Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

N2B Limited

17 pending office actions • 2 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 17 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

17
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
11
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 17 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

15
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. 17 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (15)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%)
11
Medium (65%)
0
Easy (0%)
6
Unknown (35%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only11 (65%)
No statute on record6 (35%)

Industry Mix

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

17
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.

170 h
Manual time on pending OAs
34 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
59 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MULLEN, MICHAEL PATRICK 6 59.1% +47.4%
DEZENDORF, MORGAN FAITH 3 27.3% +58.3%
DELACRUZ, MADELEINE PAULINA 2 64.3% +39.7%
SZUMIGALSKI, NICOLE ASHLEY 2 57.5% +22.8%
KRINKER, YANA B 2 57.9% +33.5%
BIEGER, VIRGINIA RUTH 1 40.0% +22.4%
YAARY, ERIC 1 73.9% +2.6%

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18312061 SMOKING CAPSULE WITH NON-UNIFORM METALLIC FOIL DEZENDORF, MORGAN FAITH 70d overdue
18312070 SMOKING CAPSULE WITH TREATED METALLIC FOIL DEZENDORF, MORGAN FAITH 70d overdue
18307534 SMOKING CAPSULE WITH EMBEDDED HEATING ELEMENT DEZENDORF, MORGAN FAITH 70d overdue

Interview Candidates (16)

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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18314321 SMOKING DEVICE WITH NON-CYLINDRICAL HEATING HOUSING MULLEN, MICHAEL PATRICK 163d overdue
18315068 SMOKING DEVICE WITH PRESSURIZED CONTACT MECHANISM MULLEN, MICHAEL PATRICK 147d overdue
18303636 NON-CYLINDRICAL ELONGATE SMOKING CAPSULE MULLEN, MICHAEL PATRICK 113d overdue
18303623 COLLAPSE-PREVENTION ELEMENT FOR SMOKING CAPSULE MULLEN, MICHAEL PATRICK 103d overdue
18314269 SMOKING DEVICE WITH PUFF SENSING DELACRUZ, MADELEINE PAULINA 78d overdue
18312061 SMOKING CAPSULE WITH NON-UNIFORM METALLIC FOIL DEZENDORF, MORGAN FAITH 70d overdue
18312070 SMOKING CAPSULE WITH TREATED METALLIC FOIL DEZENDORF, MORGAN FAITH 70d overdue
18307534 SMOKING CAPSULE WITH EMBEDDED HEATING ELEMENT DEZENDORF, MORGAN FAITH 70d overdue

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1755 11
1747 6

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18315068 SMOKING DEVICE WITH PRESSURIZED CONTACT MECHANISM MULLEN, MICHAEL PATRICK 1747 §103 Non-Final OA 147d overdue Pending May 10, 2023
18315063 SMOKING DEVICE WITH MOVEABLE ELECTRODES DELACRUZ, MADELEINE PAULINA 1755 Other Non-Final OA 60d overdue Pending May 10, 2023
18315059 SMOKING DEVICE WITH AXIAL HEATING AND AIRFLOW MULLEN, MICHAEL PATRICK 1747 §103 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending May 10, 2023
18314269 SMOKING DEVICE WITH PUFF SENSING DELACRUZ, MADELEINE PAULINA 1755 §103 Non-Final OA 78d overdue Pending May 09, 2023
18314274 SMOKING DEVICE WITH TWO HEATING MODES MULLEN, MICHAEL PATRICK 1747 §103 Final Rejection 50d overdue Pending May 09, 2023
18314321 SMOKING DEVICE WITH NON-CYLINDRICAL HEATING HOUSING MULLEN, MICHAEL PATRICK 1747 Other Non-Final OA 163d overdue Pending May 09, 2023
18312066 SMOKING CAPSULE WITH INSULATING MATERIAL SZUMIGALSKI, NICOLE ASHLEY 1755 §103 Final Rejection 52d overdue Pending May 04, 2023
18312061 SMOKING CAPSULE WITH NON-UNIFORM METALLIC FOIL DEZENDORF, MORGAN FAITH 1755 Other Final Rejection 70d overdue Pending May 04, 2023
18312063 SMOKING CAPSULE WITH INNER LINING BIEGER, VIRGINIA RUTH 1755 §103 Non-Final OA 35d overdue Pending May 04, 2023
18312070 SMOKING CAPSULE WITH TREATED METALLIC FOIL DEZENDORF, MORGAN FAITH 1755 §103 Final Rejection 70d overdue Pending May 04, 2023
18308162 SMOKING CAPSULE WITH NON-UNIFORM HEATING PROFILE YAARY, ERIC 1755 §103 Final Rejection 79d overdue Pending Apr 27, 2023
18307534 SMOKING CAPSULE WITH EMBEDDED HEATING ELEMENT DEZENDORF, MORGAN FAITH 1755 Other Final Rejection 70d overdue Pending Apr 26, 2023
18307524 SMOKING CAPSULE WITH PAPER COVERING SZUMIGALSKI, NICOLE ASHLEY 1755 §103 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Apr 26, 2023
18303636 NON-CYLINDRICAL ELONGATE SMOKING CAPSULE MULLEN, MICHAEL PATRICK 1747 Other Non-Final OA 113d overdue Pending Apr 20, 2023
18303624 CYLINDRICAL COLLAPSE-PREVENTION ELEMENTS FOR SMOKING CAPSULE KRINKER, YANA B 1755 §103 Final Rejection 13d Pending Apr 20, 2023
18303633 SMOKING CAPSULE THAT PROVIDES METERED DOSE KRINKER, YANA B 1755 §103 Final Rejection 12d Pending Apr 20, 2023
18303623 COLLAPSE-PREVENTION ELEMENT FOR SMOKING CAPSULE MULLEN, MICHAEL PATRICK 1747 Other Final Rejection 103d overdue Pending Apr 20, 2023

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