Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Holzer Patel Drennan

44 pending office actions • 23 clients • 44 examiners • 41 art units • 8 of 44 (18%) have an AI response strategy ready • 147 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

44
Total Pending OAs
27
Non-Final OAs
12
Final Rejections
5
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 43 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

22
Overdue
0
Due this week
15
Due this month
3
Due in next 60 days
3
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. 43 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (22)Due ≤ 30 days (15)Due ≤ 60 days (3)Due later (3)

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.

4
Hard (9%)
35
Medium (80%)
4
Easy (9%)
1
Unknown (2%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only4 (9%)
§103 only34 (77%)
§112 only4 (9%)
Double-patenting + other1 (2%)
No statute on record1 (2%)

Industry Mix

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

6
Life Sciences
14% of docket
12
Information Tech
27% of docket
10
Communications
23% of docket
3
Semiconductors
7% of docket
11
Mechanical / Eng
25% of docket
2
Business / Other
5% 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.

440 h
Manual time on pending OAs
88 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
154 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
EARLES, BRYAN E 1 70.5% +7.4%
JEANTY, ROMAIN 1 75.6% +20.2%
CANFIELD, ROBERT 1 76.0% +18.0%
TECCO, ANDREW M 1 65.1% +25.0%
ROSTAMI, MOHAMMAD S 1 66.8% +26.1%
KIYABU, KARIN A 1 56.9% +39.2%
LIE, ANGELA M 1 76.8% +8.0%
PHILLIPS, RUFUS L 1 61.9% +32.5%
NADKARNI, SARVESH J 1 71.8% +13.8%
ALGIBHAH, HAMZA N 1 79.5% +3.1%

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18356607 METHOD AND APPARATUS PROVIDING A COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED GAME LEICHLITER, CHASE E 60d overdue
18837216 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING NATURAL ALTERNATIVES TO SYNTHETIC ADDITIVES IN FOODS JEANTY, ROMAIN 26d overdue
18298791 DUAL-MOMENTUM GRADIENT OPTIMIZATION WITH REDUCED MEMORY REQUIREMENTS WERNER, MARSHALL L 12d
17280785 EDUCATIONAL BENCHMARKING SYSTEM KONERU, SUJAY 14d

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
18678058 HYBRID DATABASE ARCHITECTURE FOR CUSTOM SCALE-OUT ROSTAMI, MOHAMMAD S 84d overdue
18716901 FOIL WRAPPING DEVICE TECCO, ANDREW M 45d overdue
18837216 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING NATURAL ALTERNATIVES TO SYNTHETIC ADDITIVES IN FOODS JEANTY, ROMAIN 26d overdue
18590581 NOISE CONTROL IN HORIZONTAL BLANKING PERIODS NADKARNI, SARVESH J 18d overdue
18747224 COLLAPSIBLE TENT POLE CANFIELD, ROBERT 14d
18664629 MINI-LED DISPLAY DCDC CONVERSION ALLOCATION KIYABU, KARIN A 22d
18688322 FLOW CYTOMETRY SYSTEM WITH APPLIED BACK PRESSURE TO WASTE FLOW PHILLIPS, RUFUS L 36d

Client Portfolio (23 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
21943
36242
26251
36361
37311
21541
26261
39921
28771
26291

