Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Offit Kurman

23 pending office actions • 15 clients • 23 examiners • 18 art units • 0 of 23 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 32 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

23
Total Pending OAs
12
Non-Final OAs
7
Final Rejections
4
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 23 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

15
Overdue
1
Due this week
5
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. 23 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (15)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (5)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%)
18
Medium (78%)
1
Easy (4%)
4
Unknown (17%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only18 (78%)
§112 only1 (4%)
No statute on record4 (17%)

Industry Mix

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

8
Life Sciences
35% of docket
1
Information Tech
4% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
4% of docket
13
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.

230 h
Manual time on pending OAs
46 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
80 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
GMOSER, WILLIAM L 1 77.9% +29.9%
NGUYEN, UYEN T 1 39.2% +38.3%
CRIBBS, MALCOLM 1 88.8% +14.6%
BATTISTI, DEREK J 1 51.0% +36.3%
HALL, SHAUNA-KAY N 1 81.1% +18.2%
MERCIER, MELISSA S 1 71.9% +5.9%
JAFFRI, ZEHRA 1 62.7% +47.0%
LANCASTER, LINDSAY REGAN 1 55.1% +26.3%
BRYANT, REBECCA CAROLE 1 64.2% +32.4%
BALDORI, JOSEPH B 1 44.8% +30.2%

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
18662184 CUSTOM GOLF CLUB FITTING HALL, SHAUNA-KAY N 24d overdue
18962443 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ELECTRONIC CONTENT DELIVERY TO A USER DEVICE THROUGH A WIRELESS CAPTIVE AUDIENCE DEVICE CRIBBS, MALCOLM 46d

Interview Candidates (9)

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
18130529 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HOLIDAY TOY BALDORI, JOSEPH B 692d overdue
18220772 MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES AND METHOD FOR SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS OF CELLS USING OPTICAL FORCES AND RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY BRYANT, REBECCA CAROLE 46d overdue
18969960 TERRY STRUCTURE WITH SELECTIVELY COMPOSITE TWIST IN PILE AND PROCESS OF MANUFACTURING NGUYEN, UYEN T 29d overdue
19214173 PROTECTIVE PLANT BARRIER AND SOIL ENHANCER GMOSER, WILLIAM L 24d overdue
18662184 CUSTOM GOLF CLUB FITTING HALL, SHAUNA-KAY N 24d overdue
18379390 SURGICAL SYSTEM FOR AN AORTIC VALVE JAFFRI, ZEHRA 13d
18285764 EXCISION CATHETER SYSTEM FOR AN AORTIC VALVE LANCASTER, LINDSAY REGAN 20d
18962443 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ELECTRONIC CONTENT DELIVERY TO A USER DEVICE THROUGH A WIRELESS CAPTIVE AUDIENCE DEVICE CRIBBS, MALCOLM 46d

Client Portfolio (15 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37713
37743
37322
36471
24971
37341
37151
16151
37941
28771

