Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter and Hampton, LLP

69 pending office actions • 27 clients • 67 examiners • 56 art units • 0 of 69 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 241 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

69
Total Pending OAs
51
Non-Final OAs
11
Final Rejections
7
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 69 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

35
Overdue
4
Due this week
21
Due this month
5
Due in next 60 days
4
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. 69 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (35)Due ≤ 7 days (4)Due ≤ 30 days (21)Due ≤ 60 days (5)Due later (4)

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.

3
Hard (4%)
54
Medium (78%)
6
Easy (9%)
6
Unknown (9%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only3 (4%)
§103 only46 (67%)
§102 only8 (12%)
§112 only6 (9%)
No statute on record6 (9%)

Industry Mix

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

23
Life Sciences
33% of docket
5
Information Tech
7% of docket
4
Communications
6% of docket
12
Semiconductors
17% of docket
24
Mechanical / Eng
35% of docket
1
Business / Other
1% 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.

690 h
Manual time on pending OAs
138 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
241 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
6.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
DING, CHUNLING 2 55.3% +61.3%
GARCIA, BETHANY CLAIRE 2 65.5% +33.1%
BOGUE, JESSE SAMUEL 1 79.1% +20.7%
STRIMBU, GREGORY J 1 56.0% +80.2%
PATEL, DIPEN M 1 20.5% +24.8%
NGUYEN, LILLIAN T 1 83.9% +14.0%
TRAN, LONG T 1 83.1% +13.8%
IMPERIAL, JED-JUSTIN 1 73.1% +12.1%
TSWEI, YU-JANG 1 84.3% +16.9%
WEINER, ARIELLE E 1 43.3% +53.0%

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
19004722 PRODUCT CONFIGURATOR WITH ON DEMAND RENDER TSWEI, YU-JANG 17d overdue
19033339 TRAIN CONTROL METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM, ON-BOARD CONTROLLER, AND TRAIN TRAN, LONG T 26d

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18124756 ALERT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH REAL-TIME REMEDIATION AND INTEGRATION WITH THE OVERDRAFT ALLOWANCE ORIGINATING SYSTEM MILLER, JAMES H 46d overdue
19067353 METHOD FOR INTELLIGENT ADVERTISEMENT DELIVERY AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE PATEL, DIPEN M 4d overdue
18758033 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR BATTERY CAPACITY DETERMINATION, AND STORAGE MEDIUM NGUYEN, TUNG X 16d

Interview Candidates (12)

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
19029789 TOOL FOR CREATING AND MANAGING SOCIAL MEDIA-BASED CONTESTS WITH PRESENTATION-BALANCING COMPONENT AND STRENGTH-SCORING COMPONENT DING, CHUNLING 49d overdue
19106935 POWERTRAIN NGUYEN, LILLIAN T 19d overdue
19004768 VIRTUAL ROOM MAPPING BASED ON A 2D IMAGE IMPERIAL, JED-JUSTIN 18d overdue
19004722 PRODUCT CONFIGURATOR WITH ON DEMAND RENDER TSWEI, YU-JANG 17d overdue
18340406 TOOL FOR CREATING AND MANAGING SOCIAL MEDIA-BASED CONTESTS WITH PRESENTATION-BALANCING COMPONENT AND STRENGTH-SCORING COMPONENT DING, CHUNLING 16d overdue
19067353 METHOD FOR INTELLIGENT ADVERTISEMENT DELIVERY AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE PATEL, DIPEN M 4d overdue
17778767 BATTERY, BATTERY MODULE, BATTERY PACK, AND AUTOMOBILE GARCIA, BETHANY CLAIRE 3d overdue
17778799 BATTERY, BATTERY MODULE, BATTERY PACK, AND AUTOMOBILE GARCIA, BETHANY CLAIRE 3d overdue

Client Portfolio (27 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17214
36453
37462
36992
26162
16252
37972
37982
17522
17272

