Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
55 pending office actions • 41 clients • 51 examiners • 43 art units • 0 of 55 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 133 patents granted in the last 365 days
SAND, SEBOLT & WERNOW CO., LPA focuses on Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The profile includes 3,617 career applications and 56 pending office actions, showing a developed application history and an active current workload.
The resolved allowance rate is 85.08%, and the average is 2.43 office actions per allowance. The rate describes resolved application outcomes, while the action average indicates the examination activity associated with allowances. Applicants can consider these measures together with the firm’s technology focus when evaluating prosecution support.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 5 (9%) |
| §103 only | 12 (22%) |
| §102 only | 2 (4%) |
| §112 only | 4 (7%) |
| Double-patenting only | 2 (4%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 3 (5%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 27 (49%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
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.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| GREENLUND, JOSEPH A | 2 | 66.8% | +33.8% |
| HANSEN, JAMES ORVILLE | 2 | 70.5% | +21.8% |
| KNAUF, MORGAN MARIE | 2 | 75.0% | +32.0% |
| SU, XIAOWEI | 2 | 71.9% | +12.6% |
| VOLZ, ELIZABETH J | 1 | 66.7% | +19.0% |
| WEDDLE, ALEXANDER MARION | 1 | 63.7% | +25.5% |
| DEUBLE, MARK A | 1 | 88.2% | +8.2% |
| ENGLISH, PETER C | 1 | 33.5% | +26.9% |
| SINGH, GURKANWALJIT | 1 | 60.8% | +26.4% |
| QUANDT, MICHAEL M | 1 | 62.8% | +19.3% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19200861 | DEBRIS CHUTE ASSEMBLY | DEUBLE, MARK A | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18748452 | WEARABLE NON-SLIP GRIPS FOR USE WITH PERIPHERAL GAMING DEVICE | SPAR, ILANA L | 11d overdue |
| 18090093 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INSERTING AND REMOVING AN EXPANDABLE DEVICE IN A BODY CAVITY | HOLLM, JONATHAN ADAM | 4d overdue |
| 18251036 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING CALIBRATION FOR MEASURING TRANSIT TIME | RIDDER, CLAYTON PAUL | 13d |
| 18173314 | RETAINER FOR A HANDHELD SANDER AND METHOD OF USE | FULL, SIDNEY DANIELLE | 39d |
| 18313666 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MINTING NON-FUNGIBLE TOKENS | LOZA, JANICE JOMARIE | 62d |
| 19185313 | PEOPLE MOVEMENT, DENSITY, AND DISTRIBUTION OR INCONVENIENCE PREDICTION SYSTEM | SINGH, GURKANWALJIT | — |
| 19087848 | LOCKING CYLINDER AND METHOD OF OPERATION | QUANDT, MICHAEL M | — |
| 19083524 | EXTRUDER BARREL AND METHOD OF REFURBISHMENT | ROY, DEBJANI | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18333639 | TANKER TRUCK WITH REAR LIGHTING ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF OPERATION | KNAUF, MORGAN MARIE | 31d overdue |
| 19275124 | PACKAGING MATERIAL HAVING EXPANDABLE LAYERS | VOLZ, ELIZABETH J | — |
| 19254278 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPERSING OIL | WEDDLE, ALEXANDER MARION | — |
| 19196266 | HYDRAULICALLY CONTROLLED FLIP UP MOWER DECK | ENGLISH, PETER C | — |
| 19185313 | PEOPLE MOVEMENT, DENSITY, AND DISTRIBUTION OR INCONVENIENCE PREDICTION SYSTEM | SINGH, GURKANWALJIT | — |
| 19087848 | LOCKING CYLINDER AND METHOD OF OPERATION | QUANDT, MICHAEL M | — |
| 19016359 | HIGH-PRESSURE LIQUID ROTARY NOZZLE WITH FRICTION BRAKE | GREENLUND, JOSEPH A | — |
| 18980590 | HIGH-PRESSURE LIQUID ROTARY NOZZLE WITH FLUID BRAKE MECHANISM | GREENLUND, JOSEPH A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3671 | 3 |
| 3752 | 3 |
| 1715 | 2 |
| 3734 | 2 |
| 3637 | 2 |
| 3732 | 2 |
| 1733 | 2 |
| 3723 | 2 |
| 3791 | 2 |
| 3733 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19275124 | PACKAGING MATERIAL HAVING EXPANDABLE LAYERS | Iow, LLC | VOLZ, ELIZABETH J | 3733 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 21, 2025 |
| 19254278 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPERSING OIL | Compass Systems & Sales, LLC | WEDDLE, ALEXANDER MARION | 1715 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 30, 2025 |
| 19200861 | DEBRIS CHUTE ASSEMBLY | Tdr Systems, Inc. T/A Chutes International | DEUBLE, MARK A | 3651 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 07, 2025 |
| 19196266 | HYDRAULICALLY CONTROLLED FLIP UP MOWER DECK | VENTURE PRODUCTS, INC. | ENGLISH, PETER C | 3671 | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 01, 2025 |
| 19185313 | PEOPLE MOVEMENT, DENSITY, AND DISTRIBUTION OR INCONVENIENCE PREDICTION SYSTEM | Radiohub, LLC | SINGH, GURKANWALJIT | 3625 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 22, 2025 |
