Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Finch & Maloney Pllc

9 pending office actions • 9 clients • 9 examiners • 9 art units • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 17 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

7
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
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. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (7)Due ≤ 30 days (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 (11%)
5
Medium (56%)
2
Easy (22%)
1
Unknown (11%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (11%)
§103 only4 (44%)
§102 only1 (11%)
§112 only2 (22%)
No statute on record1 (11%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
11% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
11% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
7
Mechanical / Eng
78% 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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LA, ANH V 1 84.4% +14.3%
AUBREY, BETH A 1 80.7% +16.9%
GRABER, MARIA EILEEN 1 60.7% +35.0%
BLAISE, BRADFORD CHRISTOPHER 1 59.7% +34.1%
SEVERSON, RYAN J 1 83.0% +13.4%
KING, BRADLEY T 1 70.8% +24.6%
PATEL, ROHAN DEEP 1 58.1% +46.4%
SHORTER, RASHIDA R 1 17.8% +25.7%
BEISNER, WILLIAM H 1 61.6% +29.4%

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
18572565 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR USE IN MINIMALLY INVASIVE ANASTOMOSIS CREATION AND/OR ENDOLUMINAL NAVIGATION SEVERSON, RYAN J 38d overdue
18713390 WORKSPACE WALL, AIR PURIFYING DEVICE, AND DESKTOP SYSTEM AUBREY, BETH A 27d

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
18117681 Optimizing Benefits Selection in View of both Member Population and Organizational Preferences SHORTER, RASHIDA R 8d

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
17797853 DEVICE FOR TREATING CELLS BEISNER, WILLIAM H 100d overdue
18931331 Safety Harness Motion Detector Systems and Methods for Use LA, ANH V 72d overdue
18682981 SCRATCHING APPARATUS GRABER, MARIA EILEEN 72d overdue
18572565 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR USE IN MINIMALLY INVASIVE ANASTOMOSIS CREATION AND/OR ENDOLUMINAL NAVIGATION SEVERSON, RYAN J 38d overdue
18538425 METHOD FOR BRAKE CONTROL OF A VEHICLE COMBINATION AND BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR OPERATING THIS METHOD KING, BRADLEY T 9d overdue
18573558 MEDICAL DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RETRIEVING A THROMBUS FROM A VESSEL, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A DEVICE BLAISE, BRADFORD CHRISTOPHER 3d overdue
18362408 CONNECTION PIECE FOR A MEDICAL VENTILATOR ASSEMBLY, A VENTILATOR SYSTEM, AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A CONNECTION PIECE PATEL, ROHAN DEEP 3d overdue
18117681 Optimizing Benefits Selection in View of both Member Population and Organizational Preferences SHORTER, RASHIDA R 8d

Client Portfolio (9 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
26851
36331
36441
37941
37711
36161
37851
36261
17991

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18931331 Safety Harness Motion Detector Systems and Methods for Use US SAFETY TECHNOLOGIES LLC LA, ANH V 2685 Other Non-Final OA 72d overdue Pending Oct 30, 2024
18713390 WORKSPACE WALL, AIR PURIFYING DEVICE, AND DESKTOP SYSTEM Woas SA AUBREY, BETH A 3633 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending May 24, 2024
18682981 SCRATCHING APPARATUS Hebe Studio Limited GRABER, MARIA EILEEN 3644 §103 Non-Final OA 72d overdue Pending Feb 12, 2024
18573558 MEDICAL DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RETRIEVING A THROMBUS FROM A VESSEL, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A DEVICE Artedrone BLAISE, BRADFORD CHRISTOPHER 3794 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Dec 22, 2023
18572565 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR USE IN MINIMALLY INVASIVE ANASTOMOSIS CREATION AND/OR ENDOLUMINAL NAVIGATION Bariatek Medical SEVERSON, RYAN J 3771 §112 Non-Final OA 38d overdue Pending Dec 20, 2023
18538425 METHOD FOR BRAKE CONTROL OF A VEHICLE COMBINATION AND BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR OPERATING THIS METHOD ZF Cv Systems Global GmbH KING, BRADLEY T 3616 §112 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Dec 13, 2023
18362408 CONNECTION PIECE FOR A MEDICAL VENTILATOR ASSEMBLY, A VENTILATOR SYSTEM, AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A CONNECTION PIECE Sentec AG PATEL, ROHAN DEEP 3785 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Jul 31, 2023
18117681 Optimizing Benefits Selection in View of both Member Population and Organizational Preferences Aon Global Operations SE, Singapore Branch SHORTER, RASHIDA R 3626 §101 Final Rejection 8d Pending Mar 06, 2023
17797853 DEVICE FOR TREATING CELLS Bühler AG BEISNER, WILLIAM H 1799 §102 Non-Final OA 100d overdue Pending Aug 05, 2022

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