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19247973 ENGINE, ENGINE CONTROL METHOD, AND VEHICLE BYD Company Limited BOGUE, JESSE SAMUEL 3746 §103 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Jun 24, 2025
19234108 SUPPORTING ROD COMPONENT, VEHICLE DOOR ASSEMBLY, AND VEHICLE BYD Company Limited STRIMBU, GREGORY J 3634 §112 Non-Final OA 43d Pending Jun 10, 2025
19067353 METHOD FOR INTELLIGENT ADVERTISEMENT DELIVERY AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Hangzhou Alibaba International Internet Industry Co., Ltd. PATEL, DIPEN M 3621 §101 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Feb 28, 2025
19106935 POWERTRAIN Brudeli Green Mobility AS NGUYEN, LILLIAN T 3655 Other Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Feb 26, 2025
19033339 TRAIN CONTROL METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM, ON-BOARD CONTROLLER, AND TRAIN BYD Company Limited TRAN, LONG T 3747 §102 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Jan 21, 2025
19029789 TOOL FOR CREATING AND MANAGING SOCIAL MEDIA-BASED CONTESTS WITH PRESENTATION-BALANCING COMPONENT AND STRENGTH-SCORING COMPONENT Oopoll, Inc. DING, CHUNLING 3699 §103 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Jan 17, 2025
19004768 VIRTUAL ROOM MAPPING BASED ON A 2D IMAGE Marxent Labs LLC IMPERIAL, JED-JUSTIN 2616 §103 Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending Dec 30, 2024
19004722 PRODUCT CONFIGURATOR WITH ON DEMAND RENDER Marxent Labs LLC TSWEI, YU-JANG 2614 §103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Dec 30, 2024
18958555 METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUMS FOR PRODUCT CATALOG MAPPING AND INTEGRATION ACROSS DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS AND INTERFACES, DYNAMIC DETERMINATION AND PRESENTATION OF CUSTOMIZED SERVICE OFFERS AND LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT OF SERVICES Extend, Inc. WEINER, ARIELLE E 3689 §103 Non-Final OA 84d Pending Nov 25, 2024
18952120 FRACTURING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, FRACTURING SYSTEM Yantai Jereh Petroleum Equipment & Technologies Co., Ltd. BOBISH, CHRISTOPHER S 3746 §103 Final Rejection 40d Pending Nov 19, 2024
18952913 VEHICLE TORQUE CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM BYD Company Limited ALKIRSH, AHMED 3668 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Nov 19, 2024
18860029 TURBINE Windvane Technologies Limited NGUYEN, VIET P 2834 §103 Non-Final OA 73d overdue Pending Oct 25, 2024
18829943 ACTUATOR, DOOR LOCK ASSEMBLY, AND VEHICLE BYD Company Limited BOES, TERENCE 3618 §102 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Sep 10, 2024
18812672 SWITCH, MEMORY SHARING METHOD, SYSTEM, COMPUTING DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Alibaba Innovation Private Limited WONG, TITUS 2181 §103 Final Rejection 44d overdue Pending Aug 22, 2024
18777276 Memory Integrated Circuit with Local Amplifier Module and Local Read-Write Conversion Module to Improve Operation Speed and Reduce Number of Data Lines Changxin Memory Technologies, Inc. ROSWELL, MICHAEL 3992 Other Non-Final OA 75d Pending Jul 18, 2024
18776704 ENHANCED PRODUCT VISUALIZATION TECHNOLOGY WITH WEB-BASED AUGMENTED REALITY USER INTERFACE FEATURES Marxent Labs LLC CHU, DAVID H 2616 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Jul 18, 2024
18761068 PATIENT MONITORING DEVICE AND ALARM METHOD FOR PATIENT MONITORING Xi'An Shen Mindray Medical Electronics Technology Research Institute Co., Ltd. PHAM, TOAN NGOC 2685 §102 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Jul 01, 2024
18758734 VEHICLE AND ACTIVE DAMPING CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND VEHICLE CONTROLLER BYD Company Limited ALHARBI, ADAM MOHAMED 3663 §103 Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Jun 28, 2024
18758033 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR BATTERY CAPACITY DETERMINATION, AND STORAGE MEDIUM BYD Company Limited NGUYEN, TUNG X 2858 §101 Non-Final OA 16d Pending Jun 28, 2024
18709429 GRIPPER WITH SUCTION NOZZLE De Beers UK Ltd. MCCLAIN, GERALD 3652 §102 Non-Final OA 22d overdue Pending May 10, 2024
18621823 POWER DISTRIBUTION APPARATUS, BATTERY PACK, AND VEHICLE BYD Company Limited SHIAO, DAVID A 2836 Other Non-Final OA 21d Pending Mar 29, 2024
18610022 DISPLAY METHOD FOR TERMINAL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR TERMINAL BYD Company Limited NGUYEN, TUAN S 2179 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Mar 19, 2024