| 19087848 | LOCKING CYLINDER AND METHOD OF OPERATION | Shpac Usa, Inc. | QUANDT, MICHAEL M | 3745 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 24, 2025 |
| 19083524 | EXTRUDER BARREL AND METHOD OF REFURBISHMENT | Xaloy, LLC | ROY, DEBJANI | 1741 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 19, 2025 |
| 19016359 | HIGH-PRESSURE LIQUID ROTARY NOZZLE WITH FRICTION BRAKE | Stoneage, Inc. | GREENLUND, JOSEPH A | 3752 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2025 |
| 19004635 | LOADABLE DROP SPREADER ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF USE | VENTURE PRODUCTS, INC. | DIGIOVANNANTONIO, DANIEL ROBERT | 3612 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 |
| 18980590 | HIGH-PRESSURE LIQUID ROTARY NOZZLE WITH FLUID BRAKE MECHANISM | Stoneage, Inc. | GREENLUND, JOSEPH A | 3752 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2024 |
| 18968725 | PET WASTE CONTAINER AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF | Towerstar Pets, LLC | ATTEL, NINA KAY | 3734 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2024 |
| 18955327 | STUMP GRINDER | VENTURE PRODUCTS, INC. | KATCOFF, MATTHEW GORDON | 3725 | §102§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2024 |
| 18949224 | PALLET ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF USE | Little Cottage Company | HANSEN, JAMES ORVILLE | 3637 | §102§103§112DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 15, 2024 |
| 18949093 | PALLET ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF USE | Little Cottage Company | HANSEN, JAMES ORVILLE | 3637 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 15, 2024 |
| 18938363 | TANKER TRUCK WITH REAR LIGHTING ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF OPERATION | Mac Ltt, Inc. | KNAUF, MORGAN MARIE | 2842 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2024 |
| 18934616 | SINGLE LOAD MANIPULATOR AND METHOD OF USE | Kundel Industries, Inc. | SMITH, JELANI A | 3662 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 01, 2024 |
| 18932678 | WINDOW INSERT CONDIMENT HOLDER | Milkmen Design, LLC | SKURDAL, COREY NELSON | 3734 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2024 |
| 18903231 | SURFACE TREATMENT FOR A NITRILE GLOVE | Summit Glove, Inc. | MUROMOTO JR, ROBERT H | 3732 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 01, 2024 |
| 18884933 | WEAR PAD IN A SPRING SUSPENSION SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF | Mac Trailer Manufacturing, Inc. | SCHWARTZ, CHRISTOPHER P | 3616 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 |
| 18822587 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEARCHING COLLECTED UTILITY INSPECTION READINGS | Hydromax Usa, LLC | MARI VALCARCEL, FERNANDO MARIANO | 2159 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 03, 2024 |
| 18748452 | WEARABLE NON-SLIP GRIPS FOR USE WITH PERIPHERAL GAMING DEVICE | Ggz Inc. | SPAR, ILANA L | 3622 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 11d overdue | Pending | Jun 20, 2024 |
| 18738054 | LITHIUM EXTRACTION FROM NATURAL BRINES BY ADVANCED CARBONATION PROCESSING | One World Lithium Inc. | SU, XIAOWEI | 1733 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 09, 2024 |
| 18738055 | LITHIUM EXTRACTION FROM SLURRIES BY ADVANCED CARBONATION PROCESSING | One World Lithium Inc. | SU, XIAOWEI | 1733 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 09, 2024 |
| 18669890 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOCATING ANOMALIES IN A PIPE | Hydromax Usa, LLC | RIVERA VARGAS, MANUEL A | 2857 | §101§102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 21, 2024 |
| 18663190 | MOVEMENT ASSIST SYSTEM FOR CRANE OPERATIONS AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME | Kundel Industries, Inc. | SOTO, HENRIX | 3654 | §103 | Final Rejection | 66d overdue | Pending | May 14, 2024 |
| 18626927 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RESISTANCE WELDING | Clifford Group Fzco | CLARKE, MARGARET HATSUE HYDE | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 04, 2024 | |
| 18604587 | SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR THE TARGETED SIMULTANEOUS USE OF SOLAR RADIATION TO GENERATE ELECTRICITY AND TO HEAT A LIQUID CIRCUIT | Solteq GmbH | DINH, BACH T | 1726 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2024 |
| 18686920 | MULTI-PLY PAPER CONTAINING USED PAPER FIBERS AND ADDITIONAL FIBERS | Certina Production AG | RUSSELL, STEPHEN MATTHEW | 1748 | §103 | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | Feb 27, 2024 |
