Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Reichel Stohry Dean LLP

20 pending office actions • 16 clients • 20 examiners • 18 art units • 0 of 20 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 28 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

20
Total Pending OAs
15
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 20 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

13
Overdue
0
Due this week
4
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
2
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. 20 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (13)Due ≤ 30 days (4)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (2)

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%)
17
Medium (85%)
2
Easy (10%)
1
Unknown (5%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only14 (70%)
§102 only3 (15%)
§112 only2 (10%)
No statute on record1 (5%)

Industry Mix

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

8
Life Sciences
40% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
5% of docket
10
Mechanical / Eng
50% of docket
1
Business / Other
5% 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.

200 h
Manual time on pending OAs
40 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
70 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MULLER, BRYAN R 1 43.8% +30.4%
HAWTHORNE, OPHELIA ALTHEA 1 71.9% +30.2%
ALBERS, KEVIN S 1 25.0% +51.0%
GREEN, ANTHONY J 1 85.0% +13.4%
JOHNSON, VICKY A 1 79.8% +12.2%
ALMATRAHI, SAHAR FARIS 1 31.2% +57.3%
WOODWARD, NATHANIEL T 1 84.6% +14.6%
CONSTANTINE, CHARLES Z 1 58.4% +49.3%
DOAN, HY KHANH 1 69.2% +34.8%
PENKO, JOSHUA JEFFREY 1 66.7% +11.4%

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
18428019 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR OPEN CHANNEL FLOW MEASUREMENT OF PROCESS FLUIDS WOODWARD, NATHANIEL T 9d overdue
18882891 COMPOSITIONS FOR IMPROVED CONCRETE PERFORMANCE GREEN, ANTHONY J 9d

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
18912881 FINGER SPLINT ALBERS, KEVIN S 35d

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
18707568 FLYING FISH LURE ALMATRAHI, SAHAR FARIS 78d overdue
18838772 BICYCLE PLATFORM JOHNSON, VICKY A 72d overdue
19078930 HANDTOOL FOR CHANGING BICYCLE TYRES MULLER, BRYAN R 60d overdue
18574018 BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE ANALYSIS DEVICE WITH ASSOCIATED CAPTURING DEVICE AND ANALYSIS SOFTWARE DOAN, HY KHANH 49d overdue
18544626 TO POSITION DETECTION AND NAVIGATION APPARATUS FOR A GUIDED ROBOTIC MACHINE OR VEHICLE PENKO, JOSHUA JEFFREY 43d overdue
18912904 UPPER ARM SPLINT HAWTHORNE, OPHELIA ALTHEA 15d overdue
18428019 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR OPEN CHANNEL FLOW MEASUREMENT OF PROCESS FLUIDS WOODWARD, NATHANIEL T 9d overdue
18882891 COMPOSITIONS FOR IMPROVED CONCRETE PERFORMANCE GREEN, ANTHONY J 9d

Client Portfolio (16 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37862
16572
37231
17311
36171
36431
28551
37911
36671
36441

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19078930 HANDTOOL FOR CHANGING BICYCLE TYRES Tru Tension Ltd. MULLER, BRYAN R 3723 §102 Non-Final OA 60d overdue Pending Mar 13, 2025
18912904 UPPER ARM SPLINT Safe Splints, LLC HAWTHORNE, OPHELIA ALTHEA 3786 §103 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Oct 11, 2024
18912881 FINGER SPLINT Safe Splints, LLC ALBERS, KEVIN S 3786 §103 Final Rejection 35d Pending Oct 11, 2024
18882891 COMPOSITIONS FOR IMPROVED CONCRETE PERFORMANCE E5 Incorporated GREEN, ANTHONY J 1731 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Sep 12, 2024
18838772 BICYCLE PLATFORM Australian Sports Commission JOHNSON, VICKY A 3617 §102 Non-Final OA 72d overdue Pending Aug 15, 2024
18707568 FLYING FISH LURE Nomad Tackle Pty Ltd ALMATRAHI, SAHAR FARIS 3643 §103 Non-Final OA 78d overdue Pending May 03, 2024
18428019 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR OPEN CHANNEL FLOW MEASUREMENT OF PROCESS FLUIDS Spartan Controls Ltd. WOODWARD, NATHANIEL T 2855 §112 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Jan 31, 2024
18576341 PREPARATION METHOD FOR AND APPLICATION OF IMMOBILIZED CELLS FOR MANNOSE PRODUCTION Tianjin Yeahe Biotechnology Co., Ltd. CONSTANTINE, CHARLES Z 1657 §112 Non-Final OA 72d Pending Jan 03, 2024
18574018 BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE ANALYSIS DEVICE WITH ASSOCIATED CAPTURING DEVICE AND ANALYSIS SOFTWARE Agscent Pty Ltd DOAN, HY KHANH 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Dec 23, 2023
18544626 TO POSITION DETECTION AND NAVIGATION APPARATUS FOR A GUIDED ROBOTIC MACHINE OR VEHICLE Exrobotics B.V. PENKO, JOSHUA JEFFREY 3667 §103 Final Rejection 43d overdue Pending Dec 19, 2023
18561393 AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM, DEVICE AND METHOD Phyllome Ip Pty Ltd. NGUYEN, TRINH T 3644 §103 Non-Final OA 89d overdue Pending Nov 16, 2023
18554463 METHOD FOR PRODUCING TAGATOSE BY IMMOBILIZING MULTIPLE ENZYMES BY USING ARTIFICIAL OIL BODY Tianjin Yeahe Biotechnology Co., Ltd. KANE, TREVOR LOGAN 1657 §103 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Oct 07, 2023
18554464 METHOD FOR PRODUCING TAGATOSE FROM BIOMIMETIC SILICON MINERALIZED MICROCAPSULE IMMOBILIZED MULTI-ENZYME Tianjin Yeahe Biotechnology Co., Ltd. DAVIS, RUTH A 1699 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Oct 07, 2023
35522405 Confectionery Jelly Drops Limited STOFKO, KATIE JANE 2911 §102 Final Rejection 72d overdue Pending Sep 25, 2023
18283561 NASAL AND EAR FOREIGN BODY EXTRACTOR Eon Meditech Pvt. Ltd. BACHMAN, LINDSEY MICHELE 3771 §103 Final Rejection 131d overdue Pending Sep 22, 2023
18254373 IMMUNITY AND PROTECTION OF SARS-COV-2 DNA AND PROTEIN VACCINE Shan Lu BARRERA, IMMACULADA 1671 §103 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending May 24, 2023
18137476 TRACHEOSTOMY TUBE SPEAKING VALVE Eon Meditech Pvt. Ltd. SANDERS, JICHELE MONIQUE 3774 §103 Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending Apr 21, 2023
18135469 POUR OVER CUPS AND BEVERAGE SYSTEMS COMPRISING POUR OVER CUPS Brumate, Inc. NGUYEN, THANH H 1792 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Apr 17, 2023
18007134 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING BACTERIAL INFECTIONS Mucpharm Pty Ltd. IANNUZO, NATALIE NMN 1653 §103 Final Rejection 16d Pending Jan 27, 2023
18016316 CANCER ANTIGEN FOR EARLY CANCER DETECTION UCT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INC. XIAO, YAN 1642 Other Non-Final OA 28d Pending Jan 13, 2023

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