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19214173 PROTECTIVE PLANT BARRIER AND SOIL ENHANCER Three Little Frogs, LLC GMOSER, WILLIAM L 3647 §103 Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending May 21, 2025
18969960 TERRY STRUCTURE WITH SELECTIVELY COMPOSITE TWIST IN PILE AND PROCESS OF MANUFACTURING Welspun India Limited NGUYEN, UYEN T 3732 §103 Non-Final OA 29d overdue Pending Dec 05, 2024
18962443 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ELECTRONIC CONTENT DELIVERY TO A USER DEVICE THROUGH A WIRELESS CAPTIVE AUDIENCE DEVICE Baker & Taylor, LLC CRIBBS, MALCOLM 2497 §103 Non-Final OA 46d Pending Nov 27, 2024
18793688 RUCKING ARTICLE Goruck Holdings, LLC BATTISTI, DEREK J 3734 §103 Final Rejection 72d Pending Aug 02, 2024
18662184 CUSTOM GOLF CLUB FITTING SwingFit, Inc. HALL, SHAUNA-KAY N 3715 §103 Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending May 13, 2024
18539830 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR SELF-REGULATED RELEASE OF ACTIVE PHARMACEUTICAL INGREDIENT Acura Pharmaceuticals, Inc. MERCIER, MELISSA S 1615 Other Final Rejection 22d Pending Dec 14, 2023
18379390 SURGICAL SYSTEM FOR AN AORTIC VALVE Excision Medical, Inc. JAFFRI, ZEHRA 3771 §103 Final Rejection 13d Pending Oct 12, 2023
18285764 EXCISION CATHETER SYSTEM FOR AN AORTIC VALVE Excision Medical, Inc. LANCASTER, LINDSAY REGAN 3794 §103 Final Rejection 20d Pending Oct 05, 2023
18220772 MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES AND METHOD FOR SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS OF CELLS USING OPTICAL FORCES AND RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY Lumacyte, Inc. BRYANT, REBECCA CAROLE 2877 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Jul 11, 2023
18130529 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HOLIDAY TOY Infineon Technologies AG BALDORI, JOSEPH B 3711 §103 Non-Final OA 692d overdue Pending Apr 04, 2023
17989817 TARGETING G3BP AGGREGATION TO PREVENT NEURODEGENERATION Tel Hashomer Medical Research Infrastructure And Services Ltd. STEELE, AMBER D 1658 Other Non-Final OA 51d overdue Pending Nov 18, 2022
17822409 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR STIMULATING HAIR GROWTH Amplifica Holdings Group, Inc. KRISHNAN, GANAPATHY 1693 Other Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Aug 25, 2022
17854061 ACL REPAIR METHOD USING FEMORAL ATTACHMENT Miach Orthopaedics, Inc. BLASS, PARIS MARIE 3774 §103 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Jun 30, 2022
17854098 ARTHROSCOPIC ACL REPAIR SYSTEM AND METHOD Miach Orthopaedics, Inc. DUDDEN, TERESA MARIE 3774 §103 Final Rejection 15d Pending Jun 30, 2022
17782238 CATHETER ASSEMBLY AND RELATED METHODS Excision Medical, Inc. ALEMAN, SARAH WEBB 3774 §103 Non-Final OA 38d overdue Pending Jun 03, 2022
17778209 CATHETER SYSTEM FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH AN IMPLANTED MEDICAL DEVICE Excision Medical, Inc. RESTAINO, ANDREW PETER 3771 §103 Final Rejection 140d overdue Pending May 19, 2022
17515022 Controlled Absorption Water-Soluble Pharmaceutically Active Organic Compound Formulation for Once-Daily Administration Sti Pharma, LLC PEEBLES, KATHERINE 1617 Other Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Oct 29, 2021
17370457 SAMPLING DEVICE AND SYSTEMS Lumacyte, Inc. NGUYEN, HENRY H 1758 §103 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Jul 08, 2021
17298314 DEVICE FOR ASSESSING MECHANICAL STRAIN INDUCED IN OR BY CELLS Mimetas B.V. DAUNER, JOSEPH G 1682 §112 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending May 28, 2021
16982935 ADVANCED BIOPHYSICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL CELLULAR MONITORING AND QUANTIFICATION USING LASER FORCE CYTOLOGY Lumacyte, Inc. SKIBINSKY, ANNA 1635 §103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Sep 21, 2020
16977670 DEVICE FOR PERFORMING ELECTRICAL MEASUREMENTS Mimetas B.V. LYLE, SOPHIA YUAN 1796 §103 Final Rejection 27d Pending Sep 02, 2020
16560358 METHODS AND COLLAGEN PRODUCTS FOR TISSUE REPAIR The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia KNAUSS, CHRISTIAN D 3771 §103 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Sep 04, 2019
16000001 Hygro Flat Woven Fabrics, Articles, And Related Processes Welspun India Limited HUANG, GRACE 3732 §103 Non-Final OA 126d overdue Pending Jun 05, 2018

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