Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Dentons Durham Jones Pinegar

72 pending office actions • 30 clients • 67 examiners • 43 art units • 0 of 72 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 135 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=29744 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

88.7%
Allowance Rate
n=29744
+0.61σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=29744
3.3
OAs to Allowance
n=20849
+0.02σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=20849
1010 days
Time to Allowance
n=20849
+5.5pp
Interview Lift
n=29744
24.0%
RCE Rate
n=29744
1.2%
Appeal Rate
n=29744

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

79.3%
§101 Overcome
n=1619
86.0%
§102 Overcome
n=7244
81.5%
§103 Overcome
n=9013
89.5%
§112 Overcome
n=11304

Specialization & Scale

A01H, C12N, G02F
Top CPC Subclasses
27%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=29744
49
Practitioners
n=29744
607.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=29744

Portfolio Summary

72
Total Pending OAs
48
Non-Final OAs
20
Final Rejections
4
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 29 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

17
Overdue
1
Due this week
9
Due this month
1
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. 29 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (17)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (9)Due ≤ 60 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.

36
Hard (50%)
32
Medium (44%)
4
Easy (6%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other9 (12%)
§103 only24 (33%)
§102 only5 (7%)
§112 only3 (4%)
Double-patenting only1 (1%)
Double-patenting + other3 (4%)
Multi-statute (no §101)27 (38%)

Industry Mix

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

10
Life Sciences
14% of docket
5
Information Tech
7% of docket
2
Communications
3% of docket
13
Semiconductors
18% of docket
31
Mechanical / Eng
43% of docket
11
Business / Other
15% 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.

720 h
Manual time on pending OAs
144 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
252 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
6.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
FLANAGAN, BEVERLY MEINDL 2 71.9% +21.2%
WINDSOR, COURTNEY J 2 86.1% +9.3%
GIULIANI, THOMAS ANTHONY 2 76.7% +37.1%
CERIONI, DANIEL LEE 2 64.7% +28.4%
LANCASTER, LINDSAY REGAN 2 55.6% +27.0%
STEITZ, RACHEL RUNNING 1 54.6% +25.8%
BOECKELMAN, JACOB A 1 36.1% +46.1%
MCCARTHY, GINA 1 49.5% +56.0%
GILL, JENNIFER FRANCES 1 28.1% +47.0%
RESTAINO, ANDREW PETER 1 72.7% +41.5%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18936406 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING AN AT LEAST 3-DIMENSIONAL MEDICAL IMAGE SEGMENTATION OF A STRUCTURE OF AN INTERNAL ORGAN WINDSOR, COURTNEY J

Hard Cases (36)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18517422 System and Method of Defragmentation and Customized Optimization of Physical Assets Corresponding to Digital Tokens of a Distributed Ledger in a Decentralized Computing Environment ZHOU, YINGYING 112d overdue
18140298 TOC-BASED SYSTEM FOR CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVING PRODUCTIVITY IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT YESILDAG, LAURA G 59d overdue
18229318 VAPING CARTRIDGE NGUYEN, PHU HOANG 36d overdue
17464629 SUPPLEMENTS CAPABLE OF ADDRESSING SIDE EFFECTS OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS KOSTURKO, GEORGE W 35d overdue
18357379 SOLDER BARRIER CONTACT FOR AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT SEVEN, EVREN 29d overdue
18545601 HYBRID THERMAL INTERFACE MATERIAL WITH EMBEDDED METAL LAYER ENAD, CHRISTINE A 18d overdue
18641240 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AND REMOVING PERIODIC NON-PHYSIOLOGICAL ARTIFACT FROM EVOKED POTENTIALS HOUGH, JESSANDRA F 4d overdue
18591636 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC DETECTION OF PHRENIC NERVE STIMULATION MOSS, JAMES R 5d

Interview Candidates (13)

