Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Berg Hill Greenleaf Ruscitti LLP

10 pending office actions • 7 clients • 9 examiners • 8 art units • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 20 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

10
Total Pending OAs
9
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

10
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
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. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (10)

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 (10%)
6
Medium (60%)
1
Easy (10%)
2
Unknown (20%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (10%)
§103 only6 (60%)
§112 only1 (10%)
No statute on record2 (20%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
40% of docket
1
Information Tech
10% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
50% 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.

100 h
Manual time on pending OAs
20 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
35 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HENSON, DEVIN B 2 64.9% +43.5%
LUKJAN, SEBASTIAN X 1 76.2% +41.5%
COY, NICOLE A 1 78.2% -3.0%
RAGHU, GANAPATHIRAM 1 73.7% +26.2%
AXTELL, ASHLEY 1 13.1% +25.0%
MONSHIPOURI, MARYAM 1 79.1% +37.1%
REGLAS, GEORGIANA C 1 38.8% +30.2%
JOHNSON, CEDRIC D 1 81.8% +23.1%
WALRAED-SULLIVAN, KYLE 1 73.8% +30.4%

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
18455442 DIGESTIVE SUPPLEMENT TO MITIGATE ADVERSE REACTIONS AXTELL, ASHLEY 42d overdue
18057955 Transition Device for Textured Protein Foodstuff JOHNSON, CEDRIC D 19d overdue

Interview Candidates (9)

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
18466690 System and Method for Determining Animal Body Surface Area and Subsequently Determining Animal Health Status HENSON, DEVIN B 97d overdue
18440673 MICROCURRENT DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THE TREATMENT OF VISUAL DISEASE LUKJAN, SEBASTIAN X 84d overdue
18488966 System and Method for Determining Animal Body Surface Area and Subsequently Determining Animal Health Status HENSON, DEVIN B 80d overdue
18455442 DIGESTIVE SUPPLEMENT TO MITIGATE ADVERSE REACTIONS AXTELL, ASHLEY 42d overdue
18117163 Improved Cellulose to Cellobiose Conversion Process REGLAS, GEORGIANA C 35d overdue
17607203 Prop Head For Formwork Shoring And Method Of Using Same WALRAED-SULLIVAN, KYLE 24d overdue
18057955 Transition Device for Textured Protein Foodstuff JOHNSON, CEDRIC D 19d overdue
18460258 Cellulose for Use in Cellulosic Ethanol-Producing Applications RAGHU, GANAPATHIRAM 16d overdue

Client Portfolio (7 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37912
16512
37921
36721
16521
17921
21861
36351

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18440673 MICROCURRENT DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THE TREATMENT OF VISUAL DISEASE Macumira Medical Devices Inc. LUKJAN, SEBASTIAN X 3792 §103 Non-Final OA 84d overdue Pending Feb 13, 2024
18566957 RUNNING AND RETRIEVAL TOOL Beyond Energy Services And Technology Corp. COY, NICOLE A 3672 §103 Non-Final OA 525d overdue Pending Dec 04, 2023
18488966 System and Method for Determining Animal Body Surface Area and Subsequently Determining Animal Health Status Geissler Companies, LLC HENSON, DEVIN B 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 80d overdue Pending Oct 17, 2023
18466690 System and Method for Determining Animal Body Surface Area and Subsequently Determining Animal Health Status Geissler Companies, LLC HENSON, DEVIN B 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 97d overdue Pending Sep 13, 2023
18460258 Cellulose for Use in Cellulosic Ethanol-Producing Applications Sixring Inc. RAGHU, GANAPATHIRAM 1652 §103 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Sep 01, 2023
18455442 DIGESTIVE SUPPLEMENT TO MITIGATE ADVERSE REACTIONS Hicare Health Foods Pty Limited AXTELL, ASHLEY 1792 §103 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Aug 24, 2023
18452169 Improvements In Biomass Fermentation into Ethanol Sixring Inc. MONSHIPOURI, MARYAM 1651 Other Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Aug 18, 2023
18117163 Improved Cellulose to Cellobiose Conversion Process Sixring Inc. REGLAS, GEORGIANA C 1651 Other Non-Final OA 35d overdue Pending Mar 03, 2023
18057955 Transition Device for Textured Protein Foodstuff Proform Innovation Pty Limited JOHNSON, CEDRIC D 2186 §101 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Nov 22, 2022
17607203 Prop Head For Formwork Shoring And Method Of Using Same Shinwide Pty. Ltd. WALRAED-SULLIVAN, KYLE 3635 §112 Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending Oct 28, 2021

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