Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Southern Mills Inc.

4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

4
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)

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%)
4
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (100%)

Industry Mix

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

4
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.

40 h
Manual time on pending OAs
8 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
14 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
JOHNSON, JENNA LEIGH 2 48.0% +18.8%
TAVARES-CROCKETT, ULA CORINNA 1 38.8% +24.2%
PIZIALI, ANDREW T 1 28.6% +27.8%

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
18140250 Thermally Stable Flame Resistant Fabrics Produced from Thermally Stable Yarn in Only One Fabric Direction and Garments Made from Same PIZIALI, ANDREW T 42d overdue

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18454339 Lightweight, Printable Flame Resistant Fabrics Suitable for Protective Clothing Worn in Hot and/or Humid Environments JOHNSON, JENNA LEIGH 96d overdue
18639495 FLAME RESISTANT NONWOVEN FABRICS AND COMPOSITES AND GARMENTS MADE WITH SAME TAVARES-CROCKETT, ULA CORINNA 81d overdue
18529680 FLAME RESISTANT FABRICS JOHNSON, JENNA LEIGH 73d overdue
18140250 Thermally Stable Flame Resistant Fabrics Produced from Thermally Stable Yarn in Only One Fabric Direction and Garments Made from Same PIZIALI, ANDREW T 42d overdue

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1789 3
1729 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18639495 FLAME RESISTANT NONWOVEN FABRICS AND COMPOSITES AND GARMENTS MADE WITH SAME TAVARES-CROCKETT, ULA CORINNA 1729 §103 Non-Final OA 81d overdue Pending Apr 18, 2024
18529680 FLAME RESISTANT FABRICS JOHNSON, JENNA LEIGH 1789 §103 Final Rejection 73d overdue Pending Dec 05, 2023
18454339 Lightweight, Printable Flame Resistant Fabrics Suitable for Protective Clothing Worn in Hot and/or Humid Environments JOHNSON, JENNA LEIGH 1789 §103 Non-Final OA 96d overdue Pending Aug 23, 2023
18140250 Thermally Stable Flame Resistant Fabrics Produced from Thermally Stable Yarn in Only One Fabric Direction and Garments Made from Same PIZIALI, ANDREW T 1789 §103 Final Rejection 42d overdue Pending Apr 27, 2023

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