Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Masuvalley & Partners

13 pending office actions • 10 clients • 12 examiners • 12 art units • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 38 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

13
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
1
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.

7
Overdue
2
Due this week
3
Due this month
1
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 (7)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (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.

2
Hard (15%)
10
Medium (77%)
1
Easy (8%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (15%)
§103 only9 (69%)
§102 only1 (8%)
§112 only1 (8%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
3
Information Tech
23% of docket
1
Communications
8% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
9
Mechanical / Eng
69% 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.

130 h
Manual time on pending OAs
26 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
46 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TRAN, VU V 2 89.6% +17.8%
KOESTER, MICHAEL RICHARD 1 40.3% +26.4%
VU, VIET D 1 84.1% +14.3%
LEE, JAI M 1 76.8% +11.7%
MAH, CHUCK Y 1 79.4% +9.7%
RANDALL, JR., KELVIN L 1 44.7% +17.3%
ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S 1 74.3% +24.2%
STEPHENS, JACQUELINE F 1 75.5% +14.6%
PATEL, MIRAJ T 1 84.0% +21.6%
STEVENSON, CHRISTINA C 1 3.3% -4.1%

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
18554042 MEDICINE DISPENSING SYSTEM, ADJUSTING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM PATEL, MIRAJ T 6d
18842533 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD VU, VIET D 29d

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
18349829 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, DEVICE, AND METHOD STEVENSON, CHRISTINA C 93d overdue
18539178 ENCRYPTION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND ENCRYPTION PROCESSING METHOD TRAN, VU V 5d overdue
18527207 ENCRYPTION PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD TRAN, VU V 3d 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
18566389 GRINDER ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S 92d overdue
18539178 ENCRYPTION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND ENCRYPTION PROCESSING METHOD TRAN, VU V 5d overdue
18527207 ENCRYPTION PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD TRAN, VU V 3d overdue
18554042 MEDICINE DISPENSING SYSTEM, ADJUSTING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM PATEL, MIRAJ T 6d
18651313 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR JOINT COMMUNICATION AND ILLUMINATION THROUGH UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES LEE, JAI M 7d
18505013 METHOD FOR USING GOLD FOIL STEPHENS, JACQUELINE F 12d
18984799 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM KOESTER, MICHAEL RICHARD 29d
18842533 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD VU, VIET D 29d

Client Portfolio (10 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
24912
36241
24551
26341
36771
36511
37251
37811
36551
36981

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18984799 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM Cbe-A Co., Ltd. KOESTER, MICHAEL RICHARD 3624 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Dec 17, 2024
18842533 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD Sushi Top Marketing, Inc. VU, VIET D 2455 §103 Final Rejection 29d Pending Aug 29, 2024
18651313 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR JOINT COMMUNICATION AND ILLUMINATION THROUGH UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES Indian Institute Of Technology Kharagpur LEE, JAI M 2634 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Apr 30, 2024
18688516 DUAL-AXIS TORQUE HINGE Sugatsune Kogyo Co., Ltd. MAH, CHUCK Y 3677 §103 Final Rejection 87d overdue Pending Mar 01, 2024
18685016 MEDICINE DISPENSING DEVICE Yuyama Mfg. Co., Ltd. RANDALL, JR., KELVIN L 3651 §112 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Feb 20, 2024
18539178 ENCRYPTION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND ENCRYPTION PROCESSING METHOD Axell Corporation TRAN, VU V 2491 §101 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Dec 13, 2023
18566389 GRINDER Araie Mfg. Co., Ltd. ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S 3725 §102 Non-Final OA 92d overdue Pending Dec 04, 2023
18527207 ENCRYPTION PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD Axell Corporation TRAN, VU V 2491 §101 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Dec 01, 2023
18505013 METHOD FOR USING GOLD FOIL Ansena Inc. STEPHENS, JACQUELINE F 3781 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Nov 08, 2023
18554042 MEDICINE DISPENSING SYSTEM, ADJUSTING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM Yuyama Mfg. Co., Ltd. PATEL, MIRAJ T 3655 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Oct 05, 2023
18349829 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, DEVICE, AND METHOD Axell Corporation STEVENSON, CHRISTINA C 3698 §103 Final Rejection 93d overdue Pending Jul 10, 2023
18163751 METHOD FOR CLEANING PROBE TIP AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING PROBE TIP INTO CONICAL SHAPE Probe Innovation, Inc. ABRAHAM, JOSE K 3729 §103 Final Rejection 77d overdue Pending Feb 02, 2023
17754299 CATHETER Japan Lifeline Co., Ltd. RADOMSKI, MARTIN ADAM 3783 §103 Non-Final OA 145d overdue Pending Mar 29, 2022

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