Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

2Spl Patent Attorneys

33 pending office actions • 6 clients • 33 examiners • 30 art units • 21 of 33 (64%) have an AI response strategy ready • 58 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

33
Total Pending OAs
22
Non-Final OAs
10
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 33 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

16
Overdue
2
Due this week
11
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
3
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. 33 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (16)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (11)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (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.

12
Hard (36%)
18
Medium (55%)
3
Easy (9%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other5 (15%)
§103 only15 (45%)
§102 only2 (6%)
§112 only3 (9%)
Double-patenting + other1 (3%)
Multi-statute (no §101)7 (21%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
3% of docket
16
Information Tech
48% of docket
5
Communications
15% of docket
7
Semiconductors
21% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
12% 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.

330 h
Manual time on pending OAs
66 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
115 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TRUONG, LAWRENCE QUANG 1 100.0% +0.0%
HOLLY, LEE A 1 75.0% +5.7%
DARE, RYAN A 1 75.4% +7.1%
ALI, SHAWKAT M 1 88.9% +20.4%
TC 3600, DOCKET 1 4.2% -1.8%
ZHANG, WAYNE 1 59.1% +31.6%
HYEON, HAE M 1 85.6% +10.2%
LAWRENCE JR, FRANK M 1 83.9% +19.8%
TEITELBAUM, DAVID J 1 68.8% +24.9%
PAULINO, LENIN 1 57.2% +25.6%

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
18292460 CONTACTING DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A CONTACTING DEVICE AND ASSEMBLY HYEON, HAE M 3d overdue
18393671 FLUID REACTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A FLUID REACTOR DEVICE LAWRENCE JR, FRANK M 86d

Hard Cases (13)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18553213 COMPUTING DEVICES AND METHOD AND COMPUTING DEVICE FOR INITIALIZING A COMPUTING DEVICE CLEARY, THOMAS J 134d overdue
18655458 Time encoded data communication protocol, apparatus and method for generating and receiving a data signal ALI, SHAWKAT M 38d overdue
18571797 A Concept for Generating a Test Specification CHOWDHURY, ZIAUL A. 24d overdue
18058882 Method, Computer Program, and Computer System for Prefetching Data During Execution of an Application Program FAHERTY, COREY S 15d overdue
18068531 Apparatus, Device, Method, and Computer Program for Monitoring a Processing Device from a Trusted Domain RUSIN, KAYO LISA 4d overdue
18572214 A Concept for Generating Code of Test Cases PAULINO, LENIN 3d overdue
17448902 Control Apparatus, Device, Method and Computer Program for Determining a Device-Specific Supply Voltage for a Semiconductor Device ALEXANDER, EMMA LYNNE 6d
18570132 Firmware Apparatus, Device, Method and Computer Program EWALD, JOHN ROBERT DAKITA 12d

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18394503 OPTIMIZED AND AUTOMATED DYNAMIC THERMAL REGULATION METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH SELF-TUNING TWO-PHASE COOLING SYSTEM TEITELBAUM, DAVID J 85d overdue
18655458 Time encoded data communication protocol, apparatus and method for generating and receiving a data signal ALI, SHAWKAT M 38d overdue
18292460 CONTACTING DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A CONTACTING DEVICE AND ASSEMBLY HYEON, HAE M 3d overdue
18572214 A Concept for Generating Code of Test Cases PAULINO, LENIN 3d overdue
18437278 METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAMS FOR ADJUSTING A FIRST AND A SECOND MACHINE-LEARNING MODEL AND FOR PROCESSING A SET OF IMAGES, IMAGING SYSTEM ZHANG, WAYNE 12d
18393671 FLUID REACTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A FLUID REACTOR DEVICE LAWRENCE JR, FRANK M 86d

Client Portfolio (6 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
21972
21142
21832
24341
37261
21321
26331
36001
26721
28311