| 18444095 | SINGLE POINT IMPREGNATION | Godfrey & Wing, LLC | EMPIE, NATHAN H | 1715 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 16, 2024 |
| 18426661 | BAR ASSEMBLY FOR USE IN GRATINGS | Ohio Gratings, Inc. | TRAN, PHI DIEU | 1772 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2024 |
| 18426672 | GRATING HAVING BEARING BARS WITH UNIQUE CROSS SECTION | Ohio Gratings, Inc. | LAUX, JESSICA L | 3635 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2024 |
| 18292001 | ANTI-CD47 ANTIBODIES AND USE THEREOF | LUDWIG-MAXIMILIANS-UNIVERSITÄT MÜNCHEN | DENT, ALANA HARRIS | 1643 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 25, 2024 |
| 18411137 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING ITEMS IN MASS SHELVING ENVIRONMENTS | Johnathan Thomas Brand | PATEL, MIRAJ T | 3655 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 12, 2024 |
| 18408924 | APPARATUS FOR MOVING HEAVY WELDMENT AND METHOD OF USE | Morgan Engineering Systems, Inc. | TRAC, JONATHAN KHANH | 3652 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2024 |
| 18394056 | CONFORMATIONALLY RESTRICTED SULFONATE BASED PHOSPHINE LIGANDS FOR HINDERED SUZUKI COUPLING REACTIONS | Tcg Greenchem Inc. | BAKSHI, PANCHAM | 1623 | §102§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 22, 2023 |
| 18563417 | A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING RULE-BASED PARTIALLY ONLINE AND OFFLINE PAYMENT TRANSACTIONS | National Payments Corporation Of India | ABDULLAEV, AMANULLA | 3692 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2023 |
| 18506622 | CROWNING GRADER ASSEMBLY | Norden Mfg LLC | TSUI, ALFRED H | 3671 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 10, 2023 |
| 18495841 | TRANSPORT SYSTEM FOR TRANSPORTING SPECIMENS IN A MEDICAL ANALYSIS LABORATORY | Conscience Analytics GmbH | ALABI, OYELEYE A | 1797 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 27, 2023 |
| 18547009 | READY MIX COMPOSITION AND A PROCESS FOR ITS PREPARATION | Alok Giridhari Kale | KUVAYSKAYA, ANASTASIA ALEKSEYEVNA | 1731 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 18, 2023 |
| 18546382 | WINDSCREEN WIPING INSERT WITH A ROW OF BRUSHES AND WINDSCREEN WIPER | Bet Stream Pty Ltd. | POON, DANA LEE | 3723 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 14, 2023 |
| 18449559 | GLOVE WITH LONGITUDINAL FINGER STAYS AND TEXTURED FINGER AND THUMB CROTCHES | Summit Glove, Inc. | DUCKWORTH, BRIANNA T | 3732 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 14, 2023 |
| 18366269 | REUSABLE FLOSSING DEVICE AND METHOD OF USE | Mintl LLC | NOBREGA, TATIANA L | 3799 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 07, 2023 |
| 18340204 | ROW PLANTING UNIT AND METHOD OF USE | G.B.G.I., Inc. | ROCCA, JOSEPH M | 3671 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 23, 2023 |
| 18340282 | ROW PLANTING UNIT AND METHOD OF USE | G.B.G.I., Inc. | MAYO, TARA LEIGH | 3653 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 23, 2023 |
| 18251036 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING CALIBRATION FOR MEASURING TRANSIT TIME | Lambda:4 Entwicklungen GmbH | RIDDER, CLAYTON PAUL | 3646 | §101§102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 13d | Pending | Jun 23, 2023 |
| 18333639 | TANKER TRUCK WITH REAR LIGHTING ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF OPERATION | Mac Ltt, Inc. | KNAUF, MORGAN MARIE | 3611 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 31d overdue | Pending | Jun 13, 2023 |
| 18330817 | TWO PIECE VENT ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF USE | Filtrex Pure Air, LLC | BRAWNER, CHARLES RILEY | 3762 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 07, 2023 |
| 18196488 | SEALANT RESIN COMPOSITION FOR FLEXIBLE GRAPHITE PLATE IMPREGNATION | Godfrey & Wing, LLC | LUSTGRAAF, BENJAMIN T | 1727 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 12, 2023 |
| 18313666 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MINTING NON-FUNGIBLE TOKENS | The Everest Project LLC | LOZA, JANICE JOMARIE | 3698 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 62d | Pending | May 08, 2023 |
| 18118586 | HIGH PRESSURE FLUID ORBITAL SPRAY NOZZLE | Stoneage, Inc. | SCHWARTZ, KEVIN EDWARD | 3752 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2023 |
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Start Free Trial85.1% of resolved applications prosecuted by Sand, Sebolt & Wernow Co., Lpa were allowed, across 3,617 applications in USPTO records.
2.43 office actions per allowed application on average.
55 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 41 clients, before 51 examiners in 43 art units.
