Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Sotomayor Ip Consulting, Ltd.

9 pending office actions • 8 clients • 9 examiners • 9 art units • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
1
Due this week
3
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. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (3)

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 (22%)
6
Medium (67%)
1
Easy (11%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (22%)
§103 only6 (67%)
§112 only1 (11%)

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
1
Semiconductors
11% of docket
8
Mechanical / Eng
89% 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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TRUONG, MINH D 1 66.9% +24.2%
ALLEN, JEFFREY R 1 47.3% +26.7%
HENRY, MATTHEW D 1 30.2% +20.9%
CAO, VINCENT M 1 55.3% +31.3%
OJOFEITIMI, AYODEJI T 1 75.0% +13.2%
LANE, DANIEL E 1 4.1% +8.6%
RIDDICK, BLAKE CUTLER 1 77.6% +10.0%
MARRISON, SAMUEL JOSEPH 1 69.2% +49.7%
ROSEN, NICHOLAS D 1 70.7% +22.6%

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18644824 Method for Improving Hiring Decision Outcomes Using Artificial Intelligence Techniques CAO, VINCENT M 66d overdue
17328469 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ITEM ACQUISITION BY SELECTION OF A VIRTUAL OBJECT PLACED IN A DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT ROSEN, NICHOLAS D 23d overdue
18348788 Action-based Movement Therapy Optimization LANE, DANIEL E 22d

Interview Candidates (8)

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
18644824 Method for Improving Hiring Decision Outcomes Using Artificial Intelligence Techniques CAO, VINCENT M 66d overdue
18821254 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEMANTIC GLOSSARY-DRIVEN BUSINESS CONCEPTUAL MODELING (SGDCM) HENRY, MATTHEW D 60d overdue
18627173 Modified Snack Containment and Dispensing Apparatus OJOFEITIMI, AYODEJI T 30d overdue
17328469 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ITEM ACQUISITION BY SELECTION OF A VIRTUAL OBJECT PLACED IN A DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT ROSEN, NICHOLAS D 23d overdue
19035413 PORTABLE AUTOMOTIVE WASTE OIL EXTRACTION DEVICE AND METHOD OF USE TRUONG, MINH D 18d overdue
18960152 Modified Snack Containment and Dispensing Apparatus ALLEN, JEFFREY R 6d
17390611 Medication Delivery Device with Angled Tip MARRISON, SAMUEL JOSEPH 12d
17870342 Modular Jig System RIDDICK, BLAKE CUTLER 22d

Client Portfolio (8 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36541
37331
36251
36221
36511
37151
28841
37831
36891

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19035413 PORTABLE AUTOMOTIVE WASTE OIL EXTRACTION DEVICE AND METHOD OF USE Get Spiffy, Inc. TRUONG, MINH D 3654 §103 Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending Jan 23, 2025
18960152 Modified Snack Containment and Dispensing Apparatus Tomo Technologies, Inc. ALLEN, JEFFREY R 3733 §112 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Nov 26, 2024
18821254 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEMANTIC GLOSSARY-DRIVEN BUSINESS CONCEPTUAL MODELING (SGDCM) Metaware LLC HENRY, MATTHEW D 3625 §103 Non-Final OA 60d overdue Pending Aug 30, 2024
18644824 Method for Improving Hiring Decision Outcomes Using Artificial Intelligence Techniques I2I LLC CAO, VINCENT M 3622 §101 Final Rejection 66d overdue Pending Apr 24, 2024
18627173 Modified Snack Containment and Dispensing Apparatus Tomo Technologies, Inc. OJOFEITIMI, AYODEJI T 3651 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Apr 04, 2024
18348788 Action-based Movement Therapy Optimization The Cube Enterprises Corp. LANE, DANIEL E 3715 §103 Final Rejection 22d Pending Jul 07, 2023
17870342 Modular Jig System Radformation, Inc. RIDDICK, BLAKE CUTLER 2884 §103 Final Rejection 22d Pending Jul 21, 2022
17390611 Medication Delivery Device with Angled Tip Olfax, LLC MARRISON, SAMUEL JOSEPH 3783 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Jul 30, 2021
17328469 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ITEM ACQUISITION BY SELECTION OF A VIRTUAL OBJECT PLACED IN A DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT Transmira, Inc. ROSEN, NICHOLAS D 3689 §101 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending May 24, 2021

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