Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings - Nashville

13 pending office actions • 13 clients • 13 examiners • 13 art units • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 47 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. 12 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

6
Overdue
2
Due this week
2
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. 12 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (6)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (2)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 (8%)
9
Medium (69%)
2
Easy (15%)
1
Unknown (8%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (8%)
§103 only8 (62%)
§112 only2 (15%)
Double-patenting + other1 (8%)
No statute on record1 (8%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
23% of docket
2
Information Tech
15% of docket
1
Communications
8% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
7
Mechanical / Eng
54% 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
BENLAGSIR, AMINE 1 68.2% +59.4%
SHELDEN, BION A 1 21.8% +19.3%
KANAAN, MAROUN P 1 62.7% +31.8%
WESTERBERG, NISSA M 1 23.4% +36.9%
GANEY, STEVEN J 1 82.3% +10.1%
FIEBIG, RUSSELL G 1 62.7% +25.8%
PATEL, TARLA R 1 73.9% +31.3%
HALL JR, TYRONE VINCENT 1 76.5% +23.1%
KAKARLA, BHASKAR 1
POLLEY, CHRISTOPHER M 1 73.0% +26.0%

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
18624715 STOVE TOP FIRE EXTINGUISHING DEVICE GANEY, STEVEN J 55d

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
18790905 TELEMEDICINE PLATFORM FOR LOCATION-BASED PROVIDER SCREENING AND REFERRAL SHELDEN, BION A 4d overdue
18640861 ANTIMICROBIAL AND DRUG-NEUTRALIZING COMPOSITION WESTERBERG, NISSA M 22d

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
18498582 WOOD AND METAL WORKING TOOLS HAVING A LOW FRICTION COATING HALL JR, TYRONE VINCENT 43d overdue
18790905 TELEMEDICINE PLATFORM FOR LOCATION-BASED PROVIDER SCREENING AND REFERRAL SHELDEN, BION A 4d overdue
18205967 DECORATIVE PANEL HAVING A DIGITALLY PRINTED PATTERN AND PRINTING METHOD THEREFOR POLLEY, CHRISTOPHER M 5d
18414013 INTEGRALLY FORMED DEVICE FOR MITIGATION OF TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDER PATEL, TARLA R 6d
18640861 ANTIMICROBIAL AND DRUG-NEUTRALIZING COMPOSITION WESTERBERG, NISSA M 22d
18597621 HYDROXYUREA TO ENHANCE SPERM CELLS FIEBIG, RUSSELL G 27d
18624715 STOVE TOP FIRE EXTINGUISHING DEVICE GANEY, STEVEN J 55d
18886596 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING ELECTRIC BASED NON-LINEAR WAVES IN NATURAL TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS BENLAGSIR, AMINE 62d

Client Portfolio (13 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
26881
36851
36871
16181
37521
16551
37861
37231
21161
17851

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18886596 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING ELECTRIC BASED NON-LINEAR WAVES IN NATURAL TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS Tennessee Technological University BENLAGSIR, AMINE 2688 DPOther Non-Final OA 62d Pending Sep 16, 2024
18790905 TELEMEDICINE PLATFORM FOR LOCATION-BASED PROVIDER SCREENING AND REFERRAL Checkmyspot, Inc. SHELDEN, BION A 3685 §101 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Jul 31, 2024
18740617 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREDENTIALING AND PRIVILEGING OF HEALTHCARE PRACTITIONERS Healthstream, Inc. KANAAN, MAROUN P 3687 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 12, 2024
18640861 ANTIMICROBIAL AND DRUG-NEUTRALIZING COMPOSITION Aseptic Health, LLC WESTERBERG, NISSA M 1618 Other Non-Final OA 22d Pending Apr 19, 2024
18624715 STOVE TOP FIRE EXTINGUISHING DEVICE Suppressor, LLC GANEY, STEVEN J 3752 §112 Non-Final OA 55d Pending Apr 02, 2024
18597621 HYDROXYUREA TO ENHANCE SPERM CELLS Meharry Medical College FIEBIG, RUSSELL G 1655 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Mar 06, 2024
18414013 INTEGRALLY FORMED DEVICE FOR MITIGATION OF TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDER Tmj Services, LLC PATEL, TARLA R 3786 §112 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Jan 16, 2024
18498582 WOOD AND METAL WORKING TOOLS HAVING A LOW FRICTION COATING Jpw Industries Inc. HALL JR, TYRONE VINCENT 3723 §103 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Oct 31, 2023
18474186 MOBILE FEED CONTROL AND MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF Ebsco Industries, Inc. KAKARLA, BHASKAR 2116 §103 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Sep 25, 2023
18205967 DECORATIVE PANEL HAVING A DIGITALLY PRINTED PATTERN AND PRINTING METHOD THEREFOR Maax Bath Inc. POLLEY, CHRISTOPHER M 1785 §103 Final Rejection 5d Pending Jun 05, 2023
18132271 COMPLIANT INSIGHT FORUM AND ANALYSIS FOR HEALTHCARE Omny, Inc. WANG, HARRIS C 2439 §103 Final Rejection 149d overdue Pending Apr 07, 2023
17975808 DEVICE FOR MOVING MATTRESSES AND OTHER LARGE OBJECTS Moving Miracle Sling Holdings, LLC GEDEON, DEBORAH TALITHA 3673 §103 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Oct 28, 2022
17836574 BASKETBALL WITH COMPONENT HOLDER Russell Brands, LLC BALDORI, JOSEPH B 3711 §103 Non-Final OA 45d overdue Pending Jun 09, 2022

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