Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Smith Baluch LLP

24 pending office actions • 14 clients • 24 examiners • 22 art units • 0 of 24 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 56 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

24
Total Pending OAs
17
Non-Final OAs
7
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 24 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

18
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. 24 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (18)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.

2
Hard (8%)
20
Medium (83%)
0
Easy (0%)
2
Unknown (8%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (8%)
§103 only19 (79%)
§102 only1 (4%)
No statute on record2 (8%)

Industry Mix

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

5
Life Sciences
21% of docket
3
Information Tech
12% of docket
6
Communications
25% of docket
2
Semiconductors
8% of docket
8
Mechanical / Eng
33% 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.

240 h
Manual time on pending OAs
48 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
84 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SCHWARZENBERG, PAUL 1 61.9% +28.4%
ELOSHWAY, NIKI MARINA 1 63.6% +24.1%
RAYAN, MIHIR K 1 85.0% +10.7%
WANG, JACK K 1 61.4% +12.6%
SHERWIN, RYAN W 1 66.5% +22.6%
PARK, SUNGHYOUN 1 75.1% +10.0%
MITCHELL, NATHAN A 1 73.3% +10.5%
MESSMORE, JONATHAN R 1 76.8% +9.2%
TUMEBO, TSION M 1 66.7% +20.2%
SHIU, HO T 1 71.9% -3.5%

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18493205 METHOD OF PERFORMING A CLINICAL ASSESSMENT MACCAGNO, PIERRE L 97d overdue
18503518 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CLASSIFYING A CAPNOGRAM AND PREDICTING A CARDIORESPIRATORY DISEASE USING A CAPNOGRAM AGAHI, PUYA 20d

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
18661038 FLUID-COOLED LED-BASED LIGHTING METHODS AND APPARATUS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY GROW SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT HORTICULTURE TUMEBO, TSION M 369d overdue
18800833 IDENTIFYING AND RETRIEVING VIDEO METADATA WITH PERCEPTUAL FRAME HASHING PARK, SUNGHYOUN 53d overdue
18974612 ESTIMATING RFID TAG LOCATIONS FROM MULTIPLE DATA INPUTS SHERWIN, RYAN W 24d overdue
18982559 Querying RFID Tags Based on Tag Motion WANG, JACK K 15d overdue
19032625 ROUND METAL HOUSING FOR A LIGHTING SYSTEM ELOSHWAY, NIKI MARINA 9d overdue
19028702 DYNAMIC FOCUSING HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY RAYAN, MIHIR K 2d overdue
18789002 STATEFUL INVENTORY FOR MONITORING RFID TAGS MITCHELL, NATHAN A 20d
19065263 PRECOMPILED DATA PROCESSING MODEL SCHWARZENBERG, PAUL 68d

Client Portfolio (14 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
16872
16862
36951
37361
26221
26861
26881
24841
36271
24821

