Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Dla Piper LLP (Us) Boston

35 pending office actions • 22 clients • 35 examiners • 30 art units • 0 of 35 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 94 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

35
Total Pending OAs
22
Non-Final OAs
12
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 35 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

15
Overdue
2
Due this week
11
Due this month
5
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. 35 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (15)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (11)Due ≤ 60 days (5)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.

2
Hard (6%)
31
Medium (89%)
1
Easy (3%)
1
Unknown (3%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (6%)
§103 only28 (80%)
§102 only2 (6%)
§112 only1 (3%)
Double-patenting + other1 (3%)
No statute on record1 (3%)

Industry Mix

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

8
Life Sciences
23% of docket
5
Information Tech
14% of docket
5
Communications
14% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
17
Mechanical / Eng
49% 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.

350 h
Manual time on pending OAs
70 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
122 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
WANG, MICHAEL H 1 52.1% +25.7%
SHARIFI-TAFRESHI, KOOSHA 1 78.1% +10.0%
CHATLY, AMIT 1 67.7% +13.9%
HODGES, SUSAN E 1 66.6% +14.6%
STEINLE, ANDREW J 1 87.5% +19.7%
TEITELBAUM, DAVID J 1 68.8% +24.9%
KHATTAR, RAJESH 1 36.2% +35.2%
BROSH, BENJAMIN J 1 72.1% +26.3%
GILLIGAN, CHRISTOPHER L 1 57.3% +39.7%
POTTS, RYAN PATRICK 1 79.7% +39.0%

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
18915780 SHORT SIGNATURES AND SHORT AUTHENTICATED SERIAL NUMBERS FOR INTERNET OF THINGS DEVICES STEINLE, ANDREW J 30d

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
18571515 TCR-REPERTOIRE FRAMEWORK FOR MULTIPLE DISEASE DIAGNOSIS LI, SUN M 30d overdue
18251134 Artificial Intelligence Platform for Vehicle Electrification POUDEL, SANTOSH RAJ 40d

Interview Candidates (10)

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
18667421 DIGITAL SOLUTIONS FOR DIFFERENTIATING ASTHMA FROM COPD GILLIGAN, CHRISTOPHER L 35d overdue
18832764 DUAL OUTPUT HEAT PUMPS TEITELBAUM, DAVID J 24d overdue
18701806 AI-ASSISTED CLINICIAN CONTOUR REVIEWING AND REVISION POTTS, RYAN PATRICK 16d overdue
19006667 LEARNING BASED METHODS FOR REAL-TIME OMNIDIRECTIONAL VIDEO STREAMING HODGES, SUSAN E 4d overdue
19210010 EARBUD SENSORY ASSEMBLY SHARIFI-TAFRESHI, KOOSHA 5d
18754913 HEALTH INFORMATION PLATFORM KHATTAR, RAJESH 13d
19194906 IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, MEDIUM, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS CHATLY, AMIT 14d
18677423 SMART SURVEILLANCE DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS FOR SAFE UNCREWED AIRCRAFT AND SURFACE VESSEL OPERATION BEYOND VISUAL LINE OF SIGHT BROSH, BENJAMIN J 19d

Client Portfolio (22 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37632
36842
37962
17812
36242
36421
26281
26241
24251
24971

