Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Sandberg Phoenix & Von Gontard, Pc

29 pending office actions • 22 clients • 28 examiners • 26 art units • 0 of 29 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=4476 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

80.6%
Allowance Rate
n=4476
+0.44σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=4476
2.8
OAs to Allowance
n=2374
-0.28σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=2374
985 days
Time to Allowance
n=2374
+11.1pp
Interview Lift
n=4476
17.8%
RCE Rate
n=4476
1.7%
Appeal Rate
n=4476

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

71.2%
§101 Overcome
n=160
75.2%
§102 Overcome
n=942
76.9%
§103 Overcome
n=1470
80.3%
§112 Overcome
n=1148

Specialization & Scale

Y10T, G01B, Y02T
Top CPC Subclasses
7%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=4476
0
Practitioners
n=4476
Apps / Practitioner
n=4476 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

29
Total Pending OAs
19
Non-Final OAs
9
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 13 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
7
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 13 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 30 days (7)Due ≤ 60 days (2)Due later (1)

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.

19
Hard (66%)
9
Medium (31%)
1
Easy (3%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other4 (14%)
§103 only6 (21%)
§102 only2 (7%)
§112 only1 (3%)
Double-patenting + other1 (3%)
Multi-statute (no §101)15 (52%)

Industry Mix

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

8
Life Sciences
28% of docket
2
Information Tech
7% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
7
Semiconductors
24% of docket
12
Mechanical / Eng
41% 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.

290 h
Manual time on pending OAs
58 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
102 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SCHLAK, DANIEL KEITH 2 72.4% +37.1%
MAI, KEVIN S 1 29.6% +25.4%
UTAMA, ROBERT J 1 60.4% +29.6%
LEE, NATHANIEL J. 1 63.3% +22.1%
WIEHE, NATHANIEL EDWARD 1 52.2% +33.3%
DAIGLER, CHRISTOPHER PAUL 1 53.3% +29.5%
MONSUR, NASIMA 1 78.7% +26.0%
CHANG, MINKI 1 71.8% +10.4%
NASH, BRIAN D 1 81.9% +14.0%
AHMED, SHAHED 1 90.7% -0.1%

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
18706786 SECURE CUSHIONING CARGO BAG NASH, BRIAN D 60d
18641707 DIODE AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME AHMED, SHAHED

Hard Cases (19)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18345345 VEHICLE WITH MULTI-USE HOOP GUTMAN, HILARY L 44d overdue
18546694 OBJECT-RECEIVING DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SUCH A DEVICE KESSLER JR, THOMAS JOSEPH 16d overdue
18214894 Wheel Clamp System For Tire Changing Machine MULLER, BRYAN R 13d
17772443 TASK CONCATENATION AND PREDICTION OF OPERATOR AND SYSTEM RESPONSE IN SOCIO-TECHNICAL SYSTEMS USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE WEBB III, JAMES L 13d
18572065 ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINE SCHLAK, DANIEL KEITH 14d
18637642 MULTILAYER HIGH ASPECT RATIO MICROCHANNEL DEVICE ARANT, HARRY E 29d
18715006 ESTIMATING INFORMATION IN RELATION TO A CELLULAR BATTERY MONSUR, NASIMA 30d
17970095 POINT-OF-CARE ASSESSMENT SYSTEM CERIONI, DANIEL LEE 33d

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
18572065 ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINE SCHLAK, DANIEL KEITH 14d
18715006 ESTIMATING INFORMATION IN RELATION TO A CELLULAR BATTERY MONSUR, NASIMA 30d
18706786 SECURE CUSHIONING CARGO BAG NASH, BRIAN D 60d
19127453 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ARTICICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-HUMAN HYBRID MODERATION MAI, KEVIN S
18970878 REMOTE TRAINING MIRROR SYSTEM UTAMA, ROBERT J
18842256 DEUTERATED COMPOSITION, ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE LEE, NATHANIEL J.
18580346 TURBINE ENGINE FOR AIRCRAFT WITH HEAT EXCHANGER WIEHE, NATHANIEL EDWARD
18726018 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A COMPOSITE FILAMENT AND USE THEREOF DAIGLER, CHRISTOPHER PAUL

Client Portfolio (22 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28343
37632
24991
37841
28751
37451
17411
28581
37341
28131

