Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Law Offices Of Sandy Lipkin

10 pending office actions • 10 clients • 10 examiners • 10 art units • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 218 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.

5
Overdue
0
Due this week
4
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
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 (5)Due ≤ 30 days (4)Due ≤ 60 days (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%)
7
Medium (70%)
3
Easy (30%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only6 (60%)
§102 only1 (10%)
§112 only3 (30%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
10% of docket
8
Mechanical / Eng
80% of docket
1
Business / Other
10% 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
TON, ANABEL 1 87.4% +2.5%
KELLY, CATHERINE A 1 59.7% +28.3%
PARKER, LAURA EBERT 1 57.3% +30.7%
VANTERPOOL, LESTER L 1 54.7% -10.5%
DIVELBISS, MATTHEW H 1 22.7% +24.0%
FRISBY, KESHA 1 52.4% +23.9%
STUART, COLIN W 1 58.3% +54.5%
CAREY, MICHAEL JAMES 1 83.8% +12.0%
PARISI, CHRISTOPHER STEVEN 1 57.1% +50.0%
GILBERT, WILLIAM V 1 57.9% +25.7%

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
18123456 WEARABLE HEALTH APPARATUS FOR THE COLLECTION OF WELLNESS DATA AND PROVIDING FEEDBACK THEREFROM TO THE WEARER CAREY, MICHAEL JAMES 74d overdue
19314314 A CEILING-MOUNTED FAN LIGHT AND ASSEMBLY METHOD THEREFOR TON, ANABEL 26d

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
18843021 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PLANT REPRODUCTIVE STRUCTURES THINNING DIVELBISS, MATTHEW H 100d overdue

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
18095928 Cosmetic Packaging Bottle Restricting Backflow PARISI, CHRISTOPHER STEVEN 111d overdue
18843021 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PLANT REPRODUCTIVE STRUCTURES THINNING DIVELBISS, MATTHEW H 100d overdue
18123456 WEARABLE HEALTH APPARATUS FOR THE COLLECTION OF WELLNESS DATA AND PROVIDING FEEDBACK THEREFROM TO THE WEARER CAREY, MICHAEL JAMES 74d overdue
17164047 PIN LIGHT ASSEMBLY GILBERT, WILLIAM V 36d overdue
18948232 Rotating multifunctional handle for cup PARKER, LAURA EBERT 19d overdue
18498409 MODEL FOR TRAINING HIGH SIMULATION COLONOSCOPY FRISBY, KESHA 8d
18272743 AN APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CUSTOMIZING THE FIT OF A FACE MASK STUART, COLIN W 14d
19193098 A protective fence with a pet door KELLY, CATHERINE A 26d

Client Portfolio (10 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28751
36191
37331
37341
36241
37151
37851
37951
37541
39931

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19314314 A CEILING-MOUNTED FAN LIGHT AND ASSEMBLY METHOD THEREFOR Wenbo Wei TON, ANABEL 2875 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Aug 29, 2025
19193098 A protective fence with a pet door Zhongshan Chenbei Daily Necessities Co., Ltd. KELLY, CATHERINE A 3619 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Apr 29, 2025
18948232 Rotating multifunctional handle for cup Wuyi Tachiso Drinkware Corporation PARKER, LAURA EBERT 3733 §112 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Nov 14, 2024
18921003 REVERSIBLE VEHICLE TRUNK RACK Guangzhou Issyzone Technology Co., Limited VANTERPOOL, LESTER L 3734 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Oct 21, 2024
18843021 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PLANT REPRODUCTIVE STRUCTURES THINNING Mata Agritech, Ltd. DIVELBISS, MATTHEW H 3624 §103 Non-Final OA 100d overdue Pending Aug 30, 2024
18498409 MODEL FOR TRAINING HIGH SIMULATION COLONOSCOPY Preclinic Medtech (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. FRISBY, KESHA 3715 §102 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Oct 31, 2023
18272743 AN APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CUSTOMIZING THE FIT OF A FACE MASK Impressive Engineering Limited STUART, COLIN W 3785 §112 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Jul 17, 2023
18123456 WEARABLE HEALTH APPARATUS FOR THE COLLECTION OF WELLNESS DATA AND PROVIDING FEEDBACK THEREFROM TO THE WEARER Circular CAREY, MICHAEL JAMES 3795 §103 Final Rejection 74d overdue Pending Mar 20, 2023
18095928 Cosmetic Packaging Bottle Restricting Backflow Guangzhou Candear Packing Products Co., Ltd. PARISI, CHRISTOPHER STEVEN 3754 §103 Final Rejection 111d overdue Pending Jan 11, 2023
17164047 PIN LIGHT ASSEMBLY Waterway Plastics GILBERT, WILLIAM V 3993 §112 Final Rejection 36d overdue Pending Feb 01, 2021

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