Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Butzel Long

24 pending office actions • 17 clients • 22 examiners • 20 art units • 0 of 24 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 21 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

24
Total Pending OAs
13
Non-Final OAs
11
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 24 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

16
Overdue
0
Due this week
4
Due this month
3
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. 24 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (16)Due ≤ 30 days (4)Due ≤ 60 days (3)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%)
22
Medium (92%)
0
Easy (0%)
2
Unknown (8%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only20 (83%)
§102 only2 (8%)
No statute on record2 (8%)

Industry Mix

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

5
Life Sciences
21% of docket
2
Information Tech
8% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
8% of docket
15
Mechanical / Eng
62% 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.

240 h
Manual time on pending OAs
48 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
84 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
DINH, BACH T 2 55.2% +32.1%
HUSSAINI, ATTIYA SAYYADA 2 57.1% +14.5%
ABELL, TYE W 1 85.7% +14.3%
CHAO, MICHAEL W 1 70.0% +40.6%
LIM, SENG HENG 1 66.2% +28.9%
BYKHOVSKI, ALEXEI 1 75.7% +28.8%
PEHLKE, CAROLYN A 1 62.0% +29.0%
BLAISE, MALINA D 1 57.4% +39.6%
SCHIFFMAN, BENJAMIN A 1 65.0% +27.9%
PATEL, MIRAJ T 1 84.0% +21.6%

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
19226502 DEPLOYABLE, ULTRA-STOWABLE TRUSS FOR SPACE APPLICATIONS ABELL, TYE W 49d overdue
18395018 SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR TRACKING ELECTRONICALLY TRACKABLE ITEMS WITHIN AN ACCESS CONTROL ENVIRONMENT PATEL, MIRAJ T 4d overdue

Interview Candidates (12)

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
18759069 TREE STRUCTURE FOR BYZANTINE FAULT TOLERANCE CHAO, MICHAEL W 99d overdue
18640389 ULTRASOUND HISTOTRIPSY WITH FULLY SAMPLED TRANSDUCER ARRAY PEHLKE, CAROLYN A 89d overdue
19226502 DEPLOYABLE, ULTRA-STOWABLE TRUSS FOR SPACE APPLICATIONS ABELL, TYE W 49d overdue
18759158 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLAYING WITH PHYSICAL PLAYING CARDS IN A VIRTUAL REALITY SYSTEM LIM, SENG HENG 30d overdue
18328914 DIGITAL GUIDANCE AND TRAINING PLATFORM FOR MICROSURGERY OF THE RETINA AND VITREOUS HUSSAINI, ATTIYA SAYYADA 26d overdue
18690505 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR LIVE FIRE ANALYSIS BLAISE, MALINA D 19d overdue
18345343 SPACE-BASED SOLAR POWER SYSTEM DINH, BACH T 5d overdue
18395018 SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR TRACKING ELECTRONICALLY TRACKABLE ITEMS WITHIN AN ACCESS CONTROL ENVIRONMENT PATEL, MIRAJ T 4d overdue

Client Portfolio (17 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17262
37152
37982
37922
36441
24921
37991
17421
36551
36981

