Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Loeb & Loeb LLP

20 pending office actions • 20 clients • 20 examiners • 19 art units • 0 of 20 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 55 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

20
Total Pending OAs
11
Non-Final OAs
7
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 20 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

13
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
3
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. 20 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (13)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (3)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 (5%)
14
Medium (70%)
5
Easy (25%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (5%)
§103 only10 (50%)
§102 only4 (20%)
§112 only5 (25%)

Industry Mix

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

6
Life Sciences
30% of docket
2
Information Tech
10% of docket
2
Communications
10% of docket
3
Semiconductors
15% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
30% 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.

200 h
Manual time on pending OAs
40 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
70 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PLAKKOOTTAM, DOMINICK L 1 74.0% +14.7%
FENWICK, WARREN K 1 89.5% +0.3%
TUMEBO, TSION M 1 66.7% +20.2%
CHAN, KO HUNG 1 66.2% +15.4%
GRUSBY, REBECCA LYNN 1 32.0% +48.5%
LONG, MEREDITH A 1 43.1% +22.0%
ROBINSON, HOPE A 1 67.9% +43.2%
LANGEL, WAYNE A 1 78.5% +23.4%
ZHANG, ZHENSHENG 1 76.0% +11.0%
CHEN, BIAO 1 84.4% +26.3%

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
18933775 TELESCOPIC ROD FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT FENWICK, WARREN K 46d overdue
18231480 INTERACTIVE VIEWING OF DAMAGE TO AN OBJECT CHEN, BIAO 15d overdue

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
18598671 GENERATIVE CONNECTIVITY AND PAYMENT SYSTEM ON A MULTI-LAYERED SOCIAL-COMMERCIAL NETWORK USING VIRAL AND NETWORK EFFECTS LONG, MEREDITH A 11d overdue

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
18416322 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR AMINO ACID DEPLETION THERAPY ROBINSON, HOPE A 132d overdue
18491772 METHOD FOR CHANNEL STATE FEEDBACK IN A NON-SIMULTANEOUS TRANSMIT AND RECEIVE (NSTR) OPERATION MODE ZHANG, ZHENSHENG 112d overdue
18813824 RECESSED LED DOWNLIGHT WITH SURFACE MOUNT INSTALLATION ON A JUNCTION BOX TUMEBO, TSION M 51d overdue
18575077 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WASTE PROCESSING MIXED WASTE LANGEL, WAYNE A 31d overdue
18755649 DECORATIVE PANEL, DECORATIVE COVERING, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUCH A PANEL GRUSBY, REBECCA LYNN 28d overdue
18231480 INTERACTIVE VIEWING OF DAMAGE TO AN OBJECT CHEN, BIAO 15d overdue
18598671 GENERATIVE CONNECTIVITY AND PAYMENT SYSTEM ON A MULTI-LAYERED SOCIAL-COMMERCIAL NETWORK USING VIRAL AND NETWORK EFFECTS LONG, MEREDITH A 11d overdue
18770588 MODULAR AND ADJUSTABLE UPRIGHT REPAIR DEVICE FOR INDUSTRIAL STORAGE RACKS CHAN, KO HUNG 34d

Client Portfolio (20 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36452
37461
28521
28751
36311
17851
36221
16521
17361
24741

