Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Buchalter

64 pending office actions • 36 clients • 62 examiners • 56 art units • 0 of 64 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 98 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

64
Total Pending OAs
35
Non-Final OAs
27
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 63 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

37
Overdue
4
Due this week
13
Due this month
4
Due in next 60 days
5
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. 63 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (37)Due ≤ 7 days (4)Due ≤ 30 days (13)Due ≤ 60 days (4)Due later (5)

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.

3
Hard (5%)
57
Medium (89%)
2
Easy (3%)
2
Unknown (3%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only3 (5%)
§103 only50 (78%)
§102 only7 (11%)
§112 only2 (3%)
No statute on record2 (3%)

Industry Mix

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

8
Life Sciences
12% of docket
12
Information Tech
19% of docket
8
Communications
12% of docket
10
Semiconductors
16% of docket
26
Mechanical / Eng
41% 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.

640 h
Manual time on pending OAs
128 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
224 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
5.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KEENAN, JAMES W 3 66.8% +25.2%
MICHENER, BLAKE E 1 77.0% +25.6%
LEE, PO HAN 1 32.3% +41.1%
FLYNN, RANDY A 1 65.2% +16.5%
TUMEBO, TSION M 1 66.7% +20.2%
BOROWSKI, MICHAEL 1 17.6% +37.5%
MOLNAR, HUNTER A 1 50.0% +31.9%
ANWARI, MACEEH 1 81.1% +5.5%
TRAN, TRI MINH 1 82.0% +34.0%
JOHNSON, TERRELL S 1 86.4% +10.8%

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
18709007 CHARGE-DISCHARGE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING CHARGE-DISCHARGE SYSTEM ANWARI, MACEEH 67d overdue
18900495 USER AUTHENTICATION TRAN, TRI MINH 16d

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18814369 DISTRIBUTED LEDGER BASED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DIGITAL VOUCHER CREATION, MANAGEMENT, AND TRANSACTIONS IN A SUPPLY CHAIN TURK, BROCK E 26d overdue
18945344 DATA BRIDGE BETWEEN ANONYMOUS BROWSERS AND INTERACTIVE DEVICES BOROWSKI, MICHAEL 18d overdue
18850481 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM JOHNSON, TERRELL S 1d overdue
18256147 ABNORMALITY DETECTION DEVICE, ABNORMALITY DETECTION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM MANG, LAL C 5d

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
18075614 CARGO TRANSPORT SYSTEM KEENAN, JAMES W 93d overdue
17752655 CARGO TRANSPORT SYSTEM KEENAN, JAMES W 73d overdue
19182288 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING A HOUSINGLESS TUBING ANCHOR CATCHER MICHENER, BLAKE E 66d overdue
18075611 CARGO TRANSPORT SYSTEM KEENAN, JAMES W 38d overdue
18945344 DATA BRIDGE BETWEEN ANONYMOUS BROWSERS AND INTERACTIVE DEVICES BOROWSKI, MICHAEL 18d overdue
18850481 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM JOHNSON, TERRELL S 1d overdue
18900495 USER AUTHENTICATION TRAN, TRI MINH 16d
18907415 INTEGRATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING BOOKING INFORMATION MOLNAR, HUNTER A 21d

Client Portfolio (36 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28573
36282
26272
36422
36262
17742
36522
36761
36231
24241

