Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Wiggin And Dana LLP

19 pending office actions • 13 clients • 18 examiners • 16 art units • 0 of 19 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=1977 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

78.8%
Allowance Rate
n=1977
+0.51σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1977
3.2
OAs to Allowance
n=1036
-0.17σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=1036
996 days
Time to Allowance
n=1036
+8.8pp
Interview Lift
n=1977
22.8%
RCE Rate
n=1977
1.6%
Appeal Rate
n=1977

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

78.5%
§101 Overcome
n=149
75.6%
§102 Overcome
n=406
79.9%
§103 Overcome
n=700
80.2%
§112 Overcome
n=505

Specialization & Scale

G06F, A61K, G06Q
Top CPC Subclasses
13%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1977
9
Practitioners
n=1977
219.7
Apps / Practitioner
n=1977

Portfolio Summary

19
Total Pending OAs
12
Non-Final OAs
7
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (6)Due ≤ 30 days (4)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.

12
Hard (63%)
6
Medium (32%)
1
Easy (5%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (5%)
§101 + other4 (21%)
§103 only4 (21%)
§102 only1 (5%)
§112 only1 (5%)
Double-patenting + other1 (5%)
Multi-statute (no §101)7 (37%)

Industry Mix

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

9
Life Sciences
47% of docket
1
Information Tech
5% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
11% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
32% of docket
1
Business / Other
5% 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.

190 h
Manual time on pending OAs
38 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
66 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
NOBLE, MARCIA STEPHENS 2 67.0% +40.3%
SHOMER, ISAAC 1 63.3% +30.3%
HAMILTON, SARA CHANDLER 1 64.2% +52.8%
ZHANG, SHIRLEY X 1 69.8% +14.3%
RAHMAN, MD M 1 92.3% +12.2%
ABDULLAEV, AMANULLA 1 22.9% +32.9%
ZHANG, TINA 1 56.5% +44.3%
LAGOY, KYRA RAND 1 6.3% -7.7%
ANDERSON II, STEVEN S 1 65.9% +35.4%
KRUPICKA, ADAM C 1 62.0% +27.1%

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
18767034 Clamshell Analyzer for Static or Flowing Samples RAHMAN, MD M 22d

Hard Cases (12)

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
18628457 PLATFORM FOR DETERMINING A COMPETENCY SCORE LAGOY, KYRA RAND 138d overdue
18939439 AGENTS, COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCED DELIVERY OF NUCLEIC ACIDS TO THE CELLS WITHIN THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM SHOMER, ISAAC 42d overdue
17943163 METHOD FOR MONITORING ABNORMAL CONDITIONS IN AN ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM ALEXANDER, EMMA LYNNE 35d overdue
18033167 INTRANASAL ADMINISTRATION OF SURAMIN FOR TREATING NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDERS WILSON, JERICA KATLYNN 28d overdue
17843487 Matching Physical Rehabilitation Motions with a Gaming Experience Using Computer Vision on Mobile Phones BODENDORF, ANDREW 8d overdue
17672435 Microprocessor Including a Model of an Enterprise CRANDALL, RICHARD W. 2d overdue
18685117 METAL BAND KRUPICKA, ADAM C 12d
18775388 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING FUNGIBLE ASSET REQUIREMENT USING STATISTICAL RELATIONSHIP MODELING HAMILTON, SARA CHANDLER 15d

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
18939439 AGENTS, COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCED DELIVERY OF NUCLEIC ACIDS TO THE CELLS WITHIN THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM SHOMER, ISAAC 42d overdue
18685117 METAL BAND KRUPICKA, ADAM C 12d
18121340 METHOD OF REPROGRAMMING CELLS NOBLE, MARCIA STEPHENS 12d
18775388 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING FUNGIBLE ASSET REQUIREMENT USING STATISTICAL RELATIONSHIP MODELING HAMILTON, SARA CHANDLER 15d
18767034 Clamshell Analyzer for Static or Flowing Samples RAHMAN, MD M 22d
18745604 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR CUSTOMIZATION AND UTILIZATION OF TARGET PROFILES ABDULLAEV, AMANULLA 72d
18775568 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH ONE OR MORE DATA SETS ZHANG, SHIRLEY X
18680683 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SEALING THE ORAL CAVITY TO PROMOTE NASAL BREATHING ZHANG, TINA

