Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Unirac, Inc.

9 pending office actions • 7 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 56 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

6
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (6)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (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.

0
Hard (0%)
7
Medium (78%)
2
Easy (22%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only5 (56%)
§102 only2 (22%)
§112 only2 (22%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
11% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
22% of docket
6
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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
STERLING, AMY JO 2 76.5% +10.6%
ESTRADA, ANGEL R 1 85.5% -43.9%
FONSECA, JESSIE T 1 68.2% +18.4%
PHAM, DUC M 1 88.6% +12.5%
FORD, GISELE D 1 69.9% +13.4%
MCNICHOLS, ERET C 1 74.7% -16.0%
WHITE, SADIE 1 48.7% +32.7%
FERGUSON, MICHAEL P 1 63.4% +73.7%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19011105 ENERGY CONTROL SYSTEM PHAM, DUC M 43d overdue
19240285 ELECTRIC JUNCTION BOX MOUNT APPARATUS ESTRADA, ANGEL R 34d

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
19011105 ENERGY CONTROL SYSTEM PHAM, DUC M 43d overdue
18751137 SOLAR PANEL MOUNTING APPARATUS STERLING, AMY JO 38d overdue
19199031 RAIL MOUNTED JUNCTION BOX FONSECA, JESSIE T 31d overdue
18826806 CLAMPING ASSEMBLY FOR MOUNTING SOLAR PANEL MODULES STERLING, AMY JO 30d overdue
18787802 CLAMPING SYSTEM FOR MOUNTING A SOLAR PANEL WHITE, SADIE 4d overdue
18826535 HEIGHT-ADJUSTABLE MOUNTING SYSTEM FORD, GISELE D 23d
18655976 WATER SEALING SURFACE ATTACHMENT FERGUSON, MICHAEL P 61d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3633 2
3631 2
2841 1
2849 1
3632 1
1721 1
3619 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19240285 ELECTRIC JUNCTION BOX MOUNT APPARATUS ESTRADA, ANGEL R 2841 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Jun 17, 2025
19199031 RAIL MOUNTED JUNCTION BOX FONSECA, JESSIE T 3633 §103 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending May 05, 2025
19011105 ENERGY CONTROL SYSTEM PHAM, DUC M 2849 §103 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Jan 06, 2025
18826535 HEIGHT-ADJUSTABLE MOUNTING SYSTEM FORD, GISELE D 3633 §112 Non-Final OA 23d Pending Sep 06, 2024
18826806 CLAMPING ASSEMBLY FOR MOUNTING SOLAR PANEL MODULES STERLING, AMY JO 3631 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Sep 06, 2024
18805385 SEALABLE MOUNTING SYSTEM WITH A SLIDABLE COMPONENT MOUNT MCNICHOLS, ERET C 3632 §102 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Aug 14, 2024
18787802 CLAMPING SYSTEM FOR MOUNTING A SOLAR PANEL WHITE, SADIE 1721 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Jul 29, 2024
18751137 SOLAR PANEL MOUNTING APPARATUS STERLING, AMY JO 3631 §102 Non-Final OA 38d overdue Pending Jun 21, 2024
18655976 WATER SEALING SURFACE ATTACHMENT FERGUSON, MICHAEL P 3619 §112 Non-Final OA 61d Pending May 06, 2024

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