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18861438 MOUSE WITH INTEGRATED OPTICAL MODULE Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC EARLES, BRYAN E 2625 §103 Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending Oct 29, 2024
18837216 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING NATURAL ALTERNATIVES TO SYNTHETIC ADDITIVES IN FOODS The Live Green Group, Inc. JEANTY, ROMAIN 3624 §101 Non-Final OA 26d overdue Pending Aug 09, 2024
18747224 COLLAPSIBLE TENT POLE Big Agnes, Inc. CANFIELD, ROBERT 3636 §112 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Jun 18, 2024
18716901 FOIL WRAPPING DEVICE Orkel Holding AS TECCO, ANDREW M 3731 §103 Final Rejection 45d overdue Pending Jun 05, 2024
18678058 HYBRID DATABASE ARCHITECTURE FOR CUSTOM SCALE-OUT Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC ROSTAMI, MOHAMMAD S 2154 §103 Final Rejection 84d overdue Pending May 30, 2024
18664629 MINI-LED DISPLAY DCDC CONVERSION ALLOCATION Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC KIYABU, KARIN A 2626 §103 Final Rejection 22d AI Ready May 15, 2024
18593430 DEPLOYABLE STRUCTURE FOR USE IN ESTABLISHING A REFLECTARRAY ANTENNA M.M.A. Design, LLC LIE, ANGELA M 3992 §112 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Mar 01, 2024
18688322 FLOW CYTOMETRY SYSTEM WITH APPLIED BACK PRESSURE TO WASTE FLOW Sartorius Bioanalytical Instruments, Inc. PHILLIPS, RUFUS L 2877 §103 Non-Final OA 36d Pending Feb 29, 2024
18590581 NOISE CONTROL IN HORIZONTAL BLANKING PERIODS Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC NADKARNI, SARVESH J 2629 §103 Non-Final OA 18d overdue AI Ready Feb 28, 2024
18587170 INGRESS TRAFFIC SHIFT PREDICTION Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC ALGIBHAH, HAMZA N 2441 §103 Non-Final OA 125d overdue Pending Feb 26, 2024
18683177 INTELLIGENT RESOURCE MONITORING AND TRACKING SYSTEM Lewis Woolcott Pty Ltd. SINGH, GURKANWALJIT 3625 §103 Non-Final OA 60d overdue Pending Feb 12, 2024
18411823 TRANSFORMER FOR CLASSIFICATION Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC HERNANDEZ, ALEJANDRO 2661 §103 Non-Final OA 15d AI Ready Jan 12, 2024
18578304 LIGHT THERAPY DEVICE Mito Red Light, Inc. SAHAND, SANA 3796 §103 Non-Final OA 32d overdue Pending Jan 10, 2024
18574236 A coupling system, coupler tools and methods of use thereof Holmes Solutions Limited Partnership FORD, GISELE D 3633 §103 Non-Final OA 105d overdue Pending Dec 26, 2023
18573907 PEROXIDE-ENHANCED GERMICIDAL IRRADIATION FOR THE TREATMENT OF AIRBORNE AND SURFACE-ASSOCIATED CONTAMINANTS The Regents of the University of Colorado CHEN, CHANGRU 1796 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Dec 22, 2023
18532405 VERIFICATION PLATFORM FOR ONLINE DIGITAL IDENTITY Credence Id, LLC AVERY, BRIAN WILLIAM 2495 §103 Final Rejection 29d Pending Dec 07, 2023
18472951 SELECTIVE COMMUNICATION USING MULTIPLE SEPARATED POLARIZERS Evital LLC JUNG, JONATHAN Y 2871 §103 Final Rejection 26d Pending Sep 22, 2023
18470772 CAPACITY-BASED LOAD BALANCING IN SHARED RESOURCE POOL Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC NWUHA, SAMUEL OBINNA NNAJI 2194 Other Non-Final OA 27d Pending Sep 20, 2023
18470795 CONGESTION CONTROL FOR AUTOMATIC COMPUTE CAPACITY SATURATION Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC TRUONG, LECHI 2194 §103 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Sep 20, 2023
18470827 REQUEST SEGMENTATION FOR REDUCED MEMORY CONSUMPTION BY TRAINED SEQUENTIAL MODELS Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC TRAINOR, DANIEL BRENNAN 2198 §103 Non-Final OA 15d AI Ready Sep 20, 2023
18468127 COOLING BASED ON WORKLOAD PRIORITY LEVEL Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC RASHID, WISSAM 2195 §103 Non-Final OA 22d AI Ready Sep 15, 2023
18453242 PROTOCOL AGNOSTIC DATA STRUCTURE FOR TELEMETRY MEASUREMENT OF OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS OF NETWORKED DEVICES Sclera Holdings, LLC BRYANT, CHRISTIAN THOMAS 2857 §103 Non-Final OA 35d overdue Pending Aug 21, 2023
