Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Bracewell LLP

8 pending office actions • 5 clients • 8 examiners • 8 art units • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 44 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

6
Overdue
1
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
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. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (6)Due ≤ 7 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.

0
Hard (0%)
8
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only7 (88%)
§102 only1 (12%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
12% of docket
3
Information Tech
38% of docket
2
Communications
25% of docket
1
Semiconductors
12% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
12% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BERHAN, AHMED A 1 87.5% +11.4%
KNACKSTEDT, JACOB BENEDICT 1 87.5% +16.7%
CASILLASHERNANDEZ, OMAR 1 76.9% +17.8%
COLLIER, JAMESON D 1 53.9% +47.6%
HANSEN, JONATHAN M 1 79.4% +11.6%
KUMAR, SRILAKSHMI K 1 55.4% +15.6%
CHAVEZ, ANTHONY RAY 1 16.7% +100.0%
COTHRAN, BERNARD E 1 45.5% +15.5%

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
18818834 OPERATOR AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VEHICLE, VESSEL, OR HEAVY EQUIPMENT KNACKSTEDT, JACOB BENEDICT 71d overdue
18914602 TRUSTED MEDIA DEVICE AND PROCESS FOR AUTHENTICATION OF DIGITAL MEDIA BERHAN, AHMED A 11d overdue

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
17844997 Methods and Systems for Hydrocarbon Future Field Size Assessment CHAVEZ, ANTHONY RAY 147d overdue

Interview Candidates (8)

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
18018093 POLISHING COMPOSITION, AND POLISHING METHOD USING POLISHING COMPOSITION KUMAR, SRILAKSHMI K 147d overdue
17844997 Methods and Systems for Hydrocarbon Future Field Size Assessment CHAVEZ, ANTHONY RAY 147d overdue
18573739 Impact Protection System COLLIER, JAMESON D 80d overdue
18818834 OPERATOR AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VEHICLE, VESSEL, OR HEAVY EQUIPMENT KNACKSTEDT, JACOB BENEDICT 71d overdue
17356025 Systems and Methods for Hydrocarbon Reservoir Divided Model Generation and Development COTHRAN, BERNARD E 71d overdue
18914602 TRUSTED MEDIA DEVICE AND PROCESS FOR AUTHENTICATION OF DIGITAL MEDIA BERHAN, AHMED A 11d overdue
18788476 LOW-LATENCY WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND PROTOCOL FOR CO2 BOT SENSING COMMUNICATION CASILLASHERNANDEZ, OMAR 5d
18563801 OPTICAL MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MEASURING AN AXIAL LENGTH HANSEN, JONATHAN M 75d

Client Portfolio (5 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
26391
24081
26891
37321
28771
17001
21861
21881

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18914602 TRUSTED MEDIA DEVICE AND PROCESS FOR AUTHENTICATION OF DIGITAL MEDIA Atom Technologies LLC BERHAN, AHMED A 2639 §103 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Oct 14, 2024
18818834 OPERATOR AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VEHICLE, VESSEL, OR HEAVY EQUIPMENT Saudi Arabian Oil Company KNACKSTEDT, JACOB BENEDICT 2408 §103 Non-Final OA 71d overdue Pending Aug 29, 2024
18788476 LOW-LATENCY WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND PROTOCOL FOR CO2 BOT SENSING COMMUNICATION Saudi Arabian Oil Company CASILLASHERNANDEZ, OMAR 2689 §103 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Jul 30, 2024
18573739 Impact Protection System Anti Ordinary Pty Ltd COLLIER, JAMESON D 3732 §103 Non-Final OA 80d overdue Pending Dec 22, 2023
18563801 OPTICAL MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MEASURING AN AXIAL LENGTH Occuity Limited HANSEN, JONATHAN M 2877 §103 Non-Final OA 75d Pending Nov 22, 2023
18018093 POLISHING COMPOSITION, AND POLISHING METHOD USING POLISHING COMPOSITION Yamaguchi Seiken Kogyo Co., Ltd. KUMAR, SRILAKSHMI K 1700 §102 Final Rejection 147d overdue Pending Jun 14, 2023
17844997 Methods and Systems for Hydrocarbon Future Field Size Assessment Saudi Arabian Oil Company CHAVEZ, ANTHONY RAY 2186 §103 Non-Final OA 147d overdue Pending Jun 21, 2022
17356025 Systems and Methods for Hydrocarbon Reservoir Divided Model Generation and Development Saudi Arabian Oil Company COTHRAN, BERNARD E 2188 §103 Final Rejection 71d overdue Pending Jun 23, 2021

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