Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Whitmyer Ip Group LLC

Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

35 pending office actions • 16 clients • 28 examiners • 20 art units • 0 of 35 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Whitmyer IP Group LLC is active in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics and reports 2544 career applications. It has 34 pending office actions, indicating a defined current examination workload within a broad application base. The resolved allowance rate is 89.71%, showing that allowance was recorded for a large share of resolved applications.

Allowances average 3.33 office actions, indicating that successful matters commonly require several examination responses. The profile therefore presents a favorable recorded outcome alongside a prosecution path involving repeated examination activity. For practitioners, the pending docket is relevant to present capacity, while the career application count, allowance rate, and action average provide separate measures of scale, outcome, and effort.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Quality Metrics (n=2544 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

89.7%
Allowance Rate
n=2544
+0.56σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=2544
3.3
OAs to Allowance
n=1918
-0.08σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=1918
1043 days
Time to Allowance
n=1918
+4.8pp
Interview Lift
n=2544
28.5%
RCE Rate
n=2544
5.1%
Appeal Rate
n=2544

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

73.7%
§101 Overcome
n=262
76.2%
§102 Overcome
n=879
78.2%
§103 Overcome
n=1383
81.4%
§112 Overcome
n=1044

Specialization & Scale

B25J, A61B, G05B
Top CPC Subclasses
21%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=2544
2
Practitioners
n=2544
1272.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=2544

Portfolio Summary

35
Total Pending OAs
18
Non-Final OAs
10
Final Rejections
7
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (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.

19
Hard (54%)
14
Medium (40%)
2
Easy (6%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other3 (9%)
§103 only12 (34%)
§102 only2 (6%)
§112 only2 (6%)
Multi-statute (no §101)16 (46%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
9% of docket
2
Information Tech
6% of docket
1
Communications
3% of docket
14
Semiconductors
40% of docket
14
Mechanical / Eng
40% of docket
1
Business / Other
3% 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.

350 h
Manual time on pending OAs
70 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
122 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MAYO III, WILLIAM H 4 77.0% -3.9%
NGUYEN, CHAU N 4 68.0% +14.1%
ALONZO MILLER, RHADAMES J 2 67.1% +4.7%
SCHNURR, JOHN R 1 72.1% +10.7%
DAVIS, MARY ALICE 1 77.4% +31.8%
NGUYEN, CUONG H 1 78.7% +8.9%
RUSHING, JR, BOBBY 1 76.5% +12.0%
BYTHROW, PETER M 1 87.9% +10.6%
AHN, HYANG 1 88.9% +22.2%
HOBSON, STEPHEN 1 65.0% +20.1%

Hard Cases (19)

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
18537999 SHARED ELECTRONIC BASKET WITH A HIERARCHY LEVINE, ADAM L 45d overdue
18425513 Injection Molding Machine with Sensor-Supported Machine Parameter Control and a Method for Sensor-Supported Machine Parameter Control of Injection Molding Processes SONG, INJA 24d overdue
18459731 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED NAVIGATION BRADY III, PATRICK MICHAEL 4d overdue
18974511 Method, Apparatus and Computer Program for Generating Map Data AHN, HYANG 34d
18300948 Method And Installation For Manufacturing A Starting Material For Producing Rare Earth Magnets BURKMAN, JESSICA LYNN 43d
19276877 Sport Vehicle Video System SCHNURR, JOHN R —
19221778 ECCENTRIC SCREW PUMP DAVIS, MARY ALICE —
19077590 Cable Joint Differential for Robot RUSHING, JR, BOBBY —

Interview Candidates (10)

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
18974511 Method, Apparatus and Computer Program for Generating Map Data AHN, HYANG 34d
19276877 Sport Vehicle Video System SCHNURR, JOHN R —
19221778 ECCENTRIC SCREW PUMP DAVIS, MARY ALICE —
19077590 Cable Joint Differential for Robot RUSHING, JR, BOBBY —
19022413 Sailboat Race Management System BYTHROW, PETER M —
18970184 Dehumidifying Plant Including a Device for Purifying a Process Fluid HOBSON, STEPHEN —
18939682 SUBMARINE POWER CABLE NGUYEN, CHAU N —
18883378 Power Cable With Layer Having Anisotropic Thermal Conductivity NGUYEN, CHAU N —

Client Portfolio (16 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28417
28473
36533
37462
28482
28582
36652
24251
36641
36181

