Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Sheets Law Pllc

36 pending office actions • 7 clients • 36 examiners • 30 art units • 0 of 36 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=507 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

86.3%
Allowance Rate
n=507
+0.40σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=507
2.6
OAs to Allowance
n=264
-0.58σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=264
970 days
Time to Allowance
n=264
+12.1pp
Interview Lift
n=507
33.0%
RCE Rate
n=507
0.0%
Appeal Rate
n=507

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

42.4%
§101 Overcome
n=85
60.4%
§102 Overcome
n=91
59.0%
§103 Overcome
n=227
63.6%
§112 Overcome
n=121

Specialization & Scale

G06F, G06N, G06V
Top CPC Subclasses
42%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=507
1
Practitioners
n=507
507.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=507

Portfolio Summary

36
Total Pending OAs
20
Non-Final OAs
15
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 16 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

10
Overdue
0
Due this week
5
Due this month
0
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. 16 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (10)Due ≤ 30 days (5)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 (61%)
12
Medium (33%)
2
Easy (6%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only3 (8%)
§101 + other12 (33%)
§103 only10 (28%)
§102 only2 (6%)
§112 only2 (6%)
Multi-statute (no §101)7 (19%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
13
Information Tech
36% of docket
5
Communications
14% of docket
1
Semiconductors
3% of docket
13
Mechanical / Eng
36% of docket
4
Business / Other
11% 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.

360 h
Manual time on pending OAs
72 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
126 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ILAGAN, VINCENT CAESAR 1 38.9% +73.3%
GRUBY, RANDALL A 1 62.5% +43.6%
REICHERT, RACHELLE LEIGH 1 30.0% +33.7%
MAYNARD, JOHNATHAN A 1 40.1% +8.2%
KARWAN, SIHAR A 1 56.8% +26.5%
COUSO, JOSE L 1 90.2% +8.2%
COBANOGLU, DILEK B 1 33.4% +27.4%
MCANDREW, CHRISTOPHER P 1 85.9% +13.9%
VU, HUY DUY 1 39.4% +47.0%
ESONU, VICTOR CHIGOZIRIM 1 16.7% +0.0%

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
18934527 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CLASSIFYING HISTORIC DATA DERIVED FROM NEURAL NETWORKS COUSO, JOSE L
18811919 INTEGRATED HARDWARE-IN-THE-LOOP (HIL) SYSTEM FOR TESTING HARDWARE DEVICES AND A METHOD THEREOF MCANDREW, CHRISTOPHER P

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
18414506 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A PROPAGATION PATH OF FIRE OR SMOKE BEE, ANDREW W. 53d overdue
18864521 A ROBOT AND A METHOD OF CONFIGURING AND OPERATING THE ROBOT KARWAN, SIHAR A 46d overdue
17745899 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANOMALY DETECTION AND REPORT GENERATION HINCKLEY, CHASE PAUL 30d overdue
18116859 METHOD AND SYSTEM OF CREATING BALANCED DATASET GARNER, CASEY R 26d overdue
18889849 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING BAYESIAN KNOWLEDGE NETWORKS (BKNS) FOR MEDICAL CONDITIONS COBANOGLU, DILEK B 8d overdue
18633589 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING APPLICATIONS USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) SHIMELES, BEZAWIT NOLAWI 5d overdue
18663168 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING CANDIDATES THROUGH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) MODELS ESONU, VICTOR CHIGOZIRIM 4d overdue
18230685 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING FLOOR STAINS USING SURROUND VIEW IMAGES RIVERA, CARLOS A 2d overdue

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18864521 A ROBOT AND A METHOD OF CONFIGURING AND OPERATING THE ROBOT KARWAN, SIHAR A 46d overdue
18889849 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING BAYESIAN KNOWLEDGE NETWORKS (BKNS) FOR MEDICAL CONDITIONS COBANOGLU, DILEK B 8d overdue
18956098 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING PATIENT ABNORMALITIES AND GENERATING RECOMMENDATIONS REICHERT, RACHELLE LEIGH 15d
19091964 METHOD AND TOOL FOR ASSISTING CLINICIANS IN MAKING REAL-TIME DECISIONS FOR NEONATAL SHOCK SYNDROMES ILAGAN, VINCENT CAESAR 79d
19006474 LIQUID DISPENSING DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF GRUBY, RANDALL A
18811919 INTEGRATED HARDWARE-IN-THE-LOOP (HIL) SYSTEM FOR TESTING HARDWARE DEVICES AND A METHOD THEREOF MCANDREW, CHRISTOPHER P
18794056 METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM FOR DATA TRANSMISSION BETWEEN NETWORK NODES OF A NETWORK VU, HUY DUY