18606291 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING OPENING OF VEHICLE DOOR, AND VEHICLE CONTROLLER BYD Company Limited RICH, JOSEPHINE ELIZABETH 3666 §103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Mar 15, 2024
18405642 LAMINATED GLASS AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, HOUSING OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE BYD Company Limited GAITONDE, MEGHA MEHTA 1781 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Jan 05, 2024
18533982 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS AND PHARMACOKINETICS OF A GAMMA-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE Xwpharma Ltd. TCHERKASSKAYA, OLGA V 1615 §112 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Dec 08, 2023
18510431 TRACER TESTING SYSTEMS AND METHODS Geoscience Support Services, Inc. LARKIN, DANIEL SEAN 2855 §112 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Nov 15, 2023
18481723 CRYSTALLINE FORMS OF A PARP1 INHIBITOR Xinthera, Inc. TAO, BIN 1625 §102 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Oct 05, 2023
18473657 ELECTROCHROMIC VARIABLE-TRANSMITTANCE GLASS AND PREPARATION METHOD Furcifer Inc. MAIGA, SIDI MOHAMED 2847 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Sep 25, 2023
18372647 ULTRASOUND IMAGING METHOD AND ULTRASOUND IMAGING DEVICE Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co., Ltd. KLEIN, BROOKE L 3797 §103 Final Rejection 5d Pending Sep 25, 2023
18372249 VEHICLE, HYDRAULIC SYSTEM FOR POWERTRAIN OF VEHICLE, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF BYD Company Limited NGUYEN, DUSTIN T 3745 §112 Non-Final OA 43d Pending Sep 25, 2023
18237241 MULTISPECTRAL IMAGE SENSOR AND IMAGING MODULE THEREOF Orbbec Inc. TOOHEY, RICHARD ORLANDO 2884 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Aug 23, 2023
18451462 PSEUDO-TERNARY PHASE SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING SOLUBILITY OF A PHARMACEUTICALLY ACTIVE INGREDIENT Hepion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. KIM, DANIELLE A 1613 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Aug 17, 2023
18233185 COATED CROSSFLOW FILTER MEMBRANES AND FILTRATION SYSTEMS FOR FRACTIONAL SEPARATION OF BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL Shenzen Xbiome Biotech Co. Ltd. PATEL, PRANAV N 1777 §103 Non-Final OA 50d overdue Pending Aug 11, 2023
18214984 BATTERY AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING SAME BYD Company Limited LEE, DANIEL H. 1746 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Jun 27, 2023
18340406 TOOL FOR CREATING AND MANAGING SOCIAL MEDIA-BASED CONTESTS WITH PRESENTATION-BALANCING COMPONENT AND STRENGTH-SCORING COMPONENT Oopoll, Inc. DING, CHUNLING 3699 §103 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Jun 23, 2023
18209955 ULTRASOUND IMAGING METHODS Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co., Ltd. DEUTSCH, TAYLOR M 3798 §103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Jun 14, 2023
18207897 BATTERY INFORMATION SAMPLING ASSEMBLY, BATTERY MODULE, AND BATTERY PACK BYD Company Limited GODO, OLATUNJI A 1752 §103 Non-Final OA 38d overdue Pending Jun 09, 2023
18204170 DETECTION APPARATUS, DETECTION METHOD, AND LIDAR Hesai Technology Co., Ltd. SOHN, SEUNG C 2878 §102 Non-Final OA 12d Pending May 31, 2023
18203512 ULTRASONIC IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co., Ltd. ATMAKURI, VIKAS NMN 3645 §103 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending May 30, 2023
18202498 ADAPTIVE SEARCH METHOD FOR LIGHT SPOT POSITIONS, TIME OF FLIGHT DISTANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, AND DISTANCE MEASUREMENT METHOD Orbbec Inc. CLOUSER, BENJAMIN WADE 3645 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending May 26, 2023
18037540 ASPHALT CONCRETE WITH AGGREGATES AND WASTE DERIVED FROM RECYCLED WASTE GLASS AND WASTE PLASTICS AND MANUFACTURING PROCESS Institutul De Cercetari În Transporturi - Incertrans S.A. YOON, TAE H 1764 §112 Non-Final OA 69d Pending May 17, 2023
18248857 HETEROCYCLIC GLP-1 AGONISTS Gasherbrum Bio, Inc. BELL, SARA ELIZABETH 1625 Other Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Apr 12, 2023
18124756 ALERT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH REAL-TIME REMEDIATION AND INTEGRATION WITH THE OVERDRAFT ALLOWANCE ORIGINATING SYSTEM Double Check Solutions, Inc. MILLER, JAMES H 3694 §101 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Mar 22, 2023
18044196 HETEROCYCLIC GLP-1 AGONISTS Gasherbrum Bio, Inc. BAEK, BONG-SOOK 1611 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Mar 06, 2023