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
16484375 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CRYOABLATION LANCASTER, LINDSAY REGAN 30d overdue
17723365 CATHETER WITH ATRAUMATIC TIP CERIONI, DANIEL LEE 11d overdue
18133750 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ELECTROPORATION USING ARBITRARY ELECTRODE ADDRESSING FLANAGAN, BEVERLY MEINDL 15d
17247198 ELECTROPORATION SYSTEM AND METHOD LANCASTER, LINDSAY REGAN 21d
19260073 PLANT-DERIVED COMPOSITIONS THAT MODULATE CELLULAR IMMUNITY BOECKELMAN, JACOB A 22d
19296539 Hybrid Dental Device STEITZ, RACHEL RUNNING
19136858 REVERSIBLY CLOSABLE LIMB ORTHOSIS OR LIMB BANDAGE OR SPORTS AID DEVICE MCCARTHY, GINA
19091713 CLAW CLIPS WITH MULTIPLE ROWS OF TEETH GILL, JENNIFER FRANCES

Client Portfolio (30 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37947
37916
37723
28173
37853
16552
28472
37861
24071
24381

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19296539 Hybrid Dental Device Sacks Holdings, Inc. STEITZ, RACHEL RUNNING 3772 §103DP Non-Final OA Pending Aug 11, 2025
19260073 PLANT-DERIVED COMPOSITIONS THAT MODULATE CELLULAR IMMUNITY 4Life Patents, LLC BOECKELMAN, JACOB A 1655 §101§103§112 Final Rejection 22d Pending Jul 03, 2025
19136858 REVERSIBLY CLOSABLE LIMB ORTHOSIS OR LIMB BANDAGE OR SPORTS AID DEVICE BAUERFEIND AG MCCARTHY, GINA 3786 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 06, 2025
19091713 CLAW CLIPS WITH MULTIPLE ROWS OF TEETH Durham Enterprises Corporation GILL, JENNIFER FRANCES 3772 §102§112 Final Rejection Pending Mar 26, 2025
19080785 EXPANDABLE EMBOLIC IMPLANTS WITH POSITION-FIXING COVERS Polyembo, LLC RESTAINO, ANDREW PETER §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 14, 2025
19067357 AIR BLASTER TOY Frustration Free Solutions, LLC HUSON, JOSHUA DANIEL §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 28, 2025
19066145 Unlocking a Data Storage Device Using a Web Application Sandisk Technologies, Inc. ELAHIAN, DANIEL 2407 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 27, 2025
19050212 APPLICATION DEPLOYMENT PLATFORM SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES Hsbc Software Development (India) Private Limited NARRAMORE, BLAKE I 2438 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 11, 2025
18983063 CLAW CLIPS WITH MULTIPLE ROWS OF TEETH Durham Enterprises Corporation FARAJ, LINA AHMAD 3772 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 16, 2024
18973952 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PULSED FIELD ABLATION WITH INCREASED PULSE PERIODS St. Jude Medical FLANAGAN, BEVERLY MEINDL §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 09, 2024
18960333 ELECTROPORATION SYSTEMS AND CATHETERS FOR ELECTROPORATION SYSTEMS St. Jude Medical TEMPLETON, MARINA DELANEY §112DP Non-Final OA Pending Nov 26, 2024
18949206 ELECTROPORATION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ENERGIZING A CATHETER St. Jude Medical BORSCH, NICHOLAS S §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Nov 15, 2024
18936406 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING AN AT LEAST 3-DIMENSIONAL MEDICAL IMAGE SEGMENTATION OF A STRUCTURE OF AN INTERNAL ORGAN Laralab GmbH WINDSOR, COURTNEY J DP Non-Final OA Pending Nov 04, 2024
18922642 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING MICROBUBBLES IN ELECTROPORATION APPLICATIONS St. Jude Medical PREMRAJ, CATHERINE C §102 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 22, 2024
18810732 MULTI-RATE FLUID FLOW AND VARIABLE POWER DELIVERY FOR ABLATION ELECTRODE ASSEMBLIES USED IN CATHETER ABLATION PROCEDURES St. Jude Medical GIULIANI, THOMAS ANTHONY 3794 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 21, 2024
