Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Cole Schotz, P.C.

10 pending office actions • 8 clients • 10 examiners • 10 art units • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 15 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

10
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
2
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. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (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%)
8
Medium (80%)
0
Easy (0%)
2
Unknown (20%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only6 (60%)
§102 only2 (20%)
No statute on record2 (20%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
30% of docket
2
Information Tech
20% of docket
1
Communications
10% of docket
1
Semiconductors
10% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
30% 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.

100 h
Manual time on pending OAs
20 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
35 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
GUMEDZOE, PENIEL M 1 83.1% +3.7%
PHAM, TOAN NGOC 1 86.4% +12.3%
DURAN, ARTHUR D 1 15.8% +25.2%
BARRON, SEAN C 1 53.5% +30.9%
RIVAS, RAUL 1 83.2% +9.8%
NEWAY, BLAINE GIRMA 1 29.7% +40.4%
KHIRODHAR, MAHARISHI V 1 87.2% +12.9%
MILLER-CRUZ, EKANDRA S. 1 65.4% +51.9%
LEONARD, ARTHUR S 1 50.5% +50.7%
MENSH, ANDREW J 1 63.8% +19.5%

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
19177495 OPTIMIZATION OF THE THERMAL PERFORMANCE OF THE 3D ICS UTILIZING THE INTEGRATED CHIP-SIZE DOUBLE-LAYER OR MULTI-LAYER MICROCHANNELS GUMEDZOE, PENIEL M 48d
19031414 Method and Apparatus for Social Distancing Alarm Systems PHAM, TOAN NGOC 76d

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18792482 TAPELESS CLOSURE MECHANISM FOR SHIPPING BOXES NEWAY, BLAINE GIRMA 149d overdue
18881033 INTEGRATED METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR OFFERING AND MANAGING ADVERTISING CONTENT AND CAMPAIGNS IN COMBINATION WITH DELIVERY MEDIA FOR CONSUMER PRODUCTS AND SERVICES DURAN, ARTHUR D 73d overdue

Interview Candidates (8)

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
18792482 TAPELESS CLOSURE MECHANISM FOR SHIPPING BOXES NEWAY, BLAINE GIRMA 149d overdue
17940255 CATHETER COVER FOR URINARY CATHETER MENSH, ANDREW J 114d overdue
18881033 INTEGRATED METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR OFFERING AND MANAGING ADVERTISING CONTENT AND CAMPAIGNS IN COMBINATION WITH DELIVERY MEDIA FOR CONSUMER PRODUCTS AND SERVICES DURAN, ARTHUR D 73d overdue
18234715 ENERGY INTEGRATED WATER PURIFICATION AND RECOVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING SAME MILLER-CRUZ, EKANDRA S. 17d overdue
18595667 Method and Device in UE and Base Station Used for Wireless Communication KHIRODHAR, MAHARISHI V 8d
18926991 SOFT TISSUE REPAIR ALLOGRAFTS AND METHODS FOR PREPARING SAME BARRON, SEAN C 22d
17954674 MODIFIED GRAFTS LEONARD, ARTHUR S 26d
19031414 Method and Apparatus for Social Distancing Alarm Systems PHAM, TOAN NGOC 76d

Client Portfolio (8 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28991
26851
36221
16531
24711
37351
24631
17731
16311
37811

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19177495 OPTIMIZATION OF THE THERMAL PERFORMANCE OF THE 3D ICS UTILIZING THE INTEGRATED CHIP-SIZE DOUBLE-LAYER OR MULTI-LAYER MICROCHANNELS Kambix Innovations Ii, LLC GUMEDZOE, PENIEL M 2899 §103 Final Rejection 48d Pending Apr 11, 2025
19031414 Method and Apparatus for Social Distancing Alarm Systems Byrsa Ip, LLC PHAM, TOAN NGOC 2685 §103 Non-Final OA 76d Pending Jan 18, 2025
18881033 INTEGRATED METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR OFFERING AND MANAGING ADVERTISING CONTENT AND CAMPAIGNS IN COMBINATION WITH DELIVERY MEDIA FOR CONSUMER PRODUCTS AND SERVICES Packaged, LLC DURAN, ARTHUR D 3622 §103 Non-Final OA 73d overdue Pending Jan 03, 2025
18926991 SOFT TISSUE REPAIR ALLOGRAFTS AND METHODS FOR PREPARING SAME Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation BARRON, SEAN C 1653 §103 Final Rejection 22d Pending Oct 25, 2024
18806160 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UPLINK TRANSMISSION Hannibal Ip LLC RIVAS, RAUL 2471 Other Non-Final OA 84d Pending Aug 15, 2024
18792482 TAPELESS CLOSURE MECHANISM FOR SHIPPING BOXES Packaged, LLC NEWAY, BLAINE GIRMA 3735 §102 Non-Final OA 149d overdue Pending Aug 01, 2024
18595667 Method and Device in UE and Base Station Used for Wireless Communication Dido Wireless Innovations, LLC KHIRODHAR, MAHARISHI V 2463 Other Non-Final OA 8d Pending Mar 05, 2024
18234715 ENERGY INTEGRATED WATER PURIFICATION AND RECOVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING SAME Aizaco Limited Company MILLER-CRUZ, EKANDRA S. 1773 §103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Aug 16, 2023
17954674 MODIFIED GRAFTS Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation LEONARD, ARTHUR S 1631 §102 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Sep 28, 2022
17940255 CATHETER COVER FOR URINARY CATHETER Dash Ip, LLC MENSH, ANDREW J 3781 §103 Non-Final OA 114d overdue Pending Sep 08, 2022

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