Miles & Stockbridge Pc

Portfolio Summary

45

Total Pending OAs

28

Non-Final OAs

17

Final Rejections

0

Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 45 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

29

Overdue

2

Due this week

10

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. 45 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

Overdue (29)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (10)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.

5

Hard (11%)

35

Medium (78%)

3

Easy (7%)

2

Unknown (4%)

Rejection Statute Mix

Bucket	Cases
§101 only	5 (11%)
§103 only	31 (69%)
§102 only	4 (9%)
§112 only	3 (7%)
No statute on record	2 (4%)

Industry Mix

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

12

Life Sciences

27% of docket

7

Information Tech

16% of docket

5

Communications

11% of docket

11

Semiconductors

24% of docket

10

Mechanical / Eng

22% 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.

450 h

Manual time on pending OAs

90 h

Time saved (low, 20%)

158 h

Time saved (mid, 35%)

3.9 wks

FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

Examiner	Apps on this docket	Allow rate	Interview lift
MONTICELLO, WILLIAM THOMAS	2	51.8%	+54.7%
RUIZ, JOSHUA DAMIAN	1	0.0%	+0.0%
LIN, KATHERINE Y	1	91.2%	+7.0%
LUONG, PETER	1	69.0%	+26.9%
FLYNN, RANDY A	1	65.2%	+16.5%
TRAN, BINH X	1	81.4%	+12.3%
LU, JIONG-PING	1	83.5%	+7.8%
LAWRENCE, JOHN CALEB	1	—	—
HOLZMACHER, DERICK J	1	44.6%	+28.8%
SUN, CAITLYN MINGYUN	1	64.1%	+11.9%

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 #	Title	Examiner	Due in
18955172	APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RESETTING INFORMATION ABOUT THE EXECUTION OF APPLICATION SOFTWARE PROVIDED IN A MULTI-CORE PROCESSOR-BASED AVIONICS COMPUTER DEVICE	LIN, KATHERINE Y	127d overdue
18690902	PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD	LU, JIONG-PING	58d overdue
18691760	PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD	TRAN, BINH X	49d overdue

Hard Cases (6)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #	Title	Examiner	Due in
18494207	INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD	NGUYEN, TIEN C	88d overdue
17351095	DYNAMICALLY EVALUATING HEALTH CARE RISK	MONTICELLO, WILLIAM THOMAS	79d overdue
18026071	DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND DIAGNOSTIC METHOD, AND SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING APPARATUS SYSTEM AND SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS MANUFACTURING SYSTEM	ISLAM, MOHAMMAD K	43d overdue
17351075	DYNAMICALLY EVALUATING HEALTH CARE RISK	MONTICELLO, WILLIAM THOMAS	23d overdue
18994796	ANALYZING DEVICE, AND INFORMATION OUTPUT METHOD	RUIZ, JOSHUA DAMIAN	17d overdue
18591334	PROTOCOL EVALUATION SUPPORT APPARATUS AND PROTOCOL EVALUATION SUPPORT METHOD	HOLZMACHER, DERICK J	55d

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #	Title	Examiner	Due in
18625685	LIVENESS DETECTION	FLYNN, RANDY A	99d overdue
17351095	DYNAMICALLY EVALUATING HEALTH CARE RISK	MONTICELLO, WILLIAM THOMAS	79d overdue
18691760	PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD	TRAN, BINH X	49d overdue
18294267	ELECTROLYTE ANALYZER AND ANALYSIS METHOD	SUN, CAITLYN MINGYUN	24d overdue
17351075	DYNAMICALLY EVALUATING HEALTH CARE RISK	MONTICELLO, WILLIAM THOMAS	23d overdue
18744824	PROMOTING GENERALIZATION IN CROSS-DATASET REMOTE PHOTOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY	LUONG, PETER	30d
18591334	PROTOCOL EVALUATION SUPPORT APPARATUS AND PROTOCOL EVALUATION SUPPORT METHOD	HOLZMACHER, DERICK J	55d

