Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

The Chamberlain Group LLC

5 pending office actions • 4 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 31 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

3
Hard (60%)
2
Medium (40%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (20%)
§101 + other1 (20%)
§103 only2 (40%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (20%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
20% of docket
1
Communications
20% of docket
1
Semiconductors
20% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
20% of docket
1
Business / Other
20% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
VILAKAZI, SIZO BINDA 1 74.3% +11.3%
TRAN, THANG DUC 1 76.1% +23.0%
RASHID, HARUNUR 1 76.0% +36.3%
CARRASQUILLO, JORGE L 1 81.6% +15.1%
SENSENIG, SHAUN D 1 14.4% +16.5%

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
19097060 CLOUD-ENABLED VEHICLE AUTOSTART MONITORING VILAKAZI, SIZO BINDA
18507438 System and Method for Movable Barrier Monitoring CARRASQUILLO, JORGE L
18082310 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING PRODUCT RETURNS SENSENIG, SHAUN D

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
18952364 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPONENTS ASSOCIATED WITH ACCESS POINT NETWORK CONNECTIVITY RASHID, HARUNUR 9d
19097060 CLOUD-ENABLED VEHICLE AUTOSTART MONITORING VILAKAZI, SIZO BINDA
18957950 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING MOVABLE BARRIER OPERATORS WITH UNPAIRED CONTROL DEVICES TRAN, THANG DUC
18507438 System and Method for Movable Barrier Monitoring CARRASQUILLO, JORGE L
18082310 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING PRODUCT RETURNS SENSENIG, SHAUN D

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2686 1
2497 1
2846 1
3629 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19097060 CLOUD-ENABLED VEHICLE AUTOSTART MONITORING VILAKAZI, SIZO BINDA §101 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 01, 2025
18957950 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING MOVABLE BARRIER OPERATORS WITH UNPAIRED CONTROL DEVICES TRAN, THANG DUC 2686 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 25, 2024
18952364 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPONENTS ASSOCIATED WITH ACCESS POINT NETWORK CONNECTIVITY RASHID, HARUNUR 2497 §103 Final Rejection 9d Pending Nov 19, 2024
18507438 System and Method for Movable Barrier Monitoring CARRASQUILLO, JORGE L 2846 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 13, 2023
18082310 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING PRODUCT RETURNS SENSENIG, SHAUN D 3629 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 15, 2022

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