Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Mcaughan Deaver Pllc

6 pending office actions • 5 clients • 6 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 15 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
1
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
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. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 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.

0
Hard (0%)
3
Medium (50%)
1
Easy (17%)
2
Unknown (33%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (50%)
§112 only1 (17%)
No statute on record2 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
17% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
83% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BOBISH, CHRISTOPHER S 1 62.2% +29.3%
VARMA, ASHISH K 1 74.5% +32.6%
CARROLL, DAVID P. 1 80.4% +14.4%
BEMKO, TARAS P 1 84.7% +19.4%
MATTHEWS, TERRELL HOWARD 1 83.8% +11.0%
HILTUNEN, THOMAS J 1 81.3% +6.0%

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
19090584 CHECK VALVE FOR DOWNHOLE GAS LINES CARROLL, DAVID P. 51d overdue
18661665 INTEGRATED BUILDING DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, AND OPERATING SYSTEM USING FAULT MANAGED MICROGRID HILTUNEN, THOMAS J 7d

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18916343 Methods and Systems for Reducing Turbidity of Hydraulic Fracturing Sands MATTHEWS, TERRELL HOWARD 73d overdue
19090584 CHECK VALVE FOR DOWNHOLE GAS LINES CARROLL, DAVID P. 51d overdue
19196604 LINEARLY ACTUATED, PIVOTING, PUMPING UNIT VARMA, ASHISH K 46d overdue
19223625 High Temperature Pressure Washing System BOBISH, CHRISTOPHER S 2d overdue
19068603 Artificial Lift System With Under Pumping Mitigation BEMKO, TARAS P 9d

Client Portfolio (5 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36742
37461
36721
36531
28491

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19223625 High Temperature Pressure Washing System Horizon Industrial Technologies, Inc. BOBISH, CHRISTOPHER S 3746 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending May 30, 2025
19196604 LINEARLY ACTUATED, PIVOTING, PUMPING UNIT Ravdos Holdings, Inc. VARMA, ASHISH K 3674 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending May 01, 2025
19090584 CHECK VALVE FOR DOWNHOLE GAS LINES Liberty Lift Solutions, LLC CARROLL, DAVID P. 3674 §112 Non-Final OA 51d overdue Pending Mar 26, 2025
19068603 Artificial Lift System With Under Pumping Mitigation Ravdos Holdings Inc. BEMKO, TARAS P 3672 Other Final Rejection 9d Pending Mar 03, 2025
18916343 Methods and Systems for Reducing Turbidity of Hydraulic Fracturing Sands Propflow, LLC MATTHEWS, TERRELL HOWARD 3653 Other Final Rejection 73d overdue Pending Oct 15, 2024
18661665 INTEGRATED BUILDING DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, AND OPERATING SYSTEM USING FAULT MANAGED MICROGRID Sinclair Digital Services, Inc. HILTUNEN, THOMAS J 2849 §103 Final Rejection 7d Pending May 12, 2024

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