Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Sheridan Law LLC

7 pending office actions • 4 clients • 7 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 19 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

6
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

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

1
Hard (14%)
5
Medium (71%)
1
Easy (14%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (14%)
§103 only4 (57%)
§102 only1 (14%)
§112 only1 (14%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
14% of docket
1
Information Tech
14% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
71% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ZIMMERMAN, REBECCA LYNEE 1 79.0% +18.9%
VU, BAI DUC 1 78.7% +18.3%
COLEY, ZADE JAMES 1 72.0% +25.3%
FRISBY, KESHA 1 52.4% +23.9%
WATKINS, MARCIA LYNN 1 60.7% +39.4%
ZAMAN, SADARUZ 1 45.0% +34.3%
STAVROU, CONSTANTINA E 1 44.2% +31.4%

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
19068785 SELF-ADDRESSING MEMORY VU, BAI DUC 77d 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
18095863 METHOD AND KIT PROVIDING A CRAFT EXPERIENCE FOR NOVICE ARTISTS ZAMAN, SADARUZ 146d overdue
19079863 PRE-SHAPED ALLOGRAFT IMPLANT FOR PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE ZIMMERMAN, REBECCA LYNEE 105d overdue
19068785 SELF-ADDRESSING MEMORY VU, BAI DUC 77d overdue
18108061 ADJUSTABLE PRE-SUTURED ALLOGRAFT CONSTRUCT WATKINS, MARCIA LYNN 46d overdue
18588076 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EFFECTING OSTEOCHONDRAL RESTORATION COLEY, ZADE JAMES 44d overdue
18221059 SYSTEM FOR ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY TRAINING FRISBY, KESHA 3d overdue
16707681 PRE-SHAPED ALLOGRAFT IMPLANT FOR RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL USE AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE AND USE STAVROU, CONSTANTINA E 22d

Client Portfolio (4 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37742
37152
21631
37751
16321

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19079863 PRE-SHAPED ALLOGRAFT IMPLANT FOR PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE AlloSource ZIMMERMAN, REBECCA LYNEE 3774 §103 Final Rejection 105d overdue Pending Mar 14, 2025
19068785 SELF-ADDRESSING MEMORY Sadram, Inc. VU, BAI DUC 2163 §101 Non-Final OA 77d overdue Pending Mar 03, 2025
18588076 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EFFECTING OSTEOCHONDRAL RESTORATION AlloSource COLEY, ZADE JAMES 3775 §103 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Feb 27, 2024
18221059 SYSTEM FOR ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY TRAINING Tactile Orthopaedics Inc. FRISBY, KESHA 3715 §102 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Jul 12, 2023
18108061 ADJUSTABLE PRE-SUTURED ALLOGRAFT CONSTRUCT AlloSource WATKINS, MARCIA LYNN 3774 §112 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Feb 10, 2023
18095863 METHOD AND KIT PROVIDING A CRAFT EXPERIENCE FOR NOVICE ARTISTS Baubles And Bottles LLC ZAMAN, SADARUZ 3715 §103 Non-Final OA 146d overdue Pending Jan 11, 2023
16707681 PRE-SHAPED ALLOGRAFT IMPLANT FOR RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL USE AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE AND USE AlloSource STAVROU, CONSTANTINA E 1632 §103 Final Rejection 22d Pending Dec 09, 2019

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