Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

The Secant Group LLC

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

Portfolio Summary

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

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.

1
Hard (33%)
2
Medium (67%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (67%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
33% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
67% 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.

30 h
Manual time on pending OAs
6 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
10 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LIU, TRACY 1 54.5% +27.3%
FLORES, ADRIAN 1
WHITE, KIA XIONG 1 61.9% +46.4%

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
18470599 COATED SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR FORMING COATED SUBSTRATE LIU, TRACY

Interview Candidates (2)

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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18470599 COATED SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR FORMING COATED SUBSTRATE LIU, TRACY
17646960 POLY(GLYCEROL SEBACATE) URETHANE ELASTOMERIC LEAFLET FOR HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT WHITE, KIA XIONG

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3774 2
1614 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18470599 COATED SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR FORMING COATED SUBSTRATE LIU, TRACY 1614 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Sep 20, 2023
18445111 Suture-free stent grafts and stent graft constructs with integrated extensions and methods for forming FLORES, ADRIAN 3774 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 11, 2023
17646960 POLY(GLYCEROL SEBACATE) URETHANE ELASTOMERIC LEAFLET FOR HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT WHITE, KIA XIONG 3774 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 04, 2022

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