Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Shakir Law Pllc

15 pending office actions • 12 clients • 14 examiners • 14 art units • 0 of 15 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 22 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

15
Total Pending OAs
10
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 15 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

8
Overdue
0
Due this week
4
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
2
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. 15 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (8)Due ≤ 30 days (4)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (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%)
10
Medium (67%)
3
Easy (20%)
2
Unknown (13%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only9 (60%)
§102 only1 (7%)
§112 only3 (20%)
No statute on record2 (13%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
3
Information Tech
20% of docket
3
Communications
20% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
8
Mechanical / Eng
53% of docket
1
Business / Other
7% 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.

150 h
Manual time on pending OAs
30 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
52 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LEE, JAI M 2 76.8% +11.7%
ADAMS, EILEEN M 1 86.2% +4.3%
JOHNSON, PHILLIP A 1 81.5% +12.8%
ZERPHEY, CHRISTOPHER R 1 48.5% +18.7%
HARP, WILLIAM RAY 1 79.0% +10.6%
PYZOCHA, MICHAEL J 1 80.4% +16.8%
CATINA, MICHAEL ANTHONY 1 31.4% +30.2%
KOTTER, KIP T 1 67.7% +21.4%
TEJADA, JOSEANE ECLAIR 1 55.2% +59.1%
KANG, IRENE S 1 16.5% +26.0%

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
18974301 COMPUTING SYSTEM AND A COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR SENSING EVENTS FROM GEOSPATIAL DATA ADAMS, EILEEN M 12d

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
18386592 TRUST MANAGEMENT SYSTEM KANG, IRENE S 14d

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
18744693 PLATFORM AND METHOD OF CERTIFICATION OF AN ELECTRONIC NOTICE FOR ELECTRONIC IDENTIFICATION AND TRUST SERVICES (EIDAS) PYZOCHA, MICHAEL J 73d overdue
18520441 SUPPORT MECHANISM AND SUPPORT DEVICE TEJADA, JOSEANE ECLAIR 60d overdue
18097482 STRAIGHT LIGHT IN AIR DIRECT AND/OR BENDING VIA FIBER OPTIC CABLE ACTUATES LIGHT SWITCH FOR- ALL -FROM BUILDING WALLS TO WEARABLE LEE, JAI M 53d overdue
18835009 FLOATING UNIT HARP, WILLIAM RAY 43d overdue
18593907 VEHICLE WHEEL COVER CASING AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A VEHICLE WHEEL COVER CASING KOTTER, KIP T 23d overdue
18651402 WEARABLE SENSOR AND SYSTEM THEREOF CATINA, MICHAEL ANTHONY 14d
18386592 TRUST MANAGEMENT SYSTEM KANG, IRENE S 14d
18855283 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLLECTING WATER PRESENT IN THE AIR ZERPHEY, CHRISTOPHER R 39d

Client Portfolio (12 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
26342
24811
36171
37991
36531
24091
37911
36151
36731
36961

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18974301 COMPUTING SYSTEM AND A COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR SENSING EVENTS FROM GEOSPATIAL DATA Optima Sports Systems S.L. ADAMS, EILEEN M 2481 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Dec 09, 2024
18855294 A TANDEM BALL BEARING National Engineering Industries Ltd. JOHNSON, PHILLIP A 3617 Other Final Rejection 82d Pending Oct 08, 2024
18855283 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLLECTING WATER PRESENT IN THE AIR Red Eléctrica De España, S.A. ZERPHEY, CHRISTOPHER R 3799 §103 Non-Final OA 39d Pending Oct 08, 2024
18835009 FLOATING UNIT Eitzenberger GmbH HARP, WILLIAM RAY 3653 §103 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Jul 31, 2024
18744693 PLATFORM AND METHOD OF CERTIFICATION OF AN ELECTRONIC NOTICE FOR ELECTRONIC IDENTIFICATION AND TRUST SERVICES (EIDAS) Lleidanetworks Serveis Telematics, S.A. PYZOCHA, MICHAEL J 2409 Other Non-Final OA 73d overdue Pending Jun 16, 2024
18651402 WEARABLE SENSOR AND SYSTEM THEREOF Emfit Ltd. CATINA, MICHAEL ANTHONY 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Apr 30, 2024
18593907 VEHICLE WHEEL COVER CASING AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A VEHICLE WHEEL COVER CASING Isse Safety, S.L. KOTTER, KIP T 3615 §103 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Mar 02, 2024
18520441 SUPPORT MECHANISM AND SUPPORT DEVICE Koyoju Plywood Corporation TEJADA, JOSEANE ECLAIR 3673 §103 Non-Final OA 60d overdue Pending Nov 27, 2023
18386592 TRUST MANAGEMENT SYSTEM National Trust Council, General Incorporated Association KANG, IRENE S 3696 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Nov 02, 2023
18383826 PLATFORM AND METHOD FOR VALIDATING ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES IN SIGNED ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS Lleidanetworks Serveis Telematics, S.A. LITTLE, VANCE M 2494 §112 Final Rejection 100d overdue Pending Oct 25, 2023
35518059 Bottle neck Jose Francisco González Sánchez SCHNEBELE, HALEY K 2922 §112 Final Rejection 43d overdue Pending Jun 22, 2023
18122097 COMFORTABLE HAND-TOUCH WEARABLE HEARING-AID SYSTEM Elbex Video Ltd. LEE, JAI M 2634 §103 Final Rejection 61d Pending Mar 15, 2023
18097482 STRAIGHT LIGHT IN AIR DIRECT AND/OR BENDING VIA FIBER OPTIC CABLE ACTUATES LIGHT SWITCH FOR- ALL -FROM BUILDING WALLS TO WEARABLE Elbex Video Ltd. LEE, JAI M 2634 §112 Non-Final OA 53d overdue Pending Jan 16, 2023
17926984 SYSTEM FOR WARNING ABOUT ENTERING A RESTRICTED AREA Pfanner Schutzbekleidung GmbH SHEN, QUN 2662 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Nov 21, 2022
17423387 SUPPORT FOR A TEMPLE FRONT PORTION Pfanner Schutzbekleidung GmbH HALL, FORREST G 3732 §102 Non-Final OA 163d overdue Pending Jul 15, 2021

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