Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Alley Ip

8 pending office actions • 7 clients • 7 examiners • 7 art units • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 20 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

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

1
Hard (12%)
7
Medium (88%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (12%)
§103 only7 (88%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
25% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
75% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
GARNER, LILY CRABTREE 2 68.1% +15.2%
SHERR, MARIA CRISTI OWEN 1 25.9% +13.6%
LANE, DANIEL E 1 4.1% +8.6%
LEE, SIN J 1 68.8% +25.5%
MATTHEWS, MADISON ROSE 1 79.6% +35.3%
SALONE, BAYAN 1 76.0% +17.2%
VARADARAJ, ARCHANA 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
18141298 PEPTIDES AND CONJUGATES THEREOF AS ACE-2 AND S1 SUBUNIT MIMICS AGAINST SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS-2 (SARS-COV2) INFECTION VARADARAJ, ARCHANA 35d overdue

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
18783405 MULTI-MODAL SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VOICE-BASED MENTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT WITH EMOTION STIMULATION LANE, DANIEL E 33d
18790777 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HIERARCHICAL OBJECT STORAGE OF TOKENIZED ASSETS AND RELATED DATA SHERR, MARIA CRISTI OWEN 41d

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
18405182 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LIMITING CONTROL ELEMENT MOVEMENT IN NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS GARNER, LILY CRABTREE 60d overdue
18405368 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED PLANT CONTROL GARNER, LILY CRABTREE 51d overdue
18412496 SUPPORT APPARATUS MATTHEWS, MADISON ROSE 29d overdue
18413411 DISINFECTANT COMPOSITION FOR INFUSION INTO POROUS SURFACES AND THE METHOD OF PREPARATION THEREOF LEE, SIN J 16d overdue
18538010 INTEGRATED DRILLING INJECTION AND EXTRACTION DEVICE AND METHOD SALONE, BAYAN 16d overdue
18790777 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HIERARCHICAL OBJECT STORAGE OF TOKENIZED ASSETS AND RELATED DATA SHERR, MARIA CRISTI OWEN 41d

Client Portfolio (7 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36462
36971
37151
16131
36731
37261
16581

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18790777 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HIERARCHICAL OBJECT STORAGE OF TOKENIZED ASSETS AND RELATED DATA Balcony Technology Group, Inc. SHERR, MARIA CRISTI OWEN 3697 §103 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Jul 31, 2024
18783405 MULTI-MODAL SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VOICE-BASED MENTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT WITH EMOTION STIMULATION Wonder Technologies Pte. Ltd. LANE, DANIEL E 3715 §101 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Jul 24, 2024
18413411 DISINFECTANT COMPOSITION FOR INFUSION INTO POROUS SURFACES AND THE METHOD OF PREPARATION THEREOF Exposome Pvt. Ltd. LEE, SIN J 1613 §103 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Jan 16, 2024
18412496 SUPPORT APPARATUS Fairacre Support Ltd. MATTHEWS, MADISON ROSE 3673 §103 Non-Final OA 29d overdue Pending Jan 13, 2024
18405368 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED PLANT CONTROL Ge-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC GARNER, LILY CRABTREE 3646 §103 Non-Final OA 51d overdue Pending Jan 05, 2024
18405182 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LIMITING CONTROL ELEMENT MOVEMENT IN NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS Ge-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC GARNER, LILY CRABTREE 3646 §103 Non-Final OA 60d overdue Pending Jan 05, 2024
18538010 INTEGRATED DRILLING INJECTION AND EXTRACTION DEVICE AND METHOD Hypertunnel Ip Limited SALONE, BAYAN 3726 §103 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Dec 13, 2023
18141298 PEPTIDES AND CONJUGATES THEREOF AS ACE-2 AND S1 SUBUNIT MIMICS AGAINST SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS-2 (SARS-COV2) INFECTION Neuome Peptides Pte. Ltd. VARADARAJ, ARCHANA 1658 §103 Non-Final OA 35d overdue Pending Apr 28, 2023

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