Secant Ip

Portfolio Summary

56

Total Pending OAs

37

Non-Final OAs

15

Final Rejections

4

Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 54 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

33

Overdue

2

Due this week

7

Due this month

4

Due in next 60 days

8

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. 54 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

Overdue (33)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (7)Due ≤ 60 days (4)Due later (8)

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%)

44

Medium (79%)

9

Easy (16%)

3

Unknown (5%)

Rejection Statute Mix

Bucket	Cases
§103 only	39 (70%)
§102 only	5 (9%)
§112 only	9 (16%)
No statute on record	3 (5%)

Industry Mix

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

14

Life Sciences

25% of docket

1

Information Tech

2% of docket

3

Communications

5% of docket

7

Semiconductors

12% of docket

31

Mechanical / Eng

55% 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.

560 h

Manual time on pending OAs

112 h

Time saved (low, 20%)

196 h

Time saved (mid, 35%)

4.9 wks

FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

Examiner	Apps on this docket	Allow rate	Interview lift
GERLA, STEPHANIE RAE	2	11.1%	+22.5%
PAPE, ALYSSA MORGAN	1	27.3%	+64.8%
NGUYEN, SON T	1	28.9%	+16.7%
MAESTRI, PATRICK J	1	73.2%	+14.8%
SONG, ZHENG B	1	70.3%	+14.6%
MURPHY, KEVIN F	1	67.7%	+27.9%
JONES, DIANA S	1	74.5%	+20.4%
ALMEIDA, CORY A	1	67.1%	+22.6%
KITT, STEPHEN A	1	54.2%	+39.3%
MOWLA, GOLAM	1	61.3%	+28.9%

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #	Title	Examiner	Due in
17815783	PET CHEW CONTAINING MISCANTHUS GRASS	GERLA, STEPHANIE RAE	45d overdue
17814101	CORN COB PET CHEW	GERLA, STEPHANIE RAE	36d overdue
19188128	FULLY IMPLANTABLE AND DETACHABLE HIGH CHANNEL NEURAL INTERFACE DEVICE, METHOD FOR PROCEEDING ELECTRODE AND METHOD FOR REPLACING DEVICE	PAPE, ALYSSA MORGAN	30d overdue
19010451	ADJUSTABLE NAIL TRIMMER	NGUYEN, SON T	40d

Interview Candidates (11)

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
18952673	DEGRADABLE COMPOSITE AND METHOD OF FABRICATION	JONES, DIANA S	74d overdue
19013673	MULTI-BEAM SOLID-STATE LUMINAIRE	SONG, ZHENG B	49d overdue
17815783	PET CHEW CONTAINING MISCANTHUS GRASS	GERLA, STEPHANIE RAE	45d overdue
17814101	CORN COB PET CHEW	GERLA, STEPHANIE RAE	36d overdue
18791866	APPARATUS FOR PROMOTING CRAZING OF A POLYMER MATERIAL	KITT, STEPHEN A	31d overdue
19188128	FULLY IMPLANTABLE AND DETACHABLE HIGH CHANNEL NEURAL INTERFACE DEVICE, METHOD FOR PROCEEDING ELECTRODE AND METHOD FOR REPLACING DEVICE	PAPE, ALYSSA MORGAN	30d overdue
18981780	REED VALVE	MURPHY, KEVIN F	15d overdue
18996426	MODULAR UNIT FOR APPARATUS INSTALLATION	MAESTRI, PATRICK J	2d overdue

Client Portfolio (33 clients)

Client (Assignee)	Pending OAs
BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE	4
ABL IP Holding	3
EVG ENTWICKLUNGS- U. VERWERTUNGS-GESELLSCHAFT M.B.H.	3
Technische Universität München	3
IAC Group	3
IGUS GMBH	3
T.F.H. PUBLICATIONS, INC.	3
SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLC	3
Four Paws Products	2
Anika Therapeutics	2
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE	2
IMS Trading	2
BOMAG GMBH	2
UCL BUSINESS LTD	2
Bciflex Medical Technology Co., Ltd.	1
Morimatsu	1
Moto Tassinari	1
206 ORTHO, INC.	1
Canadian Solar Sunenergy (Jiaxing) Co. Ltd.	1
Federal Bureau of Investigation	1
Flexciton	1
THERMOFLEX CORP.	1
Austworld	1
Auria Solutions	1
Stud Connector (Ip) Limited	1
WATTS REGULATOR CO.	1
Virginia Tech	1
UWM RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.	1
University of Arizona	1
Vodafone	1
SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG	1
Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna	1
VERSAGO VASCULAR ACCESS, INC.	1

Top Art Units

Art Unit	Apps
3775	3
3723	3
3797	2
3631	2
3615	2
1791	2
3794	1
3643	1
3635	1
2875	1