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19236581 ELECTRICAL MUSCLE STIMULATION FOR ANIMAL CONTROL AgX Global, Inc. WANG, MICHAEL H 3642 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Jun 12, 2025
19210010 EARBUD SENSORY ASSEMBLY Naqi Logix Inc. SHARIFI-TAFRESHI, KOOSHA 2628 Other Non-Final OA 5d Pending May 16, 2025
19194906 IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, MEDIUM, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS Xg Tech Pte. Ltd. CHATLY, AMIT 2624 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Apr 30, 2025
19006667 LEARNING BASED METHODS FOR REAL-TIME OMNIDIRECTIONAL VIDEO STREAMING Technology Innovation Institute - Sole Proprietorship LLC HODGES, SUSAN E 2425 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Dec 31, 2024
18915780 SHORT SIGNATURES AND SHORT AUTHENTICATED SERIAL NUMBERS FOR INTERNET OF THINGS DEVICES Technology Innovation Institute - Sole Proprietorship LLC STEINLE, ANDREW J 2497 §103 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Oct 15, 2024
18832764 DUAL OUTPUT HEAT PUMPS Green Matters Technologies Inc. TEITELBAUM, DAVID J 3763 §103 Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending Jul 24, 2024
18754913 HEALTH INFORMATION PLATFORM Pfizer, Inc. KHATTAR, RAJESH 3684 §103 Final Rejection 13d Pending Jun 26, 2024
18677423 SMART SURVEILLANCE DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS FOR SAFE UNCREWED AIRCRAFT AND SURFACE VESSEL OPERATION BEYOND VISUAL LINE OF SIGHT Accipiter Radar Technologies, Inc. BROSH, BENJAMIN J 3658 §102 Non-Final OA 19d Pending May 29, 2024
18667421 DIGITAL SOLUTIONS FOR DIFFERENTIATING ASTHMA FROM COPD Novartis AG GILLIGAN, CHRISTOPHER L 3683 §103 Final Rejection 35d overdue Pending May 17, 2024
18701806 AI-ASSISTED CLINICIAN CONTOUR REVIEWING AND REVISION The Board Of Regents Of The University Of Texas System POTTS, RYAN PATRICK 2672 §103 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Apr 16, 2024
18692200 UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE DETECTION AND LOCALIZATION WITH CELLULAR NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE AUGMENTED BY RECONFIGURABLE INTELLIGENT SURFACES Technology Innovation Institute-Sole Proprietorship LLC ABRAHAM, JOHN BISHOY SAM 3646 §103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Mar 14, 2024
18682569 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CARDIAC PACING USING BETA BLOCKERS Baropace, Inc. HILSMIER, HEIDI ANN 3796 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Feb 09, 2024
18571515 TCR-REPERTOIRE FRAMEWORK FOR MULTIPLE DISEASE DIAGNOSIS The Board Of Regents Of The University Of Texas System LI, SUN M 3685 §101 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Dec 18, 2023
18523357 Three-Dimensional Animated Personality Assessment Paradox, Inc. SINGH, ISHAYU NMN 3715 §103 Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending Nov 29, 2023
18513952 CARBON NANOTUBE SHEETS FOR INFRARED SHIELDING AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME Technology Innovation Institute - Sole Proprietorship LLC KHAN, TAHSEEN 1781 §103 Non-Final OA 39d Pending Nov 20, 2023
18498926 DOCUMENT ABSTRACTION ENGINE Cbre, Inc. SMITH, SEAN THOMAS 2659 §103 Final Rejection 17d overdue Pending Oct 31, 2023
18479905 State Permutation Logic Locking (SPeLL) for Sequential Circuits Technology Innovation Institute—Sole Proprietorship LLC TORRES-DIAZ, LIZBETH 2408 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Oct 03, 2023
18479894 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENCRYPTING MACHINE LEARNING MODELS Technology Innovation Institute - Sole Proprietorship LLC CARNES, THOMAS A 2436 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Oct 03, 2023
18549878 Topical Cannabinoid Compositions and Methods for Treating Skin Diseases Avicanna Inc. TIEN, LUCY MINYU 1612 DPOther Final Rejection 70d Pending Sep 08, 2023
18230121 PLANTING SYSTEM HAVING AGITATOR VENTUREONE - SOLE PROPRIETORSHIP L.L.C. TRAN, LEN 3763 §103 Non-Final OA 72d Pending Aug 03, 2023
18220864 COMBINATION THERAPEUTICS USING TUMOR TREATING FIELDS (TTFIELDS) The Board Of Regents Of The University Of Texas System GOUGH, TIFFANY MAUREEN 1651 §102 Non-Final OA 45d overdue Pending Jul 12, 2023
18349537 FIRE-RESISTANT BURNER Yixing Able Ceramic Fibre Products Co., Ltd. SHIRSAT, VIVEK K 3762 §103 Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending Jul 10, 2023
18322886 FIBER REINFORCED SANDWICH COMPOSITE PANELS AND METHODS OF MAKING Technology Innovation Institute – Sole Proprietorship LLC VONCH, JEFFREY A 1781 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending May 24, 2023
18254072 Container Lids Haag Innovations And Technologies Inc. COLLINS, RAVEN 3735 §103 Final Rejection 26d Pending May 23, 2023
18315141 WATER STORAGE SYSTEM Deeproot Green Infrastructure, LLC TOLEDO-DURAN, EDWIN J 3678 §103 Non-Final OA 57d Pending May 10, 2023
18251134 Artificial Intelligence Platform for Vehicle Electrification 14156048 Canada Inc. POUDEL, SANTOSH RAJ 2115 §101 Final Rejection 40d Pending Apr 28, 2023
18159302 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING SOLID-LIQUID SEPARATION PERFORMANCE OF SLUDGE BY IN-SITU CRYSTALLIZATION OF WATER Tongji University HUANG, RYAN 1777 §103 Final Rejection 9d Pending Jan 25, 2023
18058536 GENERATING AN ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS PREDICTION MODEL VENTUREONE - SOLE PROPRIETORSHIP L.L.C. DRYDEN, EMMA ELIZABETH 2677 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Nov 23, 2022
17900423 Goal Oriented Intelligent Scheduling System Mindbody, Inc. JEANTY, ROMAIN 3624 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Aug 31, 2022
17817145 Calendar Event Scheduling Artificial Intelligence Assistant using Natural Language Paradox, Inc. WALTON, CHESIREE A 3624 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Aug 03, 2022
17693108 METHODS FOR APPLYING TUMOR TREATING FIELDS IN COMBINATION WITH CANCER TREATING THERAPEUTICS The Board Of Regents Of The University Of Texas System LADD, CAROLYN LOUISE 1622 §112 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Mar 11, 2022
17645258 CARRIAGELESS PRINT HEAD ASSEMBLY FOR EXTRUSION-BASED ADDITIVE CONSTRUCTION R3 Printing, Inc. TAUFIQ, FARAH N 1754 §103 Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending Dec 20, 2021
17282658 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TREATMENT OF DRUG RESISTANT HYPERTENSION ASSOCIATED WITH IMPAIRED LEFT VENTRICULAR FUNCTION AND BRADYCARDIA USING A CARDIAC PACEMAKER Baropace, Inc. SAHAND, SANA 3796 §103 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Apr 02, 2021
17095179 ARCHIVING RADIATION THERAPY RECORDS FOR TRANSMISSION AND REVIEW The Board Of Regents Of The University Of Texas System PORTER, RACHEL L 3684 §103 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Nov 11, 2020
16562861 DIAGNOSTIC AND PROGNOSTIC LIQUID BIOPSY BIOMARKERS FOR ASTHMA University of Sharjah SITTON, JEHANNE SOUAYA 1682 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Sep 06, 2019

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