Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Jmb Davis Ben-David

68 pending office actions • 45 clients • 66 examiners • 42 art units • 0 of 68 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 89 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

68
Total Pending OAs
43
Non-Final OAs
24
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 67 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

38
Overdue
2
Due this week
18
Due this month
6
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. 67 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (38)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (18)Due ≤ 60 days (6)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.

1
Hard (1%)
56
Medium (82%)
7
Easy (10%)
4
Unknown (6%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (1%)
§103 only49 (72%)
§102 only7 (10%)
§112 only6 (9%)
Double-patenting only1 (1%)
No statute on record4 (6%)

Industry Mix

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

37
Life Sciences
54% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
3
Communications
4% of docket
9
Semiconductors
13% of docket
19
Mechanical / Eng
28% 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.

680 h
Manual time on pending OAs
136 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
238 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
5.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ROGERS, JAMES WILLIAM 2 46.3% +21.8%
BABSON, NICOLE PLOURDE 2 46.5% +32.0%
BEHARRY, ZANNA MARIA 1 23.3% +54.0%
LANE, DANIEL E 1 4.1% +8.6%
GONZALEZ RAMOS, MAYLA 1 53.9% +14.2%
KHAYER, SOHANA T 1 82.6% +20.7%
TO, TUAN C 1 85.9% +10.0%
MCCORMACK, THOMAS S 1 80.0% +3.3%
KUO, JONATHAN T 1 72.5% +27.1%
JIAN, SHIRLEY XUEYING 1 62.2% +23.9%

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
18849488 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A FOREST FIRE MCCORMACK, THOMAS S 79d overdue
18849511 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A FOREST FIRE KHAYER, SOHANA T 60d overdue
18849501 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A FOREST FIRE TO, TUAN C 49d overdue

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
17602757 A METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE LIKELIHOOD OF A PATIENT BEING RESPONSIVE TO CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY COUNTS, GARY W 26d
19103245 METHOD FOR DETERMINING A FATIGUE VALUE OF A PERSON LANE, DANIEL E 42d
19221545 METHODS FOR DECELLULARIZING HUMAN OMENTUM AND PRODUCTS GENERATED THEREFROM BEHARRY, ZANNA MARIA 54d

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
18864564 PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE WITH SHADE-TOLERANT CELL-STRING LAYOUT GONZALEZ RAMOS, MAYLA 146d overdue
18052221 COMPOSITIONS, KITS AND METHODS FOR STYLING HAIR FIBERS BABSON, NICOLE PLOURDE 77d overdue
18849511 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A FOREST FIRE KHAYER, SOHANA T 60d overdue
18849501 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A FOREST FIRE TO, TUAN C 49d overdue
18052223 COMPOSITIONS, KITS AND METHODS FOR STYLING HAIR FIBERS BABSON, NICOLE PLOURDE 46d overdue
18716940 ELECTRODE CONFIGURATION AND METHOD FOR AURICULAR VAGAL NERVE STIMULATION JIAN, SHIRLEY XUEYING 9d
17781731 CONTRAST AGENT FOR 3D EX VIVO IMAGING OF VASCULAR AND TUBULAR STRUCTURES IN THE KIDNEY ROGERS, JAMES WILLIAM 15d
18548898 CONFORMATIONAL CONSTRAINED SOMATOSTATIN RECEPTOR 3 PEPTIDE LIGANDS AND THEIR CONJUGATES AND USES THEREOF ROGERS, JAMES WILLIAM 33d

Client Portfolio (45 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28725
37924
37914
16323
37323
16273
17913
16262
17892
36642

