Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Garson & Gutierrez, Pc

7 pending office actions • 4 clients • 7 examiners • 4 art units • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 21 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
1
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
2
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. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (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 (14%)
3
Medium (43%)
0
Easy (0%)
3
Unknown (43%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (14%)
§103 only3 (43%)
No statute on record3 (43%)

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
0
Communications
0% of docket
5
Semiconductors
71% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
29% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PATEL, AMAL A 1 69.4% +32.0%
IMMANUEL, BAMIDELE ADEFOLARIN 1 66.0% +18.3%
NGUYEN, HOANG V 1 90.9% +6.2%
CHAN, WEI 1 74.2% +14.4%
ALBERS, KEVIN S 1 25.0% +51.0%
PHAN, THO GIA 1 91.3% +4.0%
BARTLEY, KENNETH 1 36.3% +28.8%

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
18092376 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR THE APPLICATION OF REINFORCEMENT LEARNING TO ANIMAL MEDICAL DIAGNOSTICS BARTLEY, KENNETH 33d
18826177 DROP FOOT SOCK APPARATUS ALBERS, KEVIN S 77d

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
18897616 METHOD OF ATTACHING A WATER-RESISTANT ELEMENT TO A HOUSING CHAN, WEI 25d overdue
18931375 ANTENNA SYSTEM FOR USE WITH INTEGRATED CONNECTOR MODULE IMMANUEL, BAMIDELE ADEFOLARIN 6d
18092376 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR THE APPLICATION OF REINFORCEMENT LEARNING TO ANIMAL MEDICAL DIAGNOSTICS BARTLEY, KENNETH 33d
18826177 DROP FOOT SOCK APPARATUS ALBERS, KEVIN S 77d
18940653 COMPACT CLOAKED DIPOLES WITH WIDEBAND OPERATION FOR MULTIBAND ANTENNAS PATEL, AMAL A 83d

Client Portfolio (4 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28454
28441
37861
36841

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18940653 COMPACT CLOAKED DIPOLES WITH WIDEBAND OPERATION FOR MULTIBAND ANTENNAS Alpha Wireless Limited PATEL, AMAL A 2845 §103 Non-Final OA 83d Pending Nov 07, 2024
18931375 ANTENNA SYSTEM FOR USE WITH INTEGRATED CONNECTOR MODULE Taoglas Group Holdings Limited IMMANUEL, BAMIDELE ADEFOLARIN 2845 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Oct 30, 2024
18921408 FLEXIBLE POLYMER ANTENNA WITH MULTIPLE GROUND RESONATORS Taoglas Group Holdings Limited NGUYEN, HOANG V 2845 Other Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending Oct 21, 2024
18897616 METHOD OF ATTACHING A WATER-RESISTANT ELEMENT TO A HOUSING Taoglas Group Holdings Limited CHAN, WEI 2844 Other Non-Final OA 25d overdue Pending Sep 26, 2024
18826177 DROP FOOT SOCK APPARATUS Thorwear Inc. ALBERS, KEVIN S 3786 §103 Final Rejection 77d Pending Sep 06, 2024
18774703 SPIRAL WIDEBAND LOW FREQUENCY ANTENNA Taoglas Group Holdings Limited PHAN, THO GIA 2845 Other Non-Final OA 29d overdue Pending Jul 16, 2024
18092376 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR THE APPLICATION OF REINFORCEMENT LEARNING TO ANIMAL MEDICAL DIAGNOSTICS Signalpet, LLC BARTLEY, KENNETH 3684 §101 Final Rejection 33d Pending Jan 02, 2023

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