Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Innovation Capital Law Group, LLP

22 pending office actions • 19 clients • 22 examiners • 20 art units • 0 of 22 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 202 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

22
Total Pending OAs
15
Non-Final OAs
7
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 22 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

14
Overdue
1
Due this week
2
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
4
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. 22 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (14)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (4)

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 (5%)
17
Medium (77%)
4
Easy (18%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (5%)
§103 only14 (64%)
§102 only3 (14%)
§112 only4 (18%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
18% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
5% of docket
2
Semiconductors
9% of docket
15
Mechanical / Eng
68% 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.

220 h
Manual time on pending OAs
44 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
77 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
EBERSMAN, BRUCE I 1 64.1% +57.8%
LO, ANDREW S 1 72.7% +27.8%
MELIKA, ERMIA EMAD 1 69.7% +37.0%
MCNURLEN, SCOTT THOMAS 1 52.9% +27.7%
HANSEN, CONNOR LEVI 1 78.1% +27.9%
ABOUELELA, MAY A 1 74.9% +36.9%
KHAN, TAHSEEN 1 61.4% +22.1%
ZHANG, MICHAEL N 1 53.8% +24.7%
THOMAS, DAVID B 1 76.8% +21.3%
CAJILIG, CHRISTINE T 1 70.7% +14.8%

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
18460900 DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF AUTONOMOUS RESOURCE PLANNING HOLZMACHER, DERICK J 12d

Interview Candidates (10)

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
18472722 PANELS OF MEDIUM DENSITY FIBREBOARD ZHANG, MICHAEL N 97d overdue
18538122 METHOD FOR IMAGE GENERATION USING WAVELET DIFFUSION SCHEME HANSEN, CONNOR LEVI 77d overdue
18850966 CONSOLE FOR A SPORTS DEVICE COMPRISING A MEANS FOR COOLING THE USER LO, ANDREW S 42d overdue
18463884 EXPANDABLE HOUSING STRUCTURE WITH STACKING WALLS CAJILIG, CHRISTINE T 30d overdue
18515040 METHOD, DEVICE AND COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR OBTAINING RESPIRATORY SIGNAL ABOUELELA, MAY A 25d overdue
18550761 A SELF-ADJUSTING PIPE WRENCH TOOL THOMAS, DAVID B 25d overdue
18688579 QUICK-MOUNTING QUICK-RELEASE VEHICLE ROOF RACK CROSS BAR MCNURLEN, SCOTT THOMAS 1d overdue
18843927 A FABRIC SPREADING MACHINE MELIKA, ERMIA EMAD 23d

Client Portfolio (19 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17812
37922
36931
37841
36541
37341
26721
37911
37231
36331

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18853345 A PAYMENT PROCESSING SYSTEM Kyro Card Capital Pty Ltd. EBERSMAN, BRUCE I 3693 §112 Final Rejection 78d Pending Oct 01, 2024
18850966 CONSOLE FOR A SPORTS DEVICE COMPRISING A MEANS FOR COOLING THE USER Exodry LO, ANDREW S 3784 §102 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Sep 25, 2024
18843927 A FABRIC SPREADING MACHINE Pathfinder Australia Pty Ltd. MELIKA, ERMIA EMAD 3654 §103 Non-Final OA 23d Pending Sep 04, 2024
18688579 QUICK-MOUNTING QUICK-RELEASE VEHICLE ROOF RACK CROSS BAR Jiaxing Minth Machinery Co., Ltd. MCNURLEN, SCOTT THOMAS 3734 §103 Final Rejection 1d overdue Pending Mar 01, 2024
18538122 METHOD FOR IMAGE GENERATION USING WAVELET DIFFUSION SCHEME VINAI ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE APPLICATION AND RESEARCH JOINT STOCK COMPANY HANSEN, CONNOR LEVI 2672 §103 Non-Final OA 77d overdue Pending Dec 13, 2023
18515040 METHOD, DEVICE AND COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR OBTAINING RESPIRATORY SIGNAL South China Normal University ABOUELELA, MAY A 3791 §112 Non-Final OA 25d overdue Pending Nov 20, 2023
18502812 METHODS FOR REPURPOSING USED CHOPSTICKS AND ARTICLES MADE FROM THE SAME Trinity International Industries, LLC KHAN, TAHSEEN 1781 §103 Non-Final OA 68d Pending Nov 06, 2023
18472722 PANELS OF MEDIUM DENSITY FIBREBOARD Titan Wood Limited ZHANG, MICHAEL N 1781 §103 Non-Final OA 97d overdue Pending Sep 22, 2023
18550761 A SELF-ADJUSTING PIPE WRENCH TOOL Macht Tools Pty Ltd. THOMAS, DAVID B 3723 §103 Non-Final OA 25d overdue Pending Sep 15, 2023
18463884 EXPANDABLE HOUSING STRUCTURE WITH STACKING WALLS A&C Future, Inc. CAJILIG, CHRISTINE T 3633 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Sep 08, 2023
18460900 DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF AUTONOMOUS RESOURCE PLANNING Grene Robotics (India) Private Limited HOLZMACHER, DERICK J 3625 §101 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Sep 05, 2023
18547222 DEPLOYABLE MARINE SENSOR SYSTEM Sustainable Marine Energy Limited FENWICK, WARREN K 2852 §102 Non-Final OA 98d overdue Pending Aug 21, 2023
18451356 INTEGRATED EXPANSION STRUCTURE WITH PNEUMATIC WALL A&C Future, Inc. CONDO, VERONICA MARIE 3612 §103 Non-Final OA 25d overdue Pending Aug 17, 2023
18356720 Clamp for Cementing a Prosthesis to a Patella During TKA Signature Orthopaedics Europe Ltd. KAMIKAWA, TRACY L 3775 §103 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Jul 21, 2023
18251161 OBJECT TRACKING SYSTEM Flowtonic Corp. QI, ZHENGQING J 3645 §112 Non-Final OA 22d overdue Pending Apr 28, 2023
18304736 VITAL SIGNS BEACON SYSTEM Owlink Technology, Inc. MOSS, JAMES R 3792 §103 Final Rejection 5d Pending Apr 21, 2023
18167296 A Mechanically Secured Plastic Patellar Prosthesis Signature Orthopaedics Europe Ltd. WOLF, MEGAN YARNALL 3774 §103 Final Rejection 69d Pending Feb 10, 2023
18006761 PURIFICATION OF WOOD ACETYLATION FLUID Titan Wood Limited DOLETSKI, BLAINE G 1692 §103 Non-Final OA 42d Pending Jan 25, 2023
18059040 DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENT, PARTITIONED UNIFORM LIGHT PROJECTION SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND DESIGN METHOD Hangzhou Uphoton Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. CHANG, AUDREY Y 2872 §112 Final Rejection 72d Pending Nov 28, 2022
18000054 A PHOTOBIOMODULATION THERAPY LOW-LEVEL LASER TARGETING SYSTEM Cosmetic Edge Pty Ltd. HUH, VYNN V 3792 §103 Non-Final OA 147d overdue Pending Nov 28, 2022
17656486 METHOD FOR THE ACETYLATION OF WOOD Tricoya Technologies Ltd EMPIE, NATHAN H 1712 §103 Final Rejection 92d overdue Pending Mar 25, 2022
17443133 SELF-IMPROVING, AUTOMATED, INTELLIGENT PRODUCT FINDER AND GUIDE Artelliga, Inc. YESILDAG, MEHMET 3624 §102 Non-Final OA 357d overdue Pending Jul 21, 2021

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