Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 12, 2026

G D S P A

5 pending office actions • 4 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 15 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)

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 (40%)
2
Medium (40%)
1
Easy (20%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (40%)
§112 only1 (20%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (40%)

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
1
Communications
20% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
60% of docket
1
Business / Other
20% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
OH, HARRY Y 1 85.1% +17.0%
TILL, TERRENCE R 1 81.0% +34.2%
RUSHING, MARK S 1 76.7% +24.3%
KINSAUL, ANNA KATHRYN 1 43.0% +56.3%
TAWFIK, SAMEH 1 63.0% +31.1%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18789161 FILLING UNIT FOR FILLING A SUCCESSION OF TUBULAR WRAPPERS OF THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY TILL, TERRENCE R 181d overdue

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18006565 CONTROL METHOD IN A PRODUCTION PROCESS FOR ARTICLES AND A PRODUCTION APPARATUS FOR ARTICLES OPERATING ACCORDING TO THIS METHOD KINSAUL, ANNA KATHRYN 8d overdue
19126071 PROCESS FOR THE AUTOMATED HANDLING OF PRODUCTS WITHIN A PLANT OH, HARRY Y

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18789161 FILLING UNIT FOR FILLING A SUCCESSION OF TUBULAR WRAPPERS OF THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY TILL, TERRENCE R 181d overdue
18718594 A PRODUCT- OR CONTAINER-INLET STATION FOR AN OPERATING MACHINE RUSHING, MARK S 24d overdue
18006565 CONTROL METHOD IN A PRODUCTION PROCESS FOR ARTICLES AND A PRODUCTION APPARATUS FOR ARTICLES OPERATING ACCORDING TO THIS METHOD KINSAUL, ANNA KATHRYN 8d overdue
19126071 PROCESS FOR THE AUTOMATED HANDLING OF PRODUCTS WITHIN A PLANT OH, HARRY Y
17798140 A MACHINE AND METHOD FOR MAKING A CONTINUOUS TUBULAR ELEMENT WITH FILLING HAVING A SPACER AND/OR FILTER FUNCTION TAWFIK, SAMEH

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3731 2
3657 1
3993 1
2689 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19126071 PROCESS FOR THE AUTOMATED HANDLING OF PRODUCTS WITHIN A PLANT OH, HARRY Y 3657 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 30, 2025
18789161 FILLING UNIT FOR FILLING A SUCCESSION OF TUBULAR WRAPPERS OF THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY TILL, TERRENCE R 3993 §112 Non-Final OA 181d overdue Pending Jul 30, 2024
18718594 A PRODUCT- OR CONTAINER-INLET STATION FOR AN OPERATING MACHINE RUSHING, MARK S 2689 §103 Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending Jun 11, 2024
18006565 CONTROL METHOD IN A PRODUCTION PROCESS FOR ARTICLES AND A PRODUCTION APPARATUS FOR ARTICLES OPERATING ACCORDING TO THIS METHOD KINSAUL, ANNA KATHRYN 3731 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Jan 23, 2023
17798140 A MACHINE AND METHOD FOR MAKING A CONTINUOUS TUBULAR ELEMENT WITH FILLING HAVING A SPACER AND/OR FILTER FUNCTION TAWFIK, SAMEH 3731 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 08, 2022

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