Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Outside General Counsel, LLC

8 pending office actions • 7 clients • 8 examiners • 8 art units • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 15 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. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 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.

0
Hard (0%)
7
Medium (88%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (12%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only7 (88%)
No statute on record1 (12%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
3
Information Tech
38% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
12% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
50% 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
KOTIS, JOSHUA G 1 74.0% +56.7%
WONG, HUEN 1 59.2% +46.1%
SHANG, ANNAN Q 1 70.8% +10.8%
SKURDAL, COREY NELSON 1 61.4% +11.4%
TOOHEY, RICHARD ORLANDO 1 82.8% +10.1%
NAOREEN, NAZIA 1 70.1% +11.2%
OLIVER, BRADLEY S 1 61.1% +14.2%
ARCE, MARLON ALEXANDER 1 85.4% +10.2%

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
18684658 Bicycle Frame for a Transmission ARCE, MARLON ALEXANDER 7d
18836554 Method and Device for Determining Whether an Oilseed, a Nut, in Particular a Hazelnut, or a Seed Is Rancid TOOHEY, RICHARD ORLANDO 9d

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
18735279 Dual Cosmetic Product OLIVER, BRADLEY S 81d overdue
18749939 DATA CHANNEL MANAGEMENT IN AN INTERACTIVE LIVE STREAMING NETWORK NAOREEN, NAZIA 37d overdue
19192428 APPLYING PREDICTIVE MODELS TO DATA REPRESENTING A HISTORY OF EVENTS WONG, HUEN 25d overdue
18916615 Single-Bag Pack for Everyday Carry and for Travel SKURDAL, COREY NELSON 5d overdue
19061330 SERVER-SIDE DIGITAL CONTENT INSERTION IN AUDIOVISUAL STREAMS BROADCASTED THROUGH AN INTERACTIVE LIVE STREAMING NETWORK SHANG, ANNAN Q 3d overdue
18684658 Bicycle Frame for a Transmission ARCE, MARLON ALEXANDER 7d
18836554 Method and Device for Determining Whether an Oilseed, a Nut, in Particular a Hazelnut, or a Seed Is Rancid TOOHEY, RICHARD ORLANDO 9d
19220034 Pouch for a Food Product KOTIS, JOSHUA G

Client Portfolio (7 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37311
21681
24241
37341
28841
24581
37541
36111

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19220034 Pouch for a Food Product Alka Global Ltd KOTIS, JOSHUA G 3731 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 27, 2025
19192428 APPLYING PREDICTIVE MODELS TO DATA REPRESENTING A HISTORY OF EVENTS Om1, Inc. WONG, HUEN 2168 §103 Non-Final OA 25d overdue Pending Apr 29, 2025
19061330 SERVER-SIDE DIGITAL CONTENT INSERTION IN AUDIOVISUAL STREAMS BROADCASTED THROUGH AN INTERACTIVE LIVE STREAMING NETWORK Infrared5, Inc. SHANG, ANNAN Q 2424 Other Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Feb 24, 2025
18916615 Single-Bag Pack for Everyday Carry and for Travel Parsonskellogg, LLC SKURDAL, COREY NELSON 3734 §103 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Oct 15, 2024
18836554 Method and Device for Determining Whether an Oilseed, a Nut, in Particular a Hazelnut, or a Seed Is Rancid Insort GmbH TOOHEY, RICHARD ORLANDO 2884 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Aug 07, 2024
18749939 DATA CHANNEL MANAGEMENT IN AN INTERACTIVE LIVE STREAMING NETWORK Infrared5, Inc. NAOREEN, NAZIA 2458 §103 Final Rejection 37d overdue Pending Jun 21, 2024
18735279 Dual Cosmetic Product Blancour, Inc. OLIVER, BRADLEY S 3754 §103 Non-Final OA 81d overdue Pending Jun 06, 2024
18684658 Bicycle Frame for a Transmission Mystromer AG ARCE, MARLON ALEXANDER 3611 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Feb 16, 2024

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