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19221545 METHODS FOR DECELLULARIZING HUMAN OMENTUM AND PRODUCTS GENERATED THEREFROM Ramot AT Tel-Aviv University Ltd. BEHARRY, ZANNA MARIA 1632 §103 Final Rejection 54d Pending May 29, 2025
19103245 METHOD FOR DETERMINING A FATIGUE VALUE OF A PERSON ETH ZÜRICH LANE, DANIEL E 3715 §102 Non-Final OA 42d Pending Feb 12, 2025
18864564 PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE WITH SHADE-TOLERANT CELL-STRING LAYOUT Solarnative GmbH GONZALEZ RAMOS, MAYLA 1721 §103 Non-Final OA 146d overdue Pending Nov 11, 2024
18849511 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A FOREST FIRE Dryad Networks GmbH KHAYER, SOHANA T 3657 §103 Non-Final OA 60d overdue Pending Sep 22, 2024
18849501 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A FOREST FIRE Dryad Networks GmbH TO, TUAN C 3667 §102 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Sep 22, 2024
18849488 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A FOREST FIRE Dryad Networks GmbH MCCORMACK, THOMAS S 2686 §103 Non-Final OA 79d overdue Pending Sep 21, 2024
18738091 DISPOSABLE PHOTOTHERAPY WRAP Mennen Medical Ltd. KUO, JONATHAN T 3792 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 10, 2024
18716940 ELECTRODE CONFIGURATION AND METHOD FOR AURICULAR VAGAL NERVE STIMULATION Cogniguard Medical Holdings Limited JIAN, SHIRLEY XUEYING 3792 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Jun 06, 2024
18646917 FORMULATIONS FOR TREATMENT OF POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER Glytech LLC MOTEVALLI, OROD 1628 DP Non-Final OA 84d Pending Apr 26, 2024
18695851 WEARABLE DEVICE FOR REAL TIME MEASUREMENT OF SWALLOWING Mor Research Applications Ltd. WELCH, WILLOW GRACE 3792 §103 Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Mar 27, 2024
18690770 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RETINAL TOMOGRAPHY IMAGE QUALITY CONTROL The Regents of the University of California RUSH, ERIC 2677 §103 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Mar 11, 2024
18427830 ACTION EXECUTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, DISTANCE DETERMINATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Chongqing Changan Automobile Co. Ltd. MAHMUD, RANA HASSAN 2644 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Jan 31, 2024
18579516 COMPUTER PROGRAM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A VISUAL ACUITY OF A TEST PERSON UNIVERSITÄT BERN CHEN, TSE W 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Jan 16, 2024
18579512 COMPUTER PROGRAM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A PLURALITY OF FUNCTIONAL OCULAR PARAMETERS Machinemd AG PYLE, SIENNA CHRISTINE 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 16d Pending Jan 16, 2024
18579373 FUNCTIONAL REACTIVE LAYER HELMET Hexr Ltd. MORAN, KATHERINE M 3732 Other Final Rejection 22d Pending Jan 15, 2024
18579370 HELMET, PARTICULARLY CYCLING HELMET COMPRISING SPACERS TO REDUCE MECHANICAL LOCKING OF OPPOSING LAYERS OF THE HELMET, AND HELMET WITH REDUCED GEOMETRICAL LOCKING Hexr Ltd. REDHEAD, AKWOKWO OLABISI 3732 §102 Final Rejection 29d Pending Jan 15, 2024
18579352 HELMET WITH PROTECTIVE FEATURES Hexr Ltd. NGUYEN, UYEN T 3732 §103 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Jan 14, 2024
18574774 COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATMENT OF HAIR LOSS Innocan Pharma Ltd. ROBINSON, MIKHAIL O'DONNEL 1627 §103 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Dec 28, 2023
18574027 COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATMENT OF DIABETIC SYMPTOMS Innocan Pharma Ltd. MCKOY, QUINCY ANDRE 1626 §103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Dec 24, 2023
18573461 PROCESS FOR REPROCESSING A UTENSIL FROM BACTERIAL NANOCELLULOSE LOADED WITH AN ADDITIVE Hybrid Reality GmbH GOLIGHTLY, ERIC WAYNE 1714 §103 Final Rejection 19d overdue Pending Dec 22, 2023
18573458 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN UTENSIL COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF UTENSIL ELEMENTS Hybrid Reality GmbH MCKINNON, LASHAWNDA T 1789 §103 Final Rejection 19d Pending Dec 22, 2023
18569233 COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATMENT OF VAGINAL ATROPHY Innocan Pharma Ltd. BAZARGANI, ARYA AHMADI 1613 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Dec 12, 2023
18566650 DEVICE FOR MIXING A BEVERAGE WITH A GAS Mittemitte GmbH BUTT, AMMAD WASEEM 1776 §103 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Dec 03, 2023
