Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Headland Law & Strategy

8 pending office actions • 5 clients • 7 examiners • 6 art units • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 18 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 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
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. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (6)Due ≤ 30 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.

1
Hard (12%)
5
Medium (62%)
0
Easy (0%)
2
Unknown (25%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (12%)
§103 only4 (50%)
§102 only1 (12%)
No statute on record2 (25%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
38% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
12% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
50% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PIZIALI, ANDREW T 2 28.6% +27.8%
BARNETT, DEVIN K 1 56.4% +27.0%
JOHNSON, VICKY A 1 79.8% +12.2%
SALVATORE, LYNDA 1 63.9% +19.2%
GUERRERO ROSARIO, ANA VERUSKA 1 48.1% +48.4%
SHERIF, FATUMA G 1 57.5% +16.9%
LEE, TYLER J 1 92.0% +6.8%

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
19044597 DISH RACK BARNETT, DEVIN K 38d overdue
18801567 OVER-THE-SINK DRYING ELEMENT PIZIALI, ANDREW T 30d overdue
18528733 Absorptive Drying Element PIZIALI, ANDREW T 65d

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
18828314 REVERSIBLE CONTOURED PEDALS JOHNSON, VICKY A 120d overdue
18369807 GRIP FOR A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE SHERIF, FATUMA G 44d overdue
19044597 DISH RACK BARNETT, DEVIN K 38d overdue
18801567 OVER-THE-SINK DRYING ELEMENT PIZIALI, ANDREW T 30d overdue
18292274 Tissue Ablation and Lesion Assessment System GUERRERO ROSARIO, ANA VERUSKA 3d overdue
18667625 SINK CADDY SALVATORE, LYNDA 28d
18528733 Absorptive Drying Element PIZIALI, ANDREW T 65d

Client Portfolio (5 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17893
36311
36171
37941
26491
36631

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19044597 DISH RACK Dorai Home, Inc. BARNETT, DEVIN K 3631 §101 Non-Final OA 38d overdue Pending Feb 03, 2025
18828314 REVERSIBLE CONTOURED PEDALS Intoworld LLC Dba Bike Different JOHNSON, VICKY A 3617 §102 Non-Final OA 120d overdue Pending Sep 09, 2024
18801567 OVER-THE-SINK DRYING ELEMENT Dorai Home, Inc. PIZIALI, ANDREW T 1789 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Aug 12, 2024
18667625 SINK CADDY Dorai Home, Inc. SALVATORE, LYNDA 1789 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending May 17, 2024
18292274 Tissue Ablation and Lesion Assessment System Sigt, LLC GUERRERO ROSARIO, ANA VERUSKA 3794 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Jan 25, 2024
18528733 Absorptive Drying Element Dorai Home, Inc. PIZIALI, ANDREW T 1789 §103 Non-Final OA 65d Pending Dec 04, 2023
18369807 GRIP FOR A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE Frank S. Ferrantello SHERIF, FATUMA G 2649 Other Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Sep 18, 2023
18367049 UTILITY CART AND TRANSPORT SYSTEM Compass Carts LLC LEE, TYLER J 3663 Other Non-Final OA 91d overdue Pending Sep 12, 2023

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