Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Garlick & Markison (Sigmasense)

12 pending office actions • 1 client • 10 examiners • 8 art units • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 17 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

12
Total Pending OAs
10
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 12 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

9
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
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. 12 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (9)Due ≤ 30 days (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.

2
Hard (17%)
4
Medium (33%)
1
Easy (8%)
5
Unknown (42%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (17%)
§103 only4 (33%)
§112 only1 (8%)
No statute on record5 (42%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
10
Communications
83% of docket
1
Semiconductors
8% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
8% 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.

120 h
Manual time on pending OAs
24 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
42 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MISHLER, ROBIN J 2 69.1% +5.3%
MONK, MARK T 2 76.0% +20.1%
BOYD, JONATHAN A 1 68.8% +6.8%
CHOWDHURY, AFROZA Y 1 72.4% -6.5%
EARLES, BRYAN E 1 70.5% +7.4%
ARONOVICH, OLGA 1 75.9% +13.5%
LANDIS, LISA S 1 83.2% +9.2%
PERVAN, MICHAEL 1 80.9% +7.3%
HERNANDEZ, WILLIAM 1 93.9% +4.1%
SMITH, JORDAN T 1 65.6% +6.3%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19048210 TOUCH SENSITIVE PANEL SUPPORTING CAPACITIVELY COUPLED ACCESS CODES LANDIS, LISA S 81d overdue
18910524 Transceiver Operative as Energy Harvesting Source and Data Collector within Batteryless Wireless Sensor System HERNANDEZ, WILLIAM 58d overdue
18925873 Device with Touch Screen Controller PERVAN, MICHAEL 19d

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
19009342 TOUCHLESS PROXIMITY DISPLAY AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH MISHLER, ROBIN J 36d overdue
19009459 PROXIMITY-BASED TOUCHLESS DISPLAY AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH MISHLER, ROBIN J 36d overdue

Interview Candidates (3)

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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18813411 IMAGING DEVICE WITH DRIVE SENSE CIRCUITRY AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH MONK, MARK T 110d overdue
19079028 3D DATA IMAGING USING DRIVE SENSE CIRCUITS ARONOVICH, OLGA 4d overdue
18918194 DRIVE-SENSE IMAGING ARRAY FOR HANDHELD DEVICE AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH MONK, MARK T 9d

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
SIGMASENSE, LLC. 12

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
26283
26292
26372
26271
26251
26261
28491
36661

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19224993 FINGERPRINT IMAGING DEVICE INCORPORATING ELECTRODES AND DRIVE-SENSE CIRCUITRY Sigmasense, Llc. BOYD, JONATHAN A 2627 Other Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Jun 02, 2025
19173952 Single User or Few Users Identification and Blocking Operable Touch Sensor Device Sigmasense, Llc. CHOWDHURY, AFROZA Y 2628 Other Non-Final OA 72d overdue Pending Apr 09, 2025
19079856 ELECTRONIC PEN GENERATION OF TILT ORIENTATION DATA BASED ON CAPACITANCE DIFFERENCE DETECTION Sigmasense, Llc. EARLES, BRYAN E 2625 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Mar 14, 2025
19079028 3D DATA IMAGING USING DRIVE SENSE CIRCUITS Sigmasense, Llc. ARONOVICH, OLGA 2629 Other Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Mar 13, 2025
19048210 TOUCH SENSITIVE PANEL SUPPORTING CAPACITIVELY COUPLED ACCESS CODES Sigmasense, Llc. LANDIS, LISA S 2626 §103 Non-Final OA 81d overdue Pending Feb 07, 2025
19009342 TOUCHLESS PROXIMITY DISPLAY AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH Sigmasense, Llc. MISHLER, ROBIN J 2628 §101 Final Rejection 36d overdue Pending Jan 03, 2025
19009459 PROXIMITY-BASED TOUCHLESS DISPLAY AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH Sigmasense, Llc. MISHLER, ROBIN J 2628 §101 Final Rejection 36d overdue Pending Jan 03, 2025
18925873 Device with Touch Screen Controller Sigmasense, Llc. PERVAN, MICHAEL 2629 §103 Non-Final OA 19d Pending Oct 24, 2024
18918194 DRIVE-SENSE IMAGING ARRAY FOR HANDHELD DEVICE AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH Sigmasense, Llc. MONK, MARK T 2637 Other Non-Final OA 9d Pending Oct 17, 2024
18910524 Transceiver Operative as Energy Harvesting Source and Data Collector within Batteryless Wireless Sensor System Sigmasense, Llc. HERNANDEZ, WILLIAM 2849 §112 Non-Final OA 58d overdue Pending Oct 09, 2024
18813411 IMAGING DEVICE WITH DRIVE SENSE CIRCUITRY AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH Sigmasense, Llc. MONK, MARK T 2637 Other Non-Final OA 110d overdue Pending Aug 23, 2024
17448633 VEHICLE SENSOR SYSTEM Sigmasense, Llc. SMITH, JORDAN T 3666 §103 Non-Final OA 88d overdue Pending Sep 23, 2021

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