Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Sand, Sebolt & Wernow Co., Lpa

41 pending office actions • 28 clients • 38 examiners • 29 art units • 0 of 41 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 131 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

41
Total Pending OAs
30
Non-Final OAs
9
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 39 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

24
Overdue
0
Due this week
10
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
3
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. 39 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (24)Due ≤ 30 days (10)Due ≤ 60 days (2)Due later (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 (2%)
37
Medium (90%)
3
Easy (7%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (2%)
§103 only35 (85%)
§102 only2 (5%)
§112 only3 (7%)

Industry Mix

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

7
Life Sciences
17% of docket
1
Information Tech
2% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
2% of docket
32
Mechanical / Eng
78% 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.

410 h
Manual time on pending OAs
82 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
144 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LOZA, JANICE JOMARIE 2 10.0% +33.3%
WOLLSCHLAGER, JEFFREY MICHAEL 2 61.6% +29.9%
DUCKWORTH, BRIANNA T 2 44.2% +55.0%
FRANKLIN, JAMARA ALZAIDA 1 83.9% +6.6%
HATCH, ANGELA MAIDA 1 0.0% +0.0%
BYRD, EUGENE G 1 69.6% +9.6%
AUBREY, BETH A 1 80.7% +16.9%
JONES, COURTNEY PATRICE 1 67.9% +22.9%
EIDE, HEIDI MARIE 1 50.5% +31.9%
SPAR, ILANA L 1 45.3% +28.4%

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
18834051 IMPROVEMENTS TO BLOCKOUT BLIND SYSTEMS AUBREY, BETH A 4d overdue
19290645 METHOD AND APPARATUS DETERMINING RFID VIABILITY FRANKLIN, JAMARA ALZAIDA 9d

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19020648 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USING CRYPTOCURRENCY GIFT CARDS LOZA, JANICE JOMARIE 98d overdue
18873378 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DOCUMENT COLLABORATION, AND STORAGE MEDIUM HATCH, ANGELA MAIDA 13d
18313666 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MINTING NON-FUNGIBLE TOKENS LOZA, JANICE JOMARIE 62d

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
19020648 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USING CRYPTOCURRENCY GIFT CARDS LOZA, JANICE JOMARIE 98d overdue
18748452 WEARABLE NON-SLIP GRIPS FOR USE WITH PERIPHERAL GAMING DEVICE SPAR, ILANA L 11d overdue
18834051 IMPROVEMENTS TO BLOCKOUT BLIND SYSTEMS AUBREY, BETH A 4d overdue
18409918 EXTRUSION ASSEMBLY FOR MANUFACTURING EXTRUDED MATERIAL WOLLSCHLAGER, JEFFREY MICHAEL 19d
18494860 GLOVE WITH TEXTURED PALM REGION AND DIFFERENTLY TEXTURED DIGIT REGIONS DUCKWORTH, BRIANNA T 26d
18729617 MAGNETICALLY RETAINED DENTAL PROSTHESIS EIDE, HEIDI MARIE 35d
18313666 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MINTING NON-FUNGIBLE TOKENS LOZA, JANICE JOMARIE 62d
18833711 A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING DATA PRIVACY IN A BLOCKCHAIN NETWORK JONES, COURTNEY PATRICE 63d

Client Portfolio (28 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37326
36463
36982
37232
36482
17422
36112
28761
36261
36751

