Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Amin, Turocy & Watson, LLP (Yfai)

7 pending office actions • 3 clients • 6 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
4
Due this month
1
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. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (4)Due ≤ 60 days (1)

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%)
7
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (57%)
§102 only3 (43%)

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
3
Communications
43% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
57% 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.

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
BEARD, CHARLES LLOYD 2 67.4% +36.0%
SUBEDI, DEEPROSE D 1 87.5% +13.5%
VERLEY, NICOLE T 1 83.8% +3.9%
FRISBY, KEITH J 1 77.5% +1.5%
BRAUCH, CHARLES JOSEPH 1 81.7% +13.9%
ABDI, KAMBIZ 1 2.1% +2.7%

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
18981375 COMPONENT FOR VEHICLE INTERIOR VERLEY, NICOLE T 46d overdue
18438592 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USE OF A SENSOR MATRIX IN A VEHICLE INTERIOR BRAUCH, CHARLES JOSEPH 24d overdue
19189434 COMPONENT FOR VEHICLE INTERIOR SUBEDI, DEEPROSE D 12d

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18391609 COMPONENT FOR VEHICLE INTERIOR ABDI, KAMBIZ 27d

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18438592 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USE OF A SENSOR MATRIX IN A VEHICLE INTERIOR BRAUCH, CHARLES JOSEPH 24d overdue
18207140 COMPONENT FOR VEHICLE INTERIOR BEARD, CHARLES LLOYD 9d
19189434 COMPONENT FOR VEHICLE INTERIOR SUBEDI, DEEPROSE D 12d
18417109 COMPONENT FOR VEHICLE INTERIOR BEARD, CHARLES LLOYD 34d

Client Portfolio (3 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36142
26112
26271
37471
36851

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19189434 COMPONENT FOR VEHICLE INTERIOR Yanfeng International Automotive Technology Co., Ltd. SUBEDI, DEEPROSE D 2627 §102 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Apr 25, 2025
18981375 COMPONENT FOR VEHICLE INTERIOR Yanfeng International Automotive Technology Co. Ltd. VERLEY, NICOLE T 3614 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Dec 13, 2024
18772443 VEHICLE INTERIOR COMPONENT Yanfeng International Automotive Technology Co., Ltd. FRISBY, KEITH J 3614 §102 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Jul 15, 2024
18438592 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USE OF A SENSOR MATRIX IN A VEHICLE INTERIOR Shanghai Yanfeng Jinqiao Automotive Trim Systems Co. Ltd. BRAUCH, CHARLES JOSEPH 3747 §103 Final Rejection 24d overdue Pending Feb 12, 2024
18417109 COMPONENT FOR VEHICLE INTERIOR Shanghai Yanfeng Jinqiao Automotive Trim Systems Co. Ltd. BEARD, CHARLES LLOYD 2611 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Jan 19, 2024
18391609 COMPONENT FOR VEHICLE INTERIOR Shanghai Yanfeng Jinqiao Automotive Trim Systems Co. Ltd. ABDI, KAMBIZ 3685 §102 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Dec 20, 2023
18207140 COMPONENT FOR VEHICLE INTERIOR Shanghai Yanfeng Jinqiao Automotive Trim Systems Co. Ltd. BEARD, CHARLES LLOYD 2611 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Jun 08, 2023

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