Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Sheets Law Pllc

Technology areas: Computing & Software • Communications

42 pending office actions • 9 clients • 42 examiners • 37 art units • 0 of 42 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Sheets Law PLLC has 39 pending office actions in Computing & Software, supported by 541 career applications. The record therefore combines an active current workload with a defined history in software-related prosecution.

Its resolved allowance rate is 85.15%, and allowed matters averaged 2.68 office actions per allowance. The allowance figure addresses resolved outcomes, while the action average addresses prosecution activity before allowance. Practitioners assessing this profile can use those measures to examine both the firm’s results and the response effort associated with matters that were allowed.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Quality Metrics (n=541 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

85.2%
Allowance Rate
n=541
+0.39σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=541
2.7
OAs to Allowance
n=281
-0.54σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=281
974 days
Time to Allowance
n=281
+13.5pp
Interview Lift
n=541
33.3%
RCE Rate
n=541
0.0%
Appeal Rate
n=541

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

41.8%
§101 Overcome
n=91
64.9%
§102 Overcome
n=94
57.9%
§103 Overcome
n=247
64.3%
§112 Overcome
n=129

Specialization & Scale

G06F, G06N, G06V
Top CPC Subclasses
41%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=541
1
Practitioners
n=541
541.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=541

Portfolio Summary

42
Total Pending OAs
31
Non-Final OAs
10
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
6
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. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (6)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.

23
Hard (55%)
16
Medium (38%)
3
Easy (7%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only3 (7%)
§101 + other11 (26%)
§103 only15 (36%)
§102 only1 (2%)
§112 only3 (7%)
Multi-statute (no §101)9 (21%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
17
Information Tech
40% of docket
9
Communications
21% of docket
2
Semiconductors
5% of docket
11
Mechanical / Eng
26% of docket
3
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.

420 h
Manual time on pending OAs
84 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
147 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
VU, NGOC K 1 71.9% +12.7%
HUSSEIN, HASSAN A 1 60.1% +52.5%
KAPLAN, BENJAMIN A 1 88.8% +11.4%
REN, ZHUBING 1 71.7% +42.1%
OLSHANNIKOV, ALEKSEY 1 55.1% +52.1%
VELEZ-LOPEZ, MARIO M 1 74.5% +5.0%
GILLIARD, DELOMIA L 1 89.6% +10.3%
ORTIZ-ORTIZ, ALONDRA MICHELLE 1 25.0% +100.0%
KASHYAPA, ANUSHA 1 100.0% +0.0%
REICHERT, RACHELLE LEIGH 1 30.1% +33.4%

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
19002815 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADAPTIVE IDENTIFICATION OF SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITIES GILLIARD, DELOMIA L —
18958278 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CALCULATING CALORIES BURNED DURING ACTIVITY PERFORMANCE USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) KASHYAPA, ANUSHA —

Hard Cases (23)

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
18956098 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING PATIENT ABNORMALITIES AND GENERATING RECOMMENDATIONS REICHERT, RACHELLE LEIGH 15d
18422044 PORTABLE BEVERAGE DISPENSING DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF MELARAGNO, MICHAEL 21d
19257623 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACCESSING USER RELEVANT MULTIMEDIA CONTENT WITHIN MULTIMEDIA FILES VU, NGOC K —
19071808 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING VULNERABILITY REPORT FOR A PRODUCT KAPLAN, BENJAMIN A —
19037135 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING TRAINING DATA FOR FINE-TUNING OF MACHINE LEARNING MODEL REN, ZHUBING —
19007610 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SUMMARIZING TEXT ARTICLES OF DOCUMENTS VELEZ-LOPEZ, MARIO M —
18967779 FLOUR MILLING DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF ORTIZ-ORTIZ, ALONDRA MICHELLE —
18794056 METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM FOR DATA TRANSMISSION BETWEEN NETWORK NODES OF A NETWORK VU, HUY DUY —

Interview Candidates (8)

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
18956098 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING PATIENT ABNORMALITIES AND GENERATING RECOMMENDATIONS REICHERT, RACHELLE LEIGH 15d
19257623 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACCESSING USER RELEVANT MULTIMEDIA CONTENT WITHIN MULTIMEDIA FILES VU, NGOC K —
19077233 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING INDIRECT VISUALIZATION ACCESS OF A DATA-LAKE HUSSEIN, HASSAN A —
19071808 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING VULNERABILITY REPORT FOR A PRODUCT KAPLAN, BENJAMIN A —
19037135 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING TRAINING DATA FOR FINE-TUNING OF MACHINE LEARNING MODEL REN, ZHUBING —
19010045 SMART CABINET SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF OLSHANNIKOV, ALEKSEY —
19002815 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADAPTIVE IDENTIFICATION OF SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITIES GILLIARD, DELOMIA L —
18967779 FLOUR MILLING DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF ORTIZ-ORTIZ, ALONDRA MICHELLE —