Client Portfolio (12 clients)

Client (Assignee)	Pending OAs
Hitachi	28
South Korean Government	3
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LAC	3
b.well Connected Health	2
Securiport LLC	2
SUZHOU LEAPMED HEALTHCARE CORPORATION	1
Psytechvr	1
Department Of Computer Science And Engineering University Of Notre Dame	1
TOYO TANSO CO., LTD.	1
University of Maryland Medical Center, LLC	1
TGrid Technologies Pty Ltd	1
University of Maryland Medical Center	1

Top Art Units

Art Unit	Apps
1718	4
2857	3
1716	3
1713	2
2672	2
2893	2
2897	2
3684	1
2113	1
3797	1

Pending Office Actions

App #	Title	Client	Examiner	Art Unit	Statutes	Status	Due in	AI	Filed
18994796	ANALYZING DEVICE, AND INFORMATION OUTPUT METHOD	Hitachi High-Tech Corporation	RUIZ, JOSHUA DAMIAN	3684	§103	Non-Final OA	17d overdue	Pending	Jan 15, 2025
18955172	APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RESETTING INFORMATION ABOUT THE EXECUTION OF APPLICATION SOFTWARE PROVIDED IN A MULTI-CORE PROCESSOR-BASED AVIONICS COMPUTER DEVICE	Agency For Defense Development	LIN, KATHERINE Y	2113	§103	Non-Final OA	127d overdue	Pending	Nov 21, 2024
18744824	PROMOTING GENERALIZATION IN CROSS-DATASET REMOTE PHOTOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY	UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LAC	LUONG, PETER	3797	§103	Final Rejection	30d	Pending	Jun 17, 2024
18625685	LIVENESS DETECTION	UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LAC	FLYNN, RANDY A	2424	§103	Final Rejection	99d overdue	Pending	Apr 03, 2024
18691760	PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD	Hitachi High-Tech Corporation	TRAN, BINH X	1713	§103	Non-Final OA	49d overdue	Pending	Mar 13, 2024
18690902	PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD	Hitachi High-Tech Corporation	LU, JIONG-PING	1713	§102	Non-Final OA	58d overdue	Pending	Mar 11, 2024
18598494	Electronic Apparatus for Jamming and Operation Method Thereof	Agency For Defense Development	LAWRENCE, JOHN CALEB	2646	§103	Non-Final OA	22d	Pending	Mar 07, 2024
18591334	PROTOCOL EVALUATION SUPPORT APPARATUS AND PROTOCOL EVALUATION SUPPORT METHOD	Hitachi, Ltd.	HOLZMACHER, DERICK J	3625	§101	Non-Final OA	55d	Pending	Feb 29, 2024
18294267	ELECTROLYTE ANALYZER AND ANALYSIS METHOD	Hitachi High-Tech Corporation	SUN, CAITLYN MINGYUN	1795	§103	Final Rejection	24d overdue	Pending	Feb 01, 2024
18567920	CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DEMAGNETIZING MAGNETIC LENS	Hitachi High-Tech Corporation	LI, LARRY	2881	—	Non-Final OA	9d	Pending	Dec 07, 2023
18389049	NON-CONTRASTIVE UNSUPERVISED LEARNING OF PHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNALS FROM VIDEO	UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LAC	CHAN, CAROL WANG	2672	§103	Non-Final OA	121d overdue	Pending	Nov 13, 2023
18494207	INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD	Hitachi, Ltd.	NGUYEN, TIEN C	3694	§101	Final Rejection	88d overdue	Pending	Oct 25, 2023
18556725	BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE MEASUREMENT DEVICE	Hitachi High-Tech Corporation	THIRUGNANAM, GANDHI	2672	§102	Non-Final OA	2d overdue	Pending	Oct 23, 2023
18282183	PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD	Hitachi High-Tech Corporation	LEE, ALVIN LYNGHI	2813	§103	Non-Final OA	77d overdue	Pending	Sep 14, 2023
