Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Meagher Emanuel Laks Goldberg & Liao, LLP

50 pending office actions • 18 clients • 50 examiners • 42 art units • 0 of 50 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 94 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

50
Total Pending OAs
36
Non-Final OAs
13
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 48 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

32
Overdue
1
Due this week
8
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
5
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. 48 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (32)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (8)Due ≤ 60 days (2)Due later (5)

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%)
46
Medium (92%)
1
Easy (2%)
3
Unknown (6%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only42 (84%)
§102 only4 (8%)
Double-patenting only1 (2%)
No statute on record3 (6%)

Industry Mix

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

18
Life Sciences
36% of docket
5
Information Tech
10% of docket
2
Communications
4% of docket
3
Semiconductors
6% of docket
22
Mechanical / Eng
44% 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.

500 h
Manual time on pending OAs
100 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
175 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
4.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LONG, SARAH A 1 60.6% +41.9%
NGUYEN, NYCA T 1 67.3% +24.8%
KHAYER, SOHANA T 1 82.6% +20.7%
MAUST, TIMOTHY LEWIS 1 81.8% +10.0%
KWIECINSKI, RYAN D 1 68.2% +19.7%
ROBINSON, MICHAEL 1 61.6% +21.3%
JOHNSON, NICOLE F 1 87.4% +7.2%
GARCIA-GUERRA, DARLENE 1 23.0% +33.4%
WILLIAMS, JOSEPH L 1 82.5% +15.5%
KHANDKER, RAIHAN R 1 63.9% +58.9%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18848739 COMMODITY TRANSFER APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR SAME KHAYER, SOHANA T 36d overdue
18842902 PUMPLESS DISPENSING MAUST, TIMOTHY LEWIS 11d overdue
18758056 CARDIORENAL SYNDROME (CRS) THERAPY SYSTEMS AND METHODS JOHNSON, NICOLE F 48d

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
18716208 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD GARCIA-GUERRA, DARLENE

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
18678745 OPERATING ELEMENT FOR A VEHICLE INTERIOR WILLIAMS, JOSEPH L 50d overdue
18848739 COMMODITY TRANSFER APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR SAME KHAYER, SOHANA T 36d overdue
18771469 JET ASSISTED WET SPINNING OF PHOTOPOLYMERIZABLE MATERIAL ROBINSON, MICHAEL 31d overdue
18901070 WEIGHT BENCH NGUYEN, NYCA T 30d overdue
18923012 MULTI-LUMEN CATHETER LONG, SARAH A 26d overdue
18842902 PUMPLESS DISPENSING MAUST, TIMOTHY LEWIS 11d overdue
18658248 BIORESORBABLE DEVICE KHANDKER, RAIHAN R 5d overdue
18812347 Non-Interlock Assembled Flooring System KWIECINSKI, RYAN D 28d

Client Portfolio (18 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37964
37713
37833
16562
37841
36571
37531
36351
17441
36251

