Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Kunzler Needham Hilton

27 pending office actions • 24 clients • 27 examiners • 26 art units • 0 of 27 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 67 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

27
Total Pending OAs
21
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 27 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

17
Overdue
2
Due this week
5
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. 27 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (17)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (5)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.

1
Hard (4%)
22
Medium (81%)
2
Easy (7%)
2
Unknown (7%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (4%)
§103 only19 (70%)
§102 only3 (11%)
§112 only2 (7%)
No statute on record2 (7%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
11% of docket
4
Information Tech
15% of docket
1
Communications
4% of docket
4
Semiconductors
15% of docket
15
Mechanical / Eng
56% 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.

270 h
Manual time on pending OAs
54 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
94 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KIRSCH, ANDREW THOMAS 1 50.6% +34.9%
RASHID, ANNA SALEM 1 56.1% +31.6%
BOCHNA, DAVID 1 79.8% +13.7%
CHOWDHURY, ROCKSHANA D 1 80.5% +23.7%
LEE, CRYSTAL J 1 81.8% +22.0%
SUN, MICHAEL Y 1 56.5% +26.7%
PADUA, NICO LAUREN 1 9.1% +15.8%
NGUYEN, TAN QUANG 1 90.5% +7.2%
HELM, CARALYNNE E 1 28.8% +49.6%
ERB, NATHAN 1 51.7% -0.3%

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
18832474 A SMART SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING DRIVING BEHAVIOUR OF DRIVER NGUYEN, TAN QUANG 42d overdue
18816960 STEAM GENERATOR TOOL LEE, CRYSTAL J 10d overdue
18891806 MOUNT FOR A COMPUTING DEVICE CHOWDHURY, ROCKSHANA D 16d

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
18801270 TECHNIQUES FOR ATM MANAGEMENT PADUA, NICO LAUREN 139d overdue
18755456 METHODS AND FOODS INCLUDING SILVER COMPOUNDS TO PROTECT ANIMALS FROM PATHOGENIC BACTERIA AND DISEASE HELM, CARALYNNE E 36d overdue
18733820 PRODUCT ORDER MANAGEMENT ERB, NATHAN 41d

Interview Candidates (8)

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
18801270 TECHNIQUES FOR ATM MANAGEMENT PADUA, NICO LAUREN 139d overdue
18755456 METHODS AND FOODS INCLUDING SILVER COMPOUNDS TO PROTECT ANIMALS FROM PATHOGENIC BACTERIA AND DISEASE HELM, CARALYNNE E 36d overdue
18802804 MODULAR PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER PRODUCTION SYSTEM SUN, MICHAEL Y 23d overdue
18816960 STEAM GENERATOR TOOL LEE, CRYSTAL J 10d overdue
19040773 JUNCTION BOX FOR TRAILER WIRING KIRSCH, ANDREW THOMAS 5d
18959337 LOCKOUT CLIP RASHID, ANNA SALEM 15d
18891806 MOUNT FOR A COMPUTING DEVICE CHOWDHURY, ROCKSHANA D 16d
18940821 SNAP LOCK FITTING BOCHNA, DAVID 33d

Client Portfolio (24 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28122
37331
36771
36791
28411
36741
17281
36261
36611
16151

