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Portfolio Summary

65

Total Pending OAs

44

Non-Final OAs

20

Final Rejections

1

Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 64 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

40

Overdue

3

Due this week

8

Due this month

8

Due in next 60 days

5

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. 64 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

Overdue (40)Due ≤ 7 days (3)Due ≤ 30 days (8)Due ≤ 60 days (8)Due later (5)

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.

1

Hard (2%)

52

Medium (80%)

12

Easy (18%)

0

Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

Bucket	Cases
§101 only	1 (2%)
§103 only	45 (69%)
§102 only	7 (11%)
§112 only	12 (18%)

Industry Mix

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

7

Life Sciences

11% of docket

3

Information Tech

5% of docket

2

Communications

3% of docket

18

Semiconductors

28% of docket

35

Mechanical / Eng

54% 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.

650 h

Manual time on pending OAs

130 h

Time saved (low, 20%)

227 h

Time saved (mid, 35%)

5.7 wks

FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

Examiner	Apps on this docket	Allow rate	Interview lift
WAITS, ALAN B	7	68.8%	+29.8%
PILKINGTON, JAMES	6	70.1%	+35.7%
NGUYEN, AIMEE TRAN	5	79.7%	+16.0%
JOHNSON, PHILLIP A	3	81.5%	+12.8%
PANG, ROGER L	2	89.6%	+6.6%
VO, ETHAN NGUYEN	2	69.8%	+16.2%
KAHN, RACHEL	2	27.6%	+15.9%
FLORES, JUAN G	1	79.2%	+14.7%
PATEL, VISHAL A	1	58.9%	+21.9%
KNIGHT, DEREK DOUGLAS	1	84.9%	+3.2%

Quick Wins (6)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #	Title	Examiner	Due in
18843776	PLANETARY GEAR UNIT	PANG, ROGER L	111d overdue
19110967	PLANET-CARRIER	PANG, ROGER L	70d overdue
18881942	PLANET CARRIER	KNIGHT, DEREK DOUGLAS	31d overdue
18791672	BEARING SYSTEM COMPRISING A DEVICE FOR INTRODUCING AN INERT GAS IN THE BEARING CHAMBER	JOHNSON, PHILLIP A	23d overdue
18905234	BEARING DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED MACHINE	JOHNSON, PHILLIP A	9d
18924386	OPTIMIZED BALL BEARING WITH FEATURES FOR MASS REDUCTION AND IMPROVED LUBRICATION	JOHNSON, PHILLIP A	63d

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 #	Title	Examiner	Due in
16822314	IMIDE COMPOSITION AND PRESERVATIVE COMPOSITION COMPRISING THE IMIDE COMPOSITION	KAHN, RACHEL	147d overdue
18215962	IMIDE COMPOSITION AND PRESERVATIVE COMPOSITION COMPRISING THE IMIDE COMPOSITION	KAHN, RACHEL	74d overdue
18357254	METHOD FOR DECIMATING SAMPLES BY A FLOAT NUMBER AND ASSOCIATED DEVICE, SENSOR, AND MACHINE	PEREZ BERMUDEZ, YARITZA H	56d

Interview Candidates (27)

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 #	Title	Examiner	Due in
16822314	IMIDE COMPOSITION AND PRESERVATIVE COMPOSITION COMPRISING THE IMIDE COMPOSITION	KAHN, RACHEL	147d overdue
18514453	BEARING-ASSEMBLY COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SUCH A BEARING-ASSEMBLY COMPONENT	PILKINGTON, JAMES	114d overdue
18215962	IMIDE COMPOSITION AND PRESERVATIVE COMPOSITION COMPRISING THE IMIDE COMPOSITION	KAHN, RACHEL	74d overdue
18607710	GROUNDING BRUSH ASSEMBLY	VO, ETHAN NGUYEN	50d overdue
19058443	RADIAL SHAFT SEALING RING	PATEL, VISHAL A	43d overdue
18901136	DEEP GROOVE BALL BEARING	WAITS, ALAN B	43d overdue
18318166	SUPER-PRECISION ROLLING BEARING FOR HIGH-SPEED APPLICATIONS AND HIGH CONTACT PRESSURES, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD	WAITS, ALAN B	43d overdue
18924350	OPTIMIZED BALL BEARING WITH FEATURES FOR IMPROVED LUBRICATION	PILKINGTON, JAMES	42d overdue

Top Art Units

Art Unit	Apps
3617	22
2834	5
2855	5
2857	5
3655	3
3675	2
3618	2
1766	2
3745	1
1717	1

