Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Sorell, Lenna & Schmidt LLP

22 pending office actions • 10 clients • 21 examiners • 20 art units • 0 of 22 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 33 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

22
Total Pending OAs
11
Non-Final OAs
11
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 20 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

10
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
5
Due in next 60 days
2
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. 20 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (10)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (5)Due later (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%)
19
Medium (86%)
1
Easy (5%)
2
Unknown (9%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only17 (77%)
§102 only2 (9%)
§112 only1 (5%)
No statute on record2 (9%)

Industry Mix

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

10
Life Sciences
45% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
12
Mechanical / Eng
55% 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.

220 h
Manual time on pending OAs
44 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
77 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HALL, LUKE F 2 48.4% +64.6%
LACHICA, ERICSON M 1 30.5% +35.3%
KURILLA, ERIC J 1 70.7% +27.7%
ADEBOYEJO, IFEOLU A 1 47.9% +44.0%
ROMANOWSKI, MICHAEL C 1 54.1% +61.5%
KASSA, TIGABU 1 36.5% +28.6%
TRAN, HANH VAN 1 74.0% +14.1%
KNIGHT, SAMANTHA JO 1 31.3% +73.3%
TAUFIQ, FARAH N 1 62.2% +26.1%
CHEYNEY, CHARLES 1 56.5% +42.6%

Interview Candidates (11)

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
18553368 Transdermal Systems having low dose estrogen and methods of making and use KNIGHT, SAMANTHA JO 23d overdue
18354253 CONTAINER AND PACKAGING SYSTEM CHEYNEY, CHARLES 8d overdue
18459915 CONTAINER AND PACKAGING SYSTEM TAUFIQ, FARAH N 2d overdue
18672233 MATTRESS ASSEMBLY AND METHOD HALL, LUKE F 14d
19053038 AMBIENT BED HAVING A HEAT RECLAIM SYSTEM KURILLA, ERIC J 23d
16751859 BEDDING SYSTEM HALL, LUKE F 28d
19049269 BEDDING SYSTEM, KIT AND METHOD ADEBOYEJO, IFEOLU A 41d
19236048 CONTAINER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE LACHICA, ERICSON M 55d

Client Portfolio (10 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36732
37722
17921
36191
36791
17821
16151
36371
16141
17541

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19236048 CONTAINER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE Ring Container Technologies, LLC LACHICA, ERICSON M 1792 §103 Final Rejection 55d Pending Jun 12, 2025
19053038 AMBIENT BED HAVING A HEAT RECLAIM SYSTEM BEDGEAR, LLC KURILLA, ERIC J 3619 §102 Non-Final OA 23d Pending Feb 13, 2025
19049269 BEDDING SYSTEM, KIT AND METHOD BEDGEAR, LLC ADEBOYEJO, IFEOLU A 3679 §103 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Feb 10, 2025
18977218 CONTAINER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE Ring Container Technologies, LLC ROMANOWSKI, MICHAEL C 1782 §103 Final Rejection 61d Pending Dec 11, 2024
18672233 MATTRESS ASSEMBLY AND METHOD BEDGEAR, LLC HALL, LUKE F 3673 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending May 23, 2024
18686305 IRON COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THEM American Regent, Inc. KASSA, TIGABU 1615 §103 Non-Final OA 62d Pending Feb 23, 2024
18432224 SHELVING SYSTEMS Dejana Truck & Utility Equipment Company, LLC TRAN, HANH VAN 3637 §103 Final Rejection 56d Pending Feb 05, 2024
18553368 Transdermal Systems having low dose estrogen and methods of making and use Viatris Inc. KNIGHT, SAMANTHA JO 1614 §103 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Sep 29, 2023
18459915 CONTAINER AND PACKAGING SYSTEM Ring Container Technologies, LLC TAUFIQ, FARAH N 1754 §103 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Sep 01, 2023
18354253 CONTAINER AND PACKAGING SYSTEM Ring Container Technologies, LLC CHEYNEY, CHARLES 3754 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Jul 18, 2023
18125564 CONTAINER AND PACKAGING SYSTEM Ring Container Technologies, LLC BATTISTI, DEREK J 3734 §103 Final Rejection 60d Pending Mar 23, 2023
18012110 FORMULATIONS INCLUDING 5-[3-(3-HYDROXYPHENOXY)AZETIDIN-1-YL]-5-METHYL-2,2-DIPHENYLHEXANAMIDE Mylan Pharma UK Limited HAGHIGHATIAN, MINA 1616 Other Final Rejection 138d overdue Pending Dec 21, 2022
17922713 AUTO-INJECTOR ASSEMBLY BIOCON LIMITED DIPERT, FORREST BLAKE 3783 §103 Final Rejection 35d overdue Pending Nov 01, 2022
17967344 NOVEL QUINAZOLINONES THAT INHIBIT THE FORMATION OF TAU OLIGOMERS AND THEIR METHOD OF USE Oligomerix Inc. WARD, PAUL V 1622 §102 Non-Final OA 111d overdue Pending Oct 17, 2022
17917835 USE OF VITAMIN K IN PREVENTING OR COUNTERACTING COVID-19 DISEASE AND DIAGNOSTIC TEST TO ESTIMATE THE RISK OF DEVELOPING SEVERE DISEASE OR MORTALITY BY COVID-19 Kovit BV FAN, LYNN Y 1759 §103 Final Rejection 36d overdue Pending Oct 07, 2022
17950365 CONTAINER SYSTEM AND METHOD Ring Container Technologies LLC KIRSCH, ANDREW THOMAS 3733 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 22, 2022
17783994 MATERIAL SCIENCES APPLICATIONS FOR AN ORAL APPLIANCE FOR DELIVERY OF A MEDICAMENT Emanate Biomedical, Inc. RUIZ MARTIN, LUIS MIGUEL 3772 §103 Non-Final OA 105d overdue Pending Jun 09, 2022
17778564 ORAL APPLIANCE FOR DELIVERY OF AN ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOSITION Emanate Biomedical, Inc. EIDE, HEIDI MARIE 3772 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 20, 2022
17622632 ORAL APPLIANCE HAVING MEDICAMENT AND METHODS OF MAKING Emanate Biomedical, Inc. TALBOT, BRIAN K 1712 §103 Final Rejection 49d overdue Pending Dec 23, 2021
17461862 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING TAU OLIGOMERS Oligomerix, Inc. BALLARD, KIMBERLY 1675 Other Non-Final OA 34d Pending Aug 30, 2021
17403050 CONTAINER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE Ring Container Technologies, LLC POON, ROBERT 3735 §103 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Aug 16, 2021
16751859 BEDDING SYSTEM BEDGEAR, LLC HALL, LUKE F 3673 §112 Final Rejection 28d Pending Jan 24, 2020

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