Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, Pllc

52 pending office actions • 11 clients • 52 examiners • 45 art units • 0 of 52 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 124 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

52
Total Pending OAs
37
Non-Final OAs
13
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 52 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

17
Overdue
2
Due this week
20
Due this month
5
Due in next 60 days
8
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. 52 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (17)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (20)Due ≤ 60 days (5)Due later (8)

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 (4%)
45
Medium (87%)
5
Easy (10%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (4%)
§103 only43 (83%)
§102 only2 (4%)
§112 only5 (10%)

Industry Mix

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

20
Life Sciences
38% of docket
3
Information Tech
6% of docket
1
Communications
2% of docket
11
Semiconductors
21% of docket
17
Mechanical / Eng
33% 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.

520 h
Manual time on pending OAs
104 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
182 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
4.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MARIN, DAKOTA 1 52.0% +60.6%
FREEDMAN, LAURA 1 87.1% +1.3%
MOLNAR, HUNTER A 1 50.0% +31.9%
KIM, JAMES JAY 1 70.3% +27.1%
SNIDER, SCOTT 1 29.1% +18.3%
STRICKLER, SCOTT LAWRENCE 1 80.4% +29.2%
STRIMBU, GREGORY J 1 56.0% +80.2%
KRUPICKA, ADAM C 1 61.7% +27.9%
LEE, HWA S 1 72.5% +3.2%
KOESTER, MICHAEL RICHARD 1 40.3% +26.4%

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
18974159 VEHICLE FRONT BODY STRUCTURE STRICKLER, SCOTT LAWRENCE 84d overdue
19097150 CURTAIN AIRBAG DEVICE FREEDMAN, LAURA 76d

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
18771131 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTENT DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD MACASIANO, MARILYN G 42d overdue
18385613 PROCESS ESTIMATION DEVICE AND PROCESS ESTIMATION METHOD ORTIZ RODRIGUEZ, CARLOS R 26d
19024429 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD SNIDER, SCOTT 39d

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
18974159 VEHICLE FRONT BODY STRUCTURE STRICKLER, SCOTT LAWRENCE 84d overdue
19049181 INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD MOLNAR, HUNTER A 8d
18974184 VEHICLE SASH DOOR STRUCTURE STRIMBU, GREGORY J 8d
19041733 FUEL TANK PROCESSING APPARATUS KIM, JAMES JAY 16d
18834537 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND CONGESTION INFORMATION GENERATION METHOD KOESTER, MICHAEL RICHARD 27d
19236376 MULTICORE CABLE ASSEMBLY MANUFACTURING METHOD, MULTICORE CABLE ASSEMBLY MANUFACTURING APPARATUS, AND STRANDING MACHINE MARIN, DAKOTA 29d
19024429 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD SNIDER, SCOTT 39d
18937864 FERRITIC STAINLESS STEEL AND STEEL SHEET KRUPICKA, ADAM C 84d

Client Portfolio (11 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36123
17333
17842
28522
17242
37321
36141
36281
37471
36211

