Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Eschweiler & Potashnik, LLC (General)

20 pending office actions • 12 clients • 20 examiners • 18 art units • 0 of 20 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 77 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

20
Total Pending OAs
10
Non-Final OAs
10
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 18 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

7
Overdue
0
Due this week
5
Due this month
3
Due in next 60 days
3
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. 18 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (7)Due ≤ 30 days (5)Due ≤ 60 days (3)Due later (3)

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%)
14
Medium (70%)
2
Easy (10%)
3
Unknown (15%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (5%)
§103 only12 (60%)
§102 only2 (10%)
§112 only2 (10%)
No statute on record3 (15%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
10% of docket
3
Information Tech
15% of docket
1
Communications
5% of docket
4
Semiconductors
20% of docket
8
Mechanical / Eng
40% of docket
2
Business / Other
10% 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.

200 h
Manual time on pending OAs
40 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
70 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
DEBERADINIS, ROBERT L 1 85.6% +9.7%
LE, UYEN T 1 83.9% +9.7%
WILLOUGHBY, ALICIA M 1 53.8% +25.6%
LEE, CLAY C 1 54.5% +57.1%
DADA, BEEMNET W 1 84.4% +18.7%
HAMILTON, MATTHEW L 1 53.6% +61.9%
HARCOURT, BRAD 1 84.1% +5.6%
CORMIER, DAVID G 1 64.0% +29.0%
REYNOLDS, FRED H 1 33.0% +39.2%
TAVLYKAEV, ROBERT FUATOVICH 1 60.3% +11.9%

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
18887171 METHODS FOR PROTECTING COMPUTER HARDWARE FROM CYBER THREATS DADA, BEEMNET W 41d
18665716 SUBMERSIBLE PUMP GAUGE WITH DOWNHOLE ANALYSIS CAPABILITY HARCOURT, BRAD 49d

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
17992994 PREDICTING RECURRENCE IN EARLY STAGE NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER (NSCLC) WITH INTEGRATED RADIOMIC AND PATHOMIC FEATURES NASSER, ROBERT L 30d

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18386904 MICRONEEDLE SYSTEM FOR APPLYING GLUCAGON-LIKE PEPTIDE ANALOGUES REYNOLDS, FRED H 112d overdue
18753075 CROSS-ENTERPRISE DOCUMENT SHARING (XDS) METADATA MORPHING HAMILTON, MATTHEW L 16d
18500423 OPTICAL COUPLING DEVICE WITH DUST TRAP TAVLYKAEV, ROBERT FUATOVICH 29d
19028479 PERMISSIONS-CONSTRAINED DYNAMIC FACETING OF SEARCH RESULTS IN A CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WILLOUGHBY, ALICIA M 33d
18887171 METHODS FOR PROTECTING COMPUTER HARDWARE FROM CYBER THREATS DADA, BEEMNET W 41d
18704999 APPARATUS FOR IMPROVED CLEANING USING MICROWAVE ENERGY CORMIER, DAVID G 69d
18979824 DECENTRALIZED PROCESS MANAGEMENT USING DISTRIBUTED LEDGERS LEE, CLAY C

Client Portfolio (12 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
21562
39922
28361
36991
24351
36821
36741
17111
16581
28961

