Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Willow Laboratories Inc.

14 pending office actions • 6 art units • 14 examiners • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

14
Total Pending OAs
11
Non-Final OAs
3
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
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.

7
Hard (50%)
6
Medium (43%)
1
Easy (7%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (7%)
§101 + other3 (21%)
§103 only3 (21%)
§102 only1 (7%)
Double-patenting only1 (7%)
Double-patenting + other2 (14%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (21%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
7
Mechanical / Eng
50% of docket
7
Business / Other
50% 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.

140 h
Manual time on pending OAs
28 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
49 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BLANCHETTE, JOSHUA B 1 47.6% +31.0%
SHAH, JAY B 1 57.4% +7.4%
NGUYEN, HIEP VAN 1 55.2% +29.5%
LIU, CHU CHUAN 1 71.3% +14.2%
ABOUELELA, MAY A 1 75.2% +36.3%
TOMBERS, JOSEPH A 1 48.0% +30.6%
EGLOFF, PETER RICHARD 1 42.8% +32.7%
MURPHY, VICTORIA 1 62.3% +45.8%
OGLES, MATTHEW ERIC 1 50.0% +54.7%
WHITROCK, ZACHARIAH KIRBY 1 100.0% +0.0%

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
18605630 MODULAR DISEASE MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND AUTOMATED NEEDLE AND CANNULA INSERTION DEVICE WHITROCK, ZACHARIAH KIRBY

Hard Cases (7)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18907326 NUTRITIVE RECIPE ANALYSIS SYSTEM AND METHODS NGUYEN, HIEP VAN 37d overdue
19249750 MEDICAL DEVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM BLANCHETTE, JOSHUA B
18840459 Analyte Sensor Applicator TOMBERS, JOSEPH A
18755421 PERSONALIZED HEALTH COACHING SYSTEM EGLOFF, PETER RICHARD
18431389 ALLERGEN REACTION BIOFEEDBACK SYSTEMS AND METHODS PATEL, SHEFALI DILIP
18544108 EASY INSERT FINGER SENSOR FOR TRANSMISSION BASED SPECTROSCOPY SENSOR FARDANESH, MARJAN
18139757 ULTRAVIOLET STERILIZATION FOR MINIMALLY INVASIVE SYSTEMS FREDRICKSON, COURTNEY B

Interview Candidates (8)

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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18907326 NUTRITIVE RECIPE ANALYSIS SYSTEM AND METHODS NGUYEN, HIEP VAN 37d overdue
18609978 ASSEMBLY FOR MEDICAL MONITORING DEVICE WITH MULTIPLE PHYSIOLOGICAL SENSORS OGLES, MATTHEW ERIC 26d
19249750 MEDICAL DEVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM BLANCHETTE, JOSHUA B
18894772 PHYSIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEM WITH AUTOMATIC WAVELENGTH ADJUSTMENT LIU, CHU CHUAN
18892979 SELF-CONTAINED MINIMAL ACTION INVASIVE BLOOD CONSTITUENT SYSTEM ABOUELELA, MAY A
18840459 Analyte Sensor Applicator TOMBERS, JOSEPH A
18755421 PERSONALIZED HEALTH COACHING SYSTEM EGLOFF, PETER RICHARD
18731708 COMBINATION SPIROMETER-INHALER MURPHY, VICTORIA

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3791 3
3684 1
3686 1
3715 1
4100 1
3783 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19249750 MEDICAL DEVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM BLANCHETTE, JOSHUA B 3684 §101§103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Jun 25, 2025
18917231 NON-INVASIVE OPTICAL PHYSIOLOGICAL DIFFERENTIAL PATHLENGTH SENSOR SHAH, JAY B DP Non-Final OA Pending Oct 16, 2024
18907326 NUTRITIVE RECIPE ANALYSIS SYSTEM AND METHODS NGUYEN, HIEP VAN 3686 §101§103 Final Rejection 37d overdue Pending Oct 04, 2024
18894772 PHYSIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEM WITH AUTOMATIC WAVELENGTH ADJUSTMENT LIU, CHU CHUAN §112DP Non-Final OA Pending Sep 24, 2024
18892979 SELF-CONTAINED MINIMAL ACTION INVASIVE BLOOD CONSTITUENT SYSTEM ABOUELELA, MAY A §102 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 23, 2024
18840459 Analyte Sensor Applicator TOMBERS, JOSEPH A §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 21, 2024
18755421 PERSONALIZED HEALTH COACHING SYSTEM EGLOFF, PETER RICHARD 3715 §101 Final Rejection Pending Jun 26, 2024
18731708 COMBINATION SPIROMETER-INHALER MURPHY, VICTORIA §103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Jun 03, 2024
18609978 ASSEMBLY FOR MEDICAL MONITORING DEVICE WITH MULTIPLE PHYSIOLOGICAL SENSORS OGLES, MATTHEW ERIC 3791 §103 Final Rejection 26d Pending Mar 19, 2024
18605630 MODULAR DISEASE MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND AUTOMATED NEEDLE AND CANNULA INSERTION DEVICE WHITROCK, ZACHARIAH KIRBY §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 14, 2024
18431389 ALLERGEN REACTION BIOFEEDBACK SYSTEMS AND METHODS PATEL, SHEFALI DILIP 4100 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 02, 2024
18544108 EASY INSERT FINGER SENSOR FOR TRANSMISSION BASED SPECTROSCOPY SENSOR FARDANESH, MARJAN 3791 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 18, 2023
18139757 ULTRAVIOLET STERILIZATION FOR MINIMALLY INVASIVE SYSTEMS FREDRICKSON, COURTNEY B 3783 §101§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 26, 2023
17528630 GLUCOSE SENSORS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING HOFFPAUIR, ANDREW ELI 3791 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 17, 2021

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