Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Widerman Malek, Pl

Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

33 pending office actions • 24 clients • 31 examiners • 23 art units • 0 of 33 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 65 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Widerman Malek, PL handles patent prosecution in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area, with 1638 career applications on record. The firm has a resolved allowance rate of 93.08 percent. Its prosecution history shows an average of 2.19 office actions per allowance. Currently, the firm is managing 24 pending office actions.

The 1638 career applications and 93.08 percent allowance rate establish the firm's historical performance in this sector. The 2.19 average helps practitioners understand the typical procedural requirements for reaching an allowance. With 24 pending office actions, the firm maintains its presence in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. This data set reflects the firm's documented experience and current workload within the patent office. The recorded metrics provide a baseline for procedural duration in this specific field. Practitioners can evaluate the intensity of examiner interaction and resource requirements based on these historical figures. These statistics offer a view of the firm's prosecution profile.

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

Quality Metrics (n=1638 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

93.1%
Allowance Rate
n=1638
+0.55σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1638
2.2
OAs to Allowance
n=1184
-0.74σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=1184
819 days
Time to Allowance
n=1184
+2.7pp
Interview Lift
n=1638
13.4%
RCE Rate
n=1638
2.5%
Appeal Rate
n=1638

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

72.7%
§101 Overcome
n=110
83.0%
§102 Overcome
n=312
82.2%
§103 Overcome
n=567
84.9%
§112 Overcome
n=449

Specialization & Scale

G06F, F21V, F21Y
Top CPC Subclasses
18%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1638
3
Practitioners
n=1638
546.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=1638

Portfolio Summary

33
Total Pending OAs
24
Non-Final OAs
9
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 12 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
1
Due this week
5
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
2
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. 12 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (5)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (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.

18
Hard (55%)
14
Medium (42%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (3%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other10 (30%)
§103 only11 (33%)
§102 only1 (3%)
Double-patenting + other2 (6%)
Multi-statute (no §101)8 (24%)
No statute on record1 (3%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
3% of docket
9
Information Tech
27% of docket
1
Communications
3% of docket
2
Semiconductors
6% of docket
14
Mechanical / Eng
42% of docket
6
Business / Other
18% 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.

330 h
Manual time on pending OAs
66 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
115 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
NGUYEN, THU N 3 71.8% +26.1%
ORTIZ, ADAM C 1 65.9% +34.6%
NAJI, YOUNES 1 75.2% +73.4%
PHAM, THIERRY L 1 80.6% +5.0%
LANE, GREGORY A 1 74.8% -0.7%
ALLEN, BRITTANY N 1 42.2% +37.8%
CHEIN, ALLEN C 1 45.1% +40.0%
NING, PETER Y 1 83.1% +15.8%
MCCLELLAN, JAMES S 1 78.9% +13.8%
MOORE, ZACHARY T 1 72.3% +35.5%

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
19292294 Method and System for Multi-Level Artificial Intelligence Supercomputer Design PHAM, THIERRY L —
19059553 SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHODS FOR A MODULAR SATELLITE HAVING COMPLEX BEHAVIOR NING, PETER Y —

Hard Cases (18)

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
17418930 INSECT ATTACK RISK PREDICTION SYSTEM AND METHOD VANWORMER, SKYLAR K 71d overdue
18561227 AERAULIC DEVICE AND RADIANT CEILING THERMAL SYSTEM WITH INTERNAL AIR MIXING CARTER, AMY ELIZABETH 5d
18897607 SACROILIAC JOINT EXERCISE DEVICE MOORE, ZACHARY T 19d
18198925 Techniques For Delivering Laser Energy To A Target Site Of An Organism EISEMAN, LYNSEY C 23d
18726202 AUTOMATED, SELF-SERVICE CLINICAL TRIAGING AND MEDICAL APPOINTMENT SERVICE TYPE SELECTION EVANS, ASHLEY ELIZABETH 33d
16432544 Method and System for Generating and Providing Notifications for a Circadian Shift Protocol REDDY, SUNITA 70d
18500164 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATION OF PERSONALIZED ARTWORK INCLUDING WORDS CLOUDS FLYNN, ABBY J 71d
19421343 Method and System for Real-Time Collaboration, Task Linking, and Code Design and Maintenance in Software Development NGUYEN, THU N —

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
19279716 Method and System for Real-Time Collaboration, Task Linking, and Code Design and Maintenance in Software Development NGUYEN, THU N 10d overdue
18897607 SACROILIAC JOINT EXERCISE DEVICE MOORE, ZACHARY T 19d
19448305 Method and System for Real-Time Collaboration and Event Linking to Documents and Video Recordings NGUYEN, THU N —
19429438 LIFTING DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED METHODS ORTIZ, ADAM C —
19421343 Method and System for Real-Time Collaboration, Task Linking, and Code Design and Maintenance in Software Development NGUYEN, THU N —
19394234 Systems and Method for Securing Agent Communications through Input/Output Transformation NAJI, YOUNES —
19170653 METHOD TO DECODE AND DISCOVER USING XML XPATH QUERIES ALLEN, BRITTANY N —
19077803 SORTING SYSTEM CHEIN, ALLEN C —

Client Portfolio (24 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
21543
36422
37912
36731
24451
26541
24381
21691
37841
24261

