Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

69 pending office actions • 53 clients • 69 examiners • 53 art units • 0 of 69 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 196 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

69
Total Pending OAs
45
Non-Final OAs
23
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 69 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

38
Overdue
2
Due this week
18
Due this month
5
Due in next 60 days
6
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. 69 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (38)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (18)Due ≤ 60 days (5)Due later (6)

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.

4
Hard (6%)
60
Medium (87%)
3
Easy (4%)
2
Unknown (3%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only4 (6%)
§103 only55 (80%)
§102 only4 (6%)
§112 only3 (4%)
Double-patenting + other1 (1%)
No statute on record2 (3%)

Industry Mix

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

13
Life Sciences
19% of docket
5
Information Tech
7% of docket
6
Communications
9% of docket
6
Semiconductors
9% of docket
38
Mechanical / Eng
55% of docket
1
Business / Other
1% 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.

690 h
Manual time on pending OAs
138 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
241 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
6.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
NIGH, JAMES D 1 58.5% +30.8%
HARRINGTON, MICHAEL P 1 24.6% +17.1%
ERB, NATHAN 1 51.7% -0.3%
HANCE, ROBERT J 1 66.1% +21.7%
BROWN, SARA GRACE 1 27.9% +31.1%
PATEL, AMIT HEMANTKUMAR 1 55.8% +6.2%
EL-BATHY, IBRAHIM N 1 52.4% +48.0%
CHANNAVAJJALA, SRIRAMA T 1 74.9% +32.6%
LARGI, MATTHEW THOMAS 1 77.0% +15.8%
ST CYR, DANIEL 1 81.3% +13.3%

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
18927062 ARTICLE PROCESSING APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREFOR ST CYR, DANIEL 5d overdue

Hard Cases (6)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18156844 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MATCHING TOKENIZED ACCOUNTS BETWEEN ANONYMOUS PARTIES GOYEA, OLUSEGUN 77d overdue
18029178 TISSUE FLUID MEASUREMENT DEVICE WESTFALL, SARAH ANN 17d overdue
19036403 SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES FOR SCREENING FOR AFFILIATIONS BROWN, SARA GRACE 2d overdue
16396449 BREATHING CONDITION AND OVERDOSE DETECTOR COOPER, JONATHAN EPHRAIM 22d
19185748 BAGGAGE NOTIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD HARRINGTON, MICHAEL P 27d
18340616 MACHINE LEARNING-BASED WIN PROBABILITIES IN WAGERING GAMES GARNER, WERNER G 84d

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
18963947 Method and System for Efficient Data Searching using Complex Search Criteria CHANNAVAJJALA, SRIRAMA T 121d overdue
18931776 MONITORING PUMP SPEEDS OF PERISTALTIC PUMPS LARGI, MATTHEW THOMAS 114d overdue
18990651 ARTICLE TRACKING SYSTEM AND METHOD EL-BATHY, IBRAHIM N 52d overdue
19085686 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING VISUAL IMPRESSIONS OF VEHICLES CONFIGURED WITH EXTERNAL GRAPHIC MESSAGING HANCE, ROBERT J 23d overdue
18927062 ARTICLE PROCESSING APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREFOR ST CYR, DANIEL 5d overdue
19036403 SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES FOR SCREENING FOR AFFILIATIONS BROWN, SARA GRACE 2d overdue
19185748 BAGGAGE NOTIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD HARRINGTON, MICHAEL P 27d
19190986 MITIGATION OF CRYPTOGRAPHIC ASSET ATTACKS NIGH, JAMES D 29d

Client Portfolio (53 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37155
36284
36153
36992
36242
36272
36352
16582
36522
37912