Pending Office Actions

App #	Title	Client	Examiner	Art Unit	Statutes	Status	Due in	AI	Filed
19188128	FULLY IMPLANTABLE AND DETACHABLE HIGH CHANNEL NEURAL INTERFACE DEVICE, METHOD FOR PROCEEDING ELECTRODE AND METHOD FOR REPLACING DEVICE	Bciflex Medical Technology Co., Ltd.	PAPE, ALYSSA MORGAN	3794	—	Non-Final OA	30d overdue	Pending	Apr 24, 2025
19010451	ADJUSTABLE NAIL TRIMMER	Four Paws Products, Ltd.	NGUYEN, SON T	3643	§103	Non-Final OA	40d	Pending	Feb 03, 2025
18996426	MODULAR UNIT FOR APPARATUS INSTALLATION	Morimatsu (Jiangsu) Heavy Industry Co., Ltd.	MAESTRI, PATRICK J	3635	§112	Non-Final OA	2d overdue	Pending	Jan 17, 2025
19013673	MULTI-BEAM SOLID-STATE LUMINAIRE	Abl Ip Holding, LLC	SONG, ZHENG B	2875	§103	Final Rejection	49d overdue	Pending	Jan 08, 2025
18981780	REED VALVE	Moto Tassinari, Inc.	MURPHY, KEVIN F	3753	§103	Non-Final OA	15d overdue	Pending	Dec 16, 2024
18952673	DEGRADABLE COMPOSITE AND METHOD OF FABRICATION	206 Ortho, Inc.	JONES, DIANA S	3775	§102	Non-Final OA	74d overdue	Pending	Nov 19, 2024
18884416	THREE-DIMENSIONAL THREAT IMAGE PROJECTION AND IMAGE AUGMENTATION	BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE	ALMEIDA, CORY A	2628	§103	Non-Final OA	6d	Pending	Sep 13, 2024
18791866	APPARATUS FOR PROMOTING CRAZING OF A POLYMER MATERIAL	BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE	KITT, STEPHEN A	1717	§103	Non-Final OA	31d overdue	Pending	Aug 01, 2024
18775028	PHOTOVOLTAIC ASSEMBLY PREPARATION METHOD, PHOTOVOLTAIC ASSEMBLY, AND HETEROJUNCTION CELL	Canadian Solar Sunenergy (Jiaxing) Co. Ltd.	MOWLA, GOLAM	1721	§103	Non-Final OA	42d	Pending	Jul 17, 2024
18767416	GLENOID RESURFACING SYSTEM AND METHOD	Arthrosurface, Inc.	BECCIA, CHRISTOPHER J	3775	Other	Non-Final OA	30d overdue	Pending	Jul 09, 2024
18755842	PORTABLE X-RAY AND CT SCAN SYSTEM	Federal Bureau Of Investigation	TOOHEY, RICHARD ORLANDO	2884	§103	Non-Final OA	61d	Pending	Jun 27, 2024
18720318	MACHINE SCHEDULE GENERATION METHOD AND SYSTEM	Flexciton Limited	WAESCO, JOSEPH M	3625	§103	Final Rejection	17d overdue	Pending	Jun 14, 2024
18688404	LONGITUDINAL-WIRE GUIDE FOR ADVANCING A NUMBER OF PARALLEL STEEL WIRES	Evg Entwicklungs- U. Verwertungs-Gesellschaft M.B.H.	SONG, HIMCHAN	3731	§112	Non-Final OA	75d	Pending	May 30, 2024
18711692	MULTI-DIMENSIONAL TOOL ADJUSTMENT BASED ON ACOUSTIC SIGNAL	Technische Universität München	LANGHALS, RENEE C	3797	§112	Non-Final OA	15d overdue	Pending	May 20, 2024
18661192	COORDINATED MOTION OF A MANIPULATOR AND MOBILE BASE	Southwest Research Institute	HOQUE, SHAHEDA SHABNAM	3658	§103	Final Rejection	70d	Pending	May 10, 2024
18623295	ELECTRIC SWITCH AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURE	International Automotive Components Group Na, Inc.	CAROC, LHEIREN MAE ANGLO	2831	§103	Non-Final OA	16d	Pending	Apr 01, 2024
18681109	SYSTEM FOR SUPPORTING A MOVABLE LINE-HOLDING DEVICE, ENERGY CHAIN OR THE LIKE	Igus GmbH	IJAZ, MUHAMMAD	3631	§112	Final Rejection	78d	Pending	Feb 05, 2024
18430154	REAMER	Arthrosurface, Inc.	SIPP, AMY R.	3775	§103	Non-Final OA	99d overdue	Pending	Feb 01, 2024
18291952	DETECTION OF CELL AGGREGATES USING QUANTITATIVE PHASE-CONTRAST MICROSCOPY	Technische Universität München	BAYNES, SAMUEL DAVID	2665	§103	Non-Final OA	4d overdue	Pending	Jan 25, 2024
18409368	PLASTIC ARTICLE WITH FAUX STITCHING AND METHOD OF FORMING SAME	Thermoflex Corp.	WEYDEMEYER, ETHAN	1783	§103	Non-Final OA	8d	Pending	Jan 10, 2024