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19236376 MULTICORE CABLE ASSEMBLY MANUFACTURING METHOD, MULTICORE CABLE ASSEMBLY MANUFACTURING APPARATUS, AND STRANDING MACHINE Proterial, Ltd. MARIN, DAKOTA 3732 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Jun 12, 2025
19097150 CURTAIN AIRBAG DEVICE Subaru Corporation FREEDMAN, LAURA 3614 §112 Non-Final OA 76d Pending Apr 01, 2025
19049181 INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD Sharp NEC Display Solutions, Ltd. MOLNAR, HUNTER A 3628 §103 Final Rejection 8d Pending Feb 10, 2025
19041733 FUEL TANK PROCESSING APPARATUS Subaru Corporation KIM, JAMES JAY 3747 §103 Non-Final OA 16d Pending Jan 30, 2025
19024429 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD Sharp NEC Display Solutions, Ltd. SNIDER, SCOTT 3621 §103 Non-Final OA 39d Pending Jan 16, 2025
18974159 VEHICLE FRONT BODY STRUCTURE Subaru Corporation STRICKLER, SCOTT LAWRENCE 3612 §103 Non-Final OA 84d overdue Pending Dec 09, 2024
18974184 VEHICLE SASH DOOR STRUCTURE Subaru Corporation STRIMBU, GREGORY J 3634 §112 Final Rejection 8d Pending Dec 09, 2024
18937864 FERRITIC STAINLESS STEEL AND STEEL SHEET Daido Steel Co., Ltd. KRUPICKA, ADAM C 1784 §103 Non-Final OA 84d Pending Nov 05, 2024
18829984 WIRE ROD, ENAMELED WIRE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ENAMELED WIRE Proterial, Ltd. LEE, HWA S 2877 §102 Non-Final OA 77d Pending Sep 10, 2024
18834537 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND CONGESTION INFORMATION GENERATION METHOD Sharp NEC Display Solutions, Ltd. KOESTER, MICHAEL RICHARD 3624 §103 Final Rejection 27d Pending Jul 30, 2024
18771131 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTENT DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD Sharp NEC Display Solutions, Ltd. MACASIANO, MARILYN G 3622 §101 Final Rejection 42d overdue Pending Jul 12, 2024
18739987 DISCONNECTION DETECTION METHOD AND DISCONNECTION DETECTION DEVICE Proterial, Ltd. GONZALEZ, MILTON 2852 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Jun 11, 2024
18601682 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING HARDNESS OF MOLDED PRODUCT Kikusui Seisakusho Ltd. RAEVIS, ROBERT R 2855 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Mar 11, 2024
18293697 TACTILE PRESENTATION DEVICE Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd. AYAD, MARIA S 2172 §103 Non-Final OA 127d overdue Pending Jan 30, 2024
18541754 VEHICLE BODY FRAME STRUCTURE Subaru Corporation CRAIG, DANIEL THOMAS 3676 §102 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Dec 15, 2023
18531006 MULTICORE CABLE Proterial, Ltd. NGUYEN, CHAU N 2841 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Dec 06, 2023
18529851 LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd. ZHU, SHENG-BAI 2897 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Dec 05, 2023
18519841 LUGGAGE-COMPARTMENT-BOARD SUPPORT STRUCTURE Subaru Corporation LYNCH, CARLY W 3643 §103 Non-Final OA 69d Pending Nov 27, 2023
18514805 ROUTING STRUCTURE FOR HOOD LOCK RELEASE CABLE Subaru Corporation LYJAK, LORI LYNN 3612 §103 Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending Nov 20, 2023
18385613 PROCESS ESTIMATION DEVICE AND PROCESS ESTIMATION METHOD Proterial, Ltd. ORTIZ RODRIGUEZ, CARLOS R 2119 §101 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Oct 31, 2023
18384167 FERRITIC FREE-CUTTING STAINLESS STEEL MATERIAL Daido Steel Co., Ltd. SU, XIAOWEI 1733 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Oct 26, 2023
18287521 STEEL MATERIAL FOR CARBONITRIDING AND CARBONITRIDED STEEL MATERIAL Daido Steel Co., Ltd. ROE, JESSEE RANDALL 1759 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Oct 19, 2023
18380923 LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd. MAZUMDER, DIDARUL A 2812 §103 Non-Final OA 60d overdue Pending Oct 17, 2023
18377699 VEHICLE WARNING APPARATUS Subaru Corporation SMALL, NAOMI J 2685 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Oct 06, 2023
18370225 STEEL MATERIAL AND MOLD Daido Steel Co., Ltd. STILES, JACOB BENJAMIN 1733 §103 Final Rejection 85d Pending Sep 19, 2023
18368460 FASTENER APPARATUS, FASTENER ATTACHING DEVICE USING THE FASTENER APPARATUS, AND FASTENER ATTACHING METHOD USING THE FASTENER ATTACHING DEVICE Subaru Corporation CHAU, ALAIN 3741 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Sep 14, 2023
18239390 COMPOSITE MATERIAL PHYSICAL PROPERTY VALUE ESTIMATION DEVICE, COMPOSITE MATERIAL PHYSICAL PROPERTY VALUE ESTIMATION PROGRAM, AND COMPOSITE MATERIAL PHYSICAL PROPERTY VALUE ESTIMATION METHOD Proterial, Ltd. EVANS, GEOFFREY T 2852 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Aug 29, 2023
