Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Sherman Ip LLP

8 pending office actions • 5 clients • 8 examiners • 8 art units • 3 of 8 (38%) have an AI response strategy ready • 20 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

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

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.

0
Hard (0%)
6
Medium (75%)
0
Easy (0%)
2
Unknown (25%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (50%)
§102 only2 (25%)
No statute on record2 (25%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
12% of docket
1
Information Tech
12% of docket
3
Communications
38% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
38% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CARVALHO, ERROL A 1 15.3% +18.5%
WOOD, KIMBERLY T 1 54.5% +27.2%
MCNALLY, MICHAEL S 1 89.7% +8.7%
TRIVISONNO, ANGELO 1 52.8% +26.4%
JEREZ LORA, WILLIAM A 1 83.6% +15.4%
CAMMARATA, MICHAEL ROBERT 1 69.6% +36.1%
DESIRE, GREGORY M 1 90.7% +5.9%
BAKER, LORI LYNN 1 78.6% +6.9%

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
18631938 PERCEPTUAL LOCAL CONTRAST AND DETAIL ENHANCEMENT DESIRE, GREGORY M 17d overdue
18790528 SPECTROGRAM BASED TIME ALIGNMENT FOR INDEPENDENT RECORDING AND PLAYBACK SYSTEMS JEREZ LORA, WILLIAM A 9d overdue

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
18968195 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)-POWERED PROFESSIONAL NETWORKING PLATFORM WITH ENHANCED MATCHING CARVALHO, ERROL A 9d overdue

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18968195 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)-POWERED PROFESSIONAL NETWORKING PLATFORM WITH ENHANCED MATCHING CARVALHO, ERROL A 9d overdue
18790528 SPECTROGRAM BASED TIME ALIGNMENT FOR INDEPENDENT RECORDING AND PLAYBACK SYSTEMS JEREZ LORA, WILLIAM A 9d overdue
18960402 BEARING AND COUPLER-JOURNAL DEVICES FOR PANELS WOOD, KIMBERLY T 8d overdue
18651397 INDIRECTIVE TEMPORAL FILTERING FOR ADAPTIVE JOINED PARAMETER SMOOTHING CAMMARATA, MICHAEL ROBERT 2d overdue
18890397 SOLAR REFLECTOR FOR BIFACIAL PHOTOVOLTAIC SOLAR PANELS TRIVISONNO, ANGELO 54d

Client Portfolio (5 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36221
36311
24321
17221
26951
26671
26761
37541

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18968195 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)-POWERED PROFESSIONAL NETWORKING PLATFORM WITH ENHANCED MATCHING Epiq Creative Group, Inc. CARVALHO, ERROL A 3622 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Dec 04, 2024
18960402 BEARING AND COUPLER-JOURNAL DEVICES FOR PANELS Sun And Steel Solar LLC WOOD, KIMBERLY T 3631 Other Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Nov 26, 2024
18959213 VERIFYING, MONITORING, AND TOKENIZING DIGITAL ASSETS AS PROOF OF OWNERSHIP AND VALUATION OF THE DIGITAL ASSETS Tulip Digital Asset Exchange, Inc. MCNALLY, MICHAEL S 2432 Other Non-Final OA 34d Pending Nov 25, 2024
18890397 SOLAR REFLECTOR FOR BIFACIAL PHOTOVOLTAIC SOLAR PANELS Sun And Steel Solar LLC TRIVISONNO, ANGELO 1722 §103 Non-Final OA 54d Pending Sep 19, 2024
18790528 SPECTROGRAM BASED TIME ALIGNMENT FOR INDEPENDENT RECORDING AND PLAYBACK SYSTEMS Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. JEREZ LORA, WILLIAM A 2695 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue AI Ready Jul 31, 2024
18651397 INDIRECTIVE TEMPORAL FILTERING FOR ADAPTIVE JOINED PARAMETER SMOOTHING Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. CAMMARATA, MICHAEL ROBERT 2667 §102 Non-Final OA 2d overdue AI Ready Apr 30, 2024
18631938 PERCEPTUAL LOCAL CONTRAST AND DETAIL ENHANCEMENT Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. DESIRE, GREGORY M 2676 §102 Non-Final OA 17d overdue AI Ready Apr 10, 2024
18426183 INSULATED SAUNA TENT FOR THERAPEUTIC USE Sweattents LLC BAKER, LORI LYNN 3754 §103 Non-Final OA 121d overdue Pending Jan 29, 2024

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