Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Law Office Of Michael D. Eisenberg

11 pending office actions • 10 clients • 10 examiners • 10 art units • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 67 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

6
Overdue
1
Due this week
2
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. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (6)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (2)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.

0
Hard (0%)
8
Medium (73%)
1
Easy (9%)
2
Unknown (18%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only6 (55%)
§102 only1 (9%)
§112 only1 (9%)
Double-patenting + other1 (9%)
No statute on record2 (18%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
9% of docket
4
Information Tech
36% of docket
1
Communications
9% of docket
3
Semiconductors
27% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
18% 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.

110 h
Manual time on pending OAs
22 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
38 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
WONG, HUEN 2 59.2% +46.1%
CHOI, WILLIAM SOON 1 74.3% +11.4%
NAWAZ, TALHA M 1 89.2% -0.7%
NGUYEN, HAO HONG 1 67.6% +37.9%
BECKER, DREW E 1 49.0% +0.2%
BUTTAR, MANDEEP S 1 79.9% +16.4%
XIE, THEODORE L 1 40.0% +100.0%
MENEFEE, JAMES A 1 80.6% +12.1%
ST CYR, DANIEL 1 81.3% +13.3%
KRETZER, CASEY L 1 87.0% +12.2%

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
18081728 Laser amplification module for a solid-state laser system and method for manufacturing thereof MENEFEE, JAMES A 35d overdue
17791919 SOFTWARE DEFINED OPTICAL NETWORK CONTROLLER DEPLOYMENT METHOD BASED ON MULTI PATH SURVIVABILITY PROTECTION KRETZER, CASEY L 12d

Interview Candidates (9)

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
18096550 Intelligent Matching Of Patients With Care Workers XIE, THEODORE L 146d overdue
17013579 HYBRID SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA AND FILE CONVERSION ACROSS COMPUTING DEVICES AND PLATFORMS WONG, HUEN 112d overdue
18240508 COOLING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SERVER RACKS IN DATA CENTERS BUTTAR, MANDEEP S 92d overdue
18081728 Laser amplification module for a solid-state laser system and method for manufacturing thereof MENEFEE, JAMES A 35d overdue
17882569 Coating And Filling Openings In A Metal Inlay And Method For Making A Metal Transaction Card ST CYR, DANIEL 22d overdue
18555530 MINING HOSE CONNECTING DEVICE AND METHOD CHOI, WILLIAM SOON 5d
17791919 SOFTWARE DEFINED OPTICAL NETWORK CONTROLLER DEPLOYMENT METHOD BASED ON MULTI PATH SURVIVABILITY PROTECTION KRETZER, CASEY L 12d
17394402 System And Method For Contextual Service Delivery Via Mobile Communication Devices WONG, HUEN 14d

Client Portfolio (10 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
21682
36791
24831
24471
17921
28351
36231
28281
28761
26351

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18555530 MINING HOSE CONNECTING DEVICE AND METHOD Ccteg Chongqi Research Institute CHOI, WILLIAM SOON 3679 §102 Final Rejection 5d Pending Jan 28, 2025
18712979 Insertion Shaft for an Electrically Actuated Scope Guidance Airway Solutions, LLC NAWAZ, TALHA M 2483 Other Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending May 23, 2024
18388308 OPERATION MODES FOR A COMPUTING DEVICE Nrs Systems NGUYEN, HAO HONG 2447 §103 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Nov 09, 2023
18554996 METHOD FOR REDUCING CONTAMINATION IN DHYDRAED PRODUCTS Agroetika S. De R. L. De C. V. BECKER, DREW E 1792 DPOther Non-Final OA 70d Pending Oct 12, 2023
18240508 COOLING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SERVER RACKS IN DATA CENTERS Magcale, Arnold Castillo BUTTAR, MANDEEP S 2835 §103 Non-Final OA 92d overdue Pending Aug 31, 2023
18096550 Intelligent Matching Of Patients With Care Workers A2B Directcare Inc. XIE, THEODORE L 3623 §103 Final Rejection 146d overdue Pending Jan 12, 2023
18081728 Laser amplification module for a solid-state laser system and method for manufacturing thereof Fyzikalni Ustav Av Cr, V.V.I MENEFEE, JAMES A 2828 §103 Final Rejection 35d overdue Pending Dec 15, 2022
17882569 Coating And Filling Openings In A Metal Inlay And Method For Making A Metal Transaction Card Metaland LLC ST CYR, DANIEL 2876 Other Final Rejection 22d overdue Pending Aug 07, 2022
17791919 SOFTWARE DEFINED OPTICAL NETWORK CONTROLLER DEPLOYMENT METHOD BASED ON MULTI PATH SURVIVABILITY PROTECTION Chongqing University Of Posts And Telecommunications KRETZER, CASEY L 2635 §112 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Jul 11, 2022
17394402 System And Method For Contextual Service Delivery Via Mobile Communication Devices Thinxtream Technologies Ptd. Ltd. WONG, HUEN 2168 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Aug 05, 2021
17013579 HYBRID SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA AND FILE CONVERSION ACROSS COMPUTING DEVICES AND PLATFORMS Thinxtream Technologies Ptd. Ltd. WONG, HUEN 2168 §103 Final Rejection 112d overdue Pending Sep 05, 2020

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