Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Hi LLC

3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

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

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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 (33%)
2
Medium (67%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (33%)
§103 only1 (33%)
Double-patenting + other1 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
33% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
33% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
33% 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.

30 h
Manual time on pending OAs
6 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
10 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
FRITH, SEAN A 1 62.1% +27.0%
SETH, MANAV 1 90.7% +7.9%
VANNI, GEORGE STEVEN 1 67.2% +24.5%

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
18583020 Systems and Methods for Data Representation in an Optical Measurement System SETH, MANAV 8d overdue

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17178473 MODULATION OF MENTAL STATE OF A USER USING A NON-INVASIVE BRAIN INTERFACE SYSTEM AND METHOD VANNI, GEORGE STEVEN

Interview Candidates (2)

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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19399219 Instrument Response Function Monitor on an Optical Measurement Device FRITH, SEAN A
17178473 MODULATION OF MENTAL STATE OF A USER USING A NON-INVASIVE BRAIN INTERFACE SYSTEM AND METHOD VANNI, GEORGE STEVEN

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3798 1
2672 1
1686 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19399219 Instrument Response Function Monitor on an Optical Measurement Device FRITH, SEAN A 3798 §103DP Non-Final OA Pending Nov 24, 2025
18583020 Systems and Methods for Data Representation in an Optical Measurement System SETH, MANAV 2672 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Feb 21, 2024
17178473 MODULATION OF MENTAL STATE OF A USER USING A NON-INVASIVE BRAIN INTERFACE SYSTEM AND METHOD VANNI, GEORGE STEVEN 1686 §101§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Feb 18, 2021

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