Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Robinson & Cole LLP

8 pending office actions • 8 clients • 8 examiners • 8 art units • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 18 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
1
Due this week
1
Due this month
2
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. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (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%)
7
Medium (88%)
1
Easy (12%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only7 (88%)
§112 only1 (12%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
12% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
12% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
75% 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
MUDD, HENRY HOOPER 1 69.7% +24.6%
OUELLETTE, JONATHAN P 1 66.4% +29.8%
BURKMAN, JESSICA LYNN 1 81.9% +18.0%
TRIGGS, ANDREW J 1 66.6% +27.4%
GORMAN, DARREN W 1 79.0% +25.1%
MILLER, JONATHAN 1 80.1% +18.6%
SOTO, CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY 1 53.1% +29.3%
CRADDOCK, ROBERT J 1 84.3% +14.5%

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
18292798 An energy system comprising a mechanical vapor recompression (MVR) subsystem and a method for producing energy MILLER, JONATHAN 113d overdue
18287832 METHOD INVOLVING DIGITAL AVATAR CRADDOCK, ROBERT J 60d overdue
18726643 Improved method and system for reclaiming the individual components of a synthetic or artificial turf product BURKMAN, JESSICA LYNN 43d 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
18292798 An energy system comprising a mechanical vapor recompression (MVR) subsystem and a method for producing energy MILLER, JONATHAN 113d overdue
18287832 METHOD INVOLVING DIGITAL AVATAR CRADDOCK, ROBERT J 60d overdue
18506030 Hydraulic Jack with High-Speed Air Lift SOTO, CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY 46d overdue
18726643 Improved method and system for reclaiming the individual components of a synthetic or artificial turf product BURKMAN, JESSICA LYNN 43d overdue
18740789 TELESCOPIC SEATING GUARDRAIL STORAGE SYSTEM AND METHOD TRIGGS, ANDREW J 6d
18810733 CUSTOMER FACING MEDIA AND RENEWABLE TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATOR ASSEMBLY OUELLETTE, JONATHAN P 13d
18628149 PORTABLE DEICING APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS GORMAN, DARREN W 42d
19069951 Vented Beetle Trap for Beehives MUDD, HENRY HOOPER 56d

Client Portfolio (8 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36421
36291
36531
36351
37521
17721
37231
26181

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19069951 Vented Beetle Trap for Beehives Save The Bees, LLC MUDD, HENRY HOOPER 3642 §103 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Mar 04, 2025
18810733 CUSTOMER FACING MEDIA AND RENEWABLE TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATOR ASSEMBLY Verogy Holdings, LLC OUELLETTE, JONATHAN P 3629 §112 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Aug 21, 2024
18726643 Improved method and system for reclaiming the individual components of a synthetic or artificial turf product Re-Match Holding A/S BURKMAN, JESSICA LYNN 3653 §103 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Jul 03, 2024
18740789 TELESCOPIC SEATING GUARDRAIL STORAGE SYSTEM AND METHOD Hussey Seating Company TRIGGS, ANDREW J 3635 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Jun 12, 2024
18628149 PORTABLE DEICING APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS Polar Aircraft Deicer Inc. GORMAN, DARREN W 3752 §103 Non-Final OA 42d Pending Apr 05, 2024
18292798 An energy system comprising a mechanical vapor recompression (MVR) subsystem and a method for producing energy Aquafair AB MILLER, JONATHAN 1772 §103 Non-Final OA 113d overdue Pending Jan 26, 2024
18506030 Hydraulic Jack with High-Speed Air Lift Gaither Tool Company, Inc. SOTO, CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY 3723 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Nov 09, 2023
18287832 METHOD INVOLVING DIGITAL AVATAR Salient World AS CRADDOCK, ROBERT J 2618 §103 Final Rejection 60d overdue Pending Oct 20, 2023

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