Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Liang & Hennessey LLP

23 pending office actions • 17 clients • 21 examiners • 21 art units • 0 of 23 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 33 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

23
Total Pending OAs
11
Non-Final OAs
9
Final Rejections
3
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 23 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

17
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
2
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. 23 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (17)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 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%)
22
Medium (96%)
1
Easy (4%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only19 (83%)
§102 only3 (13%)
§112 only1 (4%)

Industry Mix

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

10
Life Sciences
43% of docket
1
Information Tech
4% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
9% of docket
10
Mechanical / Eng
43% 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.

230 h
Manual time on pending OAs
46 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
80 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PURDY, KYLE A 2 40.8% +36.8%
THOMAS, TIMOTHY P 2 26.2% +38.3%
TALLMAN, BRIAN A 1 24.1% +39.3%
TAYLOR, LIA ELAN 1 64.0% +28.2%
GODDARD, LAURA B 1 50.7% +14.6%
SHABLACK, JOHNNIE A 1 64.9% +34.6%
SAHLE, MAHIDERE S 1 79.4% +12.9%
COLLINS, RAVEN 1 62.3% +10.5%
FERGUSON, MICHAEL P 1 63.4% +73.7%
LEE, KEVIN G 1 63.5% +26.3%

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18581659 METHOD OF TREATING ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE THOMAS, TIMOTHY P 121d overdue
19152997 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR PLANNING AND MONITORING A COLD CHAIN TALLMAN, BRIAN A 3d overdue
17064443 COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF OBESITY THOMAS, TIMOTHY P 55d

Interview Candidates (12)

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
18742224 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR IMPROVING HEALTH, CURE ABNORMALITIES AND DEGENERATIVE DISEASE, ACHIEVE ANTI-AGING EFFECT OF THERAPY AND THERAPEUTIC EFFECT ON MAMMALS AND METHOD THEREOF PURDY, KYLE A 147d overdue
18581659 METHOD OF TREATING ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE THOMAS, TIMOTHY P 121d overdue
18677559 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR TREATING DEGENERATIVE DISEASES PURDY, KYLE A 77d overdue
18287908 INLINE SILICON DEPOSITION IN A PICKLING PLANT LEE, KEVIN G 43d overdue
18848994 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ANTIGEN-SPECIFIC THERAPY GODDARD, LAURA B 30d overdue
18690842 NOSE PAD EYE/GAZE TRACKING MODULE APPLICABLE TO SMART GLASSES OR HEAD WEARABLE DEVICE SAHLE, MAHIDERE S 15d overdue
19152997 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR PLANNING AND MONITORING A COLD CHAIN TALLMAN, BRIAN A 3d overdue
18709554 WINDOW BLIND FRAME SHABLACK, JOHNNIE A 21d

Client Portfolio (17 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
16112
16142
36281
16411
16421
36341
28721
37351
36191
17111

