Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Bond Schoeneck & King Pllc - Buffalo

5 pending office actions • 1 client • 5 examiners • 3 art units • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 12 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (1)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.

1
Hard (20%)
4
Medium (80%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (20%)
§103 only3 (60%)
§102 only1 (20%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
20% of docket
4
Communications
80% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
GANMAVO, KUASSI A 1 70.2% +20.2%
FAHNERT, FRIEDRICH 1 84.1% +12.2%
SAUNDERS JR, JOSEPH 1 72.9% +20.5%
MORSE, CASON HENSON 1 62.5% -7.3%
CHIN, VIVIAN C 1 10.3% +10.4%

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
18771449 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENGINE SOUND ENHANCEMENT FAHNERT, FRIEDRICH 63d

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
18465691 ORIENTATION SENSOR AXIAL SELF-CALIBRATION CHIN, VIVIAN C 17d overdue

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18465691 ORIENTATION SENSOR AXIAL SELF-CALIBRATION CHIN, VIVIAN C 17d overdue
18422269 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SYNCHRONIZING A PLURALITY OF ISOCHRONOUS STREAMS SAUNDERS JR, JOSEPH 22d
18777128 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BROADCASTING AUDIO GANMAVO, KUASSI A 56d
18771449 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENGINE SOUND ENHANCEMENT FAHNERT, FRIEDRICH 63d

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
BOSE CORPORATION 5

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
26923
24171
26951

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18777128 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BROADCASTING AUDIO BOSE CORPORATION GANMAVO, KUASSI A 2692 §103 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Jul 18, 2024
18771449 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENGINE SOUND ENHANCEMENT BOSE CORPORATION FAHNERT, FRIEDRICH 2692 §103 Non-Final OA 63d Pending Jul 12, 2024
18422269 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SYNCHRONIZING A PLURALITY OF ISOCHRONOUS STREAMS BOSE CORPORATION SAUNDERS JR, JOSEPH 2692 §102 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Jan 25, 2024
18542010 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREVENTING TEMPORAL OVERLAP BETWEEN DATA PACKETS OF BROADCAST STREAMS BOSE CORPORATION MORSE, CASON HENSON 2417 §103 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Dec 15, 2023
18465691 ORIENTATION SENSOR AXIAL SELF-CALIBRATION BOSE CORPORATION CHIN, VIVIAN C 2695 §101 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Sep 12, 2023

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