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19259721 FLUID CIRCULATOR FOR HEATING OR COOLING SYSTEMS Taco Italia S.r.l. PLAKKOOTTAM, DOMINICK L 3746 §103 Non-Final OA 50d Pending Jul 03, 2025
18933775 TELESCOPIC ROD FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT Guangdong Sirui Optical Co., Ltd. FENWICK, WARREN K 2852 §102 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Oct 31, 2024
18813824 RECESSED LED DOWNLIGHT WITH SURFACE MOUNT INSTALLATION ON A JUNCTION BOX Jacob Sperling TUMEBO, TSION M 2875 §103 Final Rejection 51d overdue Pending Aug 23, 2024
18770588 MODULAR AND ADJUSTABLE UPRIGHT REPAIR DEVICE FOR INDUSTRIAL STORAGE RACKS Spaceguard Products Inc. CHAN, KO HUNG 3631 §112 Final Rejection 34d Pending Jul 11, 2024
18755649 DECORATIVE PANEL, DECORATIVE COVERING, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUCH A PANEL Northann Building Solutions LLC GRUSBY, REBECCA LYNN 1785 §102 Final Rejection 28d overdue Pending Jun 26, 2024
18598671 GENERATIVE CONNECTIVITY AND PAYMENT SYSTEM ON A MULTI-LAYERED SOCIAL-COMMERCIAL NETWORK USING VIRAL AND NETWORK EFFECTS Influenceink, Inc. LONG, MEREDITH A 3622 §101 Final Rejection 11d overdue Pending Mar 07, 2024
18416322 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR AMINO ACID DEPLETION THERAPY Avalon Polytom (Hk) Limited ROBINSON, HOPE A 1652 §112 Final Rejection 132d overdue Pending Jan 18, 2024
18575077 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WASTE PROCESSING MIXED WASTE 800 Super Waste Management Pte. Ltd. LANGEL, WAYNE A 1736 §112 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Dec 28, 2023
18491772 METHOD FOR CHANNEL STATE FEEDBACK IN A NON-SIMULTANEOUS TRANSMIT AND RECEIVE (NSTR) OPERATION MODE BIG FIELD GLOBAL PTE. LTD. ZHANG, ZHENSHENG 2474 §103 Non-Final OA 112d overdue Pending Oct 22, 2023
18231480 INTERACTIVE VIEWING OF DAMAGE TO AN OBJECT Ccc Intelligent Solutions Inc. CHEN, BIAO 2611 §103 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Aug 08, 2023
18275399 METHOD AND SYSTEM OF A FIBRILLATED CELLULOSE COMPOSITE MATERIAL WITH BLENDED WITH POLYMERS Ecoinno (H.K.) Limited ROMANOWSKI, MICHAEL C 1782 §112 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Aug 01, 2023
18215009 METHOD FOR CREATING AN OBJECT The Manufacturing Technology Centre Limited KESSLER, CHRISTOPHER S 1759 §102 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Jun 27, 2023
18129692 ELECTRICAL VEHICLE CHARGING STATION AND MEDIA DISPLAY LOOP, INC. ROBBINS, JERRY D 2859 §103 Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Mar 31, 2023
18102652 EXPANSION TANK WITH ACTIVE FLOW MANIFOLD HEAD Taco, Inc. ROST, ANDREW J 3753 §102 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Jan 27, 2023
17798875 POINT-OF-CARE MICROFLUIDIC IN VITRO DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM Emerging Viral Diagnostics (Hk) Limited KASS, BENJAMIN JOSEPH 1798 §103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Aug 10, 2022
17789990 THREE-DIMENSIONAL RANGING METHOD AND DEVICE Rayz Technologies Co. Ltd. THATCHER, CLINT A 3645 §103 Non-Final OA 86d overdue Pending Jun 29, 2022
17840146 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRACKING THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECTS Acushnet Company BAGHDASARYAN, HOVHANNES 3645 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Jun 14, 2022
17655590 MACHINE TRANSLATION GUIDED BY REFERENCE DOCUMENTS Deeptranslate Limited SUBRAMANI, NANDINI 2656 §103 Final Rejection 72d Pending Mar 21, 2022
35513822 Extinguisher Amplla A.S. JOHNSON, JUSTIN ALAN 2911 §112 Non-Final OA 261d overdue Pending Feb 18, 2022
17049349 TRAINING METHOD OF NEURAL NETWORK BASED ON MEMRISTOR AND TRAINING DEVICE THEREOF Tsinghua University SMITH, KEVIN LEE 2122 §103 Final Rejection 45d overdue Pending Oct 21, 2020

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