Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Emerson, Thomson & Bennett, LLC

34 pending office actions • 26 clients • 33 examiners • 31 art units • 0 of 34 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 79 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

34
Total Pending OAs
25
Non-Final OAs
9
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 33 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

21
Overdue
1
Due this week
4
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. 33 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (21)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (4)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.

1
Hard (3%)
24
Medium (71%)
7
Easy (21%)
2
Unknown (6%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (3%)
§103 only21 (62%)
§102 only3 (9%)
§112 only7 (21%)
No statute on record2 (6%)

Industry Mix

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

11
Life Sciences
32% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
2
Communications
6% of docket
5
Semiconductors
15% of docket
15
Mechanical / Eng
44% of docket
1
Business / Other
3% 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.

340 h
Manual time on pending OAs
68 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
119 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SKURDAL, COREY NELSON 2 61.4% +11.4%
JANSEN II, MICHAEL J 1 66.4% +19.1%
ADEDIRAN, ABDUL-SAMAD A 1 78.1% +13.8%
SINGH, RUPANGINI 1 36.1% +52.4%
GARBER, ERIN R 1 81.8% +16.2%
WEBER, TAMARA L 1 87.1% +12.1%
WALCZAK, DAVID J 1 74.1% +17.7%
PILCHER, JONATHAN L 1 63.7% +45.2%
BOLOGNA, DOMINIC JOSEPH 1 84.3% +11.2%
TRINH, THANH TRUC 1 22.0% +11.5%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18749755 Method And Apparatus For Mapping Distribution of Chemical Compounds in Soil BOLOGNA, DOMINIC JOSEPH 188d overdue
18922942 AMBIENT LIGHT SENSOR AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE GARBER, ERIN R 34d

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
18709638 PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELL AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF TRINH, THANH TRUC 19d overdue
18366794 SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR FAST LOW ENERGY RUNNING/TRAINING JALALZADEH ABYANE, SHILA 15d 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
18749755 Method And Apparatus For Mapping Distribution of Chemical Compounds in Soil BOLOGNA, DOMINIC JOSEPH 188d overdue
18463398 FIREARM RETENTION MECHANISM FOR A HOLSTER SKURDAL, COREY NELSON 85d overdue
18463496 STANDARDIZED OUTER HOLSTER SYSTEM AND CORRESPONDING FIREARM SPECIFIC INNER HOLSTER INSERTS SKURDAL, COREY NELSON 43d overdue
18979941 METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING BASE IMAGE LIBRARY, APPARATUS FOR OPTIMIZING BASE IMAGE LIBRARY, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM ADEDIRAN, ABDUL-SAMAD A 35d overdue
18709638 PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELL AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF TRINH, THANH TRUC 19d overdue
18772719 FULLY MODULARLY ASSEMBLED BOTTOM-FEED PYROLYSIS REACTOR AND MULTI-PRODUCT CO-GENERATION SYSTEM PILCHER, JONATHAN L 8d overdue
18922942 AMBIENT LIGHT SENSOR AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE GARBER, ERIN R 34d
18901922 METHOD FOR GENERATING TRANSFER PATH, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE WEBER, TAMARA L 36d

Client Portfolio (26 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37912
37342
16372
26261
26211
36281
28781
36671
37541
17721

