Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Fish & Richardson P.C. (Au)

21 pending office actions • 12 clients • 20 examiners • 17 art units • 0 of 21 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 87 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

21
Total Pending OAs
17
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 21 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

13
Overdue
2
Due this week
6
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. 21 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (13)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (6)

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%)
15
Medium (71%)
4
Easy (19%)
2
Unknown (10%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only11 (52%)
§102 only4 (19%)
§112 only4 (19%)
No statute on record2 (10%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
5% of docket
1
Information Tech
5% of docket
1
Communications
5% of docket
2
Semiconductors
10% of docket
16
Mechanical / Eng
76% 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.

210 h
Manual time on pending OAs
42 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
74 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PATEL, VISHAL A 2 58.9% +21.9%
MANLEY, SHERMAN D 1 83.9% +12.3%
WAITS, ALAN B 1 68.8% +29.8%
NGUYEN, CHI Q 1 82.3% +12.4%
PRINGLE-PARKER, JASON A 1 83.5% +13.8%
TEFERA, HIWOT E 1 74.4% +24.8%
MARU, TEMESGEN MALLEDE 1 100.0% +0.0%
SHEIKH, ASFAND M 1 46.2% +48.2%
LE, JOHN H 1 87.9% +7.4%
GUAN, GUANG H 1 59.5% +55.8%

Quick Wins (5)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18285449 PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE OF INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT LE, JOHN H 10d overdue
18999958 Natural Gas Engines with Fuel Quality Determination MANLEY, SHERMAN D 3d overdue
18672207 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPLAYING PATIENT DATA PRINGLE-PARKER, JASON A 2d overdue
18533568 TWO-MOTOR VERTICAL COMPONENT STORAGE SYSTEM MARU, TEMESGEN MALLEDE 29d
18779557 DISPLAY CASE DOOR WITH SEALED GLASS UNIT AND ELECTRONIC DISPLAY NGUYEN, CHI Q 30d

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
18898858 MODULAR BEARING WITH REPLACEABLE, PIVOT-CONNECTED PADS WAITS, ALAN B 42d overdue
18651207 Shaft Seal Assembly PATEL, VISHAL A 26d overdue
19084373 PRESSURE BREAKER WITH COMPOSITE RING PATEL, VISHAL A 22d overdue
18999958 Natural Gas Engines with Fuel Quality Determination MANLEY, SHERMAN D 3d overdue
18470011 MODULAR SHELVING SYSTEM GUAN, GUANG H 3d overdue
18672207 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPLAYING PATIENT DATA PRINGLE-PARKER, JASON A 2d overdue
18705304 TEMPERATURE-CONTROLLED DISPLAY CASE SYSTEMS AND METHODS TEFERA, HIWOT E 5d
18287624 AFTER-MARKET SERVICE PROCESS DIGITIZATION SHEIKH, ASFAND M 15d

Client Portfolio (12 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37633
36752
36552
37471
36171
36351
26171
36371
36261
28571

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19084373 PRESSURE BREAKER WITH COMPOSITE RING Dover Pumps & Process Solutions Segment, Inc. PATEL, VISHAL A 3675 §102 Non-Final OA 22d overdue Pending Mar 19, 2025
18999958 Natural Gas Engines with Fuel Quality Determination Inpro/Seal LLC MANLEY, SHERMAN D 3747 §102 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Dec 23, 2024
18898858 MODULAR BEARING WITH REPLACEABLE, PIVOT-CONNECTED PADS Waukesha Bearings Corporation WAITS, ALAN B 3617 §103 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Sep 27, 2024
18779557 DISPLAY CASE DOOR WITH SEALED GLASS UNIT AND ELECTRONIC DISPLAY Anthony, Inc. NGUYEN, CHI Q 3635 §102 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Jul 22, 2024
18672207 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPLAYING PATIENT DATA AirStrip IP Holdings, LLC PRINGLE-PARKER, JASON A 2617 §103 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending May 23, 2024
18651207 Shaft Seal Assembly Inpro/Seal LLC PATEL, VISHAL A 3675 §103 Non-Final OA 26d overdue Pending Apr 30, 2024
18705304 TEMPERATURE-CONTROLLED DISPLAY CASE SYSTEMS AND METHODS Anthony, Inc. TEFERA, HIWOT E 3637 §103 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Apr 26, 2024
18533568 TWO-MOTOR VERTICAL COMPONENT STORAGE SYSTEM Accu-Assembly Incorporated MARU, TEMESGEN MALLEDE 3655 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Dec 08, 2023
18287624 AFTER-MARKET SERVICE PROCESS DIGITIZATION Delaware Capital Formation, Inc. SHEIKH, ASFAND M 3626 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Oct 19, 2023
18285449 PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE OF INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT Delaware Capital Formation, Inc. LE, JOHN H 2857 §103 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Oct 03, 2023
18470011 MODULAR SHELVING SYSTEM Anthony, Inc. GUAN, GUANG H 3631 §112 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Sep 19, 2023
18234964 HYDROGEN GENERATION SYSTEMS Bayotech, Inc. YOUNG, NATASHA E 1774 Other Non-Final OA 124d overdue Pending Aug 17, 2023
18338955 TESTING A SHIPPING PACKAGE Federal Express Corporation FADUL, PHILIPMARCUS T 2852 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Jun 21, 2023
18044627 CARBON DIOXIDE REFRIGERATION SYSTEM AND A METHOD OF OPERATING THE REFRIGERATION SYSTEM Advansor A/S BABAA, NAEL N 3763 §112 Final Rejection 18d overdue Pending Mar 09, 2023
18177589 Precise Adiabatic Water Control Hill Phoenix, Inc. OSWALD, KIRSTIN U 3763 §112 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Mar 02, 2023
18087630 INDUSTRIAL MONITORING PLATFORM Delaware Capital Formation, Inc. BARRETT, RYAN S 2148 Other Non-Final OA 112d overdue Pending Dec 22, 2022
17957873 REFRIGERATION SYSTEM WITH RECLAIM HEAT CIRCUIT Hill Phoenix, Inc. GAYE, SAMBA NMN 3763 §103 Final Rejection 113d overdue Pending Sep 30, 2022
17815422 DISPLAY CASE DOOR WITH TOUCHLESS OPENING Anthony, Inc. STRIMBU, GREGORY J 3634 §112 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Jul 27, 2022
17852241 ELECTRIC REFUSE VEHICLE POWER MANAGEMENT The Heil Co. EBNER, KATY MEYER 3613 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Jun 28, 2022
17741047 EJECTOR ACTUATION OF REFUSE VEHICLE TAILGATE The Heil Co. KEENAN, JAMES W 3655 §103 Non-Final OA 30d Pending May 10, 2022
17730774 INTEGRATED DISPLAY FOR SEALED FACE MASKS Federal Express Corporation DITMER, KATHRYN ELIZABETH 3785 §102 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Apr 27, 2022

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