Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Portfolio Summary

3
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
1
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.

3
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)

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%)
3
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (67%)
§102 only1 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
67% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
33% 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
MCDERMOTT, JEANNIE 1 59.3% +15.7%
GERHARD, ALISON CLAIRE 1 15.4% +44.4%
BELAY, DILNESSA B 1 62.3% +26.1%

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
17888153 RETENTION LID FOR STABILIZING POROUS MEMBRANE INSERTS DURING MANIPULATION GERHARD, ALISON CLAIRE 187d overdue

Interview Candidates (3)

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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17888153 RETENTION LID FOR STABILIZING POROUS MEMBRANE INSERTS DURING MANIPULATION GERHARD, ALISON CLAIRE 187d overdue
17731341 MICROWAVE DRYING APPARATUS FOR THE MINIMIZATION OF DRINKING WATER PLANT RESIDUALS BELAY, DILNESSA B 119d overdue
18333161 Adsorbent Structures of Activated Alumina and Metal Carbonates and Methods of Use for the Removal of Phosphates and Ammonia from Water MCDERMOTT, JEANNIE 72d overdue

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1777 1
1797 1
3761 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18333161 Adsorbent Structures of Activated Alumina and Metal Carbonates and Methods of Use for the Removal of Phosphates and Ammonia from Water MCDERMOTT, JEANNIE 1777 §103 Non-Final OA 72d overdue Pending Jun 12, 2023
17888153 RETENTION LID FOR STABILIZING POROUS MEMBRANE INSERTS DURING MANIPULATION GERHARD, ALISON CLAIRE 1797 §103 Non-Final OA 187d overdue Pending Aug 15, 2022
17731341 MICROWAVE DRYING APPARATUS FOR THE MINIMIZATION OF DRINKING WATER PLANT RESIDUALS BELAY, DILNESSA B 3761 §102 Final Rejection 119d overdue Pending Apr 28, 2022

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