Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP (James E. Cole-Lou)

10 pending office actions • 4 clients • 9 examiners • 8 art units • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 65 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

10
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
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.

5
Overdue
1
Due this week
4
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. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (4)

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.

1
Hard (10%)
7
Medium (70%)
2
Easy (20%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (10%)
§103 only6 (60%)
§102 only1 (10%)
§112 only2 (20%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
10
Mechanical / Eng
100% 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
BALDRIGHI, ERIC C 2 41.5% +42.4%
BRADEN, SHAWN M 1 66.6% +32.5%
DAVID, MICHAEL D 1 81.7% +14.1%
BERTHEAUD, PETER JOHN 1 77.9% +8.6%
WAGGENSPACK, ADAM J 1 46.0% +46.6%
ABRAHAM, IBRAHIME A 1 24.1% +38.0%
WARD, THOMAS JOHN 1 50.6% +26.4%
BARGERO, JOHN E 1 55.3% +30.8%
SANTOS, KIRSTEN JADE M 1 52.3% +37.3%

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
18914765 MODULAR FIREARM AND COMPONENTS THEREOF DAVID, MICHAEL D 6d

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
18258095 Courier Delivery Box ABRAHAM, IBRAHIME A 10d overdue
17438034 Predictive Analysis System for Recreational Vehicle SANTOS, KIRSTEN JADE M 14d

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
17006282 DOUBLE-WALLED, SLIP FIT COOLER BALDRIGHI, ERIC C 77d overdue
18530943 Insulated Container BALDRIGHI, ERIC C 28d overdue
18888784 TRUCK BED RACK SYSTEM WAGGENSPACK, ADAM J 22d overdue
18258095 Courier Delivery Box ABRAHAM, IBRAHIME A 10d overdue
19042652 INSULATING CONTAINER BRADEN, SHAWN M 9d overdue
18914765 MODULAR FIREARM AND COMPONENTS THEREOF DAVID, MICHAEL D 6d
17438034 Predictive Analysis System for Recreational Vehicle SANTOS, KIRSTEN JADE M 14d
17912156 Heating Apparatus, Recreational Vehicle With Heating Apparatus and Method for Heating Fluids in a Recreational Vehicle BARGERO, JOHN E 22d

Client Portfolio (4 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37332
37612
37361
36411
37461
37341
37621
36641

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19042652 INSULATING CONTAINER Dometic Sweden AB BRADEN, SHAWN M 3736 §102 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Jan 31, 2025
18914765 MODULAR FIREARM AND COMPONENTS THEREOF Evolved Gear LLC DAVID, MICHAEL D 3641 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Oct 14, 2024
18850861 PISTON COMPRESSOR AND PORTABLE REFRIGERATOR COMPRISING SAME Dometic Sweden AB BERTHEAUD, PETER JOHN 3746 §112 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Sep 25, 2024
18888784 TRUCK BED RACK SYSTEM Dometic Sweden AB WAGGENSPACK, ADAM J 3734 §112 Non-Final OA 22d overdue Pending Sep 18, 2024
18530943 Insulated Container Cool Gear International, LLC BALDRIGHI, ERIC C 3733 §103 Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Dec 06, 2023
18258095 Courier Delivery Box Dometic Sweden AB ABRAHAM, IBRAHIME A 3761 §103 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Jun 16, 2023
17912162 Heating Apparatus and Recreational Vehicle With Heating Apparatus Dometic Sweden AB WARD, THOMAS JOHN 3761 §103 Final Rejection 29d Pending Sep 16, 2022
17912156 Heating Apparatus, Recreational Vehicle With Heating Apparatus and Method for Heating Fluids in a Recreational Vehicle Dometic Sweden AB BARGERO, JOHN E 3762 §103 Final Rejection 22d Pending Sep 16, 2022
17438034 Predictive Analysis System for Recreational Vehicle Dometic Sweden AB SANTOS, KIRSTEN JADE M 3664 §101 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Sep 10, 2021
17006282 DOUBLE-WALLED, SLIP FIT COOLER Igloo Products Corp. BALDRIGHI, ERIC C 3733 §103 Non-Final OA 77d overdue Pending Aug 28, 2020

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