Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Weiss & Arons LLP

47 pending office actions • 6 clients • 46 examiners • 32 art units • 0 of 47 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=2079 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

91.9%
Allowance Rate
n=2079
+0.72σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=2079
3.0
OAs to Allowance
n=1524
-0.47σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=1524
819 days
Time to Allowance
n=1524
-6.1pp
Interview Lift
n=2079
34.8%
RCE Rate
n=2079
1.4%
Appeal Rate
n=2079

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

77.4%
§101 Overcome
n=532
87.1%
§102 Overcome
n=420
82.7%
§103 Overcome
n=972
81.6%
§112 Overcome
n=653

Specialization & Scale

G06Q, G06F, H04L
Top CPC Subclasses
43%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=2079
4
Practitioners
n=2079
519.8
Apps / Practitioner
n=2079

Portfolio Summary

47
Total Pending OAs
27
Non-Final OAs
20
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 14 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

6
Overdue
0
Due this week
5
Due this month
2
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. 14 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (6)Due ≤ 30 days (5)Due ≤ 60 days (2)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.

31
Hard (66%)
12
Medium (26%)
2
Easy (4%)
2
Unknown (4%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only6 (13%)
§101 + other20 (43%)
§103 only12 (26%)
§112 only1 (2%)
Double-patenting only1 (2%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (11%)
No statute on record2 (4%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
2% of docket
16
Information Tech
34% of docket
3
Communications
6% of docket
1
Semiconductors
2% of docket
19
Mechanical / Eng
40% of docket
7
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.

470 h
Manual time on pending OAs
94 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
164 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
4.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KANERVO, VIRPI H 2 47.4% +48.0%
DUFFIELD, JEREMY S 1 49.3% +52.5%
MOLNAR, HUNTER A 1 50.8% +32.6%
MADAMBA, CLIFFORD B 1 44.3% +15.1%
GUDORF, LAURA A 1 80.8% +11.4%
WARDEN, MICHAEL J 1 25.3% +22.9%
RAJAPUTRA, SUMAN 1 69.3% +37.3%
KAZEMINEZHAD, FARZAD 1 71.0% +67.2%
HAMILTON, SARA CHANDLER 1 64.2% +52.8%
BROCKINGTON III, WILLIAM S 1 42.1% +54.7%

Hard Cases (31)

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
18121728 BEVERAGE BREWING LACHICA, ERICSON M 28d overdue
18110461 REAL-TIME CROSS-CHANNEL VERIFICATION APPLE, KIRSTEN SACHWITZ 19d overdue
18211504 PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE NGUYEN, NHA UYEN CHAU 16d overdue
18097606 TOOL DIFFERENTIATOR BETWEEN FRAUD AND STRUGGLING CUSTOMERS IN REAL TIME POE, KEVIN T 16d
18783496 CHECK EXCEPTION PROCESSING IN THE METAVERSE ABDULLAEV, AMANULLA 23d
18585183 SPATIAL COMPUTING DEVICE FOR USE WITH TELEMETRY-BASED USER BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS FOR LEVERAGING SUGGESTIVE ACTION MECHANISMS CASCAIS, JUSTIN PHILIP 30d
17853257 ORCHESTRATION LAYER FOR A MULTI-TIER ARCHITECTURE RIVERA GONZALEZ, IVONNEMARY 33d
18616067 USER INTERFACE FOR SPEED COMMUNICATIONS DUCK, BRANDON M 47d

Interview Candidates (11)

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
18908935 Untitled DUFFIELD, JEREMY S
18962898 Untitled MOLNAR, HUNTER A
18958241 Untitled MADAMBA, CLIFFORD B
19397991 Untitled GUDORF, LAURA A
18963631 Untitled WARDEN, MICHAEL J
18735694 Untitled RAJAPUTRA, SUMAN
18903272 Untitled KAZEMINEZHAD, FARZAD
18894148 Untitled KANERVO, VIRPI H

Client Portfolio (6 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36923
36933
36912
36232
37742
21872
24981
28761
21631
26531

