Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Mchale & Slavin, P.A.

22 pending office actions • 15 clients • 21 examiners • 19 art units • 0 of 22 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 99 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

22
Total Pending OAs
15
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 22 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

11
Overdue
1
Due this week
8
Due this month
1
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. 22 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (11)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (8)Due ≤ 60 days (1)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.

0
Hard (0%)
15
Medium (68%)
5
Easy (23%)
2
Unknown (9%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only12 (55%)
§102 only3 (14%)
§112 only5 (23%)
No statute on record2 (9%)

Industry Mix

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

10
Life Sciences
45% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
5% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
11
Mechanical / Eng
50% 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.

220 h
Manual time on pending OAs
44 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
77 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
DANIEL, ANTARIUS S 2 52.2% +16.3%
PRESSLEY, PAUL DEREK 1 62.3% +23.6%
LYNCH, CARLY W 1 49.4% +49.3%
PATEL, DIPEN M 1 20.5% +24.8%
OKONAK, ELIZABETH LOUISE 1 100.0% +0.0%
NGUYEN, JOHN P 1 44.5% +41.6%
WOODALL, NICHOLAS W 1 82.1% +13.0%
ZEMAN, ROBERT A 1 54.0% +27.8%
WEBB, SUNNY DANIELLE 1 84.0% +21.1%
BOSWORTH, KAMI A 1 68.9% +29.4%

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
18470635 REEL LAWNMOWER FOR MOWING GREENS WEBB, SUNNY DANIELLE 35d overdue
18699925 Mountable device for autonomous blood vessel interfacing and instrument actuation OKONAK, ELIZABETH LOUISE 8d

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18739458 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEDIA PLANNING USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PATEL, DIPEN M 29d

Interview Candidates (10)

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
18555150 SURGICAL GUIDANCE DEVICE WOODALL, NICHOLAS W 105d overdue
17537424 APPARATUS FOR APPLYING AN ENDOTHERMIC VAPOR TO SKIN AS AN ANESTHETIC DANIEL, ANTARIUS S 44d overdue
18470635 REEL LAWNMOWER FOR MOWING GREENS WEBB, SUNNY DANIELLE 35d overdue
18470243 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR APPLYING AN ANESTHETIC AND BACTERICIDE BOSWORTH, KAMI A 22d overdue
19220053 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLANT AGRICULTURE LYNCH, CARLY W 15d overdue
19350725 APPARATUS FOR DESTROYING ELECTRONIC DATA AND PROVIDING SELECTIVE STORAGE PRESSLEY, PAUL DEREK 3d overdue
18479501 PROTEINS AND NUCLEIC ACIDS USEFUL IN VACCINES TARGETING STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS ZEMAN, ROBERT A 12d
18413456 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING FLATWORMS NGUYEN, JOHN P 14d

Client Portfolio (15 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37833
16452
37251
36431
36211
37921
16191
37751
36711
26221

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19350725 APPARATUS FOR DESTROYING ELECTRONIC DATA AND PROVIDING SELECTIVE STORAGE Phiston Technologies, Inc. PRESSLEY, PAUL DEREK 3725 §103 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Oct 06, 2025
19220053 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLANT AGRICULTURE Jardin Holdings I, LLC LYNCH, CARLY W 3643 §103 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending May 27, 2025
18739458 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEDIA PLANNING USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Gale Force Digital Technologies, Inc. PATEL, DIPEN M 3621 §102 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Jun 11, 2024
18699925 Mountable device for autonomous blood vessel interfacing and instrument actuation Neurescue Aps OKONAK, ELIZABETH LOUISE 3792 §103 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Apr 10, 2024
18413456 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING FLATWORMS New Guinea Flatworm Spray, Inc. NGUYEN, JOHN P 1619 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Jan 16, 2024
18555150 SURGICAL GUIDANCE DEVICE Integrity Implants Inc. WOODALL, NICHOLAS W 3775 Other Non-Final OA 105d overdue Pending Oct 12, 2023
18479501 PROTEINS AND NUCLEIC ACIDS USEFUL IN VACCINES TARGETING STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS Evaxion Biotech A/S ZEMAN, ROBERT A 1645 §102 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Oct 02, 2023
18470635 REEL LAWNMOWER FOR MOWING GREENS Turf Equipment Services, LLC WEBB, SUNNY DANIELLE 3671 §112 Non-Final OA 35d overdue Pending Sep 20, 2023
18470243 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR APPLYING AN ANESTHETIC AND BACTERICIDE Vapocoolshot, Inc. BOSWORTH, KAMI A 3783 §103 Non-Final OA 22d overdue Pending Sep 19, 2023
18346400 STORAGE SAFE WITH REMOTE PALM READER Hornady Manufacturing Company GILES, EBONI N 2622 §103 Final Rejection 33d Pending Jul 03, 2023
18333771 DISPERSION STRENGTHENED SHOE MATERIAL BBC International LLC FEELY, MICHAEL J 1766 §103 Non-Final OA 53d overdue Pending Jun 13, 2023
18251818 Microfluidic flow cell and system for analyzing or diagnosing biofilms and cell cultures, and the use thereof Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz KWAK, DEAN P 1798 Other Non-Final OA 5d Pending May 04, 2023
18029149 Method for classifying a polysomnography recording into defined sleep stages UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN DER JOHANNES GUTENBERG-UNIVERSITÄT MAINZ BERHANU, ETSUB D 3791 §103 Final Rejection 16d Pending Mar 29, 2023
18041244 Autologous, prevascularized breast tissue constructs produced in a 3D printing method, and methods for producing same UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN DER JOHANNES GUTENBERG-UNIVERSITÄT MAINZ SINGH, ANOOP KUMAR 1632 §112 Non-Final OA 84d Pending Feb 10, 2023
18059652 ENDOTHERMIC VAPOR AND ANTIMICROBIAL SKIN ANESTHETIC AND APPARATUS FOR APPLICATION Vapocoolshot, Inc. DANIEL, ANTARIUS S 3783 §103 Final Rejection 28d Pending Nov 29, 2022
17931943 Method of improving methyltransferase activity Danmarks Tekniske Universitet PAK, YONG D 1652 §103 Final Rejection 19d Pending Sep 14, 2022
17821381 Method of detection of microcalcifications by ultrasound UltraVision Corporation KLEIN, BROOKE L 3797 §112 Non-Final OA 97d overdue Pending Aug 22, 2022
17791038 Vaccines targeting Neisseria gonorrhoeae Evaxion Biotech A/S LYONS, MARY M 1645 §112 Final Rejection 28d Pending Jul 06, 2022
17786631 Nucleic acid vaccination using neo-epitope encoding constructs Evaxion Biotech A/S LI, BAO Q 1671 §102 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Jun 17, 2022
17642335 Method for identifying T-cell epitopes Evaxion Biotech A/S SKIBINSKY, ANNA 1635 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Mar 11, 2022
17537424 APPARATUS FOR APPLYING AN ENDOTHERMIC VAPOR TO SKIN AS AN ANESTHETIC Vapocoolshot, Inc. DANIEL, ANTARIUS S 3783 §103 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Nov 29, 2021
16970688 Novel IL-4-/IL-13-derived peptide compounds for the treatment or prevention of neurodegenerative or neuroinflammatory diseases UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN DER JOHANNES GUTENBERG-UNIVERSITÄT MAINZ MCCOLLUM, ANDREA K 1674 §112 Non-Final OA 99d overdue Pending Aug 18, 2020

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