Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Grell & Watson Patent Attorneys LLC

7 pending office actions • 6 clients • 7 examiners • 6 art units • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 34 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.

1
Overdue
2
Due this week
1
Due this month
2
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. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (2)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.

1
Hard (14%)
5
Medium (71%)
1
Easy (14%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (14%)
§103 only4 (57%)
§102 only1 (14%)
Double-patenting only1 (14%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
14% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
14% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
71% 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
PAL, PRINCE 1 70.3% +18.0%
OBAID, HAMZEH M 1 38.9% +21.8%
RAJAPUTRA, SURESH KS 1 83.8% +12.6%
O'HERN, BRENT T 1 77.3% +20.4%
SCHEUNEMANN, RICHARD N 1 6.3% +8.4%
TESSEMA, BESUFEKAD LEMMA 1 66.7% +0.0%
DAVIS, SHARON M 1 68.0% +27.4%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18422218 Magnetic Stud Finding and Laser Marking Device RAJAPUTRA, SURESH KS 54d

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
18381391 System and Method for Real Time Scoring, Classification, Assortment, and Contextual Nurturing of Digital Engagements using Numerical, Statistical, and Heuristics-based Techniques SCHEUNEMANN, RICHARD N 22d

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
18941335 System And Method For The Quantitative Measurement and Reduction Of Marketing Entropy Using Geometric Methods And Heuristics OBAID, HAMZEH M 5d
18329861 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPLICATIONS OF INTERSTITIAL PSEUDO-MUON FUSION DAVIS, SHARON M 7d
18385671 SEASONING BLEND CONTAINING TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL O'HERN, BRENT T 40d
18422218 Magnetic Stud Finding and Laser Marking Device RAJAPUTRA, SURESH KS 54d
18974036 STRAW GRIPPER AND TAB SEPARATOR FOR DISPOSABLE CUP OR LID AND METHODS OF USE PAL, PRINCE 82d

Client Portfolio (6 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36242
37351
28581
17931
36651
36461

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18974036 STRAW GRIPPER AND TAB SEPARATOR FOR DISPOSABLE CUP OR LID AND METHODS OF USE Sustainer, Llc. PAL, PRINCE 3735 DP Non-Final OA 82d Pending Dec 09, 2024
18941335 System And Method For The Quantitative Measurement and Reduction Of Marketing Entropy Using Geometric Methods And Heuristics Pelatro Pte. Ltd. OBAID, HAMZEH M 3624 §102 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Nov 08, 2024
18422218 Magnetic Stud Finding and Laser Marking Device Leverage Product Innovation, Inc. RAJAPUTRA, SURESH KS 2858 §103 Non-Final OA 54d Pending Jan 25, 2024
18385671 SEASONING BLEND CONTAINING TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL Tanya Diaz O'HERN, BRENT T 1793 §103 Non-Final OA 40d Pending Oct 31, 2023
18381391 System and Method for Real Time Scoring, Classification, Assortment, and Contextual Nurturing of Digital Engagements using Numerical, Statistical, and Heuristics-based Techniques Pelatro Pte. Ltd. SCHEUNEMANN, RICHARD N 3624 §101 Final Rejection 22d Pending Oct 18, 2023
18380093 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MODULAR PAYLOAD CONVEYANCE, SPECIALIZED MACHINE AUTOMATION, AND MACHINE TASK MANAGEMENT Brandon Wall TESSEMA, BESUFEKAD LEMMA 3665 §103 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Oct 13, 2023
18329861 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPLICATIONS OF INTERSTITIAL PSEUDO-MUON FUSION Lemma Holdings Inc. DAVIS, SHARON M 3646 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Jun 06, 2023

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