Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Smirman Ip Law, Pllc

8 pending office actions • 6 clients • 8 examiners • 8 art units • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 23 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
1
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
2
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. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (6)Due ≤ 30 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 (12%)
6
Medium (75%)
1
Easy (12%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (12%)
§103 only5 (62%)
§102 only1 (12%)
§112 only1 (12%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
25% of docket
2
Information Tech
25% of docket
1
Communications
12% 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
BUI, TOAN D. 1 59.4% +44.1%
DEBROW, JAMES J 1 69.9% +25.4%
ALLISON, ANDRAE S 1 84.1% -15.6%
SCHWARTZ, KEVIN EDWARD 1 52.6% +39.2%
TEFERA, HIWOT E 1 74.4% +24.8%
AHVAZI, BIJAN 1 63.5% +46.7%
BRAHMACHARI, MANDRITA 1 76.5% +29.8%
WILLIAMS, CEDRICK S 1 58.7% +27.1%

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
18620462 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE WITH A SMART ASSIST FEATURE FOR AUTO-SUMMARIZATION AND COMMUNICATION ALLISON, ANDRAE S 5d 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
18620525 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTO-GROUPING AND BULK-SIGNING OF PRE-APPROVED DOCUMENTS BUI, TOAN D. 21d

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
18159098 A TIRE FLANGE AND BEAD SEAT ASSEMBLY FOR A MULTI-PIECE WHEEL RIM WILLIAMS, CEDRICK S 77d overdue
18117425 CUSTOMIZATION OF FORECASTING SOLUTIONS BRAHMACHARI, MANDRITA 46d overdue
18434380 FURNITURE ASSEMBLY TEFERA, HIWOT E 43d overdue
18620587 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEQUENTIAL SIGNING OF DOCUMENTS DEBROW, JAMES J 37d overdue
18565325 A Transparent Film-Forming Composition for Producing a Near-Infrared Shielding Coating and a Method of Producing Thereof AHVAZI, BIJAN 36d overdue
18693884 A SPRAY GUN SCHWARTZ, KEVIN EDWARD 13d
18620525 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTO-GROUPING AND BULK-SIGNING OF PRE-APPROVED DOCUMENTS BUI, TOAN D. 21d

Client Portfolio (6 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36931
21741
26731
37521
36371
17631
21441
17491

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18620525 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTO-GROUPING AND BULK-SIGNING OF PRE-APPROVED DOCUMENTS Certinal Software Private Limited BUI, TOAN D. 3693 §101 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Mar 28, 2024
18620587 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEQUENTIAL SIGNING OF DOCUMENTS Certinal Software Private Limited DEBROW, JAMES J 2174 §102 Non-Final OA 37d overdue Pending Mar 28, 2024
18620462 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE WITH A SMART ASSIST FEATURE FOR AUTO-SUMMARIZATION AND COMMUNICATION Certinal Software Private Limited ALLISON, ANDRAE S 2673 §103 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Mar 28, 2024
18693884 A SPRAY GUN Samural 2K Aerosol Sdn. Bhd. SCHWARTZ, KEVIN EDWARD 3752 §112 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Mar 20, 2024
18434380 FURNITURE ASSEMBLY Leyo Holdings Sdn Bhd TEFERA, HIWOT E 3637 §103 Final Rejection 43d overdue Pending Feb 06, 2024
18565325 A Transparent Film-Forming Composition for Producing a Near-Infrared Shielding Coating and a Method of Producing Thereof Kristalbond Technologies Sdn Bhd AHVAZI, BIJAN 1763 §103 Final Rejection 36d overdue Pending Nov 29, 2023
18117425 CUSTOMIZATION OF FORECASTING SOLUTIONS Zycus Infotech Pvt Ltd. BRAHMACHARI, MANDRITA 2144 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Mar 04, 2023
18159098 A TIRE FLANGE AND BEAD SEAT ASSEMBLY FOR A MULTI-PIECE WHEEL RIM Wheels India Limited WILLIAMS, CEDRICK S 1749 §103 Non-Final OA 77d overdue Pending Jan 25, 2023

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