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19040773 JUNCTION BOX FOR TRAILER WIRING Precision Harness, LLC KIRSCH, ANDREW THOMAS 3733 §103 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Jan 29, 2025
18959337 LOCKOUT CLIP Seaver Safety Concepts, LLC RASHID, ANNA SALEM 3677 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Nov 25, 2024
18940821 SNAP LOCK FITTING Icon Containment Solutions, LLC BOCHNA, DAVID 3679 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Nov 07, 2024
18891806 MOUNT FOR A COMPUTING DEVICE Newpower, Inc. CHOWDHURY, ROCKSHANA D 2841 §103 Non-Final OA 16d Pending Sep 20, 2024
18816960 STEAM GENERATOR TOOL General Energy Recovery Inc. LEE, CRYSTAL J 3674 §103 Final Rejection 10d overdue Pending Aug 27, 2024
18802804 MODULAR PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER PRODUCTION SYSTEM Inergy Holdings, LLC SUN, MICHAEL Y 1728 §103 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Aug 13, 2024
18801270 TECHNIQUES FOR ATM MANAGEMENT Jhat Development LLC PADUA, NICO LAUREN 3626 §103 Non-Final OA 139d overdue Pending Aug 12, 2024
18832474 A SMART SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING DRIVING BEHAVIOUR OF DRIVER Sensight Technologies Private Limited NGUYEN, TAN QUANG 3661 §103 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Jul 31, 2024
18755456 METHODS AND FOODS INCLUDING SILVER COMPOUNDS TO PROTECT ANIMALS FROM PATHOGENIC BACTERIA AND DISEASE Silverceuticals Inc. HELM, CARALYNNE E 1615 §103 Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending Jun 26, 2024
18733820 PRODUCT ORDER MANAGEMENT Dsrptv, LLC ERB, NATHAN 3628 §101 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Jun 04, 2024
18713477 DETACHABLE DENTAL IMPLANT SYSTEM Neobiotech, Co., Ltd. MAI, HAO D 3772 §112 Non-Final OA 38d overdue Pending May 24, 2024
18712687 SHIFTING METHOD OF TRANSMISSION FOR WORK VEHICLE, AND TRANSMISSION FOR WORK VEHICLE Jinmyung Powertech Co., Ltd. COOK, WILLIAM J 3618 §103 Non-Final OA 79d overdue Pending May 22, 2024
18638450 TECHNIQUES FOR AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BASED CLOUD ACCESS SECURITY BROKER Dope.Security Inc. CHIANG, JASON 2431 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Apr 17, 2024
18609976 HOME NETWORK SYSTEM APPLYING VPN NETWORK SEPARATION TECHNOLOGY WITHOUT ALTERING EQUIPMENTS Security Platform Inc. NAJI, YOUNES 2445 §103 Non-Final OA 26d overdue Pending Mar 19, 2024
18414247 ELEVATED YARD GAME Mountainville Commerce LLC JACKSON, DANIELLE 3636 Other Final Rejection 6d Pending Jan 16, 2024
18412059 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTING HIERARCHICAL INFORMATION FROM A DATASET CONTAINING ONE-TO-MANY MAPPINGS Convertcart Solutions Private Limited LADONI, AHOORA 3689 §103 Final Rejection 46d overdue Pending Jan 12, 2024
18412072 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPUTING RESULTS IN MULTIPLE OVERLAPPING A/B TESTING EXPERIMENTS Convertcart Solutions Private Limited ANDERSON, SCOTT C 3694 §102 Non-Final OA 72d overdue Pending Jan 12, 2024
18566580 ELECTROMYOGRAPHY SYSTEM FOR MEDICAL USE Stb Inn AB SHAH, JAY B 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Dec 01, 2023
18511894 INSECT-REPELLING LIGHT AND FAN Twopoint0 LLC MANCINI, EVAN THOMAS 2855 §103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Nov 16, 2023
18547645 CIRCUIT PANEL USING SIDE WALL WIRING AND METHOD OF FORMING SIDE WALL WIRING Apiotech Co., Ltd. ERDEM, FAZLI 2812 §102 Non-Final OA 59d overdue Pending Aug 23, 2023
18446306 VEHICLE COMPONENT REPAIR PREDICTION Treads App, Inc. SABAH, HARIS 2682 §103 Final Rejection 44d overdue Pending Aug 08, 2023
18319347 SCALABLE APPARATUSES AND MODELS FOR DETERMINING ANALYTICALLY EFFICIENT TRANSFER CURVE PARAMETERS FOR SENSOR ICS WITH 2D FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS Cardea Bio, Inc. OCHOA, JUAN CARLOS 2186 §102 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending May 17, 2023
18250258 STEAM GENERATOR TOOL General Energy Recovery Inc. JOHNSON, BENJAMIN W 3762 §103 Final Rejection 82d Pending Apr 24, 2023
18248874 AUTOMATED SEGREGATION UNIT Shitva Robotic Systems Pvt Ltd. DEVINE, MOLLY K 3653 §103 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Apr 13, 2023
18174418 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CHIP WITH 2D FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTORS AND ON-CHIP THIN FILM LAYER DEPOSITION WITH ELECTRICAL CHARACTERIZATION Cardea Bio, Inc. BOOTH, RICHARD A 2812 §112 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Feb 24, 2023
18082793 SYNTHETIC COMPOSITION FOR TREATING METABOLIC DISORDERS Glycom A/S CRAIGO, BAHAR ALAWI 1699 Other Non-Final OA 150d overdue Pending Dec 16, 2022
17963814 FOUNDATION MODEL BASED FLUID SIMULATIONS Deep Forest Sciences, Inc. WECHSELBERGER, ALFRED H. 2187 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Oct 11, 2022

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