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19276877 Sport Vehicle Video System Whitserve LLC SCHNURR, JOHN R 2425 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 22, 2025
19221778 ECCENTRIC SCREW PUMP Netzsch Pumpen & Systeme GmbH DAVIS, MARY ALICE 3746 §102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending May 29, 2025
19174063 Dual Smartphone Sailing Instrument Whitserve LLC NGUYEN, CUONG H 3664 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 09, 2025
19077590 Cable Joint Differential for Robot Timeback Incorporated RUSHING, JR, BOBBY 3618 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 12, 2025
19033724 SUBMARINE POWER CABLE SYSTEM WITH MOISTURE BUFFER ZONE Nkt Hv Cables AB MAYO III, WILLIAM H 2848 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 22, 2025
19022413 Sailboat Race Management System Whitserve LLC BYTHROW, PETER M 3648 §102§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 15, 2025
19016200 JOINT CONNECTOR FOR POWER CABLES Nkt Hv Cables AB MAYO III, WILLIAM H 2848 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 10, 2025
18974511 Method, Apparatus and Computer Program for Generating Map Data TomTom Traffic B.V. AHN, HYANG 3661 §101§102§103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Dec 09, 2024
18970184 Dehumidifying Plant Including a Device for Purifying a Process Fluid Piovan S.p.A. HOBSON, STEPHEN §112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 05, 2024
18969500 A SUBMARINE POWER CABLE Nkt Hv Cables AB MAYO III, WILLIAM H 2841 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 05, 2024
18968513 POWER CABLE Nkt Hv Cables AB MAYO III, WILLIAM H 2841 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 04, 2024
18968575 SUPERCONDUCTING POWER CABLE Nkt GmbH & Co. Kg MCALLISTER, MICHAEL F 2847 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 04, 2024
18967821 SUBMARINE POWER CABLE Nkt Hv Cables AB ESTRADA, ANGEL R 2841 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 04, 2024
18950108 Identifying at Least One Geospatial Location in Accordance with User Input TomTom Navigation B.V. SINGH, AMRESH 2159 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 17, 2024
18939682 SUBMARINE POWER CABLE Nkt Hv Cables AB NGUYEN, CHAU N 2841 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 07, 2024
18849585 Device For Separating Arbitrarily Supplied Food Products Viam S.R.O. CRAWFORD, GENE O 3651 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 23, 2024
18847319 Document Reading Device and Method Custom S.p.A. DOTTIN, DARRYL V 2683 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 16, 2024
18883378 Power Cable With Layer Having Anisotropic Thermal Conductivity Nkt Hv Cables AB NGUYEN, CHAU N 2841 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 12, 2024
18811990 Method for Increasing the Yield of Rounded Graphite Particles Netzsch Trockenmahltechnik GmbH DEVINE, MOLLY K 3653 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 22, 2024
18749874 Stator for a Pump and Method for Producing a Stator for a Pump Netzsch Pumpen & Systeme GmbH FINK, THOMAS ANDREW 3746 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 21, 2024
18586155 DYNAMIC SUBMARINE POWER CABLE Nkt Hv Cables AB NGUYEN, CHAU N 2841 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 23, 2024
18685265 DISPERSING UNIT Netzsch-Feinmahltechnik GmbH BHATIA, ANSHU 1774 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 21, 2024
18429662 MicroRefinery System and Process for Recycling of Electronic Waste and Other Mixed Material Streams Determinant Materials, Inc. MACKEY, PATRICK HEWEY 3653 §102Other Final Rejection — Pending Feb 01, 2024
18425513 Injection Molding Machine with Sensor-Supported Machine Parameter Control and a Method for Sensor-Supported Machine Parameter Control of Injection Molding Processes Netzsch Process Intelligence GmbH SONG, INJA 1744 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending Jan 29, 2024
18537999 SHARED ELECTRONIC BASKET WITH A HIERARCHY Netzsch-Gerätebau GmbH LEVINE, ADAM L 3689 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA 45d overdue Pending Dec 13, 2023
18532172 Testing Assisting Device And Method Of Providing A Testing Assisting Device Nkt Hv Cables AB BARRON, JEREMIAH JOHN 2858 §103 Final Rejection 22d Pending Dec 07, 2023
18562286 SANITISING SYSTEMS AND METHODS Ecochem Australia Pty Ltd. PILSBURY, BRADY CHARLES 1799 §103 Final Rejection 28d Pending Nov 17, 2023
18474632 Submarine Power Cable With Slip Additive Nkt Hv Cables AB NGUYEN, CHAU N 2841 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 26, 2023
18473452 Dynamic Submarine Power Cable With Corrugated And Smooth Metallic Water Barrier Nkt Hv Cables AB ALONZO MILLER, RHADAMES J 2847 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 25, 2023
18459731 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED NAVIGATION TomTom Traffic B.V. BRADY III, PATRICK MICHAEL 3665 §101§103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Sep 01, 2023
18274108 MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS Tympany Medical Limited MATTHEWS, TESSA M 3773 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 25, 2023
18346523 Offshore System Comprising a Dynamic Submarine Power Cable Nkt Hv Cables AB ALONZO MILLER, RHADAMES J 2847 §103 Final Rejection 29d Pending Jul 03, 2023
18339699 Method and System for Inspecting an Insulation of a High Voltage Cable Nkt Hv Cables AB ANDREWS, BRENT J 2858 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 22, 2023
18300948 Method And Installation For Manufacturing A Starting Material For Producing Rare Earth Magnets Netzsch Trockenmahltechnik GmbH BURKMAN, JESSICA LYNN 3653 §102§103 Non-Final OA 43d Pending Apr 14, 2023
18017629 Generation and Provision of Control Data for Vehicle Automated Driving Systems TomTom Global Content B.V. KAZIMI, MAHMOUD M 3665 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 23, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Whitmyer Ip Group LLC's patent allowance rate?

89.7% of resolved applications prosecuted by Whitmyer Ip Group LLC were allowed, across 2,544 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Whitmyer Ip Group LLC average before allowance?

3.33 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Whitmyer Ip Group LLC have?

35 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 16 clients, before 28 examiners in 20 art units.

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