18234351 COOLING STRUCTURE FOR BATTERY MODULES Subaru Corporation CANTELMO, GREGG 1725 §112 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Aug 15, 2023
18233719 COOLING STRUCTURE OF BATTERY PACK Subaru Corporation WALLS-MURRAY, JESSIE LOGAN 1728 §103 Non-Final OA 65d Pending Aug 14, 2023
18233707 POWER STORAGE DEVICE Subaru Corporation PILLAY, DEVINA 1726 §103 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Aug 14, 2023
18231577 TOOL DRIVING DEVICE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING MACHINED PRODUCT Subaru Corporation FORD, DARRELL CHRISTOPHER 3726 §112 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Aug 08, 2023
18227321 Si ALLOY POWDER FOR NEGATIVE ELECTRODE Daido Steel Co., Ltd. RUSERE, LINAH NATSAI 1712 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Jul 28, 2023
18271017 WIRE ROD FOR FORMING MOLTEN METAL, AND WELDING PRODUCT Daido Steel Co., Ltd. OMORI, MARY I 1784 §103 Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending Jul 05, 2023
18269904 RENTAL EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND RENTAL EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Sharp NEC Display Solutions, Ltd. SANTOS-DIAZ, MARIA C 3629 §103 Non-Final OA 84d Pending Jun 27, 2023
18213661 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd. NARAGHI, ALI 2817 §103 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Jun 23, 2023
18198555 VEHICLE SIDE DOOR BARU CORPORATION CONDO, VERONICA MARIE 3612 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending May 17, 2023
18126824 CERAMIC SUBSTRATE, CERAMIC DIVIDED SUBSTRATE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CERAMIC SUBSTRATE Proterial, Ltd. WILLIS, TREMESHA S 2847 §103 Final Rejection 12d Pending Mar 27, 2023
18124358 CONTACTLESS CHARGER Subaru Corporation KOTOWSKI, LISA MICHELLE 2859 §112 Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending Mar 21, 2023
18116108 SPOT WELDING METHOD AND SPOT WELDING DEVICE Subaru Corporation TRAN-LE, THAO UYEN 3761 §103 Non-Final OA 63d Pending Mar 01, 2023
18018930 ENERGY STORAGE APPARATUS Gs Yuasa International Ltd. RHEE, JANE J 1724 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Jan 31, 2023
18014098 SOFT MAGNETIC MEMBER AND INTERMEDIATE THEREFOR, METHODS RESPECTIVELY FOR PRODUCING SAID MEMBER AND SAID INTERMEDIATE, AND ALLOY FOR SOFT MAGNETIC MEMBER Daido Steel Co., Ltd. YANG, JIE 1734 §103 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Dec 30, 2022
18011945 LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, PROJECTOR, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM Sharp NEC Display Solutions, Ltd. OWENS, DANELL L 2882 §103 Final Rejection 113d overdue Pending Dec 21, 2022
18010114 ELECTRIC STORAGE DEVICE Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha YANCHUK, STEPHEN J 1752 §103 Non-Final OA 16d Pending Dec 13, 2022
17923085 ENERGY STORAGE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ENERGY STORAGE APPARATUS Gs Yuasa International Ltd. LEONG, SUSAN DANG 1754 §103 Final Rejection 40d Pending Nov 03, 2022
17915963 FRP REINFORCING MEMBER, METHOD METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, FRP MOLDED BODY, AND FRP CONNECTION STRUCTURE Jon72 Co., Ltd. HANDVILLE, BRIAN 1783 §103 Final Rejection 32d overdue Pending Sep 29, 2022
17914696 ENERGY STORAGE FACILITY Gs Yuasa International Ltd. EGGERDING, ALIX ECHELMEYER 1729 §103 Final Rejection 5d Pending Sep 26, 2022
17870521 BATTERY MODULE AND BATTERY PACK INCLUDING BATTERY MODULES Subaru Corporation CORNO JR, JAMES ANTHONY JOHN 1722 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Jul 21, 2022
17774910 POWDER MATERIAL Daido Steel Co., Ltd. O'KEEFE, SEAN P 1738 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending May 06, 2022
17760686 POWDER MATERIAL, LAYERED SHAPED ARTICLE, AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR POWDER MATERIAL Daido Steel Co., Ltd. CARPENTER, JOSHUA S 1733 §103 Final Rejection 66d overdue Pending Mar 15, 2022
17418496 ENERGY STORAGE APPARATUS Gs Yuasa International Ltd. THOMAS, BRENT C 1724 §103 Final Rejection 30d Pending Jun 25, 2021
17112485 INTERNAL-LOAD CALCULATION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CALCULATING INTERNAL LOAD Subaru Corporation PUENTE, EMERSON C 2187 §103 Final Rejection 71d overdue Pending Dec 04, 2020
16399772 BODYPAINTING INKS, BODYPAINTING INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING BODYPAINTING INKS Hobbic Study Incorporated GULLEDGE, BRIAN M 1699 §103 Non-Final OA 55d Pending Apr 30, 2019

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