Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Apeel Technology, Inc.

8 pending office actions • 7 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

7
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
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. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (7)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.

2
Hard (25%)
4
Medium (50%)
0
Easy (0%)
2
Unknown (25%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (25%)
§103 only4 (50%)
No statute on record2 (25%)

Industry Mix

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

8
Life Sciences
100% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MCCLAIN, TYNESHA L. 1 15.6% +24.8%
ISNOR, ALEXANDRA NICOLE 1 35.3% +68.8%
DIOU BERDECIA, LUIS EUGENIO 1 49.1% +13.5%
SWEENEY, MAURA ELIZABETH 1 2.2% -2.8%
LI, CHANGQING 1 30.0% +34.0%
SANFORD, DIANA PATRICIA 1 83.3% +25.0%
PLAYER, ROBERT AUSTIN 1 16.7% +90.9%
LIU, SUE XU 1 20.6% +15.4%

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17272133 COMPOUNDS AND FORMULATIONS FOR PROTECTIVE COATINGS LIU, SUE XU 126d overdue
17941745 COMPOUNDS AND FORMULATIONS FOR PROTECTIVE COATINGS SWEENEY, MAURA ELIZABETH 73d overdue
18481776 PLANT EXTRACT COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF PREPARATION THEREOF MCCLAIN, TYNESHA L. 50d overdue
17519813 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRE-HARVEST DETECTION OF LATENT INFECTION IN PLANTS PLAYER, ROBERT AUSTIN 30d overdue
17696197 SYSTEM USING MACHINE LEARNING MODEL TO DETERMINE FOOD ITEM RIPENESS SANFORD, DIANA PATRICIA 65d

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17272133 COMPOUNDS AND FORMULATIONS FOR PROTECTIVE COATINGS LIU, SUE XU 126d overdue
17709048 EDIBLE BARRIER FILM COMPOSITION LI, CHANGQING 125d overdue
18124540 GAS PHASE TREATMENT OF PRODUCE DIOU BERDECIA, LUIS EUGENIO 110d overdue
18481776 PLANT EXTRACT COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF PREPARATION THEREOF MCCLAIN, TYNESHA L. 50d overdue
18239565 COATING COMPOSITIONS INCLUDING CO-SURFACTANTS ISNOR, ALEXANDRA NICOLE 45d overdue
17519813 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRE-HARVEST DETECTION OF LATENT INFECTION IN PLANTS PLAYER, ROBERT AUSTIN 30d overdue
17696197 SYSTEM USING MACHINE LEARNING MODEL TO DETERMINE FOOD ITEM RIPENESS SANFORD, DIANA PATRICIA 65d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1791 2
1793 1
1611 1
1792 1
1687 1
1686 1
1616 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18481776 PLANT EXTRACT COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF PREPARATION THEREOF MCCLAIN, TYNESHA L. 1793 §101 Non-Final OA 50d overdue Pending Oct 05, 2023
18239565 COATING COMPOSITIONS INCLUDING CO-SURFACTANTS ISNOR, ALEXANDRA NICOLE 1611 Other Non-Final OA 45d overdue Pending Aug 29, 2023
18124540 GAS PHASE TREATMENT OF PRODUCE DIOU BERDECIA, LUIS EUGENIO 1792 §103 Non-Final OA 110d overdue Pending Mar 21, 2023
17941745 COMPOUNDS AND FORMULATIONS FOR PROTECTIVE COATINGS SWEENEY, MAURA ELIZABETH 1791 §103 Non-Final OA 73d overdue Pending Sep 09, 2022
17709048 EDIBLE BARRIER FILM COMPOSITION LI, CHANGQING 1791 §103 Final Rejection 125d overdue Pending Mar 30, 2022
17696197 SYSTEM USING MACHINE LEARNING MODEL TO DETERMINE FOOD ITEM RIPENESS SANFORD, DIANA PATRICIA 1687 §101 Non-Final OA 65d Pending Mar 16, 2022
17519813 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRE-HARVEST DETECTION OF LATENT INFECTION IN PLANTS PLAYER, ROBERT AUSTIN 1686 Other Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Nov 05, 2021
17272133 COMPOUNDS AND FORMULATIONS FOR PROTECTIVE COATINGS LIU, SUE XU 1616 §103 Final Rejection 126d overdue Pending Feb 26, 2021

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