Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Widerman Malek, Pl

21 pending office actions • 20 clients • 21 examiners • 17 art units • 0 of 21 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 79 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=1633 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

93.2%
Allowance Rate
n=1633
+0.55σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1633
2.2
OAs to Allowance
n=1175
-0.75σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=1175
824 days
Time to Allowance
n=1175
+2.5pp
Interview Lift
n=1633
13.6%
RCE Rate
n=1633
2.4%
Appeal Rate
n=1633

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

73.2%
§101 Overcome
n=108
82.4%
§102 Overcome
n=312
83.0%
§103 Overcome
n=559
84.7%
§112 Overcome
n=444

Specialization & Scale

G06F, F21V, F21Y
Top CPC Subclasses
18%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1633
3
Practitioners
n=1633
544.3
Apps / Practitioner
n=1633

Portfolio Summary

21
Total Pending OAs
16
Non-Final OAs
5
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.

4
Overdue
2
Due this week
4
Due this month
0
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 (4)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (4)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.

14
Hard (67%)
7
Medium (33%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other8 (38%)
§103 only6 (29%)
Double-patenting + other1 (5%)
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (29%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
10% of docket
5
Information Tech
24% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
12
Mechanical / Eng
57% of docket
2
Business / Other
10% 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.

210 h
Manual time on pending OAs
42 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
74 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
AYERS, MICHAEL W 1 70.7% +52.7%
NGUYEN, THU N 1 71.8% +26.0%
BARKER, TODD L 1 75.6% +23.3%
CHEIN, ALLEN C 1 44.7% +40.0%
NING, PETER Y 1 83.1% +15.8%
OCAK, ADIL 1 74.9% +17.9%
DEVINE, MOLLY K 1 67.4% +30.4%
KOTTER, KIP T 1 67.7% +21.5%
KRINGEN, MICHELLE THERESE 1 55.6% +38.9%
ANTOINE, LISA HOPE 1 12.5% +95.5%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19059553 SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHODS FOR A MODULAR SATELLITE HAVING COMPLEX BEHAVIOR NING, PETER Y

Hard Cases (15)

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
18618831 KNIFE THROWING TRAINING APPARATUS ANTOINE, LISA HOPE 23d overdue
18428907 LIGHT WAVELENGTH APPLICATION SYSTEM WU, TONG E 18d overdue
19279716 Method and System for Real-Time Collaboration, Task Linking, and Code Design and Maintenance in Software Development NGUYEN, THU N 10d overdue
18561227 AERAULIC DEVICE AND RADIANT CEILING THERMAL SYSTEM WITH INTERNAL AIR MIXING CARTER, AMY ELIZABETH 5d
19365469 Method and System for Processing Artificial Intelligence User Requests AYERS, MICHAEL W 7d
18198925 Techniques For Delivering Laser Energy To A Target Site Of An Organism EISEMAN, LYNSEY C 23d
16432544 Method and System for Generating and Providing Notifications for a Circadian Shift Protocol REDDY, SUNITA 70d

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
18618831 KNIFE THROWING TRAINING APPARATUS ANTOINE, LISA HOPE 23d overdue
19279716 Method and System for Real-Time Collaboration, Task Linking, and Code Design and Maintenance in Software Development NGUYEN, THU N 10d overdue
19365469 Method and System for Processing Artificial Intelligence User Requests AYERS, MICHAEL W 7d
18849257 MULTIMEDIA CONTENT MANAGEMENT AND PACKAGING DISTRIBUTED LEDGER SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF OCAK, ADIL 16d
19170139 METHOD FOR SESSIONS SYNCHRONIZATION FOR ARMAMENT MESSAGE ANALYSIS BARKER, TODD L
19077803 SORTING SYSTEM CHEIN, ALLEN C
19059553 SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHODS FOR A MODULAR SATELLITE HAVING COMPLEX BEHAVIOR NING, PETER Y
18668925 PUT WALL LIGHT INTEGRATION SYSTEM, DEVICES, AND ASSOCIATED METHODS DEVINE, MOLLY K

Client Portfolio (20 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36422
37962
21951
21541
24261
36171
36151
36891
37151
36211

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19365469 Method and System for Processing Artificial Intelligence User Requests Vijay Madisetti AYERS, MICHAEL W 2195 §101§103§112 Final Rejection 7d Pending Oct 22, 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 §101§103 Final Rejection 10d overdue Pending Jul 24, 2025
19170139 METHOD FOR SESSIONS SYNCHRONIZATION FOR ARMAMENT MESSAGE ANALYSIS Aeronix, Inc. BARKER, TODD L §101§103 Non-Final OA 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
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
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
18666079 SYSTEM FOR INFLATING VEHICLE TIRES Airdown, Inc. KOTTER, KIP T 3615 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 16, 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
18618831 KNIFE THROWING TRAINING APPARATUS Dragan Zivotic ANTOINE, LISA HOPE 3715 §103 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Mar 27, 2024
18428907 LIGHT WAVELENGTH APPLICATION SYSTEM Icaro, Inc. WU, TONG E 3796 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending Jan 31, 2024
18420240 AGGREGATED MEDIA PERFORMANCE CALCULATION SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHODS Admarketplace SYROWIK, MATHEW RICHARD 3621 §101§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 23, 2024
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
18494524 ALLOSTERIC COUPLING OF ANTIBODY AND NATURALLY SWITCHABLE, MULTI-SUBUNIT OUTPUT PROTEIN Novapro, Inc. PRIEST, JESSICA MARIE 1643 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 25, 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
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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