18522319 VEHICLE PARALLEL DIAGNOSIS METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM, COORDINATOR, AND MEDIUM Chongqing Changan Automobile Co. Ltd. WANG, KAI NMN 3664 §103 Final Rejection 28d Pending Nov 29, 2023
18507202 METHOD OF PRODUCING SPONGE CAKE Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. CHAWLA, JYOTI 1791 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Nov 13, 2023
18505700 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AN OPTICAL MODULE AND OPTICAL MODULE Optotune Switzerland AG HASAN, MOHAMMED A 2872 §102 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Nov 09, 2023
18504227 INTELLIGENT, MULTI-FUNCTION ROBOT Xtend AI Inc. NGUYEN, CUONG H 3664 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Nov 08, 2023
18558745 MEDICAL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING VISUAL EVOKED POTENTIALS (VEP) OF A PERSON UNIVERSITAET ZUERICH ROZANSKI, GRACE NMN 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Nov 03, 2023
18464285 PEPTIDE KINASE INHIBITORS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF B. G. Negev Technologies and Applications Ltd. STEELE, AMBER D 1658 §102 Non-Final OA 82d Pending Sep 11, 2023
18460552 IMAGING OPTICAL SYSTEM Nextlens Switzerland AG JONES, JENNIFER ANN 2872 §103 Non-Final OA 146d overdue Pending Sep 03, 2023
18548898 CONFORMATIONAL CONSTRAINED SOMATOSTATIN RECEPTOR 3 PEPTIDE LIGANDS AND THEIR CONJUGATES AND USES THEREOF Starget Pharma Ltd. ROGERS, JAMES WILLIAM 1618 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Sep 03, 2023
18263894 MICROBIAL PRODUCTION OF TYROSOL AND SALIDROSIDE Silicolife Lda. EIX, EMILY FAY 1653 §103 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Aug 02, 2023
18001074 SMALL-MOLECULE INHIBITORS OF THE FRS2-FGFR INTERACTION AND THEIR USE IN MEDICINE, IN THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF CANCER ETH ZÜRICH HERNANDEZ, JACKSON J 1627 §103 Final Rejection 29d Pending Jun 22, 2023
18256230 SELF-ORGANISED HUMAN CARDIAC ORGANOID Genome Biologics Ug STAVROU, CONSTANTINA E 1632 §112 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Jun 07, 2023
18255374 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PREPARING A CELL SUSPENSION Cutiss AG BEISNER, WILLIAM H 1799 §112 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Jun 01, 2023
18252194 EXPRESSION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A NETWORK IN A CELL AND CELL COMPRISING THE EXPRESSION SYSTEM ETH ZÜRICH NICOL, ALEXANDER W 1634 §112 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending May 09, 2023
18247649 Sample Holder Assembly for Optical Microscopy Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin NGUYEN, THONG Q 2872 §112 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Apr 03, 2023
18155109 PERSONAL CARE COMPOSITION AND USAGE METHOD THEREOF Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. WERTZ, ASHLEE ELIZABETH 1612 Other Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Mar 16, 2023
18172333 NOVEL DOPAMINE PRECURSORS Yissum Research Development Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Ltd. DABKOWSKI, ERINNE R 1654 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Feb 22, 2023
18041134 MACROPHAGE TARGETING DRUG CONJUGATES P.I.F. Entrepreneurs Ltd. CREWS, JARET JAMES 1691 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Feb 09, 2023
18006395 COMBINATORIAL INHIBITION OF MIRNAS FOR TREATMENT OF HEART FAILURE Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt ZAHORIK, AMANDA MARY 1636 §103 Non-Final OA 61d Pending Jan 23, 2023
18005605 SINGLE PHOTON SOURCE FOR GENERATING BRIGHT AND COHERENT SINGLE PHOTONS UNIVERSITÄT BASEL VANORE, DAVID A 2878 §102 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Jan 15, 2023
18001075 SMALL-MOLECULE INHIBITORS OF THE FRS2-FGFR INTERACTION ETH ZÜRICH KLINKEL, KORTNEY L 1627 §102 Non-Final OA 147d overdue Pending Dec 08, 2022
18000401 CHARGING POLE Me Energy GmbH ROBBINS, JERRY D 2859 §103 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Dec 01, 2022
17999932 DEVICE FOR REDUCING ICE CONTAMINATION OF A SAMPLE, FOCUSED ION BEAM MILLING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FOCUSED ION BEAM MILLING OF A SAMPLE Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e.V. TANDY, LAURA ELOISE 2881 §112 Final Rejection 24d overdue Pending Nov 28, 2022
18052221 COMPOSITIONS, KITS AND METHODS FOR STYLING HAIR FIBERS Landa Labs (2012) Ltd. BABSON, NICOLE PLOURDE 1619 Other Final Rejection 77d overdue Pending Nov 03, 2022
