Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Smith Keane LLP

5 pending office actions • 4 clients • 4 examiners • 4 art units • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)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.

0
Hard (0%)
4
Medium (80%)
1
Easy (20%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (80%)
§112 only1 (20%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
100% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
WONG, JESSICA BOWEN 2 66.7% +21.3%
MILLER, WILLIAM L 1 79.0% +14.5%
VOORHEES, CATHERINE M 1 83.3% +14.4%
TOMBERS, JOSEPH A 1 46.2% +31.1%

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
18621907 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THE DELIVERY OF ELECTRICAL CURRENT TO AN ORAL CAVITY VOORHEES, CATHERINE M 9d overdue

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18742781 ANIMAL FEEDER SYSTEM WONG, JESSICA BOWEN 86d overdue
18782089 ANIMAL FEEDER SYSTEM WITH OPPOSED OPENABLE DOORS WONG, JESSICA BOWEN 70d overdue
18621907 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THE DELIVERY OF ELECTRICAL CURRENT TO AN ORAL CAVITY VOORHEES, CATHERINE M 9d overdue
18054386 Systems and Methods Related to Electrical Stimulation of Mammalian Meridians TOMBERS, JOSEPH A 12d
18814028 SYSTEMS AND METHODS RELATED TO MODULAR RECEPTACLES MILLER, WILLIAM L 15d

Client Portfolio (4 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
DEADFALL LLC 2
Latitude Corp 1
JODI VENTURES, INC. 1
NINURTA INC. 1

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36442
36771
37921
37911

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18814028 SYSTEMS AND METHODS RELATED TO MODULAR RECEPTACLES Latitude Corp. MILLER, WILLIAM L 3677 §112 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Aug 23, 2024
18782089 ANIMAL FEEDER SYSTEM WITH OPPOSED OPENABLE DOORS Deadfall LLC WONG, JESSICA BOWEN 3644 §103 Final Rejection 70d overdue Pending Jul 24, 2024
18742781 ANIMAL FEEDER SYSTEM Deadfall LLC WONG, JESSICA BOWEN 3644 §103 Non-Final OA 86d overdue Pending Jun 13, 2024
18621907 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THE DELIVERY OF ELECTRICAL CURRENT TO AN ORAL CAVITY Jodi Ventures, Inc. VOORHEES, CATHERINE M 3792 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Mar 29, 2024
18054386 Systems and Methods Related to Electrical Stimulation of Mammalian Meridians Ninurta Inc. TOMBERS, JOSEPH A 3791 §103 Final Rejection 12d Pending Nov 10, 2022

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