Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Brannon Sowers & Cracraft Pc

21 pending office actions • 17 clients • 20 examiners • 19 art units • 0 of 21 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 34 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

21
Total Pending OAs
11
Non-Final OAs
8
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 21 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

12
Overdue
1
Due this week
5
Due this month
3
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 21 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (12)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (5)Due ≤ 60 days (3)

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%)
18
Medium (86%)
3
Easy (14%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only18 (86%)
§112 only3 (14%)

Industry Mix

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

8
Life Sciences
38% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
4
Semiconductors
19% of docket
8
Mechanical / Eng
38% of docket
1
Business / Other
5% 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.

210 h
Manual time on pending OAs
42 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
74 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MOURAD, RASEM 2 74.0% +26.1%
CUTLIFF, YATE KAI RENE 1 79.8% +24.2%
BROWN, SETH RICHARD 1 47.7% +46.5%
RAIMUND, CHRISTOPHER W 1 72.6% +24.9%
DEONAUTH, NIRVANA 1 69.4% +33.8%
FULL, SIDNEY DANIELLE 1 71.7% +64.3%
GONZALEZ, LUISALBERTO 1 61.4% +47.4%
MULLINS, JESSICA LYNN 1 49.0% +32.7%
WALLACE, KIPP CHARLES 1 78.4% +25.3%
FIGUEROA, FELIX O 1 58.1% +14.7%

Interview Candidates (11)

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
18417965 DECOUPLED PLATEN POWER TRANSFER SYSTEM AND METHODS MOURAD, RASEM 104d overdue
18422090 POWER TRANSFER SYSTEM AND METHODS MOURAD, RASEM 71d overdue
18122231 GROUNDING CLAMPS AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE FIGUEROA, FELIX O 42d overdue
18128522 ROW CROP PLANTING METHODS AND SYSTEMS WALLACE, KIPP CHARLES 25d overdue
18655215 METHOD FOR PRODUCING LIPIDS COMPRISING STRUCTURAL UNITS BASED ON GLYCERIDES OF HYDROXYCARBOXYLIC ACIDS CUTLIFF, YATE KAI RENE 4d overdue
18469769 RETURNABLE INDUSTRIAL RACK SYSTEM DEONAUTH, NIRVANA 3d overdue
18258455 1,8-CINEOLE CONTAINING COMPOSITION FOR THERAPEUTIC USE GONZALEZ, LUISALBERTO 14d
18621322 GARMENT FOR STABILIZING A HUMAN ANATOMICAL JOINT BROWN, SETH RICHARD 16d

Client Portfolio (17 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28363
16921
37861
17461
37261
37231
16241
37921
36741
28311

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18655215 METHOD FOR PRODUCING LIPIDS COMPRISING STRUCTURAL UNITS BASED ON GLYCERIDES OF HYDROXYCARBOXYLIC ACIDS Ioi Oleo GmbH CUTLIFF, YATE KAI RENE 1692 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending May 03, 2024
18621322 GARMENT FOR STABILIZING A HUMAN ANATOMICAL JOINT Stoko Design, Inc. BROWN, SETH RICHARD 3786 §103 Non-Final OA 16d Pending Mar 29, 2024
18422090 POWER TRANSFER SYSTEM AND METHODS Daanaa Resolution Inc. MOURAD, RASEM 2836 §103 Final Rejection 71d overdue Pending Jan 25, 2024
18417965 DECOUPLED PLATEN POWER TRANSFER SYSTEM AND METHODS Daanaa Resolution Inc. MOURAD, RASEM 2836 §103 Final Rejection 104d overdue Pending Jan 19, 2024
18576057 EDGE COATING OF SUBSTRATES, ESPECIALLY PLATE-SHAPED SUBSTRATES Jowat SE RAIMUND, CHRISTOPHER W 1746 §103 Non-Final OA 42d Pending Jan 02, 2024
18469769 RETURNABLE INDUSTRIAL RACK SYSTEM Creator Inc. DEONAUTH, NIRVANA 3726 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Sep 19, 2023
18239183 JACK ASSEMBLY AND SERVICE ACCESSORY FOR SAME Bloomfield Manufacturing Co., Inc. FULL, SIDNEY DANIELLE 3723 §112 Final Rejection 20d Pending Aug 29, 2023
18258455 1,8-CINEOLE CONTAINING COMPOSITION FOR THERAPEUTIC USE Maria Clementine Martin Klosterfrau Vertriebsgesellschaft Mbh GONZALEZ, LUISALBERTO 1624 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Jun 20, 2023
18197770 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ELECTRO-THERAPY TREATMENT Tkbmn, LLC MULLINS, JESSICA LYNN 3792 §103 Final Rejection 23d Pending May 16, 2023
18128522 ROW CROP PLANTING METHODS AND SYSTEMS AG Usa LLC WALLACE, KIPP CHARLES 3674 §103 Final Rejection 25d overdue Pending Mar 30, 2023
18122231 GROUNDING CLAMPS AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE Tallman Equipment Co. FIGUEROA, FELIX O 2831 §103 Final Rejection 42d overdue Pending Mar 16, 2023
18183462 POWER TRANSFER SYSTEM AND METHODS Daanaa Resolution Inc. CAVALLARI, DANIEL 2836 §112 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Mar 14, 2023
18170282 IMMOBILIZED ENZYME-BASED WOUND DEBRIDEMENT Guild Associates Inc. YU, HONG 1614 §103 Final Rejection 46d Pending Feb 16, 2023
18093262 SEED FIRMER LIFE EXTENDER MOUNTING BRACKET AND ANGLE ADJUSTMENT DEVICE FOR DISC-TYPE COULTERS Flo-Rite Inc. ENGLISH, PETER C 3993 §112 Non-Final OA 139d overdue Pending Jan 04, 2023
17950262 GRIP THERAPY DEVICES AND REHABILITATION SYSTEMS Plasticity Neurotherapeutics, LLC MOON, MATTHEW RYAN 3785 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Sep 22, 2022
17617422 SUSTAINED-RELEASE COMPOSITIONS OF ALPHA-KETOGLUTARATE Ponce De Leon Health Designated Activity Company LEE, SIN J 1613 §103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Dec 08, 2021
17522360 BIODEGRADABLE CANDLE DESIGNS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE Panthera Candleworks, Llc. HINES, LATOSHA D 1771 §103 Non-Final OA 88d overdue Pending Nov 09, 2021
17502884 METHOD FOR PROTECTING AND UNPROTECTING THE FLUID PATH IN A CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT ENCLOSURE VANRX PHARMASYSTEMS INC. CLEVELAND, TIMOTHY C 1774 §103 Non-Final OA 55d Pending Oct 15, 2021
17486693 ARTICULATED ARM APPARATUS AND SYSTEM VANRX PHARMASYSTEMS INC. MCCLAIN, GERALD 3652 §103 Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending Sep 27, 2021
15264554 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ASEPTICALY FILLING PHARMACEUTICAL CONTAINERS WITH A PHARMACEUTICAL FLUID USING ROTARY STAGE VANRX PHARMASYSTEMS INC. COLLINS, RAVEN 3735 §103 Non-Final OA 60d overdue Pending Sep 13, 2016
14747327 ACTIVATED CARBON HAVING CATALYTIC ACTIVITY Blucher GmbH QIAN, YUN 1738 §103 Non-Final OA 114d overdue Pending Jun 23, 2015

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