Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP (Phili)

5 pending office actions • 5 clients • 5 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 25 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
1
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 7 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.

0
Hard (0%)
3
Medium (60%)
1
Easy (20%)
1
Unknown (20%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (20%)
§102 only2 (40%)
§112 only1 (20%)
No statute on record1 (20%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
20% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
4
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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
WILLIS, BRANDON Z. 1 69.7% +37.1%
SUTHERLAND, STEVEN M 1 81.8% +15.5%
DAVIS, RUTH A 1 60.6% +31.1%
AVILA, STEPHEN P 1 80.3% +10.1%
WEBB LYTTLE, ADRIENA JONIQUE 1 25.0% +100.0%

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
18033230 MARINE MOORING AND ELECTRICAL CONNECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD AVILA, STEPHEN P 103d overdue
18738752 FLOW REDUCER INSERT AND COLLIMATOR FOR A TRI-CLAMP HOSE BARB FITTING SUTHERLAND, STEVEN M 4d overdue

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
18176109 DETECTION SYSTEM USING SCAN BODIES WITH OPTICALLY DETECTABLE FEATURES WEBB LYTTLE, ADRIENA JONIQUE 7d

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18033230 MARINE MOORING AND ELECTRICAL CONNECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD AVILA, STEPHEN P 103d overdue
18265076 ELEVATION OF GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS IN SUBJECTS WITHOUT MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDOSIS DAVIS, RUTH A 15d overdue
18916850 FLEET MANAGEMENT ANALYTICS AND REMEDIATION WILLIS, BRANDON Z. 10d overdue
18738752 FLOW REDUCER INSERT AND COLLIMATOR FOR A TRI-CLAMP HOSE BARB FITTING SUTHERLAND, STEVEN M 4d overdue
18176109 DETECTION SYSTEM USING SCAN BODIES WITH OPTICALLY DETECTABLE FEATURES WEBB LYTTLE, ADRIENA JONIQUE 7d

Client Portfolio (5 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36651
37521
16991
36151
37721

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18916850 FLEET MANAGEMENT ANALYTICS AND REMEDIATION Penske Truck Leasing Co., L.P. WILLIS, BRANDON Z. 3665 §103 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Oct 16, 2024
18738752 FLOW REDUCER INSERT AND COLLIMATOR FOR A TRI-CLAMP HOSE BARB FITTING Avantor Fluid Handling LLC SUTHERLAND, STEVEN M 3752 §102 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Jun 10, 2024
18265076 ELEVATION OF GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS IN SUBJECTS WITHOUT MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDOSIS The Nemours Foundation DAVIS, RUTH A 1699 Other Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Jun 02, 2023
18033230 MARINE MOORING AND ELECTRICAL CONNECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD Jebb Smith Limited AVILA, STEPHEN P 3615 §112 Non-Final OA 103d overdue Pending Apr 21, 2023
18176109 DETECTION SYSTEM USING SCAN BODIES WITH OPTICALLY DETECTABLE FEATURES X-Nav Technologies LLC WEBB LYTTLE, ADRIENA JONIQUE 3772 §102 Final Rejection 7d Pending Feb 28, 2023

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