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19182288 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING A HOUSINGLESS TUBING ANCHOR CATCHER Tech Tac Company, Inc. MICHENER, BLAKE E 3676 §112 Non-Final OA 66d overdue Pending Apr 17, 2025
19033271 ISSUE IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS, PROCESSES AND METHODS True Analytics, LLC LEE, PO HAN 3623 §103 Non-Final OA 23d Pending Jan 21, 2025
19001269 CROSS-SCREEN OPTIMIZATION OF ADVERTISING PLACEMENT VIDEOAMP, INC. FLYNN, RANDY A 2424 §103 Final Rejection 46d Pending Dec 24, 2024
18958510 ELECTRONIC MODULE GROUP Lumien Enterprise, Inc. TUMEBO, TSION M 2875 §103 Final Rejection 65d Pending Nov 25, 2024
18945344 DATA BRIDGE BETWEEN ANONYMOUS BROWSERS AND INTERACTIVE DEVICES Datum Point Labs Inc. BOROWSKI, MICHAEL 3624 §103 Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending Nov 12, 2024
18907415 INTEGRATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING BOOKING INFORMATION Whitewater West Industries, Ltd. MOLNAR, HUNTER A 3628 §103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Oct 04, 2024
18709007 CHARGE-DISCHARGE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING CHARGE-DISCHARGE SYSTEM Gs Yuasa International Ltd. ANWARI, MACEEH 3663 §102 Non-Final OA 67d overdue Pending Oct 02, 2024
18900495 USER AUTHENTICATION Peratech IP Ltd. TRAN, TRI MINH 2432 §103 Non-Final OA 16d Pending Sep 27, 2024
18850481 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM Gs Yuasa International Ltd. JOHNSON, TERRELL S 2176 §101 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Sep 24, 2024
18889015 GENERATIVE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE AUTOMATION Ushur, Inc. MA, LISA 3628 §103 Final Rejection 20d Pending Sep 18, 2024
18889229 FORCE SENSOR APPARATUS AND KEYBOARD Peratech IP Ltd. YODICHKAS, ANEETA 2627 §103 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Sep 18, 2024
18814369 DISTRIBUTED LEDGER BASED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DIGITAL VOUCHER CREATION, MANAGEMENT, AND TRANSACTIONS IN A SUPPLY CHAIN Codehost, Inc. TURK, BROCK E 3692 §101 Final Rejection 26d overdue Pending Aug 23, 2024
18832499 ALL-PLASTIC COMBINED PRESS PUMP Majesty Holdings Co., Ltd. WALCZAK, DAVID J 3754 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Jul 23, 2024
18773092 SIGN ASSEMBLY Fourth Wall Industries, LLC GRABOWSKI, KYLE ROBERT 3637 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Jul 15, 2024
18768065 SPINNER TOYS AND METHODS Wonder If Game Company, LLC HUSON, JOSHUA DANIEL 3642 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Jul 10, 2024
18764128 VIDEO PARSING AND AUDIO PAIRING Epidemic Sound AB DANG, HUNG Q 2484 §103 Final Rejection 22d overdue Pending Jul 03, 2024
18634867 GENERATING DIGITAL COMPONENTS Theaimegroup Ltd. LUU, CUONG V 2192 §102 Non-Final OA 83d Pending Apr 12, 2024
18625052 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DIVERSE IMAGE INPAINTING Datum Point Labs Inc. BOYD, JONATHAN A 2627 §102 Non-Final OA 22d overdue Pending Apr 02, 2024
18609402 PARACHUTE RANGE AUGMENTER Rhea Higher Education And Aviation LLC GORDON, ANNA L 3642 §103 Non-Final OA 71d Pending Mar 19, 2024
18608476 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANY TO ANY VOICE CONVERSION Datum Point Labs Inc. ROBERTS, SHAUN A 2655 §103 Final Rejection 22d overdue Pending Mar 18, 2024
18604104 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC FACIAL EXPRESSION RECOGNITION Datum Point Labs Inc. KELLEY, CHRISTOPHER S 2482 §103 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Mar 13, 2024
18604278 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TEXT-TO-SPEECH SYNTHESIS Datum Point Labs Inc. SOLAIMAN, FOUZIA HYE 2653 §103 Non-Final OA 63d Pending Mar 13, 2024