18806406 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSPILATION OF SOURCE CODE USING MACHINE LEARNING Hsbc Group Management Services Limited MALIK, ZEERICK ASIM §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 15, 2024
18759792 INTRA-OPERATIVE LOWER SPINE MOTOR INTEGRITY MONITORING THROUGH TRANS-SPINAL STIMULATION Alphatec Spine, Inc. PORTILLO, JAIRO H 3791 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 28, 2024
18754628 SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE HAVING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTED ENCLOSURE Sandisk Technologies, Inc. SMITH, SAMUEL JONATHAN 2817 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 26, 2024
18739566 ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING A DOUBLE-WALLED HOUSING THAT ACTS AS A THERMAL BARRIER Sandisk Technologies, Inc. KRIM, PETER 2841 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 14d Pending Jun 11, 2024
18641240 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AND REMOVING PERIODIC NON-PHYSIOLOGICAL ARTIFACT FROM EVOKED POTENTIALS Safeop Surgical, Inc. HOUGH, JESSANDRA F 3796 §101§112 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Apr 19, 2024
18610700 SYMMETRICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DIES FOR A SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE Sandisk Technologies, Inc. HENRY, CALEB E §102 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 20, 2024
18606010 SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE HAVING AN INTEGRATED PASSIVE DEVICE THAT ACTS AS A SPACER Sandisk Technologies, Inc. PHAM, HOAI V 2892 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 15, 2024
18591636 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC DETECTION OF PHRENIC NERVE STIMULATION St. Jude Medical MOSS, JAMES R 3792 §102§103 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Feb 29, 2024
18584729 STEP-DOWN PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD WITH A FLEXIBLE CONNECTOR Sandisk Technologies, Inc. SCHOENHOLTZ, JOSEPH 2893 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 22, 2024
18444440 AUTOMATED CUSTOMIZATION ENGINE Just Right Reader, Inc. WOZNIAK, JAMES S 2655 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 16, 2024
18440962 EXPANDABLE EXOSKELETON DEVICES Transit Scientific, LLC HU, ANN M 3774 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 13, 2024
18413391 TOLERATING DEFECTIVE MEMORY BANKS IN EMERGING MEMORY COMPONENTS Sandisk Technologies, Inc. BRYAN, JASON B 2114 §101§112 Final Rejection Pending Jan 16, 2024
18545601 HYBRID THERMAL INTERFACE MATERIAL WITH EMBEDDED METAL LAYER Sandisk Technologies, Inc. ENAD, CHRISTINE A 2811 §102§103 Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending Dec 19, 2023
18528736 DETERMINISTIC BANDWIDTH FOR A DATA STORAGE DEVICE Sandisk Technologies, Inc. CHOWDHURY, SUBIR KUMAR 2132 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 04, 2023
18519617 Adaptive Diversity-Based Quantum Circuit Architecture Search Hsbc Software Development (Guangdong) Limited DOAN, NGHIA M §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 27, 2023
18517422 System and Method of Defragmentation and Customized Optimization of Physical Assets Corresponding to Digital Tokens of a Distributed Ledger in a Decentralized Computing Environment Hsbc Global Services (Uk) Limited ZHOU, YINGYING 3697 §101§112 Non-Final OA 112d overdue Pending Nov 22, 2023
18386955 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LIGHTING A VAPING DEVICE Next Level Ventures LLC SZUMIGALSKI, NICOLE ASHLEY 1755 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 03, 2023
