Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

ELC Management LLC

24 pending office actions • 17 art units • 22 examiners • 0 of 24 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 43 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

24
Total Pending OAs
14
Non-Final OAs
10
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
2
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. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (2)

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 (50%)
12
Medium (50%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (4%)
§101 + other4 (17%)
§103 only12 (50%)
Multi-statute (no §101)7 (29%)

Industry Mix

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

7
Life Sciences
29% of docket
1
Information Tech
4% of docket
5
Communications
21% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
10
Mechanical / Eng
42% of docket
1
Business / Other
4% 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.

240 h
Manual time on pending OAs
48 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
84 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
FRENCH, CORRELL T 2 46.2% +33.5%
LIN, CHUN-NAN 2 87.2% +15.9%
PATTERSON, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER 1 50.0% +64.0%
ANTHOPOLOS, PETER 1 57.2% +59.0%
VAUGHN, ALEXANDER JOSEPH 1 78.6% +24.1%
TRUONG, KARL DUC 1 61.4% +31.8%
EGLOFF, PETER RICHARD 1 42.8% +32.7%
SEREBOFF, NEAL 1 28.2% +33.3%
ANSARI, AZAM A 1 47.4% +49.6%
COOLEY, CHARLES E 1 79.1% +15.0%

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
18758466 MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES FOR NAIL ENHANCMEENT SYSTEM LIN, CHUN-NAN
18758529 POWER SYSTEMS FOR NAIL ENHANCMENTS LIN, CHUN-NAN

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
18749096 Look Suggester System Utilizing Favorited, Saved, and Liked Photos and Videos to Recreate Flattering Looks Based on User's Unique Facial Features EGLOFF, PETER RICHARD 38d overdue
18740605 AI-Based Predictive Analysis Engine for Beauty Trends ANSARI, AZAM A 19d
17187883 Methods For Repairing Skin Using Nanofibers ISNOR, ALEXANDRA NICOLE 22d
18759288 Voice-Activated Beauty Tutorials Utilizing AI Voice Assistants and AR Capabilities FRENCH, CORRELL T 34d
18758945 AR Assisted Beauty Applicator Device FRENCH, CORRELL T 34d
18954626 COLOR-CHANGING LIPSTICK DEVICE AND METHODS OF USE PATTERSON, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER
18954915 Anhydrous Sunscreen Compositions With enhanced Ultraviolet Protection ANTHOPOLOS, PETER
18743404 PERSONALIZED CARE RECOMMENDATION USING GENETICS ANALYSIS SEREBOFF, NEAL

Interview Candidates (12)

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
18749096 Look Suggester System Utilizing Favorited, Saved, and Liked Photos and Videos to Recreate Flattering Looks Based on User's Unique Facial Features EGLOFF, PETER RICHARD 38d overdue
18740605 AI-Based Predictive Analysis Engine for Beauty Trends ANSARI, AZAM A 19d
18759288 Voice-Activated Beauty Tutorials Utilizing AI Voice Assistants and AR Capabilities FRENCH, CORRELL T 34d
18758945 AR Assisted Beauty Applicator Device FRENCH, CORRELL T 34d
18954626 COLOR-CHANGING LIPSTICK DEVICE AND METHODS OF USE PATTERSON, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER
18954915 Anhydrous Sunscreen Compositions With enhanced Ultraviolet Protection ANTHOPOLOS, PETER
18919023 SYSTEM FOR COSMETIC APPLICATION SKILL IMPROVEMENT VAUGHN, ALEXANDER JOSEPH
18917402 REAL-TIME AUGMENTED REALITY COSMETIC SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VIDEO CALLS TRUONG, KARL DUC

