Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Sdc U S Smilepay Spv

6 pending office actions • 4 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Portfolio Summary

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

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
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. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 30 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.

0
Hard (0%)
5
Medium (83%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (17%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only5 (83%)
No statute on record1 (17%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
17% of docket
2
Communications
33% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
50% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
WU, MING HAN 1 76.2% +24.2%
SAUNDERS, MATTHEW P 1 47.2% +38.0%
WEBB LYTTLE, ADRIENA JONIQUE 1 25.0% +100.0%
LEWIS, RALPH A 1 67.0% +23.4%
SARKAR, SHIVANGI 1
WHITE, JAY MICHAEL 1 22.2% +100.0%

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
18710822 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A TREATMENT PLAN FOR ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT WEBB LYTTLE, ADRIENA JONIQUE 80d overdue
17882201 TOOTH MOVEMENT CONTROL BASED ON SURFACE ENGAGEMENT WHITE, JAY MICHAEL 71d overdue

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18355254 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING AN INTERACTIVE VISUALIZATION OF A TREATMENT PLAN LEWIS, RALPH A 86d overdue
18710822 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A TREATMENT PLAN FOR ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT WEBB LYTTLE, ADRIENA JONIQUE 80d overdue
17882201 TOOTH MOVEMENT CONTROL BASED ON SURFACE ENGAGEMENT WHITE, JAY MICHAEL 71d overdue
18674003 DENTAL IMPRESSION KIT AND METHODS THEREFOR SAUNDERS, MATTHEW P 49d overdue
18793273 THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING TOOLKIT WU, MING HAN 19d overdue

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3772 3
2618 1
2666 1
2188 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18793273 THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING TOOLKIT WU, MING HAN 2618 §103 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Aug 02, 2024
18674003 DENTAL IMPRESSION KIT AND METHODS THEREFOR SAUNDERS, MATTHEW P 3772 Other Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending May 24, 2024
18710822 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A TREATMENT PLAN FOR ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT WEBB LYTTLE, ADRIENA JONIQUE 3772 §103 Non-Final OA 80d overdue Pending May 16, 2024
18355254 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING AN INTERACTIVE VISUALIZATION OF A TREATMENT PLAN LEWIS, RALPH A 3772 §103 Non-Final OA 86d overdue Pending Jul 19, 2023
17882884 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED 3D TEETH POSITIONS LEARNED FROM 3D TEETH GEOMETRIES SARKAR, SHIVANGI 2666 §103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Aug 08, 2022
17882201 TOOTH MOVEMENT CONTROL BASED ON SURFACE ENGAGEMENT WHITE, JAY MICHAEL 2188 §103 Non-Final OA 71d overdue Pending Aug 05, 2022

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