Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Michael L. Leetzow, P.A.

8 pending office actions • 4 clients • 7 examiners • 7 art units • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
1
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.

6
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
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. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (6)Due ≤ 30 days (2)

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%)
8
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only5 (62%)
§102 only3 (38%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
8
Mechanical / Eng
100% 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.

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
RAILEY, JENNIFER A 2 79.8% +7.0%
BATTISTI, DEREK J 1 51.0% +36.3%
YOUNG, EDWIN 1 91.3% +5.8%
KWIECINSKI, RYAN D 1 68.2% +19.7%
FABIAN-KOVACS, ARPAD 1 84.8% +3.2%
TANNER, JOCELIN C 1 71.8% +35.5%
YIM, EISEN DONGKYU 1 56.5% +36.3%

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
18451018 Chopping Unit of an Agricultural Harvesting Machine, Control Device and Method for Operating the Chopping Unit FABIAN-KOVACS, ARPAD 70d overdue
18612404 Agricultural Working Tool YOUNG, EDWIN 26d

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17845795 Method and Control Unit for Operating an Agricultural Harvester, and Agricultural Harvester YIM, EISEN DONGKYU 184d overdue
18044286 DEVICE FOR ACHIEVING HEMOSTASIS TANNER, JOCELIN C 78d overdue
18813481 BOTTLE TOPPER BATTISTI, DEREK J 49d overdue
18581312 RECLINING MECHANISM FOR A FOLDING CHAIR KWIECINSKI, RYAN D 32d overdue

Client Portfolio (4 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
CLAAS 5
Oscar Ventures LLC 1
Denovo Brands, LLC 1
Cyndrx 1

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36762
37341
36551
36351
36711
37711
36691

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18813481 BOTTLE TOPPER Oscar Ventures LLC BATTISTI, DEREK J 3734 §103 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Aug 23, 2024
18612404 Agricultural Working Tool Claas Saulgau GmbH YOUNG, EDWIN 3655 §102 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Mar 21, 2024
18581312 RECLINING MECHANISM FOR A FOLDING CHAIR Denovo Brands, LLC KWIECINSKI, RYAN D 3635 §102 Non-Final OA 32d overdue Pending Feb 19, 2024
18488669 Maize Header For A Forage Harvester, And Forage Harvester Comprising Such A Maize Header Claas Saulgau GmbH RAILEY, JENNIFER A 3676 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Oct 17, 2023
18460781 Method and control device for operating an agricultural harvester and agricultural harvester Claas Saulgau GmbH RAILEY, JENNIFER A 3676 §102 Non-Final OA 91d overdue Pending Sep 05, 2023
18451018 Chopping Unit of an Agricultural Harvesting Machine, Control Device and Method for Operating the Chopping Unit Claas Saulgau GmbH FABIAN-KOVACS, ARPAD 3671 §103 Non-Final OA 70d overdue Pending Aug 16, 2023
18044286 DEVICE FOR ACHIEVING HEMOSTASIS Cyndrx, LLC TANNER, JOCELIN C 3771 §103 Final Rejection 78d overdue Pending Mar 07, 2023
17845795 Method and Control Unit for Operating an Agricultural Harvester, and Agricultural Harvester Claas Saulgau GmbH YIM, EISEN DONGKYU 3669 §103 Non-Final OA 184d overdue Pending Jun 21, 2022

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