Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

K&L Gates LLP - New York

7 pending office actions • 6 clients • 6 examiners • 6 art units • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 13 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.

4
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
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 (4)Due ≤ 30 days (1)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.

1
Hard (14%)
6
Medium (86%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (14%)
§103 only5 (71%)
§102 only1 (14%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
14% of docket
2
Information Tech
29% of docket
1
Communications
14% of docket
1
Semiconductors
14% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
29% 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
CELANI, NICHOLAS P 2 46.0% +42.6%
LAM, PHILIP HUNG FAI 1 83.9% +47.7%
ABDULLAEV, AMANULLA 1 23.3% +33.5%
GITMAN, GABRIEL E 1 76.1% +20.2%
OJIAKU, CHIKAODINAKA 1 45.6% +8.7%
TANDY, LAURA ELOISE 1 62.0% +41.0%

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
18444311 EDIT ATTENTION MANAGEMENT LAM, PHILIP HUNG FAI 124d 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
18683493 CARD BINDING METHOD, USER TERMINAL, SERVER, SYSTEM AND STORAGE MEDIUM ABDULLAEV, AMANULLA 18d overdue
18039753 ATOMICALLY PROCESSING OBLIGATION PAYMENTS FOR TRANSACTIONS IN REAL TIME OJIAKU, CHIKAODINAKA 19d

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18444311 EDIT ATTENTION MANAGEMENT LAM, PHILIP HUNG FAI 124d overdue
18683493 CARD BINDING METHOD, USER TERMINAL, SERVER, SYSTEM AND STORAGE MEDIUM ABDULLAEV, AMANULLA 18d overdue
18484192 TOKEN MISALIGNMENT DETECTION AND REMEDIATION DEVICE CELANI, NICHOLAS P 9d overdue
17719801 FLASH RADIOTHERAPY SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USE TANDY, LAURA ELOISE 4d overdue
18377975 PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR DEHYDRATING A PRODUCT STREAM IN ETHANOL PRODUCTION GITMAN, GABRIEL E 70d
18375155 TOKEN MISALIGNMENT DETECTION AND REMEDIATION DEVICE CELANI, NICHOLAS P 83d

Client Portfolio (6 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
24492
26561
36921
17721
36961
28811

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18444311 EDIT ATTENTION MANAGEMENT Abridge AI, Inc. LAM, PHILIP HUNG FAI 2656 §103 Non-Final OA 124d overdue Pending Feb 16, 2024
18683493 CARD BINDING METHOD, USER TERMINAL, SERVER, SYSTEM AND STORAGE MEDIUM China Unionpay Co., Ltd. ABDULLAEV, AMANULLA 3692 §103 Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending Feb 13, 2024
18484192 TOKEN MISALIGNMENT DETECTION AND REMEDIATION DEVICE Logicmark, Inc. CELANI, NICHOLAS P 2449 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Oct 10, 2023
18377975 PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR DEHYDRATING A PRODUCT STREAM IN ETHANOL PRODUCTION Whitefox Technologies Limited GITMAN, GABRIEL E 1772 §102 Final Rejection 70d Pending Oct 09, 2023
18375155 TOKEN MISALIGNMENT DETECTION AND REMEDIATION DEVICE Logicmark, Inc. CELANI, NICHOLAS P 2449 §103 Non-Final OA 83d Pending Sep 29, 2023
18039753 ATOMICALLY PROCESSING OBLIGATION PAYMENTS FOR TRANSACTIONS IN REAL TIME Rtc Digital Pty Ltd. OJIAKU, CHIKAODINAKA 3696 §101 Non-Final OA 19d Pending Jun 01, 2023
17719801 FLASH RADIOTHERAPY SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USE The New York Proton Center TANDY, LAURA ELOISE 2881 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Apr 13, 2022

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