18052223 COMPOSITIONS, KITS AND METHODS FOR STYLING HAIR FIBERS Landa Labs (2012) Ltd. BABSON, NICOLE PLOURDE 1619 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Nov 03, 2022
17920040 RESUSCITATION DEVICE Joltz, LLC HUH, VYNN V 3792 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Oct 20, 2022
17920042 RESUSCITATION DEVICE Joltz, LLC SUL, DOUGLAS YOUNG 3785 §103 Final Rejection 7d Pending Oct 20, 2022
17929701 LIQUID CONCENTRATE FOR SEASONING, WOOD PIECE USABLE AS FERMENTATION INDEX FOR SEASONING, KIT FOR MANUFACTURING SEASONING, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEASONING, SEASONING, AND THICKENED SEASONING Kikkoman Corporation SMITH, CHAIM A 1791 §103 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Sep 04, 2022
17905506 CONTAINER-PACKED COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING FLAVOR OF CITRUS JUICE Kikkoman Corporation GLIMM, CARRIE LYNN STOFFEL 1793 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Sep 02, 2022
17797128 METHOD, DEVICE, SENSOR CARTRIDGE AND KIT OF PARTS FOR CULTURING AND DETECTING MICROORGANISMS Sensirion AG KARUNASENA, ENUSHA 1653 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Aug 03, 2022
17787944 PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A NONWOVEN FROM BACTERIAL NANOCELLULOSE Kim Köster & Cord Henning Labuhn Gbr WORRELL, KEVIN 1789 §103 Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending Jun 22, 2022
17787952 WATER-SOLUBLE CONJUGATED POLYMER FOR PHOTOTHERMAL THERAPY, POLYMERIZED MONOMER THEREOF, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, AND APPLICATION THEREOF South China University Of Technology HAVLIN, ROBERT H 1626 §103 Final Rejection 142d overdue Pending Jun 22, 2022
17832710 DERMAL INFUSION HANDPIECE WITH IMPROVED DELIVERY HEAD Tav-Tech Ltd. CARPENTER, WILLIAM R 3783 §103 Final Rejection 38d overdue Pending Jun 06, 2022
17781731 CONTRAST AGENT FOR 3D EX VIVO IMAGING OF VASCULAR AND TUBULAR STRUCTURES IN THE KIDNEY UNIVERSITAET ZUERICH ROGERS, JAMES WILLIAM 1618 §103 Final Rejection 15d Pending Jun 02, 2022
17748064 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING AT LEAST ONE OPTICAL PROPERTY OF A VISUAL AID FOR A PERSON Optotune AG CROCKETT, RYAN M 2871 §103 Non-Final OA 105d overdue Pending May 19, 2022
17764713 COMPOSITION PACKED IN CONTAINER, USE THEREOF, AND PROCESSED FOOD PACKED IN CONTAINER Kikkoman Corporation LIU, DEBORAH YANG-HAO 1791 §103 Non-Final OA 84d overdue Pending Mar 29, 2022
17638995 CANNABINOID CONTAINING TARGETING LIPOSOMES Nextage Therapeutics Ltd. NIEBAUER, RONALD T 1658 §103 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Feb 28, 2022
17611927 Compositions and Methods for Reducing Perineural Invasion and Pain Silenseed Ltd. GIBBS, TERRA C 1635 Other Final Rejection 119d overdue Pending Nov 17, 2021
17515482 OPTICAL DEVICE AND LASER MACHINING DEVICE Optotune AG BURNS, KRISTINA BABINSKI 3761 §103 Final Rejection 72d overdue Pending Oct 31, 2021
17602757 A METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE LIKELIHOOD OF A PATIENT BEING RESPONSIVE TO CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY UNIVERSITAET ZUERICH COUNTS, GARY W 1678 §101 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Oct 10, 2021
17438434 METHOD FOR GENERATING A PARTIALLY-CURED ITEM, A PARTIALLY-CURED ITEM AND A CURED OBJECT Pro3Dure Medical GmbH KHATRI, PRASHANT J 1783 §103 Final Rejection 29d overdue Pending Sep 12, 2021
17388115 OPTICAL DEVICE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AN OPTICAL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN OPTICAL DEVICE Optotune AG JORDAN, DANIEL JEFFERY 2872 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Jul 29, 2021
17420688 OPTICAL DEVICE COMPRISING PASSIVE TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION Optotune AG WILKES, ZACHARY W 2872 §103 Final Rejection 70d overdue Pending Jul 05, 2021
17270262 Pharmaceutical Compositions Comprising Integration-Promoting Peptides Code Pharma Bv. EBBINGHAUS, BRIANA NOEL 1632 §103 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Feb 22, 2021
16987395 OIL-IN-WATER TYPE COMPOSITION FOR WHIPPED CREAM Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. MORNHINWEG, JEFFREY P 1793 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Aug 07, 2020
15516404 METHOD FOR PREDICTING CANCER PROGRESSION BY NANOMECHANICAL PROFILING Universitat Basel TOTH, KAREN E 3791 §112 Final Rejection 56d Pending Apr 02, 2017

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