Client Portfolio (9 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37622
21872
21882
24211
24971
24341
26581
21181
26611
26691

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19257623 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACCESSING USER RELEVANT MULTIMEDIA CONTENT WITHIN MULTIMEDIA FILES Hcl Technologies Limited VU, NGOC K 2421 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 02, 2025
19077233 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING INDIRECT VISUALIZATION ACCESS OF A DATA-LAKE Hcl Technologies Limited HUSSEIN, HASSAN A 2497 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 12, 2025
19071808 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING VULNERABILITY REPORT FOR A PRODUCT Hcl Technologies Limited KAPLAN, BENJAMIN A 2434 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 06, 2025
19037135 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING TRAINING DATA FOR FINE-TUNING OF MACHINE LEARNING MODEL Hcl Technologies Limited REN, ZHUBING 2658 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 25, 2025
19010045 SMART CABINET SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF Hcl Technologies Limited OLSHANNIKOV, ALEKSEY 2118 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 05, 2025
19007610 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SUMMARIZING TEXT ARTICLES OF DOCUMENTS Hcl Technologies Limited VELEZ-LOPEZ, MARIO M §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 02, 2025
19002815 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADAPTIVE IDENTIFICATION OF SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITIES Skylark Labs Inc. GILLIARD, DELOMIA L 2661 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 27, 2024
18967779 FLOUR MILLING DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF Hcl Technologies Limited ORTIZ-ORTIZ, ALONDRA MICHELLE §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 04, 2024
18958278 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CALCULATING CALORIES BURNED DURING ACTIVITY PERFORMANCE USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) Mr. Rajiv Trehan KASHYAPA, ANUSHA 2669 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 25, 2024
18956098 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING PATIENT ABNORMALITIES AND GENERATING RECOMMENDATIONS Cloudphysician Healthcare Pvt Ltd. REICHERT, RACHELLE LEIGH 3686 §101§103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Nov 22, 2024
18934527 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CLASSIFYING HISTORIC DATA DERIVED FROM NEURAL NETWORKS Rajiv Trehan COUSO, JOSE L 2667 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 01, 2024
18794056 METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM FOR DATA TRANSMISSION BETWEEN NETWORK NODES OF A NETWORK Cambium Networks Limited VU, HUY DUY 2461 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 05, 2024
18770626 WIRELESS LC-RESONANCE SENSOR SYSTEM FOR MONITORING TEMPERATURE, PRESSURE AND GAS SPECIES INSIDE AN ENCLOSURE X-Wave Innovations, Inc. TIMILSINA, SHARAD 2857 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 11, 2024
18663168 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING CANDIDATES THROUGH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) MODELS Hcl Technologies Limited ESONU, VICTOR CHIGOZIRIM 3629 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending May 14, 2024
18648375 ULTRASONIC WAVEGUIDE SENSOR AND APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTED PHYSICAL PARAMETER MEASUREMENTS X-Wave Innovations, Inc. ROYSTON, JOHN M 2855 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 27, 2024
18633589 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING APPLICATIONS USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) Hcl Technologies Limited SHIMELES, BEZAWIT NOLAWI 2673 §103 Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending Apr 12, 2024
18631139 SANITIZING AND DEODORIZING DEVICE Hcl Technologies Limited MCCORMACK, JOHN PATRICK 3762 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 10, 2024
18609499 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VISUALLY INSPECTING COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY CODE Hcl Technologies Limited UNG, LANNY N 2197 §112 Final Rejection 27d Pending Mar 19, 2024
18605971 METHOD AND SYSTEM OF ANALYSING BLOOD SMEAR IMAGE USING DEEP LEARNING MODEL L&T Technology Services Limited RUSH, ERIC 2677 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 15, 2024
18440992 FOOD ASSESSMENT DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF Hcl Technologies Limited DULANEY, KATHLEEN YUAN 2666 §112 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Feb 14, 2024
18422044 PORTABLE BEVERAGE DISPENSING DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF Hcl Technologies Limited MELARAGNO, MICHAEL 3754 §102§103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Jan 25, 2024
18396758 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ENHANCEMENT OF AN EXISTING APPLICATION Hcl Technologies Limited SOUGH, HYUNG SUB 2192 §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 27, 2023