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19127453 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ARTICICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-HUMAN HYBRID MODERATION Curators Of The University Of Missouri MAI, KEVIN S 2499 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 06, 2025
18970878 REMOTE TRAINING MIRROR SYSTEM Trainer Vue, Inc. UTAMA, ROBERT J 3784 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 05, 2024
18842256 DEUTERATED COMPOSITION, ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE Fuyang Sineva New Material Technology Co., Ltd. LEE, NATHANIEL J. 2875 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 28, 2024
18580346 TURBINE ENGINE FOR AIRCRAFT WITH HEAT EXCHANGER General Electric Company WIEHE, NATHANIEL EDWARD 3745 §103DP Non-Final OA Pending Jul 03, 2024
18726018 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A COMPOSITE FILAMENT AND USE THEREOF LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DAIGLER, CHRISTOPHER PAUL 1741 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 01, 2024
18715006 ESTIMATING INFORMATION IN RELATION TO A CELLULAR BATTERY Stellantis Auto SAS MONSUR, NASIMA 2858 §103§112 Non-Final OA 30d Pending May 30, 2024
18710404 ROTOR FOR A ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE Nidec Psa Emotors CHANG, MINKI 2834 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 15, 2024
18706786 SECURE CUSHIONING CARGO BAG Seasucker, LLC NASH, BRIAN D 3734 §103 Non-Final OA 60d Pending May 02, 2024
18641707 DIODE AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME The Curators of the University of Missouri AHMED, SHAHED 2813 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 22, 2024
18637642 MULTILAYER HIGH ASPECT RATIO MICROCHANNEL DEVICE ThermAvant Technologies, LLC ARANT, HARRY E 3763 §103§112 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Apr 17, 2024
18593287 SAMPLING STATION AND VALVE USEFUL THEREIN Kupferle, LLC JELLETT, MATTHEW WILLIAM 2855 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 01, 2024
18428855 THERAPEUTIC TARGETING OF RECEPTOR TYROSINE KINASE INHIBITOR-INDUCED ANDROGEN RECEPTOR PHOSPHORYLATION IN CANCER Indiana University Research And Technology Corporation MCMILLIAN, KARA RENITA 1623 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 31, 2024
18572065 ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINE Nidec Psa Emotors SCHLAK, DANIEL KEITH 2834 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA 14d Pending Dec 19, 2023
18562795 ARONIA BERRY COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING SUCH COMPOSITIONS Nutech Ventures MERCHLINSKY, JOSEPH CULLEN 1791 §101§102§103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 20, 2023
18549517 ASSEMBLY COMPRISING FLUID CONTROL UNITS FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE Buehler Motor GmbH JARIWALA, CHIRAG 3746 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 07, 2023
18548180 ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR FOR A STATOR OF A ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME Skyazur SCHLAK, DANIEL KEITH 2834 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Aug 28, 2023
18547213 A SYSTEM FOR NEGATIVE PRESSURE ANASTOMOSIS Carponovum AB MCGINNITY, JAMES RYAN 3771 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 21, 2023
18546694 OBJECT-RECEIVING DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SUCH A DEVICE Psa Automobiles SA KESSLER JR, THOMAS JOSEPH 1782 §103§112 Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending Aug 16, 2023
18546669 TRANSMISSION OF A SIGNAL FROM A FIRST ELECTRONIC COMPONENT OF A VEHICLE TO AT LEAST ONE SECOND ELECTRONIC COMPONENT OF THE VEHICLE Psa Automobiles SA CHU, WUTCHUNG 2418 §102§103 Final Rejection 70d Pending Aug 16, 2023
18345345 VEHICLE WITH MULTI-USE HOOP Textron Inc. GUTMAN, HILARY L 3612 §102§103 Final Rejection 44d overdue Pending Jun 30, 2023
18214894 Wheel Clamp System For Tire Changing Machine Hunter Engineering Company MULLER, BRYAN R 3723 §103§112 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Jun 27, 2023
18208586 RIFT VALLEY FEVER SMALL MOLECULE TREATMENT UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS FERGUSON, JALISA HOLMES 1626 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 12, 2023
18247361 DATA MANAGEMENT OF A BUILDING CONSTRUCTION OVER TIME Space Time S.A. FRITCHMAN, JOSEPH C 3645 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 30, 2023
18041379 BIOFILM CARRIER FOR MOVING BED BIOFILM REACTORS VEOLIA WATER SOLUTIONS & TECHNOLOGIES SUPPORT NORRIS, CLAIRE A 1779 §103 Final Rejection 38d overdue Pending Feb 10, 2023
18013632 MULTIPLY FUSED PORPHYRIN POLYMER FILM COATED ON A SUBSTRATE LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BUTTNER, DAVID J 1765 §102 Final Rejection 21d Pending Dec 29, 2022
18009787 BENZOXAZINE DERIVATIVES VITRIMERS LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FANG, SHANE 1766 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 12, 2022
17970095 POINT-OF-CARE ASSESSMENT SYSTEM The Curators of the University of Missouri CERIONI, DANIEL LEE 3791 §103§112 Final Rejection 33d Pending Oct 20, 2022
17772443 TASK CONCATENATION AND PREDICTION OF OPERATOR AND SYSTEM RESPONSE IN SOCIO-TECHNICAL SYSTEMS USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Fraign Analytics, LLC WEBB III, JAMES L 3624 §101§112 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Apr 27, 2022
17404772 OSCILLATING HEAT PIPE CHANNEL ARCHITECTURE ThermAvant Technologies, LLC AL SAMIRI, KHALED AHMED ALI 3763 §103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Aug 17, 2021

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