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18908935 Untitled BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION DUFFIELD, JEREMY S 2498 §103 Non-Final OA Pending
18962898 Untitled BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION MOLNAR, HUNTER A §103 Final Rejection Pending
18958241 Untitled BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION MADAMBA, CLIFFORD B §101 Final Rejection Pending
19397991 Untitled BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION GUDORF, LAURA A 2876 Other Non-Final OA Pending
18963631 Untitled BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION WARDEN, MICHAEL J §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending
18735694 Untitled BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION RAJAPUTRA, SUMAN 2163 §101§103 Final Rejection Pending
18903272 Untitled BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION KAZEMINEZHAD, FARZAD 2653 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending
18894148 Untitled BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION KANERVO, VIRPI H 3691 §101 Non-Final OA Pending
19286430 BANKING AT AN ATM USING A MOBILE DEVICE BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION HAMILTON, SARA CHANDLER Non-Final OA Pending Jul 31, 2025
19218438 NATURAL LANGUAGE SURVEY SYSTEM Prime Research Solutions LLC BROCKINGTON III, WILLIAM S 3623 §101§103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending May 26, 2025
19209653 ARTIFICIAL-INTELLIGENCE ("AI")-BASED AUTOFILL FOR DOCUMENT PREPARATION Dolphin Care Bina Melachotit Ltd. HASTY, NICHOLAS 2141 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 15, 2025
19024389 LOADING SYSTEMS FOR COLLAPSIBLE PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE DEVICES AND METHODS THEREOF 4C Medical Technologies, Inc. DAVID, SHAUN L 3771 DP Non-Final OA Pending Jan 16, 2025
18965052 SMART CONTRACT GENERATOR BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION KANERVO, VIRPI H 3691 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 02, 2024
18929706 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR CONTENT-BASED BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION ALMAGHAYREH, KHALID M 2689 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 29, 2024
18792801 INTELLIGENT METHOD AND APPARATUS TO AUGMENT MODERATOR IN LIVE SESSION LEVERAGING GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION PUJOLS-CRUZ, MARJORIE 3624 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 02, 2024
18783496 CHECK EXCEPTION PROCESSING IN THE METAVERSE BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION ABDULLAEV, AMANULLA 3692 §101§102§112 Non-Final OA 23d Pending Jul 25, 2024
18679803 INTELLIGENT SYSTEM AND METHOD TO DERIVE A NORMALIZED CONSENT PROTOCOL FOR HETEROGENEOUS DISTRIBUTED LEDGER LEVERAGING NEURO-SYMBOLIC ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION VUONG, CAO DANG 2153 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending May 31, 2024
18668953 INTELLIGENT METHOD TO ORCHESTRATE AND CONTROL DYNAMICALLY GENERATED USER INTERFACE ("UI") FOR SOURCE APPLICATION BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION BHARGAVA, ANIL K 2172 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 20, 2024
18616067 USER INTERFACE FOR SPEED COMMUNICATIONS BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION DUCK, BRANDON M 3693 §101§112 Final Rejection 47d Pending Mar 25, 2024
18610771 ENTITY PERSONA GENERATED WITH QUANTUM KEYS BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION JIANG, HAIMEI §101§103Other Non-Final OA Pending Mar 20, 2024
18586848 PROOF-OF-TRUST BASED MULTIDIMENSIONAL CRYPTO-PLATFORM PAYMENT GATEWAY BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION ROSEN, ELIZABETH H 3693 §101 Final Rejection Pending Feb 26, 2024
18585183 SPATIAL COMPUTING DEVICE FOR USE WITH TELEMETRY-BASED USER BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS FOR LEVERAGING SUGGESTIVE ACTION MECHANISMS BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION CASCAIS, JUSTIN PHILIP 2674 §101§103§112 Final Rejection 30d Pending Feb 23, 2024
18523123 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO TOKENIZE AND CATEGORIZE DATA TRANSACTIONS BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION STORK, KYLE R §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 29, 2023
18385472 TESSELLATED SIMPLEXED PATTERN IDENTIFICATION PROCESSOR BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION KASSIM, IMAD MUTEE §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 31, 2023
