Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Hankin Patent Law, Apc

7 pending office actions • 7 clients • 7 examiners • 7 art units • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 20 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
1
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.

6
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
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. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (6)Due ≤ 30 days (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%)
7
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only6 (86%)
§102 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
CHOY, PAN G 1 24.2% +35.1%
GRUBY, RANDALL A 1 62.4% +43.8%
PARKER, LAURA EBERT 1 57.3% +30.7%
SUL, STEPHEN SANGJIN 1 79.9% +27.0%
CHEN, CATHERYNE 1 37.4% +18.4%
NGUYEN, SON T 1 28.9% +16.7%
PADUA, NICO LAUREN 1 9.1% +15.8%

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17805400 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DESIGNING AND FABRICATING PHYSICAL PRODUCTS FOR INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES PADUA, NICO LAUREN 103d overdue
18189702 Vertical Hydroponic System NGUYEN, SON T 43d overdue
18962536 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DELIVERY METRIC ANALYSIS AND NOTIFICATION CHOY, PAN G 25d 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
18623754 Rupture-Resistant Containment Fill Station PARKER, LAURA EBERT 134d overdue
17805400 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DESIGNING AND FABRICATING PHYSICAL PRODUCTS FOR INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES PADUA, NICO LAUREN 103d overdue
18514988 SYSTEM FOR HARNESSING HEAT GENERATED BY INTENSIVE PROCESSES SUL, STEPHEN SANGJIN 58d overdue
18189702 Vertical Hydroponic System NGUYEN, SON T 43d overdue
18962536 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DELIVERY METRIC ANALYSIS AND NOTIFICATION CHOY, PAN G 25d overdue
18784545 DISPENSING CAP GRUBY, RANDALL A 8d overdue
18493383 CHELIDONIUM MAJUS EXTRACTS AND COMPOSITIONS CHEN, CATHERYNE 14d

Client Portfolio (7 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36241
37541
37331
28351
16551
36431
36261

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18962536 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DELIVERY METRIC ANALYSIS AND NOTIFICATION Hera Solutions Inc. CHOY, PAN G 3624 §103 Non-Final OA 25d overdue Pending Nov 27, 2024
18784545 DISPENSING CAP Lucas Packaging Group, Inc. GRUBY, RANDALL A 3754 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Jul 25, 2024
18623754 Rupture-Resistant Containment Fill Station Arctic Compressor, LLC PARKER, LAURA EBERT 3733 §103 Non-Final OA 134d overdue Pending Apr 01, 2024
18514988 SYSTEM FOR HARNESSING HEAT GENERATED BY INTENSIVE PROCESSES Shelby Korpi SUL, STEPHEN SANGJIN 2835 §103 Non-Final OA 58d overdue Pending Nov 20, 2023
18493383 CHELIDONIUM MAJUS EXTRACTS AND COMPOSITIONS Phythera Therapeutics Inc. CHEN, CATHERYNE 1655 §102 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Oct 24, 2023
18189702 Vertical Hydroponic System Happy Planet Holdings, LLC NGUYEN, SON T 3643 §103 Final Rejection 43d overdue Pending Mar 24, 2023
17805400 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DESIGNING AND FABRICATING PHYSICAL PRODUCTS FOR INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES Naya Studio, Inc. PADUA, NICO LAUREN 3626 §103 Non-Final OA 103d overdue Pending Jun 03, 2022

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