Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Macmillan Sobanski & Todd, LLC

43 pending office actions • 19 clients • 43 examiners • 35 art units • 0 of 43 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 80 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=40414 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

84.3%
Allowance Rate
n=40414
+0.56σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=40414
3.0
OAs to Allowance
n=23967
-0.27σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=23967
995 days
Time to Allowance
n=23967
+6.5pp
Interview Lift
n=40414
20.2%
RCE Rate
n=40414
3.8%
Appeal Rate
n=40414

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

71.4%
§101 Overcome
n=524
83.4%
§102 Overcome
n=3232
79.4%
§103 Overcome
n=14782
90.0%
§112 Overcome
n=3032

Specialization & Scale

Y10T, A61K, B60W
Top CPC Subclasses
7%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=40414
12
Practitioners
n=40414
3367.8
Apps / Practitioner
n=40414

Portfolio Summary

43
Total Pending OAs
27
Non-Final OAs
16
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 25 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

11
Overdue
1
Due this week
6
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
5
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. 25 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (11)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (6)Due ≤ 60 days (2)Due later (5)

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%)
37
Medium (86%)
5
Easy (12%)
1
Unknown (2%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only34 (79%)
§102 only3 (7%)
§112 only4 (9%)
Double-patenting only1 (2%)
No statute on record1 (2%)

Industry Mix

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

22
Life Sciences
51% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
2% of docket
2
Semiconductors
5% of docket
15
Mechanical / Eng
35% of docket
3
Business / Other
7% 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.

430 h
Manual time on pending OAs
86 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
150 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MILO, MICHAEL 1 49.7% +54.6%
WALRAED-SULLIVAN, KYLE 1 73.5% +30.6%
TRINH, THANH TRUC 1 22.1% +11.3%
BURKE, MATTHEW RYAN 1
SOTO, JANICE M 1 68.5% +13.8%
RAMOS LEWIS, JOSMALEN MILAGROS 1 55.6% +21.2%
NERENBERG, RENEE FLORENCIA 1
MCCULLERS, AARON KYLE 1 45.9% +34.9%
CHEN, VIVIAN 1 56.9% +29.6%
WRUBLESKI, MATTHEW JAMES 1 60.0% +61.1%

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
18768377 Materials and Methods to Improve the Stability of Metal Halide Perovskites TRINH, THANH TRUC

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
18951851 Modular Hip Distractor MILO, MICHAEL 16d overdue
18615575 UAV Enabled Vehicle Perimeters MCCULLERS, AARON KYLE 4d overdue
18615152 Coacervate Compositions, Multifunctional Coatings, and Tie Layers for Recyclable and Active Barrier Films CHEN, VIVIAN 70d
18882997 Freestanding Sun Shelf WALRAED-SULLIVAN, KYLE
18768377 Materials and Methods to Improve the Stability of Metal Halide Perovskites TRINH, THANH TRUC
18718907 HEAT SENSOR ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS SOTO, JANICE M
18736787 Adelmidrol For Use In Diseases Characterized By Insufficient Agonism Of PPAR-GAMMA Receptor RAMOS LEWIS, JOSMALEN MILAGROS
18609490 BLOOD CIRCULATION SYSTEM WRUBLESKI, MATTHEW JAMES

Client Portfolio (19 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
16192
28552
36632
37812
36152
37861
37541
17261
16211
17871

