Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

SureFire LLC

7 pending office actions • 2 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
1
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 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.

4
Hard (57%)
1
Medium (14%)
2
Easy (29%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (14%)
§112 only2 (29%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (57%)

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
6
Mechanical / Eng
86% of docket
1
Business / Other
14% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
COOPER, JOHN 2 79.4% +17.8%
CLEMENT, MICHELLE RENEE 1 69.5% +18.5%
FRISBY, KESHA 1 52.7% +23.7%
WEBER, JONATHAN C 1 64.4% +28.5%
DOSHER, JULIE GRACE 1 36.8% +80.0%
KLEIN, GABRIEL J 1 66.0% +24.5%

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19169884 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR A PISTOL STABILIZER CLEMENT, MICHELLE RENEE 28d
18891404 REINFORCED CARTRIDGE EXTRACTOR FOR RECIPROCATING FIREARM COOPER, JOHN 30d
18948913 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR AN ILLUMINATING GUNSIGHT WEBER, JONATHAN C 33d
18811636 FIREARM TRAINING SYSTEMS AND METHODS DOSHER, JULIE GRACE

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19169884 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR A PISTOL STABILIZER CLEMENT, MICHELLE RENEE 28d
18891404 REINFORCED CARTRIDGE EXTRACTOR FOR RECIPROCATING FIREARM COOPER, JOHN 30d
18948913 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR AN ILLUMINATING GUNSIGHT WEBER, JONATHAN C 33d
19450561 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR A BOLT AND EXTRACTOR FOR DIRECT GAS OPERATED FIREARMS COOPER, JOHN
19024794 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SHOOTER IMAGERY AND TARGET SHOOTING ANALYTICS FRISBY, KESHA
18811636 FIREARM TRAINING SYSTEMS AND METHODS DOSHER, JULIE GRACE
17730612 ADJUSTABLE GAS REGULATOR VALVE FOR DIRECT GAS OPERATED FIREARMS KLEIN, GABRIEL J

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3641 5
3715 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19450561 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR A BOLT AND EXTRACTOR FOR DIRECT GAS OPERATED FIREARMS COOPER, JOHN 3641 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 15, 2026
19169884 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR A PISTOL STABILIZER CLEMENT, MICHELLE RENEE 3641 §102§112 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Apr 03, 2025
19024794 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SHOOTER IMAGERY AND TARGET SHOOTING ANALYTICS FRISBY, KESHA §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 16, 2025
18948913 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR AN ILLUMINATING GUNSIGHT WEBER, JONATHAN C 3641 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Nov 15, 2024
18891404 REINFORCED CARTRIDGE EXTRACTOR FOR RECIPROCATING FIREARM COOPER, JOHN 3641 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Sep 20, 2024
18811636 FIREARM TRAINING SYSTEMS AND METHODS DOSHER, JULIE GRACE 3715 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 21, 2024
17730612 ADJUSTABLE GAS REGULATOR VALVE FOR DIRECT GAS OPERATED FIREARMS KLEIN, GABRIEL J 3641 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 27, 2022

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