18453231 ASSET-BASED, USER-PRESCRIBED ACCESS CONTROL AND PREMISES MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Sclera Holdings, LLC SYED, NABIL H 2686 §103 Final Rejection 50d overdue Pending Aug 21, 2023
18263399 METHODS OF PRODUCING LOW CLOUD POINT BIODIESEL FROM COCOA BUTTER Rhi & Kristian LLC CARR, DEBORAH D 1691 §103 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Jul 28, 2023
18356607 METHOD AND APPARATUS PROVIDING A COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED GAME King.Com Limited LEICHLITER, CHASE E 3715 §101 Non-Final OA 60d overdue Pending Jul 21, 2023
18334751 TRANSMISSION POWER MANAGEMENT WITH PARAMETERIZED ASSIGNED CLASSIFICATION FILTERS Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC MADANI, FARIDEH 2643 §103 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Jun 14, 2023
18257093 LNG PROCESS USING FEEDSTOCK AS PRIMARY REFRIGERANT Jl Energy Transportation Inc. PETTITT, JOHN F 3763 §112 Final Rejection 84d Pending Jun 12, 2023
18325684 MONITORING COHERENT OPTICAL SERVICE CHANNEL Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC SANCHEZ, DIBSON J 2634 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue AI Ready May 30, 2023
18323862 PHONOLOGY-CENTRIC SEARCHING Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC DUGDA, MULUGETA TUJI 2653 §103 Non-Final OA 73d overdue Pending May 25, 2023
18318926 HYBRID POLYMER/CRYSTAL PHOTOMECHANICAL MATERIALS The Regents of the University of Colorado ANGEBRANNDT, MARTIN J 1737 §103 Non-Final OA 56d Pending May 17, 2023
18298791 DUAL-MOMENTUM GRADIENT OPTIMIZATION WITH REDUCED MEMORY REQUIREMENTS Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC WERNER, MARSHALL L 2125 §101 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Apr 11, 2023
18189148 BODY MOTION CAPTURE IN NON-CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENTS Xeed, LLC WU, MING HAN 2618 §103 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Mar 23, 2023
18178387 ADJUSTABLE ANKLE JOINT DISTRACTION DEVICE Rk Innovations, LLC NELSON, KERI JESSICA 3786 §103 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Mar 03, 2023
18022087 Vaccine Compositions and Antibodies For Lyme Disease Vitruviae LLC RONEY, CELESTE A 1612 §103 Final Rejection 1d overdue Pending Feb 17, 2023
18022096 Fusion proteins for the diagnosis, prophylaxis and treatment of infectious diseases Vitruviae LLC SZPERKA, MICHAEL EDWARD 1641 DPOther Non-Final OA 70d Pending Feb 17, 2023
35519679 Light therapy device Mito Red Light, Inc. MELLIAR, WILLIAM B 2934 §112 Non-Final OA 341d overdue Pending Jan 22, 2023
18146525 CAPABILITY PROXY FOR SEMANTIC FUNCTION DISCOVERY AND PROVISIONING OF APPLICATION-REQUESTED CAPABILITIES Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC ONAT, UMUT 2194 §103 Final Rejection 30d Pending Dec 27, 2022
18057413 AUTHENTICATOR WITH PASSIVELY-PROVISIONED AUTHENTICATION CREDENTIAL Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC LOPEZ, MIGUEL ALEXANDER 2496 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 21, 2022
17966637 PROGRAM ACCELERATORS WITH MULTIDIMENSIONAL NESTED COMMAND STRUCTURES Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC SINGH, AMRESH 2159 §103 Final Rejection 12d AI Ready Oct 14, 2022
17805985 Silicon-Sulfur-Polymer Based Composite Anodes For Lithium-Ion Batteries Nohms Technologies, Inc. MCNULTY, SEAMUS PATRICK 1752 §103 Non-Final OA 80d overdue Pending Jun 08, 2022
17627865 IMPROVED SPORTING ARTICLES Aerotec Power Pty Ltd HUNTER, ALVIN A 3711 §103 Non-Final OA 57d Pending Jan 18, 2022
17570725 METHOD FOR FACILITATING SPEECH ACTIVITY DETECTION FOR STREAMING SPEECH RECOGNITION Gnani Innovations Private Limited MAUNG, THOMAS H 2692 §103 Non-Final OA 16d Pending Jan 07, 2022
17280785 EDUCATIONAL BENCHMARKING SYSTEM People Bench Pty Ltd. KONERU, SUJAY 3624 §101 Final Rejection 14d Pending Mar 26, 2021
16132227 SECURE DEVICE-BOUND EDGE WORKLOAD RECEIPT Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC SAVENKOV, VADIM 2432 §103 Non-Final OA 60d overdue AI Ready Sep 14, 2018

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