18376789 OWNER-MANAGED PASSWORD BASED FILE ACCESS BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION DHAKAD, RUPALI 2437 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 04, 2023
18237936 RISK SCORING OF EMPLOYEE COMMUNICATIONS USING UNAUTHORIZED COMMUNICATIONS CHANNELS BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION BOYCE, ANDRE D 3623 §101§102 Final Rejection Pending Aug 25, 2023
18226332 VIDEO QR CODE AUTHENTICATION BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION CELANI, NICHOLAS P 2449 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Jul 26, 2023
18225197 VERIFYING HUMAN INTERACTION THROUGH DIGITAL TOKENS BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION DOLLY, KENDALL LYNN 2436 §112 Final Rejection 10d overdue Pending Jul 24, 2023
18221469 CLOUD GOVERNANCE ASSESSMENT ENGINE LEVERAGING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION ZHANG, SHIRLEY X 2447 §103 Non-Final OA 37d overdue Pending Jul 13, 2023
18211504 PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE 4C Medical Technologies, Inc. NGUYEN, NHA UYEN CHAU 3774 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Jun 19, 2023
18202997 EDGE DATA FILTER BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION ABDULLAH, SAAD AHMAD 2431 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending May 29, 2023
18200691 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING BLOOD FLOW 4C Medical Technologies, Inc. FLORES, ADRIAN 3774 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 23, 2023
18200881 APPLICATION PORTAL BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION SEYE, ABDOU K 2198 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 23, 2023
18199467 ONE TIME DEBIT CARD FOR CRYPTOCURRENCY TRANSFER IN THE METAVERSE BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION TURK, BROCK E 3692 §101§103 Final Rejection 65d Pending May 19, 2023
18198985 DECENTRALIZED DATA MAP FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF A DATA ACCESSOR BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION BRAHMACHARI, MANDRITA 2144 §103 Final Rejection 16d Pending May 18, 2023
18144972 TEMPO RADIX DLT BASED PAYMENT WATCH CUSTOMER AUTHENTICATION TECHNOLOGY BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION PATEL, DIVESH 3696 §101 Final Rejection Pending May 09, 2023
18126521 CORRESPONDENCE DATA HUB BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION PRATT, EHRIN LARMONT 3629 §101§103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 27, 2023
18121728 BEVERAGE BREWING Stack Street Coffee LLC LACHICA, ERICSON M 1792 §102§103 Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Mar 15, 2023
18110461 REAL-TIME CROSS-CHANNEL VERIFICATION BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION APPLE, KIRSTEN SACHWITZ 3693 §101§103 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Feb 16, 2023
18097606 TOOL DIFFERENTIATOR BETWEEN FRAUD AND STRUGGLING CUSTOMERS IN REAL TIME BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION POE, KEVIN T 3692 §101§112 Final Rejection 16d Pending Jan 17, 2023
18077353 DIGITAL TWINNING DATA SIMULATOR BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION JOHANSEN, JOHN E 2187 §101§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 08, 2022
17975699 REFLEXIVELY-ROUTED TRANSACTIONS BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION OYEBISI, OJO O 3695 §101 Final Rejection Pending Oct 28, 2022
17972637 TRANSACTION CLASSIFYING BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION PHAM, KHANH B 2166 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Oct 25, 2022
17908615 DISTRIBUTED MEDICAL INTERVENTION TESTING ON A DIGITALLY SIMULATED PATIENT Computational Life Inc. WECHSELBERGER, ALFRED H. 2187 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 01, 2022
17883784 AI-BASED SELECTION USING CASCADED MODEL EXPLANATIONS BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION ZHEN, LI B 2121 §101§102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Aug 09, 2022
17853257 ORCHESTRATION LAYER FOR A MULTI-TIER ARCHITECTURE BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION RIVERA GONZALEZ, IVONNEMARY 3626 §101§103 Final Rejection 33d Pending Jun 29, 2022
17699306 DIGITAL WALLET TRACING ENGINE BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION STEVENSON, CHRISTINA C 3698 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 21, 2022

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