Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Heidi Brun Associates Ltd.

21 pending office actions • 13 clients • 19 examiners • 19 art units • 0 of 21 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 29 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

21
Total Pending OAs
13
Non-Final OAs
7
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 21 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

12
Overdue
1
Due this week
2
Due this month
4
Due in next 60 days
2
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. 21 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (12)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 days (4)Due later (2)

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.

3
Hard (14%)
16
Medium (76%)
1
Easy (5%)
1
Unknown (5%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only3 (14%)
§103 only16 (76%)
§112 only1 (5%)
No statute on record1 (5%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
10% of docket
8
Information Tech
38% of docket
1
Communications
5% of docket
1
Semiconductors
5% of docket
9
Mechanical / Eng
43% 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.

210 h
Manual time on pending OAs
42 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
74 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
FABER, DAVID 2 51.5% +36.7%
SHAH, VAISHALI 2 57.1% +56.8%
BROWN, JOSEPH HENRY 1 59.8% +38.9%
JACOB, WILLIAM J 1 49.1% +33.7%
YUEN, JACKY 1 34.7% +51.4%
DAVID, MICHAEL D 1 81.7% +14.1%
RIVERA, ANIBAL 1 90.8% +12.0%
DEAN, JR, JOSEPH E 1 87.0% +8.7%
BARKER, MATTHEW M 1 72.4% +14.5%
FERNSTROM, KURT 1 65.9% +14.9%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18583922 SYSTEM AND METHOD PROVIDING INTERACTION MECHANISM RIVERA, ANIBAL 7d
18683776 PROXIMITY SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING THE CO-LOCATION OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES DEAN, JR, JOSEPH E 21d
18624372 ADAPTOR KIT FOR SMALL HANDGUNS TO FIT PISTOL BRACE ASSEMBLY DAVID, MICHAEL D 33d

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
17818383 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACCELERATED SETUP OF E-SHOP WEBSITES THEIN, MARIA TERESA T 15d overdue
18551002 DIAGNOSIS AND MONITORING MEDICAL TREATMENT EFFECTIVNESS FOR ANXIETY & DEPRESSION DISORDERS FERNSTROM, KURT 12d
17931908 TOOL FOR TEST BASED PERSONALIZATION OF ACTUARIAL TABLES HAMILTON, SARA CHANDLER 41d

Interview Candidates (11)

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
17933103 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SMART INTERACTION BETWEEN WEBSITE COMPONENTS SHAH, VAISHALI 72d overdue
16180037 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED CONVERSION OF INTERACTIVE SITES AND APPLICATIONS TO SUPPORT MOBILE AND OTHER DISPLAY ENVIRONMENTS FABER, DAVID 71d overdue
18357120 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING CONTAINERS WHICH EXTRACT AND APPLY SEMANTIC PAGE KNOWLEDGE SHAH, VAISHALI 35d overdue
19191251 LOW PROFILE WAVE STRAIN GEARBOX BROWN, JOSEPH HENRY 22d overdue
18438630 RADAR SYSTEM FOR DETECTING PROFILES OF OBJECTS, PARTICULARLY IN A VICINITY OF A MACHINE WORK TOOL BARKER, MATTHEW M 5d overdue
18519166 SYSTEM FOR COMPARISON AND MERGING OF VERSIONS IN EDITED WEBSITES AND INTERACTIVE APPLICATIONS FABER, DAVID 1d overdue
18583922 SYSTEM AND METHOD PROVIDING INTERACTION MECHANISM RIVERA, ANIBAL 7d
18551002 DIAGNOSIS AND MONITORING MEDICAL TREATMENT EFFECTIVNESS FOR ANXIETY & DEPRESSION DISORDERS FERNSTROM, KURT 12d

Client Portfolio (13 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
21722
21562
36181
36961
17351
36411
21921
26471
36461
37151

