Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Acres Technology

Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

15 pending office actions • 2 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 15 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

15
Total Pending OAs
9
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
2
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.

1
Overdue
1
Due this week
2
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
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 (1)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 days (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.

12
Hard (80%)
2
Medium (13%)
1
Easy (7%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only7 (47%)
§101 + other4 (27%)
§103 only2 (13%)
Double-patenting only1 (7%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (7%)

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
7% of docket
8
Mechanical / Eng
53% of docket
6
Business / Other
40% 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.

150 h
Manual time on pending OAs
30 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
52 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
RENWICK, REGINALD A 4 70.3% +9.8%
LEICHLITER, CHASE E 3 64.5% +23.3%
ALVESTEFFER, STEPHEN D 1 57.2% +24.8%
D'AGOSTINO, PAUL ANTHONY 1 73.1% +13.9%
DEODHAR, OMKAR A 1 80.2% +19.1%
CHAN, ALLEN 1 70.3% +35.1%
SHAH, MILAP 1 69.8% +40.2%
NGUYEN, KHIEM D 1 85.8% +12.5%
WILLIAMS, ROSS A 1 61.5% +17.4%
YOO, JASSON H 1 62.3% +33.2%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18953549 SYSTEM FOR PROMOTING PLAY ON ELECTRIC GAMING DEVICES AND ENGAGEMENT WITH CASINO PERSONNEL DEODHAR, OMKAR A —
18643541 METHOD FOR OPERATING A GAMING DEVICE THAT DISPLAYS SYMBOLS NGUYEN, KHIEM D —

Hard Cases (12)

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
18149319 SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING GAMING ACTIVITY RENWICK, REGINALD A 3d overdue
18068160 LINKED GAME PLAY ON GAMING MACHINES YOO, JASSON H 5d
17957849 MEANS FOR CONTROLLING PAYBACK PERCENTAGE OF GAMING DEVICE LEICHLITER, CHASE E 29d
17886861 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING GAME PLAY OF GAMING DEVICE LEICHLITER, CHASE E 30d
17155313 RAPID PLAY POKER GAMING DEVICE RENWICK, REGINALD A 41d
19179654 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO DETECT AND PREVENT FRAUD ALVESTEFFER, STEPHEN D —
19072659 GAMING DEVICE HAVING ADVANCE GAME INFORMATION ANALYZER RENWICK, REGINALD A —
19068468 EVENT-BASED GAMING OPERATION FOR GAMING DEVICE LEICHLITER, CHASE E —

Interview Candidates (11)

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
18068160 LINKED GAME PLAY ON GAMING MACHINES YOO, JASSON H 5d
17957849 MEANS FOR CONTROLLING PAYBACK PERCENTAGE OF GAMING DEVICE LEICHLITER, CHASE E 29d
17886861 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING GAME PLAY OF GAMING DEVICE LEICHLITER, CHASE E 30d
19179654 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO DETECT AND PREVENT FRAUD ALVESTEFFER, STEPHEN D —
19068468 EVENT-BASED GAMING OPERATION FOR GAMING DEVICE LEICHLITER, CHASE E —
18977375 GAMING DEVICE D'AGOSTINO, PAUL ANTHONY —
18953549 SYSTEM FOR PROMOTING PLAY ON ELECTRIC GAMING DEVICES AND ENGAGEMENT WITH CASINO PERSONNEL DEODHAR, OMKAR A —
18950610 DRAWING WITH PARTICIPANT INTERACTION CHAN, ALLEN —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3715 8
2892 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19179654 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO DETECT AND PREVENT FRAUD ALVESTEFFER, STEPHEN D — §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 15, 2025
19072659 GAMING DEVICE HAVING ADVANCE GAME INFORMATION ANALYZER RENWICK, REGINALD A — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 06, 2025
19068468 EVENT-BASED GAMING OPERATION FOR GAMING DEVICE LEICHLITER, CHASE E — §101Other Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 03, 2025
18977375 GAMING DEVICE D'AGOSTINO, PAUL ANTHONY — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 11, 2024
18953549 SYSTEM FOR PROMOTING PLAY ON ELECTRIC GAMING DEVICES AND ENGAGEMENT WITH CASINO PERSONNEL DEODHAR, OMKAR A — DP Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 20, 2024
18950610 DRAWING WITH PARTICIPANT INTERACTION CHAN, ALLEN 3715 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 18, 2024
18949489 OPTIMIZING DRAWING PRIZE AWARDS SHAH, MILAP — §101Other Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 15, 2024
18643541 METHOD FOR OPERATING A GAMING DEVICE THAT DISPLAYS SYMBOLS NGUYEN, KHIEM D 2892 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 23, 2024
18308125 ELECTRONIC WAGERING WILLIAMS, ROSS A 3715 §101§103 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 27, 2023
18149319 SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING GAMING ACTIVITY RENWICK, REGINALD A 3715 §101 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Jan 03, 2023
18068160 LINKED GAME PLAY ON GAMING MACHINES YOO, JASSON H 3715 §101§112 Final Rejection 5d Pending Dec 19, 2022
18056982 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRIGGERING A BONUS RENWICK, REGINALD A 3715 §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 18, 2022
17957849 MEANS FOR CONTROLLING PAYBACK PERCENTAGE OF GAMING DEVICE LEICHLITER, CHASE E 3715 §101 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Sep 30, 2022
17886861 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING GAME PLAY OF GAMING DEVICE LEICHLITER, CHASE E 3715 §101 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Aug 12, 2022
17155313 RAPID PLAY POKER GAMING DEVICE RENWICK, REGINALD A 3715 §101 Final Rejection 41d Pending Jan 22, 2021

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