Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Workaround GmbH

7 pending office actions • 5 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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
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.

2
Hard (29%)
2
Medium (29%)
2
Easy (29%)
1
Unknown (14%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (14%)
§103 only1 (14%)
§102 only1 (14%)
Double-patenting only2 (29%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (14%)
No statute on record1 (14%)

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
1
Communications
14% of docket
2
Semiconductors
29% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
29% of docket
2
Business / Other
29% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
NGUYEN, UYEN T 1 39.4% +37.1%
YANG, JAMES J 1 57.1% +22.6%
MILORD, MARCEAU 1 89.1% +11.3%
SAVUSDIPHOL, PAULTEP 1 76.9% +17.0%
ODOM, CURTIS B 1 87.1% +11.5%
JUNG, MICHAEL YOO LIM 1 82.6% +10.5%
SANTIAGO-MERCED, FRANCIS Z 1 27.6% +40.0%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18115632 METHOD FOR TRACKING A DEVICE, DEVICE AS WELL AS WORK SYSTEM ODOM, CURTIS B 128d overdue
18763399 METHOD OF OPERATING A SENSOR AND/OR INFORMATION SYSTEM AND SENSOR AND/OR INFORMATION SYSTEM MILORD, MARCEAU
17952205 WORKWEAR UNIT HAVING A GLOVE THAT FASTENS A CONTROL SYSTEM AND FUNCTIONAL MODULE TO A USER'S BODY JUNG, MICHAEL YOO LIM

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19270598 GLOVE AS WELL AS WEARABLE SENSOR DEVICE COMPRISING A GLOVE AND AN ELECTRONIC MODULE NGUYEN, UYEN T
17898431 METHOD FOR MONITORING A WORK SYSTEM AS WELL AS SYSTEM COMPRISING A WORK SYSTEM SANTIAGO-MERCED, FRANCIS Z

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
18115632 METHOD FOR TRACKING A DEVICE, DEVICE AS WELL AS WORK SYSTEM ODOM, CURTIS B 128d overdue
19270598 GLOVE AS WELL AS WEARABLE SENSOR DEVICE COMPRISING A GLOVE AND AN ELECTRONIC MODULE NGUYEN, UYEN T
19191671 SENSOR AND/OR INFORMATION DEVICE AS WELL AS SENSOR AND/OR INFORMATION SYSTEM YANG, JAMES J
18763399 METHOD OF OPERATING A SENSOR AND/OR INFORMATION SYSTEM AND SENSOR AND/OR INFORMATION SYSTEM MILORD, MARCEAU
18517119 METHOD FOR OPERATING A SYSTEM WITH A PLURALITY OF CODE READING UNITS AND MAIN DEVICES, SYSTEM AND CODE READING UNIT SAVUSDIPHOL, PAULTEP
17952205 WORKWEAR UNIT HAVING A GLOVE THAT FASTENS A CONTROL SYSTEM AND FUNCTIONAL MODULE TO A USER'S BODY JUNG, MICHAEL YOO LIM
17898431 METHOD FOR MONITORING A WORK SYSTEM AS WELL AS SYSTEM COMPRISING A WORK SYSTEM SANTIAGO-MERCED, FRANCIS Z

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3732 1
2876 1
2631 1
2817 1
3625 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19270598 GLOVE AS WELL AS WEARABLE SENSOR DEVICE COMPRISING A GLOVE AND AN ELECTRONIC MODULE NGUYEN, UYEN T 3732 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jul 16, 2025
19191671 SENSOR AND/OR INFORMATION DEVICE AS WELL AS SENSOR AND/OR INFORMATION SYSTEM YANG, JAMES J DP Non-Final OA Pending Apr 28, 2025
18763399 METHOD OF OPERATING A SENSOR AND/OR INFORMATION SYSTEM AND SENSOR AND/OR INFORMATION SYSTEM MILORD, MARCEAU DP Non-Final OA Pending Jul 03, 2024
18517119 METHOD FOR OPERATING A SYSTEM WITH A PLURALITY OF CODE READING UNITS AND MAIN DEVICES, SYSTEM AND CODE READING UNIT SAVUSDIPHOL, PAULTEP 2876 Other Non-Final OA Pending Nov 22, 2023
18115632 METHOD FOR TRACKING A DEVICE, DEVICE AS WELL AS WORK SYSTEM ODOM, CURTIS B 2631 §103 Non-Final OA 128d overdue Pending Feb 28, 2023
17952205 WORKWEAR UNIT HAVING A GLOVE THAT FASTENS A CONTROL SYSTEM AND FUNCTIONAL MODULE TO A USER'S BODY JUNG, MICHAEL YOO LIM 2817 §102 Final Rejection Pending Sep 23, 2022
17898431 METHOD FOR MONITORING A WORK SYSTEM AS WELL AS SYSTEM COMPRISING A WORK SYSTEM SANTIAGO-MERCED, FRANCIS Z 3625 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 29, 2022

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