Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 14, 2026

Lee & Hayes, PC

9 pending office actions • 1 client • 9 examiners • 7 art units • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 37 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 30 days (1)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 (11%)
7
Medium (78%)
1
Easy (11%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (11%)
§103 only7 (78%)
§112 only1 (11%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
3
Information Tech
33% of docket
1
Communications
11% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
5
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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
NGUYEN, NGA B 1 53.3% +25.2%
ANYA, CHARLES E 1 81.9% +32.9%
WEAVER, ADAM MICHAEL 1 86.7% +33.3%
DIVECHA, KAMAL B 1 25.4% +44.6%
SANTIAGO-MERCED, FRANCIS Z 1 27.8% +40.7%
MUNDUR, PADMAVATHI V 1 81.9% +25.8%
LABOGIN, DORETHEA L 1 13.5% +15.7%
BOROWSKI, MICHAEL 1 23.8% +50.0%
SUMMERS, KIERSTEN V 1 11.8% +14.3%

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
18401340 UPDATING EVENT DATA BASED ON DEPARTING USER PROFILES MUNDUR, PADMAVATHI V 42d overdue
18621057 METHODS, APPARATUSES AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR MANAGING ORGANIZATION CONNECTIONS IN A GROUP-BASED COMMUNICATION SYSTEM ANYA, CHARLES E
18429337 VIRTUAL SPACE QUESTION PREDICTION USING MACHINE-LEARNED MODELS WEAVER, ADAM MICHAEL

Hard Cases (6)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18401338 INCREASING MEETING PRODUCTIVITY UTILIZING ROLE-BASED EVENT GENERATION SANTIAGO-MERCED, FRANCIS Z 140d overdue
18742970 METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROVIDING A CHANNEL CALENDAR IN A GROUP-BASED COMMUNICATION SYSTEM NGUYEN, NGA B 114d overdue
18401341 GENERATING EVENTS BASED ON HISTORICAL DATA LABOGIN, DORETHEA L 66d overdue
18104158 INTELLIGENTLY MANAGING MULTIPLE CALENDAR BOOKINGS VIA A GROUP-BASED COMMUNICAITON PLATFORM BOROWSKI, MICHAEL 25d overdue
17991578 WORKFLOW ENSEMBLE SYSTEMS SUMMERS, KIERSTEN V 15d
18424652 SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR ENCODING VIDEO CONTENTS DIVECHA, KAMAL B 83d

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
18401338 INCREASING MEETING PRODUCTIVITY UTILIZING ROLE-BASED EVENT GENERATION SANTIAGO-MERCED, FRANCIS Z 140d overdue
18742970 METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROVIDING A CHANNEL CALENDAR IN A GROUP-BASED COMMUNICATION SYSTEM NGUYEN, NGA B 114d overdue
18401341 GENERATING EVENTS BASED ON HISTORICAL DATA LABOGIN, DORETHEA L 66d overdue
18401340 UPDATING EVENT DATA BASED ON DEPARTING USER PROFILES MUNDUR, PADMAVATHI V 42d overdue
18104158 INTELLIGENTLY MANAGING MULTIPLE CALENDAR BOOKINGS VIA A GROUP-BASED COMMUNICAITON PLATFORM BOROWSKI, MICHAEL 25d overdue
17991578 WORKFLOW ENSEMBLE SYSTEMS SUMMERS, KIERSTEN V 15d
18424652 SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR ENCODING VIDEO CONTENTS DIVECHA, KAMAL B 83d
18621057 METHODS, APPARATUSES AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR MANAGING ORGANIZATION CONNECTIONS IN A GROUP-BASED COMMUNICATION SYSTEM ANYA, CHARLES E

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Salesforce 9

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36252
36242
21941
26581
24531
24411
36261

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18742970 METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROVIDING A CHANNEL CALENDAR IN A GROUP-BASED COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Salesforce, Inc. NGUYEN, NGA B 3625 §101 Final Rejection 114d overdue Pending Jun 13, 2024
18621057 METHODS, APPARATUSES AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR MANAGING ORGANIZATION CONNECTIONS IN A GROUP-BASED COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Salesforce, Inc. ANYA, CHARLES E 2194 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 28, 2024
18429337 VIRTUAL SPACE QUESTION PREDICTION USING MACHINE-LEARNED MODELS Salesforce, Inc. WEAVER, ADAM MICHAEL 2658 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 31, 2024
18424652 SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR ENCODING VIDEO CONTENTS Salesforce, Inc. DIVECHA, KAMAL B 2453 §103 Non-Final OA 83d Pending Jan 26, 2024
18401338 INCREASING MEETING PRODUCTIVITY UTILIZING ROLE-BASED EVENT GENERATION Salesforce, Inc. SANTIAGO-MERCED, FRANCIS Z 3625 §103 Non-Final OA 140d overdue Pending Dec 30, 2023
18401340 UPDATING EVENT DATA BASED ON DEPARTING USER PROFILES Salesforce, Inc. MUNDUR, PADMAVATHI V 2441 §103 Final Rejection 42d overdue Pending Dec 30, 2023
18401341 GENERATING EVENTS BASED ON HISTORICAL DATA Salesforce, Inc. LABOGIN, DORETHEA L 3624 §103 Non-Final OA 66d overdue Pending Dec 30, 2023
18104158 INTELLIGENTLY MANAGING MULTIPLE CALENDAR BOOKINGS VIA A GROUP-BASED COMMUNICAITON PLATFORM Salesforce, Inc. BOROWSKI, MICHAEL 3624 §103 Final Rejection 25d overdue Pending Jan 31, 2023
17991578 WORKFLOW ENSEMBLE SYSTEMS Salesforce, Inc. SUMMERS, KIERSTEN V 3626 §103 Final Rejection 15d Pending Nov 21, 2022

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