Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Patent Law Works, LLP

44 pending office actions • 30 clients • 44 examiners • 35 art units • 0 of 44 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 72 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

44
Total Pending OAs
33
Non-Final OAs
11
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 44 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

25
Overdue
1
Due this week
6
Due this month
8
Due in next 60 days
4
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. 44 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (25)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (6)Due ≤ 60 days (8)Due later (4)

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 (2%)
31
Medium (70%)
7
Easy (16%)
5
Unknown (11%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (2%)
§103 only27 (61%)
§102 only4 (9%)
§112 only7 (16%)
No statute on record5 (11%)

Industry Mix

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

25
Life Sciences
57% of docket
2
Information Tech
5% of docket
3
Communications
7% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
13
Mechanical / Eng
30% of docket
1
Business / Other
2% 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.

440 h
Manual time on pending OAs
88 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
154 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KANAAN, LIZA TONY 1 22.4% +35.2%
ROANE, AARON F 1 72.9% +10.0%
ANDREI, RADU 1 36.2% +20.9%
LITTLE, VANCE M 1 83.5% +24.9%
HOFFMAN, BRANDON S 1 90.7% +6.6%
KWONG, CHO YIU 1 32.0% +6.1%
BOWERS, ERIN M 1 54.9% +11.4%
STEVENS, MARK V 1 65.4% +42.8%
TAWFIK, SAMEH 1 63.0% +30.9%
GORADIA, SHEFALI DINESH 1 90.0% +11.7%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18401457 Injection and Other Attacks GORADIA, SHEFALI DINESH 22d overdue
18902771 Sign-up & Login Interface Using a Messaging System HOFFMAN, BRANDON S 5d overdue
18957277 Dynamic Batch Limit Validation LITTLE, VANCE M 75d

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
17564377 Fraud Detection Using Aggregate Fraud Score for Confidence of Liveness/Similarity Decisions EDMONDS, DONALD J 6d
19067529 AUTOMATED MEDICATION REVIEW RECONCILIATION KANAAN, LIZA TONY 28d

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
18688085 Methods for Isolation of Lipid-Disc Compositions and Uses Thereof STEVENS, MARK V 67d overdue
18401457 Injection and Other Attacks GORADIA, SHEFALI DINESH 22d overdue
19104936 Spinal Cord Stimulation Device ROANE, AARON F 3d overdue
18687284 Automated Parcel Buffering System TAWFIK, SAMEH 2d overdue
19067529 AUTOMATED MEDICATION REVIEW RECONCILIATION KANAAN, LIZA TONY 28d
19020820 Automated Service-Based Order Processing ANDREI, RADU 60d
18695489 Production of Thermoresistant Laccases Using White Rot Fungus Coriolopsis Gallica BOWERS, ERIN M 71d
18957277 Dynamic Batch Limit Validation LITTLE, VANCE M 75d

Client Portfolio (30 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
16454
16753
16532
16322
37712
16432
36831
37921
36971
24941

