Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Ray, Quinney and Nebeker, P.C.

19 pending office actions • 16 clients • 19 examiners • 19 art units • 0 of 19 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 32 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

19
Total Pending OAs
12
Non-Final OAs
7
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 18 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

10
Overdue
0
Due this week
5
Due this month
3
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. 18 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (10)Due ≤ 30 days (5)Due ≤ 60 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 (5%)
16
Medium (84%)
0
Easy (0%)
2
Unknown (11%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (5%)
§103 only15 (79%)
§102 only1 (5%)
No statute on record2 (11%)

Industry Mix

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

6
Life Sciences
32% of docket
2
Information Tech
11% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
5% of docket
8
Mechanical / Eng
42% of docket
2
Business / Other
11% 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.

190 h
Manual time on pending OAs
38 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
66 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
GADOMSKI, STEFAN J 1 76.1% +7.3%
NICHOLS, PHYLLIS M 1 79.4% +19.9%
IP, JASON M 1 54.5% +25.7%
BOYCE, ANDRE D 1 36.0% +19.2%
KADING, JOSHUA A 1 77.9% +24.7%
HUGHES, DEANDRA M 1 77.3% +20.0%
FABIAN JR, ROBERTO 1 71.5% +26.2%
SCHLIENTZ, NATHAN W 1 41.1% -20.2%
ANTHOPOLOS, PETER 1 57.2% +58.8%
MUKHOPADHYAY, BHASKAR 1 27.8% +36.8%

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
18886605 DYNAMIC BAGEL PRODUCTION PLANS BOYCE, ANDRE D 31d overdue
18132132 PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A PROTEIN PRODUCT MUKHOPADHYAY, BHASKAR 30d overdue

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
18244569 LONG COVID MEDICATION AND METHOD OF TREATMENT ANTHOPOLOS, PETER 99d overdue
18807733 OPTICAL SENSOR FOR WEARABLE DEVICES KADING, JOSHUA A 89d overdue
18886605 DYNAMIC BAGEL PRODUCTION PLANS BOYCE, ANDRE D 31d overdue
18132132 PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A PROTEIN PRODUCT MUKHOPADHYAY, BHASKAR 30d overdue
18913147 Digitales Dermatoskop IP, JASON M 9d
18962773 DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR MONITORING SOIL PROPERTIES NICHOLS, PHYLLIS M 14d
18751064 ELECTRODE PADS FOR BIO-IMPEDANCE HUGHES, DEANDRA M 27d
18634669 IDENTIFYING SUBSTANCES STORED IN CONTAINERS UTILIZING A PORTABLE RAMAN PROBE FABIAN JR, ROBERTO

Client Portfolio (16 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
24851
37531
37971
36231
39931
39921
28771
16161
16111
17921

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18968705 DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR VIDEO RETRIEVAL Liveview Technologies, LLC GADOMSKI, STEFAN J 2485 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Dec 04, 2024
18962773 DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR MONITORING SOIL PROPERTIES Smart Rain Systems, LLC NICHOLS, PHYLLIS M 3753 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Nov 27, 2024
18913147 Digitales Dermatoskop Magnosco GmbH IP, JASON M 3797 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Oct 11, 2024
18886605 DYNAMIC BAGEL PRODUCTION PLANS Jbr Franchise Co. BOYCE, ANDRE D 3623 §101 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Sep 16, 2024
18807733 OPTICAL SENSOR FOR WEARABLE DEVICES Jre Star Investment Holdings, LLC KADING, JOSHUA A 3993 §103 Non-Final OA 89d overdue Pending Aug 16, 2024
18751064 ELECTRODE PADS FOR BIO-IMPEDANCE Jre Star Investment Holdings, LLC HUGHES, DEANDRA M 3992 Other Non-Final OA 27d Pending Jun 21, 2024
18634669 IDENTIFYING SUBSTANCES STORED IN CONTAINERS UTILIZING A PORTABLE RAMAN PROBE Wasatch Photonics, Inc. FABIAN JR, ROBERTO 2877 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 12, 2024
18596418 DIETARY SUPPLEMENT BEADS Phi Health Sciences, Inc. SCHLIENTZ, NATHAN W 1616 §103 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Mar 05, 2024
18244569 LONG COVID MEDICATION AND METHOD OF TREATMENT Kirschner, Ellen ANTHOPOLOS, PETER 1611 §103 Non-Final OA 99d overdue Pending Sep 11, 2023
18132132 PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A PROTEIN PRODUCT Verbio Vereinigte Bioenergie AG MUKHOPADHYAY, BHASKAR 1792 §103 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Apr 07, 2023
18121356 BIOLOGICAL AGENT FOR THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF LEAF DISEASES IN PLANTS, WHICH ARE CAUSED BY BIOTROPHIC OR HEMIBIOTROPHIC FUNGI Abitep GmbH MOEHLMAN, ANDREW TERRY 1655 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Mar 14, 2023
18165016 AIRFLOW CONTROL DEVICES AND RELATED METHODS White Rhino U.S.A., LLC SPARKS, RUSSELL E 1755 §102 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Feb 06, 2023
18095756 CABLE REEL WITH AXIALLY ADJUSTABLE COUPLING MECHANISM Amphenol Corporation JEFFERSON, TIFFANY DOMONIQUE 3654 §103 Final Rejection 19d Pending Jan 11, 2023
18072377 DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR CLOUD-BASED IRRIGATION CONTROL Smart Rain Systems, LLC OKASHA, RAMI RAFAT 2118 §103 Final Rejection 59d overdue Pending Nov 30, 2022
17865056 OVERMOLDED FUEL PELLETS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF Jfoster & Associates, LLC LIU, XUE H 1742 §103 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Jul 14, 2022
17806568 MULTI-LAYER WOUND DRESSING ASSEMBLIES Nevada Medical Solutions Llc. PRICE, NATHAN R 3783 §103 Non-Final OA 131d overdue Pending Jun 13, 2022
17756154 POWER AND HEAT GENERATOR SYSTEM AND RELATED METHODS Thermal Intelligence Inc. CAMPBELL, THOR S 3761 §103 Non-Final OA 39d Pending May 18, 2022
17716096 VACUUM SHIELD ASSEMBLY FOR ATTACHMENT TO MEDICAL MASKS Safer Medical Products, LLC PHILIPS, BRADLEY H 3799 Other Final Rejection 33d Pending Apr 08, 2022
17709517 INTUBATION ASSEMBLY TO PROTECT FROM AIRBORNE ILLNESSES Safer Medical Products, LLC SIPPEL, RACHEL T 3785 §103 Final Rejection 54d Pending Mar 31, 2022

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