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18923012 MULTI-LUMEN CATHETER Abiomed, Inc. LONG, SARAH A 3771 §103 Non-Final OA 26d overdue Pending Oct 22, 2024
18901070 WEIGHT BENCH Vonrang International Corporation NGUYEN, NYCA T 3784 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Sep 30, 2024
18848739 COMMODITY TRANSFER APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR SAME Telexistence Inc. KHAYER, SOHANA T 3657 §103 Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending Sep 19, 2024
18842902 PUMPLESS DISPENSING Tendo Technologies Inc. MAUST, TIMOTHY LEWIS 3753 §103 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Aug 30, 2024
18812347 Non-Interlock Assembled Flooring System Carol Young Corporation KWIECINSKI, RYAN D 3635 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Aug 22, 2024
18771469 JET ASSISTED WET SPINNING OF PHOTOPOLYMERIZABLE MATERIAL The Trustees of Princeton University ROBINSON, MICHAEL 1744 §103 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Jul 12, 2024
18758056 CARDIORENAL SYNDROME (CRS) THERAPY SYSTEMS AND METHODS Abiomed, Inc. JOHNSON, NICOLE F 3796 §103 Non-Final OA 48d Pending Jun 28, 2024
18716208 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD Telexistence Inc. GARCIA-GUERRA, DARLENE 3625 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 04, 2024
18678745 OPERATING ELEMENT FOR A VEHICLE INTERIOR Faurecia Innenraum Systeme GmbH WILLIAMS, JOSEPH L 2875 Other Non-Final OA 50d overdue Pending May 30, 2024
18658248 BIORESORBABLE DEVICE Abiomed, Inc. KHANDKER, RAIHAN R 3771 §103 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending May 08, 2024
18707400 3D-PRINTING ENGINEERED LIVING MATERIALS The Trustees of Princeton University TSAY, MARSHA M 1656 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending May 03, 2024
18649154 METAL ENHANCED TRANSITION METAL OXIDE ELECTROCATALYSTS FOR REDUCTION OF CO2 The Trustees of Princeton University CONTRERAS, CIEL P 1794 §103 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Apr 29, 2024
18645688 EYEBROW PRIMER L’Oréal YU, HONG 1614 §103 Non-Final OA 45d overdue Pending Apr 25, 2024
18643560 ONLINE FEEDBACK PLATFORM The City University of New York GALKA, LAWRENCE STEFAN 3715 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Apr 23, 2024
18633843 BLOOD PUMP Abiomed, Inc. CIRULNICK, EMILY NICOLE 3792 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Apr 12, 2024
18599457 SURFACE MODIFICATION OF MEDICAL DEVICES Abiomed, Inc. HOLTZCLAW, MICHAEL T. 3796 §103 Non-Final OA 32d overdue Pending Mar 08, 2024
18586690 Method for assessing carbon capture of an area of interest Atos France HANSEN, CONNOR LEVI 2672 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Feb 26, 2024
18411256 OUTFLOW TUBE AND OUTFLOW TUBE ASSEMBLIES Abiomed, Inc. MARSH, OWEN LEWIS 3796 §103 Non-Final OA 73d overdue Pending Jan 12, 2024
18386057 DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR FLUID MASS DETERMINATION Tendo Technologies Inc. WEST, PAUL M 2855 §103 Non-Final OA 71d Pending Nov 01, 2023
18384056 SUPER-REGENERATIVE OSCILLATOR INTEGRATED METAMATERIAL LEAKY WAVE ANTENNA FOR MULTI-TARGET MOTION DETECTION AND RANGING Rutgers, The State University Of New Jersey SABOKTAKIN, MARJAN 3797 §103 Final Rejection 77d Pending Oct 26, 2023
18381416 MONITORING VITAL SIGNS OF MULTIPLE PERSONS VIA SINGLE PHASED-MIMO RADAR Rutgers, The State University Of New Jersey MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA 3648 §103 Non-Final OA 82d Pending Oct 18, 2023
18374765 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GROWING A LATTICE MATCHED, MULTILAYER, ORGANIC CRYSTAL HETEROSTRUCTURE The Trustees of Princeton University BRATLAND JR, KENNETH A 1714 §103 Final Rejection 30d Pending Sep 29, 2023
18374859 NAIL POLISH TOPCOAT COMPOSITION L'Oréal BABSON, NICOLE PLOURDE 1619 §103 Non-Final OA 37d overdue Pending Sep 29, 2023
18281710 TEXT MINING METHOD FOR TREND IDENTIFICATION AND RESEARCH CONNECTION The Trustees of Princeton University ALMANI, MOHSEN 2159 §103 Non-Final OA 73d overdue Pending Sep 12, 2023
18237093 COSMETIC COMPOSITION L’Oréal SCOTLAND, REBECCA LYNN 1615 §103 Final Rejection 20d Pending Aug 23, 2023
18547216 MODULAR EYEWEAR DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND KITS Obinna Chiaka Amuneke MUHAMMAD, KEY 2872 §102 Non-Final OA 107d overdue Pending Aug 21, 2023
17928028 MODULAR PLATFORM FOR PROGRAMMABLE SPATIOTEMPORAL BIOMOLECULE CLUSTERING WITH APPLICATIONS INCLUDING ENHANCED METABOLIC YIELD The Trustees of Princeton University SU-TOBON, QIWEN NMN 1636 DP Non-Final OA Pending Aug 10, 2023