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3715 3
3754 2
1611 2
3772 2
1619 2
2675 1
2614 1
1788 1
2629 1
3683 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18954626 COLOR-CHANGING LIPSTICK DEVICE AND METHODS OF USE PATTERSON, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER 3754 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 21, 2024
18954915 Anhydrous Sunscreen Compositions With enhanced Ultraviolet Protection ANTHOPOLOS, PETER 1611 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 21, 2024
18919023 SYSTEM FOR COSMETIC APPLICATION SKILL IMPROVEMENT VAUGHN, ALEXANDER JOSEPH 2675 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 17, 2024
18917402 REAL-TIME AUGMENTED REALITY COSMETIC SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VIDEO CALLS TRUONG, KARL DUC 2614 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 16, 2024
18759288 Voice-Activated Beauty Tutorials Utilizing AI Voice Assistants and AR Capabilities FRENCH, CORRELL T 3715 §101§102§103Other Final Rejection 34d Pending Jun 28, 2024
18758466 MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES FOR NAIL ENHANCMEENT SYSTEM LIN, CHUN-NAN 1788 §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Jun 28, 2024
18758529 POWER SYSTEMS FOR NAIL ENHANCMENTS LIN, CHUN-NAN 2629 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 28, 2024
18758945 AR Assisted Beauty Applicator Device FRENCH, CORRELL T 3715 §102§103Other Final Rejection 34d Pending Jun 28, 2024
18749096 Look Suggester System Utilizing Favorited, Saved, and Liked Photos and Videos to Recreate Flattering Looks Based on User's Unique Facial Features EGLOFF, PETER RICHARD 3715 §101 Final Rejection 38d overdue Pending Jun 20, 2024
18743404 PERSONALIZED CARE RECOMMENDATION USING GENETICS ANALYSIS SEREBOFF, NEAL 3683 §101§102§103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 14, 2024
18740605 AI-Based Predictive Analysis Engine for Beauty Trends ANSARI, AZAM A 3621 §101§103 Final Rejection 19d Pending Jun 12, 2024
18705505 Actuator For A Dual Pump Dispensing System COOLEY, CHARLES E §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 26, 2024
18637076 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOCATION-BASED ACTIVATION AND/OR APPLICATION OF MAKEUP LOOKS WANG, ZHIPENG 2115 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 16, 2024
18622809 Cosmetic Application Drone System BUDISALICH, ANDREW STEVEN 2662 §103 Final Rejection 23d Pending Mar 29, 2024
18605065 Dispensing Mechanism for Cosmetic Product Container ANGWIN, DAVID PATRICK 3754 §103 Non-Final OA 45d overdue Pending Mar 14, 2024
18444512 CONTROLLING VIRTUAL APPEARANCES IN IMAGES THAT ARE CAPTURED AND PROVIDED BY IMAGE-CAPTURING DEVICES HARRISON, CHANTE E 2615 §103Other Non-Final OA 29d overdue Pending Feb 16, 2024
18535508 APPLICATOR SYSTEM FOR APPLYING A COSMETIC PRODUCT ROSEN, ERIC J 3772 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 11, 2023
18516663 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS WITH IMPROVED ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY RIVERA GONZALEZ, IVONNEMARY 1616 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 21, 2023
18492486 Hair Perming Compositions With Amine Derivatives ALAWADI, SARAH 1619 §103 Final Rejection 121d overdue Pending Oct 23, 2023
18139974 PARTIALLY TREATED COSMETIC PRODUCT APPLICATOR NOBREGA, TATIANA L 3799 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 27, 2023
17983055 Refillable Cosmetic Product WOODHOUSE, SARAH ANN 3772 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 08, 2022
17891103 SOFT-FOCUS COSMETICS COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING THE APPEARANCE OF SKIN IMPERFECTIONS WRIGHT, SARAH C 1619 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 18, 2022
17740274 Compositions and Methods For the Delivery of Agents CONIGLIO, AUDREA JUNE BUCKLEY 1617 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending May 09, 2022
17187883 Methods For Repairing Skin Using Nanofibers ISNOR, ALEXANDRA NICOLE 1611 §103§112 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Mar 01, 2021

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