Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Soquel Group, LLC

19 pending office actions • 8 clients • 19 examiners • 18 art units • 0 of 19 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 40 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

19
Total Pending OAs
10
Non-Final OAs
8
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 19 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

8
Overdue
0
Due this week
6
Due this month
4
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. 19 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (8)Due ≤ 30 days (6)Due ≤ 60 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.

4
Hard (21%)
12
Medium (63%)
3
Easy (16%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only4 (21%)
§103 only11 (58%)
§102 only1 (5%)
§112 only3 (16%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
11% of docket
3
Information Tech
16% of docket
1
Communications
5% of docket
2
Semiconductors
11% of docket
11
Mechanical / Eng
58% 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.

190 h
Manual time on pending OAs
38 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
66 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BEKERMAN, MICHAEL 1 32.8% +32.0%
SIMITOSKI, MICHAEL J 1 80.2% +28.5%
LE, THANH T 1 82.9% +32.3%
GEIST, RICHARD EDWIN 1 61.5% +45.5%
ARTHUR JEANGLAUDE, GERTRUDE 1 92.9% +4.4%
HUBER, MELANIE GRACE 1 73.1% +19.6%
NORMAN, MARC E 1 84.0% +10.0%
MARTIN, ELIZABETH J 1 78.6% +21.1%
SENSENIG, SHAUN D 1 14.5% +16.6%
YANG, WENYUAN 1 68.6% +17.5%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18646619 Thermal Energy Storage and Cooling Device With Isolating Heat Exchanger NORMAN, MARC E 103d overdue
18956647 Method of decrypting an encrypted secret and associated devices LE, THANH T 13d
18725758 System and method for monitoring the operation of a computer SIMITOSKI, MICHAEL J 16d

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
18747349 VEHICLE USER INTERFACE ARTHUR JEANGLAUDE, GERTRUDE 50d overdue
17940948 Electronic decision support device for the implementation of a critical function or of an assistance function by an avionics system, associated method and computer program STARKS, WILBERT L 11d overdue
18530958 Method for sharing data between aeronautical equipment, related data sharing electronic system and computer program YANG, WENYUAN 22d
18688780 Method for estimating an environmental footprint of a flight of an aircraft and associated electronic estimating system SENSENIG, SHAUN D 27d
19198706 Method And System For Bidding On Uncontested Search Advertising Auctions BEKERMAN, MICHAEL 41d

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
18646619 Thermal Energy Storage and Cooling Device With Isolating Heat Exchanger NORMAN, MARC E 103d overdue
18646610 Thermal Energy Storage and Cooling Device MARTIN, ELIZABETH J 30d overdue
18956647 Method of decrypting an encrypted secret and associated devices LE, THANH T 13d
18725758 System and method for monitoring the operation of a computer SIMITOSKI, MICHAEL J 16d
18530958 Method for sharing data between aeronautical equipment, related data sharing electronic system and computer program YANG, WENYUAN 22d
18688780 Method for estimating an environmental footprint of a flight of an aircraft and associated electronic estimating system SENSENIG, SHAUN D 27d
18716453 Aircraft piloting assistance method, and associated electronic piloting assistance device and assistance system HUBER, MELANIE GRACE 40d
19198706 Method And System For Bidding On Uncontested Search Advertising Auctions BEKERMAN, MICHAEL 41d

Client Portfolio (8 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37632
36211
24931
24951
36651
36611
36681
36291
36671
28451

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19198706 Method And System For Bidding On Uncontested Search Advertising Auctions Taskmaster Technologies Inc. BEKERMAN, MICHAEL 3621 §101 Non-Final OA 41d Pending May 05, 2025
18725758 System and method for monitoring the operation of a computer Thales SIMITOSKI, MICHAEL J 2493 §103 Non-Final OA 16d Pending Nov 28, 2024
18956647 Method of decrypting an encrypted secret and associated devices Thales LE, THANH T 2495 §112 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Nov 22, 2024
18751271 Method for determining an emergency landing track, corresponding device and computer program Thales GEIST, RICHARD EDWIN 3665 §102 Final Rejection 84d Pending Jun 23, 2024
18747349 VEHICLE USER INTERFACE Neonode Inc. ARTHUR JEANGLAUDE, GERTRUDE 3661 §101 Non-Final OA 50d overdue Pending Jun 18, 2024
18716453 Aircraft piloting assistance method, and associated electronic piloting assistance device and assistance system Thales HUBER, MELANIE GRACE 3668 §103 Final Rejection 40d Pending Jun 04, 2024
18646619 Thermal Energy Storage and Cooling Device With Isolating Heat Exchanger Ice Bear Spv #1, LLC NORMAN, MARC E 3763 §112 Non-Final OA 103d overdue Pending Apr 25, 2024
18646610 Thermal Energy Storage and Cooling Device Ice Bear Spv #1, LLC MARTIN, ELIZABETH J 3763 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Apr 25, 2024
18688780 Method for estimating an environmental footprint of a flight of an aircraft and associated electronic estimating system Thales SENSENIG, SHAUN D 3629 §103 Final Rejection 27d Pending Mar 03, 2024
18530958 Method for sharing data between aeronautical equipment, related data sharing electronic system and computer program Thales YANG, WENYUAN 3667 §101 Final Rejection 22d Pending Dec 06, 2023
18530181 Antenna system and associated decoupling device Thales SINGH, GURBIR 2845 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Dec 05, 2023
18549058 DETECTION OF INFECTIOUS AGENT BASED ON RECOMBINASE POLYMERASE AMPLIFICATION COMBINED WITH A MAGNETIC FIELD-ENHANCED AGGLUTINATION Horiba Abx SAS HILL, MYRON G 1671 §103 Non-Final OA 45d overdue Pending Sep 05, 2023
18262575 Damper for regulating an air flow and ventilation installation comprising such a damper Anjos Ventilation LIN, KO-WEI 3762 §112 Final Rejection 41d Pending Jul 23, 2023
18257035 Method for inerting clays in hydraulic compositions intended for the construction industry Snf Group ZHANG, RUIYUN 1782 §103 Non-Final OA 26d overdue Pending Jun 12, 2023
18200473 Multi-function Device For Treating Skin Solawave Inc. PINDERSKI, JACQUELINE M 3785 §103 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending May 22, 2023
18183938 Data labelling method for building a database for configuring, validating and/or testing an application for monitoring an individual's fatigue level Thales CHRISTIANSON, SKYLAR LINDSEY 3792 §103 Final Rejection 16d Pending Mar 14, 2023
18182327 Container for electronic component(s) and associated electronic assembly of parts Thales DRAVININKAS, ADAM B 2835 §103 Non-Final OA 73d overdue Pending Mar 11, 2023
18042349 Integrated audio acquisition and playback module in electronic component form Thales CHIN, VIVIAN C 2695 §103 Final Rejection 41d Pending Feb 21, 2023
17940948 Electronic decision support device for the implementation of a critical function or of an assistance function by an avionics system, associated method and computer program Thales STARKS, WILBERT L 2122 §101 Final Rejection 11d overdue Pending Sep 08, 2022

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