Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Guice Patents Pllc

12 pending office actions • 11 clients • 12 examiners • 11 art units • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 16 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

12
Total Pending OAs
11
Non-Final OAs
1
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.

11
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
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. 12 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (11)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.

0
Hard (0%)
11
Medium (92%)
1
Easy (8%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only9 (75%)
§102 only2 (17%)
§112 only1 (8%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
8% of docket
1
Information Tech
8% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
17% of docket
8
Mechanical / Eng
67% 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
RUMMEL, IAN A 1 56.2% +18.8%
PARK, SUNGHYOUN 1 75.1% +10.0%
JELLETT, MATTHEW WILLIAM 1 80.2% +17.9%
VOLZ, ELIZABETH J 1 66.6% +18.8%
UTAMA, ROBERT J 1 60.3% +29.6%
MERCADO, LOUIS A 1 79.4% +18.1%
HUYNH, KHOA D 1 18.8% +22.4%
LEE, PAUL CHANG 1 74.8% +14.0%
KIM, RICHARD H 1 81.7% +5.0%
GABLER, PHILIP F 1 73.4% +24.0%

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
18924836 RECIPROCATING SWITCH FOR HIGH-PRESSURE FLUID LINES JELLETT, MATTHEW WILLIAM 24d overdue
18636025 VOLUME HOLOGRAPHIC OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE ELEMENT FOR MIXED REALITY NEAR-EYE DISPLAY KIM, RICHARD H 2d overdue

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
18645180 INFANT CLOTHES HUYNH, KHOA D 87d overdue

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
18888791 CUP VOLZ, ELIZABETH J 155d overdue
18666952 COIL-TYPE FLUID-IMPERVIOUS ZIPPER AND COMMERCIAL PRODUCT USING SAME MERCADO, LOUIS A 147d overdue
18591955 Bicycle Saddle GABLER, PHILIP F 121d overdue
18645180 INFANT CLOTHES HUYNH, KHOA D 87d overdue
19038025 DETECTION AND IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM PARK, SUNGHYOUN 43d overdue
18924836 RECIPROCATING SWITCH FOR HIGH-PRESSURE FLUID LINES JELLETT, MATTHEW WILLIAM 24d overdue
18746652 ACUPUNCTURE POINT SIMULATION DEVICE AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME IN EDUCATION TRAINING AND EVALUATION EXAMINATION SYSTEM UTAMA, ROBERT J 10d overdue
18635822 VOLUME HOLOGRAPHIC OPTICAL ELEMENTS TO AVOID GHOST NOISE LEE, PAUL CHANG 2d overdue

Client Portfolio (11 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28712
17851
24841
37531
37331
37151
36771
37321
36361
37231

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19182407 Object with Heat Pressed Graphic Chance Line Industrial Co., Ltd. RUMMEL, IAN A 1785 §103 Non-Final OA 61d Pending Apr 17, 2025
19038025 DETECTION AND IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM Feng Chia University PARK, SUNGHYOUN 2484 §102 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Jan 27, 2025
18924836 RECIPROCATING SWITCH FOR HIGH-PRESSURE FLUID LINES Li Chung Plastics Industry Co., Ltd. JELLETT, MATTHEW WILLIAM 3753 §103 Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending Oct 23, 2024
18888791 CUP Woo Collection Co., Ltd. VOLZ, ELIZABETH J 3733 §103 Non-Final OA 155d overdue Pending Sep 18, 2024
18746652 ACUPUNCTURE POINT SIMULATION DEVICE AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME IN EDUCATION TRAINING AND EVALUATION EXAMINATION SYSTEM Changhua Christian Medical Foundation Changhua Christian Hospital UTAMA, ROBERT J 3715 §103 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Jun 18, 2024
18666952 COIL-TYPE FLUID-IMPERVIOUS ZIPPER AND COMMERCIAL PRODUCT USING SAME Shiu-Yin Cheng MERCADO, LOUIS A 3677 §103 Non-Final OA 147d overdue Pending May 17, 2024
18645180 INFANT CLOTHES Good Catch Company HUYNH, KHOA D 3732 §103 Final Rejection 87d overdue Pending Apr 24, 2024
18635822 VOLUME HOLOGRAPHIC OPTICAL ELEMENTS TO AVOID GHOST NOISE National Central University LEE, PAUL CHANG 2871 §102 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Apr 15, 2024
18636025 VOLUME HOLOGRAPHIC OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE ELEMENT FOR MIXED REALITY NEAR-EYE DISPLAY National Central University KIM, RICHARD H 2871 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Apr 15, 2024
18591955 Bicycle Saddle Windner Carbon Tech Co.,Ltd. GABLER, PHILIP F 3636 §103 Non-Final OA 121d overdue Pending Feb 29, 2024
18455455 TIRE-REPAIRING CONNECTOR U-POWER COLLECTION ENTERPRISE CO., LTD. MARTIN, KEEGAN THOMAS 3723 §103 Non-Final OA 66d overdue Pending Aug 24, 2023
18129333 ADJUSTABLE CARRYING DEVICE Dly Technologies Inc. BROTHERS, LAURENCE RAPHAEL 3655 §112 Non-Final OA 126d overdue Pending Mar 31, 2023

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