Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Additon, Pendleton & Witherspoon, P.A.

6 pending office actions • 2 clients • 5 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 22 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
2
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. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (2)

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%)
6
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only5 (83%)
§102 only1 (17%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
67% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
33% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SHUKLA, KRUPA 2 14.5% +22.6%
JENNESS, NATHAN JAY 1 53.8% +37.8%
RABAGLIA, BRIDGET ELIZABETH 1 67.9% +18.8%
USELDING, JOHN E 1 53.3% +17.9%
BUTCHER, ROBERT T 1 71.1% +17.6%

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
18269614 Thermoplastic Resin Composition and Molded Product Manufactured Therefrom SHUKLA, KRUPA 79d overdue
18574440 Thermoplastic Resin Composition and Molded Article Formed Therefrom SHUKLA, KRUPA 34d

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
18269614 Thermoplastic Resin Composition and Molded Product Manufactured Therefrom SHUKLA, KRUPA 79d overdue
18644717 APPLICATOR TOOL CAPABLE OF USE WITH FORCE MODULATING TISSUE BRIDGE, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS, METHODS AND KITS RABAGLIA, BRIDGET ELIZABETH 19d overdue
18712394 High-Pressure Vessel Having Impact-Resistant Stiffener Member JENNESS, NATHAN JAY 12d
18574440 Thermoplastic Resin Composition and Molded Article Formed Therefrom SHUKLA, KRUPA 34d
18032942 Thermoplastic Resin Composition and Article Manufactured Using Same USELDING, JOHN E 76d
18083788 Thermoplastic Resin Composition and Article Produced Therefrom BUTCHER, ROBERT T 86d

Client Portfolio (2 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Lotte 5
BRIJ Medical, Inc. 1

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17872
37331
37711
17631
17641

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18712394 High-Pressure Vessel Having Impact-Resistant Stiffener Member Lotte Chemical Corporation JENNESS, NATHAN JAY 3733 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending May 22, 2024
18644717 APPLICATOR TOOL CAPABLE OF USE WITH FORCE MODULATING TISSUE BRIDGE, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS, METHODS AND KITS Brij Medical, Inc. RABAGLIA, BRIDGET ELIZABETH 3771 §102 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Apr 24, 2024
18574440 Thermoplastic Resin Composition and Molded Article Formed Therefrom Lotte Chemical Corporation SHUKLA, KRUPA 1787 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Dec 27, 2023
18269614 Thermoplastic Resin Composition and Molded Product Manufactured Therefrom Lotte Chemical Corporation SHUKLA, KRUPA 1787 §103 Non-Final OA 79d overdue Pending Jun 26, 2023
18032942 Thermoplastic Resin Composition and Article Manufactured Using Same Lotte Chemical Corporation USELDING, JOHN E 1763 §103 Non-Final OA 76d Pending Apr 20, 2023
18083788 Thermoplastic Resin Composition and Article Produced Therefrom Lotte Chemical Corporation BUTCHER, ROBERT T 1764 §103 Final Rejection 86d Pending Dec 19, 2022

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