Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Whitaker Chalk Swindle & Schwartz Pllc

12 pending office actions • 11 clients • 12 examiners • 11 art units • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=1058 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

89.1%
Allowance Rate
n=1058
+0.73σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1058
2.8
OAs to Allowance
n=693
-0.32σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=693
917 days
Time to Allowance
n=693
+7.4pp
Interview Lift
n=1058
21.3%
RCE Rate
n=1058
2.0%
Appeal Rate
n=1058

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

77.6%
§101 Overcome
n=58
87.4%
§102 Overcome
n=223
85.1%
§103 Overcome
n=457
87.2%
§112 Overcome
n=352

Specialization & Scale

F16L, Y10T, G06F
Top CPC Subclasses
13%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1058
6
Practitioners
n=1058
176.3
Apps / Practitioner
n=1058

Portfolio Summary

12
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
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. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (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.

8
Hard (67%)
3
Medium (25%)
1
Easy (8%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other3 (25%)
§103 only3 (25%)
§112 only1 (8%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (42%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
25% of docket
2
Information Tech
17% of docket
1
Communications
8% of docket
1
Semiconductors
8% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
25% of docket
2
Business / Other
17% 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.

120 h
Manual time on pending OAs
24 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
42 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ORTIZ DITREN, BELIX M 1 84.2% +2.2%
HTAY, LIN LIN M 1 71.9% +25.3%
LANE, DANIEL E 1 4.0% +8.5%
MAZUMDER, TAPAS 1 81.7% +17.1%
ALIE, GHASSEM 1 69.3% +32.7%
ZAKARIA, AKM 1 82.5% +16.2%
FUNK, ERICA HARTSELL 1 70.1% +13.2%
PETERS, BRIAN O 1 72.9% +16.2%
BUI, DUNG H 1 78.1% +25.0%
GILBERT, WILLIAM V 1 58.0% +25.6%

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
18745727 User-Reconfigurable Metal Detector Customization and Installation System and Method Therefor ZAKARIA, AKM 13d
18887742 Tracking Two-Dimensional Objects in a Three-Dimensional Coordinate Space MAZUMDER, TAPAS

Hard Cases (8)

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
18624800 GRIPPING ELMENTS PRODUCED WITH CONTROLLED HARDNESS FOR SEALING AND RESTRAINT SYSTEMS USED IN FLUID PIPELINES FUNK, ERICA HARTSELL 44d overdue
18887901 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IN-POCKET TENDON SHEARING ALIE, GHASSEM 15d overdue
17919438 Calcium and/or Magnesium Additive for Membrane and Fouling Control and System and Process for Membrane Fouling Control Using the Additive MENON, KRISHNAN S 42d
19310474 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF IMMUTABLE ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD DATA STORAGE ORTIZ DITREN, BELIX M
19005836 System and Method of Execution Context Processing with Addressable Universal Data Location HTAY, LIN LIN M
18990686 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NEURAL PATHWAYS CREATION/REINFORCEMENT BY NEURAL DETECTION WITH VIRTUAL FEEDBACK LANE, DANIEL E
18438378 Interactive Sports Training System PETERS, BRIAN O
17775518 System and Method of Electronic Health Record Data Qualification ROSTAMI, MOHAMMAD S

Interview Candidates (8)

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
18076797 Reversible Clearance Indicator Assembly and Method of Use GILBERT, WILLIAM V 204d overdue
18624800 GRIPPING ELMENTS PRODUCED WITH CONTROLLED HARDNESS FOR SEALING AND RESTRAINT SYSTEMS USED IN FLUID PIPELINES FUNK, ERICA HARTSELL 44d overdue
18463129 PASSIVE DEHUMIDIFIER FOR ENVIRONMENT CONTROL UNITS BUI, DUNG H 37d overdue
18887901 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IN-POCKET TENDON SHEARING ALIE, GHASSEM 15d overdue
18745727 User-Reconfigurable Metal Detector Customization and Installation System and Method Therefor ZAKARIA, AKM 13d
19005836 System and Method of Execution Context Processing with Addressable Universal Data Location HTAY, LIN LIN M
18887742 Tracking Two-Dimensional Objects in a Three-Dimensional Coordinate Space MAZUMDER, TAPAS
18438378 Interactive Sports Training System PETERS, BRIAN O

Client Portfolio (11 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
21531
37151
26151
37241
28581
17411
37111
17731
39931
21541

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19310474 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF IMMUTABLE ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD DATA STORAGE Technologies Ip, LLC ORTIZ DITREN, BELIX M §101DP Non-Final OA Pending Aug 26, 2025
19005836 System and Method of Execution Context Processing with Addressable Universal Data Location Technologies Ip, LLC HTAY, LIN LIN M 2153 §101§103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 30, 2024
18990686 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NEURAL PATHWAYS CREATION/REINFORCEMENT BY NEURAL DETECTION WITH VIRTUAL FEEDBACK Neuromersive, Inc. LANE, DANIEL E 3715 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 20, 2024
18887742 Tracking Two-Dimensional Objects in a Three-Dimensional Coordinate Space Worlds Enterprises, Inc. MAZUMDER, TAPAS 2615 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 17, 2024
18887901 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IN-POCKET TENDON SHEARING Post Tech Manufacturing, LLC ALIE, GHASSEM 3724 §102§103 Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending Sep 17, 2024
18745727 User-Reconfigurable Metal Detector Customization and Installation System and Method Therefor Garrett Electronics, Inc. ZAKARIA, AKM 2858 §103 Final Rejection 13d Pending Jun 17, 2024
18624800 GRIPPING ELMENTS PRODUCED WITH CONTROLLED HARDNESS FOR SEALING AND RESTRAINT SYSTEMS USED IN FLUID PIPELINES S & B Technical Products, Inc. FUNK, ERICA HARTSELL 1741 §103§112 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Apr 02, 2024
18438378 Interactive Sports Training System Gambit Training Technologies, LLC PETERS, BRIAN O 3711 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 09, 2024
18463129 PASSIVE DEHUMIDIFIER FOR ENVIRONMENT CONTROL UNITS Textron Innovations, Inc. BUI, DUNG H 1773 §103 Final Rejection 37d overdue Pending Sep 07, 2023
18076797 Reversible Clearance Indicator Assembly and Method of Use Chandler Signs, LLC GILBERT, WILLIAM V 3993 §112 Non-Final OA 204d overdue Pending Dec 07, 2022
17775518 System and Method of Electronic Health Record Data Qualification Synerio Technologies, Inc. ROSTAMI, MOHAMMAD S 2154 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 03, 2022
17919438 Calcium and/or Magnesium Additive for Membrane and Fouling Control and System and Process for Membrane Fouling Control Using the Additive S. A. Lhoist Recherche Et Developpement MENON, KRISHNAN S 1777 §102§103 Final Rejection 42d Pending Oct 17, 2022

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