Pending Office Actions

App #	Title	Examiner	Art Unit	Statutes	Status	Due in	AI	Filed
19278820	SPHERICAL ROLLER BEARING	FLORES, JUAN G	3745	§112	Non-Final OA	75d	Pending	Jul 24, 2025
19110967	PLANET-CARRIER	PANG, ROGER L	3655	§103	Non-Final OA	70d overdue	Pending	Mar 12, 2025
19058443	RADIAL SHAFT SEALING RING	PATEL, VISHAL A	3675	§103	Non-Final OA	43d overdue	Pending	Feb 20, 2025
18881942	PLANET CARRIER	KNIGHT, DEREK DOUGLAS	3655	§103	Non-Final OA	31d overdue	Pending	Jan 07, 2025
18874616	PILLOW BLOCK ASSEMBLY	PILKINGTON, JAMES	3617	§112	Non-Final OA	8d overdue	Pending	Dec 13, 2024
18942957	Hybrid Cage and Its Applications	WAITS, ALAN B	3617	§103	Non-Final OA	22d overdue	Pending	Nov 11, 2024
18924386	OPTIMIZED BALL BEARING WITH FEATURES FOR MASS REDUCTION AND IMPROVED LUBRICATION	JOHNSON, PHILLIP A	3617	§112	Non-Final OA	63d	Pending	Oct 23, 2024
18924350	OPTIMIZED BALL BEARING WITH FEATURES FOR IMPROVED LUBRICATION	PILKINGTON, JAMES	3617	§102	Non-Final OA	42d overdue	Pending	Oct 23, 2024
18905234	BEARING DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED MACHINE	JOHNSON, PHILLIP A	3617	§112	Non-Final OA	9d	Pending	Oct 03, 2024
18901136	DEEP GROOVE BALL BEARING	WAITS, ALAN B	3617	§103	Non-Final OA	43d overdue	Pending	Sep 30, 2024
18843776	PLANETARY GEAR UNIT	PANG, ROGER L	3655	§103	Final Rejection	111d overdue	Pending	Sep 04, 2024
18810702	APPARATUS FOR BLACK OXIDE FINISHING	PENCE, JETHRO M	1717	§103	Non-Final OA	28d overdue	Pending	Aug 21, 2024
18808999	METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE STATUS OF GREASE CONTAINING PARTICLES BY IMAGE RECOGNITION	COOK, JONATHON	2877	§103	Non-Final OA	46d overdue	Pending	Aug 19, 2024
18791672	BEARING SYSTEM COMPRISING A DEVICE FOR INTRODUCING AN INERT GAS IN THE BEARING CHAMBER	JOHNSON, PHILLIP A	3617	§103	Non-Final OA	23d overdue	Pending	Aug 01, 2024
18780929	ROLLER BEARING CAGE	PILKINGTON, JAMES	3617	§112	Final Rejection	63d	Pending	Jul 23, 2024
18768422	WHEEL HUB UNIT	WAITS, ALAN B	3617	§103	Non-Final OA	6d	Pending	Jul 10, 2024
18754361	CARBON NANOPARTICLE COMPOSITION MATERIAL AND BEARING COATED THEREWITH	OLADAPO, TAIWO	1771	§112	Final Rejection	34d	Pending	Jun 26, 2024
18746150	PINION BEARING UNIT	ELAHMADI, ZAKARIA	3618	§103	Non-Final OA	33d	Pending	Jun 18, 2024
18745057	GROUNDING BRUSH ASSEMBLY	PHAM, LEDA T	2834	§103	Non-Final OA	33d	Pending	Jun 17, 2024
18742566	GROUNDING BRUSH ASSEMBLY	TRUONG, THOMAS	2834	§103	Non-Final OA	70d	Pending	Jun 13, 2024
18716984	AN INNER RING FOR A SELF-ALIGNING ROLLER BEARING	NGUYEN, AIMEE TRAN	3617	§103	Final Rejection	—	Pending	Jun 06, 2024
18670816	HIGH FLEXIBILITY SEALING DEVICE, IN PARTICULAR FOR HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES	KONERU, LAKSHMI S	3675	§103	Final Rejection	41d	Pending	May 22, 2024
18654139	CAGE FOR ROLLING ELEMENTS OF HIGH-SPEED BEARING AND HIGH-SPEED BEARING	NGUYEN, AIMEE TRAN	3617	§103	Non-Final OA	11d overdue	Pending	May 03, 2024
18654083	BEARING UNIT FOR APPLICATIONS IN ADVERSE OPERATING CONDITIONS	PILKINGTON, JAMES	3617	§112	Non-Final OA	15d	Pending	May 03, 2024
18639074	SUSPENSION BEARING UNIT	WAITS, ALAN B	3617	§103	Final Rejection	8d	Pending	Apr 18, 2024
