Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Carmel Patent Agency

14 pending office actions • 14 clients • 14 examiners • 13 art units • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 31 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

14
Total Pending OAs
11
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 14 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

11
Overdue
1
Due this week
2
Due this month
0
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. 14 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (11)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (2)

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%)
12
Medium (86%)
2
Easy (14%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only12 (86%)
§112 only2 (14%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
21% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
11
Mechanical / Eng
79% 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.

140 h
Manual time on pending OAs
28 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
49 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TRUONG, MINH D 1 66.9% +24.2%
ZHAO, AIYING 1 48.2% +44.5%
WILLIAMS, PATRICK C 1 80.4% +25.4%
BATTISTI, DEREK J 1 51.0% +36.3%
TAWFIK, SAMEH 1 63.0% +30.9%
KWON, JOHN 1 85.8% -4.2%
SALVATORE, LYNDA 1 63.9% +19.2%
ABOAGYE, MICHAEL 1 75.3% +38.6%
ROSENTHAL, ANDREW S 1 51.6% +41.5%
RUHL, DENNIS WILLIAM 1 26.2% +22.8%

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
18620372 SUCTION SYSTEM FOR A LIQUID RESERVOIR AND RESERVOIR HAVING SUCH SYSTEM KWON, JOHN 126d overdue
18953135 GAS REGULATOR WILLIAMS, PATRICK C 43d overdue

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18038953 SYSTEM AND METHOD TO GUARANTEE THE AUTHENTICITY AND OWNERSHIP OF AN ITEM RUHL, DENNIS WILLIAM 112d overdue

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
18038953 SYSTEM AND METHOD TO GUARANTEE THE AUTHENTICITY AND OWNERSHIP OF AN ITEM RUHL, DENNIS WILLIAM 112d overdue
18269148 METHOD OF ANTIBACTERIAL AND ANTIVIRAL SURFACE TREATMENT OF FLEXIBLE COVER MATERIALS AND COVER MATERIALS OBTAINED WITH THIS METHOD ROSENTHAL, ANDREW S 46d overdue
18953135 GAS REGULATOR WILLIAMS, PATRICK C 43d overdue
19105833 MACHINE FOR THE SEPARATION OF A PADDING FROM A LINING OF PADDED TEXTILE ARTICLES ZHAO, AIYING 31d overdue
18279605 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE TREATMENT OF BLACK SLAG ABOAGYE, MICHAEL 31d overdue
19106328 LIFTING BRIDGE, PARTICULARLY FOR MOTOR VEHICLES TRUONG, MINH D 11d overdue
18721736 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WRAPPING CARDBOARD BOXES TAWFIK, SAMEH 3d overdue
18852469 PACKAGE FOR PRODUCTS AND METHOD FOR MAKING SUCH A PACKAGE BATTISTI, DEREK J 16d

Client Portfolio (14 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36152
36541
37321
37531
37341
37311
37471
17891
17331
16131

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19106328 LIFTING BRIDGE, PARTICULARLY FOR MOTOR VEHICLES O.Me.R. S.p.A. TRUONG, MINH D 3654 §103 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Feb 25, 2025
19105833 MACHINE FOR THE SEPARATION OF A PADDING FROM A LINING OF PADDED TEXTILE ARTICLES BORSOI S.R.L. ZHAO, AIYING 3732 §103 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Feb 24, 2025
18953135 GAS REGULATOR Pietro Fiorentini S.p.A. WILLIAMS, PATRICK C 3753 §103 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Nov 20, 2024
18852469 PACKAGE FOR PRODUCTS AND METHOD FOR MAKING SUCH A PACKAGE Tissue Machinery Company S.p.A. (In Breve T.M.C. S.P.A.) BATTISTI, DEREK J 3734 §103 Non-Final OA 16d Pending Sep 29, 2024
18721736 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WRAPPING CARDBOARD BOXES Emmeci S.p.A. TAWFIK, SAMEH 3731 §103 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Jun 19, 2024
18620372 SUCTION SYSTEM FOR A LIQUID RESERVOIR AND RESERVOIR HAVING SUCH SYSTEM M.E.Rin Srl KWON, JOHN 3747 §103 Final Rejection 126d overdue Pending Mar 28, 2024
18687311 FABRIC AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING SAID FABRIC Siretessile S.r.l. SALVATORE, LYNDA 1789 §103 Non-Final OA 19d Pending Feb 28, 2024
18279605 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE TREATMENT OF BLACK SLAG Truyoins S.r.l. ABOAGYE, MICHAEL 1733 §103 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Aug 31, 2023
18269148 METHOD OF ANTIBACTERIAL AND ANTIVIRAL SURFACE TREATMENT OF FLEXIBLE COVER MATERIALS AND COVER MATERIALS OBTAINED WITH THIS METHOD Gruppo Mastrotto S.p.A. ROSENTHAL, ANDREW S 1613 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Jun 22, 2023
18038953 SYSTEM AND METHOD TO GUARANTEE THE AUTHENTICITY AND OWNERSHIP OF AN ITEM Themis S.r.l. RUHL, DENNIS WILLIAM 3626 §103 Non-Final OA 112d overdue Pending May 25, 2023
18035042 SELF-LOCKING NIPPLE FOR SPOKES OF SPOKED WHEELS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SUCH A NIPPLE Alpina Raggi S.p.A. BELLINGER, JASON R 3615 §112 Final Rejection 7d Pending May 02, 2023
18130974 ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL DEVICE FOR AQUARIUMS, PONDS OR TERRARIUMS AND RELATED ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SYSTEM Sicce S.r.l. LESLIE, MICHAEL S 3745 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Apr 05, 2023
18030009 MOORING POLE E-Concept S.r.l. OLSON, LARS A 3615 §112 Non-Final OA 133d overdue Pending Apr 03, 2023
17633207 CONTAINER DEVICE FOR BREAST PROSTHESIS FOR RECONSTRUCTIVE BREAST SURGERY Deco Med Srl HIGHLAND, RACHEL S 3774 §103 Non-Final OA 100d overdue Pending Feb 06, 2022

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