Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Mcguirewoods, LLP

8 pending office actions • 7 clients • 8 examiners • 8 art units • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 15 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due later (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 (25%)
3
Medium (38%)
2
Easy (25%)
1
Unknown (12%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (25%)
§103 only3 (38%)
§112 only2 (25%)
No statute on record1 (12%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
38% of docket
1
Information Tech
12% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
38% of docket
1
Business / Other
12% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LE, HUNG D 1 90.2% +6.1%
YONO, RAVEN E 1 39.5% +33.2%
OUSSIR, EL MEHDI 1 48.2% +49.1%
PHAM, VU PHI 1 35.3% +16.7%
BULTHUIS, ANTHONY JAMES 1 26.1% +32.4%
WOOD, WILLIAM H 1 72.9% -3.8%
TADAYYON ESLAMI, TABASSOM 1 49.1% +27.4%
PIPIC, ALMA 1 54.5% +55.6%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19076825 AI-POWERED RAW FILE MANAGEMENT LE, HUNG D 62d

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18410806 SYSTEMS AND MEHTODS TO AUTHENTICATE A USER'S FINANCIAL CREDENTIALS OUSSIR, EL MEHDI 132d overdue
17390160 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO IMPROVE A USERS MENTAL STATE BULTHUIS, ANTHONY JAMES 25d overdue

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18583774 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO AUTHENTICATE A USER’S FINANCIAL CREDENTIALS YONO, RAVEN E 150d overdue
18410806 SYSTEMS AND MEHTODS TO AUTHENTICATE A USER'S FINANCIAL CREDENTIALS OUSSIR, EL MEHDI 132d overdue
17843486 Apparatus and Process for Flavoring a Smokable Article PHAM, VU PHI 110d overdue
15187484 METHOD FOR IMPROVING HEALTH OUTCOMES PIPIC, ALMA 31d overdue
17390160 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO IMPROVE A USERS MENTAL STATE BULTHUIS, ANTHONY JAMES 25d overdue
16481438 FLEXIBLE COLOR FILTER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING TADAYYON ESLAMI, TABASSOM 20d

Client Portfolio (7 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
21611
36941
36991
17551
37151
39921
17181
16171

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19076825 AI-POWERED RAW FILE MANAGEMENT Awes.Me, Inc. LE, HUNG D 2161 §112 Final Rejection 62d Pending Mar 11, 2025
18583774 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO AUTHENTICATE A USER’S FINANCIAL CREDENTIALS My Life Kit Ltd. YONO, RAVEN E 3694 §103 Non-Final OA 150d overdue Pending Feb 21, 2024
18410806 SYSTEMS AND MEHTODS TO AUTHENTICATE A USER'S FINANCIAL CREDENTIALS My Life Kit Ltd. OUSSIR, EL MEHDI 3699 §101 Non-Final OA 132d overdue Pending Jan 11, 2024
17843486 Apparatus and Process for Flavoring a Smokable Article Taste Brands Limited Liability Company PHAM, VU PHI 1755 §103 Final Rejection 110d overdue Pending Jun 17, 2022
17390160 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO IMPROVE A USERS MENTAL STATE Maestro Games, Spc BULTHUIS, ANTHONY JAMES 3715 §101 Non-Final OA 25d overdue Pending Jul 30, 2021
16900652 ROTATION STABILIZATION Smugmug, Inc. WOOD, WILLIAM H 3992 §112 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Jun 12, 2020
16481438 FLEXIBLE COLOR FILTER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING Ares Materials Inc. TADAYYON ESLAMI, TABASSOM 1718 §103 Final Rejection 20d Pending Jul 26, 2019
15187484 METHOD FOR IMPROVING HEALTH OUTCOMES Avadim Health IP, Inc. PIPIC, ALMA 1617 Other Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending Jun 20, 2016

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