Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Dla Piper LLP US - Reston

15 pending office actions • 11 clients • 15 examiners • 13 art units • 0 of 15 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 71 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

15
Total Pending OAs
12
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 15 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

8
Overdue
1
Due this week
5
Due this month
1
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. 15 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (8)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (5)Due ≤ 60 days (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.

1
Hard (7%)
13
Medium (87%)
1
Easy (7%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (7%)
§103 only11 (73%)
§102 only2 (13%)
§112 only1 (7%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
7% of docket
2
Information Tech
13% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
12
Mechanical / Eng
80% 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.

150 h
Manual time on pending OAs
30 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
52 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
WOODWORTH, II, ALLAN J 1 39.6% +41.8%
TADESSE, MARTHA 1 66.5% +15.1%
SPAR, ILANA L 1 45.3% +28.4%
WOOD, BLAKE ANDREW 1 71.6% +13.9%
RODRIGUEZ, VICENTE M 1 77.4% +15.0%
REYNOLDS, STEVEN ALAN 1 65.8% +23.3%
LAUX, JESSICA L 1 54.7% +28.3%
VOLZ, ELIZABETH J 1 66.6% +18.8%
TRIGGS, ANDREW J 1 66.6% +27.4%
GRUSZKA, DANIEL PATRICK 1

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17364050 Clinical Trial Protocol Portal NASSER, MALAK MEAGHER 46d overdue

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
18740135 ROBOTIC EAGLES AND BIRD-LIKE ROBOT WITH EMBODIED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE RODRIGUEZ, VICENTE M 78d overdue
18765923 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO AUTOMATE GLOBAL EMPLOYMENT SPAR, ILANA L 31d overdue
18505313 EXTERIOR SEALING SYSTEM FOR CONSTRUCTION MODULES TRIGGS, ANDREW J 29d overdue
18667630 FOOD CONTAINER WITH LOCKABLE INTEGRATED LID REYNOLDS, STEVEN ALAN 26d overdue
18848802 ROTARY COMPRESSOR AND REFRIGERATION CYCLE APPARATUS TADESSE, MARTHA 9d
18658625 EXTERIOR WALL SYSTEM LAUX, JESSICA L 14d
18742727 Robotic Dogs and Animal-Like Robots with Embodied Artificial Intelligence WOOD, BLAKE ANDREW 19d
18418820 HANGING TRASH RECEPTACLE VOLZ, ELIZABETH J 30d

Client Portfolio (11 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36222
36352
37631
36581
36421
37351
37331
21211
36621
36451

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19252689 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRANSMITTING INFORMATION Quarter, Inc. WOODWORTH, II, ALLAN J 3622 §103 Non-Final OA 35d Pending Jun 27, 2025
18848802 ROTARY COMPRESSOR AND REFRIGERATION CYCLE APPARATUS Carrier Japan Corporation TADESSE, MARTHA 3763 §112 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Sep 19, 2024
18765923 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO AUTOMATE GLOBAL EMPLOYMENT Oyster Hr, Inc. SPAR, ILANA L 3622 §103 Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending Jul 08, 2024
18742727 Robotic Dogs and Animal-Like Robots with Embodied Artificial Intelligence General Cybernation Group Inc. WOOD, BLAKE ANDREW 3658 §103 Non-Final OA 19d Pending Jun 13, 2024
18740135 ROBOTIC EAGLES AND BIRD-LIKE ROBOT WITH EMBODIED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE General Cybernation Group Inc. RODRIGUEZ, VICENTE M 3642 §103 Non-Final OA 78d overdue Pending Jun 11, 2024
18667630 FOOD CONTAINER WITH LOCKABLE INTEGRATED LID Papa John'S International, Inc. REYNOLDS, STEVEN ALAN 3735 §103 Non-Final OA 26d overdue Pending May 17, 2024
18658625 EXTERIOR WALL SYSTEM Permasteelisa North America Corp. LAUX, JESSICA L 3635 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending May 08, 2024
18418820 HANGING TRASH RECEPTACLE Inventor Gadgets Llc. VOLZ, ELIZABETH J 3733 §103 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Jan 22, 2024
18505313 EXTERIOR SEALING SYSTEM FOR CONSTRUCTION MODULES Permasteelisa North America Corp. TRIGGS, ANDREW J 3635 §102 Non-Final OA 29d overdue Pending Nov 09, 2023
18300093 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING A MACHINE LEARNING MODEL BASED ON A PARITY METRIC Arize AI, Inc. GRUSZKA, DANIEL PATRICK 2121 §103 Non-Final OA 79d overdue Pending Apr 13, 2023
18062548 SYSTEM FOR RECOGNIZING GESTURE FOR VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd. SU, STEPHANIE T 3662 §103 Final Rejection 84d overdue Pending Dec 06, 2022
17821742 DUAL-BAND ULTRASONIC SENSING APPARATUS FOR VEHICLES AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd. ATMAKURI, VIKAS NMN 3645 §103 Non-Final OA 203d overdue Pending Aug 23, 2022
17814485 SYSTEM AND METHOD TO PERFORM DISSIMILAR OPERATIONS IN A SINGLE MACHINE Scofast LLC CAO, CHUN 2115 §102 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Jul 22, 2022
17650454 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING TOPPINGS ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF A BAKED FOOD ITEM Papa John'S International, Inc. TRAN, LIEN THUY 1793 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Feb 09, 2022
17364050 Clinical Trial Protocol Portal Syneos Health, LLC NASSER, MALAK MEAGHER 3687 §101 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Jun 30, 2021

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