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19067529 AUTOMATED MEDICATION REVIEW RECONCILIATION Kaiser Foundation Hospitals KANAAN, LIZA TONY 3683 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Feb 28, 2025
19104936 Spinal Cord Stimulation Device Reach Neuro, Inc. ROANE, AARON F 3792 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Feb 19, 2025
19020820 Automated Service-Based Order Processing Proxense, LLC ANDREI, RADU 3697 §103 Non-Final OA 60d Pending Jan 14, 2025
18957277 Dynamic Batch Limit Validation Id Business Solutions, Inc. LITTLE, VANCE M 2494 §103 Non-Final OA 75d Pending Nov 22, 2024
18902771 Sign-up & Login Interface Using a Messaging System Stretch Industries, LLC HOFFMAN, BRANDON S 2433 §102 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Sep 30, 2024
18805393 Predicting Climate Event Occurrences and Damage Using Property Features and Artificial Intelligence Zesty.Ai, Inc. KWONG, CHO YIU 3693 §112 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Aug 14, 2024
18695489 Production of Thermoresistant Laccases Using White Rot Fungus Coriolopsis Gallica UNIVERSITE LIBRE DE BRUXELLES BOWERS, ERIN M 1653 §103 Non-Final OA 71d Pending Mar 26, 2024
18688085 Methods for Isolation of Lipid-Disc Compositions and Uses Thereof Vrije Universiteit Brussel STEVENS, MARK V 1613 §103 Non-Final OA 67d overdue Pending Feb 29, 2024
18687284 Automated Parcel Buffering System Box Bot Inc. TAWFIK, SAMEH 3731 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Feb 27, 2024
18401457 Injection and Other Attacks Jumio Corporation GORADIA, SHEFALI DINESH 2676 §102 Non-Final OA 22d overdue Pending Dec 30, 2023
18575056 A Flexible and Stretchable Cover for Attaching a Component to a Patch Datwyler Pharma Packaging Belgium NV CHA, CASEY GEORGE 3794 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Dec 28, 2023
18545557 Secure Payments Using a Mobile Wallet Application Minkasu, Inc. XIAO, ZESHENG 3698 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Dec 19, 2023
18571904 Means and Methods for Selection of Specific Binders Vrije Universiteit Brussel RAMADAN, OMAR 1678 Other Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Dec 19, 2023
18569805 Compositions Comprising Microbes and Methods of Use and Making Thereof Pendulum Therapeutics, Inc. CRUM, MARY ABOU NADER 1657 Other Non-Final OA 47d Pending Dec 13, 2023
35522743 Packaging for foodstuffs Tria Pte. Ltd. DIEHL, JOAN ELIZABETH 2923 §112 Final Rejection 21d Pending Oct 25, 2023
18378593 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING MACHINE LEARNING MODELS TO EFFECT VIRTUAL TRY-ON AND STYLING ON ACTUAL USERS Zelig Technology, LLC LETT, THOMAS J 2611 §102 Non-Final OA 86d overdue Pending Oct 10, 2023
18552827 Vaccine Compositions for Trypanosomatids UNIVERSITEIT ANTWERPEN GRASER, JENNIFER E 1645 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Sep 27, 2023
18264811 Nutritional Plant-Based Foods and Beverages, Methods of Manufacture, and Methods of Treatment Kiddiwinks Inc. MCNEIL, JENNIFER C 1793 §103 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Aug 09, 2023
18263934 Cell Clusters Comprising Stem and Islet Cells, Methods of Making, and Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus Therewith SymbioCellTech, LLC BEHARRY, ZANNA MARIA 1632 §102 Non-Final OA 36d Pending Aug 02, 2023
18359483 PROTEIN BINDING DOMAINS STABILIZING FUNCTIONAL CONFORMATIONAL STATES OF GPCRS AND USES THEREOF The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Junior University LI, RUIXIANG 1674 Other Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Jul 26, 2023
18347527 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING A NATURAL LANGUAGE WORKFLOW POLICY FOR A WORKFOW FOR CUSTOMER SUPPORT OF EMAILS Forethought Technologies, Inc. GOLDBERG, IVAN R 3619 Other Final Rejection 139d overdue Pending Jul 05, 2023
18259141 NON-BLOCKING HUMAN CCR8 BINDERS Vrije Universiteit Brussel WANG, CHANG YU 1675 §112 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Jun 23, 2023
