Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Lewis Rice LLC

22 pending office actions • 20 clients • 22 examiners • 21 art units • 0 of 22 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 47 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

22
Total Pending OAs
16
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 22 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

14
Overdue
0
Due this week
5
Due this month
1
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. 22 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (14)Due ≤ 30 days (5)Due ≤ 60 days (1)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%)
20
Medium (91%)
2
Easy (9%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only18 (82%)
§102 only2 (9%)
§112 only2 (9%)

Industry Mix

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

7
Life Sciences
32% of docket
1
Information Tech
5% of docket
4
Communications
18% of docket
1
Semiconductors
5% of docket
8
Mechanical / Eng
36% of docket
1
Business / Other
5% 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.

220 h
Manual time on pending OAs
44 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
77 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ELOSHWAY, NIKI MARINA 1 63.6% +24.1%
PARKER, LAURA EBERT 1 57.3% +30.7%
AFRIFA-KYEI, ANTHONY D 1 64.7% +13.6%
SANA, MOHAMMAD AZAM 1 86.2% +21.0%
TRAN, THANG DUC 1 76.2% +23.7%
JONES, COURTNEY PATRICE 1 67.9% +22.9%
HUNNINGS, TRAVIS R 1 82.9% +13.3%
PURDY, KYLE A 1 40.8% +36.8%
VETERE, ROBERT A 1 60.8% +13.3%
HOTCHKISS, MICHAEL WAYNE 1 69.1% +50.5%

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
18662745 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LEAK DETECTION WHICH UTILIZE OCCUPANCY INFORMATION HUNNINGS, TRAVIS R 60d overdue
18922950 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONSENSUS IN A BLOCKCHAIN NETWORK SANA, MOHAMMAD AZAM 63d

Interview Candidates (10)

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
18662745 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LEAK DETECTION WHICH UTILIZE OCCUPANCY INFORMATION HUNNINGS, TRAVIS R 60d overdue
18815324 BADGE HOLDER INCORPORATING PERSONAL SAFETY SYSTEM TRAN, THANG DUC 44d overdue
18605546 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND MACHINE FOR METALLIZATION OF FABRIC VETERE, ROBERT A 5d overdue
18633246 LIGHT-ACTIVATED CHLORINE DIOXIDE-RELEASING POWDER PURDY, KYLE A 4d overdue
19055206 BEVERAGE CONTAINER WITH INSERT ELOSHWAY, NIKI MARINA 2d overdue
18962179 Railway Safety Notification System and Device with Track and Direction Information AFRIFA-KYEI, ANTHONY D 1d overdue
18737672 PORTABLE UPDATE HUB JONES, COURTNEY PATRICE 9d
18595371 QUICK-RELEASE CAPTIVE CLAMPING PIN SYSTEMS AND METHODS HOTCHKISS, MICHAEL WAYNE 9d

Client Portfolio (20 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
26862
37361
37331
21661
36991
26891
16111
17121
37261
37861

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19055206 BEVERAGE CONTAINER WITH INSERT Frost Buddy LLC ELOSHWAY, NIKI MARINA 3736 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Feb 17, 2025
19033096 INSULATIVE CONTAINERS AND LIDS Frost Buddy LLC PARKER, LAURA EBERT 3733 §103 Non-Final OA 42d Pending Jan 21, 2025
18962179 Railway Safety Notification System and Device with Track and Direction Information Stc, Inc. AFRIFA-KYEI, ANTHONY D 2686 §103 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Nov 27, 2024
18922950 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONSENSUS IN A BLOCKCHAIN NETWORK Qwiti Holdings Ii, LLC SANA, MOHAMMAD AZAM 2166 §103 Final Rejection 63d Pending Oct 22, 2024
18815324 BADGE HOLDER INCORPORATING PERSONAL SAFETY SYSTEM Kwema, Inc. TRAN, THANG DUC 2686 §103 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Aug 26, 2024
18737672 PORTABLE UPDATE HUB Election Systems & Software, LLC JONES, COURTNEY PATRICE 3699 §102 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Jun 07, 2024
18662745 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LEAK DETECTION WHICH UTILIZE OCCUPANCY INFORMATION Ivani, LLC HUNNINGS, TRAVIS R 2689 §103 Non-Final OA 60d overdue Pending May 13, 2024
18633246 LIGHT-ACTIVATED CHLORINE DIOXIDE-RELEASING POWDER Phiex Technologies, Inc. PURDY, KYLE A 1611 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Apr 11, 2024
18605546 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND MACHINE FOR METALLIZATION OF FABRIC Noble BioMaterials, Inc. VETERE, ROBERT A 1712 §103 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Mar 14, 2024
18595371 QUICK-RELEASE CAPTIVE CLAMPING PIN SYSTEMS AND METHODS Carr Lane Manufacturing Co. HOTCHKISS, MICHAEL WAYNE 3726 §112 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Mar 04, 2024
18505721 ORTHOTIC CLUBFOOT DEVICE AND METHOD D-Bar Enterprises, LLC NELSON, KERI JESSICA 3786 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Nov 09, 2023
35522300 Hockey protective shin pad INA International Ltd. JOHNSON, JUSTIN ALAN 2911 §112 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Sep 12, 2023
18230603 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BED EXIT AND FALL DETECTION Foresite Healthcare, LLC BRUTUS, JOEL F 3797 §103 Non-Final OA 147d overdue Pending Aug 04, 2023
18230070 WIDE AREA RFID TARGET ACQUISITION AND LOCATION SYSTEM FOR PROGRAMMING RFID DEVICES Rf Controls LLC ELLIS, SUEZU Y 2876 §103 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Aug 03, 2023
18216532 DISTRIBUTED MODE LOUDSPEAKER WITH FREE MOTION HEAT SINK Valcom, Inc. FISCHER, MARK L 2692 §103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Jun 29, 2023
18141885 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SIMULTANEOUS DETECTION AND IDENTIFICATION OF MICROORGANISMS WITHIN A FLUID SAMPLE Bacterioscan, Inc. KRCHA, MATTHEW D 1796 §103 Non-Final OA 75d Pending May 01, 2023
18249841 SMELL SENSING SYSTEM Hynt Labs Limited XU, JUSTIN 3791 §102 Final Rejection 22d Pending Apr 20, 2023
17895922 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CUTTING INSULATION Vicon Machinery, LLC CROSBY JR, RICHARD D 3724 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Aug 25, 2022
17856029 AGRICULTURAL COMPOSITIONS FOR IMPROVED CROP PRODUCTIVITY AND ENHANCED PHENOTYPES Spogen Biotech Inc. JOHNSON, DANIELLE D 1617 §103 Final Rejection 12d Pending Jul 01, 2022
17744209 LIME HYDRATE WITH IMPROVED REACTIVITY VIA ADDITIVES Mississippi Lime Company DIAZ, MATTHEW R 1761 §103 Final Rejection 9d overdue Pending May 13, 2022
17540823 BIOACTIVE POLYPEPTIDES FOR IMPROVEMENTS IN PLANT PROTECTION, GROWTH AND PRODUCTIVITY Spogen Biotech Inc. LYONS, MARY M 1645 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Dec 02, 2021
17598040 SEMI-SYNTHETIC BIOPOLYMERS FOR USE IN STIMULATING THE IMMUNE SYSTEM Immunophotonics, Inc. OLSON, ANDREA STEFFEL 1693 §103 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Sep 24, 2021

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