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19290645 METHOD AND APPARATUS DETERMINING RFID VIABILITY Engineered Products Of Ohio, LLC FRANKLIN, JAMARA ALZAIDA 2876 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Aug 05, 2025
19020648 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USING CRYPTOCURRENCY GIFT CARDS The Everest Project LLC LOZA, JANICE JOMARIE 3698 §103 Non-Final OA 98d overdue Pending Jan 14, 2025
18873378 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DOCUMENT COLLABORATION, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Wuhan Kingsoft Office Software Co., Ltd. HATCH, ANGELA MAIDA 3626 §102 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Dec 10, 2024
18899339 SEALING SYSTEM FOR A ROTARY SHAFT WITH RADIALLY DIRECTED SEALING FORCES Tamar (R.C.) Technologies Development Ltd. BYRD, EUGENE G 3675 §103 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Sep 27, 2024
18834051 IMPROVEMENTS TO BLOCKOUT BLIND SYSTEMS Commercialisation Express Pty Ltd. AUBREY, BETH A 3633 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Jul 29, 2024
18833711 A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING DATA PRIVACY IN A BLOCKCHAIN NETWORK National Payments Corporation Of India JONES, COURTNEY PATRICE 3699 §103 Non-Final OA 63d Pending Jul 26, 2024
18729617 MAGNETICALLY RETAINED DENTAL PROSTHESIS Metro North Hospital And Health Services EIDE, HEIDI MARIE 3772 §103 Final Rejection 35d Pending Jul 17, 2024
18748452 WEARABLE NON-SLIP GRIPS FOR USE WITH PERIPHERAL GAMING DEVICE Ggz Inc. SPAR, ILANA L 3622 §103 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Jun 20, 2024
18745986 APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR A FLEXIBLE TREADMILL DECK Core Health & Fitness, LLC ANDERSON, MEGAN M 3784 §103 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Jun 17, 2024
18663190 MOVEMENT ASSIST SYSTEM FOR CRANE OPERATIONS AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME Kundel Industries, Inc. SOTO, HENRIX 3654 §102 Non-Final OA 66d overdue Pending May 14, 2024
18659812 ADAPTER FOR A VACUUM HOSE H-P Products, Inc. MCFARLAND, TYLER JAMES 3723 §103 Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending May 09, 2024
18703678 DOCUMENT TASK PROCESSING Zhuhai Kingsoft Office Software Co., Ltd. SILVERMAN, SETH ADAM 2172 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Apr 22, 2024
18640145 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SECOND NODE SUPPORTED AMBIGUITY DECISION Lambda:4 Entwicklungen GmbH LI, YONGHONG 3648 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Apr 19, 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
18429556 POWER UNIT WITH SALT SPREADER AND SALT SPREADER FOR USE THEREWITH VENTURE PRODUCTS, INC. MCGOWAN, JAMIE LOUISE 3671 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Feb 01, 2024
18409949 EXTRUSION ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING EXTRUDED MATERIAL Green Fox Plastics, LLC WOLLSCHLAGER, JEFFREY MICHAEL 1742 §103 Non-Final OA 85d Pending Jan 11, 2024
18409918 EXTRUSION ASSEMBLY FOR MANUFACTURING EXTRUDED MATERIAL Green Fox Plastics, LLC WOLLSCHLAGER, JEFFREY MICHAEL 1742 §103 Non-Final OA 19d Pending Jan 11, 2024
18394012 CURTAIN APPARATUS Dendo Systems Pty Ltd. MASSAD, ABE L 3634 §103 Non-Final OA 93d overdue Pending Dec 22, 2023
18572887 DISHWASHER AIR CURTAIN DEVICE, AND DISHWASHER Haier Smart Home Co., Ltd. CHAUDHRI, OMAIR 1711 §103 Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending Dec 21, 2023
18565680 HYDRATE FORM OF LAZERTINIB MESYLATE, PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF AND USE THEREOF Hangzhou Solipharma Co., Ltd. DEKARSKE, MADELINE MCGUIRE 1622 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Nov 30, 2023