18598996 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TEXT-TO-SPEECH SYNTHESIS Datum Point Labs Inc. SIRJANI, FARIBA 2659 §103 Final Rejection 6d Pending Mar 07, 2024
18436497 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AI ENABLED DELIVERY OF USER SPECIFIC SERVICES Datum Point Labs Inc. SHEHNI, GHAZAL B 2499 §103 Final Rejection 28d Pending Feb 08, 2024
18413953 ADJUSTABLE MATERIAL HOIST Tie Down, Inc. MEKHAEIL, SHIREF M 3634 §103 Final Rejection 71d Pending Jan 16, 2024
18542421 INTEGRATED PHOTONICS OPTICAL GYROSCOPES WITH IMPROVED SENSITIVITY UTILIZING HIGH DENSITY SILICON NITRIDE WAVEGUIDES Anello Photonics, Inc. SMITH, CHAD 2874 §103 Non-Final OA 60d overdue Pending Dec 15, 2023
18537722 CONTACT TRACING AMONG WORKERS AND EMPLOYEES Noodle Technology Inc. DHRUV, DARSHAN I 2498 Non-Final OA 169d overdue Pending Dec 12, 2023
18568061 EXOSOME PRODUCTION PROMOTING AGENT AND EXOSOME PRODUCTION PROMOTING METHOD Fullstem Co., Ltd. SHIBUYA, MARK LANCE 1631 §103 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Dec 07, 2023
18563639 CORRECTION DEVICE, ENERGY STORAGE APPARATUS, AND CORRECTION METHOD Gs Yuasa International Ltd. NGUYEN, LAM S 2853 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Nov 22, 2023
18563632 ESTIMATION DEVICE, ENERGY STORAGE APPARATUS, AND ESTIMATION METHOD Gs Yuasa International Ltd. FORRISTALL, JOSHUA L 2857 §103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Nov 22, 2023
18557628 NETWORK UNIT, POWER SUPPLY DEVICE, MAINTENANCE SYSTEM, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND POWER SUPPLY DEVICE DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD Gs Yuasa International Ltd. PRIFTI, AUREL 2175 Other Final Rejection 86d overdue Pending Oct 27, 2023
18494728 PROOF OF WORK FOR CARBON REDUCTION/RECLAMATION Recarbon, Inc. PADUA, NICO LAUREN 3626 §102 Non-Final OA 88d overdue Pending Oct 25, 2023
18556626 CHARGING/DISCHARGING SYSTEM, METHOD OF CONTROLLING CHARGING/DISCHARGING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM Gs Yuasa International Ltd. KESSIE, DANIEL 2836 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Oct 20, 2023
18474068 SYSTEM AND METHOD TO EXTRACT INFORMATION FROM UNSTRUCTURED IMAGE DOCUMENTS Ushur, Inc. BURLESON, MICHAEL L 2681 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Sep 25, 2023
18240303 DEVICES, SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR MODIFYING AERODYNAMICS Stream It, Inc. LYJAK, LORI LYNN 3612 §102 Non-Final OA 97d overdue Pending Aug 30, 2023
18450127 COOLING SYSTEM FOR DECREASING THE TEMPERATURE OF A SOLUTION J.C. Uni-Tec, Inc. SCHERMERHORN, JON 3763 §102 Non-Final OA 32d overdue Pending Aug 15, 2023
18264815 HYDROGEN WATER FOR PREVENTION OF ALCOHOLIC HEPATOPATHY Nihon Trim Co., Ltd. NGUYEN, JOHN P 1619 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Aug 09, 2023
18273974 PHOTOSYNTHETIC COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF PREPARING AND USING PHOTOSYNTHETIC COMPOSITIONS Symbiox, Inc. MARTIN, PAUL C 1653 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Jul 24, 2023
18352132 DIALYSATE FOR HEMODIALYSIS Nihon Trim Co., Ltd. ARNOLD, ERNST V 1613 §103 Non-Final OA 111d overdue Pending Jul 13, 2023
18256147 ABNORMALITY DETECTION DEVICE, ABNORMALITY DETECTION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM Gs Yuasa International Ltd. MANG, LAL C 2857 §101 Final Rejection 5d Pending Jun 06, 2023
18326369 THREE-DIMENSIONAL FOLDING FRAME, ELECTRIC VEHICLE, BICYCLE, AND MOTORCYCLE Feng Lin BOEHLER, ANNE MARIE M 3611 §103 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending May 31, 2023
18250198 Amusement Attraction with Coupled Ride Paths Whitewater West Industries, Ltd. MONTOYA, OSCHTA I 2421 §103 Final Rejection 22d overdue Pending Apr 21, 2023
