Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Woods Rogers Vandeventer Black PLC

20 pending office actions • 14 clients • 19 examiners • 15 art units • 0 of 20 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=409 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

77.1%
Allowance Rate
n=409
+0.34σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=409
3.0
OAs to Allowance
n=148
-0.32σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=148
760 days
Time to Allowance
n=148
+21.8pp
Interview Lift
n=409
39.1%
RCE Rate
n=409
0.0%
Appeal Rate
n=409

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

41.4%
§101 Overcome
n=29
59.8%
§102 Overcome
n=97
57.6%
§103 Overcome
n=165
58.8%
§112 Overcome
n=114

Specialization & Scale

A61B, A61F, G06F
Top CPC Subclasses
21%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=409
0
Practitioners
n=409
Apps / Practitioner
n=409 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

20
Total Pending OAs
11
Non-Final OAs
9
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
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. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)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.

9
Hard (45%)
11
Medium (55%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other3 (15%)
§103 only9 (45%)
§102 only1 (5%)
Double-patenting + other1 (5%)
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (30%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
20% of docket
2
Information Tech
10% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
10% of docket
11
Mechanical / Eng
55% 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.

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
BEGEMAN, ANDREW W 2 43.9% +22.6%
DUNLAP, JONATHAN M 1 76.1% +17.1%
LUKJAN, SEBASTIAN X 1 76.4% +41.0%
BROWN, SETH RICHARD 1 49.3% +45.2%
BAHENA, CHRISTIE L. 1 67.8% +24.0%
GILLETT, JENNIFER ANN 1 28.6% +37.6%
COLLINS, DANIEL S. 1 85.1% +9.5%
FOROUHARNEJAD, FAEZEH 1 66.7% +26.5%
TALTY, MARIA CHRISTINA 1 64.7% +30.2%
KOSAR, AARON J 1 71.2% +29.9%

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
18710494 AN APPARATUS FOR GENERATING ELECTRICITY FROM WATER FLOW COLLINS, DANIEL S. 19d

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
19074263 Back Brace BROWN, SETH RICHARD 128d overdue
17837004 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING METRIC FORECASTS ASSOCIATED WITH RELATED ENTITIES WITH MORE ACCURACY BY USING A METRIC FORECAST ENTITY RELATIONSHIP MACHINE LEARNING MODEL MITCHELL, NATHAN A 20d
19310810 AUTOMATED SURFACE TESTING DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR USING SAME DUNLAP, JONATHAN M
18829010 Thermal Management Composite Material GILLETT, JENNIFER ANN
18608412 ULTRASOUND IMAGING MULTI-ARRAY PROBE APPARATUS AND SYSTEM BEGEMAN, ANDREW W
18382333 DEVICE FOR MEASURING RATE OF BODY FLUID FLOW THROUGH A TUBE TU, AURELIE H
18371027 Ultrasound Transmissive Article CHOI, YOUNHEE JEON
18144796 Ankle Orthosis HAWTHORNE, OPHELIA ALTHEA

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
18649681 COMPUTERIZED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMIC ENGINE PROMPT GENERATION FOROUHARNEJAD, FAEZEH 321d overdue
19074263 Back Brace BROWN, SETH RICHARD 128d overdue
19074062 MECHANISM AND METHOD FOR DONNING ORTHOTIC DEVICE TO PROSTHESIS, LIMB, OR JOINT BAHENA, CHRISTIE L. 29d overdue
19245147 Fixation Target for Macula Protection LUKJAN, SEBASTIAN X 15d
19310810 AUTOMATED SURFACE TESTING DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR USING SAME DUNLAP, JONATHAN M
19192209 ULTRASOUND IMAGING MULTI-ARRAY SPINE IMAGING APPARATUS AND SYSTEM BEGEMAN, ANDREW W
18829010 Thermal Management Composite Material GILLETT, JENNIFER ANN
18608412 ULTRASOUND IMAGING MULTI-ARRAY PROBE APPARATUS AND SYSTEM BEGEMAN, ANDREW W

Client Portfolio (14 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28552
37982
37862
37972
37921
37741
37451
21661
16551
21151