18491251 QUANTUM CIRCUIT COMPRESSION Hsbc Group Management Services Limited HOANG, MICHAEL H 4100 §101§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 20, 2023
18461089 CREDIT ALLOCATION FOR ENABLING ACCESS TO HARDWARE RESOURCES OF A COMPUTING DEVICE Sandisk Technologies, Inc. KAMRAN, MEHRAN 2196 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Sep 05, 2023
18456906 UNSINGULATED SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE Sandisk Technologies, Inc. KOLB, THADDEUS J 2817 §103 Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending Aug 28, 2023
18448671 REAL-TIME ANALYSIS OF IMAGES CAPTURED BY AN ULTRASOUND PROBE Echo Mind AI Corp. WINDSOR, COURTNEY J 2661 §102§103 Final Rejection 23d Pending Aug 11, 2023
18232297 METHODS OF FORMING LOW SALT NITROGEN-BASED FERTILIZER Cynagra LLC SMITH, JENNIFER A 1731 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Aug 09, 2023
18229318 VAPING CARTRIDGE Next Level Ventures LLC NGUYEN, PHU HOANG 1747 §103§112 Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending Aug 02, 2023
18229056 TECHNOLOGIES FOR LINES COUPLED TO SPINES Alphatec Spine, Inc. COTRONEO, STEVEN J 3773 §102 Final Rejection Pending Aug 01, 2023
18362140 TESTING PADDLE FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE CHARACTERIZATION Sandisk Technologies, Inc. RIOS RUSSO, RAUL J 2858 §103 Final Rejection 1d overdue Pending Jul 31, 2023
18361061 ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITORS HAVING ENCLOSURES THAT ENABLE THE CAPACITORS TO BE SURFACE MOUNTED TO A SUBSTRATE Sandisk Technologies, Inc. DINH, TUAN T 2847 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 28, 2023
18227842 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SSEP (SOMATOSENSORY EVOKED POTENTIALS) WITH MONITORABLE BASELINE WAVEFORM DETERMINATION Alphatec Spine, Inc. BALAJI, KAVYA SHOBANA 3791 §101§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jul 28, 2023
18361081 SINGLE PACKAGE DATA STORAGE DEVICE Sandisk Technologies, Inc. TYNES JR., LAWRENCE C 2899 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 28, 2023
18360555 SEMICONDUCTOR DIE STACKING ARCHITECTURE AND CONNECTION METHOD THEREFORE Sandisk Technologies, Inc. NICELY, JOSEPH C 2813 §103 Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending Jul 27, 2023
18359645 THERMALLY CONDUCTIVE SPACER Sandisk Technologies, Inc. SUN, YU-HSI DAVID 2817 §102 Final Rejection 32d overdue Pending Jul 26, 2023
18357379 SOLDER BARRIER CONTACT FOR AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT Sandisk Technologies, Inc. SEVEN, EVREN 2812 §103§112 Non-Final OA 29d overdue Pending Jul 24, 2023
18223426 REACTIVATION OF AND RESTORATION OF ELECTRICAL SIGNALING BY NEURONS INVOLVED IN CONTROLLING BRAIN FUNCTION Anecare, LLC DITMER, KATHRYN ELIZABETH 3785 §103 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Jul 18, 2023
18319359 STIMULATION SYSTEM Alphatec Spine, Inc. CERIONI, DANIEL LEE 3791 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 17, 2023
18318335 ELONGATE MEDICAL DEVICE INCLUDING CHAMFERED RING ELECTRODE AND VARIABLE SHAFT St. Jude Medical GUERRERO ROSARIO, ANA VERUSKA 3794 §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending May 16, 2023
18197700 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR WEIGHT CONTROL 4Life Patents, LLC GHALI, ISIS A D 1611 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 15, 2023
18143473 COMBINABLE AND ORIENTABLE VAPORIZING DEVICES Next Level Ventures LLC GRAY, LINDA LAMEY 1745 §103§112 Non-Final OA 29d Pending May 04, 2023
18140298 TOC-BASED SYSTEM FOR CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVING PRODUCTIVITY IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT N&D Technologies, LLC YESILDAG, LAURA G 3629 §101§112 Non-Final OA 59d overdue Pending Apr 27, 2023
