Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP

Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

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

Analysis

Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP has 16 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems and 1250 career applications. Its resolved allowance rate is 87.83%, with an average of 2.92 office actions per allowance.

The profile combines an active transportation and mechanical docket with a reported historical application base. The allowance rate describes resolved outcomes, while the office-action average indicates that allowed matters generally require multiple examination exchanges. Practitioners can use these measures to support planning around system, mechanical, and commercial-function claims. They do not, however, reveal the specific art, claim amendments, or procedural issues associated with any individual matter.

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

Quality Metrics (n=1250 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

87.8%
Allowance Rate
n=1250
+0.58σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1250
2.9
OAs to Allowance
n=787
-0.45σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=787
1001 days
Time to Allowance
n=787
+7.4pp
Interview Lift
n=1250
22.1%
RCE Rate
n=1250
2.6%
Appeal Rate
n=1250

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

69.3%
§101 Overcome
n=75
84.2%
§102 Overcome
n=347
82.9%
§103 Overcome
n=521
84.9%
§112 Overcome
n=364

Specialization & Scale

E05B, Y10T, G06F
Top CPC Subclasses
17%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1250
3
Practitioners
n=1250
416.7
Apps / Practitioner
n=1250

Portfolio Summary

18
Total Pending OAs
14
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
1
Due this week
0
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

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

11
Hard (61%)
5
Medium (28%)
2
Easy (11%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (6%)
§101 + other1 (6%)
§103 only4 (22%)
§102 only1 (6%)
§112 only2 (11%)
Multi-statute (no §101)9 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
6% of docket
1
Information Tech
6% of docket
1
Communications
6% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
14
Mechanical / Eng
78% of docket
1
Business / Other
6% 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.

180 h
Manual time on pending OAs
36 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
63 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
IGNACZEWSKI, JAMES EDWARD 1 81.6% -5.4%
BROWN, EMILY GAIL 1 75.3% +16.5%
HASTY, NICHOLAS 1 51.6% +31.8%
KLEIN, GABRIEL J 1 66.1% +24.4%
VO, QUANG N 1 72.7% +6.1%
NGUYEN, HUONG Q 1 46.2% +44.4%
DEMIE, TIGIST S 1 75.1% +20.6%
WEHRLY, CHRISTOPHER B 1 53.9% +34.8%
CAMPEN, KELLY SCAGGS 1 50.9% +31.1%
MCGOWAN, JAMIE LOUISE 1 73.6% +16.0%

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
19346986 SURFACE MOUNTED ELECTRIC STRIKE IGNACZEWSKI, JAMES EDWARD —

Hard Cases (11)

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
18058905 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING POWERED CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE PLATFORM PRATT, EHRIN LARMONT 31d overdue
19233168 GUN SAFE BROWN, EMILY GAIL —
19041530 TWO-PIECE HAMMER FOR A FIREARM KLEIN, GABRIEL J —
18913545 Cognitive Screening Test for Detecting Preclinical Alzheimer's Disease NGUYEN, HUONG Q —
18829402 Thermally Regulated Patient Transfer Board DEMIE, TIGIST S —
18639312 APPARATUS FOR MOUNTING A BLADE TO A SNOW PLOW MOLDBOARD MCGOWAN, JAMIE LOUISE —
18440584 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY DISPLAYING RECOMMENDED DIGITAL PRINT PRODUCTS ON A COMPUTER USER INTERFACE AIRAPETIAN, MILA —
18428493 POLYMER MATERIALS FUNCTIONALIZED WITH BASIC SALTS EMPIE, NATHAN H —

Interview Candidates (8)

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
18741389 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIRECTING A POTENTIAL CUSTOMER TO A DIGITAL DESTINATION CAMPEN, KELLY SCAGGS 28d overdue
19228896 ONLINE REAL-TIME INTERACTIVE COLLABORATIVE ANNOTATION SYSTEM HASTY, NICHOLAS 70d
19233168 GUN SAFE BROWN, EMILY GAIL —
19041530 TWO-PIECE HAMMER FOR A FIREARM KLEIN, GABRIEL J —
18913545 Cognitive Screening Test for Detecting Preclinical Alzheimer's Disease NGUYEN, HUONG Q —
18829402 Thermally Regulated Patient Transfer Board DEMIE, TIGIST S —
18763403 FOLDING VEHICLE WEHRLY, CHRISTOPHER B —
18639312 APPARATUS FOR MOUNTING A BLADE TO A SNOW PLOW MOLDBOARD MCGOWAN, JAMIE LOUISE —

