Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

New River Valley Intellectual

14 pending office actions • 5 clients • 8 examiners • 7 art units • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

14
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
7
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 14 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

8
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
2
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. 14 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (8)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 days (2)Due later (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%)
10
Medium (71%)
0
Easy (0%)
4
Unknown (29%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only9 (64%)
§102 only1 (7%)
No statute on record4 (29%)

Industry Mix

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

6
Life Sciences
43% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
8
Mechanical / Eng
57% 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.

140 h
Manual time on pending OAs
28 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
49 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BARSKY, JARED 4 50.2% +23.0%
MENDEZ, MANUEL A 3 86.1% +8.2%
PEFFLEY, MICHAEL F 2 77.6% +12.8%
PETTITT, JOHN F 1 25.6% +21.4%
TREMARCHE, CONNOR J. 1 65.1% +28.2%
KING, BRIAN M 1 70.3% +23.6%
NGUYEN, JOHN P 1 44.5% +41.6%
MINCHELLA, KAITLYN L 1 27.1% +21.7%

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
18306660 METHODS OF ADMINISTERING DOFETILIDE MENDEZ, MANUEL A 43d
18315790 METHODS OF INTRAVENOUSLY ADMINISTERING DOFETILIDE MENDEZ, MANUEL A 62d
18321220 METHODS OF INTRAVENOUSLY ADMINISTERING DOFETILIDE MENDEZ, MANUEL A 68d

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
17188737 PEAK-PRESERVING AND ENHANCING BASELINE CORRECTION METHODS FOR RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY MINCHELLA, KAITLYN L 119d overdue
18398897 SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR NATURAL GAS LIQUEFACTION PETTITT, JOHN F 8d overdue

Interview Candidates (11)

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
18324703 METHODS OF INTRAVENOUSLY ADMINISTERING SOTALOL BARSKY, JARED 131d overdue
18126561 METHODS OF ADMINISTERING SOTALOL HYDROCHLORIDE BARSKY, JARED 125d overdue
18417748 METHOD OF INITIATING AND ESCALATING SOTALOL HYDROCHLORIDE DOSING BARSKY, JARED 121d overdue
17188737 PEAK-PRESERVING AND ENHANCING BASELINE CORRECTION METHODS FOR RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY MINCHELLA, KAITLYN L 119d overdue
18608958 CYCLED PULSING TO MITIGATE THERMAL DAMAGE FOR MULTI-ELECTRODE IRREVERSIBLE ELECTROPORATION THERAPY PEFFLEY, MICHAEL F 43d overdue
17306490 METHODS OF ADMINISTERING SOTALOL HYDROCHLORIDE NGUYEN, JOHN P 30d overdue
18398897 SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR NATURAL GAS LIQUEFACTION PETTITT, JOHN F 8d overdue
18356991 Drainage System TREMARCHE, CONNOR J. 8d overdue

Client Portfolio (5 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
16284
37833
37942
37632
37621
16191
16851

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18608958 CYCLED PULSING TO MITIGATE THERMAL DAMAGE FOR MULTI-ELECTRODE IRREVERSIBLE ELECTROPORATION THERAPY AngioDynamics, Inc. PEFFLEY, MICHAEL F 3794 Other Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Mar 19, 2024
18417748 METHOD OF INITIATING AND ESCALATING SOTALOL HYDROCHLORIDE DOSING AltaThera Pharmaceuticals LLC BARSKY, JARED 1628 Other Non-Final OA 121d overdue Pending Jan 19, 2024
18398897 SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR NATURAL GAS LIQUEFACTION NuBlu Innovations, LLC PETTITT, JOHN F 3763 §103 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Dec 28, 2023
18528051 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ABLATING A TISSUE SITE BY ELECTROPORATION WITH REAL-TIME MONITORING OF TREATMENT PROGRESS AngioDynamics, Inc. PEFFLEY, MICHAEL F 3794 §102 Final Rejection 29d Pending Dec 04, 2023
18356991 Drainage System NuBlu Innovations, LLC TREMARCHE, CONNOR J. 3762 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Jul 21, 2023
18324703 METHODS OF INTRAVENOUSLY ADMINISTERING SOTALOL AltaThera Pharmaceuticals LLC BARSKY, JARED 1628 Other Non-Final OA 131d overdue Pending May 26, 2023
18321220 METHODS OF INTRAVENOUSLY ADMINISTERING DOFETILIDE AltaThera Pharmaceuticals LLC MENDEZ, MANUEL A 3783 §103 Non-Final OA 68d Pending May 22, 2023
18315790 METHODS OF INTRAVENOUSLY ADMINISTERING DOFETILIDE AltaThera Pharmaceuticals LLC MENDEZ, MANUEL A 3783 §103 Non-Final OA 62d Pending May 11, 2023
18315233 LNG Liquefaction System and Process High Roller E & C, LLC KING, BRIAN M 3763 §103 Final Rejection 41d Pending May 10, 2023
18306660 METHODS OF ADMINISTERING DOFETILIDE AltaThera Pharmaceuticals LLC MENDEZ, MANUEL A 3783 §103 Non-Final OA 43d Pending Apr 25, 2023
18126561 METHODS OF ADMINISTERING SOTALOL HYDROCHLORIDE AltaThera Pharmaceuticals LLC BARSKY, JARED 1628 Other Final Rejection 125d overdue Pending Mar 27, 2023
17861226 METHOD OF INITIATING AND ESCALATING SOTALOL HYDROCHLORIDE DOSING AltaThera Pharmaceuticals LLC BARSKY, JARED 1628 §103 Final Rejection 29d Pending Jul 10, 2022
17306490 METHODS OF ADMINISTERING SOTALOL HYDROCHLORIDE AltaThera Pharmaceuticals LLC NGUYEN, JOHN P 1619 §103 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending May 03, 2021
17188737 PEAK-PRESERVING AND ENHANCING BASELINE CORRECTION METHODS FOR RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES, INC. MINCHELLA, KAITLYN L 1685 §103 Final Rejection 119d overdue Pending Mar 01, 2021

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