Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Method Ip, LLC

5 pending office actions • 5 clients • 5 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (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%)
5
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (80%)
§102 only1 (20%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
20% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
20% of docket
1
Semiconductors
20% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
40% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KLOTZ, WILLIAM R 1 39.2% +56.3%
TESHALE, AKELAW 1 82.2% +15.9%
GEDEON, DEBORAH TALITHA 1 53.9% +63.8%
APENTENG, JESSICA MCMILLAN 1 65.5% +18.6%
HAGOPIAN, CASEY SHEA 1 54.4% +32.7%

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
18633211 SELECTIVE CONTROL OF AUDIO IN VIRTUAL CONFERENCE ROOMS TESHALE, AKELAW 59d overdue

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18633211 SELECTIVE CONTROL OF AUDIO IN VIRTUAL CONFERENCE ROOMS TESHALE, AKELAW 59d overdue
18789130 FACIAL BATHING ASSEMBLY KLOTZ, WILLIAM R 45d overdue
18605077 LEG SUPPORT APPARATUS GEDEON, DEBORAH TALITHA 24d overdue
18197813 PLA BEADS, DERMAL FILLER INCLUDING THE BEADS, APPARATUS INCLUDING THE FILLER AND USE OF THE APPARATUS HAGOPIAN, CASEY SHEA 9d overdue
18601571 LIGHT MODIFICATION SYSTEM APENTENG, JESSICA MCMILLAN 4d overdue

Client Portfolio (5 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37541
26941
36731
28751
16171

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18789130 FACIAL BATHING ASSEMBLY The FaceTub LLC KLOTZ, WILLIAM R 3754 §102 Non-Final OA 45d overdue Pending Jul 30, 2024
18633211 SELECTIVE CONTROL OF AUDIO IN VIRTUAL CONFERENCE ROOMS Bounce Conferencing LLC TESHALE, AKELAW 2694 §103 Non-Final OA 59d overdue Pending Apr 11, 2024
18605077 LEG SUPPORT APPARATUS Angglz Support LLC GEDEON, DEBORAH TALITHA 3673 §103 Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending Mar 14, 2024
18601571 LIGHT MODIFICATION SYSTEM Mgmd Brainpower LLC APENTENG, JESSICA MCMILLAN 2875 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Mar 11, 2024
18197813 PLA BEADS, DERMAL FILLER INCLUDING THE BEADS, APPARATUS INCLUDING THE FILLER AND USE OF THE APPARATUS Prollenium Medical Technologies, Inc. HAGOPIAN, CASEY SHEA 1617 §103 Final Rejection 9d overdue Pending May 16, 2023

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