Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Lavery, De Billy, LLP

17 pending office actions • 16 clients • 17 examiners • 16 art units • 0 of 17 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 46 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

17
Total Pending OAs
12
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 17 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

8
Overdue
0
Due this week
5
Due this month
1
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. 17 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (8)Due ≤ 30 days (5)Due ≤ 60 days (1)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.

0
Hard (0%)
14
Medium (82%)
3
Easy (18%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only13 (76%)
§102 only1 (6%)
§112 only3 (18%)

Industry Mix

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

12
Life Sciences
71% of docket
1
Information Tech
6% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
12% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
12% 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.

170 h
Manual time on pending OAs
34 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
59 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MURATA, AUSTIN 1 60.3% +20.5%
EVANS, EBONY E 1 64.1% +29.4%
ROBINSON, KRYSTAL 1 86.4% -5.6%
LAU, JONATHAN S 1 63.8% -18.5%
KASSA, TIGABU 1 36.5% +28.6%
LOCKETT, KIMBERLY R 1 82.6% +10.8%
ALLEN, WILLIAM J 1 63.3% +33.2%
BERRY, LAYLA D 1 65.9% +8.6%
QIAN, YUN 1 54.5% +20.8%
PENNINGTON, KATIE LEIGH 1 27.3% +60.6%

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
18737426 ELECTRICAL DEVICE FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGER MANAGEMENT ROBINSON, KRYSTAL 11d overdue
18294697 REPETITION SPRING ASSEMBLY FOR AN UPRIGHT PIANO LOCKETT, KIMBERLY R 76d

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
18030407 LIVE BIOTHERAPEUTICS SECRETING SYNTHETIC BACTERIOPHAGES IN THE TREATMENT OF CANCER PENNINGTON, KATIE LEIGH 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
18910718 SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR HYDROPONIC CULTURE EVANS, EBONY E 44d overdue
18558634 BOOK PRINTING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD ALLEN, WILLIAM J 3d overdue
18312665 NANOPORCUPINE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURE AND USE THEREOF QIAN, YUN 20d
18030407 LIVE BIOTHERAPEUTICS SECRETING SYNTHETIC BACTERIOPHAGES IN THE TREATMENT OF CANCER PENNINGTON, KATIE LEIGH 29d
18858049 COATING COMPRISING A RARE EARTH MONOSILICATE AND A RARE EARTH DISILICATE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF MURATA, AUSTIN 60d
18294697 REPETITION SPRING ASSEMBLY FOR AN UPRIGHT PIANO LOCKETT, KIMBERLY R 76d
18588829 PUTRESCINE SLOW-RELEASE TOPICAL FORMULATIONS KASSA, TIGABU 84d

Client Portfolio (16 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
16932
17121
36471
28471
16191
28371
36191
17381
16341
16541

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18858049 COATING COMPRISING A RARE EARTH MONOSILICATE AND A RARE EARTH DISILICATE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF VALORBEC, SOCIÉTÉ EN COMMANDITE MURATA, AUSTIN 1712 §112 Non-Final OA 60d Pending Oct 18, 2024
18910718 SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR HYDROPONIC CULTURE Garant Gp EVANS, EBONY E 3647 §112 Final Rejection 44d overdue Pending Oct 09, 2024
18737426 ELECTRICAL DEVICE FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGER MANAGEMENT Power-Q ROBINSON, KRYSTAL 2847 §112 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Jun 07, 2024
18614126 KIT FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING FILOVIRUS AND FLAVIVIRUS DISEASES Her Majesty The Queen In Right Of Canada AS Represented By The Minister Of Health LAU, JONATHAN S 1693 §103 Final Rejection 82d Pending Mar 22, 2024
18588829 PUTRESCINE SLOW-RELEASE TOPICAL FORMULATIONS Vivier Canada Inc. KASSA, TIGABU 1619 §103 Non-Final OA 84d Pending Feb 27, 2024
18294697 REPETITION SPRING ASSEMBLY FOR AN UPRIGHT PIANO Le Jardin Des Pianos, Location De Pianos Inc. LOCKETT, KIMBERLY R 2837 §103 Non-Final OA 76d Pending Feb 02, 2024
18558634 BOOK PRINTING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD Imprimerie Gauvin Ltée ALLEN, WILLIAM J 3619 §103 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Nov 02, 2023
18555768 CELLULOSE-BASED FILAMENTS, FILMS AND 3D OBJECTS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF The Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning/McGill University BERRY, LAYLA D 1693 §103 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Oct 17, 2023
18312665 NANOPORCUPINE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURE AND USE THEREOF Institut National De La Recherche Scientifique QIAN, YUN 1738 §103 Non-Final OA 20d Pending May 05, 2023
18030407 LIVE BIOTHERAPEUTICS SECRETING SYNTHETIC BACTERIOPHAGES IN THE TREATMENT OF CANCER Tatum Bioscience Inc. PENNINGTON, KATIE LEIGH 1634 §102 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Apr 05, 2023
18043230 INTERLEUKIN-1 RECEPTOR MODULATORS AND USES THEREOF VALORISATION-RECHERCHE, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP JAUHARI, SACHI 1654 §103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Feb 27, 2023
17906899 BIOPOLYMER COMPOSITE AND ITS USE AND MANUFACTURE AS WELL AS BIOPOLYMER MASTERBATCH AND KIT FOR PRODUCING THE BIOPOLYMER COMPOSITE Copol International Ltd. BLAND, ALICIA 1759 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Sep 21, 2022
17913336 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING AN EXECUTION OF A PLURALITY OF TASKS IN A HETEROGENEOUS DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENT Humanitas Solutions Inc. RIGGINS, ARI FAITH COLEMA 2197 §103 Non-Final OA 286d overdue Pending Sep 21, 2022
17904677 USE OF CASTALAGIN OR ANALOGS THEREOF FOR ANTI-CANCER EFFICACY AND TO INCREASE THE RESPONSE TO IMMUNE CHECKPOINT INHIBITORS VAL-CHUM, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP HEITMEIER, KENDALL NICOLE 1621 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Aug 19, 2022
17757570 USE OF GLIAL CELL LINE-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR (GDNF) FOR THE TREATMENT OF ENTERIC NEUROPATHIES Transfert Plus, Société En Commandite NGUYEN, NGHI V 1653 §103 Final Rejection 8d Pending Jun 17, 2022
17755732 CUSTOMIZABLE 3D CELL CULTURE SYSTEM COMPRISING HYDROGEL-EMBEDDED CELLS AND USES THEREOF The Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning/McGill University ROGERS, ERIC JASON 1638 §103 Final Rejection 60d overdue Pending May 06, 2022
17250918 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COPPER-CATALYZED ELECTROCHEMICAL WATER TREATMENT Cape Breton University KOLTONOW, ANDREW ROBERT 1795 §103 Non-Final OA 368d overdue Pending Mar 26, 2021

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