. DUCKWORTH, BRADLEY 3632 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 15, 2025
18879884 MAGNIFIED LINEAR POWER GENERATION SYSTEM Propitious Technical Services LLC NGUYEN, DUSTIN T 3745 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 30, 2024
18872829 FUEL INJECTOR FOR DIRECT INJECTION OF GASEOUS FUEL Phinia Delphi Luxembourg Sarl MOUBRY, JAMES G 3747 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 08, 2024
18946425 MULTI-SCALE GLOBAL LAND USE MODEL BASED ON POINTS OF INTEREST UT-BATTELLE, LLC LINHARDT, LAURA E 3663 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 13, 2024
18925435 RETRACTABLE LOW-PROFILE FOLD-DOWN STEP SYSTEM FOR BOATS The New Sealift, LLC HESTON, JUSTIN MICHAEL §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 24, 2024
18921157 VIBRATION MONITORING SYSTEM Terex Gb Limited ZHONG, XIN Y §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 21, 2024
18858027 MULTILAYER FORMULATION COMPRISING MODIFIED TAPIOCA STARCH FOR CONTROLLED-RELEASE OF ACTIVE AGENTS Access Business Group International LLC TRUONG, QUANGLONG N §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 18, 2024
18882209 THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS INCLUDING ANISOTROPIC THERMAL CONDUCTIVE CARBON FIBERS FOR ENHANCING THERMAL EFFICIENCY OF PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS UT-BATTELLE, LLC RUBY, TRAVIS C 3763 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 11, 2024
18816367 PET HEALTH AQUEOUS COMPOSITION AND ASSOCIATED CONTAINER Susu Pets, LLC THAKUR, VIREN A §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 27, 2024
18839812 SUPPORT COMPONENT FOR INTEGRATION INTO AN APRON OF A MOTOR VEHICLE Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA LE, HUAN G §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 20, 2024
18789876 DEVICE OR METHOD FOR PRODUCING A FOOD PRODUCT FROM A PORTION OF FOOD Eberhardt GmbH NGUYEN, HUNG D 1742 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 31, 2024
18777843 HIDDEN FASTENER UNIT AND RELATED METHOD OF USE National Nail Corp. FERGUSON, MICHAEL P 3619 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 19, 2024
18761546 METHOD FOR PRODUCING HIGH-QUALITY ULTRASONICALLY WELDED SPOT JOINTS UT-BATTELLE, LLC GAMINO, CARLOS J 1735 §103§112 Final Rejection 73d overdue Pending Jul 02, 2024
18751753 PLUG CUTTING TOOL AND RELATED METHOD OF USE National Nail Corp. COZART, JERMIE E 3799 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 24, 2024
18720928 METHOD AND APPARATUS TO CLEAN ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED COMPONENTS A. Raymond et Cie ZHANG, RICHARD Z 1714 §103§112 Final Rejection 20d Pending Jun 17, 2024
18734407 MEMBRANE SOLVENT EXTRACTION PROCESS FOR SEPARATING LITHIUM FROM ALUMINUM UT-BATTELLE, LLC NORRIS, CLAIRE A §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Jun 05, 2024
18733099 VACUUM HOLSTER Tommy Enterprises, Inc. GOLIK, ARTHUR PAUL 3745 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Jun 04, 2024
18732945 FRICTION PRESSURE WELDING OF SIMILAR AND/OR DISSIMILAR MATERIALS UT-BATTELLE, LLC STONER, KILEY SHAWN 1735 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 32d overdue Pending Jun 04, 2024
18678039 FLOOR CLEANING NOZZLE FOR SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS BISSELL Inc. CARLSON, MARC §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 30, 2024
18713740 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PINTLE FOR A FUEL INJECTOR Phinia Delphi Luxembourg Sarl SCHWARTZ, KEVIN EDWARD 3752 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending May 28, 2024
18670829 MAINTENANCE PLATFORM FOR CONE CRUSHERS Terex Gb Limited PEZZLO, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER 3725 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 22, 2024
18710924 PASS THROUGH ASSEMBLY CONFIRMATION QUICK CONNECTOR A. Raymond et Cie DRAGICEVICH, ZACHARY T 3679 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending May 16, 2024
18664727 SELF-PROPELLED FRONT NUTRIENT SPREADING VEHICLE Mensch Manufacturing, LLC LEE, CHEE-CHONG 3752 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 15, 2024
18663158 PATIENT SUPPORT USABLE WITH BARIATRIC PATIENTS Stryker Corporation CONLEY, FREDRICK C 3679 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending May 14, 2024
18657042 BALUSTER ATTACHMENT SYSTEM Novo Building Products, LLC FERGUSON, MICHAEL P 3619 §103 Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending May 07, 2024
18647165 Cable Binder for Vehicles, Cable-Binding Assembly, and Vehicle Lamp with the Assembly Hella Autotechnik Nova S.R.O. DO, ROWLAND 3677 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 26, 2024
18606129 METHOD OF JOINING TWO DISSIMILAR ALLOYS AND COMPOSITE ARTICLES INCLUDING THE SAME UT-BATTELLE, LLC JANSSEN, REBECCA 1733 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 28d overdue Pending Mar 15, 2024
18603920 STORAGE SYSTEM Kindred Products LLC DANGOL, ASHESH 3642 §103 Non-Final OA 65d Pending Mar 13, 2024
18589566 SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS WITH VAPOR DISPENSING BISSELL Inc. CARLSON, MARC 3723 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Feb 28, 2024
18585633 METHOD OF INCREASING ANISOTROPY OF MAGNETIC MATERIALS Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. FLORES, JAVIER §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 23, 2024
