Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Brent Sheldon

4 pending office actions • 0 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Brent Sheldon is currently managing 4 pending office actions. These actions are distributed among 3 distinct examiners, showing some concentration of workload. BEATTY, COLLIN X is the busiest examiner for the company, holding 2 pending office actions.

The portfolio lists 0 distinct art units. With 4 pending office actions and 3 distinct examiners, the prosecution is spread across a small group of individuals, with BEATTY, COLLIN X handling half of the total pending actions.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

4
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

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.

4
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (100%)

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
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
4
Business / Other
100% 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.

40 h
Manual time on pending OAs
8 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
14 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BEATTY, COLLIN X 2 82.1% +14.2%
NIGAM, NATASHA 1 58.1% +31.8%
ABDUR, RAHMAN 1 74.0% +17.8%

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18950537 FLEXIBLE BRIDGE ASSEMBLY FOR RIMLESS EYEWEAR NIGAM, NATASHA —
18950540 FLEXIBLE EYEWEAR ASSEMBLY BEATTY, COLLIN X —
18950245 FLEXIBLE EYEWEAR WITH FLEXIBLE PAINT ABDUR, RAHMAN —
18950542 FLEXIBLE BRIDGE ASSEMBLY FOR EYEWEAR AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING FLEXIBLE EYEWEAR BEATTY, COLLIN X —

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18950537 FLEXIBLE BRIDGE ASSEMBLY FOR RIMLESS EYEWEAR NIGAM, NATASHA —
18950540 FLEXIBLE EYEWEAR ASSEMBLY BEATTY, COLLIN X —
18950245 FLEXIBLE EYEWEAR WITH FLEXIBLE PAINT ABDUR, RAHMAN —
18950542 FLEXIBLE BRIDGE ASSEMBLY FOR EYEWEAR AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING FLEXIBLE EYEWEAR BEATTY, COLLIN X —

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18950537 FLEXIBLE BRIDGE ASSEMBLY FOR RIMLESS EYEWEAR NIGAM, NATASHA — §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 18, 2024
18950540 FLEXIBLE EYEWEAR ASSEMBLY BEATTY, COLLIN X — §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 18, 2024
18950245 FLEXIBLE EYEWEAR WITH FLEXIBLE PAINT ABDUR, RAHMAN — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 18, 2024
18950542 FLEXIBLE BRIDGE ASSEMBLY FOR EYEWEAR AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING FLEXIBLE EYEWEAR BEATTY, COLLIN X — §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 18, 2024

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