Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Capitol City Techlaw, Pllc

34 pending office actions • 22 clients • 34 examiners • 27 art units • 0 of 34 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 57 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

34
Total Pending OAs
21
Non-Final OAs
13
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 32 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

19
Overdue
0
Due this week
6
Due this month
7
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. 32 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (19)Due ≤ 30 days (6)Due ≤ 60 days (7)

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%)
33
Medium (97%)
1
Easy (3%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only30 (88%)
§102 only3 (9%)
§112 only1 (3%)

Industry Mix

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

7
Life Sciences
21% of docket
1
Information Tech
3% of docket
3
Communications
9% of docket
7
Semiconductors
21% of docket
16
Mechanical / Eng
47% 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.

340 h
Manual time on pending OAs
68 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
119 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
GRUSBY, REBECCA LYNN 1 32.0% +48.5%
CHATLY, AMIT 1 67.7% +13.9%
ROERSMA, ANDREW MARK 1 63.5% +24.5%
MCNALLY, DANIEL 1 67.8% +13.4%
PIHULIC, DANIEL T 1 87.2% -6.5%
BOELITZ, SAMUEL FREDERICK 1 100.0% +0.0%
SHEWAREGED, BETELHEM 1 71.7% +8.7%
SANGHERA, JAS A 1 94.7% +4.8%
CHERY, DADY 1 88.0% +9.3%
CAMPERO MIRAMONTE, MARIO RICARDO 1

Quick Wins (4)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18695967 A METHOD FOR GENERATING A STATUS SIGNAL INDICATING A BATTERY CONDITION STATUS OF A NIMH BATTERY PACK, AND MONITORING UNIT AND A QUALITY CONTROL SYSTEM SANGHERA, JAS A 51d overdue
18729841 LINEAR MOTOR DRIVING MEANS FOR ACOUSTIC EMITTERS PIHULIC, DANIEL T 12d
18637637 METHOD FOR FORMING A DECORATIVE SUBSTRATE FOR DECORATIVE PANEL, AND A METHOD FOR FORMING A DECORATIVE PANEL BOELITZ, SAMUEL FREDERICK 19d
18440943 PERFORMANCE TESTING OF CLOUD-CELLULAR CONNECTIONS USING SELECTED NODES CHERY, DADY

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19011240 UNIBODY KEYBOARD CASE FOR MOBILE DEVICES CHATLY, AMIT 19d overdue
18992811 A PRINTABLE OR PRINTED PAPER FOR DECORATIVE ELEMENTS, DECORATIVE ELEMENTS COMPRISING A PRINTED PAPER AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAID DECORATIVE ELEMENT GRUSBY, REBECCA LYNN 4d overdue
18864160 A DEVICE FOR ATTACHING A LEG TO A PANEL OF A CABINET ROERSMA, ANDREW MARK 3d overdue
18843748 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A PANEL, A PANEL, A FOIL AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A FOIL MCNALLY, DANIEL 41d

Client Portfolio (22 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28533
36153
17852
36372
28522
26241
17461
36451
24181
26491

