Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

11 pending office actions • 9 clients • 10 examiners • 8 art units • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 14 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
10
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

8
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (8)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due later (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.

2
Hard (18%)
7
Medium (64%)
1
Easy (9%)
1
Unknown (9%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (18%)
§103 only5 (45%)
§102 only2 (18%)
§112 only1 (9%)
No statute on record1 (9%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
27% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
8
Mechanical / Eng
73% 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.

110 h
Manual time on pending OAs
22 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
38 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
DAVID, MICHAEL D 2 81.7% +14.1%
BAYS, MARIE D 1 74.4% +19.7%
KIM, YUNJU 1 55.6% +35.3%
MAGUIRE, LINDSAY M 1 51.3% +32.1%
EL-BATHY, IBRAHIM N 1 52.4% +48.0%
MOREAU, NASHARA LOUISE 1 100.0% +0.0%
KRETZER, KYLE W. 1 63.4% +45.7%
GOMBERG, BENJAMIN S 1 66.7% +29.1%
FERNANDES, PATRICK M 1 59.9% +32.2%
QIAN, YUN 1 54.5% +20.8%

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
18607436 COMPOSITIONS WITH IMPROVED SOLUBILITY OF POOR-WATER-SOLUBLE AGENTS AND METHODS OF MAKING MOREAU, NASHARA LOUISE 82d

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
19030329 BOLT CARRIER AND BOLT FOR GAS OPERATED FIREARMS DAVID, MICHAEL D 52d overdue
19024535 ADJUSTABLE GAS BLOCK DAVID, MICHAEL D 42d overdue

Interview Candidates (10)

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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18744198 CONTROL SYSTEM FOR RAILWAY YARD AND RELATED METHODS EL-BATHY, IBRAHIM N 126d overdue
18270175 PRODUCTION OF CARBON BLACK QIAN, YUN 81d overdue
19030329 BOLT CARRIER AND BOLT FOR GAS OPERATED FIREARMS DAVID, MICHAEL D 52d overdue
19243589 INTERCHANGEABLE FOOTBED FOR FOOTWEAR AND A MODULAR SHOE SYSTEM HAVING AN INTERCHANGEABLE FOOTBED BAYS, MARIE D 42d overdue
19024535 ADJUSTABLE GAS BLOCK DAVID, MICHAEL D 42d overdue
18595932 ENHANCED DETECTION AND ANALYSIS OF BIOLOGICAL ACOUSTIC SIGNALS KRETZER, KYLE W. 28d overdue
18439313 BARREL NUT ASSEMBLY AND METHOD TO ATTACH A BARREL TO A FIREARM USING SUCH ASSEMBLY GOMBERG, BENJAMIN S 28d overdue
18385490 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING GASTROINTESTINAL IMPAIRMENT FERNANDES, PATRICK M 4d overdue

Client Portfolio (9 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36413
37912
37321
17421
36191
36281
16551
17381

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19243589 INTERCHANGEABLE FOOTBED FOR FOOTWEAR AND A MODULAR SHOE SYSTEM HAVING AN INTERCHANGEABLE FOOTBED Csr Developments, LLC BAYS, MARIE D 3732 §102 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Jun 19, 2025
19030329 BOLT CARRIER AND BOLT FOR GAS OPERATED FIREARMS Lwrc International LLC DAVID, MICHAEL D 3641 §101 Non-Final OA 52d overdue Pending Jan 17, 2025
19024535 ADJUSTABLE GAS BLOCK Lwrc International LLC DAVID, MICHAEL D 3641 §101 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Jan 16, 2025
18912228 INSERT CHANGEOVER SYSTEM FOR AN INJECTION MOLD Cube Packaging Solutions Inc. KIM, YUNJU 1742 §103 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Oct 10, 2024
18771807 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A PRIVATE SECTOR MONETARY AUTHORITY Fulcrum Ip Corporation MAGUIRE, LINDSAY M 3619 §103 Non-Final OA 23d Pending Jul 12, 2024
18744198 CONTROL SYSTEM FOR RAILWAY YARD AND RELATED METHODS All Terminal Services, LLC EL-BATHY, IBRAHIM N 3628 §103 Non-Final OA 126d overdue Pending Jun 14, 2024
18607436 COMPOSITIONS WITH IMPROVED SOLUBILITY OF POOR-WATER-SOLUBLE AGENTS AND METHODS OF MAKING Giffin Technologies Inc. MOREAU, NASHARA LOUISE 1655 §103 Non-Final OA 82d Pending Mar 16, 2024
18595932 ENHANCED DETECTION AND ANALYSIS OF BIOLOGICAL ACOUSTIC SIGNALS Entac Medical, Inc. KRETZER, KYLE W. 3791 §102 Final Rejection 28d overdue Pending Mar 05, 2024
18439313 BARREL NUT ASSEMBLY AND METHOD TO ATTACH A BARREL TO A FIREARM USING SUCH ASSEMBLY Lwrc International LLC GOMBERG, BENJAMIN S 3641 §112 Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Feb 12, 2024
18385490 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING GASTROINTESTINAL IMPAIRMENT UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FERNANDES, PATRICK M 3791 Other Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Oct 31, 2023
18270175 PRODUCTION OF CARBON BLACK Green Lizard Technologies Ltd. QIAN, YUN 1738 §103 Non-Final OA 81d overdue Pending Jun 28, 2023

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