18396853	PET CHEW ARTICLE	Ims Trading, LLC	AXTELL, ASHLEY	1792	§103	Non-Final OA	61d	Pending	Dec 27, 2023
18534296	NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATIONS ENABLED DIMMING CIRCUIT	Abl Ip Holding, LLC	KING, MONICA C	2844	§102	Non-Final OA	88d overdue	Pending	Dec 08, 2023
18504671	WEAR PAD FOR A TREAD MEMBER OF A CRAWLER TRACK OF A TRACK UNIT OF A CONSTRUCTION MACHINE, TREAD MEMBER FOR A CRAWLER TRACK, CRAWLER TRACK FOR A TRACK UNIT OF A CONSTRUCTION MACHINE, CONSTRUCTION MACHINE, AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING CONTACT FORCES OF A CONSTRUCTION MACHINE INTO A BASE PLATE OF A TREAD MEMBER	BOMAG GmbH	BELLINGER, JASON R	3615	§103	Non-Final OA	7d	Pending	Nov 08, 2023
18504597	GROUND MILLING MACHINE, IN PARTICULAR ROAD MILLING MACHINE, STABILIZER OR RECYCLER, METHOD FOR MOVING A GROUND MILLING MACHINE IN A DIRECTION UP TO 90° TRANSVERSE TO A LONGITUDINAL MACHINE DIRECTION AND METHOD FOR POSITIONING A GROUND MILLING MACHINE FOR MAINTENANCE WORKS AND/OR FOR TRANSPORT	BOMAG GmbH	HURLEY, KEVIN	3611	§112	Non-Final OA	30d overdue	Pending	Nov 08, 2023
18558569	ENERGY CHAIN WITH A DRIVE UNIT, AND SYSTEM CONSISTING OF AN ENERGY CHAIN WITH A DRIVE UNIT AND A STORAGE UNIT	Igus GmbH	JONES, JAMES WILLIAM	3615	§112	Non-Final OA	70d	Pending	Nov 02, 2023
18496075	INTERACTIVE PET TOY	T.F.H. Publications, Inc.	ALEKSIC, NEVENA	3647	§112	Non-Final OA	60d overdue	Pending	Oct 27, 2023
18454979	VEHICLE MOUNTED SERVICE UNIT	Austworld Commodities Pty Ltd.	HELVEY, PETER N.	3734	§103	Non-Final OA	126d overdue	Pending	Aug 24, 2023
18357599	Polyester Tufted Carpet And Polyester Nonwoven Carpet With Polyester Roll Coating	Auria Solutions UK I, Ltd.	BEHA, CAROLINE	1748	§103	Non-Final OA	71d	Pending	Jul 24, 2023
18349406	APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR USE IN ULTRASOUND OPTICAL IMAGING	UCL Business Ltd	KELLOGG, MICHAEL S	3798	§103	Non-Final OA	15d overdue	Pending	Jul 10, 2023
18348481	COMPOSITE HEATING PANEL	Stud Connector (Ip) Limited	TANENBAUM, TZVI SAMUEL	3763	§103	Non-Final OA	43d	Pending	Jul 07, 2023
18347821	POLYAMIDE RECOVERY FOR ENZYMATIC DEPOLYMERIZATION	BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE	RUNYAN, SILVANA C	3674	§103	Non-Final OA	19d overdue	Pending	Jul 06, 2023
18213129	VACUUM CLEANER ODOR DIFFUSION SYSTEM	Sharkninja Operating LLC	HENSON, KATINA N	3723	§103	Final Rejection	29d	Pending	Jun 22, 2023
18258414	A SYSTEM FOR POSITIONING A MEDICAL TOOL	UCL Business Ltd	ASGHAR, AMINAH	3797	§103	Final Rejection	86d overdue	Pending	Jun 20, 2023
18208202	SENSOR LOCATION AND VERIFICATION SYSTEM	Watts Regulator Co.	FRANK, RODNEY T	2855	§103	Non-Final OA	35d overdue	Pending	Jun 09, 2023
18255665	METHODS FOR EXTRACTING RARE EARTH ELEMENTS FROM RARE EARTH ELEMENT SOURCES	VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES, INC.	MOUDOU, EILEEN QI-YUN	1738	§103	Non-Final OA	45d overdue	Pending	Jun 02, 2023
18197791	ANTI-MICROBIAL COMPOSITION	UWM RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.	ALAWADI, SARAH	1619	§102	Final Rejection	14d	Pending	May 16, 2023
18251598	ANALYSIS OF TISSUE SAMPLES USING QUANTITATIVE PHASE-CONTRAST MICROSCOPY	Technische Universität München	GIERE, REBECCA M	1677	§103	Non-Final OA	30d overdue	Pending	May 03, 2023