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19191251 LOW PROFILE WAVE STRAIN GEARBOX M.Y.P. Advanced Technologies (1995) Ltd. BROWN, JOSEPH HENRY 3618 §103 Non-Final OA 22d overdue Pending Apr 28, 2025
18978011 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HELPING A LONG TERM CARE POLICY HOLDER STAY INDEPENDENT IN THE SHORT TERM Assured Inc. JACOB, WILLIAM J 3696 §103 Non-Final OA 84d Pending Dec 12, 2024
18837615 ADDITIVE CASTING DEPOSITION SYSTEM AND METHOD Magnus Metal Ltd. YUEN, JACKY 1735 §103 Non-Final OA 46d Pending Aug 12, 2024
18624372 ADAPTOR KIT FOR SMALL HANDGUNS TO FIT PISTOL BRACE ASSEMBLY Rt Recover Innovations Ltd. DAVID, MICHAEL D 3641 §103 Final Rejection 33d Pending Apr 02, 2024
18583922 SYSTEM AND METHOD PROVIDING INTERACTION MECHANISM Wix.com Ltd. RIVERA, ANIBAL 2192 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Feb 22, 2024
18683776 PROXIMITY SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING THE CO-LOCATION OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES Co-Moving Carpool Ltd. DEAN, JR, JOSEPH E 2647 §103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Feb 15, 2024
18438630 RADAR SYSTEM FOR DETECTING PROFILES OF OBJECTS, PARTICULARLY IN A VICINITY OF A MACHINE WORK TOOL Rodradar Ltd. BARKER, MATTHEW M 3646 §103 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Feb 12, 2024
18519166 SYSTEM FOR COMPARISON AND MERGING OF VERSIONS IN EDITED WEBSITES AND INTERACTIVE APPLICATIONS Wix.com Ltd. FABER, DAVID 2172 Other Final Rejection 1d overdue Pending Nov 27, 2023
18551002 DIAGNOSIS AND MONITORING MEDICAL TREATMENT EFFECTIVNESS FOR ANXIETY & DEPRESSION DISORDERS Iluria Ltd. FERNSTROM, KURT 3715 §101 Final Rejection 12d Pending Sep 18, 2023
18357120 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING CONTAINERS WHICH EXTRACT AND APPLY SEMANTIC PAGE KNOWLEDGE Wix.com Ltd. SHAH, VAISHALI 2156 §103 Non-Final OA 35d overdue Pending Jul 23, 2023
17983819 EVALUATING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL OF A DESIRED OBJECT Magnus Metal Ltd. MOLL, NITHYA JANAKIRAMAN 2189 §103 Non-Final OA 58d overdue Pending Nov 09, 2022
18048873 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ULTRASOUND ANALYSIS Yeda Research And Development Co. Ltd. CELESTINE, NYROBI I 3798 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Oct 24, 2022
17933103 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SMART INTERACTION BETWEEN WEBSITE COMPONENTS Dazl Technologies Ltd. SHAH, VAISHALI 2156 §103 Final Rejection 72d overdue Pending Sep 18, 2022
17931908 TOOL FOR TEST BASED PERSONALIZATION OF ACTUARIAL TABLES Assured Inc. HAMILTON, SARA CHANDLER 3695 §101 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Sep 14, 2022
17818383 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACCELERATED SETUP OF E-SHOP WEBSITES Wix.com Ltd. THEIN, MARIA TERESA T 3689 §101 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Aug 09, 2022
17785068 MULTILENS DIRECT VIEW NEAR EYE DISPLAY Softoptics Reality Plus Ltd. DUONG, HENRY ABRAHAM 2872 §112 Non-Final OA 55d Pending Jun 14, 2022
17640892 ORGANOMINERAL FERTILIZER AND PROCESS THEREFOR Paulee Cleantec Ltd. SMITH, JENNIFER A 1731 §103 Non-Final OA 77d overdue Pending Mar 07, 2022
17673933 STRUCTURED COMMUNICATION SYSTEM INTEGRATING DYNAMIC DISPLAY Wix.com Ltd. SCHNEIDER, JOSHUA D 3626 §103 Final Rejection 72d Pending Feb 17, 2022
17579667 MULTI-FACETED SITE EVALUATOR INTEGRATING USER DEFINED EVALUATION ENGINES Wix.com Ltd. BLOOMQUIST, KEITH D 2171 §103 Final Rejection 127d overdue Pending Jan 20, 2022
16180037 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED CONVERSION OF INTERACTIVE SITES AND APPLICATIONS TO SUPPORT MOBILE AND OTHER DISPLAY ENVIRONMENTS Wix.com Ltd. FABER, DAVID 2172 §103 Final Rejection 71d overdue Pending Nov 05, 2018
15904486 DISTANCE BASED DEEP LEARNING Gsi Technology Inc. KWON, JUN 2127 §103 Non-Final OA 29d overdue Pending Feb 26, 2018

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