Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Nexus Ip Law Pllc

9 pending office actions • 9 clients • 9 examiners • 9 art units • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (1)

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 (89%)
1
Easy (11%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only8 (89%)
§112 only1 (11%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
44% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
56% 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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CARREIRO, CAITLIN ANN 1 45.5% +40.3%
DAVIS, JASON GREGORY 1 74.0% +17.9%
MCCLAIN, GERALD 1 74.3% +14.4%
FAY, ZOHREH ALEMZADEH 1 51.8% -6.7%
NGUYEN, THANH H 1 18.7% +36.1%
WILDER, CYNTHIA B 1 70.9% +26.6%
WITTLIFF, KATERINA ANNA 1 50.0% +55.6%
NATNITHITHADHA, NAVIN 1 71.3% +30.8%
WEYDEMEYER, ALICIA JANE 1 45.9% +27.0%

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18246795 CAP ASSEMBLY FOR A BEVERAGE CONTAINER NGUYEN, THANH H 14d

Interview Candidates (8)

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
17995925 DEVICES, METHODS, AND SYSTEMS FOR SUBCLAVIAN VEIN CATHETER PLACEMENT WITTLIFF, KATERINA ANNA 97d overdue
16697060 FIBROUS STRUCTURE PRODUCTS COMPRISING LAYERS EACH HAVING DIFFERENT LEVELS OF CELLULOSE NANOPARTICLES WEYDEMEYER, ALICIA JANE 89d overdue
18044377 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AND MONITORING PATHOGENS WILDER, CYNTHIA B 70d overdue
19108416 ORAL USE OF AN IN-MOUTH WEARABLE DEVICE IN THE TREATMENT OF DYSPHAGIA CARREIRO, CAITLIN ANN 3d overdue
18246795 CAP ASSEMBLY FOR A BEVERAGE CONTAINER NGUYEN, THANH H 14d
18697430 METHOD FOR HARVESTING OVERHEAD WIND ENERGY DAVIS, JASON GREGORY 23d
18253552 ROBOTIC APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR MOVING OBJECTS MCCLAIN, GERALD 33d
17630254 BREATH ANALYZER AND UREA BREATH TEST METHOD NATNITHITHADHA, NAVIN 71d

Client Portfolio (9 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37861
37451
36521
16171
17921
16811
37831
37911
17811

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19108416 ORAL USE OF AN IN-MOUTH WEARABLE DEVICE IN THE TREATMENT OF DYSPHAGIA National University Corporation Tokyo Medical And Dental University CARREIRO, CAITLIN ANN 3786 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Mar 03, 2025
18697430 METHOD FOR HARVESTING OVERHEAD WIND ENERGY Huy Toan Vu DAVIS, JASON GREGORY 3745 §103 Final Rejection 23d Pending Mar 29, 2024
18253552 ROBOTIC APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR MOVING OBJECTS The Rubic Technologies Inc. MCCLAIN, GERALD 3652 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Dec 19, 2023
18571711 COMPOUND LIQUID FERTILIZER Albert Nikolaevich Denisov FAY, ZOHREH ALEMZADEH 1617 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Dec 18, 2023
18246795 CAP ASSEMBLY FOR A BEVERAGE CONTAINER Shakacan Ip B.V. NGUYEN, THANH H 1792 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Mar 27, 2023
18044377 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AND MONITORING PATHOGENS Snapdna WILDER, CYNTHIA B 1681 §103 Non-Final OA 70d overdue Pending Mar 08, 2023
17995925 DEVICES, METHODS, AND SYSTEMS FOR SUBCLAVIAN VEIN CATHETER PLACEMENT Scv Delivery Systems LLC WITTLIFF, KATERINA ANNA 3783 §103 Non-Final OA 97d overdue Pending Oct 10, 2022
17630254 BREATH ANALYZER AND UREA BREATH TEST METHOD Anastasia Rigas NATNITHITHADHA, NAVIN 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 71d Pending Jan 26, 2022
16697060 FIBROUS STRUCTURE PRODUCTS COMPRISING LAYERS EACH HAVING DIFFERENT LEVELS OF CELLULOSE NANOPARTICLES Mercer International Inc. WEYDEMEYER, ALICIA JANE 1781 §112 Final Rejection 89d overdue Pending Nov 26, 2019

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