Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

White-Welker & Welker, LLC

5 pending office actions • 4 clients • 5 examiners • 4 art units • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 15 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=718 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

69.8%
Allowance Rate
n=718
+0.36σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=718
2.8
OAs to Allowance
n=310
-0.38σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=310
1016 days
Time to Allowance
n=310
+14.1pp
Interview Lift
n=718
9.7%
RCE Rate
n=718
2.4%
Appeal Rate
n=718

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=14 (min 20)
61.1%
§102 Overcome
n=36
63.8%
§103 Overcome
n=254
84.5%
§112 Overcome
n=71

Specialization & Scale

G06Q, G06F, H04L
Top CPC Subclasses
28%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=718
1
Practitioners
n=718
718.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=718

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
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.

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

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (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.

1
Hard (20%)
4
Medium (80%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (20%)
§103 only4 (80%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
20% of docket
1
Semiconductors
20% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
40% of docket
1
Business / Other
20% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LEE, MICHELLE J 1 39.9% +61.1%
MAHASE, PAMESHANAND 1 71.7% +24.7%
NIA, FATEMEH ESFANDIARI 1 73.8% +20.0%
FRANK, RODNEY T 1 72.7% +3.7%
LONG, MEREDITH A 1 43.7% +22.1%

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18520382 System and method specifically tailored for the inclusion and sharing of short-form video within referral marketing LONG, MEREDITH A 42d overdue

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18520382 System and method specifically tailored for the inclusion and sharing of short-form video within referral marketing LONG, MEREDITH A 42d overdue
19172939 Flexible Full-Length Back and Spine Stretching Device with Individually Material-Encased and Adaptive Massage Nodes for Dynamic Support and Enhanced Ergonomics LEE, MICHELLE J 77d
18758717 RFID SAMPLING POINTS FOR A PARTICLE DETECTOR MAHASE, PAMESHANAND
18758731 BLIND HOLE REMOTE SAMPLING POINT FOR A PARTICLE DETECTOR NIA, FATEMEH ESFANDIARI

Client Portfolio (4 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37861
26891
28551
36221

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19172939 Flexible Full-Length Back and Spine Stretching Device with Individually Material-Encased and Adaptive Massage Nodes for Dynamic Support and Enhanced Ergonomics Halo Technologies Inc. LEE, MICHELLE J 3786 §103 Non-Final OA 77d Pending Apr 08, 2025
18758717 RFID SAMPLING POINTS FOR A PARTICLE DETECTOR Rockwell Research And Development Group, LLC MAHASE, PAMESHANAND 2689 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 28, 2024
18758731 BLIND HOLE REMOTE SAMPLING POINT FOR A PARTICLE DETECTOR Rockwell Research And Development Group, LLC NIA, FATEMEH ESFANDIARI §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 28, 2024
18426280 Network based gas sensor system with daisy chain RJ cable based connectivity for scalability, efficiency, flexibility and safety Alpinco BV FRANK, RODNEY T 2855 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Jan 29, 2024
18520382 System and method specifically tailored for the inclusion and sharing of short-form video within referral marketing Curebit, Inc. LONG, MEREDITH A 3622 §101 Final Rejection 42d overdue Pending Nov 27, 2023

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