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19448305 Method and System for Real-Time Collaboration and Event Linking to Documents and Video Recordings Vijay Madisetti NGUYEN, THU N 2154 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 14, 2026
19429438 LIFTING DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED METHODS Redline Innovations, Inc. ORTIZ, ADAM C 3673 §103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 22, 2025
19421343 Method and System for Real-Time Collaboration, Task Linking, and Code Design and Maintenance in Software Development Vijay Madisetti NGUYEN, THU N 2154 §101§103 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 16, 2025
19394234 Systems and Method for Securing Agent Communications through Input/Output Transformation Vijay Madisetti NAJI, YOUNES 2445 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 19, 2025
19292294 Method and System for Multi-Level Artificial Intelligence Supercomputer Design Vijay Madisetti PHAM, THIERRY L 2654 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 06, 2025
19279716 Method and System for Real-Time Collaboration, Task Linking, and Code Design and Maintenance in Software Development Vijay Madisetti NGUYEN, THU N 2154 — Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Jul 24, 2025
19256469 Security Methods and Systems for Multi-Agent Generative AI Applications Vijay Madisetti LANE, GREGORY A 2438 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 01, 2025
19170653 METHOD TO DECODE AND DISCOVER USING XML XPATH QUERIES Aeronix, Inc. ALLEN, BRITTANY N 2169 §101§103 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 04, 2025
19077803 SORTING SYSTEM Seller Hardware, LLC CHEIN, ALLEN C §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 12, 2025
19059553 SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHODS FOR A MODULAR SATELLITE HAVING COMPLEX BEHAVIOR Sidus Space, Inc. NING, PETER Y 3642 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 21, 2025
18871097 A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING PERFORMANCE Omnibus157 Pty Ltd. MCCLELLAN, JAMES S §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 02, 2024
18897607 SACROILIAC JOINT EXERCISE DEVICE Sij Therapeutics, LLC MOORE, ZACHARY T 3784 §102§103 Final Rejection 19d Pending Sep 26, 2024
18849257 MULTIMEDIA CONTENT MANAGEMENT AND PACKAGING DISTRIBUTED LEDGER SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF Edge Video B.V. OCAK, ADIL 2426 §103 Final Rejection 16d Pending Sep 20, 2024
18884200 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING LEAKS IN A FLUID FILLED VESSEL Red Rhino Of Fl, Inc. FRANK, RODNEY T §112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 13, 2024
18788669 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING HEAVY METAL POWDERS BY ULTRASONIC ATOMIZATION 3D Lab Sp. Z O. O. O'KEEFE, SEAN P §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 30, 2024
18775809 Function Delivery Network for Serverless Applications Vijay Madisetti JOHNSON, TODD JEFFREY §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 17, 2024
18726202 AUTOMATED, SELF-SERVICE CLINICAL TRIAGING AND MEDICAL APPOINTMENT SERVICE TYPE SELECTION AndorHealth, LLC EVANS, ASHLEY ELIZABETH 3687 §101§102 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Jul 02, 2024
18742400 SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHODS FOR A LIGHT FILTERING DEVICE Sidus Space, Inc. KAUFFMAN, RUBY LUCIA 2872 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 13, 2024
18668925 PUT WALL LIGHT INTEGRATION SYSTEM, DEVICES, AND ASSOCIATED METHODS Sellercloud, LLC DEVINE, MOLLY K 3617 §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending May 20, 2024
18626049 Computer-Implemented System and Associated Methods for Interactive Queries and Searches Admarketplace, Inc. KRINGEN, MICHELLE THERESE 3689 §101§103 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 03, 2024
18696839 A DEVICE FOR MEASURING PHYSIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES Omnibus 157 Pty Limited HOEKSTRA, JEFFREY GERBEN 3791 §102 Final Rejection 19d overdue Pending Mar 28, 2024
18420240 AGGREGATED MEDIA PERFORMANCE CALCULATION SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHODS Admarketplace SYROWIK, MATHEW RICHARD 3621 §101§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 23, 2024
18393138 Educational Piano Springer Music Studio, Llc. GILLESPIE, NICOLE KATHLEEN §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 21, 2023
18561227 AERAULIC DEVICE AND RADIANT CEILING THERMAL SYSTEM WITH INTERNAL AIR MIXING Giacomini S.p.A. CARTER, AMY ELIZABETH 3762 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Nov 15, 2023
18500164 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATION OF PERSONALIZED ARTWORK INCLUDING WORDS CLOUDS Gifts Fro You, LLC FLYNN, ABBY J 3663 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA 71d Pending Nov 02, 2023
18236242 Monolithic Integrated Enclosure Industrial Laser Machines, LLC NELSON, HUNTER JARED 2828 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 21, 2023
18332956 PARABOLIC AIRCRAFT IMPACT ABSORBING MATERIAL Mu-G Technologies, LLC PLESZCZYNSKA, JOANNA 1783 §103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Jun 12, 2023
18330111 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REAL-TIME CONTENT GENERATION BASED ON BIOMETRIC FEEDBACK Sir Koko, LLC SHELEHEDA, JAMES R 2424 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 06, 2023
18198925 Techniques For Delivering Laser Energy To A Target Site Of An Organism Industrial Laser Machines, LLC EISEMAN, LYNSEY C 3796 §103§112 Final Rejection 23d Pending May 18, 2023
17685088 TELEHEALTH SYSTEMS AndorHealth, LLC HUYNH, EMILY 3683 §101§102 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 02, 2022
17646828 Vertical Modular Hydroponic Plant Growing System and Kit for Same Exo, LLC KLOECKER, KATHERINE ANNE 3642 §103 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Jan 03, 2022
17418930 INSECT ATTACK RISK PREDICTION SYSTEM AND METHOD Agrorobotica S.r.l. VANWORMER, SKYLAR K 2146 §101§103 Non-Final OA 71d overdue Pending Jun 28, 2021
16432544 Method and System for Generating and Providing Notifications for a Circadian Shift Protocol Timeshifter, Inc. REDDY, SUNITA 3791 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Jun 05, 2019

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