Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Gearhart Law LLC

26 pending office actions • 24 clients • 25 examiners • 24 art units • 0 of 26 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 67 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

26
Total Pending OAs
19
Non-Final OAs
7
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 25 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

19
Overdue
1
Due this week
3
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 25 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (19)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (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.

2
Hard (8%)
17
Medium (65%)
3
Easy (12%)
4
Unknown (15%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (8%)
§103 only15 (58%)
§102 only2 (8%)
§112 only3 (12%)
No statute on record4 (15%)

Industry Mix

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

10
Life Sciences
38% of docket
3
Information Tech
12% of docket
3
Communications
12% of docket
1
Semiconductors
4% of docket
9
Mechanical / Eng
35% 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.

260 h
Manual time on pending OAs
52 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
91 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LIU, DEBORAH YANG-HAO 2 2.6% -3.2%
YANG, KWANG-SU 1 74.7% +17.8%
AKAKPO, DANY E 1 87.0% +13.1%
TWEEL JR, JOHN ALEXANDER 1 82.7% +10.1%
KLOECKER, KATHERINE ANNE 1 44.4% +37.3%
LANEAU, RONALD 1 88.2% +9.8%
HOANG, AMY P 1 70.4% +64.2%
ELAHMADI, ZAKARIA 1 76.1% +11.6%
YEN, JASON TAHAI 1 76.6% +23.8%
NGUYEN, THERESA 1 100.0% +0.0%

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
18539524 PROTOCOL AT THE 802.11 MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL LAYER FOR EXPLOITING MULTIPLE PACKET RECEPTION CAPABILITY BASED ON MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF TRANSMISSION AND CONTENTION NGUYEN, THERESA 38d overdue
18890879 PACKER SYSTEM, AND PROCESS TO SETTLE AND RETRIEVE AKAKPO, DANY E 12d

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19041326 Lemna (Duckweed) and Other Feedstocks LIU, DEBORAH YANG-HAO 182d overdue
18884123 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HAPTIC NAVIGATION TWEEL JR, JOHN ALEXANDER 59d overdue
18432118 EDUCATIONAL GAMING SOFTWARE LANEAU, RONALD 44d overdue
17685380 OLEOGEL COMPOSITIONS AND FLAVOR DELIVERY SYSTEMS FOR PLANT-BASED MEAT ANALOGUES LIU, DEBORAH YANG-HAO 30d overdue

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18422125 VIRTUAL REALITY LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING SYSTEM HOANG, AMY P 71d overdue
18884123 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HAPTIC NAVIGATION TWEEL JR, JOHN ALEXANDER 59d overdue
18539570 ENHANCED WIRELESS TRACKING DEVICE YEN, JASON TAHAI 45d overdue
18578968 AUTOMATIC COUPLING DEVICE ELAHMADI, ZAKARIA 38d overdue
19089003 VIRTUAL REALITY DE-ESCALATION TOOL FOR DELIVERING ELECTRONIC IMPULSES TO TARGETS YANG, KWANG-SU 30d overdue
18890879 PACKER SYSTEM, AND PROCESS TO SETTLE AND RETRIEVE AKAKPO, DANY E 12d
18756046 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR VERTICAL HYDROPONIC PLANT CULTIVATION KLOECKER, KATHERINE ANNE 23d

Client Portfolio (24 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17912
37152
26231
36721
26891
36421
21431
36181
24181
36481

