Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

4Gd Limited

3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Portfolio Summary

3
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

2
Hard (67%)
1
Medium (33%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (33%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (67%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
33% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
67% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

30 h
Manual time on pending OAs
6 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
10 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ACKUN, JACOB K 1 56.7% +3.0%
EDWARDS, ETHAN WESLEY 1 70.6% +38.5%
ANTOINE, LISA HOPE 1 12.5% +95.5%

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18274160 SYSTEM FOR BEHAVIOUR MONITORING EDWARDS, ETHAN WESLEY 98d overdue
18690941 TARGETS ACKUN, JACOB K 2d overdue
17926917 FACILITY FOR USE IN PROVIDING SIMULATED ENVIRONMENT ANTOINE, LISA HOPE

Interview Candidates (2)

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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18274160 SYSTEM FOR BEHAVIOUR MONITORING EDWARDS, ETHAN WESLEY 98d overdue
17926917 FACILITY FOR USE IN PROVIDING SIMULATED ENVIRONMENT ANTOINE, LISA HOPE

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3736 1
2857 1
3715 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18690941 TARGETS ACKUN, JACOB K 3736 §102§103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Mar 11, 2024
18274160 SYSTEM FOR BEHAVIOUR MONITORING EDWARDS, ETHAN WESLEY 2857 §103§112Other Final Rejection 98d overdue Pending Jul 25, 2023
17926917 FACILITY FOR USE IN PROVIDING SIMULATED ENVIRONMENT ANTOINE, LISA HOPE 3715 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 21, 2022

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