Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (Us) LLP

15 pending office actions • 8 clients • 13 examiners • 13 art units • 0 of 15 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 35 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

15
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
7
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 15 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
1
Due this week
6
Due this month
3
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. 15 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (6)Due ≤ 60 days (3)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.

2
Hard (13%)
8
Medium (53%)
2
Easy (13%)
3
Unknown (20%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (13%)
§103 only8 (53%)
§112 only2 (13%)
No statute on record3 (20%)

Industry Mix

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

9
Life Sciences
60% of docket
1
Information Tech
7% of docket
1
Communications
7% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
27% 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.

150 h
Manual time on pending OAs
30 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
52 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MCKNIGHT, CIARA A 2 61.8% +34.7%
DELCOTTO, GREGORY R 2 53.8% +75.7%
KIM, YUNSOO 1 65.6% +35.2%
DO, TRUC M 1 82.4% +7.3%
TRAN, KHAI 1 93.5% +0.3%
TRIVISONNO, ANGELO 1 52.8% +26.4%
CANDELARIA, JULIANA IRENE 1
LOHARIKAR, ANAND R 1 69.1% +25.9%
SARANTAKOS, KAYLA ROSE 1 31.4% +51.7%
CIRNU, ALEXANDRU 1 43.2% +21.0%

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
18823217 HIGH RESOLUTION ENCODING AND TRANSMISSION OF TRAFFIC INFORMATION DO, TRUC M 87d overdue

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18096685 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING 3D OBJECTS LOHARIKAR, ANAND R 10d overdue
17531214 IN-VEHICLE CONTEXTUAL PROMOTIONS CIRNU, ALEXANDRU 21d

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
18096685 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING 3D OBJECTS LOHARIKAR, ANAND R 10d overdue
19248893 METHODS OF REDUCING PARTICLE FORMATION AND COMPOSITIONS FORMED THEREBY KIM, YUNSOO 8d
17561339 CART SANITIZER/WASHER SARANTAKOS, KAYLA ROSE 8d
17586424 STABLE ANHYDROUS CLEANSER CONCENTRATE FORMULATION AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME DELCOTTO, GREGORY R 13d
17860658 STABLE ANHYDROUS CLEANSER CONCENTRATE FORMULATION AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME DELCOTTO, GREGORY R 14d
17531214 IN-VEHICLE CONTEXTUAL PROMOTIONS CIRNU, ALEXANDRU 21d
18735869 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR APPLYING FLEXIBLE SOLAR PANELS TO FLEXIBLE UNDERLYING MEMBRANES TRIVISONNO, ANGELO 40d
18310921 METHODS FOR REDUCING LIPASE ACTIVITY MCKNIGHT, CIARA A 54d

Client Portfolio (8 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
16562
17612
16411
36581
26321
17221
16341
36891
17991
36221

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19248893 METHODS OF REDUCING PARTICLE FORMATION AND COMPOSITIONS FORMED THEREBY Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. KIM, YUNSOO 1641 §112 Final Rejection 8d Pending Jun 25, 2025
18823217 HIGH RESOLUTION ENCODING AND TRANSMISSION OF TRAFFIC INFORMATION Sirius Xm Radio Inc. DO, TRUC M 3658 §103 Non-Final OA 87d overdue Pending Sep 03, 2024
18760440 MAINTAINING REPEATER ACCURACY FOR SATELLITE SIGNAL DELIVERY SYSTEMS Sirius Xm Radio Inc. TRAN, KHAI 2632 Other Final Rejection 54d Pending Jul 01, 2024
18735869 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR APPLYING FLEXIBLE SOLAR PANELS TO FLEXIBLE UNDERLYING MEMBRANES Pvilion, Inc. TRIVISONNO, ANGELO 1722 §112 Non-Final OA 40d Pending Jun 06, 2024
18310921 METHODS FOR REDUCING LIPASE ACTIVITY Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. MCKNIGHT, CIARA A 1656 Other Non-Final OA 54d Pending May 02, 2023
18175914 MANUFACTURING PROCESS FOR HIGH TITER ANTIBODY Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. MCKNIGHT, CIARA A 1656 §103 Non-Final OA 83d Pending Feb 28, 2023
18115285 BIOREACTOR FOR ANTIBODY PRODUCTION Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. CANDELARIA, JULIANA IRENE 1634 Other Non-Final OA 21d Pending Feb 28, 2023
18096685 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING 3D OBJECTS Fathom Manufacturing LLC LOHARIKAR, ANAND R 3689 §101 Final Rejection 10d overdue Pending Jan 13, 2023
17860658 STABLE ANHYDROUS CLEANSER CONCENTRATE FORMULATION AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME One Home Brands, Inc. DELCOTTO, GREGORY R 1761 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Jul 08, 2022
17586424 STABLE ANHYDROUS CLEANSER CONCENTRATE FORMULATION AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME One Home Brands, Inc. DELCOTTO, GREGORY R 1761 §103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Jan 27, 2022
17561339 CART SANITIZER/WASHER Techni LLC SARANTAKOS, KAYLA ROSE 1799 §103 Final Rejection 8d Pending Dec 23, 2021
17531214 IN-VEHICLE CONTEXTUAL PROMOTIONS Sirius Xm Connected Vehicle Services Inc. CIRNU, ALEXANDRU 3622 §101 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Nov 19, 2021
17354546 UV EMITTER FOR DISINFECTING Metacore Technologies LLC HENSEL, BRENDAN A 1758 §103 Final Rejection 6d Pending Jun 22, 2021
17306322 OCULAR INSERTS WITH ANALYTE CAPTURE AND RELEASE AGENTS Teardx LLC TOMBERS, JOSEPH A 3791 §103 Final Rejection 60d overdue Pending May 03, 2021
16067452 UNIFYING USER-INTERFACE FOR MULTI-SOURCE MEDIA Sirius Xm Radio Inc. ULRICH, NICHOLAS S 2179 §103 Final Rejection 44d overdue Pending Jun 29, 2018

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