Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Smith Patent, LLC

7 pending office actions • 6 clients • 7 examiners • 7 art units • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

7
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
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. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (7)

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%)
5
Medium (71%)
1
Easy (14%)
1
Unknown (14%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only5 (71%)
§112 only1 (14%)
No statute on record1 (14%)

Industry Mix

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

5
Life Sciences
71% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
14% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
14% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TON, TRI T 1 86.4% +11.0%
MUTCHLER, CHRISTOPHER JOHN 1 50.0% +18.9%
WRIGHT, SARAH C 1 41.5% +46.9%
ROONEY, NORA MAUREEN 1 60.5% +23.2%
MERCIER, MELISSA S 1 71.9% +5.9%
SCHLOOP, ALLISON ELIZABETH 1 61.8% +56.5%
EDGINGTONGIORDANO, FRANCESCA 1 73.2% +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
18753352 Spectroscopic Methods and Systems for the Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Samples TON, TRI T 118d overdue

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18753352 Spectroscopic Methods and Systems for the Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Samples TON, TRI T 118d overdue
18282896 ELECTROSTATICALLY SPRAYABLE TANNING FORMULATION WRIGHT, SARAH C 88d overdue
18333223 TOPICAL TREATMENT OF INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE USING ANTIBODIES AND FRAGMENTS THEREOF ROONEY, NORA MAUREEN 72d overdue
17634124 METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING BREAST CANCER SCHLOOP, ALLISON ELIZABETH 60d overdue
17255546 CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTORS THAT BIND TO PROSTATE SPECIFIC MEMBRANE ANTIGEN EDGINGTONGIORDANO, FRANCESCA 60d overdue
18657444 Methods, Systems, Devices and Components for the Treatment of Stroke in a Patient with Interferential Cranial Electrical Stimulation MUTCHLER, CHRISTOPHER JOHN 31d overdue

Client Portfolio (6 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28771
37961
16191
16411
16151
16831
16431

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18753352 Spectroscopic Methods and Systems for the Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Samples Mariposa Technology, Inc. TON, TRI T 2877 §103 Non-Final OA 118d overdue Pending Jun 25, 2024
18657444 Methods, Systems, Devices and Components for the Treatment of Stroke in a Patient with Interferential Cranial Electrical Stimulation Makous Research, LLC MUTCHLER, CHRISTOPHER JOHN 3796 §103 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending May 07, 2024
18282896 ELECTROSTATICALLY SPRAYABLE TANNING FORMULATION Ioniq Skincare GmbH & Co. Kg WRIGHT, SARAH C 1619 Other Final Rejection 88d overdue Pending Sep 19, 2023
18333223 TOPICAL TREATMENT OF INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE USING ANTIBODIES AND FRAGMENTS THEREOF University College London ROONEY, NORA MAUREEN 1641 §112 Final Rejection 72d overdue Pending Jun 12, 2023
17794886 TRANSDERMAL THERAPEUTIC SYSTEM COMPRISING THE INGREDIENT ROTIGOTINE AND AT LEAST ONE NON-AMINE-RESISTANT SILICONE ADHESIVE Luye Pharma Switzerland AG MERCIER, MELISSA S 1615 §103 Non-Final OA 58d overdue Pending Mar 29, 2023
17634124 METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING BREAST CANCER Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg SCHLOOP, ALLISON ELIZABETH 1683 §103 Final Rejection 60d overdue Pending Feb 09, 2022
17255546 CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTORS THAT BIND TO PROSTATE SPECIFIC MEMBRANE ANTIGEN Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg EDGINGTONGIORDANO, FRANCESCA 1643 §103 Non-Final OA 60d overdue Pending Dec 23, 2020

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