Client Portfolio (13 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36752
37942
21411
36411
26831
37911
36111
36911
36711
37341

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19346986 SURFACE MOUNTED ELECTRIC STRIKE Hanchett Entry Systems, Inc. IGNACZEWSKI, JAMES EDWARD 3675 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 01, 2025
19233168 GUN SAFE American Tactical, Inc. BROWN, EMILY GAIL 3675 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 10, 2025
19228896 ONLINE REAL-TIME INTERACTIVE COLLABORATIVE ANNOTATION SYSTEM Markadoc Corporation HASTY, NICHOLAS 2141 §103 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Jun 05, 2025
19041530 TWO-PIECE HAMMER FOR A FIREARM American Tactical, Inc. KLEIN, GABRIEL J 3641 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 30, 2025
18964916 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOMMENDING AND/OR SELECTING MEDIA FOR PRINTING A DIGITAL IMAGE Fujifilm North America Corporation VO, QUANG N 2683 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 02, 2024
18913545 Cognitive Screening Test for Detecting Preclinical Alzheimer's Disease Cognivue, Inc. NGUYEN, HUONG Q 3791 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 11, 2024
18829402 Thermally Regulated Patient Transfer Board Costello Prosthetic Warmers LLC DEMIE, TIGIST S 3794 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 10, 2024
18763403 FOLDING VEHICLE Newcycle Inc. WEHRLY, CHRISTOPHER B 3611 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 03, 2024
18741389 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIRECTING A POTENTIAL CUSTOMER TO A DIGITAL DESTINATION Fujifilm North America Corporation CAMPEN, KELLY SCAGGS 3691 §102 Final Rejection 28d overdue Pending Jun 12, 2024
18639312 APPARATUS FOR MOUNTING A BLADE TO A SNOW PLOW MOLDBOARD Northern Supply Ii, Inc. MCGOWAN, JAMIE LOUISE 3671 §102§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 18, 2024
18602688 FRAMELESS FOLD-OVER CARDSTOCK PRINT DISPLAY ARTICLE Fujifilm North America Corporation DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R 3734 §103 Final Rejection 6d Pending Mar 12, 2024
18440584 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY DISPLAYING RECOMMENDED DIGITAL PRINT PRODUCTS ON A COMPUTER USER INTERFACE Fujifilm North America Corporation AIRAPETIAN, MILA 3688 §101 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 13, 2024
18428493 POLYMER MATERIALS FUNCTIONALIZED WITH BASIC SALTS Workers First LLC EMPIE, NATHAN H 1789 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 31, 2024
18205917 A-FRAME LADDER WITH A TAMBOUR GATE/BARRIER Confer Plastics, Inc. DAVISON, LAURA L 3993 §112 Non-Final OA 91d overdue Pending Jun 05, 2023
18128944 PHYSICAL REHABILITATION THERAPY DEVICE Ryan Meehan LEDERER, SARAH B 3785 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 30, 2023
18058905 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING POWERED CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE PLATFORM Sutherland Global Services, Inc. PRATT, EHRIN LARMONT 3629 §101§103§112 Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending Nov 28, 2022
17582813 SURGICAL TRAINING APPARATUS, METHODS AND SYSTEMS Simulated Inanimate Models, LLC POLLOCK, ZACHARY JOSEPH 3715 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 24, 2022
17236643 TEMPERATURE REGULATING APPARATUS FOR A PROSTHETIC LIMB Costello Prosthetic Warmers LLC BROWN, KYLE MARTZ 3794 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 21, 2021

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP's patent allowance rate?

87.8% of resolved applications prosecuted by Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP were allowed, across 1,250 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP average before allowance?

2.92 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP have?

18 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 13 clients, before 18 examiners in 16 art units.

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