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18895546 Apparatus, method, machine-readable medium Intel Corporation TRUONG, LAWRENCE QUANG 2434 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA 13d Pending
18972568 Method for producing building elements Weinmann Holzbausystemtechnik GmbH HOLLY, LEE A 3726 §103 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Dec 06, 2024
18842824 A Concept for Providing Access to Persistent Memory Intel Corporation DARE, RYAN A 2132 §103 Final Rejection 28d AI Ready Aug 30, 2024
18655458 Time encoded data communication protocol, apparatus and method for generating and receiving a data signal Intel Corporation ALI, SHAWKAT M 2633 §102§103 Final Rejection 38d overdue AI Ready May 06, 2024
18592842 Control circuitry for a crane, crane, winch arrangement for a crane, remote control unit for a crane and method to operate a crane Palfinger AG TC 3600, DOCKET 3600 §102 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Mar 01, 2024
18437278 METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAMS FOR ADJUSTING A FIRST AND A SECOND MACHINE-LEARNING MODEL AND FOR PROCESSING A SET OF IMAGES, IMAGING SYSTEM Leica Microsystems Cms GmbH ZHANG, WAYNE 2672 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Feb 09, 2024
18292460 CONTACTING DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A CONTACTING DEVICE AND ASSEMBLY Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. HYEON, HAE M 2831 §112 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Jan 26, 2024
18393671 FLUID REACTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A FLUID REACTOR DEVICE Dürr Systems AB LAWRENCE JR, FRANK M 1776 §112 Final Rejection 86d Pending Dec 22, 2023
18394503 OPTIMIZED AND AUTOMATED DYNAMIC THERMAL REGULATION METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH SELF-TUNING TWO-PHASE COOLING SYSTEM Intel Corporation TEITELBAUM, DAVID J 3763 §103 Final Rejection 85d overdue AI Ready Dec 22, 2023
18572214 A Concept for Generating Code of Test Cases Intel Corporation PAULINO, LENIN 2197 §102§103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue AI Ready Dec 20, 2023
18571797 A Concept for Generating a Test Specification Intel Corporation CHOWDHURY, ZIAUL A. 2192 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA 24d overdue AI Ready Dec 19, 2023
18570109 A Concept for Controlling Parameters of a Hypervisor Intel Corporation RENWICK, REGINALD A 3715 §103DP Non-Final OA 31d overdue AI Ready Dec 14, 2023
18570132 Firmware Apparatus, Device, Method and Computer Program Intel Corporation EWALD, JOHN ROBERT DAKITA 2199 §103§112 Non-Final OA 12d AI Ready Dec 14, 2023
18567808 Caching Apparatus, Driver Apparatus, Transcoding Apparatus and Corresponding Devices, Methods and Computer Programs Intel Corporation MEROUAN, ABDERRAHIM 2683 §103 Final Rejection 19d AI Ready Dec 07, 2023
18553213 COMPUTING DEVICES AND METHOD AND COMPUTING DEVICE FOR INITIALIZING A COMPUTING DEVICE Intel Corporation CLEARY, THOMAS J 2175 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 134d overdue AI Ready Sep 29, 2023
18549605 MICROSCOPE SYSTEM AND CORRESPONDING SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM LEICA INSTRUMENTS (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. CHOWDHURY, NIGAR 2484 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Sep 08, 2023
18251545 SURGICAL MICROSCOPE SYSTEM LEICA INSTRUMENTS (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. VU, PHU 2871 §103 Non-Final OA 83d Pending May 03, 2023
18249986 System for a Microscope System and Corresponding Method and Computer Program LEICA INSTRUMENTS (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. ORR, HENRY W 2172 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Apr 21, 2023
18193683 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING DATA ASSOCIATED WITH A PROCESSING CIRCUITRY, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SENDING A REQUEST FOR DATA ERASURE Intel Corporation WU, STEPHANIE 2133 §103 Final Rejection 77d overdue AI Ready Mar 31, 2023
18165979 SURGICAL MICROSCOPE SYSTEM AND SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR A MICROSCOPE OF A SURGICAL MICROSCOPE SYSTEM LEICA INSTRUMENTS (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. CAMMARATA, MICHAEL ROBERT 2667 §103 Final Rejection 111d overdue Pending Feb 08, 2023
18147725 APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING WHETHER A PREDISTORTION IS TO BE UPDATED Intel Corporation BILODEAU, DAVID 2648 §102 Non-Final OA 1d overdue AI Ready Dec 29, 2022
18145866 Concept for Determining and Handling a Mismatch Between an Expected and a Current System Configuration Intel Corporation SAMPATH, GAYATHRI 2176 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA 22d AI Ready Dec 23, 2022
18145867 System and method for testing a phase noise or jitter of a phase-locked loop Intel Corporation SHIN, JEFFREY M 2849 §102§103 Non-Final OA 19d AI Ready Dec 23, 2022
18068531 Apparatus, Device, Method, and Computer Program for Monitoring a Processing Device from a Trusted Domain Intel Corporation RUSIN, KAYO LISA 2114 §101§103§112DP Non-Final OA 4d overdue AI Ready Dec 20, 2022
18067742 Concept for Handling Transient Errors Intel Corporation KO, CHAE M 2114 §112 Non-Final OA 77d Pending Dec 19, 2022
18067050 Apparatuses, Devices, Methods, Computer Systems and Computer Programs for Handling Remote Procedure Calls Intel Corporation KIM, DONG U 2197 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 30d AI Ready Dec 16, 2022
18058882 Method, Computer Program, and Computer System for Prefetching Data During Execution of an Application Program Intel Corporation FAHERTY, COREY S 2183 §102§103 Non-Final OA 15d overdue AI Ready Nov 28, 2022
17996351 METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND DEVICE FOR MONITORING AN INDUCTIVE COMPONENT Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. MERCADO, ALEXANDER A 2855 §103 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Oct 17, 2022
17934580 Apparatus, Device, Method, and Computer Program for Extending Instructions Supported by a Processor Intel Corporation LEE, CHUN KUAN 2181 §103 Final Rejection 57d AI Ready Sep 23, 2022
17809291 Apparatus, Device, Method, and Computer Program for Scheduling an Execution of Compute Kernels Intel Corporation PETRANEK, JACOB ANDREW 2183 §103 Final Rejection 8d AI Ready Jun 28, 2022
17448902 Control Apparatus, Device, Method and Computer Program for Determining a Device-Specific Supply Voltage for a Semiconductor Device Intel Corporation ALEXANDER, EMMA LYNNE 2857 §101§103 Non-Final OA 6d AI Ready Sep 27, 2021
17448716 Semiconductor Die, Semiconductor Device and Method for Forming a Semiconductor Die Intel Corporation FAN, SU JYA 2818 §103 Non-Final OA 6d AI Ready Sep 24, 2021
17448726 Integrated Antenna Control Mechanism on LID with Lid Controller Hub Intel Corporation KIM, YONCHAN J 2845 §103 Non-Final OA 245d overdue AI Ready Sep 24, 2021

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