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19089003 VIRTUAL REALITY DE-ESCALATION TOOL FOR DELIVERING ELECTRONIC IMPULSES TO TARGETS V-Armed Inc. YANG, KWANG-SU 2623 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Mar 25, 2025
19041326 Lemna (Duckweed) and Other Feedstocks Microterra Biotec Inc. LIU, DEBORAH YANG-HAO 1791 §103 Non-Final OA 182d overdue Pending Jan 30, 2025
18890879 PACKER SYSTEM, AND PROCESS TO SETTLE AND RETRIEVE Jp Internationa Business LLC AKAKPO, DANY E 3672 §103 Final Rejection 12d Pending Sep 20, 2024
18884123 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HAPTIC NAVIGATION Wearworks, Inc. TWEEL JR, JOHN ALEXANDER 2689 §101 Non-Final OA 59d overdue Pending Sep 13, 2024
18756046 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR VERTICAL HYDROPONIC PLANT CULTIVATION Redifarms LLC KLOECKER, KATHERINE ANNE 3642 §103 Final Rejection 23d Pending Jun 27, 2024
18432118 EDUCATIONAL GAMING SOFTWARE Habitheque LANEAU, RONALD 3715 §101 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Feb 05, 2024
18422125 VIRTUAL REALITY LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING SYSTEM V-Armed Inc. HOANG, AMY P 2143 §103 Non-Final OA 71d overdue Pending Jan 25, 2024
18578968 AUTOMATIC COUPLING DEVICE Fedegari Autoclavi S.p.A. ELAHMADI, ZAKARIA 3618 §103 Non-Final OA 38d overdue Pending Jan 12, 2024
18539570 ENHANCED WIRELESS TRACKING DEVICE V-Armed Inc. YEN, JASON TAHAI 3715 §103 Non-Final OA 45d overdue Pending Dec 14, 2023
18539524 PROTOCOL AT THE 802.11 MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL LAYER FOR EXPLOITING MULTIPLE PACKET RECEPTION CAPABILITY BASED ON MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF TRANSMISSION AND CONTENTION Centro De Investigación Y De Estudios Avanzados Del Instituto Politecnico Nacional NGUYEN, THERESA 2418 §102 Non-Final OA 38d overdue Pending Dec 14, 2023
18520583 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VERIFYING NAVIGATION SIGNALS Indian Institute Of Technology Delhi EDRADA, ISABELLA AMEYALI 3648 §112 Non-Final OA 147d overdue Pending Nov 28, 2023
18515294 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTHENTICATED, PRIVATE, AND AUDITABLE ACTIONS IN EMAILS AND OTHER MESSAGING APPS Cyphlens LLC GETACHEW, WODAJO 3697 §112 Non-Final OA 83d Pending Nov 21, 2023
18385413 SMART RING Genki Instruments Ehf. KIM, WESLEY LEO 2648 Other Non-Final OA Pending Oct 31, 2023
18018885 MULTI-EFFICACY PYRAZINE COMPOUND, PREPARATION METHOD AND USE THEREOF Shenzhen Olive Biopharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. PIHONAK, SARAH 1627 §112 Non-Final OA 80d overdue Pending Aug 25, 2023
18234454 HELMET HOLDING BAG Veltri Sport LLC MCNURLEN, SCOTT THOMAS 3734 §103 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Aug 16, 2023
18333161 Adsorbent Structures of Activated Alumina and Metal Carbonates and Methods of Use for the Removal of Phosphates and Ammonia from Water U.S. Environmental Protection Agency MCDERMOTT, JEANNIE 1777 §103 Non-Final OA 72d overdue Pending Jun 12, 2023
18012985 COMPOSITION OF COMPOUNDS THAT MODULATE CELL METABOLISM AND METHODS OF USE Crescenta Biosciences JACKSON, SHAWQUIA 1626 Other Final Rejection 27d Pending Dec 27, 2022
18085601 TRANSGENIC FLUORESCENT ORNAMENTAL AMPHIBIANS Firefrogs, Inc. WILSON, MICHAEL C 1638 §103 Non-Final OA 72d overdue Pending Dec 21, 2022
17988787 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CUSTOMIZABLE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT SERVICES ENABLING INCREASED TRANSPARENCY AND COMMUNICATION Angel Consulting, LLC NOVAK, REBECCA R 3629 §103 Final Rejection 6d Pending Nov 17, 2022
17981509 Safety Glazing Identification Systems, Methods, and Apparatus Quality Enclosures Inc. ZIMMERMAN, JOSHUA D 2853 §103 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Nov 07, 2022
17857580 Porous Composite Membrane for Solvent Extraction New Jersey Institute Of Technology MCCULLOUGH, ERIC J. 1773 §102 Non-Final OA 98d overdue Pending Jul 05, 2022
17751943 METHODS TO PRODUCE DEFINED, SPHERICAL, BIO-DEGRADABLE MACROPOROUS MICROCARRIER/HYDROGELS FOR CELLULAR AGRICULTURE Innocent Meat GmbH CRUM, MARY ABOU NADER 1657 §103 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending May 24, 2022
17685380 OLEOGEL COMPOSITIONS AND FLAVOR DELIVERY SYSTEMS FOR PLANT-BASED MEAT ANALOGUES Paragon Flavors, Inc. LIU, DEBORAH YANG-HAO 1791 §103 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Mar 03, 2022
17605008 METHOD FOR PRODUCING PEPTIDES OR PROTEINS OR PEPTIDOMIMETICS Strainchem KATAKAM, SUDHAKAR 1658 Other Non-Final OA 34d Pending Oct 20, 2021
17400514 Antimicrobial Contact Lenses Keramed, Inc. BECKHARDT, LYNDSEY MARIE 1613 Other Non-Final OA 105d overdue Pending Aug 12, 2021
15802908 Method and Apparatus for Transporting Video Signal Over Wireless Interface Blueradios, Inc. DOSHI, AKSHAY 2422 §103 Final Rejection 36d overdue Pending Nov 03, 2017

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