Client Portfolio (13 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
16322
17992
16121
36951
24471
28771
36921
37851
36851
17841

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18939439 AGENTS, COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCED DELIVERY OF NUCLEIC ACIDS TO THE CELLS WITHIN THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM Cila Therapeutics Inc. SHOMER, ISAAC 1612 §103§112 Final Rejection 42d overdue Pending Nov 06, 2024
18775388 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING FUNGIBLE ASSET REQUIREMENT USING STATISTICAL RELATIONSHIP MODELING 102202203 Saskatchewan Ltd. HAMILTON, SARA CHANDLER 3695 §101 Final Rejection 15d Pending Jul 17, 2024
18775568 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH ONE OR MORE DATA SETS Dreamguard Inc. ZHANG, SHIRLEY X 2447 §102Other Final Rejection Pending Jul 17, 2024
18767034 Clamshell Analyzer for Static or Flowing Samples Nirrin Technologies, Inc. RAHMAN, MD M 2877 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Jul 09, 2024
18745604 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR CUSTOMIZATION AND UTILIZATION OF TARGET PROFILES Dreamguard Inc. ABDULLAEV, AMANULLA 3692 §101§103 Non-Final OA 72d Pending Jun 17, 2024
18680683 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SEALING THE ORAL CAVITY TO PROMOTE NASAL BREATHING Somnoseal ZHANG, TINA 3785 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 31, 2024
18628457 PLATFORM FOR DETERMINING A COMPETENCY SCORE Firefly Lab, LLC LAGOY, KYRA RAND 3685 §101§103 Final Rejection 138d overdue Pending Apr 05, 2024
18605336 Window-Based HVAC Interface System Metro Loft Developers, LLC ANDERSON II, STEVEN S §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 14, 2024
18685117 METAL BAND BFC FAHRZEUGTEILE GMBH KRUPICKA, ADAM C 1784 §103§112 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Feb 20, 2024
18368240 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AUTOLOGOUS CARDIAC LINEAGE CELLS Regen Theranostics, Inc. NOBLE, MARCIA STEPHENS 1632 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 14, 2023
18033167 INTRANASAL ADMINISTRATION OF SURAMIN FOR TREATING NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDERS Paxmedica, Inc. WILSON, JERICA KATLYNN 1621 §102§103Other Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Apr 21, 2023
18033194 ADMINISTRATION OF ANTIPURINERGIC COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDERS Paxmedica, Inc. ABDALHAMEED, MANAHIL MIRGHANI ALI 1622 §102§103§112DPOther Non-Final OA Pending Apr 21, 2023
18121340 METHOD OF REPROGRAMMING CELLS Regen Theranostics, Inc. NOBLE, MARCIA STEPHENS 1632 §103 Final Rejection 12d Pending Mar 14, 2023
17943163 METHOD FOR MONITORING ABNORMAL CONDITIONS IN AN ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM Astronics Advanced Electronic Systems Corp. ALEXANDER, EMMA LYNNE 2857 §102§103 Final Rejection 35d overdue Pending Sep 12, 2022
17893279 Laser speckle imaging for live cell quantification Nirrin Technologies, Inc. GZYBOWSKI, MICHAEL STANLEY 1798 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 23, 2022
17843487 Matching Physical Rehabilitation Motions with a Gaming Experience Using Computer Vision on Mobile Phones Reactiv Inc. BODENDORF, ANDREW 3715 §101§102§112 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Jun 17, 2022
17696635 Rocking Bioreactor with Integrated Monitoring Probe System Nirrin Technologies, Inc. LOPEZLIRA, ASHLEY NICOLE 1799 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 16, 2022
17672435 Microprocessor Including a Model of an Enterprise Dimitris Lyras CRANDALL, RICHARD W. 3619 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Feb 15, 2022
17337055 Disposable Cell for In Situ Monitoring Probe Nirrin Technologies, Inc. HASSAN, LIBAN M 1799 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 02, 2021

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