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18951851 Modular Hip Distractor The University of Toledo MILO, MICHAEL 3786 §103 Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending Nov 19, 2024
18882997 Freestanding Sun Shelf B Square Pools, LLC WALRAED-SULLIVAN, KYLE 3754 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 12, 2024
18768377 Materials and Methods to Improve the Stability of Metal Halide Perovskites The University of Toledo TRINH, THANH TRUC 1726 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 10, 2024
18746938 FLUSHABLE WET WIPES The University of Toledo BURKE, MATTHEW RYAN 1619 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 18, 2024
18718907 HEAT SENSOR ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS Qhi Holdings Limited SOTO, JANICE M 2855 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 12, 2024
18736787 Adelmidrol For Use In Diseases Characterized By Insufficient Agonism Of PPAR-GAMMA Receptor Epitech Group S.p.A. RAMOS LEWIS, JOSMALEN MILAGROS 1621 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 07, 2024
18664724 PROSTHETIC SYSTEM Open Bionics Ltd. NERENBERG, RENEE FLORENCIA §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 15, 2024
18615575 UAV Enabled Vehicle Perimeters Mark Hamm MCCULLERS, AARON KYLE 3663 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Mar 25, 2024
18615152 Coacervate Compositions, Multifunctional Coatings, and Tie Layers for Recyclable and Active Barrier Films The University of Toledo CHEN, VIVIAN 1787 §103 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Mar 25, 2024
18609490 BLOOD CIRCULATION SYSTEM Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha WRUBLESKI, MATTHEW JAMES 3781 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 19, 2024
18691174 WHEEL DISC FOR A DISC WHEEL AND A DISC WHEEL THEREWITH Maxion Wheels Holding GmbH LEE, TYLER J 3663 §112 Final Rejection 5d Pending Mar 12, 2024
18688151 SIZE ADJUSTABLE AORTIC ENDOGRAFT FENESTRATION DEVICE AND RETRIEVABLE VESSEL MARKER The University of Toledo MCEVOY, THOMAS M 3774 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 29, 2024
18580987 SOLID PHANTOM DEVICE FOR BEAM SCANNING The University of Toledo MALEVIC, DJURA §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 19, 2024
18410384 AORTIC PUNCH The University of Toledo DANG, ANH TIEU 3771 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 11, 2024
18410121 ELISA Assay for Measuring Function of Properdin and Kits for Conducting ELISA Assays using Anti-properdin Antibodies The University of Toledo MARCSISIN, ELLEN JEAN DP Non-Final OA Pending Jan 11, 2024
18510846 INTEGRATED CENTRAL VFD AND MULTIPLE-TURBO SYSTEM Fluid Equipment Development Company, LLC MENDOZA, WILSON GALLARDO 1772 §103 Non-Final OA 23d Pending Nov 16, 2023
18506571 MONOCLONAL IGM ANTIBODIES FROM ENTIRELY CARBOHYDRATE CONSTRUCTS The University of Toledo LI, RUIXIANG 1674 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 10, 2023
18290184 ACCUMULATOR WITH REINFORCING STRUCTURE Advanced Energy Storage, LLC PATEL, NEEL G 3676 §112 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Nov 10, 2023
18378338 Ship Hull Inspection using a Swarm of Unmanned Underwater Vehicles equipped with Wireless Laser Systems Berkeley Marine Robotics Inc. VANDERPUYE, KENNETH N 2634 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 10, 2023
18285905 SOLVENT FOR INSECT REPELLENT ACTIVE INGREDIENT AND INSECT REPELLENT SYSTEM USING SAME Thermacell Repellents, Inc. CONLEY, SEAN EVERETT 1799 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 06, 2023
18285288 VEHICLE WHEEL, IN PARTICULAR FOR COMMERCIAL VEHICLES, WITH AN AERODYNAMIC COVER AND AERODYNAMIC COVER FOR VEHICLE WHEELS, IN PARTICULAR FOR COMMERCIAL VEHICLES Maxion Wheels Holding GmbH KOTTER, KIP T 3615 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 02, 2023
18370111 SENSOR FOR THE DETECTION OF HYDROXYL FREE RADICALS The University of Toledo QIAN, SHIZHI 1795 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 19, 2023