18228068 VIRTUAL REALITY DISPLAY ADAPTERS The Trustees of Princeton University MA, MICHELLE HAU 2617 §103 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Jul 31, 2023
18224188 SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING MULTI-FACTOR AUTHENTICATION UTILIZING A NEAR-FIELD COMMUNICATION (NFC) FROM PHYSICAL ACCESS DEVICE TO ACCESS REMOTE SERVER Intelligent Material Solutions, Inc. KHAN, MOEEN 2436 §103 Final Rejection 80d overdue Pending Jul 20, 2023
18203798 ANHYDROUS COSMETIC COMPOSITION L’Oréal WISTNER, SARAH CLINKSCALES 1616 §103 Final Rejection 45d overdue Pending May 31, 2023
18037931 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PNEUMATIC-FREE ELECTRONICALLY DRIVEN MICROFLUIDICS TO ALLOW MASSIVE SCALABILITY WITH INTEGRATED CELLULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR DETECTION The Trustees of Princeton University HOBBS, MICHAEL L 1799 §103 Non-Final OA 70d overdue Pending May 19, 2023
18196022 CATHETER SECUREMENT DEVICE Abiomed, Inc. STIMPERT, PHILIP EARL 3783 §102 Final Rejection 28d Pending May 11, 2023
18195535 DISTAL LIMB PERFUSION CANNULA STENT & STENT CANNULA COVER Abiomed, Inc. BARIA, DINAH N 3774 §102 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending May 10, 2023
18195405 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REDUCING LIMB ISCHEMIA Abiomed, Inc. DANG, ANH TIEU 3771 §103 Final Rejection 28d Pending May 10, 2023
18031405 UV-ABSORBING TRANSPARENT PEROVSKITE The Trustees of Princeton University MOWLA, GOLAM 1721 §102 Final Rejection 42d Pending Apr 12, 2023
18124252 SYNTHETIC PEPTIDES FOR DISSOLVING TAU INCLUSIONS The Trustees of Princeton University KONOPELSKI SNAVEL, SARA ELIZABETH 1658 §103 Final Rejection 92d overdue Pending Mar 21, 2023
18178837 MEDICAL SEALANTS Ethicon, Inc. WASHVILLE, JEFFREY D 1766 §103 Final Rejection 70d Pending Mar 06, 2023
18111216 LIQUID-INFUSED SURFACES FOR INCREASING HEAT TRANSFER Kth Royal Institute Of Technology CIRIC, LJILJANA V 3763 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Feb 17, 2023
18072800 CRYPTIC METABOLITES AND METHOD FOR ACTIVATING SILENT BIOSYNTHETIC GENE CLUSTERS IN DIVERSE MICROORGANISMS The Trustees of Princeton University CHOWDHURY, IQBAL HOSSAIN 1656 §103 Non-Final OA 87d overdue Pending Dec 01, 2022
17979100 FLUORO-LESS SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING CATHETER-BASED BLOOD PUMPS Abiomed, Inc. BOUCHELLE, LAURA A 3783 §103 Non-Final OA 45d overdue Pending Nov 02, 2022
17917598 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AEROSOL PARTICLE PRODUCTION OF SUBMICRON AND NANO STRUCTURED MATERIALS The Trustees of Princeton University PHILIPS, BRADLEY H 3799 Other Non-Final OA 88d overdue Pending Oct 07, 2022
17948639 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A GLOBAL DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL Climate Central BALAKRISHNAN, VIJAY MURALI 2143 §103 Non-Final OA 112d overdue Pending Sep 20, 2022
17941149 Computing system for executing quantum programs on analog and digital quantum computers Bull SAS GUTMAN, JENNIFER MARIE 2194 §103 Final Rejection 19d overdue Pending Sep 09, 2022
17852201 CANNULA SYSTEM Abiomed, Inc. BAKKAR, AYA ZIAD 3796 §103 Non-Final OA 89d overdue Pending Jun 28, 2022
17756246 Systems and Methods for Automatic Intravenous Injections Invictis Labs, Inc. PAZ ESTEVEZ, GUILLERMO G 3783 §103 Non-Final OA 53d overdue Pending May 19, 2022
17745322 SHARED COLUMN ADCS FOR IN-MEMORY-COMPUTING MACROS The Trustees of Princeton University VILLANUEVA, MARKUS ANTHONY 2151 §103 Non-Final OA 107d overdue Pending May 16, 2022
17696069 VARIATION POLYGENIC INDEX/SCORE The Trustees of Princeton University AUGER, NOAH ANDREW 1687 §103 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Mar 16, 2022
17432145 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LIGHT-REGULATED OLIGOMERIZATION AND PHASE SEPARATION OF FOLDED DOMAINS AND RNA GRANULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN DOMAINS FOR DRUG- BASED SCREENING APPLICATIONS The Trustees of Princeton University SULLIVAN, STEPHANIE LAUREN 1635 Other Final Rejection 60d overdue Pending Aug 19, 2021
17277518 HIGH THROUGHPUT METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MAPPING INTRACELLULAR PHASE DIAGRAMS The Trustees of Princeton University SABOUR, GHAZAL 1686 §103 Final Rejection 9d Pending Mar 18, 2021
17269108 MULTIPLEX DEVICE UTILIZING LINEAR ARRAY WITH SLANTED TEST LINES ON A LATERAL FLOW STRIP OR MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE Intelligent Material Solutions, Inc. KIRWIN, STEFANIE JOHANNA 1677 §103 Non-Final OA 63d Pending Feb 17, 2021

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