18136310 EXOSKELETON DEVICES FOR USE WITH ELONGATED MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS Transit Scientific, LLC TRINH, HONG-VAN N 3783 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Apr 18, 2023
18133750 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ELECTROPORATION USING ARBITRARY ELECTRODE ADDRESSING St. Jude Medical FLANAGAN, BEVERLY MEINDL 3794 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Apr 12, 2023
18109825 MULTI LAYER CUSHIONS AND POSITIONERS Greenwood Marketing, LLC GINES, GEORGE SAMUEL 3673 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 14, 2023
17927314 AUTOMATED LIQUID DISPENSING SYSTEMS Australian Laboratory Services Pty. Ltd. KWAK, DEAN P 1798 §102§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Nov 22, 2022
17987584 SEED TREATMENT COMPOSITIONS THAT INCREASE MICROORGANISM LONGEVITY Pro Farm Group, Inc. KNIGHT, SAMANTHA JO 1614 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Nov 15, 2022
17850696 SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING AND MEASURING OXYGEN DELIVERY THROUGH A CPAP ADAPTOR Dynasthetics, LLC LEBRON DE JESUS, GRACIELA NATALIA 3785 §103 Final Rejection 60d overdue Pending Jun 27, 2022
17779832 ABLATION CATHETER TIP WITH FLEXIBLE ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY St. Jude Medical SHOULDERS, ANNIE LEE 3794 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending May 25, 2022
17752398 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ELECTROPORATION DEVICES INCLUDING BASKET AND BALLOON CONFIGURATIONS St. Jude Medical GIULIANI, THOMAS ANTHONY 3794 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 24, 2022
17726990 PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD WITH EMBEDDED BUMP PADS Sandisk Technologies, Inc. BURNS, TREMESHA WILLIS 2847 §102 Final Rejection Pending Apr 22, 2022
17723365 CATHETER WITH ATRAUMATIC TIP St. Jude Medical CERIONI, DANIEL LEE 3791 §103 Final Rejection 11d overdue Pending Apr 18, 2022
17691915 STIMULATION SYSTEM Alphatec Spine, Inc. TOWA, RENE T 3791 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 10, 2022
17689955 METHOD OF OPERATING A VEHICLE LOCK Abus August Bremicker Soehne Kg HOROWITZ, NOAH NMN 3675 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 08, 2022
17683270 MEDICAL FILTRATION SYSTEM Control Medical Technology, LLC WESTFALL, SARAH ANN 3791 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 28, 2022
17617879 CARD GAME Legend Story Studios Limited VANDERVEEN, JEFFREY S 3711 §103 Final Rejection 71d overdue Pending Dec 09, 2021
17464629 SUPPLEMENTS CAPABLE OF ADDRESSING SIDE EFFECTS OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS Rxsidefx, LLC KOSTURKO, GEORGE W 1621 §103§112 Non-Final OA 35d overdue Pending Sep 01, 2021
17463504 OCCLUSIVE DEVICE WITH SELF-EXPANDING STRUTS Polyembo, LLC MCGINNITY, JAMES RYAN 3771 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 31, 2021
17341945 THERMAL MODULATION OF AN INHALABLE MEDICAMENT Michael Edward Breede ZIEGLER, MATTHEW D 3785 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 08, 2021
17247198 ELECTROPORATION SYSTEM AND METHOD St. Jude Medical LANCASTER, LINDSAY REGAN 3794 §103 Final Rejection 21d Pending Dec 03, 2020
16484375 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CRYOABLATION St. Jude Medical LANCASTER, LINDSAY REGAN 3794 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Aug 07, 2019
16380952 PROBIOTIC COMPOSITIONS INCLUDING IMMUNE MODULATORS 4Life Patents, LLC HOFFMAN, SUSAN COE 1655 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 70d Pending Apr 10, 2019

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