Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Maenner & Associates, LLC

11 pending office actions • 11 clients • 11 examiners • 11 art units • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 19 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

6
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
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. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (6)Due ≤ 30 days (1)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%)
11
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only9 (82%)
§102 only2 (18%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
27% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
3
Semiconductors
27% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
45% 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.

110 h
Manual time on pending OAs
22 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
38 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BRYANT, REBECCA CAROLE 1 64.2% +32.4%
LANE, HOLLY JOANNA 1 80.6% +15.5%
ROBERTS, LEZAH 1 48.7% +36.3%
ALVAREZ, RAQUEL 1 49.8% +6.2%
SIPP, AMY R. 1 70.5% +26.4%
YECHURI, SITARAMARAO S 1 85.8% -8.6%
LANNU, JOSHUA DARYL DEANON 1 82.5% +23.7%
CASTELLON JR, MANUEL SALVADOR 1 92.9% +8.3%
WALSHON, SCOTT R 1 50.6% +19.9%
KIM, EUGENE LEE 1 20.6% +32.4%

Quick Wins (4)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17880751 Optical Thermography System Using a Pumped Two-dye Fluorescence Technique CASTELLON JR, MANUEL SALVADOR 246d overdue
18274480 Surgical Retractor LANE, HOLLY JOANNA 111d overdue
17980761 GaAs Based Photodetectors Using Dilute Nitride for Operation in O-band and C-bands YECHURI, SITARAMARAO S 9d overdue
17914430 Intubation Protective Enclosure and Method of Use and Disinfecting LANNU, JOSHUA DARYL DEANON 9d

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
17843965 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THROWABLE PAINTBALLS AND PAINTBALLS MADE THEREFROM KIM, EUGENE LEE 71d

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17794330 High Temperature Polymer Adhesive and Laminate Using the Adhesive WALSHON, SCOTT R 114d overdue
18274480 Surgical Retractor LANE, HOLLY JOANNA 111d overdue
18692477 Variable Angle Lapidus Cut Guide SIPP, AMY R. 10d overdue
17914430 Intubation Protective Enclosure and Method of Use and Disinfecting LANNU, JOSHUA DARYL DEANON 9d
18672079 Polydioxanone Composite Coated Magnesium Calcium Phosphate Composite Alloy for Orthopedic Implants ROBERTS, LEZAH 34d
17843965 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THROWABLE PAINTBALLS AND PAINTBALLS MADE THEREFROM KIM, EUGENE LEE 71d
18827941 System and Method for Determining Particulate Size Distribution and Other Properties from a Combined Optical and Aerodynamic Inversion BRYANT, REBECCA CAROLE 76d

Client Portfolio (11 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28771
37731
16121
36221
37751
28931
37911
28551
17591
37111

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18827941 System and Method for Determining Particulate Size Distribution and Other Properties from a Combined Optical and Aerodynamic Inversion Airphoton, LLC BRYANT, REBECCA CAROLE 2877 §103 Non-Final OA 76d Pending Sep 09, 2024
18274480 Surgical Retractor Clariance LANE, HOLLY JOANNA 3773 §102 Non-Final OA 111d overdue Pending Jul 14, 2024
18672079 Polydioxanone Composite Coated Magnesium Calcium Phosphate Composite Alloy for Orthopedic Implants Rlfa Consultants Ltd. ROBERTS, LEZAH 1612 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending May 23, 2024
18633954 System and Method for Targeting Individuals with Advertisement Spots During National Broadcast and Cable Television Adcuratio Media, Inc. ALVAREZ, RAQUEL 3622 §102 Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Apr 12, 2024
18692477 Variable Angle Lapidus Cut Guide Tyber Medical LLC SIPP, AMY R. 3775 §103 Final Rejection 10d overdue Pending Mar 15, 2024
17980761 GaAs Based Photodetectors Using Dilute Nitride for Operation in O-band and C-bands Nanograss Solar LLC YECHURI, SITARAMARAO S 2893 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Nov 04, 2022
17914430 Intubation Protective Enclosure and Method of Use and Disinfecting Christopher Burmester LANNU, JOSHUA DARYL DEANON 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Sep 26, 2022
17880751 Optical Thermography System Using a Pumped Two-dye Fluorescence Technique Drexel University CASTELLON JR, MANUEL SALVADOR 2855 §103 Non-Final OA 246d overdue Pending Aug 04, 2022
17794330 High Temperature Polymer Adhesive and Laminate Using the Adhesive Custom Laminating Corp. WALSHON, SCOTT R 1759 §103 Final Rejection 114d overdue Pending Jul 21, 2022
17843965 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THROWABLE PAINTBALLS AND PAINTBALLS MADE THEREFROM Mezzimatic LLC KIM, EUGENE LEE 3711 §103 Final Rejection 71d Pending Jun 18, 2022
17520763 Photosensitive Dyes and Method of Using Said Dyes Strt LLC THOMAS, TIMOTHY P 1614 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Nov 08, 2021

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