18435309 FIRE BARRIER ARRANGEMENT AND HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE INCLUDING THE SAME Phinia Jersey Holdings LLC HASAN, SYED O 3747 §103 Final Rejection 11d overdue Pending Feb 07, 2024
18291171 CONTACT SYSTEM AND BATTERY SET COMPRISING IT A. Raymond et Cie PAUMEN, GARY F 2834 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 22, 2024
18418492 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MECHANICAL MIXING OF MEAT PRODUCTS Eberhardt GmbH LEFF, STEVEN N 1792 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 22, 2024
18417196 BACK SUPPORT ATTACHMENT SYSTEM FOR AN OFFICE CHAIR Haworth, Inc. KWIECINSKI, RYAN D 3635 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 19, 2024
18409522 PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING FIBER-REINFORCED ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED COMPOSITES UT-BATTELLE, LLC MELENDEZ, ARMAND 1759 §103 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Jan 10, 2024
18576971 ROLLER TAPPET ASSEMBLY Phinia Delphi Luxembourg Sarl LARGI, MATTHEW THOMAS 3700 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 05, 2024
18545435 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING WELD QUALITY AND PROPERTIES IN RESISTANCE SPOT WELDING UT-BATTELLE, LLC SULTANA, DILARA 2858 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 19, 2023
18286443 FAR FIELD LIDAR NOZZLE ASSEMBLY AND BLOWER BRACKET A. Raymond et Cie CERNOCH, STEVEN MICHAEL 3752 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 11, 2023
18286442 CAMERA NOZZLE ASSEMBLY A. Raymond et Cie CHAUDHRI, OMAIR 1711 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 11, 2023
18371739 LAYER STRUCTURED MULTIFUNCTIONAL MONOLITH CATALYST FOR ENERGY-EFFICIENT CONVERSION OF CO2 TO DIMETHYL ETHER UT-BATTELLE, LLC LALISSE, REMY FREDERIC 1732 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 22, 2023
18239438 MACHINING PARAMETER RECOMMENDATIONS USING IN-PROCESS MACHINING DATA AGGREGATION UT-BATTELLE, LLC NORTON, JENNIFER L 2117 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 29, 2023
18237478 SURFACE CLEANING APPARTAUS BISSELL Inc. MCFARLAND, TYLER JAMES 3723 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 24, 2023
18237176 LARGE-SCALE CONTINUOUS FIBER ADDITIVE MANUFACTURED-COMPRESSION MOLDED COMPOSITE UT-BATTELLE, LLC SULTANA, NAHIDA 1743 §103 Final Rejection 20d Pending Aug 23, 2023
18228120 AIR PURIFIER WITH ROTATABLE FILTER BISSELL Inc. ANBACHT, BRIT ELIZA 1776 §103 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Jul 31, 2023
18221580 LIFT NUT MOUNTING BRACKET FOR PREFABRICATED WALL PANELS A. Raymond et Cie GLESSNER, BRIAN E 3633 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 13, 2023
18213477 METHODS AND DEVICES FOR OPERATING PREDICTIVE ENGINES Automated Machine Learning Limited ZENG, WENWEI 2146 §101 Final Rejection 1d overdue Pending Jun 23, 2023
18211784 POLYMERIC SHELLS AND PARTICLES FOR VACUUM INSULATION PANELS UT-BATTELLE, LLC KRYLOVA, IRINA 1764 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 20, 2023
18200196 WEIGELA PLANTS Spring Meadow Nursery, Inc. KRUSE, DAVID H 1663 §102§112 Non-Final OA 27d Pending May 22, 2023
18118804 METHOD OF DESIGNING MAGNETISM IN COMPOSITIONALLY COMPLEX OXIDES UT-BATTELLE, LLC EDMONDSON, LYNNE RENEE 1734 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 08, 2023
18021786 MAGNIFIED LINEAR POWER GENERATION SYSTEM Propitious Technologies, LLC ALMAWRI, MAGED M 2834 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 16, 2023
18103736 LOW PROFILE LIGHT DELIVERY SYSTEM UV Partners, Inc. STOFFA, WYATT A 2881 §103§112 Final Rejection 71d Pending Jan 31, 2023
18093513 SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS WITH USER INTERFACE BISSELL Inc. ZAWORSKI, JONATHAN R 3723 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 05, 2023
18089878 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ON-SITE DETERMINATION OF CHARGING CURRENT FOR A BATTERY Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Company Limited PELTON, NATHANIEL R 2859 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 28, 2022
18011638 PATIENT SUPPORT APPARATUS COVER Stryker Corporation KIDWELL, MICHELE M 3781 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 20, 2022
17875745 BONE PREPARATION METHOD FOR ENHANCING OSSEOINTEGRATION Kinamed, Inc. PRICE, NATHAN R 3783 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 28, 2022
17793227 POLYLACTIC ACID FLAME RESISTANT BLEND Floreon-Transforming Packaging Ltd. CAI, WENWEN 1763 §103§112 Final Rejection 41d Pending Jul 15, 2022
17708088 Multi-Functional Material for EMI Shielding and Structural Health Monitoring of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics UT-BATTELLE, LLC SYLVESTER, KEVIN 1794 §103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Mar 30, 2022
17548838 SYNTHESIS OF TRANSITION METAL LAYERED OXIDE MATERIALS FOR BATTERY CATHODES UT-BATTELLE, LLC YUAN, DAH WEI D 1717 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 13, 2021
17268041 AQUEOUS DISPERSION COMPOSITION AND USE THEREOF Dow Toray Co., Ltd. ISNOR, ALEXANDRA NICOLE 1611 §103DP Final Rejection Pending Jul 06, 2021
17343989 BONE PREPARATION SYSTEM Kinamed, Inc. VARGAS, ANNA ELIZABETH 3783 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 10, 2021

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