Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Williams Mullen

20 pending office actions • 13 clients • 19 examiners • 16 art units • 0 of 20 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 25 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=1059 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

82.4%
Allowance Rate
n=1059
+0.55σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1059
2.9
OAs to Allowance
n=603
-0.37σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=603
1010 days
Time to Allowance
n=603
+10.3pp
Interview Lift
n=1059
20.8%
RCE Rate
n=1059
4.3%
Appeal Rate
n=1059

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

77.2%
§101 Overcome
n=79
70.5%
§102 Overcome
n=251
73.2%
§103 Overcome
n=411
76.4%
§112 Overcome
n=361

Specialization & Scale

C12N, A61K, C07K
Top CPC Subclasses
14%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1059
8
Practitioners
n=1059
132.4
Apps / Practitioner
n=1059

Portfolio Summary

20
Total Pending OAs
13
Non-Final OAs
7
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
1
Due this week
2
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. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (2)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.

9
Hard (45%)
9
Medium (45%)
2
Easy (10%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only7 (35%)
§102 only2 (10%)
§112 only1 (5%)
Double-patenting only1 (5%)
Multi-statute (no §101)9 (45%)

Industry Mix

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

11
Life Sciences
55% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
3
Communications
15% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
15% of docket
3
Business / Other
15% 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.

200 h
Manual time on pending OAs
40 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
70 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
GARCIA, CARLOS E 2 76.8% +16.5%
SABOKTAKIN, MARJAN 1 57.6% +14.8%
LEE, CHUN KUAN 1 68.3% +3.8%
GARFT, CHRISTOPHER 1 59.1% +23.1%
ELDRED, JOHN W 1 77.6% +7.8%
SCHINDLER, DAVID M 1 40.6% +23.0%
SEVERSON, JEREMY R 1 87.6% +10.9%
WU, ZHEN Y 1 78.8% +20.9%
PATEL, BRIJESH V 1 65.1% +40.4%
GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A 1 36.3% +35.1%

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
18945185 DEVICE FOR HANDLING AND STACKING FLEXIBLE SHEETS SEVERSON, JEREMY R

Hard Cases (9)

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
18745403 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING UNLOCK CODES BASED ON EVENT TRIGGERS WU, ZHEN Y 24d overdue
18220587 PROCESS FOR TREATING TERRESTRIAL-BASED AND MARINE-BASED BIOMASSES CALANDRA, ANTHONY J 22d overdue
19086987 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USING TEMPORAL MEASUREMENTS OF LOCALIZED RADIATION TO ESTIMATE THE MAGNITUDE, LOCATION, AND VOLUME OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL IN THE BODY SABOKTAKIN, MARJAN 7d
18683574 SWEETENER BLEND COMPRISING THAUMATIN AND BRAZZEIN KERSHAW, KELLY P 22d
18607667 ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY INSULATED PACKING SYSTEM FOR TRANSPORTING FOOD PRODUCTS PATEL, BRIJESH V 62d
19039482 REACH REMOTE ELEVATED ANCHOR GARFT, CHRISTOPHER
18986547 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING THE MAGNETIZATION OF A FLEXIBLE DOCUMENT SCHINDLER, DAVID M
18683563 SWEETENER BLEND COMPRISING THAUMATIN AND MOGROSIDES GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A

Interview Candidates (9)

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
18745403 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING UNLOCK CODES BASED ON EVENT TRIGGERS WU, ZHEN Y 24d overdue
19086987 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USING TEMPORAL MEASUREMENTS OF LOCALIZED RADIATION TO ESTIMATE THE MAGNITUDE, LOCATION, AND VOLUME OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL IN THE BODY SABOKTAKIN, MARJAN 7d
18607667 ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY INSULATED PACKING SYSTEM FOR TRANSPORTING FOOD PRODUCTS PATEL, BRIJESH V 62d
19089352 DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING UNLOCK CODES VIA DISPLAY AUGMENTATION GARCIA, CARLOS E
19089323 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING PHYSICAL LOCKS WITH SINGLE RESET OR OVERRIDE DEVICE GARCIA, CARLOS E
19039482 REACH REMOTE ELEVATED ANCHOR GARFT, CHRISTOPHER
18986547 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING THE MAGNETIZATION OF A FLEXIBLE DOCUMENT SCHINDLER, DAVID M
18945185 DEVICE FOR HANDLING AND STACKING FLEXIBLE SHEETS SEVERSON, JEREMY R

