Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Boardman & Clark LLP

15 pending office actions • 5 clients • 14 examiners • 9 art units • 0 of 15 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 36 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

15
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
9
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 15 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

8
Overdue
1
Due this week
4
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
2
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. 15 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (8)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (4)Due later (2)

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%)
15
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only14 (93%)
§102 only1 (7%)

Industry Mix

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

13
Life Sciences
87% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
7% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
7% 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.

150 h
Manual time on pending OAs
30 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
52 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LEONARD, MICHELLE TURNER 2 70.7% +10.0%
GAY, JENNIFER HAWKINS 1 85.1% +9.1%
SIDDIQUEE, MUHAMMAD S 1 77.6% +20.2%
WANG, EUGENIA 1 54.1% +35.1%
LYNCH, VICTORIA HOM 1 86.4% +9.4%
YOON, KEVIN E 1 59.3% +43.1%
BERHANU, SAMUEL 1 73.1% +14.2%
USYATINSKY, ALEXANDER 1 82.7% +19.6%
KERNS, KEVIN P 1 78.9% +21.1%
ZHANG, HAIXIA 1 62.7% +17.8%

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
18713423 A METHOD OF LINING A BOREHOLE, A SYSTEM AND COMPONENTS OF SAME GAY, JENNIFER HAWKINS 29d overdue
18355647 BATTERY HOUSING AND BATTERY MODULE INCLUDING THE BATTERY HOUSING LYNCH, VICTORIA HOM 16d overdue
17944484 METHOD FOR DETERMINING BATTERY PACK TEMPERATURE AND STATE OF CHARGE USYATINSKY, ALEXANDER 12d

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
18012596 INTEGRATED VALVE PLUG AND BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME LEONARD, MICHELLE TURNER 50d overdue
17761939 LEAD-ACID BATTERY HAVING FIBER ELECTRODE WITH LEAD-CALCIUM STRAP LEONARD, MICHELLE TURNER 42d overdue
18604333 ABSORBENT GLASS MAT BATTERY WANG, EUGENIA 1d overdue
17722467 THERMAL EPOXY AND POSITIONING OF ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS ZHANG, HAIXIA 6d
17794480 CELL SWELLING RESTRAINT WITH HEAT STAKED FIXATION KERNS, KEVIN P 8d
17944484 METHOD FOR DETERMINING BATTERY PACK TEMPERATURE AND STATE OF CHARGE USYATINSKY, ALEXANDER 12d
18614314 THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR A BATTERY MODULE SIDDIQUEE, MUHAMMAD S 14d
18020212 BATTERY MODULE INCLUDING A MULTI-FUNCTION RELAY DRIVER BERHANU, SAMUEL 69d

Client Portfolio (5 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17243
17232
17352
17512
17252
36191
17591
28591
17001

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18713423 A METHOD OF LINING A BOREHOLE, A SYSTEM AND COMPONENTS OF SAME Minova International Limited GAY, JENNIFER HAWKINS 3619 §103 Final Rejection 29d overdue Pending May 24, 2024
18614314 THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR A BATTERY MODULE Cps Technology Holdings LLC SIDDIQUEE, MUHAMMAD S 1723 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Mar 22, 2024
18604333 ABSORBENT GLASS MAT BATTERY Clarios Germany GmbH & Co. Kg WANG, EUGENIA 1759 §103 Final Rejection 1d overdue Pending Mar 13, 2024
18355647 BATTERY HOUSING AND BATTERY MODULE INCLUDING THE BATTERY HOUSING Clarios Advanced Solutions GmbH LYNCH, VICTORIA HOM 1724 §103 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Jul 20, 2023
18020398 HOUSING FOR ELECTRICAL POWER STORAGE DEVICE, ELECTRICAL POWER STORAGE DEVICE INCLUDING THE HOUSING, AND VEHICLE INCLUDING THE ELECTRICAL POWER STORAGE DEVICE Clarios Germany GmbH & Co. Kg YOON, KEVIN E 1735 §103 Final Rejection 83d Pending Feb 08, 2023
18020212 BATTERY MODULE INCLUDING A MULTI-FUNCTION RELAY DRIVER Cps Technology Holdings LLC BERHANU, SAMUEL 2859 §103 Non-Final OA 69d Pending Feb 07, 2023
18012596 INTEGRATED VALVE PLUG AND BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME Cps Technology Holdings LLC LEONARD, MICHELLE TURNER 1724 §103 Non-Final OA 50d overdue Pending Dec 22, 2022
17944484 METHOD FOR DETERMINING BATTERY PACK TEMPERATURE AND STATE OF CHARGE Cps Technology Holdings LLC USYATINSKY, ALEXANDER 1751 §102 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Sep 14, 2022
17794480 CELL SWELLING RESTRAINT WITH HEAT STAKED FIXATION Clarios Advanced Solutions GmbH KERNS, KEVIN P 1735 §103 Final Rejection 8d Pending Jul 21, 2022
17722467 THERMAL EPOXY AND POSITIONING OF ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS Cps Technology Holding LLC ZHANG, HAIXIA 1723 §103 Final Rejection 6d Pending Apr 18, 2022
17761939 LEAD-ACID BATTERY HAVING FIBER ELECTRODE WITH LEAD-CALCIUM STRAP Cps Technology Holdings LLC LEONARD, MICHELLE TURNER 1724 §103 Final Rejection 42d overdue Pending Mar 18, 2022
17585831 PRISMATIC BATTERY CELL ENERGY DENSITY FOR A LITHIUM ION BATTERY MODULE Cps Technology Holdings LLC CHUO, TONY SHENG HSIANG 1751 §103 Final Rejection 23d overdue Pending Jan 27, 2022
17610032 BATTERY HOUSING AND BATTERY COMPRISING SAME Clarios Germany GmbH & Co. Kg WYLUDA, KIMBERLY 1725 §103 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Nov 09, 2021
17385437 TIP & ASSEMBLY FOR THERMAL EXTRACTION DEVICE Dynavap, LLC KUMAR, SRILAKSHMI K 1700 §103 Final Rejection 23d Pending Jul 26, 2021
17422833 PLASTIC CELL SWELLING RESTRAINT FEATURE Cps Technology Holdings LLC CHAN, HENG M 1725 §103 Final Rejection 42d overdue Pending Jul 14, 2021

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