Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Elevated Ip, LLC

19 pending office actions • 14 clients • 18 examiners • 17 art units • 0 of 19 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 19 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

19
Total Pending OAs
13
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 19 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

11
Overdue
3
Due this week
3
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. 19 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (11)Due ≤ 7 days (3)Due ≤ 30 days (3)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.

1
Hard (5%)
16
Medium (84%)
1
Easy (5%)
1
Unknown (5%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (5%)
§103 only15 (79%)
§102 only1 (5%)
§112 only1 (5%)
No statute on record1 (5%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
16% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
5% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
15
Mechanical / Eng
79% 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.

190 h
Manual time on pending OAs
38 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
66 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KIRKWOOD, SPENCER HAMMETT 2 50.6% +12.3%
PECHE, JORGE O 1 80.5% +17.1%
KERR, ELIZABETH M 1 64.9% +29.0%
BRADFORD, JONATHAN 1 76.0% +21.2%
MORTELL, JOHN F 1 66.7% +25.3%
KWIECINSKI, RYAN D 1 68.2% +19.7%
WOOD, KIMBERLY T 1 54.5% +27.2%
HYLINSKI, ALYSSA MARIE 1 46.7% +30.6%
GREEN, MICHELLE CHRISTINE 1 83.2% +11.8%
MERKLING, MATTHEW J 1 67.9% +13.0%

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
18999658 Method and System for Generating a Path for a Robot Arm and a Tool Attached to the Robot Arm PECHE, JORGE O 84d

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
18586448 SPINAL STABILIZATION SYSTEM WITH ADJUSTABLE INTERLAMINAR DEVICES GREEN, MICHELLE CHRISTINE 3d overdue

Interview Candidates (11)

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
18588374 Construction Systems and Methods for Making Constructions HYLINSKI, ALYSSA MARIE 118d overdue
18740122 Detection Case for Portable Device MORTELL, JOHN F 72d overdue
18757791 Methods for Defrosting a Heat Pump and Heat Pumps Comprising a Defrost System BRADFORD, JONATHAN 32d overdue
18731916 An Offshore Wind Turbine Installation with a Concrete-Cast Transition Piece Between the Wind Turbine Tower and its Support KWIECINSKI, RYAN D 29d overdue
18641396 COLLABORATIVE ROBOT WELDING SYSTEM AND METHOD KIRKWOOD, SPENCER HAMMETT 24d overdue
18586448 SPINAL STABILIZATION SYSTEM WITH ADJUSTABLE INTERLAMINAR DEVICES GREEN, MICHELLE CHRISTINE 3d overdue
17244951 COLLABORATIVE ROBOT WELDING SYSTEM AND METHOD KIRKWOOD, SPENCER HAMMETT 7d
18827784 MULTI-STATION COLLABORATIVE ROBOT WELDING AND CUTTING FABRICATION SYSTEM AND METHODS KERR, ELIZABETH M 14d

Client Portfolio (14 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37613
36581
37631
26891
36351
36311
37111
37731
17251
37231

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18999658 Method and System for Generating a Path for a Robot Arm and a Tool Attached to the Robot Arm Onrobot A/S PECHE, JORGE O 3658 §102 Non-Final OA 84d Pending Dec 23, 2024
18827784 MULTI-STATION COLLABORATIVE ROBOT WELDING AND CUTTING FABRICATION SYSTEM AND METHODS Vectis Automation, LLC KERR, ELIZABETH M 3761 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Sep 08, 2024
18757791 Methods for Defrosting a Heat Pump and Heat Pumps Comprising a Defrost System Fenagy A/S BRADFORD, JONATHAN 3763 §112 Non-Final OA 32d overdue Pending Jun 28, 2024
18740122 Detection Case for Portable Device Porsentech Aps MORTELL, JOHN F 2689 §103 Non-Final OA 72d overdue Pending Jun 11, 2024
18731916 An Offshore Wind Turbine Installation with a Concrete-Cast Transition Piece Between the Wind Turbine Tower and its Support Stiesdal Offshore A/S KWIECINSKI, RYAN D 3635 §103 Non-Final OA 29d overdue Pending Jun 03, 2024
18641396 COLLABORATIVE ROBOT WELDING SYSTEM AND METHOD Vectis Automation, LLC KIRKWOOD, SPENCER HAMMETT 3761 §103 Final Rejection 24d overdue Pending Apr 21, 2024
18613458 HANGING DEVICES Alltach Aps WOOD, KIMBERLY T 3631 §103 Final Rejection 30d Pending Mar 22, 2024
18588374 Construction Systems and Methods for Making Constructions Woodmee Holding Aps HYLINSKI, ALYSSA MARIE 3711 §103 Non-Final OA 118d overdue Pending Feb 27, 2024
18586448 SPINAL STABILIZATION SYSTEM WITH ADJUSTABLE INTERLAMINAR DEVICES Jcbd, LLC GREEN, MICHELLE CHRISTINE 3773 §101 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Feb 24, 2024
18139447 Pyrolysis Plants and Methods for Thermal Mineralization of Biomass and Production of Combustible Gases, Liquids and Biochar Frichs Holding 2 Aps MERKLING, MATTHEW J 1725 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Apr 26, 2023
18116045 CHANGING STATION, METHOD FOR CHANGING SANDPAPER AND ROBOT SYSTEM Onrobot A/S FORDJOUR, SARAH AKYAA 3723 §103 Final Rejection 19d Pending Mar 01, 2023
18011223 Chest Drainage System Securing Apparatus Securisyn Medical, LLC SMITH, PETER DANIEL 3781 §103 Non-Final OA 98d overdue Pending Dec 19, 2022
18073475 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAGNETIC GRIPPING Onrobot A/S RODDEN, JOSHUA E 3642 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Dec 01, 2022
17956228 Water Processing Method and Unit Lithium Harvest Aps GERMAIN, ADAM ADRIEN 1777 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Sep 29, 2022
17909364 ADJUSTABLE AIRWAY STABILIZATION SYSTEM FOR PATIENT FACIAL GEOMETRIES OF VARIOUS SIZES AND FOR PEDIATRIC AND NEONATAL APPLICATIONS Securisyn Medical, LLC DITMER, KATHRYN ELIZABETH 3785 §103 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Sep 03, 2022
17802038 Hair Growth and Scalp Preparations Meng Teng Lim COFFA, SERGIO 1658 Other Non-Final OA 77d overdue Pending Aug 24, 2022
17697161 Adjustable And Dual-Suspension Boot Levers Phantom Snow Industries LLC ZHAO, AIYING 3732 §103 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Mar 17, 2022
17490124 Method for Weeding and a Weeding Rod Farmdroid Aps MITCHELL, JOEL F 3671 §103 Final Rejection 58d overdue Pending Sep 30, 2021
17244951 COLLABORATIVE ROBOT WELDING SYSTEM AND METHOD Vectis Automation, LLC KIRKWOOD, SPENCER HAMMETT 3761 §103 Final Rejection 7d Pending Apr 30, 2021

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