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19185645 DRIVE CIRCUIT, TOUCH DRIVE APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Shenzhen Goodix Technology Co., Ltd. JANSEN II, MICHAEL J 2626 §102 Final Rejection 56d Pending Apr 22, 2025
18979941 METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING BASE IMAGE LIBRARY, APPARATUS FOR OPTIMIZING BASE IMAGE LIBRARY, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Huike (Singapore) Holding Pte. Ltd. ADEDIRAN, ABDUL-SAMAD A 2621 §112 Non-Final OA 35d overdue Pending Dec 13, 2024
18965122 UNIVERSAL FARE PAYMENT AND COLLECTION SYSTEM Melvin Jason Moua Mango SINGH, RUPANGINI 3628 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 02, 2024
18922942 AMBIENT LIGHT SENSOR AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Shenzhen Goodix Technology Co., Ltd. GARBER, ERIN R 2878 §112 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Oct 22, 2024
18901922 METHOD FOR GENERATING TRANSFER PATH, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Willand (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd. WEBER, TAMARA L 3667 Other Non-Final OA 36d Pending Sep 30, 2024
18785775 APPLIANCE DOSING PUMP WITH AN INTEGRATED RESERVOIR LIQUID LEVEL SENSING FEATURE HTI Technology and Industries, Inc. WALCZAK, DAVID J 3754 §103 Non-Final OA 40d Pending Jul 26, 2024
18772719 FULLY MODULARLY ASSEMBLED BOTTOM-FEED PYROLYSIS REACTOR AND MULTI-PRODUCT CO-GENERATION SYSTEM Harvestgreen 4H2 Inc. PILCHER, JONATHAN L 1772 Other Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Jul 15, 2024
18749755 Method And Apparatus For Mapping Distribution of Chemical Compounds in Soil S4 Mobile Laboratories, LLC BOLOGNA, DOMINIC JOSEPH 2877 §102 Non-Final OA 188d overdue Pending Jun 21, 2024
18709638 PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELL AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF Jingao Solar Co., Ltd. TRINH, THANH TRUC 1726 §103 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending May 13, 2024
18441295 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A COMPOSITE OF CIRCUITRY AND FABRIC HTI Technology and Industries, Inc. NGUYEN, HOAI AN D 2858 §103 Final Rejection 22d Pending Feb 14, 2024
18437391 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING ILLUMINATING OBJECTS WITHIN SUBSTRATE HTI Technology and Industries, Inc. DZIERZYNSKI, EVAN P 2875 §103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Feb 09, 2024
18541084 APPARATUS FOR DETECTING BIOMETRIC INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Shenzhen Goodix Technology Co., Ltd. PATEL, OM 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Dec 15, 2023
18570172 MELTBLOWN NON-WOVEN FABRIC, MULTI-LAYERED SPUNBONDED NON-WOVEN FABRIC COMPRISING SAME, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME Toray Advanced Materials Korea Inc. GILLETT, JENNIFER ANN 1789 §103 Non-Final OA 52d overdue Pending Dec 14, 2023
18558877 MODULE FOR ATTRACTING AND DETECTING DEBRIS SAFRAN DRODGE, JOSEPH W 1773 §112 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Nov 03, 2023
18463398 FIREARM RETENTION MECHANISM FOR A HOLSTER Blade-Tech Industries, Inc. SKURDAL, COREY NELSON 3734 §103 Non-Final OA 85d overdue Pending Sep 08, 2023
18463496 STANDARDIZED OUTER HOLSTER SYSTEM AND CORRESPONDING FIREARM SPECIFIC INNER HOLSTER INSERTS Blade-Tech Industries, Inc. SKURDAL, COREY NELSON 3734 §112 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Sep 08, 2023
18453381 ROTATING RECIPROCATING PISTON PUMP WITH A BARREL CAM HTI Technology and Industries, Inc. BRANDT, DAVID NELSON 3783 §112 Final Rejection 62d Pending Aug 22, 2023
18447635 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING GUTTER HOLE Workman Home Improvements, LLC ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S 3725 §112 Non-Final OA 146d overdue Pending Aug 10, 2023
18366794 SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR FAST LOW ENERGY RUNNING/TRAINING Esens, Inc. JALALZADEH ABYANE, SHILA 3784 §101 Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending Aug 08, 2023
18364445 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING KELP BLUE DOT KITCHEN, SPC BECKER, DREW E 1792 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Aug 02, 2023
18351665 PHARMACEUTICAL COMBINATION FOR MOOD DISORDERS Instituto Nacional De Psiquiatría "Ramón De La Fuente Muñiz" KIM, TAEYOON 1631 §103 Non-Final OA 91d overdue Pending Jul 13, 2023
18326589 TARGET HANGER Precision Steel Targets LLC CARLSON, JEFFREY D 3992 §112 Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending May 31, 2023
18320345 METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING BOUNDARY OF WORKING AREA OF LAWNMOWER, METHOD FOR MOWING AND LAWNMOWER Willand (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd. CHOI, JISUN 3666 §103 Final Rejection 17d overdue Pending May 19, 2023
18314935 BOTTLE CAP MILK JUG ADAPTER TARGET HOLDER SYSTEM Gilkey R & D, LLC GRABOWSKI, KYLE ROBERT 3637 §102 Non-Final OA 117d overdue Pending May 10, 2023
18310044 GATA6-AS1 lncRNA FOR USE IN THERAPY Ramot AT Tel-Aviv University Ltd. GROOMS, TIFFANY NICOLE 1637 §103 Non-Final OA 70d Pending May 01, 2023
18191064 SELF-CONTAINED HVAC SYSTEM FOR VEHICLES AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF Simplicity Air Ltd. DUKE, EMMANUEL E 3763 §103 Final Rejection 28d overdue Pending Mar 28, 2023
18040048 CARRABIITOL FORMULATION TO MAINTAIN OSMOTIC BALANCE IN PLANTS AGAINST ABIOTIC STRESS AND METHOD OF EXTRACTION & PREPARATION THEREOF M/S. Pushpa J. Shah PAK, JOHN D 1699 §103 Final Rejection 6d Pending Jan 31, 2023
18007138 PATATIN AS BINDER IN MEAT SUBSTITUTES Coöperatie Koninklijke Avebe U.A. MCCLAIN, TYNESHA L. 1793 §103 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Jan 27, 2023
18005622 BREATH-BASED THERAPEUTIC DRUG MONITORING METHOD UNIVERSITAET ZUERICH MCCORMACK, ERIN KATHLEEN 3791 §103 Final Rejection 12d Pending Jan 16, 2023
18149358 AUTONOMOUS MOBILE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME Willand (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd. BEAN, JARED C 3669 §103 Non-Final OA 19d Pending Jan 03, 2023
18003526 CABLE ASSEMBLY Strauss Water Ltd. ABRAMS, NEIL 2834 §103 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Dec 28, 2022
18146497 TITANIUM IMPLANT WITH SURFACE COATING IN CRATER-LIKE POROUS SHAPE AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF, AND IMPLANT MATERIAL Shanghai Ruizhikang Medical Technology Co., Ltd. WITTENBERG, STEFANIE S 1795 §103 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Dec 27, 2022
17997138 PROPHYLACTIC OR THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR AT LEAST ONE TYPE OF CANCER SELECTED FROM GROUP CONSISTING OF PANCREATIC CANCER, LUNG CANCER, COLORECTAL CANCER, CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA AND LIVER CANCER, PROPHYLACTIC OR THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR SAID CANCER WHICH IS USED IN COMBINATION DRUG IN COMBINATION WITH SAID AGENT, COMBINATION DRUG COMPRISING SAID AGENTS, AND METHOD FOR SCREENING FOR PROPHYLACTIC OR THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR CANCER Tak-Circulator Co., Ltd. MCKILLOP, JOHN CHARLES 1637 §103 Non-Final OA 40d Pending Oct 26, 2022
17930908 SHOVEL WITH REPLACEABLE BLADE Munson Industries, LLC VU, STEPHEN A 3654 §103 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Sep 09, 2022

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