Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Smart & Biggar LP (Direct)

11 pending office actions • 10 clients • 11 examiners • 11 art units • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
9
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
0
Due this week
4
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. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 30 days (4)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.

1
Hard (9%)
7
Medium (64%)
1
Easy (9%)
2
Unknown (18%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (9%)
§103 only6 (55%)
§102 only1 (9%)
§112 only1 (9%)
No statute on record2 (18%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
27% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
9% of docket
2
Semiconductors
18% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
45% 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.

110 h
Manual time on pending OAs
22 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
38 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MUTSCHLER, JOSEPH M 1 60.4% +48.2%
IMMANUEL, ILSE I 1 24.1% +26.4%
DESTA, ELIAS 1 83.9% +9.8%
HOFFPAUIR, ANDREW ELI 1 39.5% +45.8%
MUI, CHRISTINE T 1 78.3% +20.0%
GONZALES, JOSEPHINE MARIA 1 29.8% +42.1%
CHANG, THOMAS ZHU 1 50.0% +70.0%
CHASE, CAROL ANN 1 44.6% +83.5%
TEIXEIRA MOFFAT, JONATHAN CHARLES 1 68.1% +10.4%
FENWICK, WARREN K 1 89.5% +0.3%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17956837 Shockload Torque Protection Device with Electrical Control Function FENWICK, WARREN K 322d overdue

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
18752970 METHOD OF ISSUING ELECTRONIC RECEIPTS IMMANUEL, ILSE I 45d overdue
18522550 ELLIPSOID-BASED METHOD FOR QUANTITATIVE DESCRIPTION OF FAULT AND FISSURE AND DETECTION SYSTEM THEREOF DESTA, ELIAS 21d
18037740 SKIN SPHEROIDS AND PROCESS OF PREPARATION AND USE THEREOF GONZALES, JOSEPHINE MARIA 40d

Interview Candidates (8)

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
18752970 METHOD OF ISSUING ELECTRONIC RECEIPTS IMMANUEL, ILSE I 45d overdue
17966475 MIS ROBOTIC CONTROL TERMINAL AND ROBOT SYSTEM TEIXEIRA MOFFAT, JONATHAN CHARLES 42d overdue
18040972 NASAL APPLICATOR CHANG, THOMAS ZHU 31d overdue
18455421 SPHYGMOMANOMETER HOFFPAUIR, ANDREW ELI 8d
18002016 STABLE FORMULATION FOR RECOMBINANT ANTI-PD-1 MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY CHASE, CAROL ANN 12d
18725798 METHOD OF PROCESSING PAYMENTS AND ISSUING ELECTRONIC RECEIPTS OVER NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION MUTSCHLER, JOSEPH M 28d
18037740 SKIN SPHEROIDS AND PROCESS OF PREPARATION AND USE THEREOF GONZALES, JOSEPHINE MARIA 40d
18259197 MICRO-DROPLET GENERATION METHOD AND GENERATION SYSTEM MUI, CHRISTINE T 56d

Client Portfolio (10 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36271
36991
28571
37911
17971
16311
37851
16461
37001
28521

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18725798 METHOD OF PROCESSING PAYMENTS AND ISSUING ELECTRONIC RECEIPTS OVER NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION Pi-Xcels Co., Ltd. MUTSCHLER, JOSEPH M 3627 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Jun 30, 2024
18752970 METHOD OF ISSUING ELECTRONIC RECEIPTS Pi-Xcels Co., Ltd. IMMANUEL, ILSE I 3699 §112 Final Rejection 45d overdue Pending Jun 25, 2024
18522550 ELLIPSOID-BASED METHOD FOR QUANTITATIVE DESCRIPTION OF FAULT AND FISSURE AND DETECTION SYSTEM THEREOF North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power DESTA, ELIAS 2857 §101 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Nov 29, 2023
18455421 SPHYGMOMANOMETER Yasee Biomedical Co., Ltd. HOFFPAUIR, ANDREW ELI 3791 §103 Final Rejection 8d Pending Aug 24, 2023
18259197 MICRO-DROPLET GENERATION METHOD AND GENERATION SYSTEM Foshan Acxel Boxin Tech Co., Ltd. MUI, CHRISTINE T 1797 §103 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Jun 23, 2023
18037740 SKIN SPHEROIDS AND PROCESS OF PREPARATION AND USE THEREOF BASF Corporation GONZALES, JOSEPHINE MARIA 1631 Other Non-Final OA 40d Pending May 18, 2023
18040972 NASAL APPLICATOR Hatchmore Labs GmbH CHANG, THOMAS ZHU 3785 §103 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Feb 07, 2023
18002016 STABLE FORMULATION FOR RECOMBINANT ANTI-PD-1 MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY Sinocelltech Ltd. CHASE, CAROL ANN 1646 Other Non-Final OA 12d Pending Dec 15, 2022
17966475 MIS ROBOTIC CONTROL TERMINAL AND ROBOT SYSTEM Hefei University Of Technology TEIXEIRA MOFFAT, JONATHAN CHARLES 3700 §103 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Oct 14, 2022
17956837 Shockload Torque Protection Device with Electrical Control Function Beijing Lixin Dehua Technology Co., Ltd. FENWICK, WARREN K 2852 §102 Non-Final OA 322d overdue Pending Sep 30, 2022
17862213 METHOD FOR ASSESSING PITCHERS Proplayai Inc. LIEW, ALEX KOK SOON 2674 §103 Non-Final OA 315d overdue Pending Jul 11, 2022

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