Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Sleman & Lund LLP

16 pending office actions • 8 clients • 14 examiners • 12 art units • 0 of 16 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 41 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

16
Total Pending OAs
11
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
0
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
1
Due this week
4
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 ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (4)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.

0
Hard (0%)
12
Medium (75%)
2
Easy (12%)
2
Unknown (12%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only12 (75%)
§112 only2 (12%)
No statute on record2 (12%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
6% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
6% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
14
Mechanical / Eng
88% 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.

160 h
Manual time on pending OAs
32 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
56 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
FORD, GISELE D 2 69.9% +13.4%
AL-ASWAR, ZAKARIA KHALED 2
SHENG, CHAO 1 63.0% +27.4%
GRACE, KELSEY C 1 81.0% +12.4%
HULBERT, AMANDA K 1 84.2% +3.9%
MOON, MATTHEW RYAN 1 58.5% +61.4%
LAUX, JESSICA L 1 54.7% +28.3%
RODZIWICZ, AARON M 1 70.3% +17.9%
SHAH, NILAY J 1 76.7% +47.1%
DAVID, SHAUN L 1 73.0% +19.3%

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
18790301 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A COMPONENT FROM CURABLE MATERIAL AND CORRESPONDING COMPONENT GRACE, KELSEY C 49d overdue
18613559 Temporary External Pacemaker Visualization HULBERT, AMANDA K 43d overdue

Interview Candidates (9)

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
18587062 CONNECTOR STRIP FOR SLAB FORMWORK FORD, GISELE D 133d overdue
18583978 Personal Use Extracorporeal Low Frequency Shock Wave Instrument And Methods Of Using Same MOON, MATTHEW RYAN 77d overdue
18790301 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A COMPONENT FROM CURABLE MATERIAL AND CORRESPONDING COMPONENT GRACE, KELSEY C 49d overdue
19081575 PERSONAL USE EXTRACORPOREAL LOW INTENSITY SHOCK WAVE DEVICE TIP FORCE DETECTION AND ANNUNCIATION MEANS AND METHODS FOR USING SAME SHENG, CHAO 32d overdue
18317377 SYRINGES AND INJECTORS WITH CAPACITIVE SENSING AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SAME SHAH, NILAY J 5d
18681237 Connecting Component and System for Shuttering a Wall Element LAUX, JESSICA L 12d
18299671 Wound Closure Devices And Methods Of Manufacturing And Using Same DAVID, SHAUN L 21d
18713293 SHUTTERING ELEMENT FORD, GISELE D 23d

Client Portfolio (8 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36354
36332
37971
17421
37921
37851
36421
37831
37711
26771

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19081575 PERSONAL USE EXTRACORPOREAL LOW INTENSITY SHOCK WAVE DEVICE TIP FORCE DETECTION AND ANNUNCIATION MEANS AND METHODS FOR USING SAME Moon Pool LLC SHENG, CHAO 3797 Other Non-Final OA 32d overdue Pending Mar 17, 2025
18790301 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A COMPONENT FROM CURABLE MATERIAL AND CORRESPONDING COMPONENT Peri SE GRACE, KELSEY C 1742 §103 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Jul 31, 2024
18713293 SHUTTERING ELEMENT Peri SE FORD, GISELE D 3633 §103 Non-Final OA 23d Pending May 24, 2024
18613559 Temporary External Pacemaker Visualization Axiom Medical LLC HULBERT, AMANDA K 3792 §103 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Mar 22, 2024
18587062 CONNECTOR STRIP FOR SLAB FORMWORK Peri SE FORD, GISELE D 3633 §103 Non-Final OA 133d overdue Pending Feb 26, 2024
18583978 Personal Use Extracorporeal Low Frequency Shock Wave Instrument And Methods Of Using Same Moon Pool LLC MOON, MATTHEW RYAN 3785 Other Final Rejection 77d overdue Pending Feb 22, 2024
18681270 Formwork System for a Wall Element, Comprising a Free-Standing Frame Section Peri SE AL-ASWAR, ZAKARIA KHALED 3635 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Feb 05, 2024
18681237 Connecting Component and System for Shuttering a Wall Element Peri SE LAUX, JESSICA L 3635 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Feb 05, 2024
18294653 Formwork System for a Wall Element, Comprising a Combination of Formwork and a Frame Section Peri SE AL-ASWAR, ZAKARIA KHALED 3635 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Feb 02, 2024
18426989 DISPOSABLE ANIMAL CAGE FOR USE IN VENTILATED RACK Allentown, LLC RODZIWICZ, AARON M 3642 §103 Non-Final OA 84d Pending Jan 30, 2024
18317377 SYRINGES AND INJECTORS WITH CAPACITIVE SENSING AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SAME Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC SHAH, NILAY J 3783 §103 Non-Final OA 5d Pending May 15, 2023
18299671 Wound Closure Devices And Methods Of Manufacturing And Using Same Suturegard Medical Inc. DAVID, SHAUN L 3771 §103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Apr 12, 2023
18245274 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING A VALUE OF A CAMERA PARAMETER Eppendorf SE DRYDEN, EMMA ELIZABETH 2677 §103 Final Rejection 42d overdue Pending Mar 14, 2023
17986133 Multi-Direction Fixation for Shoulder Prosthesis Howmedica Osteonics Corp. WOLF, MEGAN YARNALL 3774 §112 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Nov 14, 2022
17609766 IMPROVED FORMWORK PANEL Peri AG WALRAED-SULLIVAN, KYLE 3635 §112 Final Rejection 112d overdue Pending Nov 08, 2021
16087632 FRAME ELEMENT WITH A SUPPORT HEAD, AND BUILDING SCAFFOLD COMPRISING SUCH A FRAME ELEMENT Peri GmbH MEKHAEIL, SHIREF M 3634 §103 Final Rejection 93d overdue Pending Sep 21, 2018

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