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18992811 A PRINTABLE OR PRINTED PAPER FOR DECORATIVE ELEMENTS, DECORATIVE ELEMENTS COMPRISING A PRINTED PAPER AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAID DECORATIVE ELEMENT UNILIN, BV GRUSBY, REBECCA LYNN 1785 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Jan 09, 2025
19011240 UNIBODY KEYBOARD CASE FOR MOBILE DEVICES Clicks Technology Ltd. CHATLY, AMIT 2624 §103 Final Rejection 19d overdue Pending Jan 06, 2025
18864160 A DEVICE FOR ATTACHING A LEG TO A PANEL OF A CABINET Inter Ikea Systems B.V. ROERSMA, ANDREW MARK 3637 §102 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Nov 08, 2024
18843748 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A PANEL, A PANEL, A FOIL AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A FOIL UNILIN, BV MCNALLY, DANIEL 1746 §103 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Sep 04, 2024
18729841 LINEAR MOTOR DRIVING MEANS FOR ACOUSTIC EMITTERS Akitemos Solutions AB PIHULIC, DANIEL T 3645 §103 Final Rejection 12d Pending Jul 17, 2024
18637637 METHOD FOR FORMING A DECORATIVE SUBSTRATE FOR DECORATIVE PANEL, AND A METHOD FOR FORMING A DECORATIVE PANEL Interprint GmbH BOELITZ, SAMUEL FREDERICK 2853 §103 Final Rejection 19d Pending Apr 17, 2024
18626005 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING INKJET PRINTABLE PAPER OR FOIL FOR USE AS A DECOR PAPER OR FOIL UNILIN, BV SHEWAREGED, BETELHEM 1785 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Apr 03, 2024
18695967 A METHOD FOR GENERATING A STATUS SIGNAL INDICATING A BATTERY CONDITION STATUS OF A NIMH BATTERY PACK, AND MONITORING UNIT AND A QUALITY CONTROL SYSTEM Nilar International AB SANGHERA, JAS A 2852 §103 Non-Final OA 51d overdue Pending Mar 27, 2024
18440943 PERFORMANCE TESTING OF CLOUD-CELLULAR CONNECTIONS USING SELECTED NODES BOOST SUBSCRIBERCO L.L.C. CHERY, DADY 2418 §102 Final Rejection Pending Feb 13, 2024
18437222 DIVERSITY COMBINING A USER UPLINK IN A SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Hughes Network Systems, LLC CAMPERO MIRAMONTE, MARIO RICARDO 2649 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Feb 08, 2024
18681350 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A PRODUCT COMPRISING A DECORATIVE SURFACE LAYER UNILIN, BV BARTLETT, VICTORIA 1744 §103 Non-Final OA 26d overdue Pending Feb 05, 2024
18292901 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A DECOR SHEET FOR DECORATIVE PANEL UNILIN, BV SABAH, HARIS 2682 §103 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Jan 27, 2024
18571502 AN ELECTRICALLY POWERED SURFBOARD, AND A SURFBOARD BATTERY HOUSING Ride Awake AB AVILA, STEPHEN P 3615 §103 Non-Final OA 29d overdue Pending Dec 18, 2023
18531580 GPS-BASED TRENCH EXCAVATION GUIDANCE DEVICE AND RELATED METHODS Brocato Construction Company Inc. KUNTZ, JEWEL A 3666 §103 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Dec 06, 2023
18561228 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING INKJET PRINTABLE PAPER FOR USE AS A DÉCOR PAPER Interprint GmbH QUINN, NATASHA DEPHENIA 2853 §103 Final Rejection 53d Pending Nov 15, 2023
18558957 A METHOD AND A LINE FOR MANUFACTURING CERAMIC TILES, AND CERAMIC TILES Flooring Industries Limited, Sarl PENNY, TABATHA L 1712 §103 Final Rejection 1d overdue Pending Nov 03, 2023
18554698 A WATERCRAFT, AND AN ALIGNMENT STRUCTURE FOR AN ELECTRICALLY POWERED WATERCRAFT Ride Awake AB WIEST, ANTHONY D 3615 §103 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Oct 10, 2023
18547675 PORTABLE COOLING DEVICE Braincool AB KERN, ASHLEIGH LAUREN 3794 §103 Final Rejection 47d Pending Aug 23, 2023
18547491 STORAGE FURNITURE ASSEMBLY Ikea Supply AG AYRES, TIMOTHY MICHAEL 3637 §103 Final Rejection 87d overdue Pending Aug 22, 2023
18264974 COIN BRIDGE COUNTERACTION IN A COIN HANDLING DEVICE Scan Coin AB SHAPIRO, JEFFREY ALAN 3619 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Aug 10, 2023
18366910 DEVICE INSPECTION APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING CLEANING NECESSITY AND RELATED METHODS DISH NETWORK L.L.C. HUANG, DAVID Z 2855 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Aug 08, 2023
18364976 INDUCTIVE SENSOR-BASED BATTERY PRESENCE DETECTION IN DEVICE ENCLOSURES AND RELATED METHODS DISH NETWORK L.L.C. MONSUR, NASIMA 2858 §112 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Aug 03, 2023
18261464 THERMOSETTING RESIN COMPOSITION FOR LAMINATE PANEL, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A PANEL WITH A THERMOSETTING RESIN COMPOSITION AND A LAMINATE PANEL COMPRISING A THERMOSETTING RESIN UNILIN, BV SHUKLA, KRUPA 1787 §102 Final Rejection Pending Jul 13, 2023
18259750 POWER SYSTEMS FOR WATERCRAFT Ride Awake AB STARCK, ERIC ANTHONY 3615 §103 Final Rejection 40d Pending Jun 28, 2023
18255276 A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A DÉCOR PAPER OR FOIL AND A DÉCOR PAPER OR FOIL Interprint GmbH CULLER, JILL E 2853 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending May 31, 2023
18253731 RESILIENT FASTENING ARRANGEMENT, VIBRATION DAMPING ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING A VIBRATION DAMPING ASSEMBLY Akoustos AB MAGAR, DIL KUMAR 3675 §103 Final Rejection 40d Pending May 19, 2023
18035530 Method and Device for Determining an Absolute Rotational Position of a Shaft Lenord, Bauer & Co. GmbH FADUL, PHILIPMARCUS T 2852 §103 Non-Final OA 296d overdue Pending May 05, 2023
18246954 FACE MASK Soliver AB MURPHY, VICTORIA 3785 §103 Final Rejection 57d Pending Mar 28, 2023
18245986 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING GAIT IN HUMANS Walkbeat AB PATEL, OM 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 180d overdue Pending Mar 20, 2023
18044254 CHARGING STATION FOUNDATION Unimi Holding AB LAWSON, STACY N 3678 §103 Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending Mar 07, 2023
18043498 A VENTILATION UNIT AND A SYSTEM FOR VENTILATING AN INDOOR SPACE Itronics Limited WEINERT, WILLIAM C 3762 §103 Non-Final OA 70d overdue Pending Feb 28, 2023
17995933 DECORATIVE PAPER LAYER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LAMINATES UNILIN, BV WANG, ALEXANDER A 1741 §103 Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending Oct 11, 2022
17904392 AN EARPLUG FOR ADMINISTERING A FLUID AGENT INTO AN EAR CANAL Nub Group AB ALVARADO JR, NELSON LOUIS 3783 §103 Final Rejection 45d overdue Pending Aug 17, 2022
17285329 A STABILISER SYSTEM FOR A COLLAPSIBLE LADDER Telesteps AB CHAVCHAVADZE, COLLEEN MARGARET 3634 §103 Non-Final OA 70d overdue Pending Apr 14, 2021

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