Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Pearne and Gordon, LLP

10 pending office actions • 8 clients • 10 examiners • 9 art units • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 15 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

10
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

7
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
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. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (7)Due ≤ 30 days (2)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 (10%)
6
Medium (60%)
1
Easy (10%)
2
Unknown (20%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (10%)
§103 only5 (50%)
§102 only1 (10%)
§112 only1 (10%)
No statute on record2 (20%)

Industry Mix

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

5
Life Sciences
50% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
40% of docket
1
Business / Other
10% 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.

100 h
Manual time on pending OAs
20 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
35 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TEIXEIRA MOFFAT, JONATHAN CHARLES 1 68.1% +10.4%
LOPEZ, SEVERO ANTON P 1 33.1% +36.1%
KASZTEJNA, MATTHEW JOHN 1 64.8% +13.2%
MATHEW, ISWARYA 1
NICKOL, GARY B 1 43.9% +26.4%
WEN, KEVIN GUANHUA 1 60.5% +38.5%
VAN, LUAN V 1 33.9% +40.1%
SALMON, KATHERINE D 1 42.6% +38.0%
PARK, EVELYN GRACE 1 54.2% +45.8%
MARTINEZ, TARA L 1 62.7% +64.6%

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17596758 DETECTION OF RELB ACTIVATION FOR PREDICTING A PROGNOSTIC IN B-CELL LYMPHOMA SALMON, KATHERINE D 23d overdue

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
18730923 APPLICATOR DEVICE FOR APPLYING A FLUID OR PASTE PRODUCT TO KERATIN FIBRES TEIXEIRA MOFFAT, JONATHAN CHARLES 85d overdue
18286164 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR INFERRING A PLANTAR PRESSURE LINE LOPEZ, SEVERO ANTON P 79d overdue
17628938 IRON AND COBALT MOLECULAR COMPLEXES FOR THE SELECTIVE ELECTROCHEMICAL REDUCTION OF CO2 INTO CO, WITH FLOW CELLS VAN, LUAN V 38d overdue
18036500 METHODS AND KITS FOR CLASSIFYING SOLID CANCER-AFFLICTED PATIENTS BASED ON RELB LABELLING NICKOL, GARY B 35d overdue
17596758 DETECTION OF RELB ACTIVATION FOR PREDICTING A PROGNOSTIC IN B-CELL LYMPHOMA SALMON, KATHERINE D 23d overdue
18267654 MAGNETIC STIRRER KASZTEJNA, MATTHEW JOHN 19d overdue
17896307 OVEN FOR BAKING FOOD PRODUCTS WEN, KEVIN GUANHUA 15d
17533479 METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE METABOLIC PARAMETERS OF A SUBJECT PARK, EVELYN GRACE 22d

Client Portfolio (8 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37912
37721
39931
17881
16431
37611
17951
16821
16541

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18730923 APPLICATOR DEVICE FOR APPLYING A FLUID OR PASTE PRODUCT TO KERATIN FIBRES Hcp Packaging TEIXEIRA MOFFAT, JONATHAN CHARLES 3772 §103 Non-Final OA 85d overdue Pending Jul 22, 2024
18286164 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR INFERRING A PLANTAR PRESSURE LINE Digitsole LOPEZ, SEVERO ANTON P 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 79d overdue Pending Oct 09, 2023
18267654 MAGNETIC STIRRER Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag KASZTEJNA, MATTHEW JOHN 3993 §102 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Jun 15, 2023
18316359 HOUSING FOR SECONDARY BATTERY CELLS Lsi Cooler Co., Ltd. MATHEW, ISWARYA 1788 §103 Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending May 12, 2023
18036500 METHODS AND KITS FOR CLASSIFYING SOLID CANCER-AFFLICTED PATIENTS BASED ON RELB LABELLING Institut Curie NICKOL, GARY B 1643 Other Non-Final OA 35d overdue Pending May 11, 2023
17896307 OVEN FOR BAKING FOOD PRODUCTS Electrolux Home Products Corporation N. V. WEN, KEVIN GUANHUA 3761 §103 Final Rejection 15d Pending Aug 26, 2022
17628938 IRON AND COBALT MOLECULAR COMPLEXES FOR THE SELECTIVE ELECTROCHEMICAL REDUCTION OF CO2 INTO CO, WITH FLOW CELLS Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique VAN, LUAN V 1795 §103 Non-Final OA 38d overdue Pending Jan 21, 2022
17596758 DETECTION OF RELB ACTIVATION FOR PREDICTING A PROGNOSTIC IN B-CELL LYMPHOMA INSERM SALMON, KATHERINE D 1682 §101 Final Rejection 23d overdue Pending Dec 17, 2021
17533479 METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE METABOLIC PARAMETERS OF A SUBJECT UNIVERSITE DE PARIS-SACLAY PARK, EVELYN GRACE 3791 §112 Final Rejection 22d Pending Nov 23, 2021
17439641 NEW INHIBITORS OF LRRK2/PP1 INTERACTION INSERM MARTINEZ, TARA L 1654 Other Non-Final OA 55d Pending Sep 15, 2021

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