Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20 pending office actions • 5 clients • 20 examiners • 15 art units • 0 of 20 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 43 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

20
Total Pending OAs
17
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 20 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

8
Overdue
2
Due this week
7
Due this month
3
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. 20 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (8)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (7)Due ≤ 60 days (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.

0
Hard (0%)
16
Medium (80%)
1
Easy (5%)
3
Unknown (15%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only14 (70%)
§102 only2 (10%)
§112 only1 (5%)
No statute on record3 (15%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
10% of docket
2
Information Tech
10% of docket
2
Communications
10% of docket
12
Semiconductors
60% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
5% of docket
1
Business / Other
5% 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.

200 h
Manual time on pending OAs
40 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
70 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HUGHES, DEANDRA M 1 77.3% +20.0%
KAPLAN, HAL IRA 1 86.1% +9.1%
BARNETT, JOEL 1 80.5% +12.2%
PARTRIDGE, WILLIAM B 1 75.1% +42.3%
LY, XUAN 1 85.0% +6.4%
TRAN, THAI H 1 71.9% +25.7%
GIRMA, FEKADESELASS 1 76.8% +17.7%
BUKHARI, AQEEL H 1 85.6% +14.2%
HERNANDEZ, WILLIAM 1 93.9% +4.1%
ROSARIO BENITEZ, GUSTAVO A 1 81.5% +25.2%

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
18776394 Gate Driver For Reliable Switching HERNANDEZ, WILLIAM 127d overdue
18889587 Bypass Mechanism BUKHARI, AQEEL H 71d overdue
18754390 Method and Apparatus for Bypass and Shutdown of a Power Device ROSARIO BENITEZ, GUSTAVO A 6d

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18889587 Bypass Mechanism BUKHARI, AQEEL H 71d overdue
19001998 Serially Connected Inverters BARNETT, JOEL 56d overdue
18754390 Method and Apparatus for Bypass and Shutdown of a Power Device ROSARIO BENITEZ, GUSTAVO A 6d
18991975 Integrated Photovoltaic Panel Circuitry PARTRIDGE, WILLIAM B 14d
18953618 Apparatus, System and Method for Power Conversion TRAN, THAI H 14d
18925234 User-Configurable Weather Warning Apparatus GIRMA, FEKADESELASS 20d
19202586 Optical Coupling HUGHES, DEANDRA M 21d

Client Portfolio (5 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28363
28493
28382
39921
28121
26891
28341
28581
37541
17261

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19202586 Optical Coupling Teramount Ltd. HUGHES, DEANDRA M 3992 §112 Non-Final OA 21d Pending May 08, 2025
19018269 Circuit for Interconnected Direct Current Power Sources Solaredge Technologies Ltd. KAPLAN, HAL IRA 2836 Other Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Jan 13, 2025
19001998 Serially Connected Inverters Solaredge Technologies Ltd. BARNETT, JOEL 2849 Other Non-Final OA 56d overdue Pending Dec 26, 2024
18991975 Integrated Photovoltaic Panel Circuitry Solaredge Technologies Ltd. PARTRIDGE, WILLIAM B 2812 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Dec 23, 2024
18968224 Maximizing Power in a Photovoltaic Distributed Power System Solaredge Technologies Ltd. LY, XUAN 2836 Other Non-Final OA 33d Pending Dec 04, 2024
18953618 Apparatus, System and Method for Power Conversion Solaredge Technologies Ltd. TRAN, THAI H 2836 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Nov 20, 2024
18925234 User-Configurable Weather Warning Apparatus La Crosse Technology Ltd. GIRMA, FEKADESELASS 2689 §103 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Oct 24, 2024
18889587 Bypass Mechanism Solaredge Technologies Ltd. BUKHARI, AQEEL H 2849 §102 Non-Final OA 71d overdue Pending Sep 19, 2024
18776394 Gate Driver For Reliable Switching Solaredge Technologies Ltd. HERNANDEZ, WILLIAM 2849 §102 Non-Final OA 127d overdue Pending Jul 18, 2024
18754390 Method and Apparatus for Bypass and Shutdown of a Power Device Solaredge Technologies Ltd. ROSARIO BENITEZ, GUSTAVO A 2838 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Jun 26, 2024
18748320 Motor Integrated Inverter Solaredge Technologies Ltd. KENERLY, TERRANCE L 2834 §103 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Jun 20, 2024
18663193 Electrical and Optical Semiconductor Probe Head Teramount Ltd. ISLA, RICHARD 2858 §103 Non-Final OA 5d Pending May 14, 2024
18628954 Photovoltaic Pool Cover or Awning Solaredge Technologies Ltd. NGUYEN, TUAN N 3754 §103 Non-Final OA 118d overdue Pending Apr 08, 2024
18602336 Apparatus, System, and Method for Vertical Solar Panels Solaredge Technologies Ltd. MALLEY JR., DANIEL PATRICK 1726 §103 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Mar 12, 2024
18235380 Remote Location Monitoring La Crosse Technology Ltd. SHIBEROU, MAHELET 2171 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Aug 18, 2023
18353176 Systems and Methods for Climate Control During Insufficient Supply of Power Solaredge Technologies Ltd. DUNN, DARRIN D 2117 §103 Non-Final OA 80d overdue Pending Jul 17, 2023
18316288 Charge Storage Device Solaredge Technologies Ltd. PELTON, NATHANIEL R 2859 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending May 12, 2023
18162739 Modular Camouflage System and Uses Thereof Ametrine Technologies Ltd. POWERS, LAURA C 1785 §103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Feb 01, 2023
17946252 Power Source Protection Device Solaredge Technologies Ltd. LEE, JYE-JUNE 2838 §103 Final Rejection 33d Pending Sep 16, 2022
17854935 Satellite Communication Terminal for IOT Applications Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. TRAN, PABLO N 2643 §103 Non-Final OA 88d overdue Pending Jun 30, 2022

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