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19065263 PRECOMPILED DATA PROCESSING MODEL Sure, Inc. SCHWARZENBERG, PAUL 3695 §103 Non-Final OA 68d Pending Feb 27, 2025
19032625 ROUND METAL HOUSING FOR A LIGHTING SYSTEM Dmf, Inc. ELOSHWAY, NIKI MARINA 3736 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Jan 21, 2025
19028702 DYNAMIC FOCUSING HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY E-Vision Smart Optics, Inc. RAYAN, MIHIR K 2622 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Jan 17, 2025
18982559 Querying RFID Tags Based on Tag Motion Automaton, Inc. WANG, JACK K 2686 §103 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Dec 16, 2024
18974612 ESTIMATING RFID TAG LOCATIONS FROM MULTIPLE DATA INPUTS Automaton, Inc. SHERWIN, RYAN W 2688 §103 Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending Dec 09, 2024
18800833 IDENTIFYING AND RETRIEVING VIDEO METADATA WITH PERCEPTUAL FRAME HASHING Painted Dog, Inc. PARK, SUNGHYOUN 2484 Other Non-Final OA 53d overdue Pending Aug 12, 2024
18789002 STATEFUL INVENTORY FOR MONITORING RFID TAGS Automaton, Inc. MITCHELL, NATHAN A 3627 §103 Final Rejection 20d Pending Jul 30, 2024
18751548 MULTISENSORY IMAGING METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT HORTICULTURE USING IRRADIATORS AND CAMERAS AND/OR SENSORS Agnetix, Inc. MESSMORE, JONATHAN R 2482 §103 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Jun 24, 2024
18661038 FLUID-COOLED LED-BASED LIGHTING METHODS AND APPARATUS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY GROW SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT HORTICULTURE Agnetix, Inc. TUMEBO, TSION M 2875 §103 Non-Final OA 369d overdue Pending May 10, 2024
18623831 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING SESSION COOKIES FOR CONTENT SELECTION Vizit Labs, Inc. SHIU, HO T 2443 §103 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Apr 01, 2024
18595115 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND STORAGE MEDIA FOR EVALUATING IMAGES Vizit Labs, Inc. HON, MING Y 2666 §103 Non-Final OA 114d overdue Pending Mar 04, 2024
18585919 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RFID-BASED RETAIL MANAGEMENT Automaton, Inc. BLACK-CHILDRESS, RAJSHEED O 2685 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Feb 23, 2024
18574811 SELF-INTERFERENCE CANCELLATION FOR RFID TAG READERS Automaton, Inc. DAI, GABRIELLE NICOLE 2681 §103 Non-Final OA 45d overdue Pending Dec 28, 2023
18503518 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CLASSIFYING A CAPNOGRAM AND PREDICTING A CARDIORESPIRATORY DISEASE USING A CAPNOGRAM TidalSense Limited AGAHI, PUYA 3791 §101 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Nov 07, 2023
18493205 METHOD OF PERFORMING A CLINICAL ASSESSMENT Novoic Ltd. MACCAGNO, PIERRE L 3687 §101 Non-Final OA 97d overdue Pending Oct 24, 2023
18263076 Medical Gown Iowna Gowns Limited HADEN, SALLY CLINE 3732 §103 Final Rejection 6d Pending Jul 26, 2023
18358145 MULTISENSORY METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT HORTICULTURE Agnetix, Inc. SCHMITT, BENJAMIN R 2852 §103 Final Rejection 26d Pending Jul 25, 2023
18339965 MOBILE ROBOTS FOR A FULFILLMENT CENTER AND METHODS OF AUTOMATIC ORDER FULFILLMENT USING SAME Brightpick S.R.O. MATTHEWS, TERRELL HOWARD 3653 §103 Non-Final OA 50d overdue Pending Jun 22, 2023
17904911 SELECTING A CELL LINE FOR AN ASSAY BENEVOLENTAI BIO LIMITED SANFORD, DIANA PATRICIA 1687 §103 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Aug 24, 2022
17904162 SAMPLING ARRANGEMENT Cyberhydra Holding B.V. THOMPSON, CURTIS A 1798 §103 Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending Aug 12, 2022
17782058 PRIORITISING BIOLOGICAL TARGETS BENEVOLENTAI BIO LIMITED PLAYER, ROBERT AUSTIN 1686 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Jun 02, 2022
17740820 VENTILATION APPARATUS FOR AIRCRAFT Aviation Works Ltd DITMER, KATHRYN ELIZABETH 3785 §102 Final Rejection 98d overdue Pending May 10, 2022
17623929 IDENTIFYING ONE OR MORE COMPOUNDS FOR TARGETING A GENE BENEVOLENTAI BIO LIMITED AUGER, NOAH ANDREW 1687 §103 Non-Final OA 35d overdue Pending Dec 30, 2021
17276675 MACHINE LEARNING FOR PROTEIN BINDING SITES BENEVOLENTAI BIO LIMITED SABOUR, GHAZAL 1686 §103 Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending Mar 16, 2021

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