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19226502 DEPLOYABLE, ULTRA-STOWABLE TRUSS FOR SPACE APPLICATIONS Overview Energy Inc. ABELL, TYE W 3644 §103 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Jun 03, 2025
19182778 SPACE-BASED SOLAR POWER SYSTEM Overview Energy Inc. DINH, BACH T 1726 Other Non-Final OA 26d Pending Apr 18, 2025
18759069 TREE STRUCTURE FOR BYZANTINE FAULT TOLERANCE Celo Labs Inc. CHAO, MICHAEL W 2492 §103 Non-Final OA 99d overdue Pending Jun 28, 2024
18759158 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLAYING WITH PHYSICAL PLAYING CARDS IN A VIRTUAL REALITY SYSTEM Pokerclub Inc. LIM, SENG HENG 3715 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Jun 28, 2024
18741324 GENERATING DATA SETS FOR MACHINE LEARNING USING ULTRASOUND IMAGING Acoustiic Inc. BYKHOVSKI, ALEXEI 3798 §103 Final Rejection 46d Pending Jun 12, 2024
18640389 ULTRASOUND HISTOTRIPSY WITH FULLY SAMPLED TRANSDUCER ARRAY Acoustiic Inc. PEHLKE, CAROLYN A 3799 §103 Final Rejection 89d overdue Pending Apr 19, 2024
18690505 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR LIVE FIRE ANALYSIS Cervus Defence And Security Limited BLAISE, MALINA D 3715 §103 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Mar 08, 2024
18435825 Method for Forming a Composite Component Having a Surface Projection Joysonquin Automotive Systems North America, LLC SCHIFFMAN, BENJAMIN A 1742 §103 Non-Final OA 62d Pending Feb 07, 2024
18395018 SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR TRACKING ELECTRONICALLY TRACKABLE ITEMS WITHIN AN ACCESS CONTROL ENVIRONMENT Towel tracker PATEL, MIRAJ T 3655 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Dec 22, 2023
18390492 CRYPTOCURRENCY PROTOCOL WITH BUILT-IN INTERVENTION RESPONSIVE TO A CRYPTOCURRENCY EXCHANGE RATE Celo Foundation ASGARI, SIMA 3698 §103 Non-Final OA 147d overdue Pending Dec 20, 2023
18549576 AN INTELLIGENT INTRA-ORAL DEVICE Somnomed Limited TEJANI, ANKIT D 3796 Other Final Rejection 1d overdue Pending Sep 07, 2023
18548012 CAP TOOL WITH LOAD CELL Encore Automation, LLC BEHRENS JR., ANDRES E 1741 §103 Non-Final OA 103d overdue Pending Aug 25, 2023
18235031 DETECTION AND TREATMENT OF TUMORS USING ULTRASOUND Acoustiic Inc. LY, TOMMY TAI 3797 §103 Final Rejection 17d overdue Pending Aug 17, 2023
18274474 CONTAINER AND DISPENSER Parcel Health, Inc. SPICER, JENINE MARIE 3736 §102 Final Rejection 91d overdue Pending Jul 27, 2023
18345343 SPACE-BASED SOLAR POWER SYSTEM Overview Energy Inc. DINH, BACH T 1726 §103 Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending Jun 30, 2023
18328914 DIGITAL GUIDANCE AND TRAINING PLATFORM FOR MICROSURGERY OF THE RETINA AND VITREOUS Microsurgical Guidance Solutions, LLC HUSSAINI, ATTIYA SAYYADA 3792 §103 Final Rejection 26d overdue Pending Jun 05, 2023
18203907 CELLULAR PHONE-BASED CONSOLIDATED COMMUNICATION AND FINANCIAL ACCOUNT Y9 Inc. ALLADIN, AMBREEN A 3691 §103 Non-Final OA 126d overdue Pending May 31, 2023
18125993 CONFIGURABLE POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM Our Next Energy, Inc. BERHANU, SAMUEL 2859 §103 Non-Final OA 19d Pending Mar 24, 2023
18085153 SINGLE CORE CROSS-COUPLED MULTI-PHASE INDUCTOR Our Next Energy, Inc. LIAN, MANG TIN BIK 2837 §103 Non-Final OA 39d Pending Dec 20, 2022
17784548 PRIORITIZED WIRELESS PRESENCE ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM Jabaa, LLC HOLLAND, JENEE LAUREN 2469 §103 Final Rejection 28d Pending Oct 19, 2022
17959411 METHODS OF SENSOR EXPOSURE VALIDATION Blue Ocean Robotics Aps SEGED, NEBYATE SAMUEL 1758 §103 Final Rejection 91d overdue Pending Oct 04, 2022
17912249 SYSTEM FOR AND METHOD OF PRODUCING A WELD ARC ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING PART WITH GRANULAR SUPPORT Michigan Technological University THONG, YEONG JUEN 3761 §103 Final Rejection 50d Pending Sep 16, 2022
17737377 EVENT-BASED ULTRASOUND SYSTEM Acoustiic Inc. JASANI, ASHISH SHIRISH 3798 §102 Final Rejection 23d overdue Pending May 05, 2022
17735079 INTRAOPERATIVE IMAGE-GUIDED TOOLS FOR OPHTHALMIC SURGERY Microsurgical Guidance Solutions, LLC HUSSAINI, ATTIYA SAYYADA 3792 §103 Non-Final OA 19d Pending May 02, 2022

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