Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Smith & Woldesenbet Law Group, Pllc

6 pending office actions • 2 clients • 6 examiners • 6 art units • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 22 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
1
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. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 7 days (1)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.

3
Hard (50%)
2
Medium (33%)
1
Easy (17%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only3 (50%)
§103 only2 (33%)
§112 only1 (17%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
17% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
33% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
50% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SUE-AKO, ANDREW B. 1 71.5% +27.4%
BOBISH, CHRISTOPHER S 1 62.2% +29.3%
SANTOS-DIAZ, MARIA C 1 33.4% +31.3%
AHMED, ISTIAQUE 1 68.7% +18.3%
DO, AN H 1 90.6% +6.8%
SINGLETARY, MICHAEL J 1 82.7% +6.4%

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
18385775 OPTIMIZING A FIELD OPERATION THAT COMPRISES A GAS INJECTION DO, AN H 11d overdue
18771574 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ORCHESTRATING THE DETERMINATION OF A PRODUCT CARBON FOOTPRINT SANTOS-DIAZ, MARIA C 8d overdue
18332506 INTEGRATED MAINTENANCE SYSTEM FOR MULTIPHASE METERING SYSTEM SINGLETARY, MICHAEL J 27d

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18771574 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ORCHESTRATING THE DETERMINATION OF A PRODUCT CARBON FOOTPRINT SANTOS-DIAZ, MARIA C 8d overdue
18503615 HYBRID POWER SYSTEMS FOR EQUIPMENT USED IN SUBTERRANEAN FIELD OPERATIONS AHMED, ISTIAQUE 2d overdue
19479782 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR OPTIMIZING THE STORAGE OF CARBON IN SUBTERRANEAN MAFIC AND ULTRAMAFIC ROCK FORMATIONS SUE-AKO, ANDREW B. 7d
19102185 ENHANCED SUBSEA PRODUCTION RECOVERY USING SUBSEA JET PUMPS BOBISH, CHRISTOPHER S 16d

Client Portfolio (2 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Chevron 5
Cactus Measurement, LLC 1

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36741
37461
36291
21161
28531
28571

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19479782 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR OPTIMIZING THE STORAGE OF CARBON IN SUBTERRANEAN MAFIC AND ULTRAMAFIC ROCK FORMATIONS Chevron U.S.A. Inc. SUE-AKO, ANDREW B. 3674 §112 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Oct 29, 2025
19102185 ENHANCED SUBSEA PRODUCTION RECOVERY USING SUBSEA JET PUMPS Chevron U.S.A. Inc. BOBISH, CHRISTOPHER S 3746 §103 Non-Final OA 16d Pending Feb 07, 2025
18771574 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ORCHESTRATING THE DETERMINATION OF A PRODUCT CARBON FOOTPRINT Chevron U.S.A. Inc. SANTOS-DIAZ, MARIA C 3629 §101 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Jul 12, 2024
18503615 HYBRID POWER SYSTEMS FOR EQUIPMENT USED IN SUBTERRANEAN FIELD OPERATIONS Chevron U.S.A. Inc. AHMED, ISTIAQUE 2116 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Nov 07, 2023
18385775 OPTIMIZING A FIELD OPERATION THAT COMPRISES A GAS INJECTION Chevron U.S.A. Inc. DO, AN H 2853 §101 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Oct 31, 2023
18332506 INTEGRATED MAINTENANCE SYSTEM FOR MULTIPHASE METERING SYSTEM Cactus Measurement, LLC SINGLETARY, MICHAEL J 2857 §101 Final Rejection 27d Pending Jun 09, 2023

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