18295264 RECEIVER SENSITIVITY IMPROVEMENT BY PASSIVE INTERMODULATION CANCELLATION MaxLinear, Inc. TSVEY, GENNADIY 2648 §103 Final Rejection 19d overdue Pending Apr 03, 2023
18247356 COMPUTER PROGRAM, DETERMINING DEVICE, AND DETERMINING METHOD Gs Yuasa International Ltd. TIMILSINA, SHARAD 2857 §103 Final Rejection 22d Pending Mar 30, 2023
18111429 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING AND CLEANING CERTAIN SUBSTANCES Iot Technologies LLC UNDERBAKKE, JACOB DANIEL 3662 §103 Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending Feb 17, 2023
18154779 INTEGRATED CARBON TRANSFORMATION REFORMER AND PROCESSES Recarbon, Inc. YOUNG, NATASHA E 1774 §103 Non-Final OA 93d overdue Pending Jan 13, 2023
18069047 WEARABLE HEALTH MONITORING DEVICE National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC AGAHI, PUYA 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Dec 20, 2022
18075614 CARGO TRANSPORT SYSTEM Stratom, Inc. KEENAN, JAMES W 3652 §103 Non-Final OA 93d overdue Pending Dec 06, 2022
18075611 CARGO TRANSPORT SYSTEM Stratom, Inc. KEENAN, JAMES W 3652 §103 Final Rejection 38d overdue Pending Dec 06, 2022
18075616 CARGO TRANSPORT SYSTEM Stratom, Inc. HATCH, DAVID P 3668 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Dec 06, 2022
17935918 Ride Attraction and Method for Creating Impression of Rider Instability Whitewater West Industries, Ltd. DEL SOLE, JOSEPH STEVEN 1763 §103 Final Rejection 22d Pending Sep 27, 2022
17907343 MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING METHOD AND DEVICE Imperial College Innovations Limited PATEL, RISHI R 2896 §103 Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending Sep 26, 2022
17906918 NEURON ELEMENT, DIFFERENTIAL NEURON ELEMENT, A/D CONVERTER AND NEURAL NETWORK Soliton Systems K.K. NGO, BRIAN 2851 §103 Non-Final OA 85d overdue Pending Sep 21, 2022
17911535 ENERGY STORAGE APPARATUS Gs Yuasa International Ltd. SILVA, FRANK ALEXIS 2859 §103 Final Rejection 38d overdue Pending Sep 14, 2022
17757702 TREMOR STABILISATION APPARATUS Gyrogear Limited WOLFF, ARIELLE R 3785 §103 Final Rejection 38d overdue Pending Jun 17, 2022
17752655 CARGO TRANSPORT SYSTEM Stratom, Inc. KEENAN, JAMES W 3655 §103 Final Rejection 73d overdue Pending May 24, 2022
17664864 PORCELAIN TILE INSTALLATIONS FOR VEHICULAR USE Siteone Landscape Supply, LLC CHU, KATHERINE J 3671 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending May 24, 2022
17700425 AUTONOMOUS REFUELING SYSTEM Stratom, Inc. GREINER, TRISTAN J 3656 §103 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Mar 21, 2022
17649795 REACTOR FOR PROCESSING GAS Recarbon, Inc. NGUYEN, HUY TRAM 1774 §103 Final Rejection 97d overdue Pending Feb 02, 2022
17506734 AVATAR-BASED INTERACTION SERVICE METHOD AND APPARATUS Datum Point Labs Inc. COBB, MICHAEL J 2615 §112 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Oct 21, 2021
17196933 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RESIDENTIAL HABITABILITY SCORING AND DATA STORAGE Cribscore, Inc. RUHL, DENNIS WILLIAM 3626 §102 Final Rejection 40d Pending Mar 09, 2021
17195422 CELLULOSE AND SEMI-CELLULOSE BASED FIBERS AND YARNS EMBEDDED WITH MINERAL PARTICLES AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME Hologenix, LLC NISULA, CHRISTINE XU 1789 §103 Final Rejection 54d Pending Mar 08, 2021
17127470 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING SELECTIVE VISION FOR A CAMERA OR OPTICAL SENSOR Stream It, Inc. NASRI, MARYAM A 2483 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Dec 18, 2020
16653976 DELAY TOLERANT DECENTRALIZED NETWORK Noodle Technology Inc. MOORE JR, MICHAEL J 2467 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 15, 2019

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