Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Hitaffer, Pllc

7 pending office actions • 7 clients • 7 examiners • 6 art units • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 27 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
2
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.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
0
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. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 30 days (2)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.

0
Hard (0%)
5
Medium (71%)
2
Easy (29%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only5 (71%)
§112 only2 (29%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
14% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
86% 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
KURILLA, ERIC J 1 70.7% +27.7%
FORD, DARRELL CHRISTOPHER 1 76.0% +39.8%
SMALL, NAOMI J 1 63.7% +24.3%
BARLOW, ADAM G 1 70.8% +19.4%
ADJAGBE, MAXIME M 1 84.1% +10.6%
HALL, LUKE F 1 48.4% +64.6%
CRANDALL, RICHARD W. 1 29.8% +33.9%

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
18489823 Accessory for a Polishing Machine ADJAGBE, MAXIME M 66d 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
17785047 INFRASTRUCTURE AND METHODOLOGY FOR PRODUCING CANNABIS CRANDALL, RICHARD W. 15d 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
18489823 Accessory for a Polishing Machine ADJAGBE, MAXIME M 66d overdue
17785047 INFRASTRUCTURE AND METHODOLOGY FOR PRODUCING CANNABIS CRANDALL, RICHARD W. 15d overdue
18701561 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING ASSISTANCE IN VEHICLE ACCIDENTS SMALL, NAOMI J 2d overdue
18709623 Method of Manufacturing a Truss Structure Element and a Truss Structure FORD, DARRELL CHRISTOPHER 12d
18865089 Patient Support Apparatus Having Central Dual Control System of Casters KURILLA, ERIC J 13d
18540848 Prefab Panel, Modular Facade, and Mounting Method Thereof BARLOW, ADAM G 63d
18259742 Patient Support Apparatus With Removable Part Comprising Self Locking Cradle Mechanism HALL, LUKE F 71d

Client Portfolio (7 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36192
37261
26851
36331
37451
36731

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18865089 Patient Support Apparatus Having Central Dual Control System of Casters Linet Spol. S.R.O. KURILLA, ERIC J 3619 §112 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Nov 12, 2024
18709623 Method of Manufacturing a Truss Structure Element and a Truss Structure Area Four Industries Cesko s.r.o. FORD, DARRELL CHRISTOPHER 3726 §112 Non-Final OA 12d Pending May 13, 2024
18701561 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING ASSISTANCE IN VEHICLE ACCIDENTS Atressa Global Corporation, S.L. SMALL, NAOMI J 2685 §103 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Apr 15, 2024
18540848 Prefab Panel, Modular Facade, and Mounting Method Thereof Saint-Gobain Placo BARLOW, ADAM G 3633 §103 Non-Final OA 63d Pending Dec 14, 2023
18489823 Accessory for a Polishing Machine Rcr Flooring Products Ltd. ADJAGBE, MAXIME M 3745 §103 Non-Final OA 66d overdue Pending Oct 18, 2023
18259742 Patient Support Apparatus With Removable Part Comprising Self Locking Cradle Mechanism Linet Spol. S R.O HALL, LUKE F 3673 §103 Non-Final OA 71d Pending Jun 28, 2023
17785047 INFRASTRUCTURE AND METHODOLOGY FOR PRODUCING CANNABIS Cicada Limited CRANDALL, RICHARD W. 3619 §103 Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending Jun 13, 2022

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