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19152997 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR PLANNING AND MONITORING A COLD CHAIN Rep Ip AG TALLMAN, BRIAN A 3628 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Aug 01, 2025
18849006 ANTIGEN-SPECIFIC THERAPY FOR AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES BODHI BIO LLC TAYLOR, LIA ELAN 1641 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Sep 20, 2024
18848994 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ANTIGEN-SPECIFIC THERAPY BODHI BIO LLC GODDARD, LAURA B 1642 §102 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Sep 20, 2024
18742224 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR IMPROVING HEALTH, CURE ABNORMALITIES AND DEGENERATIVE DISEASE, ACHIEVE ANTI-AGING EFFECT OF THERAPY AND THERAPEUTIC EFFECT ON MAMMALS AND METHOD THEREOF Vector Vitale Ip LLC PURDY, KYLE A 1611 §103 Non-Final OA 147d overdue Pending Jun 13, 2024
18677559 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR TREATING DEGENERATIVE DISEASES Vector Vitale Ip LLC PURDY, KYLE A 1611 §103 Non-Final OA 77d overdue Pending May 29, 2024
18709554 WINDOW BLIND FRAME Louver-Lite Limited SHABLACK, JOHNNIE A 3634 §103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending May 13, 2024
18690842 NOSE PAD EYE/GAZE TRACKING MODULE APPLICABLE TO SMART GLASSES OR HEAD WEARABLE DEVICE VIEWPOINTSYSTEM GMBH SAHLE, MAHIDERE S 2872 §102 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Mar 11, 2024
18581659 METHOD OF TREATING ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE Vector Vitale Ip LLC THOMAS, TIMOTHY P 1614 §103 Non-Final OA 121d overdue Pending Feb 20, 2024
18293004 SHIPPING CONTAINER FOR SHIPPING TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE TRANSPORT MATERIAL Rep Ip AG COLLINS, RAVEN 3735 §103 Final Rejection 28d Pending Jan 29, 2024
18291089 VEHICLE RESTRAINT SYSTEM HAVING A CONCRETE BARRIER WALL Deltabloc International GmbH FERGUSON, MICHAEL P 3619 §103 Non-Final OA 71d Pending Jan 22, 2024
18287908 INLINE SILICON DEPOSITION IN A PICKLING PLANT Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH LEE, KEVIN G 1711 §103 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Oct 23, 2023
18287510 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR CREATING MEASUREMENT DATA DESCRIBING A RAILWAY NETWORK OR A VEHICLE TRAVELLING ON A TRACK Track Machines Connected Gesellschaft M.B.H. STAUBACH, CARL C 3747 §102 Final Rejection 161d overdue Pending Oct 19, 2023
18378366 GAME SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PLAYING IT Pitch N Slide Inc. SEMBER, THOMAS M 2875 §103 Non-Final OA 58d overdue Pending Oct 10, 2023
18277279 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING A LITHOGRAPHY-BASED ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING DEVICE UPNANO GMBH VELEZ-LOPEZ, MARIO M 2118 §103 Final Rejection 70d Pending Aug 15, 2023
18129980 METHOD FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF AT LEAST ONE METALLIC AND/OR CERAMIC COMPONENT, AND MATERIAL COMPOSITION THEREFOR Lncus GmbH MCGUTHRY BANKS, TIMA MICHELE 1733 §103 Final Rejection 77d overdue Pending Apr 03, 2023
18029732 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANUFACTURING AN OBJECT BY STEREOLITHOGRAPHIC 3D PRINTING Cubicure GmbH WOLLSCHLAGER, JEFFREY MICHAEL 1742 §103 Final Rejection 70d overdue Pending Mar 31, 2023
18019192 COFFEE GROUNDS COLLECTOR Nicholson Design Consultants Limited BALDRIGHI, ERIC C 3733 §103 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Feb 01, 2023
17925919 IMPLANT FOR IMPROVING COAPTATION OF AN ATRIOVENTRICULAR VALVE Avvie GmbH BARIA, DINAH N 3774 §103 Non-Final OA 147d overdue Pending Nov 17, 2022
17923253 DEVICE FOR CONNECTING A CANNULA TO A CONTAINER Technische Universität Wien PATEL, NIDHI NIRAJ 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 45d overdue Pending Nov 04, 2022
17887092 CRYOGENIC, KINETICALLY ACTIVE FORMULATIONS AND SYSTEMS FOR THEIR DISPENSING Formulated Solutions, LLC ZADEH, BOB 3754 §103 Non-Final OA 74d overdue Pending Aug 12, 2022
17794060 MASSAGE METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CARRYING OUT SAME Tatiana Alekseevna Shymchyshyna PINDERSKI, JACQUELINE M 3785 §112 Final Rejection 114d overdue Pending Jul 20, 2022
17064443 COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF OBESITY Vector Vitale Ip LLC THOMAS, TIMOTHY P 1614 §103 Final Rejection 55d Pending Oct 06, 2020
16722249 METHOD OF TREATING NONALCOHOLIC STEATOHEPATITIS Vector Vitale Ip LLC GREENE, IVAN A 1619 §103 Final Rejection 28d overdue Pending Dec 20, 2019

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