Client Portfolio (13 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
26862
17592
37971
41001
36411
26851
37361
17911
16121
17481

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19089352 DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING UNLOCK CODES VIA DISPLAY AUGMENTATION Davinci Lock LLC GARCIA, CARLOS E 2686 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 25, 2025
19089323 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING PHYSICAL LOCKS WITH SINGLE RESET OR OVERRIDE DEVICE Davinci Lock LLC GARCIA, CARLOS E 2686 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 25, 2025
19086987 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USING TEMPORAL MEASUREMENTS OF LOCALIZED RADIATION TO ESTIMATE THE MAGNITUDE, LOCATION, AND VOLUME OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL IN THE BODY Lucerno Dynamics, LLC SABOKTAKIN, MARJAN 3797 §103§112 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Mar 21, 2025
19085809 COMPUTING SYSTEM VARIABLE LENGTH BUS Icat, LLC D/B/A Turing Micro LEE, CHUN KUAN §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 20, 2025
19039482 REACH REMOTE ELEVATED ANCHOR Safewaze LLC GARFT, CHRISTOPHER 4100 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 28, 2025
19028729 Bi-folding Buttstock Hinge System, Device and Assembly Fn Herstal, S.A. ELDRED, JOHN W 3641 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 17, 2025
18986547 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING THE MAGNETIZATION OF A FLEXIBLE DOCUMENT Arca Technologies S.r.l. SCHINDLER, DAVID M §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 18, 2024
18945185 DEVICE FOR HANDLING AND STACKING FLEXIBLE SHEETS Arca Technologies S.r.l. SEVERSON, JEREMY R 1759 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 12, 2024
18745403 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING UNLOCK CODES BASED ON EVENT TRIGGERS Davinci Lock LLC WU, ZHEN Y 2685 §102§103Other Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending Jun 17, 2024
18607667 ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY INSULATED PACKING SYSTEM FOR TRANSPORTING FOOD PRODUCTS Seawise Innovative Packing Ltd. PATEL, BRIJESH V 3736 §103§112 Non-Final OA 62d Pending Mar 18, 2024
18683563 SWEETENER BLEND COMPRISING THAUMATIN AND MOGROSIDES Nomad Bioscience GmbH GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A 1759 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 14, 2024
18683574 SWEETENER BLEND COMPRISING THAUMATIN AND BRAZZEIN Nomad Bioscience GmbH KERSHAW, KELLY P 1791 §103§112 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Feb 14, 2024
18579054 COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING PROANTHOCYANIDINS AND ZINC FOR TREATING AND/OR PREVENTING INFLAMMATION Animora Inc. RONEY, CELESTE A 1612 §103 Final Rejection 69d Pending Jan 12, 2024
18220587 PROCESS FOR TREATING TERRESTRIAL-BASED AND MARINE-BASED BIOMASSES Greenkey LLC CALANDRA, ANTHONY J 1748 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 22d overdue Pending Jul 11, 2023
18215941 PRELITHIATED ANODES USING PRINTABLE LITHIUM COMPOSITIONS Livent Usa Corp. ROLDAN RAMOS, CHRISTIAN 1723 DP Non-Final OA Pending Jun 29, 2023
18205764 LITHIUM-BASED SOLID ELECTROLYTE MATERIAL Livent Lithium LLC CHUO, TONY SHENG HSIANG 1751 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 05, 2023
18025111 SALIVA COLLECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD National University Of Singapore BRAZIN, JACQUELINE 1798 §102 Non-Final OA 26d overdue Pending Mar 07, 2023
17960239 DRY PROCESS FOR FORMING AN ELECTRODE Livent Usa Corp. LUSTGRAAF, BENJAMIN T 1727 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Oct 05, 2022
17554095 WHEAT STEM RUST RESISTANCE GENES AND METHODS OF USE Commonwealth Scientific And Industrial Research Organisation KOVALENKO, MYKOLA V 1662 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 17, 2021
17046561 GENES ASSOCIATED WITH RESISTANCE TO WHEAT YELLOW RUST Commonwealth Scientific And Industrial Research Organisation STEPHENS, REBECCA JOHANNA 1663 §112 Final Rejection 99d overdue Pending Oct 09, 2020

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