18280390	REGENERATING METHOD FOR INNER MEMBER OF PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS	Hitachi High-Tech Corporation	BAREFORD, KATHERINE A	1718	§103	Non-Final OA	12d	Pending	Sep 05, 2023
18279809	METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD	Hitachi High-Tech Corporation	SEHAR, FAKEHA	2893	§103	Non-Final OA	5d	Pending	Aug 31, 2023
18279755	PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND HEATING APPARATUS	Hitachi High-Tech Corporation	BENNETT, CHARLEE	1718	§103	Non-Final OA	60d overdue	Pending	Aug 31, 2023
18035599	NEEDLE SUPPORT STRUCTURE AND NEEDLE GUIDE BRACKET	Suzhou Leapmed Healthcare Corporation	BYRD, BRIGID K	3771	§112	Final Rejection	100d overdue	Pending	Jun 30, 2023
18215350	EVALUATION METHOD, SEARCH METHOD, AND SEARCH SYSTEM	Hitachi High-Tech Corporation	TAN, DAVE	2897	§103	Non-Final OA	119d overdue	Pending	Jun 28, 2023
18269619	ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL DEVICE, ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL METHOD, AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL PROGRAM	Hitachi, Ltd.	SHARMIN, ANZUMAN	2115	§103	Non-Final OA	16d overdue	Pending	Jun 26, 2023
18205162	ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PROVIDING BIDIRECTIONAL KEY AGREEMENT PROTOCOL AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF	Agency For Defense Development	CATTUNGAL, DEREENA T	2431	§103	Non-Final OA	21d	Pending	Jun 02, 2023
18137593	RAIL STATE MONITORING APPARATUS AND RAIL STATE MONITORING METHOD	Hitachi, Ltd.	SCHINDLER, DAVID M	2858	§112	Non-Final OA	7d	Pending	Apr 21, 2023
18133275	VR/AR PHOBIA TRAINING IN A CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT WITH STRESS LEVEL SENSORS AND MANAGEMENT THROUGH SCENARIOS CONTROL	Psytechvr	ELISCA, PIERRE E	3715	§102	Non-Final OA	56d	Pending	Apr 11, 2023
18026217	DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE, SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT SYSTEM, SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING SYSTEM, AND DIAGNOSTIC METHOD	Hitachi High-Tech Corporation	SHAMSUZZAMAN, MOHAMMED	2897	§103	Non-Final OA	28d overdue	Pending	Mar 14, 2023
18026071	DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND DIAGNOSTIC METHOD, AND SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING APPARATUS SYSTEM AND SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS MANUFACTURING SYSTEM	Hitachi High-Tech Corporation	ISLAM, MOHAMMAD K	2857	§101	Final Rejection	43d overdue	Pending	Mar 13, 2023
18115414	DECEPTION DETECTION	Department Of Computer Science And Engineering University Of Notre Dame	KRETZER, CASEY L	2635	§103	Non-Final OA	48d	Pending	Feb 28, 2023
17978345	VALUE CHAIN PLANNING APPARATUS, VALUE CHAIN PLANNING SYSTEM, AND VALUE CHAIN PLANNING METHOD	Hitachi, Ltd.	HO, THOMAS Y	3624	§103	Non-Final OA	14d	Pending	Nov 01, 2022
17921404	AUTOMATIC ANALYSIS APPARATUS AND MAINTENANCE METHOD IN AUTOMATIC ANALYSIS APPARATUS	Hitachi High-Tech Corporation	BACA, MATTHEW WALTER	2857	§103	Non-Final OA	8d	Pending	Oct 26, 2022
17948460	METHOD FOR CALCULATING INTERACTION BETWEEN FEATURE AMOUNTS AND SYSTEM FOR CALCULATING INTERACTION BETWEEN FEATURE AMOUNTS	Hitachi High-Tech Corporation	SMITH, PAULINHO E	2127	§102	Final Rejection	22d	Pending	Sep 20, 2022
