Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

UL LLC

8 pending office actions • 3 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

6
Hard (75%)
2
Medium (25%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (12%)
§101 + other4 (50%)
§103 only2 (25%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (12%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
12% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
25% of docket
5
Business / Other
62% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
UBALE, GAUTAM 1 54.1% +47.5%
PATEL, DIPEN M 1 20.2% +24.1%
ALLGOOD, ALESA M 1 82.3% +18.4%
REAGAN, JAMES A 1 71.2% +20.1%
NIU, JIAHE 1
KIM, SEOKJIN 1 77.9% +13.7%
JOHANSEN, JOHN E 1 76.2% +27.3%
SULLIVAN, THOMAS J 1 27.4% +21.0%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18940724 DIGITAL CURRENT METER AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF FOR LEAKAGE/TOUCH CURRENT AND DEVICE INTEROPERABILITY TESTING ALLGOOD, ALESA M

Hard Cases (6)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18094106 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATIONAL ANALYSIS OF ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES JOHANSEN, JOHN E 84d
19197452 TECHNOLOGIES FOR USING MACHINE LEARNING TO DETERMINE PRODUCT CERTIFICATION ELIGIBILITY UBALE, GAUTAM
19073635 USING MACHINE LEARNING TO VIRTUALIZE PRODUCT TESTS PATEL, DIPEN M
18418170 MACHINE LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES FOR ASSESSING THERMAL ENDURANCE CHARACTERISTICS OF PHYSICAL MATERIALS NIU, JIAHE
17797386 TECHNOLOGIES FOR COLLECTING PLANT ENVIRONMENT DATA AND ADJUSTING PLANT ENVIRONMENT CONTROLS ASSOCIATED WITH PLANT GROWTH KIM, SEOKJIN
17948152 Systems and Methods for Dynamically Classifying Products and Assessing Applicability of Product Regulations SULLIVAN, THOMAS J

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
18642347 TECHNOLOGIES FOR ASSESSING BOUNDARIES OF INTENDED USE DOMAIN BASED ON VALIDATION SPACE REAGAN, JAMES A 91d overdue
18094106 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATIONAL ANALYSIS OF ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES JOHANSEN, JOHN E 84d
19197452 TECHNOLOGIES FOR USING MACHINE LEARNING TO DETERMINE PRODUCT CERTIFICATION ELIGIBILITY UBALE, GAUTAM
19073635 USING MACHINE LEARNING TO VIRTUALIZE PRODUCT TESTS PATEL, DIPEN M
18940724 DIGITAL CURRENT METER AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF FOR LEAKAGE/TOUCH CURRENT AND DEVICE INTEROPERABILITY TESTING ALLGOOD, ALESA M
17797386 TECHNOLOGIES FOR COLLECTING PLANT ENVIRONMENT DATA AND ADJUSTING PLANT ENVIRONMENT CONTROLS ASSOCIATED WITH PLANT GROWTH KIM, SEOKJIN
17948152 Systems and Methods for Dynamically Classifying Products and Assessing Applicability of Product Regulations SULLIVAN, THOMAS J

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3697 1
2187 1
3689 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19197452 TECHNOLOGIES FOR USING MACHINE LEARNING TO DETERMINE PRODUCT CERTIFICATION ELIGIBILITY UBALE, GAUTAM §101§103Other Non-Final OA Pending May 02, 2025
19073635 USING MACHINE LEARNING TO VIRTUALIZE PRODUCT TESTS PATEL, DIPEN M §101 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 07, 2025
18940724 DIGITAL CURRENT METER AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF FOR LEAKAGE/TOUCH CURRENT AND DEVICE INTEROPERABILITY TESTING ALLGOOD, ALESA M §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 07, 2024
18642347 TECHNOLOGIES FOR ASSESSING BOUNDARIES OF INTENDED USE DOMAIN BASED ON VALIDATION SPACE REAGAN, JAMES A 3697 §103 Non-Final OA 91d overdue Pending Apr 22, 2024
18418170 MACHINE LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES FOR ASSESSING THERMAL ENDURANCE CHARACTERISTICS OF PHYSICAL MATERIALS NIU, JIAHE §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 19, 2024
17797386 TECHNOLOGIES FOR COLLECTING PLANT ENVIRONMENT DATA AND ADJUSTING PLANT ENVIRONMENT CONTROLS ASSOCIATED WITH PLANT GROWTH KIM, SEOKJIN §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 02, 2023
18094106 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATIONAL ANALYSIS OF ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES JOHANSEN, JOHN E 2187 §101§103 Non-Final OA 84d Pending Jan 06, 2023
17948152 Systems and Methods for Dynamically Classifying Products and Assessing Applicability of Product Regulations SULLIVAN, THOMAS J 3689 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 19, 2022

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