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19310810 AUTOMATED SURFACE TESTING DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR USING SAME Biomechanics Consulting And Research, LLC DUNLAP, JONATHAN M 2855 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Aug 26, 2025
19245147 Fixation Target for Macula Protection Neurorays, LLC LUKJAN, SEBASTIAN X 3792 §103 Final Rejection 15d Pending Jun 20, 2025
19192209 ULTRASOUND IMAGING MULTI-ARRAY SPINE IMAGING APPARATUS AND SYSTEM Rivanna Medical, Inc. BEGEMAN, ANDREW W 3798 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 28, 2025
19074263 Back Brace Icarus Medical, LLC BROWN, SETH RICHARD 3786 §102§103 Final Rejection 128d overdue Pending Mar 07, 2025
19074062 MECHANISM AND METHOD FOR DONNING ORTHOTIC DEVICE TO PROSTHESIS, LIMB, OR JOINT Icarus Medical, LLC BAHENA, CHRISTIE L. 3774 §103 Non-Final OA 29d overdue Pending Mar 07, 2025
18829010 Thermal Management Composite Material Exclaim Ip, LLC GILLETT, JENNIFER ANN §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 09, 2024
18710494 AN APPARATUS FOR GENERATING ELECTRICITY FROM WATER FLOW VERDERG RENEWABLE ENERGY LIMITED COLLINS, DANIEL S. 3745 §103 Non-Final OA 19d Pending May 15, 2024
18649681 COMPUTERIZED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMIC ENGINE PROMPT GENERATION Highlight US Inc. FOROUHARNEJAD, FAEZEH 2166 §103 Final Rejection 321d overdue Pending Apr 29, 2024
18608412 ULTRASOUND IMAGING MULTI-ARRAY PROBE APPARATUS AND SYSTEM Rivanna Medical, Inc. BEGEMAN, ANDREW W 3798 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Mar 18, 2024
18437968 SYSTEM FOR HANDS-FREE SECUREMENT OF AN ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER Rivanna Medical, Inc. TALTY, MARIA CHRISTINA 3797 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 09, 2024
18400883 DHA Enriched Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Compositions Nuseed Nutritional US Inc. KOSAR, AARON J 1655 §103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Dec 29, 2023
18385860 PERSONALIZED DEVICE BASEPLATE USING 3D SCANNING AND SUBSTRACTIVE MANUFACTURING Carilion Clinic YANCHUS III, PAUL B 2115 §102 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Oct 31, 2023
18382333 DEVICE FOR MEASURING RATE OF BODY FLUID FLOW THROUGH A TUBE Carilion Clinic TU, AURELIE H 3791 §101§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Oct 20, 2023
18371027 Ultrasound Transmissive Article Rivanna Medical, Inc. CHOI, YOUNHEE JEON 3797 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Sep 21, 2023
18210504 DEVICE FOR GENERATING UPWARDLY BLOWING AIR CURTAIN Air-Clenz Systems, LLC CLEMENTE, ROBERT ARTHUR 1773 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 15, 2023
18036202 A PIPE TESTING APPARATUS AND METHOD Verderg Pipe Technology Limited DEHERRERA, KRISTINA M 2855 §103 Final Rejection 71d Pending May 10, 2023
18144796 Ankle Orthosis Icarus Medical, LLC HAWTHORNE, OPHELIA ALTHEA 3786 §101§102§112 Final Rejection Pending May 08, 2023
18018599 BIOCOMPATIBLE, INJECTABLE AND IN SITU GELLING HYDROGELS AND PREPARATION AND APPLICATIONS OF BIOCOMPATIBLE, INJECTABLE AND IN SITU GELLING HYDROGELS BASED ON CELLULOSE NANOFIBRILS FOR TISSUE AND ORGAN REPAIR Ocean Tunicell AS PRAGANI, RAJAN 1614 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 30, 2023
17837004 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING METRIC FORECASTS ASSOCIATED WITH RELATED ENTITIES WITH MORE ACCURACY BY USING A METRIC FORECAST ENTITY RELATIONSHIP MACHINE LEARNING MODEL Samya.Ai Technologies Private Limited MITCHELL, NATHAN A 3627 §101§112 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Jun 09, 2022
17268924 METHOD OF PRODUCING THREE DIMENSIONAL AUTOLOGOUS FAT GRAFT USING HUMAN LIPOASPIRATE-DERIVED ADIPOSE TISSUE WITH MULTIPOTENT STEM CELLS AND BIOCOMPATIBLE CELLULOSE NANOFIBRILS Cellheal AS WRIGHT, SARAH C 1619 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Feb 16, 2021

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