Client Portfolio (7 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36862
26772
37981
36581
36871
28581
36291
21511
26731
21971

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19091964 METHOD AND TOOL FOR ASSISTING CLINICIANS IN MAKING REAL-TIME DECISIONS FOR NEONATAL SHOCK SYNDROMES Cloudphysician Healthcare Pvt Ltd. ILAGAN, VINCENT CAESAR 3686 §101§103 Non-Final OA 79d Pending Mar 27, 2025
19006474 LIQUID DISPENSING DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF Hcl Technologies Limited GRUBY, RANDALL A §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 31, 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
18944084 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING POST-OPERATIVE IMAGES OF AN ANOMALY USING DEEP-LEARNING MODELS L&T Technology Services Limited MAYNARD, JOHNATHAN A 3798 §103 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Nov 12, 2024
18864521 A ROBOT AND A METHOD OF CONFIGURING AND OPERATING THE ROBOT Lionsbot International Pte. Ltd. KARWAN, SIHAR A 3658 §103§112 Final Rejection 46d overdue Pending Nov 09, 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
18889849 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING BAYESIAN KNOWLEDGE NETWORKS (BKNS) FOR MEDICAL CONDITIONS Cloudphysician Healthcare Pvt Ltd. COBANOGLU, DILEK B 3687 §101§102 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Sep 19, 2024
18811919 INTEGRATED HARDWARE-IN-THE-LOOP (HIL) SYSTEM FOR TESTING HARDWARE DEVICES AND A METHOD THEREOF L&T Technology Services Limited MCANDREW, CHRISTOPHER P 2858 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 22, 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
18640028 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING RECOMMENDATIONS USING GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) MODEL Hcl Technologies Limited MORRISON, JAY A 2151 §101 Final Rejection Pending Apr 19, 2024
18633589 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING APPLICATIONS USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) Hcl Technologies Limited SHIMELES, BEZAWIT NOLAWI 2673 §101§103 Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending Apr 12, 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 Final Rejection Pending Mar 15, 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 §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
18414506 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A PROPAGATION PATH OF FIRE OR SMOKE L&T Technology Services Limited BEE, ANDREW W. 2677 §101§102 Non-Final OA 53d overdue Pending Jan 17, 2024
18396758 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ENHANCEMENT OF AN EXISTING APPLICATION Hcl Technologies Limited LUU, CUONG V 2192 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 27, 2023
18393722 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COLLECTING OBJECTS Hcl Technologies Limited HAWN, PATRICK D 3631 §103 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
18531745 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR META-DATA EXTRACTION FROM DOCUMENTS L&T Technology Services Limited SPIELER, WILLIAM 2159 §101§103 Final Rejection 8d Pending Dec 07, 2023
18510715 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING APPROACH AND SCOPE OF HUMAN FACTORS EVALUATION FOR MEDICAL DEVICES Hcl Technologies Limited LEGGETT, ANDREA C. 2171 §102 Final Rejection Pending Nov 16, 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
18243686 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTOXICATION EXAMINATION OF OPERATORS FOR ASSET OPERATION AUTHORIZATION Hcl Technologies Limited HERRERA, MICHAEL J 3668 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 08, 2023
18230685 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING FLOOR STAINS USING SURROUND VIEW IMAGES L&T Technology Services Limited RIVERA, CARLOS A 3723 §101§103§112 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Aug 07, 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
18202384 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS IN REAL-TIME THROUGH SELF-ADAPTIVE AI Skylark Labs Inc. ZEWEDE, ASTEWAYE GETTU 2481 §103 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending May 26, 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
18116859 METHOD AND SYSTEM OF CREATING BALANCED DATASET L&T Technology Services Limited GARNER, CASEY R 2123 §101§102 Non-Final OA 26d overdue Pending Mar 03, 2023
18097342 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTERACTIVELY CREATING, EXECUTING, AND MANAGING DESIGN FOR EXCELLENCE (DFX) RULES Hcl Technologies Limited HOCKER, JOHN PAUL 2188 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 16, 2023
17745899 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANOMALY DETECTION AND REPORT GENERATION L&T Technology Services Limited HINCKLEY, CHASE PAUL 2124 §101§103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending May 17, 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 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Feb 02, 2022
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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