Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Sheets Law Pllc

Technology areas: Computing & Software • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

39 pending office actions • 9 clients • 38 examiners • 22 art units • 0 of 39 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Sheets Law PLLC has managed 524 career applications, primarily in the Computing & Software technology area. The firm has a resolved allowance rate pct of 84.92. There are 23 pending office actions currently active. The 524 career applications indicate the firm's specialized focus and experience in software prosecution.

The average office actions per allowance for this firm is 2.69. This figure suggests the prosecution process for reaching an allowance in the Computing & Software field. The 84.92 resolved allowance rate pct serves as a key performance indicator for the 524 career applications handled. With 23 pending office actions, the firm remains actively engaged with the patent office. These statistics provide a clear and data-grounded overview of the firm's efficiency and success in its primary technical domain.

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

Quality Metrics (n=524 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

84.9%
Allowance Rate
n=524
+0.39σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=524
2.7
OAs to Allowance
n=276
-0.54σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=276
972 days
Time to Allowance
n=276
+13.9pp
Interview Lift
n=524
32.9%
RCE Rate
n=524
0.0%
Appeal Rate
n=524

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

42.7%
§101 Overcome
n=89
63.8%
§102 Overcome
n=94
58.7%
§103 Overcome
n=242
65.9%
§112 Overcome
n=126

Specialization & Scale

G06F, G06N, G06V
Top CPC Subclasses
42%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=524
1
Practitioners
n=524
524.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=524

Portfolio Summary

39
Total Pending OAs
27
Non-Final OAs
11
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 10 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
1
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. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (6)Due ≤ 60 days (1)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.

22
Hard (56%)
15
Medium (38%)
2
Easy (5%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only3 (8%)
§101 + other10 (26%)
§103 only14 (36%)
§102 only1 (3%)
§112 only2 (5%)
Multi-statute (no §101)9 (23%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
8
Information Tech
21% of docket
4
Communications
10% of docket
1
Semiconductors
3% of docket
11
Mechanical / Eng
28% of docket
15
Business / Other
38% 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.

390 h
Manual time on pending OAs
78 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
136 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LIN, KATHERINE Y 2 90.8% +6.5%
VU, NGOC K 1 71.9% +12.7%
HUSSEIN, HASSAN A 1 60.1% +52.5%
KAPLAN, BENJAMIN A 1 88.8% +11.6%
REN, ZHUBING 1 71.6% +42.3%
OLSHANNIKOV, ALEKSEY 1 55.2% +52.3%
GRUBY, RANDALL A 1 62.4% +43.2%
GILLIARD, DELOMIA L 1 89.6% +10.4%
KASHYAPA, ANUSHA 1 100.0% +0.0%
REICHERT, RACHELLE LEIGH 1 30.2% +33.2%

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 (22)

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 —
19006474 LIQUID DISPENSING DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF GRUBY, RANDALL A —
18794056 METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM FOR DATA TRANSMISSION BETWEEN NETWORK NODES OF A NETWORK VU, HUY DUY —
18648375 ULTRASONIC WAVEGUIDE SENSOR AND APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTED PHYSICAL PARAMETER MEASUREMENTS ROYSTON, JOHN M —

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 —
19006474 LIQUID DISPENSING DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF GRUBY, RANDALL A —
19002815 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADAPTIVE IDENTIFICATION OF SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITIES GILLIARD, DELOMIA L —

Client Portfolio (9 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
21132
36822
36861
36291
28551
26731
21971
26661
37541
21921

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 §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 §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 §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 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 25, 2025
19010045 SMART CABINET SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF Hcl Technologies Limited OLSHANNIKOV, ALEKSEY §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 05, 2025
19006474 LIQUID DISPENSING DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF Hcl Technologies Limited GRUBY, RANDALL A §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 31, 2024
19002815 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADAPTIVE IDENTIFICATION OF SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITIES Skylark Labs Inc. GILLIARD, DELOMIA L §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 27, 2024
18958278 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CALCULATING CALORIES BURNED DURING ACTIVITY PERFORMANCE USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) Mr. Rajiv Trehan KASHYAPA, ANUSHA §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 §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 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 05, 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 §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
18440992 FOOD ASSESSMENT DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF Hcl Technologies Limited DULANEY, KATHLEEN YUAN 2666 §112 Final Rejection 14d Pending Feb 14, 2024
18434891 METHOD AND SYSTEM OF COMPRESSING NEURAL NETWORK MODELS BASED ON LEARNABLE MULTI-CRITERIA L&T Technology Services Limited WORJLOH, JALATEE §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 07, 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
18393722 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COLLECTING OBJECTS Hcl Technologies Limited HAWN, PATRICK D 3631 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 22, 2023
18544526 METHOD AND SYSTEM OF OPTIMIZING DEPLOYMENT OF RESOURCES ON CLOUD PROVIDERS Hcl Technologies Limited LEE, TAMMY EUNHYE 2195 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 19, 2023
18536742 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TEST SCRIPT GENERATION AND EXECUTION Hcl Technologies Limited LIN, KATHERINE Y 2113 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 12, 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 §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 §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
18209528 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING MEDICAL IMAGING DATA L&T Technology Services Limited LULTSCHIK, WILLIAM G 3682 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 14, 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
18198317 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING IMMERSIVE AND INTERACTIVE FITNESS EXPERIENCE TO A USER Rajiv Trehan ENG, GEORGE 2699 §103 Final Rejection — Pending May 17, 2023
18122168 NESTING PARTS IN 2-DIMENSIONAL (2D) SHEETS BY SIMULTANEOUSLY USING MULTIPLE PIXEL DIAGRAMS Hcl Technologies Limited BONSHOCK, DENNIS G §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
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
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
17202926 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EVALUATING PERFORMANCE OF DEVELOPERS USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) Hcl Technologies Limited BOLEN, NICHOLAS D 3624 §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 16, 2021

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