18259155 HUMAN CCR8 BINDERS Vrije Universiteit Brussel CHHAY, BONIRATH 1645 §112 Non-Final OA 53d Pending Jun 23, 2023
18258102 G PROTEIN PEPTIDOMIMETICS Vrije Universiteit Brussel BOWLES, DAVID PAUL 1654 §112 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Jun 16, 2023
18256518 Support Dollie Rotacaster Wheel Pty Ltd. CLEMMONS, STEVE M 3613 §103 Non-Final OA 54d Pending Jun 08, 2023
18255433 AN LTBR AGONIST IN COMBINATION THERAPY AGAINST CANCER Vrije Universiteit Brussel MACFARLANE, STACEY NEE 1675 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Jun 01, 2023
18305196 OCULAR IMPLANT SYSTEMS Istar Medical MCEVOY, THOMAS M 3771 §103 Final Rejection 66d overdue Pending Apr 21, 2023
18193675 Document Checks Based on Document Holder Image Jumio Corporation RUDOLPH, VINCENT M 2671 §103 Non-Final OA 72d Pending Mar 31, 2023
18246585 COMBINATION OF P2Y6 INHIBITORS AND IMMUNE CHECKPOINT INHIBITORS Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, K.U.Leuven R&D EDGINGTONGIORDANO, FRANCESCA 1643 §103 Non-Final OA 53d overdue Pending Mar 24, 2023
18005900 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR INCREASING IMMUNITY AGAINST CORONAVIRUSES Leyden Laboratories B.V. ROSSI, JULIA ANNE LORRAIN 1615 §103 Non-Final OA 119d overdue Pending Jan 18, 2023
18005119 DELIVERY SHAFT ASSEMBLY FOR DELIVERY OF AN IMPLANT Istar Medical MANNAN, MIKAIL A 3774 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Jan 11, 2023
18004719 METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING CORONAVIRUS CROSS-REACTING ANTIBODIES Leyden Laboratories B.V. WANG, RUIXUE 1672 §103 Final Rejection 33d Pending Jan 09, 2023
18010677 Means and Methods to Improve Yeast Fermentation Efficiency Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, K.U.Leuven R&D LYONS, MARY M 1645 §112 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Dec 15, 2022
17912331 Attenuated Mycoplasma Bacteria Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats SHAHNAN SHAH, KHATOL S 1645 §103 Final Rejection 17d overdue Pending Sep 16, 2022
17801921 Leucine-Rich Repeat Kinase 2 Allosteric Modulators DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FÜR NEURODEGENERATIVE ERKRANKUNGEN E.V. BRISTOL, LYNN ANNE 1643 Other Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Aug 24, 2022
17788476 Disease Detection in Liquid Biopsies Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, K.U.Leuven R&D KAPUSHOC, STEPHEN THOMAS 1683 §103 Final Rejection 22d Pending Jun 23, 2022
17564377 Fraud Detection Using Aggregate Fraud Score for Confidence of Liveness/Similarity Decisions Jumio Corporation EDMONDS, DONALD J 3629 §101 Final Rejection 6d Pending Dec 29, 2021
17607334 CHIMERIC PROTEINS AND METHODS TO SCREEN FOR COMPOUNDS AND LIGANDS BINDING TO GPCRS Confo Therapeutics N.V. REYNOLDS, FRED H 1658 §112 Final Rejection 98d overdue Pending Oct 28, 2021
17507570 Trocar Device and System and Method for Monitoring Navigation of the Trocar Device Ottosurgical Instruments LLC LOUIS, RICHARD G 3771 §103 Non-Final OA 184d overdue Pending Oct 21, 2021
17604284 MICROBIAL COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR GREATER TOLERABILITY AND PROLONGED SHELF LIFE Pendulum Therapeutics, Inc. SPANGLER, JOSEPH RANKIN 1656 §103 Final Rejection 104d overdue Pending Oct 15, 2021
17426827 Means and Methods to Overrule Glucose-Mediated Repression of Respiration in Yeast Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, K.U.Leuven R&D BARRON, SEAN C 1653 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Jul 29, 2021
17378897 METHOD FOR THE TREATMENT OF IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS Citryll B.V. BALLARD, KIMBERLY 1675 §103 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Jul 19, 2021
17311938 SYNTHETIC FOOD COMPOSITIONS Wild Type, Inc. ABUZEINEH, HANAN ISAM 1633 §103 Final Rejection 57d Pending Jun 08, 2021
16620326 EX VIVO MEAT PRODUCTION Wild Type, Inc. JOHNSON, KARA D 1632 §103 Final Rejection 139d overdue Pending Dec 06, 2019

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