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19073335 ELECTROLYSIS DEVICE HAVING A CONVERTER AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INSTANTANEOUS RESERVE POWER FOR AN AC VOLTAGE GRID Sma Solar Technology AG DEBERADINIS, ROBERT L 2836 Other Non-Final OA 26d Pending Mar 07, 2025
19027128 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HANDLING DIGITAL CONTENT GOVERNANCE IN AN ORGANIZATION Hyland UK Operations Limited LE, UYEN T 2156 Other Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Jan 17, 2025
19028479 PERMISSIONS-CONSTRAINED DYNAMIC FACETING OF SEARCH RESULTS IN A CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Hyland UK Operations Limited WILLOUGHBY, ALICIA M 2156 §103 Final Rejection 33d Pending Jan 17, 2025
18979824 DECENTRALIZED PROCESS MANAGEMENT USING DISTRIBUTED LEDGERS Hyland UK Operations Limited LEE, CLAY C 3699 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 13, 2024
18887171 METHODS FOR PROTECTING COMPUTER HARDWARE FROM CYBER THREATS Fortifyiq, Inc. DADA, BEEMNET W 2435 §102 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Sep 17, 2024
18753075 CROSS-ENTERPRISE DOCUMENT SHARING (XDS) METADATA MORPHING Hyland Software, Inc. HAMILTON, MATTHEW L 3682 §103 Non-Final OA 16d Pending Jun 25, 2024
18665716 SUBMERSIBLE PUMP GAUGE WITH DOWNHOLE ANALYSIS CAPABILITY Grc Technologies LLC HARCOURT, BRAD 3674 §103 Final Rejection 49d Pending May 16, 2024
18704999 APPARATUS FOR IMPROVED CLEANING USING MICROWAVE ENERGY Microwave Solutions GmbH CORMIER, DAVID G 1711 §103 Final Rejection 69d Pending Apr 26, 2024
18386904 MICRONEEDLE SYSTEM FOR APPLYING GLUCAGON-LIKE PEPTIDE ANALOGUES LTS LOHMANN THERAPIE-SYSTEME AG REYNOLDS, FRED H 1658 §112 Final Rejection 112d overdue Pending Nov 03, 2023
18500423 OPTICAL COUPLING DEVICE WITH DUST TRAP Raylase GmbH TAVLYKAEV, ROBERT FUATOVICH 2896 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Nov 02, 2023
18485341 PLATFORM FOR SPACE-SAVING CONFIGURATION OF AN ENERGY CONVERSION INSTALLATION, AND ENERGY CONVERSION INSTALLATION Sma Solar Technology AG WALRAED-SULLIVAN, KYLE 3635 §112 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Oct 12, 2023
18261289 AIR-FLOW APPARATUS Sandrier GmbH LAU, JASON 3762 §103 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Jul 13, 2023
18256973 MAGNETIC TRAP STRUCTURE FOR A LASER MODULE Raylase GmbH NGUYEN, PHUONG T 3761 §103 Non-Final OA 71d Pending Jun 12, 2023
18193907 ENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS Innogized Technologies, Inc. COTEY, PHILIP L 2855 §103 Non-Final OA 60d overdue Pending Mar 31, 2023
18012248 DEVICE FOR MAGNETIC FIELD THERAPY Niki Reiner Gleim DORNA, CARRIE R 3791 §102 Final Rejection Pending Feb 02, 2023
17992994 PREDICTING RECURRENCE IN EARLY STAGE NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER (NSCLC) WITH INTEGRATED RADIOMIC AND PATHOMIC FEATURES Case Western Reserve University NASSER, ROBERT L 3992 §101 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Nov 23, 2022
17988986 COMPUTING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RELEVANCY CLASSIFICATION OF CLINICAL DATA SETS USING KNOWLEDGE GRAPHS Hyland Software, Inc. WILLIAMS, TERESA S 3687 §103 Final Rejection 69d Pending Nov 17, 2022
17971065 RADIOMICS SIGNATURES FOR PATHOLOGIC CHARACTERIZATION OF STRICTURES ON MR AND CT ENTEROGRAPHY The Cleveland Clinic Foundation YENTRAPATI, AVINASH 2672 §103 Final Rejection 59d overdue Pending Oct 21, 2022
17951289 METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPLYING A CONSUMER DEVICE WITH ELECTRICAL ENERGY Sma Solar Technology AG ROBBINS, JERRY D 2859 §103 Final Rejection 19d Pending Sep 23, 2022
17210938 INVERTER WITH A HOUSING HAVING A COOLING UNIT Sma Solar Technology AG RALIS, STEPHEN J 3992 Final Rejection 175d overdue Pending Mar 24, 2021

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