Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP

17 pending office actions • 15 clients • 17 examiners • 16 art units • 0 of 17 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=1233 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

88.2%
Allowance Rate
n=1233
+0.56σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1233
2.9
OAs to Allowance
n=784
-0.46σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=784
997 days
Time to Allowance
n=784
+7.4pp
Interview Lift
n=1233
21.7%
RCE Rate
n=1233
2.7%
Appeal Rate
n=1233

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

69.3%
§101 Overcome
n=75
84.4%
§102 Overcome
n=346
83.2%
§103 Overcome
n=517
84.8%
§112 Overcome
n=363

Specialization & Scale

E05B, Y10T, G06F
Top CPC Subclasses
17%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1233
3
Practitioners
n=1233
411.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=1233

Portfolio Summary

17
Total Pending OAs
12
Non-Final OAs
5
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
2
Due this month
2
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 (2)Due ≤ 60 days (2)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.

9
Hard (53%)
5
Medium (29%)
3
Easy (18%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (6%)
§103 only3 (18%)
§102 only2 (12%)
§112 only3 (18%)
Multi-statute (no §101)8 (47%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
12% of docket
2
Information Tech
12% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
12
Mechanical / Eng
71% 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.

170 h
Manual time on pending OAs
34 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
59 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BROWN, EMILY GAIL 1 74.6% +17.2%
HASTY, NICHOLAS 1 51.6% +32.5%
CHIN, RICKY 1 68.1% +21.9%
KLEIN, GABRIEL J 1 66.0% +24.5%
NGUYEN, TRAN N 1 61.9% +16.9%
FONSECA, JESSIE T 1 67.9% +19.0%
WEHRLY, CHRISTOPHER B 1 54.1% +33.6%
CAMPEN, KELLY SCAGGS 1 50.7% +31.9%
MCGOWAN, JAMIE LOUISE 1 73.5% +16.0%
CAHILL, JESSICA MARIE 1 78.4% +22.7%

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
18058905 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING POWERED CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE PLATFORM PRATT, EHRIN LARMONT 31d overdue
18797024 APPARATUS FOR INSTALLATION BETWEEN AN INTERNAL WALL TO A BUILDING FACADE AND A METHOD THEREFOR FONSECA, JESSIE T 9d overdue
17831728 THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE MATERIALS ROELOFSE, CHRISTIAAN 4d overdue
17499003 INTERNAL WALL END APPARATUS CAJILIG, CHRISTINE T 28d
19233168 GUN SAFE BROWN, EMILY GAIL
19041530 TWO-PIECE HAMMER FOR A FIREARM KLEIN, GABRIEL J
18639312 APPARATUS FOR MOUNTING A BLADE TO A SNOW PLOW MOLDBOARD MCGOWAN, JAMIE LOUISE
18428493 POLYMER MATERIALS FUNCTIONALIZED WITH BASIC SALTS EMPIE, NATHAN H

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
18741389 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIRECTING A POTENTIAL CUSTOMER TO A DIGITAL DESTINATION CAMPEN, KELLY SCAGGS 28d overdue
18797024 APPARATUS FOR INSTALLATION BETWEEN AN INTERNAL WALL TO A BUILDING FACADE AND A METHOD THEREFOR FONSECA, JESSIE T 9d overdue
18616787 WATER MAIN FLUSHING WITH HIGH PRESSURE JETTING AND DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND REVERSE FLOW MANIFOLD FOR A WATER MAIN FLUSHING SYSTEM CAHILL, JESSICA MARIE 5d overdue
19171955 MODULAR SENSOR SYSTEM AND METHOD OF INSTALLING THE SAME CHIN, RICKY 35d
18956753 CAREGIVER COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE AND METHOD NGUYEN, TRAN N 36d
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

Client Portfolio (15 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36332
36751
21411
24241
36411
36851
36111
36911
36711
37531

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
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 Final Rejection 70d Pending Jun 05, 2025
19171955 MODULAR SENSOR SYSTEM AND METHOD OF INSTALLING THE SAME Vicon Industries, Inc. CHIN, RICKY 2424 §103 Final Rejection 35d Pending Apr 07, 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
18956753 CAREGIVER COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE AND METHOD Skuse, Brian NGUYEN, TRAN N 3685 §102 Final Rejection 36d Pending Nov 22, 2024
18797024 APPARATUS FOR INSTALLATION BETWEEN AN INTERNAL WALL TO A BUILDING FACADE AND A METHOD THEREFOR Studco Australia Pty Ltd. FONSECA, JESSIE T 3633 §102§103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Aug 07, 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 Non-Final OA 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
18616787 WATER MAIN FLUSHING WITH HIGH PRESSURE JETTING AND DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND REVERSE FLOW MANIFOLD FOR A WATER MAIN FLUSHING SYSTEM No-Des, Inc. CAHILL, JESSICA MARIE 3753 §112 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Mar 26, 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
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
17831728 THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE MATERIALS Barrflextu, LLC ROELOFSE, CHRISTIAAN 1762 §103§112 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Jun 03, 2022
17675267 HEATING APPARATUS FOR AN ORTHOTIC DEVICE Costello Prosthetic Warmers LLC BROWN, KYLE MARTZ 3794 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Feb 18, 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
17499003 INTERNAL WALL END APPARATUS Studco Australia Pty Ltd. CAJILIG, CHRISTINE T 3633 §102§112 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Oct 12, 2021

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