17909491	PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD	Hitachi High-Tech Corporation	MARKOFF, ALEXANDER	1711	§103	Final Rejection	46d overdue	Pending	Sep 06, 2022
17907857	PLASMA PROCESSING DEVICE AND PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD	Hitachi High-Tech Corporation	SEOANE, TODD MICHAEL	1718	§103	Final Rejection	18d overdue	Pending	Aug 29, 2022
17797588	MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND LIQUID DELIVERY CONTROL METHOD	Hitachi High-Tech Corporation	OSMAN, SOMMER YOUSEF	1794	§103	Final Rejection	46d overdue	Pending	Aug 04, 2022
17642811	A SILICON CARBIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING A TRENCH FORMED IN A SUBSTRATE WITH A FIRST ANGLE FORMED BY FISRT SIDEWALL AND TOP SURFACE BEING LESS THAN A SECOND ANGLE FORMED BY SECOND SIDEWALL AND TOP SURFACE	Toyo Tanso Co., Ltd.	MAI, ANH D	2893	§103	Final Rejection	13d	Pending	Mar 14, 2022
17641871	PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD	Hitachi High-Tech Corporation	CROWELL, ANNA M	1716	§103	Final Rejection	60d overdue	Pending	Mar 10, 2022
17563405	REVERSE THREAD BONE SCREW	University of Maryland Medical Center	KAMIKAWA, TRACY L	3775	§103	Non-Final OA	73d overdue	Pending	Dec 28, 2021
17433693	PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS	Hitachi High-Tech Corporation	REYES, JOSHUA NATHANIEL PI	1718	Other	Non-Final OA	138d overdue	Pending	Aug 25, 2021
17426617	SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR PERFORMING A TRANSACTION IN RELATION TO AN IDENTITY CENTRIC DATASET	Tgrid Technologies Pty Ltd.	FARROW, FELICIA	2437	§103	Non-Final OA	38d overdue	Pending	Jul 28, 2021
17419396	SIZE DISTRIBUTION MEASUREMENT DEVICE, SIZE DISTRIBUTION MEASUREMENT METHOD, AND SAMPLE CONTAINER	Hitachi High-Tech Science Corporation	BRYANT, REBECCA CAROLE	2877	§103	Final Rejection	8d	Pending	Jun 29, 2021
17351075	DYNAMICALLY EVALUATING HEALTH CARE RISK	B.Well Connected Health, Inc.	MONTICELLO, WILLIAM THOMAS	3681	§101	Final Rejection	23d overdue	Pending	Jun 17, 2021
17351095	DYNAMICALLY EVALUATING HEALTH CARE RISK	B.Well Connected Health, Inc.	MONTICELLO, WILLIAM THOMAS	3682	§101	Final Rejection	79d overdue	Pending	Jun 17, 2021
17278423	PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD	Hitachi High-Tech Corporation	KACKAR, RAM N	1716	§103	Final Rejection	85d overdue	Pending	Mar 22, 2021
17011375	AUGMENTED REALITY MONITORING OF BORDER CONTROL SYSTEMS	Securiport LLC	SHEN, PEIJIE	2622	§103	Non-Final OA	16d overdue	Pending	Sep 03, 2020
16642187	PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD AND PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS	Hitachi High-Tech Corporation	ALEJANDRO MULERO, LUZ L	1716	§112	Non-Final OA	86d overdue	Pending	Feb 26, 2020
15670806	MULTI-MODE DATA COLLECTION AND TRAVELER PROCESSING	Securiport LLC	NGUYEN, TRI T	2128	§103	Non-Final OA	105d overdue	Pending	Aug 07, 2017
15635765	SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTEGRATION OF AUDIOVISUAL COMPONENTS TO CENTRAL STATION MONITORING	University of Maryland Medical Center	JACKSON, JORDAN L	2857	§103	Final Rejection	42d	Pending	Jun 28, 2017