Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Barnes & Thornburg, LLP

12 pending office actions • 8 clients • 10 examiners • 10 art units • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 19 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

12
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
9
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.

5
Overdue
1
Due this week
5
Due this month
0
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. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (5)

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%)
8
Medium (67%)
2
Easy (17%)
2
Unknown (17%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only8 (67%)
§112 only2 (17%)
No statute on record2 (17%)

Industry Mix

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

8
Life Sciences
67% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
17% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
17% 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.

120 h
Manual time on pending OAs
24 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
42 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
OLADAPO, TAIWO 2 53.0% +11.3%
BERRIOS, JENNIFER A 2 37.6% +50.7%
RUSHING-TUCKER, CHINYERE J 1 74.1% +11.5%
PADUA, NICO LAUREN 1 9.1% +15.8%
CHENG, KAREN 1 76.3% +28.1%
BABSON, NICOLE PLOURDE 1 46.5% +32.0%
BASQUILL, SEAN M 1 38.6% +22.5%
ROBERTS, LEZAH 1 48.7% +36.3%
BACA, MATTHEW WALTER 1 73.7% +4.9%
AMARA, MOHAMED K 1 75.7% +30.0%

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
18673789 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REAL-TIME LIVESTOCK MANAGEMENT PADUA, NICO LAUREN 11d overdue

Interview Candidates (11)

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
19067295 INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS FOR OPTIMIZING STRETCH WRAPPER OPERATION AND STRETCH FILM USAGE RUSHING-TUCKER, CHINYERE J 56d overdue
18008696 TOOTH WHITENING AND TOOTH SENSITIVITY STRIP OR FILM ROBERTS, LEZAH 44d overdue
18673789 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REAL-TIME LIVESTOCK MANAGEMENT PADUA, NICO LAUREN 11d overdue
18210783 BORON CONTAINING PYRIMIDINE COMPOUNDS, COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING THEM, METHODS AND USES THEREOF CHENG, KAREN 8d overdue
17578858 INTERFEROMETER OPTIC MATERIAL AND RELATED METHODS AMARA, MOHAMED K 6d
17914997 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR INCREASING DIGESTIBILITY OF CALCIUM AND PHOSPHOROUS IN PIGS BERRIOS, JENNIFER A 15d
17720507 HAIR TREATMENT COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE BERRIOS, JENNIFER A 15d
18031784 DENTAL KIT COMPRISING A DENTAL ALIGNER OR A MOUTH TRAY AND DISSOLVABLE FILMS BASQUILL, SEAN M 16d

Client Portfolio (8 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17712
16132
37311
36261
16231
16191
16141
16121
28571
28771

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19067295 INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS FOR OPTIMIZING STRETCH WRAPPER OPERATION AND STRETCH FILM USAGE Atlantic Corporation Of Wilmington, Inc. RUSHING-TUCKER, CHINYERE J 3731 §103 Non-Final OA 56d overdue Pending Feb 28, 2025
18673789 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REAL-TIME LIVESTOCK MANAGEMENT Premex, Inc. PADUA, NICO LAUREN 3626 §103 Final Rejection 11d overdue Pending May 24, 2024
18557826 ETHYLENE-PROPYLENE BRANCHED COPOLYMERS USED AS VISCOSITY MODIFIERS Chevron Oronite Company LLC OLADAPO, TAIWO 1771 Other Final Rejection 21d Pending Oct 27, 2023
18210783 BORON CONTAINING PYRIMIDINE COMPOUNDS, COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING THEM, METHODS AND USES THEREOF BORAH, INC. CHENG, KAREN 1623 §112 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Jun 16, 2023
18140665 PHOTOCHEMICAL HAIR STYLING METHODS AND RELATED COMPOSITIONS VIRTUE LABS, LLC BABSON, NICOLE PLOURDE 1619 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 28, 2023
18031784 DENTAL KIT COMPRISING A DENTAL ALIGNER OR A MOUTH TRAY AND DISSOLVABLE FILMS Bsolve Limited BASQUILL, SEAN M 1614 Other Non-Final OA 16d Pending Apr 13, 2023
18008696 TOOTH WHITENING AND TOOTH SENSITIVITY STRIP OR FILM Bsolve Limited ROBERTS, LEZAH 1612 §103 Final Rejection 44d overdue Pending Dec 07, 2022
17914997 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR INCREASING DIGESTIBILITY OF CALCIUM AND PHOSPHOROUS IN PIGS Premex, Inc. BERRIOS, JENNIFER A 1613 §103 Final Rejection 15d Pending Sep 27, 2022
17800183 VIRTUAL AND DIGITAL RESEARCH MODEL AND RELATED METHODS FOR IMPROVING ANIMAL HEALTH AND PERFORMANCE OUTCOMES Premex, Inc. BACA, MATTHEW WALTER 2857 §103 Final Rejection 71d overdue Pending Aug 16, 2022
17758638 FRICTION MODIFIER COMPOUNDS AND RELATED COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS Afton Chemical Corporation OLADAPO, TAIWO 1771 §103 Final Rejection 29d Pending Jul 12, 2022
17720507 HAIR TREATMENT COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE VIRTUE LABS, LLC BERRIOS, JENNIFER A 1613 §112 Final Rejection 15d Pending Apr 14, 2022
17578858 INTERFEROMETER OPTIC MATERIAL AND RELATED METHODS Georgia Tech Research Corporation AMARA, MOHAMED K 2877 §103 Final Rejection 6d Pending Jan 19, 2022

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