18633603	HEALTH DIAGNOSIS METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MOTOR BEARINGS OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE	KERRIGAN, MICHAEL V	3664	§103	Non-Final OA	128d overdue	Pending	Apr 12, 2024
18695081	GEAR ARRANGEMENT	RUSHING, JR, BOBBY	3618	§103	Final Rejection	38d overdue	Pending	Mar 25, 2024
18607710	GROUNDING BRUSH ASSEMBLY	VO, ETHAN NGUYEN	2834	§103	Non-Final OA	50d overdue	Pending	Mar 18, 2024
18607776	LOW WEIGHT FLANGED INNER RING OF A WHEEL HUB UNIT	ROGERS, ADAM D	3617	§103	Non-Final OA	15d overdue	Pending	Mar 18, 2024
18599303	METHOD FOR MEASURING OIL VISCOSITY AND VISCOSITY TESTING KIT FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD	PHAN, TRUONG D	2855	§103	Non-Final OA	15d	Pending	Mar 08, 2024
18589984	Grounding Brush Assembly	VO, ETHAN NGUYEN	2834	§103	Final Rejection	9d overdue	Pending	Feb 28, 2024
18589874	GROUNDING BRUSH ASSEMBLY	SETZER, NICHOLAS LEE	2834	§112	Final Rejection	8d overdue	Pending	Feb 28, 2024
18443527	SUPPORT ASSEMBLY	PILKINGTON, JAMES	3617	§103	Final Rejection	68d	Pending	Feb 16, 2024
18438852	METHOD FOR DETERMINING MICROSTRUCTURAL DETERIORATION AND REMAINING LIFE OF A HARDENED METAL COMPONENT	KEFAYATI, SOORENA	2884	§102	Non-Final OA	5d	Pending	Feb 12, 2024
18681647	AUTOMATIC DETECTION METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING SUBSTANCE COMPOSITION IN VISCOUS MATERIAL	NIA, FATEMEH ESFANDIARI	2855	§103	Non-Final OA	5d overdue	Pending	Feb 06, 2024
18409888	METHOD AND EQUIPMENT FOR DETERMINING AN ESTIMATED LIFE AND REMAINING USEFUL LIFE OF A MECHANICAL DEVICE	SHABMAN, MARK A	2855	§103	Non-Final OA	72d overdue	Pending	Jan 11, 2024
18532615	ARC-SHAPED SEGMENT FOR ASSEMBLING A SEGMENTED CAGE, CAGE AND BEARING	WAITS, ALAN B	3617	§103	Final Rejection	28d	Pending	Dec 07, 2023
18530814	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING PARTICLE CONTENT IN A FLUID, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM	HERNANDEZ, ALEJANDRO	2661	§103	Non-Final OA	73d overdue	Pending	Dec 06, 2023
18527486	METHOD FOR CONNECTING A WIRELESS SENSOR TO A GATEWAY AND ASSOCIATED NETWORK	KELLER, MICHAEL A	2446	§103	Non-Final OA	71d overdue	Pending	Dec 04, 2023
18513904	METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FAULT DIAGNOSIS OF A SLIDING BEARING IN ROTATING MACHINERY	SUN, XIUQIN	2857	§102	Non-Final OA	14d	Pending	Nov 20, 2023
18514453	BEARING-ASSEMBLY COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SUCH A BEARING-ASSEMBLY COMPONENT	PILKINGTON, JAMES	3617	§103	Non-Final OA	114d overdue	Pending	Nov 20, 2023
18508330	CONTROL METHOD FOR CASTING MACHINE, CONTROL SYSTEM FOR CASTING MACHINE AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM	SIDDIQUEE, TAMEEM	2116	§103	Non-Final OA	36d overdue	Pending	Nov 14, 2023
18559808	METHOD & COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT	LIANG, ANTHONY M	1734	§103	Non-Final OA	26d overdue	Pending	Nov 09, 2023
18559828	A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A SENSORIZED BEARING RING	COOK, KYLE A	3726	§103	Final Rejection	38d overdue	Pending	Nov 09, 2023
18505517	ROTATING EQUIPMENT MONITORING DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR OPERATING A ROTATING EQUIPMENT MONITORING DEVICE	MCCORMACK, THOMAS S	2686	§103	Non-Final OA	41d	Pending	Nov 09, 2023
