Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Messner Reeves LLP

18 pending office actions • 15 clients • 17 examiners • 16 art units • 0 of 18 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 51 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

18
Total Pending OAs
13
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 18 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

10
Overdue
1
Due this week
3
Due this month
4
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. 18 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (10)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (4)

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%)
13
Medium (72%)
1
Easy (6%)
4
Unknown (22%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only13 (72%)
§112 only1 (6%)
No statute on record4 (22%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
3
Information Tech
17% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
6% of docket
13
Mechanical / Eng
72% of docket
1
Business / Other
6% 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.

180 h
Manual time on pending OAs
36 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
63 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
WILLSE, DAVID H 2 67.5% +13.2%
SAMARA, HUSAM TURKI 1 55.6% +16.5%
RASNIC, HUNTER J 1 11.9% +22.6%
LUCCHESI, NICHOLAS D 1 78.5% +9.3%
LANE, DANIEL E 1 4.1% +8.6%
PANCHOLI, VISHAL J 1 73.0% +24.9%
HOEY, ALISSA L 1 44.4% +32.0%
NARRAMORE, BLAKE I 1 78.7% +23.6%
SKURDAL, COREY NELSON 1 61.4% +11.4%
OLSON, JENNIFER MAR B 1 53.7% +25.8%

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
18843682 RECONFIGURABLE PUZZLE FOR EDUCATION, THERAPY, AND ENTERTAINMENT LANE, DANIEL E 23d overdue
19025853 METHODS OF CROSS CORRELATION OF BIOFIELD SCANS TO ENOME DATABASE, GENOME DATABASE, BLOOD TEST, AND PHENOTYPE DATA RASNIC, HUNTER J 22d overdue

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
18286087 BLOCKCHAIN-IMPLEMENTED HASH FUNCTION NARRAMORE, BLAKE I 146d overdue
18652493 LAUNDRY ACCESSORY FOR DISPENSING LAUNDRY CHEMICALS AND DETERGENT PANCHOLI, VISHAL J 43d overdue
19025853 METHODS OF CROSS CORRELATION OF BIOFIELD SCANS TO ENOME DATABASE, GENOME DATABASE, BLOOD TEST, AND PHENOTYPE DATA RASNIC, HUNTER J 22d overdue
18433067 FLEXIBLE INNER SOCKET FOR PROVIDING INNER CIRCUMFERENCE REDUCTION TO RIGID PROSTHETIC SOCKET WILLSE, DAVID H 3d overdue
17901375 FLEXIBLE INNER SOCKET FOR PROVIDING INNER CIRCUMFERENCE REDUCTION TO RIGID PROSTHETIC SOCKET WILLSE, DAVID H 2d overdue
18410656 POCKET CUFF HOEY, ALISSA L 28d
18198585 MUFFLER SYSTEM WITH PNEUMATICALLY ACTUATED BYPASS VALVE OLSON, JENNIFER MAR B 28d
19197783 SHORT MESSAGE E-DISCOVERY SYSTEM SAMARA, HUSAM TURKI 34d

Client Portfolio (15 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37743
21611
36841
37721
37151
37541
37321
24381
37341
28371

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19197783 SHORT MESSAGE E-DISCOVERY SYSTEM Arc Holdings LLC SAMARA, HUSAM TURKI 2161 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending May 02, 2025
19025853 METHODS OF CROSS CORRELATION OF BIOFIELD SCANS TO ENOME DATABASE, GENOME DATABASE, BLOOD TEST, AND PHENOTYPE DATA Iolera Holdings Pte. Ltd. RASNIC, HUNTER J 3684 §103 Non-Final OA 22d overdue Pending Jan 16, 2025
18921981 DENTAL TOOL Alexander Dental Group LUCCHESI, NICHOLAS D 3772 §103 Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending Oct 21, 2024
18843682 RECONFIGURABLE PUZZLE FOR EDUCATION, THERAPY, AND ENTERTAINMENT Tusi, LLC LANE, DANIEL E 3715 §103 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Sep 05, 2024
18652493 LAUNDRY ACCESSORY FOR DISPENSING LAUNDRY CHEMICALS AND DETERGENT Yky Group Inc. PANCHOLI, VISHAL J 3754 §103 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending May 01, 2024
18433067 FLEXIBLE INNER SOCKET FOR PROVIDING INNER CIRCUMFERENCE REDUCTION TO RIGID PROSTHETIC SOCKET Medical Creations, Inc. WILLSE, DAVID H 3774 Other Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Feb 05, 2024
18410656 POCKET CUFF Code Of Silence, LLC HOEY, ALISSA L 3732 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Jan 11, 2024
18286087 BLOCKCHAIN-IMPLEMENTED HASH FUNCTION NCHAIN LICENSING AG NARRAMORE, BLAKE I 2438 §103 Non-Final OA 146d overdue Pending Oct 06, 2023
18234796 A RADIATION SHIELDING GARMENT, A WEIGHT TRANSFER SUPPORT SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME Salus Scientific Corp. SKURDAL, COREY NELSON 3734 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Aug 16, 2023
18198585 MUFFLER SYSTEM WITH PNEUMATICALLY ACTUATED BYPASS VALVE Austin From Boston LLC OLSON, JENNIFER MAR B 2837 §103 Final Rejection 28d Pending May 17, 2023
18142665 INTEGRATED MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING SAME Celis Semiconductor Corporation PEIKARI, BEHZAD 3992 Other Non-Final OA 57d Pending May 03, 2023
18123884 MEDICAL DEVICE, METHOD OF USING AND MAKING THE SAME Syntervention, Inc. BROWN, SETH RICHARD 3786 §103 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Mar 20, 2023
17903878 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MEASURING MILLIMETER WAVE OF COLD ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE PLASMA Iolera Holdings, LLC YANG, YI-SHAN 3798 Other Non-Final OA 21d Pending Sep 06, 2022
17901375 FLEXIBLE INNER SOCKET FOR PROVIDING INNER CIRCUMFERENCE REDUCTION TO RIGID PROSTHETIC SOCKET Medical Creations, Inc. WILLSE, DAVID H 3774 §112 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Sep 01, 2022
17767853 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BIG DATA ANALYTICS New England Complex Systems Institute THAI, JASMINE THANH 2129 §103 Final Rejection 5d Pending Apr 08, 2022
17683310 IMMUNOTHERAPY TREATMENT KIT AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME Phd Preventative Health Care And Diagnostics, Inc. YOON, CHANEL J 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Feb 28, 2022
17001380 PROSTHETIC LIMB SOCKETS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING Medical Creations, Inc. BAHENA, CHRISTIE L. 3774 §103 Final Rejection 74d overdue Pending Aug 24, 2020
14272284 System and Method for Optimizing Retail Fuel Stores Skyline Products, Inc. ROBINSON, AKIBA KANELLE 3628 Final Rejection 71d overdue Pending May 07, 2014

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