Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Schmidt Patent Law, Inc.

14 pending office actions • 5 clients • 14 examiners • 10 art units • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 34 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

14
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 14 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

11
Overdue
1
Due this week
2
Due this month
0
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. 14 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (11)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 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%)
12
Medium (86%)
2
Easy (14%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only12 (86%)
§112 only2 (14%)

Industry Mix

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

6
Life Sciences
43% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
8
Semiconductors
57% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% 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.

140 h
Manual time on pending OAs
28 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
49 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KRYUKOVA, ERIN 1 64.1% +28.9%
WHITE, SADIE 1 48.7% +32.7%
GONDARENKO, NATALIA A 1 72.2% +21.0%
AYAD, TAMIR 1 42.0% +48.8%
UNDERWOOD, JARREAS C 1 78.9% +22.9%
JONES, ERIC W 1 61.3% +17.7%
LIU, MIKKA H 1 92.1% +3.7%
TRINH, THANH TRUC 1 22.0% +11.5%
GREENE, CAROLYN LEE 1 64.9% +49.7%
ZARNEKE, DAVID A 1 70.9% +10.6%

Quick Wins (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18210484 PRIMARY OPTICS ARRAY FOR A LIGHT-EMITTING ARRAY LIU, MIKKA H 13d

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
18205948 PONY MODULE FOR SOLAR TRACKER TRINH, THANH TRUC 14d

Interview Candidates (9)

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
17985894 LAMINATION OF A LIGHT SOURCE HAVING A LOW-DENSITY SET OF LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENTS ZARNEKE, DAVID A 93d overdue
18411556 BONDED WIRE FOR INTERCONNECTING SOLAR CELLS AYAD, TAMIR 67d overdue
18625453 OPTICALLY TRANSPARENT ADHESION LAYER TO CONNECT NOBLE METALS TO OXIDES GONDARENKO, NATALIA A 56d overdue
18132703 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCING GREENE, CAROLYN LEE 50d overdue
18761032 PROTECTION COATING FOR SOLAR CELL WAFERS WHITE, SADIE 35d overdue
19095328 ILLUMINATOR COMPRISING BICONVEX LENS WITH TIR TEETH KRYUKOVA, ERIN 15d overdue
18542189 CHIP SCALE PACKAGE LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE WITH THIN, CONFORMAL WAVELENGTH CONVERTER JONES, ERIC W 9d overdue
18409947 LED SENSOR MODULE UNDERWOOD, JARREAS C 7d

Client Portfolio (5 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17263
28912
28172
28751
17211
28771
28921
16811
28721
16111

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19095328 ILLUMINATOR COMPRISING BICONVEX LENS WITH TIR TEETH Lumileds LLC KRYUKOVA, ERIN 2875 §103 Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending Mar 31, 2025
18761032 PROTECTION COATING FOR SOLAR CELL WAFERS Maxeon Solar Pte. Ltd. WHITE, SADIE 1721 §103 Non-Final OA 35d overdue Pending Jul 01, 2024
18625453 OPTICALLY TRANSPARENT ADHESION LAYER TO CONNECT NOBLE METALS TO OXIDES Lumileds LLC GONDARENKO, NATALIA A 2891 §103 Final Rejection 56d overdue Pending Apr 03, 2024
18411556 BONDED WIRE FOR INTERCONNECTING SOLAR CELLS Maxeon Solar Pte. Ltd. AYAD, TAMIR 1726 §103 Final Rejection 67d overdue Pending Jan 12, 2024
18409947 LED SENSOR MODULE Lumileds LLC UNDERWOOD, JARREAS C 2877 §103 Final Rejection 7d Pending Jan 11, 2024
18542189 CHIP SCALE PACKAGE LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE WITH THIN, CONFORMAL WAVELENGTH CONVERTER Lumileds LLC JONES, ERIC W 2892 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Dec 15, 2023
18210484 PRIMARY OPTICS ARRAY FOR A LIGHT-EMITTING ARRAY Lumileds LLC LIU, MIKKA H 2817 §112 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Jun 15, 2023
18205948 PONY MODULE FOR SOLAR TRACKER Nevados Engineering, Inc. TRINH, THANH TRUC 1726 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Jun 05, 2023
18132703 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCING ULTIMA GENOMICS, INC. GREENE, CAROLYN LEE 1681 §112 Non-Final OA 50d overdue Pending Apr 10, 2023
17985894 LAMINATION OF A LIGHT SOURCE HAVING A LOW-DENSITY SET OF LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENTS Lumileds LLC ZARNEKE, DAVID A 2891 §103 Non-Final OA 93d overdue Pending Nov 13, 2022
17985888 VISIBLE LIGHT SOURCE HAVING A LOW-DENSITY SET OF LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENTS Lumileds LLC IQBAL, HAMNA FATHIMA 2817 §103 Final Rejection 91d overdue Pending Nov 13, 2022
17985893 LAMINATED LIGHT SOURCE HAVING A LOW-DENSITY SET OF LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENTS Lumileds LLC SWANSON, ALAINA MARIE 2872 §103 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Nov 13, 2022
17870268 FRONT CONTACT SOLAR CELL WITH FORMED EMITTER Maxeon Solar Pte. Ltd. PILLAY, DEVINA 1726 §103 Non-Final OA 111d overdue Pending Jul 21, 2022
17832104 PREFERRED ANTERIOR CAPSULOTOMY LOCATION PROVIDED BY TRYPAN BLUE OPTHALMIC SOLUTION Excel-Lens, Inc. RICCI, CRAIG D 1611 §103 Final Rejection 9d overdue Pending Jun 03, 2022

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