Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Hm Clause Inc.

5 pending office actions • 2 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
1
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (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.

1
Hard (20%)
0
Medium (0%)
4
Easy (80%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (20%)
§112 only4 (80%)

Industry Mix

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

5
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.

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
MEADOWS, CHRISTINA L 1 75.0% +25.0%
SULLIVAN, BRIAN JAMES 1 80.5% +9.7%
ZHENG, LI 1 83.7% +13.3%
FAN, WEIHUA 1 83.0% +13.0%
KUBELIK, ANNE R 1 76.2% -1.1%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18650300 BEAN PLANT NAMED HMC019396 FAN, WEIHUA 7d
18651021 BEAN PLANT NAMED HMC019108 ZHENG, LI 16d
18650227 BEAN PLANT NAMED HMC019545 SULLIVAN, BRIAN JAMES 42d

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
18594676 HYBRID SWEET CORN PLANT NAMED AIRLIE KUBELIK, ANNE R 60d overdue

Interview Candidates (3)

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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18799465 HYBRID TOMATILLO PLANT NAMED BOTERO MEADOWS, CHRISTINA L 2d overdue
18650300 BEAN PLANT NAMED HMC019396 FAN, WEIHUA 7d
18651021 BEAN PLANT NAMED HMC019108 ZHENG, LI 16d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1663 4
1662 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18799465 HYBRID TOMATILLO PLANT NAMED BOTERO MEADOWS, CHRISTINA L 1663 §112 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Aug 09, 2024
18650227 BEAN PLANT NAMED HMC019545 SULLIVAN, BRIAN JAMES 1663 §112 Final Rejection 42d Pending Apr 30, 2024
18651021 BEAN PLANT NAMED HMC019108 ZHENG, LI 1662 §112 Non-Final OA 16d Pending Apr 30, 2024
18650300 BEAN PLANT NAMED HMC019396 FAN, WEIHUA 1663 §112 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Apr 30, 2024
18594676 HYBRID SWEET CORN PLANT NAMED AIRLIE KUBELIK, ANNE R 1663 §101 Non-Final OA 60d overdue Pending Mar 04, 2024

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