Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Leer Group

9 pending office actions • 4 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

6
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. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (6)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.

0
Hard (0%)
7
Medium (78%)
2
Easy (22%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (33%)
§102 only4 (44%)
§112 only2 (22%)

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
9
Mechanical / Eng
100% 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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ESQUIVEL, DENISE LYNNE 3 87.0% +8.5%
BEMKO, TARAS P 2 84.7% +19.4%
LUGO, CARLOS 1 74.7% +14.0%
ACOSTA, ERIC LAZARUS 1 87.6% +7.4%
ADAMS, PHILIP CHARLES 1 67.5% -6.3%
BLANKENSHIP, GREGORY A 1 85.3% +3.0%

Quick Wins (7)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18339528 Tonneau Cover Features II ESQUIVEL, DENISE LYNNE 91d overdue
18381286 Adjustable Bedslide Deck ESQUIVEL, DENISE LYNNE 71d overdue
18418716 Bedslide No Drill Mounting Bracket BEMKO, TARAS P 18d 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
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
18418716 Bedslide No Drill Mounting Bracket BEMKO, TARAS P 18d overdue
18392974 Short Offset Deck Bedslide Assembly BEMKO, TARAS P 18d overdue
18956132 Touch Release Handle LUGO, CARLOS 29d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3612 5
3672 2
3675 1
3644 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18956132 Touch Release Handle LUGO, CARLOS 3675 §112 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Nov 22, 2024
18636815 Truck Bed Corner Reinforcement ACOSTA, ERIC LAZARUS 3644 §102 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Apr 16, 2024
18418716 Bedslide No Drill Mounting Bracket BEMKO, TARAS P 3672 §112 Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending Jan 22, 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
18382753 Low Profile Bedslide Load Bar Assembly ADAMS, PHILIP CHARLES 3612 §103 Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Oct 23, 2023
18381286 Adjustable Bedslide Deck ESQUIVEL, DENISE LYNNE 3612 §103 Non-Final OA 71d overdue Pending Oct 18, 2023
18339528 Tonneau Cover Features II ESQUIVEL, DENISE LYNNE 3612 §102 Non-Final OA 91d overdue Pending Jun 22, 2023
18096966 Accessory Track Deck Assembly BLANKENSHIP, GREGORY A 3612 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 13, 2023

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