Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Outlier Patent Attorneys, Pllc

17 pending office actions • 15 clients • 16 examiners • 15 art units • 0 of 17 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 41 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

17
Total Pending OAs
12
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 17 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

12
Overdue
2
Due this week
3
Due this month
0
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. 17 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (12)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (3)

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 (6%)
13
Medium (76%)
1
Easy (6%)
2
Unknown (12%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (6%)
§103 only12 (71%)
§102 only1 (6%)
§112 only1 (6%)
No statute on record2 (12%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
4
Information Tech
24% of docket
1
Communications
6% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
12
Mechanical / Eng
71% 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.

170 h
Manual time on pending OAs
34 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
59 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
RASNIC, HUNTER J 2 11.9% +22.6%
NGUYEN, TAI T 1 84.6% +17.4%
HUYNH, LUAT T 1 93.2% +8.5%
ABYANEH, ALI S 1 77.8% +55.8%
ZONG, RUOLEI 1 86.8% +12.2%
GURARI, EREZ 1 78.2% +10.4%
KIRK, BRYAN J 1 33.6% +44.1%
REICHERT, RACHELLE LEIGH 1 30.3% +34.0%
SULLIVAN, JESSICA E 1 15.3% +23.5%
ZEROUAL, OMAR 1 34.0% +40.0%

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
18964323 WEARABLE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR BACKFEED COMMUNICATION FOR PERSONAL SECURITY NGUYEN, TAI T 11d overdue

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18440827 DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING INMATE POSTAL MAIL KIRK, BRYAN J 97d overdue
18377156 GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE ELEMENTS FOR ENABLING EFFICIENT LAYOUTS SULLIVAN, JESSICA E 88d overdue
18749124 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING CRISIS SCENARIOS AND INITIATING SUICIDE INTERVENTION RASNIC, HUNTER J 80d overdue
18911894 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS SCENARIOS AND INITIATING INTERVENTION RASNIC, HUNTER J 44d overdue

Interview Candidates (10)

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
18512893 HOLISTIC PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT REICHERT, RACHELLE LEIGH 182d overdue
18440827 DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING INMATE POSTAL MAIL KIRK, BRYAN J 97d overdue
18377156 GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE ELEMENTS FOR ENABLING EFFICIENT LAYOUTS SULLIVAN, JESSICA E 88d overdue
18749124 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING CRISIS SCENARIOS AND INITIATING SUICIDE INTERVENTION RASNIC, HUNTER J 80d overdue
18239737 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INSURANCE PROCESSES ZEROUAL, OMAR 71d overdue
18911894 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS SCENARIOS AND INITIATING INTERVENTION RASNIC, HUNTER J 44d overdue
18767770 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING INTERACTIONS WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODELS ZONG, RUOLEI 32d overdue
18964323 WEARABLE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR BACKFEED COMMUNICATION FOR PERSONAL SECURITY NGUYEN, TAI T 11d overdue

Client Portfolio (15 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36842
36282
26851
36671
24371
24411
36151
36861
36271
36231

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18964323 WEARABLE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR BACKFEED COMMUNICATION FOR PERSONAL SECURITY Wc Ideal Products, LLC NGUYEN, TAI T 2685 §103 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Nov 29, 2024
18911894 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS SCENARIOS AND INITIATING INTERVENTION Wellness Empowered, LLC RASNIC, HUNTER J 3684 §103 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Oct 10, 2024
18807970 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OBTAINING LOCATION DATA Chiocolli, LLC HUYNH, LUAT T 3667 Other Non-Final OA 20d Pending Aug 17, 2024
18793517 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MODEL SECURITY IN DISTRIBUTED MODEL TRAINING APPLICATIONS BOBI, INC. ABYANEH, ALI S 2437 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Aug 02, 2024
18767770 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING INTERACTIONS WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODELS Practical Creativity LLC ZONG, RUOLEI 2441 Other Non-Final OA 32d overdue Pending Jul 09, 2024
18749124 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING CRISIS SCENARIOS AND INITIATING SUICIDE INTERVENTION Wellness Empowered, LLC RASNIC, HUNTER J 3684 §102 Non-Final OA 80d overdue Pending Jun 20, 2024
18742014 EQUIPMENT TRANSPORT APPARATUS Teras Manufacturing Company LLP GURARI, EREZ 3615 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Jun 13, 2024
18440827 DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING INMATE POSTAL MAIL Hlfip Holding, Inc. KIRK, BRYAN J 3628 §101 Final Rejection 97d overdue Pending Feb 13, 2024
18512893 HOLISTIC PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT Veritas Index Institute REICHERT, RACHELLE LEIGH 3686 §103 Non-Final OA 182d overdue Pending Nov 17, 2023
18377156 GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE ELEMENTS FOR ENABLING EFFICIENT LAYOUTS Ektech Bros Inc. SULLIVAN, JESSICA E 3627 §103 Non-Final OA 88d overdue Pending Oct 05, 2023
18239737 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INSURANCE PROCESSES Safb Inc. ZEROUAL, OMAR 3628 §112 Non-Final OA 71d overdue Pending Aug 29, 2023
18212600 INTERACTIVE GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR PRODUCING CUSTOM INJECTION MOLDED PARTS Evok LLC KNIGHT, LETORIA G 3623 §103 Final Rejection 11d overdue Pending Jun 21, 2023
18132343 DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS IN A STRUCTURE BASED ON MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUES Solvable Labs Inc. TRAN, VI N 2117 §103 Final Rejection 26d Pending Apr 07, 2023
17880405 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTED DATAFLOW EXECUTION IN A DISTRIBUTED ENVIRONMENT Havelock Jsc RINES, ROBERT D 3625 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Aug 03, 2022
17836708 VACUUM GRIPPING SYSTEM WITH EXTENDING GRIPPER ARM Plus One Robotics, Inc. LAZO, THOMAS E 3745 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Jun 09, 2022
17363499 CORRECTIONAL POSTAL MAIL CONTRABAND ELIMINATION SYSTEM Hlfip Holding, Inc. WOLDEMARIAM, NEGA 2407 §103 Non-Final OA 118d overdue Pending Jun 30, 2021
17336135 POINT-PRESSURE APPLICATION SYSTEM 6:8 Medical Solutions LLC COLELLO, ERIN L 3771 §103 Final Rejection 44d overdue Pending Jun 01, 2021

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