Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Decode Legal Inc.

21 pending office actions • 19 clients • 21 examiners • 20 art units • 0 of 21 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 58 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

21
Total Pending OAs
17
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 21 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

13
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
5
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. 21 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (13)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (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.

0
Hard (0%)
17
Medium (81%)
3
Easy (14%)
1
Unknown (5%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only15 (71%)
§102 only2 (10%)
§112 only3 (14%)
No statute on record1 (5%)

Industry Mix

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

5
Life Sciences
24% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
5% of docket
2
Semiconductors
10% of docket
12
Mechanical / Eng
57% of docket
1
Business / Other
5% 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.

210 h
Manual time on pending OAs
42 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
74 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CELESTINE, NYROBI I 1 81.7% +22.6%
DEVINE, MOLLY K 1 67.4% +32.2%
IJAZ, MUHAMMAD 1 74.2% +24.8%
LEE, MICHELLE J 1 40.2% +61.2%
BRIER, JEFFERY A 1 76.6% +8.7%
LYJAK, LORI LYNN 1 90.0% +8.4%
YOUNG, MICAH PAUL 1 55.1% +30.1%
GASSEN, CHRISTOPHER J 1 80.5% +23.5%
ARMSTRONG, KYLE 1 72.1% +30.2%
NGUYEN, PHONG H 1 70.7% +20.2%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18523158 METHOD FOR DESORBING AND IONIZING OF SAMPLE MATERIAL GASSEN, CHRISTOPHER J 17d overdue
19163065 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS CELESTINE, NYROBI I 41d
18656255 AERODYNAMIC APPARATUSES FOR TRAILER LYJAK, LORI LYNN 41d

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
18612370 CONTROLLED RELEASE FORMULATIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF MALARIA YOUNG, MICAH PAUL 475d overdue
18863310 UPPER BODY CHASSIS LEE, MICHELLE J 72d overdue
18521044 ANCHOR BOLT WITH ANTI PROJECTION MECHANISM ARMSTRONG, KYLE 46d overdue
18523158 METHOD FOR DESORBING AND IONIZING OF SAMPLE MATERIAL GASSEN, CHRISTOPHER J 17d overdue
18519896 PIVOTABLE LOG SAW FOR MAINTENANCE IMPROVEMENT NGUYEN, PHONG H 16d overdue
18943253 QUICK INSTALL TABLET SUPPORT IJAZ, MUHAMMAD 3d overdue
19186864 SCREW SYSTEM FOR MECHANICAL SEPARATION OF MATTER DEVINE, MOLLY K 8d
19163065 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS CELESTINE, NYROBI I 41d

Client Portfolio (19 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36532
37981
36311
37861
26131
36121
16181
28811
36191
37241

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19163065 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS Opsens Inc. CELESTINE, NYROBI I 3798 §102 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Sep 08, 2025
19186864 SCREW SYSTEM FOR MECHANICAL SEPARATION OF MATTER Industries Machinex Inc. DEVINE, MOLLY K 3653 §103 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Apr 23, 2025
18943253 QUICK INSTALL TABLET SUPPORT Isaac Instruments Inc. IJAZ, MUHAMMAD 3631 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Nov 11, 2024
18863310 UPPER BODY CHASSIS Mawashi Science & Technologie Inc. LEE, MICHELLE J 3786 §103 Non-Final OA 72d overdue Pending Nov 05, 2024
18819259 METHOD AND SERVER FOR PROVIDING A RULED AUGMENTED REALITY SPACE Araura Augmented Reality Fashion Corp. BRIER, JEFFERY A 2613 §112 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Aug 29, 2024
18656255 AERODYNAMIC APPARATUSES FOR TRAILER Transtex Inc. LYJAK, LORI LYNN 3612 §102 Non-Final OA 41d Pending May 06, 2024
18612370 CONTROLLED RELEASE FORMULATIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF MALARIA Karici Diagnostics Inc. YOUNG, MICAH PAUL 1618 §103 Non-Final OA 475d overdue Pending Mar 21, 2024
18523158 METHOD FOR DESORBING AND IONIZING OF SAMPLE MATERIAL Bruker Daltonics GmbH & Co. Kg GASSEN, CHRISTOPHER J 2881 §103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Nov 29, 2023
18521044 ANCHOR BOLT WITH ANTI PROJECTION MECHANISM Grillage Major Inc. ARMSTRONG, KYLE 3619 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Nov 28, 2023
18519896 PIVOTABLE LOG SAW FOR MAINTENANCE IMPROVEMENT Carbotech International NGUYEN, PHONG H 3724 §103 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Nov 27, 2023
18551992 AUTOMATED GARMENT STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM Planiform Conveyors Inc. EL-BATHY, IBRAHIM N 3628 §103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Sep 22, 2023
18280981 USE OF OREGOVOMAB AND BEVACIZUMAB, PACLITAXEL, CARBOPLATIN FOR TREATMENT OF BRCA-WILD TYPE PLATINUM SENSITIVE RECURRENT Canariabio Inc. SULLIVAN, DENNIS JOHN 1642 Other Non-Final OA 55d Pending Sep 08, 2023
18272413 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING EMULSIONS USING ULTRASONIC ROTATING MAGNETIC FIELD Jin-Gook Bok GOLOBOY, JAMES C 1771 §112 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Jul 14, 2023
18270853 BOAT SUPPORT FLOATING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF Espace W.L. Inc. COLLINS, TIMOTHY D 3644 §103 Non-Final OA 105d overdue Pending Jul 04, 2023
18344231 TRANSCEIVER COIL ARRANGEMENT FOR AN MAS NMR PROBE HEAD AND METHOD FOR DESIGNING A TRANSCEIVER COIL ARRANGEMENT Bruker Switzerland AG NASIR, TAQI R 2858 §103 Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending Jun 29, 2023
18023180 PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR SMOKING SEAFOOD AND MEAT WITH REDUCED GAS ODORS AND IMPROVED FLAVOR Crescent City Seafood Inc. TAYLOR, AUSTIN PARKER 1792 §103 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Feb 24, 2023
17989893 METHOD FOR INITIATING A PLANT IN PREPARATION OF ITS INTRODUCTION INTO A VERTICAL FARM UNIT Ferme D'Hiver Technologies Inc. DENNIS, KEVIN M 3647 §103 Non-Final OA 103d overdue Pending Nov 18, 2022
17778768 SNOW PLOW ROTATING SIDEWALL WITH SUSPENSION 9091-4532 Québec Inc. TSUI, ALFRED H 3671 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Oct 06, 2022
17801633 SMELTING APPARATUS AND METALLURGICAL PROCESSES THEREOF Nsgi Steel Inc. ABOAGYE, MICHAEL 1733 §103 Final Rejection 66d overdue Pending Aug 23, 2022
17863597 FLEXIBLE SUCTION TOOL FOR A GRABBING APPARATUS Industries Machinex MACKEY, PATRICK HEWEY 3653 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Jul 13, 2022
35514481 Boat Eker Design AS CHIN, CYNTHIA M 2941 §112 Final Rejection 162d overdue Pending Jan 07, 2022

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