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19190986 MITIGATION OF CRYPTOGRAPHIC ASSET ATTACKS Foolproof Labs, Inc. NIGH, JAMES D 3699 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Apr 28, 2025
19185748 BAGGAGE NOTIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD Sita Information Networking Computing UK Limited HARRINGTON, MICHAEL P 3628 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Apr 22, 2025
19185775 BAGGAGE AUTO-REFLIGHTING Sita Information Networking Computing UK Limited ERB, NATHAN 3628 §103 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Apr 22, 2025
19085686 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING VISUAL IMPRESSIONS OF VEHICLES CONFIGURED WITH EXTERNAL GRAPHIC MESSAGING Wrapify, Inc. HANCE, ROBERT J 3992 §103 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Mar 20, 2025
19036403 SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES FOR SCREENING FOR AFFILIATIONS Vital4Data, LLC BROWN, SARA GRACE 3625 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Jan 24, 2025
19032724 GENERATING GIFT CARDS USING NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING BLINKSKY, INC. PATEL, AMIT HEMANTKUMAR 3696 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Jan 21, 2025
18990651 ARTICLE TRACKING SYSTEM AND METHOD Sita Information Networking Computing Usa, Inc. EL-BATHY, IBRAHIM N 3628 §103 Final Rejection 52d overdue Pending Dec 20, 2024
18963947 Method and System for Efficient Data Searching using Complex Search Criteria Propelr Limited CHANNAVAJJALA, SRIRAMA T 2154 §103 Non-Final OA 121d overdue Pending Nov 29, 2024
18931776 MONITORING PUMP SPEEDS OF PERISTALTIC PUMPS Hydration Labs, Inc. LARGI, MATTHEW THOMAS 3746 §103 Final Rejection 114d overdue Pending Oct 30, 2024
18927062 ARTICLE PROCESSING APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREFOR Sita B.V. ST CYR, DANIEL 2876 §103 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Oct 25, 2024
18916594 USING A MASKING VALUE FOR CONTACT IDENTIFICATION Funnel Leasing, Inc. YESILDAG, MEHMET 3624 Other Non-Final OA 16d Pending Oct 15, 2024
18890556 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF UTILIZING ULTRASONIC WAVES TO PROMOTE PLANT GROWTH Maximum Technology Corporation LYNCH, CARLY W 3643 §103 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Sep 19, 2024
18845760 DYNAMIC SAMPLING RATE Elliptic Laboratories Asa ATMAKURI, VIKAS NMN 3645 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Sep 10, 2024
18842347 MEMBRANE TANK FEASIBLE FOR CRYOGENIC SERVICE Lattice International AS CASTELLANO, STEPHEN J 3733 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Aug 28, 2024
18810981 COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM AND METHOD Sita Information Networking Computing UK Limited ANYAN, BARBARA BURGESS 2457 §102 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Aug 21, 2024
18806429 SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES FOR DETECTING ANOMALIES IN SUPPLY CHAIN NETWORKS AND MANAGING INVENTORY EVENTS Thrive Technologies, Inc. WILDER, ANDREW H 3627 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Aug 15, 2024
18802899 BAGGAGE DELIVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD Sita Information Networking Computing UK Limited MOLNAR, HUNTER A 3628 §103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Aug 13, 2024
18772549 SYSTEM, DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SEQUENCING MODES OF TRANSPORTATION OR ITEMS AND THE LIKE Sita B.V. ALHARBI, ADAM MOHAMED 3663 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Jul 15, 2024
18767618 GENERATING NON-FUNGIBLE TOKENS FOR SWEEPSTAKES GAMING Primero Games, LLC KING, DAVIDA LEE 3699 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Jul 09, 2024
18717761 DEVICE FOR HOMOGENIZING A RADIOFREQUENCY FIELD FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING Multiwave Technologies PATEL, RISHI R 2896 §103 Non-Final OA 52d overdue Pending Jun 07, 2024
18716076 RESPIRATORY APPARATUS BANYAN LICENSING L.L.C. RODRIQUEZ, KARI KRISTIN 3786 §103 Non-Final OA 23d Pending Jun 03, 2024
18667745 SKILL-BASED GAMING DEVICE AND PROCESSES FOR USING SAME Primero Games, LLC THOMAS, ERIC M 3715 §102 Non-Final OA 22d Pending May 17, 2024