18497023 SURGICAL GLOVES HAVING NESTING REGIONS Summit Glove, Inc. HOANG, GIAO QT 3732 §103 Non-Final OA 72d overdue Pending Oct 30, 2023
18494860 GLOVE WITH TEXTURED PALM REGION AND DIFFERENTLY TEXTURED DIGIT REGIONS Summit Glove, Inc. DUCKWORTH, BRIANNA T 3732 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Oct 26, 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
18366494 GLOVE HAVING DISCREET GRIPPING ZONES IN ONE OF THE PALM REGION AND WRIST REGION Summit Glove, Inc. PATEL, TAJASH D 3732 §103 Final Rejection 78d overdue Pending Aug 07, 2023
18363549 GLOVE WITH LONGITUDINAL STAYS Summit Glove, Inc. KANE, KATHARINE GRACZ 3732 §103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Aug 01, 2023
18362874 GLOVE HAVING DISCREET GRIPPING PORTIONS FORMED THEREIN Summit Glove, Inc. HADEN, SALLY CLINE 3732 §103 Final Rejection 79d overdue Pending Jul 31, 2023
18250835 METHOD FOR A ONE-SIDED RADIO-BASED DISTANCE MEASUREMENT Lambda:4 Entwicklungen GmbH ABRAHAM, JOHN BISHOY SAM 3646 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Jun 23, 2023
18250884 METHOD FOR RADIO-BASED DISTANCE MEASUREMENT Lambda:4 Entwicklungen GmbH MULL, FRED H 3648 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Jun 23, 2023
18251036 METHOD FOR DETERMINING CALIBRATION FOR MEASURING TRANSIT TIME Lambda:4 Entwicklungen GmbH RIDDER, CLAYTON PAUL 3646 §103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Jun 23, 2023
18257605 ANTIOXIDANT NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENT FOR IMMUNE SYSTEM SUPPORT Viva Naturals, Inc. PALLAY, MICHAEL B 1617 §103 Non-Final OA 58d overdue Pending Jun 15, 2023
18333639 TANKER TRUCK WITH REAR LIGHTING ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF OPERATION Mac Ltt, Inc. KNAUF, MORGAN MARIE 3611 §112 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Jun 13, 2023
18256651 VALVE CLAMP FOR PREVENTING LEAFLET INJURY, VALVE CLAMPING SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR REPAIRING VALVE Hangzhou Valgen Medtech Co., Ltd. WILLSE, DAVID H 3774 §103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Jun 09, 2023
18313666 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MINTING NON-FUNGIBLE TOKENS The Everest Project LLC LOZA, JANICE JOMARIE 3698 §101 Final Rejection 62d Pending May 08, 2023
18250882 METHOD FOR DETERMINING A DISTANCE USING A HIGH-RESOLUTION METHOD BASED ON SIGNAL PROPAGATION TIME MEASUREMENTS Lambda:4 Entwicklungen GmbH MOORE, WHITNEY 3646 §112 Non-Final OA 16d Pending Apr 27, 2023
18249127 PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SHAPED BODIES BY SINTERING Element 22 GmbH POLLOCK, AUSTIN M 1738 §103 Non-Final OA 78d overdue Pending Apr 14, 2023
18043598 BOOM HEAD ASSEMBLY FOR AN ELECTRIC OR HYBRID VEHICLE Multibus Ltd. LIN, CHENG XI 3615 §103 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Mar 01, 2023
18173314 RETAINER FOR A HANDHELD SANDER AND METHOD OF USE Woodpeckers, LLC FULL, SIDNEY DANIELLE 3723 §112 Non-Final OA 39d Pending Feb 23, 2023
18090093 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INSERTING AND REMOVING AN EXPANDABLE DEVICE IN A BODY CAVITY Innoventions Ltd. HOLLM, JONATHAN ADAM 3771 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Dec 28, 2022
18061600 APPARATUS FOR TREATING MYOFASCIAL POINTS 2815866 Ontario Inc. LEBRON DE JESUS, GRACIELA NATALIA 3785 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 05, 2022
17895494 ADJUSTABLE HITCH Riha Industries Pty Ltd. BRITTMAN-ALABI, FELICIA LUCILLE 3611 §103 Non-Final OA 147d overdue Pending Aug 25, 2022
17417433 INTRAVESICULAR DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING URINARY INCONTINENCE Innoventions Ltd. TRAN, JULIE THI 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Jun 23, 2021

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