18393716 A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VISUAL TEXT TRANSFORMATION L&T Technology Services Limited RHIM, WOO CHUL 2676 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 22, 2023
18393722 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COLLECTING OBJECTS Hcl Technologies Limited HAWN, PATRICK D 3631 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 22, 2023
18385019 DEVICE AND METHOD TO REMOVE OBSTRUCTION FROM THROAT OF A USER Hcl Technologies Limited DANG, ANH TIEU 3771 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 30, 2023
18384399 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR INDOOR NAVIGATION Hcl Technologies Limited PALMARCHUK, BRIAN KEITH 3669 §101§103 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 27, 2023
18367485 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING UNFOLD LAYOUTS IN B-REP- BASED CAD SHEETMETAL MODELS Hcl Technologies Limited HANN, JAY B 2187 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 13, 2023
18241919 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING REMOTE PHYSIOTHERAPY SESSIONS Rajiv Trehan NAJARIAN, LENA 3687 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 04, 2023
18225707 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING CONTACT FEATURES OF B-REP-BASED COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN MODELS Hcl Technologies Limited GOLD, HENRY JOYNER 2189 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 25, 2023
18210094 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING EVENT OCCURRENCE BASED ON DATA SIGNALS Rajiv Trehan GRUSZKA, DANIEL PATRICK 2121 §101§103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 15, 2023
18209533 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZING MEDICAL IMAGINING EXAMINATION L&T Technology Services Limited VAN DUZER, ALEXIS KIM 3682 §101§103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 14, 2023
18209544 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRACKING AND MANAGING ACTIVITIES OF TESTBENCH COMPONENTS IN A TEST ENVIRONMENT Hcl America Inc. LIN, KATHERINE Y 2113 §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 14, 2023
18122168 NESTING PARTS IN 2-DIMENSIONAL (2D) SHEETS BY SIMULTANEOUSLY USING MULTIPLE PIXEL DIAGRAMS Hcl Technologies Limited BONSHOCK, DENNIS G 3992 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 16, 2023
18112514 SYSTEM FOR GENERATING UNIFORM DIFFUSION OF AIR Hcl Technologies Italy S.p.A. BRAWNER, CHARLES RILEY 3762 §103 Non-Final OA 63d Pending Feb 22, 2023
18106585 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FEATURE EXTRACTION USING RECONFIGURABLE CONVOLUTIONAL CLUSTER ENGINE IN IMAGE SENSOR PIPELINE Hcl Technologies Limited CHOI, TIMOTHY WING HO 2671 §103 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Feb 07, 2023
18095635 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANALYSING SIMULATION DATA USING SIGNATURES Hcl America Inc. WHITE, JAY MICHAEL 2188 §101§103 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 11, 2023
17747017 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY IDENTIFYING TUBE ELEMENTS Hcl Technologies Limited COOK, BRIAN S 2187 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending May 18, 2022
17590856 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC INTEGRATION OF SOFTWARE PRODUCTS DEPLOYED ON A CONTAINER-BASED CLUSTER Hcl Technologies Italy S.p.A. ONAT, UMUT 2194 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 02, 2022
17524764 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EXTRACTING AND CLASSIFYING MANUFACTURING FEATURES FROM THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL OF PRODUCT Hcl Technologies Limited BENOURAIDA, AMINA MORENO 2129 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Nov 12, 2021
17402684 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EVALUATING PERFORMANCE OF OPERATION RESOURCES USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) Hcl Technologies Limited HO, THOMAS Y 3624 §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 16, 2021
17352160 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLASSIFYING ELEMENTS OF A PRODUCT Hcl Technologies Limited HOPKINS, DAVID ANDREW 2188 §101§103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 18, 2021
17210389 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRIAGE MANAGEMENT Hcl Technologies Limited GREENE, JOSEPH L 2443 §103 Non-Final OA 40d Pending Mar 23, 2021

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Sheets Law Pllc's patent allowance rate?

85.2% of resolved applications prosecuted by Sheets Law Pllc were allowed, across 541 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Sheets Law Pllc average before allowance?

2.68 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Sheets Law Pllc have?

42 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 9 clients, before 42 examiners in 37 art units.

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