18501574	METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING ONE OR MORE ANOMALIES AMONGST PEERS	CHARIOUI, MOHAMED	2857	§103	Non-Final OA	9d	Pending	Nov 03, 2023
18385459	MODULAR SUPPORT ASSEMBLY	NGUYEN, AIMEE TRAN	3617	§103	Non-Final OA	5d	Pending	Oct 31, 2023
18483867	BEARING ASSEMBLY	NGUYEN, AIMEE TRAN	3617	§112	Final Rejection	16d overdue	Pending	Oct 10, 2023
18475716	CONDITION MONITORING DEVICE FOR A ROTATING MACHINE LINKED TO AN EXTERNAL POWER SUPPLY	TSO, STANLEY	2847	§103	Non-Final OA	33d	Pending	Sep 27, 2023
18244930	Sealing Structure for a Bearing Unit	NGUYEN, AIMEE TRAN	3617	§102	Non-Final OA	9d overdue	Pending	Sep 12, 2023
18455773	SENSOR MODULE FOR DETECTING A VIBRATIONAL BEHAVIOR OF A COMPONENT	YOUNG, MONICA S	2855	§103	Final Rejection	163d overdue	Pending	Aug 25, 2023
18274576	BEARING COMPONENT	WANG, XIAOBEI	1784	§102	Non-Final OA	42d overdue	Pending	Jul 27, 2023
18358116	SENSOR AND METHOD FOR COMMISSIONING SUCH A SENSOR	SOTO, JANICE M	2855	§103	Non-Final OA	45d overdue	Pending	Jul 25, 2023
18357254	METHOD FOR DECIMATING SAMPLES BY A FLOAT NUMBER AND ASSOCIATED DEVICE, SENSOR, AND MACHINE	PEREZ BERMUDEZ, YARITZA H	2857	§101	Final Rejection	56d	Pending	Jul 24, 2023
18215962	IMIDE COMPOSITION AND PRESERVATIVE COMPOSITION COMPRISING THE IMIDE COMPOSITION	KAHN, RACHEL	1766	§112	Non-Final OA	74d overdue	Pending	Jun 29, 2023
18216262	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR APPLYING A PROTECTIVE COATING TO A WHEEL HUB UNIT	FLETCHER III, WILLIAM P	1759	§103	Non-Final OA	17d overdue	Pending	Jun 29, 2023
18318166	SUPER-PRECISION ROLLING BEARING FOR HIGH-SPEED APPLICATIONS AND HIGH CONTACT PRESSURES, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD	WAITS, ALAN B	3617	§103	Non-Final OA	43d overdue	Pending	May 16, 2023
18127084	TAPERED ROLLER BEARING AND DIFFERENTIAL GEAR WITH A TAPERED ROLLER BEARING	WAITS, ALAN B	3617	§103	Final Rejection	38d overdue	Pending	Mar 28, 2023
18117607	WORKPIECE HOLDING DEVICE	VITALE, MICHAEL J	3722	§112	Non-Final OA	3d overdue	Pending	Mar 06, 2023
17988952	CARRY BOX WITH INTEGRATED INDUCTION HEATER FOR ANNULAR BEARING COMPONENT COMPRISING A TOP BOX	DANG, KET D	3761	§103	Final Rejection	41d	Pending	Nov 17, 2022
17986268	METHOD, SYSTEM AND MEDIUM FOR PAPERMAKING QUALITY EVALUATION	BECKER, BRANDON J	2857	§102	Final Rejection	91d overdue	Pending	Nov 14, 2022
17986216	METHOD, SYSTEM AND MEDIUM FOR LUBRICATION ASSESSMENT	KUAN, JOHN CHUNYANG	2857	§103	Non-Final OA	42d overdue	Pending	Nov 14, 2022
17971952	TRIPOD JOINT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD	BINDA, GREGORY JOHN	3679	§102	Final Rejection	22d overdue	Pending	Oct 24, 2022
17497243	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED DETECTION AND PREDICTION OF MACHINE FAILURES USING ONLINE MACHINE LEARNING	ABOU EL SEOUD, MOHAMED	2148	§103	Non-Final OA	13d	Pending	Oct 08, 2021
16822314	IMIDE COMPOSITION AND PRESERVATIVE COMPOSITION COMPRISING THE IMIDE COMPOSITION	KAHN, RACHEL	1766	§112	Final Rejection	147d overdue	Pending	Mar 18, 2020

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