18367569 Microfluidic device and method for isolating particles BRAINDTECH S.p.A. SHI, TINGCHEN 1796 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 13, 2023
18238687 Ferroptosis-HDAC Inhibitor Hybrid Anticancer Agents The University of Toledo SEITZ, ANTHONY JOSEPH 1629 §112 Final Rejection 25d overdue Pending Aug 28, 2023
18274768 FLUORIDE CATALYZED POLYSILOXANE DEPOLYMERIZATION Bowling Green State University BOYKIN, TERRESSA M 1765 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Jul 28, 2023
18274549 C PRIME AGENTS FOR TREATING METABOLIC DISORDERS The University of Toledo BRAUN, MADELINE E 1624 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Jul 27, 2023
18225872 SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING MULTIDIMENSIONAL LANGUAGE AND VISION MODELS AND MAPS TO CATEGORIZE, DESCRIBE, COORDINATE, AND TRACK ANATOMY AND HEALTH DATA Mofaip, LLC ROBINSON, KYLE G 3685 §102 Final Rejection 70d Pending Jul 25, 2023
18353183 Synergistic Inhibition of eIF5A and Notch Signaling The University of Toledo YU, MISOOK 1641 Other Non-Final OA 28d Pending Jul 17, 2023
18220467 OXYGENATOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OXYGENATOR Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha LEVY, BRANDON WILLIAM 3781 §103 Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending Jul 11, 2023
18205012 Advanced Driving Assistance System Using Fuzzy Logic The University of Toledo ABD EL LATIF, HOSSAM M 3664 §103 Final Rejection 86d Pending Jun 02, 2023
18038428 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CULTURING SPHAGNUM Micropropagation Services (E.M.) Limited CALLAWAY, SPENCER THOMAS 3642 §103 Final Rejection 35d Pending May 23, 2023
18029187 ANALYTICAL APPARATUS Stanhope Seta NIA, FATEMEH ESFANDIARI 2855 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Mar 29, 2023
18021504 DISINFECTANT COMPOSITION Helperby Therapeutics Limited ALAWADI, SARAH 1619 §102 Final Rejection 63d Pending Feb 15, 2023
18093057 ANTIMICROBIAL FILTRATION The University of Toledo HORGER, KIM S. 1784 §103 Final Rejection 46d overdue Pending Jan 04, 2023
17923030 PHOTOCHEMICAL SYNTHESIS OF MARMYCIN ANALOGUES THROUGH A NEW PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTION INVOLVING CARBONYL COMPOUNDS Bowling Green State University ANDERSON, REBECCA L 1626 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Nov 03, 2022
17793614 A rim for a vehicle wheel and vehicle wheel herewith Maxion Wheels Holding GmbH BELLINGER, JASON R 3615 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 18, 2022
17859260 THREE-WAY UROLOGY CATHETER STOPCOCK AND UROLOGY CATHETER STOPCOCK ASSEMBLY The University of Toledo PATEL, SHEFALI DILIP 3783 §103 Final Rejection 54d Pending Jul 07, 2022
17790288 STRATIFYING RISK OF MALIGNANCY IN INDETERMINATE THYROID NODULES AND IMMUNO-GENOMIC MARKERS FOR EARLY DETECTION OF THYROID CANCER The University of Toledo MACFARLANE, STACEY NEE 1675 §103 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Jun 30, 2022
17775932 Methods and Kits using Internal Standards to Control for Complexity of Next Generation Sequencing(NGS) Libraries The University of Toledo VANN-OJUEKAIYE, KENDRA RAYCHELL 1682 §103 Final Rejection 36d overdue Pending May 11, 2022
17737325 Emulsion Formation Assisted by Corona Discharge and Electrohydrodynamic Pumping The University of Toledo BRAZIN, JACQUELINE 1798 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending May 05, 2022
17768669 COMBINATION OF ZIDOVUDINE WITH A TETRACYCLINE ANTIBIOTIC Helperby Therapeutics Limited SCHACHERMEYER, SAMANTHA LYNN 1693 §103 Non-Final OA 61d Pending Apr 13, 2022
17612829 NUTRIENT COMPOSITIONS FOR CULTIVATING SPHAGNUM Micropropagation Services (E.M.) Limited REDDEN, KAREN M 1661 §103 Final Rejection 127d overdue Pending Nov 19, 2021
17293278 A MULTILAYER LIDDING FILM BASED ON POLYETHYLENE Ecoflexibles Limited MANGOHIG, THOMAS A 1788 §103 Final Rejection 80d overdue Pending Oct 12, 2021

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