Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Nieves Ip Law Group, LLC

8 pending office actions • 5 clients • 8 examiners • 6 art units • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 22 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
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
1
Due this month
1
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 (1)Due ≤ 60 days (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.

1
Hard (12%)
4
Medium (50%)
1
Easy (12%)
2
Unknown (25%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (12%)
§103 only3 (38%)
§102 only1 (12%)
§112 only1 (12%)
No statute on record2 (25%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
12% of docket
4
Communications
50% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
38% 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
STROUD, CHRISTOPHER 1 28.7% +20.7%
DIAZ, SABRINA 1 73.8% +23.3%
KRZYSTAN, ALEXANDER J 1 81.4% +7.3%
NI, SUHAN 1 86.6% +14.6%
WEI, ZENGPU 1 71.0% +53.7%
LIEBGOTT, TYLER MICHAEL 1 71.4% +5.8%
BAGGOT, BREFFNI 1 34.9% +23.6%
OBAID, HAMZEH M 1 38.9% +21.8%

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
18687774 IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO LOUDSPEAKER SYSTEMS NI, SUHAN 36d

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
19019288 System and Method for Providing Marketing Consent Synchronization Across Multiple Third Party SaaS Integrations STROUD, CHRISTOPHER 44d overdue
17306397 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING AND MANAGING REPUTATION OF ENTITIES AND INDUSTRIES THROUGH USE OF BEHAVIORAL CONNECTIONS BAGGOT, BREFFNI 44d overdue

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18751825 Loudspeaker System, Method and Apparatus for Absorbing Loudspeaker Acoustic Resonances DIAZ, SABRINA 49d overdue
19019288 System and Method for Providing Marketing Consent Synchronization Across Multiple Third Party SaaS Integrations STROUD, CHRISTOPHER 44d overdue
17306397 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING AND MANAGING REPUTATION OF ENTITIES AND INDUSTRIES THROUGH USE OF BEHAVIORAL CONNECTIONS BAGGOT, BREFFNI 44d overdue
17176271 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING AND MANAGING REPUTATION OF ENTITIES AND INDUSTRIES OBAID, HAMZEH M 36d overdue
18227832 Dataflow Pipeline Deployment System and Method WEI, ZENGPU 10d overdue
18687774 IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO LOUDSPEAKER SYSTEMS NI, SUHAN 36d

Client Portfolio (5 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36212
26942
26931
26911
21971
36241

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19019288 System and Method for Providing Marketing Consent Synchronization Across Multiple Third Party SaaS Integrations Constant Contact Inc. STROUD, CHRISTOPHER 3621 §103 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Jan 13, 2025
18751825 Loudspeaker System, Method and Apparatus for Absorbing Loudspeaker Acoustic Resonances Polk Audio, LLC DIAZ, SABRINA 2693 Other Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Jun 24, 2024
18740346 WIRELESS INTER-ROOM COORDINATION OF AUDIO PLAYBACK B&W Group Ltd. KRZYSTAN, ALEXANDER J 2694 Other Non-Final OA 29d Pending Jun 11, 2024
18687774 IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO LOUDSPEAKER SYSTEMS B&W Group Ltd. NI, SUHAN 2691 §102 Non-Final OA 36d Pending Feb 28, 2024
18227832 Dataflow Pipeline Deployment System and Method Constant Contact, Inc. WEI, ZENGPU 2197 §112 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Jul 28, 2023
18262060 WIRELESS SPEAKER, WIRELESS AUDIO SYSTEM, PROGRAM, AND METHOD OF STATE CONTROL FOR WIRELESS SPEAKER D&M Holdings Inc. LIEBGOTT, TYLER MICHAEL 2694 §103 Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending Jul 19, 2023
17306397 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING AND MANAGING REPUTATION OF ENTITIES AND INDUSTRIES THROUGH USE OF BEHAVIORAL CONNECTIONS Reptrak Holdings, Inc. BAGGOT, BREFFNI 3621 §101 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending May 03, 2021
17176271 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING AND MANAGING REPUTATION OF ENTITIES AND INDUSTRIES Reptrak Holdings, Inc. OBAID, HAMZEH M 3624 §103 Final Rejection 36d overdue Pending Feb 16, 2021

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