Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Borden Ladner Gervais (Vancouver)

13 pending office actions • 11 clients • 13 examiners • 12 art units • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 18 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

13
Total Pending OAs
10
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 13 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

8
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
2
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. 13 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

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

0
Hard (0%)
10
Medium (77%)
0
Easy (0%)
3
Unknown (23%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only9 (69%)
§102 only1 (8%)
No statute on record3 (23%)

Industry Mix

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

5
Life Sciences
38% of docket
1
Information Tech
8% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
8% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
46% 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.

130 h
Manual time on pending OAs
26 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
46 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
WEHRHEIM, LINDSEY GAIL 1 78.6% +20.5%
LEWIS, CAMRYN BROOKE 1 0.0% +0.0%
LAU, MICHAEL J 1 70.5% +25.1%
POUDEL, SANTOSH RAJ 1 76.5% +32.1%
KALISZEWSKI, ALINA ROSE 1 83.0% +24.3%
CECIL, TERRY K 1 63.4% +40.3%
HUNTER, JOHN S 1 82.3% +24.0%
BRUCE, FAROUK A 1 46.1% +37.0%
ICET, DANIEL ALLEN 1 51.2% +53.9%
LING, DORIS 1 27.8% +76.5%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18235469 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SAMPLE INTRODUCTION FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY KALISZEWSKI, ALINA ROSE 23d overdue
18186577 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATING SUBSEQUENT PASSES OF A WELDING OPERATION HUNTER, JOHN S 19d

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
17924190 COMPOSITION FOR A COATING, COATINGS AND METHODS THEREOF LING, DORIS 91d overdue
18862918 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPLAYING PATIENT DATA RELATING TO CHRONIC DISEASES LEWIS, CAMRYN BROOKE 9d 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
17924190 COMPOSITION FOR A COATING, COATINGS AND METHODS THEREOF LING, DORIS 91d overdue
18032696 SLUDGE TREATMENT AND DEWATERING SYSTEMS CECIL, TERRY K 45d overdue
17990322 IMPLANTABLE FULLY ENDOVASCULAR MAMMALIAN BODY SUCCEDENT CAVITY WALL BREACH SEALING DEVICE ICET, DANIEL ALLEN 43d overdue
18468413 DISTRIBUTION TRANSFORMER AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING ELECTRICAL POWER FROM A SOURCE GRID TO CUSTOMER SITES POUDEL, SANTOSH RAJ 36d overdue
18235469 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SAMPLE INTRODUCTION FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY KALISZEWSKI, ALINA ROSE 23d overdue
19241022 IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICES AND RELATED METHODS THEREOF WEHRHEIM, LINDSEY GAIL 14d
18186577 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATING SUBSEQUENT PASSES OF A WELDING OPERATION HUNTER, JOHN S 19d
18015634 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING BIOMARKERS OF VASCULAR FUNCTION UTILIZING BOLD CMR IMAGES BRUCE, FAROUK A 39d

Client Portfolio (11 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17642
37991
36831
37961
21151
28811
17791
37611
37971
37711

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19241022 IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICES AND RELATED METHODS THEREOF Puzzle Medical Devices Inc. WEHRHEIM, LINDSEY GAIL 3799 §102 Final Rejection 14d Pending Jun 17, 2025
18862918 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPLAYING PATIENT DATA RELATING TO CHRONIC DISEASES Theragraph Inc. LEWIS, CAMRYN BROOKE 3683 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Nov 04, 2024
18755246 MODULAR MAMMALIAN BODY IMPLANTABLE FLUID FLOW INFLUENCING DEVICE AND RELATED METHODS Puzzle Medical Devices Inc. LAU, MICHAEL J 3796 §103 Non-Final OA 71d Pending Jun 26, 2024
18468413 DISTRIBUTION TRANSFORMER AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING ELECTRICAL POWER FROM A SOURCE GRID TO CUSTOMER SITES Epcor Distribution & Transmission Inc. POUDEL, SANTOSH RAJ 2115 §103 Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending Sep 15, 2023
18235469 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SAMPLE INTRODUCTION FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY Jp Scientific Limited KALISZEWSKI, ALINA ROSE 2881 §103 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Aug 18, 2023
18032696 SLUDGE TREATMENT AND DEWATERING SYSTEMS Biovac Solutions Inc. CECIL, TERRY K 1779 §103 Non-Final OA 45d overdue Pending Apr 19, 2023
18186577 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATING SUBSEQUENT PASSES OF A WELDING OPERATION Novarc Technologies Inc. HUNTER, JOHN S 3761 §103 Non-Final OA 19d Pending Mar 20, 2023
18015634 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING BIOMARKERS OF VASCULAR FUNCTION UTILIZING BOLD CMR IMAGES Area 19 Medical Inc. BRUCE, FAROUK A 3797 §103 Non-Final OA 39d Pending Jan 11, 2023
17990322 IMPLANTABLE FULLY ENDOVASCULAR MAMMALIAN BODY SUCCEDENT CAVITY WALL BREACH SEALING DEVICE Puzzle Medical Devices Inc. ICET, DANIEL ALLEN 3771 §103 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Nov 18, 2022
17924190 COMPOSITION FOR A COATING, COATINGS AND METHODS THEREOF Graphite Innovation And Technologies Inc. LING, DORIS 1764 Other Non-Final OA 91d overdue Pending Nov 09, 2022
17910296 GLASS COMPOSITION Ir Scientific Inc. BOLDEN, ELIZABETH A 1731 Other Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Sep 08, 2022
17602205 RADIOPAQUE GLASS MATERIAL Abk Biomedical Incorporated WESTERBERG, NISSA M 1618 Other Final Rejection 126d overdue Pending Oct 07, 2021
16981835 MULTIFUNCTIONAL COATINGS FOR USE IN WET ENVIRONMENTS Graphite Innovation And Technologies Inc. BUTCHER, ROBERT T 1764 §103 Final Rejection 57d Pending Sep 17, 2020

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