Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 14, 2026

Definitive Patents, Member Synchrony Ip

5 pending office actions • 5 clients • 5 examiners • 4 art units • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 18 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (1)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%)
3
Medium (60%)
2
Easy (40%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (60%)
§112 only2 (40%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
20% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
60% of docket
1
Business / Other
20% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BERHANU, ETSUB D 1 65.4% +24.8%
WOLFF, ARIELLE R 1 47.0% +33.4%
NGUON, VIRAK 1 83.0% +19.4%
UNDERWOOD, CYNTHIA R 1 94.8% +3.0%
EPPERT, LUCY CLARE 1 57.1% +40.6%

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
29940186 CARRIAGE NUT UNDERWOOD, CYNTHIA R 19d
18899001 TEXTURED DRYWALL SURFACE REPAIR APPARATUS NGUON, VIRAK 76d

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
18547848 STEERABLE SHEATH WITH ROBOTIC HANDLE STAND EPPERT, LUCY CLARE 119d overdue
18866953 RADIOGRAPHY-CONCURRENT DYNAMIC ELECTROPOTENTIAL NEUROACTIVITY MONITOR BERHANU, ETSUB D 17d overdue
18899001 TEXTURED DRYWALL SURFACE REPAIR APPARATUS NGUON, VIRAK 76d
18866922 MACHINE LEARNING ACTIVATED GAIT ASSISTANCE WOLFF, ARIELLE R

Client Portfolio (5 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37912
37851
17411
29241

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18866953 RADIOGRAPHY-CONCURRENT DYNAMIC ELECTROPOTENTIAL NEUROACTIVITY MONITOR Asterion AI Inc. BERHANU, ETSUB D 3791 §103 Final Rejection 17d overdue Pending Nov 18, 2024
18866922 MACHINE LEARNING ACTIVATED GAIT ASSISTANCE The Center For Headache, Spine, And Pain Medicine, Pllc WOLFF, ARIELLE R 3785 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 18, 2024
18899001 TEXTURED DRYWALL SURFACE REPAIR APPARATUS Punchworkers, LLC NGUON, VIRAK 1741 §103 Non-Final OA 76d Pending Sep 27, 2024
29940186 CARRIAGE NUT Eagle Industrial Group Inc. UNDERWOOD, CYNTHIA R 2924 §112 Non-Final OA 19d Pending Apr 30, 2024
18547848 STEERABLE SHEATH WITH ROBOTIC HANDLE STAND Nextern Innovation, LLC EPPERT, LUCY CLARE 3791 §112 Non-Final OA 119d overdue Pending Aug 24, 2023

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