18115212 BATTERY BYD Company Limited ZENG, LINGWEN R 1723 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Feb 28, 2023
18021225 COMPOSITE POSITIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL, POSITIVE ELECTRODE SHEET, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, AND BATTERY BYD Company Limited GRANNUM, VERITA EUDORA EBUN 1721 §103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Feb 14, 2023
18086739 CHARGING AND DISCHARGING SYSTEM BYD Company Limited TRISCHLER, JOHN T 2859 §103 Non-Final OA 25d overdue Pending Dec 22, 2022
18078504 PRUNING HARDWARE UNIT FOR TRAINING NEURAL NETWORK Alibaba Group Holding Limited COULSON, JESSE CHEN 2122 Non-Final OA 169d overdue Pending Dec 09, 2022
18077612 BATTERY PACK AND VEHICLE BYD Company Limited LAIOS, MARIA J 1727 §103 Final Rejection 73d overdue Pending Dec 08, 2022
17989608 BATTERY PACK HOUSING, BATTERY PACK, AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE BYD Company Limited GILLIAM, BARBARA LEE 1727 §103 Non-Final OA 85d overdue Pending Nov 17, 2022
17988097 BATTERY CORE ASSEMBLY, BATTERY, BATTERY PACK AND VEHICLE BYD Company Limited WYLUDA, KIMBERLY 1725 §103 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Nov 16, 2022
17977043 ELECTRODE SHEET, WINDING BATTERY CORE, AND BATTERY BYD Company Limited JACOBSON, SARAH JORDAN 1785 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Oct 31, 2022
17976601 HYDROGEL PARTICLES AS FEEDER CELLS AND AS SYNTHETIC ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELLS Slingshot Biosciences, Inc. ALDARONDO, DASIA ALI 1647 Other Non-Final OA 28d Pending Oct 28, 2022
17968640 ELASTOGRAPHY METHOD, SYSTEM AND STORAGE MEDIUM Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co., Ltd. MOHAMMED, SHAHDEEP 3797 §103 Final Rejection 28d Pending Oct 18, 2022
17947774 SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND PREPARATION METHOD Changxin Memory Technologies, Inc. RAMOS-DIAZ, FERNANDO JOSE 2818 §103 Non-Final OA 141d overdue Pending Sep 19, 2022
17902682 LIDAR AND METHOD FOR RANGE DETECTION USING LIDAR Hesai Technology Co., Ltd. HELLNER, MARK 3645 §103 Final Rejection 6d Pending Sep 02, 2022
17897725 TEST KEY TRANSISTOR FOR DEEP TRENCH ISOLATION DEPTH DETECTION Cista System Corp. MIYOSHI, JESSE Y 2898 §103 Final Rejection 19d Pending Aug 29, 2022
17799609 HETEROCYCLIC GLP-1 AGONISTS Gasherbrum Bio, Inc. BAUER, NICOLA MARIA 1621 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Aug 12, 2022
17849511 ULTRASOUND VISCOELASTICITY MEASUREMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co., Ltd. SHAFQAT, AMY JEANETTE 3798 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Jun 24, 2022
17781306 COVER PLATE ASSEMBLY, BATTERY, BATTERY MODULE, POWER BATTERY PACK AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE BYD Company Limited MARTIN, TRAVIS LYNDEN 1721 §103 Non-Final OA 19d Pending May 31, 2022
17778767 BATTERY, BATTERY MODULE, BATTERY PACK, AND AUTOMOBILE BYD Company Limited GARCIA, BETHANY CLAIRE 1721 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending May 20, 2022
17778799 BATTERY, BATTERY MODULE, BATTERY PACK, AND AUTOMOBILE BYD Company Limited GARCIA, BETHANY CLAIRE 1721 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending May 20, 2022
17777819 BATTERY PACK AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE BYD Company Limited MCNULTY, SEAMUS PATRICK 1752 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending May 18, 2022
17746431 INDIUM-GALLIUM-NITRIDE STRUCTURES AND DEVICES Opnovix Corp. GONDARENKO, NATALIA A 2891 §102 Final Rejection 91d overdue Pending May 17, 2022
17717111 SERVER AND ACCELERATOR FOR NEURAL NETWORK COMPUTATIONS Alibaba (China) Co., Ltd. WAJE, CARLO C 2151 §103 Final Rejection 5d Pending Apr 10, 2022
17577538 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING STATES OF DYNAMIC GLASS Furcifer Inc. KING, GEORGE G 2872 §103 Final Rejection 147d overdue Pending Jan 18, 2022
17534841 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING MOLECULAR STRUCTURE OF CHEMICAL COMPOUND Alibaba Group Holding Limited FONSECA LOPEZ, FRANCINI ALVARENGA 1685 §102 Final Rejection 77d overdue Pending Nov 24, 2021
17487901 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EFFICIENTLY TRAINING INTELLIGIBLE MODELS Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd. BEJCEK II, ROBERT H 2148 §112 Non-Final OA 96d overdue Pending Sep 28, 2021
17396047 VOICE COMMERCE VB Assets, LLC AIRAPETIAN, MILA 3688 §103 Non-Final OA 71d Pending Aug 06, 2021

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