Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Maine Cernota & Curran

14 pending office actions • 11 clients • 14 examiners • 13 art units • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 70 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

14
Total Pending OAs
9
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 13 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

9
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 13 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (9)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 days (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%)
9
Medium (64%)
4
Easy (29%)
1
Unknown (7%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only9 (64%)
§112 only4 (29%)
No statute on record1 (7%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
21% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
7
Semiconductors
50% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
29% 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.

140 h
Manual time on pending OAs
28 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
49 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ELCHANTI, ZEINA 1 63.6% +25.8%
AMARA, MOHAMED K 1 75.7% +30.0%
SINAKI, ARFAN Y 1 79.4% +42.9%
BARNETT, JOEL 1 80.5% +12.2%
MOK, ALEX W 1 74.2% +21.0%
CHEN, CATHERYNE 1 37.4% +18.4%
MOURAD, RASEM 1 74.0% +26.1%
RUPPERT, ERIC S 1 59.0% +24.7%
HANUMASAGAR, SHAMITA S 1 81.8% -10.7%
KESSLER JR, THOMAS JOSEPH 1 45.0% +49.3%

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
18708773 SCANNING MIRROR FOR LASER POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM BARNETT, JOEL 43d overdue
18266487 INERT GAS CHAMBER HANUMASAGAR, SHAMITA S 60d

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
18839002 SYSTEM FOR MAKING OBJECT COOPERATIVE AND METHOD FOR MAKING OBJECT COOPERATIVE SINAKI, ARFAN Y 53d overdue
18708773 SCANNING MIRROR FOR LASER POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM BARNETT, JOEL 43d overdue
18872533 PROCESSING ESTIMATE CALCULATION DEVICE USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF ELCHANTI, ZEINA 35d overdue
18415977 COIL ASSEMBLY OF AN INTEGRATED MOTOR PUMP OR TURBINE HAVING REDUCED THERMAL STRESS AT CRYOGENIC TEMPERATURES MOK, ALEX W 10d overdue
18551718 THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE RUPPERT, ERIC S 10d overdue
18558841 STABLE BIOACTIVE COMPOSITION CHEN, CATHERYNE 3d overdue
18556203 WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM MOURAD, RASEM 21d
18852873 LASER BASED GAS DETECTOR AMARA, MOHAMED K 41d

Client Portfolio (11 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28362
36281
28771
36421
28491
28341
16551
37631
28141
17821

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18872533 PROCESSING ESTIMATE CALCULATION DEVICE USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF BOLT&NUT CO., LTD ELCHANTI, ZEINA 3628 §103 Non-Final OA 35d overdue Pending Dec 06, 2024
18852873 LASER BASED GAS DETECTOR Wi-Charge Ltd. AMARA, MOHAMED K 2877 §103 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Sep 30, 2024
18839002 SYSTEM FOR MAKING OBJECT COOPERATIVE AND METHOD FOR MAKING OBJECT COOPERATIVE Astroscale Japan Inc. SINAKI, ARFAN Y 3642 Other Final Rejection 53d overdue Pending Aug 15, 2024
18708773 SCANNING MIRROR FOR LASER POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM Wi-Charge Ltd. BARNETT, JOEL 2849 §103 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending May 09, 2024
18415977 COIL ASSEMBLY OF AN INTEGRATED MOTOR PUMP OR TURBINE HAVING REDUCED THERMAL STRESS AT CRYOGENIC TEMPERATURES Flowserve Pte. Ltd. MOK, ALEX W 2834 §103 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Jan 18, 2024
18558841 STABLE BIOACTIVE COMPOSITION Lintbells Limited CHEN, CATHERYNE 1655 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Nov 03, 2023
18556203 WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM Wi-Charge Ltd. MOURAD, RASEM 2836 §103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Oct 19, 2023
18551718 THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE Richard William Yemm RUPPERT, ERIC S 3763 §103 Final Rejection 10d overdue Pending Sep 21, 2023
18266487 INERT GAS CHAMBER Mrsi Systems LLC HANUMASAGAR, SHAMITA S 2814 §112 Final Rejection 60d Pending Jun 09, 2023
18117807 CONTROLLED MOISTURE TRANSPORT PACKAGING FOR FRESH PRODUCE Windham Packaging, LLC KESSLER JR, THOMAS JOSEPH 1782 §112 Final Rejection Pending Mar 06, 2023
18023472 FINGER RECEPTACLE AND HOLDING DEVICE Mowgli Innovations Ltd. TOWA, RENE T 3791 §112 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Feb 27, 2023
18021981 A COMBINED SAMPLE COLLECTION AND FILTRATION DEVICE VIDYA HOLDINGS LTD GRAVES, TIMOTHY P 2855 §112 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Feb 17, 2023
17793118 PFAS PROCESSING Amt Remediation Pty Ltd. SIMKINS, SLONE ELIZABETH 1735 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Jul 15, 2022
16511312 SYSTEM FOR OPTICAL WIRELESS POWER SUPPLY Wi-Charge Ltd. ORTIZ, ELIM 2836 §103 Final Rejection 36d overdue Pending Jul 15, 2019

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