Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

SoCal IP Law Group LLP

18 pending office actions • 16 clients • 17 examiners • 17 art units • 0 of 18 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 64 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

18
Total Pending OAs
11
Non-Final OAs
7
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 16 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

7
Overdue
0
Due this week
6
Due this month
2
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. 16 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (7)Due ≤ 30 days (6)Due ≤ 60 days (2)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 (11%)
14
Medium (78%)
1
Easy (6%)
1
Unknown (6%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (11%)
§103 only12 (67%)
§102 only2 (11%)
§112 only1 (6%)
No statute on record1 (6%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
11% of docket
2
Information Tech
11% of docket
4
Communications
22% of docket
1
Semiconductors
6% of docket
9
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.

180 h
Manual time on pending OAs
36 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
63 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
JIMENEZ, LOAN B 2 6.2% +2.2%
WATSON, PETER HUCKLEBERRY 1 54.3% +36.7%
PADUA, NICO LAUREN 1 9.1% +15.8%
MAHASE, PAMESHANAND 1 71.8% +25.3%
BADER, ROBERT N. 1 43.9% +26.6%
MELFI, OLIVIA MASON 1 68.6% +22.7%
ABU ROUMI, MAHRAN Y 1 72.4% +34.3%
TSWEI, YU-JANG 1 84.3% +16.9%
BARKER, MATTHEW M 1 72.4% +14.5%
YANG, WEI WEN 1 82.3% +10.9%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18547520 SURGERY DETAILS EVALUATION SYSTEM, SURGERY DETAILS EVALUATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM YANG, WEI WEN 16d
18413944 INFORMATIONAL INTERACTIVE ENVIRONMENT TRANSITION TSWEI, YU-JANG

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18162631 MATCHING REVIEWS BETWEEN CUSTOMER FEEDBACK SYSTEMS EVANS, KIMBERLY L 42d overdue
18640559 VIRTUAL SHIFTING FOR EXERCISE DEVICES JIMENEZ, LOAN B 14d
18688981 FEEDBACK DEVICE AND PROGRAM PADUA, NICO LAUREN 27d
18334110 EXERCISE DEVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM JIMENEZ, LOAN B 54d
18557135 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE BARKER, MATTHEW M 61d

Interview Candidates (9)

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
18593270 BATTERY ENERGY SYSTEM FOR INTERMODAL CONTAINERS MELFI, OLIVIA MASON 77d overdue
18895147 PLATFORM FOR HYGIENE BEHAVIORAL MONITORING AND MODIFICATION MAHASE, PAMESHANAND 71d overdue
18419129 NETWORK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR SOFTWARE DEFINED RADIO NETWORKS FOR USE IN MOBILE NETWORKS ABU ROUMI, MAHRAN Y 10d overdue
18866518 IMPROVED LOCK CORE WITH SIDEBARS WATSON, PETER HUCKLEBERRY 15d
18547520 SURGERY DETAILS EVALUATION SYSTEM, SURGERY DETAILS EVALUATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM YANG, WEI WEN 16d
18688981 FEEDBACK DEVICE AND PROGRAM PADUA, NICO LAUREN 27d
18611100 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AUGMENTED VIRTUAL FILM PRODUCTION BADER, ROBERT N. 28d
18557135 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE BARKER, MATTHEW M 61d

Client Portfolio (16 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37842
36751
36261
26891
26111
17291
24551
26141
36461
26621

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18866518 IMPROVED LOCK CORE WITH SIDEBARS Australian Lock Company Pty Ltd. WATSON, PETER HUCKLEBERRY 3675 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Nov 15, 2024
18688981 FEEDBACK DEVICE AND PROGRAM Zenkigen Inc. PADUA, NICO LAUREN 3626 §103 Final Rejection 27d Pending Sep 27, 2024
18895147 PLATFORM FOR HYGIENE BEHAVIORAL MONITORING AND MODIFICATION Hygiene Iq, LLC MAHASE, PAMESHANAND 2689 Other Non-Final OA 71d overdue Pending Sep 24, 2024
18640559 VIRTUAL SHIFTING FOR EXERCISE DEVICES Zwift, Inc. JIMENEZ, LOAN B 3784 §102 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Apr 19, 2024
18611100 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AUGMENTED VIRTUAL FILM PRODUCTION Arwall, Inc. BADER, ROBERT N. 2611 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Mar 20, 2024
18593270 BATTERY ENERGY SYSTEM FOR INTERMODAL CONTAINERS Green Intermodal Technologies LLC MELFI, OLIVIA MASON 1729 §103 Final Rejection 77d overdue Pending Mar 01, 2024
18419129 NETWORK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR SOFTWARE DEFINED RADIO NETWORKS FOR USE IN MOBILE NETWORKS Anuvu IP Holdings LLC ABU ROUMI, MAHRAN Y 2455 §103 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Jan 22, 2024
18413944 INFORMATIONAL INTERACTIVE ENVIRONMENT TRANSITION Build A Rocket Boy Games Ltd. TSWEI, YU-JANG 2614 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 16, 2024
18557135 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE The University of Tokyo BARKER, MATTHEW M 3646 §101 Final Rejection 61d Pending Oct 25, 2023
18547520 SURGERY DETAILS EVALUATION SYSTEM, SURGERY DETAILS EVALUATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM Anaut Inc. YANG, WEI WEN 2662 §103 Final Rejection 16d Pending Aug 23, 2023
18334110 EXERCISE DEVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Zwift, Inc. JIMENEZ, LOAN B 3784 §103 Non-Final OA 54d Pending Jun 13, 2023
18330042 PORTABLE INTERACTIVE OBJECT WITHIN A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT Build A Rocket Boy Games Ltd. GEORGALAS, ANNE MARIE 3689 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Jun 06, 2023
18253107 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE Pignus Inc. LEE, JENNIFER V 3688 §103 Final Rejection 132d overdue Pending May 16, 2023
18248773 POWER SUPPLY CONTROL SYSTEM AND CONTROL SYSTEM Metrol Co., Ltd. MURALIDAR, RICHARD V 2859 §102 Non-Final OA 60d Pending Apr 12, 2023
18162631 MATCHING REVIEWS BETWEEN CUSTOMER FEEDBACK SYSTEMS Lmp Software, LLC EVANS, KIMBERLY L 3629 §101 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Jan 31, 2023
18013218 SENSOR Grace Imaging Inc. WESTFALL, SARAH ANN 3791 §103 Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending Dec 27, 2022
17828904 KITS, COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR WOUND TREATMENT AND MANAGEMENT Direct Components, Inc. PIPIC, ALMA 1617 §112 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending May 31, 2022
17634931 Computer-implemented method for changing a model geometry of an object Volume Graphics GmbH OCHOA, JUAN CARLOS 2186 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 11, 2022

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