Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Leer Group

8 pending office actions • 5 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
7
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.

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

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 30 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.

2
Hard (25%)
5
Medium (62%)
1
Easy (12%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (25%)
§102 only3 (38%)
§112 only1 (12%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (25%)

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
7
Mechanical / Eng
88% of docket
1
Business / Other
12% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BLANKENSHIP, GREGORY A 2 85.1% +3.4%
ESQUIVEL, DENISE LYNNE 2 85.2% +4.6%
LUGO, CARLOS 1 74.9% +14.0%
ACOSTA, ERIC LAZARUS 1 87.6% +7.8%
BEMKO, TARAS P 1 84.6% +19.3%
LEE, BRANDON SUNG EUN 1 65.0% +26.2%

Quick Wins (5)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18381286 Adjustable Bedslide Deck ESQUIVEL, DENISE LYNNE 71d overdue
18392974 Short Offset Deck Bedslide Assembly BEMKO, TARAS P 18d overdue
18411181 Accessory Mounting System ESQUIVEL, DENISE LYNNE 15d overdue
18636815 Truck Bed Corner Reinforcement ACOSTA, ERIC LAZARUS 15d
18925540 Contoured Truck Bed Bulkhead Panel and Bracket BLANKENSHIP, GREGORY A

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
18956132 Touch Release Handle LUGO, CARLOS 29d
18096966 Accessory Track Deck Assembly BLANKENSHIP, GREGORY A

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
18392974 Short Offset Deck Bedslide Assembly BEMKO, TARAS P 18d overdue
18956132 Touch Release Handle LUGO, CARLOS 29d
18483114 Low Voltage System Controller for a Truck LEE, BRANDON SUNG EUN

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3612 3
3675 1
3644 1
3672 1
3668 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18956132 Touch Release Handle LUGO, CARLOS 3675 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 29d Pending Nov 22, 2024
18925540 Contoured Truck Bed Bulkhead Panel and Bracket BLANKENSHIP, GREGORY A §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 24, 2024
18636815 Truck Bed Corner Reinforcement ACOSTA, ERIC LAZARUS 3644 §102 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Apr 16, 2024
18411181 Accessory Mounting System ESQUIVEL, DENISE LYNNE 3612 §102 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Jan 12, 2024
18392974 Short Offset Deck Bedslide Assembly BEMKO, TARAS P 3672 §102 Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending Dec 21, 2023
18381286 Adjustable Bedslide Deck ESQUIVEL, DENISE LYNNE 3612 §112 Final Rejection 71d overdue Pending Oct 18, 2023
18483114 Low Voltage System Controller for a Truck LEE, BRANDON SUNG EUN 3668 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 09, 2023
18096966 Accessory Track Deck Assembly BLANKENSHIP, GREGORY A 3612 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 13, 2023

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