18658393 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING AN ARTICLE Sita Information Networking Computing UK Limited PHAM, NHUT HUY 2674 §103 Non-Final OA 50d Pending May 08, 2024
18696285 SHAFT COUPLING AND COMMINUTING DEVICE HAVING SUCH A SHAFT COUPLING Manuel Lindner BINDA, GREGORY JOHN 3679 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Mar 27, 2024
18692406 PRESENCE DETECTING DEVICE Elliptic Laboratories Asa GIRMA, FEKADESELASS 2689 §103 Final Rejection 97d overdue Pending Mar 15, 2024
18603940 INTEGRATED PAY BACK WAGERING GAMES Primero Games, LLC LANEAU, RONALD 3715 §102 Non-Final OA 29d overdue Pending Mar 13, 2024
18598566 COLOR-SHIFTING FORMULATIONS AND GOLF BALLS INCLUDING SAME Acushnet Company STANCZAK, MATTHEW BRIAN 3711 §103 Final Rejection 15d Pending Mar 07, 2024
18589128 INTERNET PROTOCOL ADDRESS MATCHING Motionworks AI Inc. DIABY, MOUSTAPHA 2683 §103 Non-Final OA 63d Pending Feb 27, 2024
18427096 PATRON VERIFICATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS Primero Games, LLC WONG, JEFFREY KEITH 3715 §103 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Jan 30, 2024
18391869 TARGETING OF ANTIGEN-PRESENTING CELLS BY NANOPARTICLES CONTAINING POLYOXAZOLINE-LIPID CONJUGATES Serina Therapeutics, Inc. KIM, DANIELLE A 1613 §103 Non-Final OA 63d Pending Dec 21, 2023
18571899 HEAT RECOVERY IN A CO2 CAPTURE PLANT Capsol Technologies Asa BUTT, AMMAD WASEEM 1776 §103 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Dec 19, 2023
18537538 AERIAL LIFT SLOPE ADJUSTMENT SYSTEM Time Manufacturing Company MATTEI, BRIAN DAVID 3635 §112 Non-Final OA 42d Pending Dec 12, 2023
18562424 A FLOATING FABRICATION ARRANGEMENT AND A METHOD OF BUILDING FLOATING STRUCTURES Mobiile Fabrication Site And Port AS VASUDEVA, AJAY 3615 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Nov 20, 2023
18511054 Percutaneous Cardiac Valve Cutter BONAPARTE MEDICAL, INC. RESTAINO, ANDREW PETER 3771 §103 Non-Final OA 74d overdue Pending Nov 16, 2023
18288984 SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS FOR WEIGHING Gallagher Group Limited HULS, NATALIE F 2855 §112 Final Rejection 34d Pending Oct 30, 2023
18380514 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RETRIEVING DAUGHTERBOATS TO A MOTHERSHIP Vestdavit Gruppen AS WIEST, ANTHONY D 3615 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Oct 16, 2023
18370941 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING VACCINE THERAPY Lile Method Research, LLC COFFA, SERGIO 1658 §103 Non-Final OA 85d Pending Sep 21, 2023
18370922 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE LEVELS Lile Method Research, LLC MIKNIS, ZACHARY J 1658 DPOther Non-Final OA 62d Pending Sep 21, 2023
18244399 COATED SEEDS AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME Pursell Agri-Tech, LLC ATKINSON, JOSHUA ALEXANDER 1612 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Sep 11, 2023
18280904 FEEDER Mmd Group Limited HAGEMAN, MARK C 3652 §103 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Sep 07, 2023
18279570 ANTI-BALLISTIC PLATE AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN ANTI-BALLISTIC PLATE Nfm AS THOMPSON, CAMIE S 1786 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Aug 30, 2023
18279177 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ACCESS Elliptic Laboratories Asa YUN, EUGENE 2648 §103 Final Rejection 56d overdue Pending Aug 28, 2023
18024160 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ROLE HARMONIZATION, APPLICATION, AND MONITORING Pathlock, Inc. DESROSIERS, EVANS 2491 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Aug 21, 2023
18363209 TRUSS SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR A DISPLAY MODULE Therio Innovation Inc. LAUX, JESSICA L 3635 Other Non-Final OA 254d overdue Pending Aug 01, 2023
18272327 DEVICES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MONITORING ELECTRIC FENCES Gallagher Group Limited WILEY, DANIEL J 3678 §103 Final Rejection 46d overdue Pending Jul 13, 2023
18270626 METHODS OF COATING POLYMERS AND REDUCTION IN PROTEIN AGGREGATION Glycome Biopharma Limited PEPITONE, MICHAEL F 1767 §103 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Jun 30, 2023
18340616 MACHINE LEARNING-BASED WIN PROBABILITIES IN WAGERING GAMES Primero Games, LLC GARNER, WERNER G 3715 §101 Non-Final OA 84d Pending Jun 23, 2023
