Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP - Winston-Salem

10 pending office actions • 9 clients • 10 examiners • 10 art units • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 32 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

10
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
4
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 30 days (4)Due ≤ 60 days (2)Due later (1)

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%)
9
Medium (90%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (10%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only9 (90%)
No statute on record1 (10%)

Industry Mix

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

6
Life Sciences
60% of docket
1
Information Tech
10% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
30% 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.

100 h
Manual time on pending OAs
20 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
35 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CASTILHO, EDUARDO D 1 47.4% +20.7%
HANSEN, KENNETH J 1 81.0% +7.9%
STEELE, JENNIFER A 1 48.4% +33.5%
HOLLAND, JENEE LAUREN 1 83.4% +7.5%
ASDJODI, MOHAMMADREZA 1 59.1% +47.3%
KHARE, ATUL P 1 54.5% +72.7%
NICOL, ALEXANDER W 1 42.0% +44.9%
LUDWIG, PETER L 1 35.4% +23.9%
KIM, TAEYOON 1 51.5% +51.4%
BROOKS, KREGG T 1 56.7% +1.8%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18603923 EFFICIENT PACKET PROCESSING IN A SHARED MEMORY REGION HOLLAND, JENEE LAUREN 26d
19236830 ELECTRICALLY POWERED DEVICE KIT INCLUDING A CEILING MOUNTING ASSEMBLY HANSEN, KENNETH J 29d

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
18474823 Rinsing Solution for Metal Blades ASDJODI, MOHAMMADREZA 35d overdue
19362522 BLOCKCHAIN INTEROPERABILITY SYSTEM CASTILHO, EDUARDO D 8d overdue
18655823 Low-Density Yarn Products and Methods of Making Same STEELE, JENNIFER A 2d overdue
18276812 ENGINEERED EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES AND THEIR USES NICOL, ALEXANDER W 9d
18129399 IN UTERO TRANSPLANTATION OF FACTOR VIII-EXPRESSING CELLS FOR TREATMENT OF HEMOPHILIA KIM, TAEYOON 12d
18332240 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECORDING TRANSACTION AND PRODUCT CUSTOMIZATION INFORMATION LUDWIG, PETER L 56d
18283969 FILM AND METHOD KHARE, ATUL P 70d

Client Portfolio (9 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36981
37461
17891
24691
17671
17421
16341
36271
16311
17641

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19362522 BLOCKCHAIN INTEROPERABILITY SYSTEM Halliday International, Inc. CASTILHO, EDUARDO D 3698 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Oct 20, 2025
19236830 ELECTRICALLY POWERED DEVICE KIT INCLUDING A CEILING MOUNTING ASSEMBLY Lowe'S Companies, Inc. HANSEN, KENNETH J 3746 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Jun 12, 2025
18655823 Low-Density Yarn Products and Methods of Making Same David Rothschild Co., Inc. STEELE, JENNIFER A 1789 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending May 06, 2024
18603923 EFFICIENT PACKET PROCESSING IN A SHARED MEMORY REGION Kratos Integral Holdings LLC HOLLAND, JENEE LAUREN 2469 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Mar 13, 2024
18474823 Rinsing Solution for Metal Blades Wizard Labs, LLC ASDJODI, MOHAMMADREZA 1767 §103 Final Rejection 35d overdue Pending Sep 26, 2023
18283969 FILM AND METHOD Great Wrap Pty Ltd. KHARE, ATUL P 1742 §103 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Sep 25, 2023
18276812 ENGINEERED EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES AND THEIR USES Wake Forest University Health Sciences NICOL, ALEXANDER W 1634 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Aug 10, 2023
18332240 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECORDING TRANSACTION AND PRODUCT CUSTOMIZATION INFORMATION Lowe'S Companies, Inc. LUDWIG, PETER L 3627 §103 Final Rejection 56d Pending Jun 09, 2023
18129399 IN UTERO TRANSPLANTATION OF FACTOR VIII-EXPRESSING CELLS FOR TREATMENT OF HEMOPHILIA Children'S Healthcare Of Atlanta, Inc. KIM, TAEYOON 1631 Other Non-Final OA 12d Pending Mar 31, 2023
18050740 Glass Compositions, Fiberizable Glass Compositions, and Glass Fibers Made Therefrom Electric Glass Fiber America, LLC BROOKS, KREGG T 1764 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Oct 28, 2022

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