18034653	MODULAR FOOTWEAR SOLE SYSTEMS AND METHODS	Arizona Board of Regents	HUYNH, KHOA D	3732	§103	Final Rejection	147d overdue	Pending	Apr 28, 2023
18306476	DYNAMIC NETWORK SLICE DEPLOYMENT	Vodafone GmbH	HAMMONDS, MARCUS C	2647	§103	Final Rejection	87d overdue	Pending	Apr 25, 2023
18133761	ROBOTIC CLEANER WITH AIR JET ASSEMBLY	Sharkninja Operating LLC	CARLSON, MARC	3723	§102	Non-Final OA	62d	Pending	Apr 12, 2023
18028445	METHOD FOR CALIBRATING A TEMPERATURE SENSOR	Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. Kg	LIN, ERICA S Y	2853	§103	Final Rejection	4d overdue	Pending	Mar 24, 2023
18246392	Vehicle Mini-bar With Touchless Interface	International Automotive Components Group GmbH	OJOFEITIMI, AYODEJI T	3651	§103	Non-Final OA	282d overdue	Pending	Mar 23, 2023
18187381	COMBING DEVICE AND METHOD OF USE	Four Paws Products, Ltd.	ASQIRIBA, KARIM	3772	§103	Non-Final OA	22d	Pending	Mar 21, 2023
18245570	SINGLE-SPOT WELDING DEVICE	Evg Entwicklungs- U. Verwertungs-Gesellschaft M.B.H.	TRAN, THIEN S	3761	§103	Non-Final OA	19d overdue	Pending	Mar 16, 2023
18040885	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISINFECTING VEHICULAR SURFACES	International Automotive Components Group GmbH	YOO, REGINA M	1758	§103	Non-Final OA	41d	Pending	Feb 07, 2023
18051087	CHITOSAN CONTAINING PET CHEW	T.F.H. Publications, Inc.	MORENO, LARK JULIA	1793	§103	Final Rejection	21d	Pending	Oct 31, 2022
17936898	INITIATING COMMUNICATION IN A PERSONAL AREA NETWORK	Abl Ip Holding, LLC	ALAWDI, SHEHAB A	2466	—	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Sep 30, 2022
17905836	METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING WELDED REINFORCING MESHES WITH HIGH STRENGTH AND EXPANSION VALUES	Evg Entwicklungs- U. Verwertungs-Gesellschaft M.B.H.	EKIERT, TERESA M	3725	§112	Non-Final OA	124d overdue	Pending	Sep 08, 2022
17817858	NANOPOROUS CERIUM OXIDE NANOPARTICLE MACRO-STRUCTURES AS AUTOXIDATION INHIBITORS	Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna	BLEDSOE, JOSHUA CALEB	1762	§103	Final Rejection	22d	Pending	Aug 05, 2022
17815783	PET CHEW CONTAINING MISCANTHUS GRASS	T.F.H. Publications, Inc.	GERLA, STEPHANIE RAE	1791	§103	Final Rejection	45d overdue	Pending	Jul 28, 2022
17814101	CORN COB PET CHEW	Ims Trading, LLC	GERLA, STEPHANIE RAE	1791	§103	Non-Final OA	36d overdue	Pending	Jul 21, 2022
17854029	AUTOMATED CIRCUIT DESIGN VALIDATION	BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE	NGUYEN, NHA T	2851	§103	Final Rejection	11d overdue	Pending	Jun 30, 2022
17757243	Conductor Guiding Apparatus and Modular End Fastenings with a Flexible Cover for Clean Room Applications	Igus GmbH	WOOD, KIMBERLY T	3631	§112	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Jun 13, 2022
17683276	SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS WITH A SIDEWAYS PIVOTING HANDLE	Sharkninja Operating LLC	MCFARLAND, TYLER JAMES	3723	§103	Non-Final OA	25d overdue	Pending	Feb 28, 2022
17373511	MEDICAL ACCESS PORTS, TRANSFER DEVICES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF	VERSAGO VASCULAR ACCESS, INC.	MEHTA, BHISMA	3783	§102	Non-Final OA	89d overdue	Pending	Jul 12, 2021
17301625	THREE-DIMENSIONAL BIOREACTOR FOR VIRAL VECTOR PRODUCTION	Southwest Research Institute	HASSAN, LIBAN M	1799	§103	Final Rejection	72d overdue	Pending	Apr 09, 2021

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