18330690 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TREATMENT OF FEEDING DISORDERS Children'S Healthcare Of Atlanta, Inc. DOSHER, JULIE GRACE 3715 §103 Non-Final OA 127d overdue Pending Jun 07, 2023
18204464 WEBSITE CREATION SYSTEM AND METHOD Etison, LLC Dba Clickfunnels AUGUSTINE, NICHOLAS 2178 §102 Final Rejection 92d overdue Pending Jun 01, 2023
18038529 CATALYST, ELECTRODE AND MANUFACTURING METHODS THEREOF Institut National Des Sciences Appliquees De Rennes SYLVESTER, KEVIN 1794 §103 Non-Final OA 56d Pending May 24, 2023
18201469 METHOD, MEASURING DEVICE, MACHINING SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DETERMINING A CORRECTED HEIGHT SIGNAL FROM MEASUREMENT DATA OBTAINED WITH OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY Lessmüller Lasertechnik GmbH COOK, JONATHON 2877 §103 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending May 24, 2023
18200386 CYBER ATTACK RESILIENCY ASSESSMENT SYSTEMS & METHODS Sentar, Inc. NOAMAN, BASSAM A 2497 §103 Final Rejection 50d overdue Pending May 22, 2023
18316738 DEVICE FOR MOVING AN ARTICLE Sita B.V. TIGHE, BRENDAN P 3652 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending May 12, 2023
18299464 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SPECTRAL CONTROL OF LIGHT Brompton Technology Limited BLANCHA, JONATHAN M 2623 §103 Final Rejection 147d overdue Pending Apr 12, 2023
18029178 TISSUE FLUID MEASUREMENT DEVICE Mode Sensors AS WESTFALL, SARAH ANN 3791 §101 Final Rejection 17d overdue Pending Mar 29, 2023
18115213 ANISOTROPIC MAGNETO-RESISTIVE SENSOR FLAP MEASURING ON GIMBALLED HUB Textron Innovations Inc. PRUITT, JUSTIN A 3745 §103 Final Rejection 70d overdue Pending Feb 28, 2023
18171109 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FORMULATING RUMINANT DIETS Boveta Nutrition LLC LIN, JERRY 1685 §112 Final Rejection 20d Pending Feb 17, 2023
18040957 DIRECT GROWTH CROSS-LINKED CARBON NANOTUBES ON MICROSTRUCTURED METAL SUBSTRATE FOR SUPERCAPACITOR APPLICATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH-EASTERN NORWAY TUROCY, DAVID P 1718 §103 Final Rejection 100d overdue Pending Feb 07, 2023
18018729 APPARATUS FOR APPLYING A FORCE TO A VEHICLE ON A TRACK Lenz Ltd. SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER 3615 §103 Non-Final OA 71d overdue Pending Jan 30, 2023
18101052 Differential Methylation Level of CpG Loci That Are Determinative of a Biochemical Reoccurrence of Prostate Cancer Board Of Directors Of The Leland Stanford Junior University SWITZER, JULIET CAROLINE 1682 §103 Final Rejection 77d overdue Pending Jan 24, 2023
18156844 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MATCHING TOKENIZED ACCOUNTS BETWEEN ANONYMOUS PARTIES Tapp Holdings, LLC GOYEA, OLUSEGUN 3627 §101 Final Rejection 77d overdue Pending Jan 19, 2023
17922564 IMPRINTED POLYMERS AND METHODS FOR THEIR USE Amaea Limited FOSS, DAVID ROGER 1764 §103 Non-Final OA 51d overdue Pending Oct 31, 2022
17969427 ELECTROSURGICAL INSTRUMENT Fulmer Instruments, LLC VAHDAT, KHADIJEH A 3794 §103 Final Rejection 63d Pending Oct 19, 2022
17967505 CONTEXT-BASED NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING Satisfi Labs Inc. MCLEAN, IAN SCOTT 2654 §103 Final Rejection 17d overdue Pending Oct 17, 2022
17769154 ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM AND POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR MARINE VESSELS Kongsberg Maritime AS PARRIES, DRU M 2836 §103 Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending Apr 14, 2022
17643721 MAGNETIC TRIAL LENS ADAPTERS FOR AR/VR HEADSET Virtual Field, Inc. FISSEL, TRAVIS S 2872 §103 Final Rejection 22d Pending Dec 10, 2021
17246622 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STUDENT ATTENDANCE MANAGEMENT School Innovations & Achievement, Inc. KONERU, SUJAY 3624 §103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending May 01, 2021
16396449 BREATHING CONDITION AND OVERDOSE DETECTOR Pneumowave Limited COOPER, JONATHAN EPHRAIM 3791 §101 Final Rejection 22d Pending Apr 26, 2019
15295764 STRUCTURAL COMPONENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE Cyril Bath Company KRUPICKA, ADAM C 1784 §103 Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending Oct 17, 2016

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