Stein IP LLC

Portfolio Summary

64

Total Pending OAs

46

Non-Final OAs

17

Final Rejections

1

Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 63 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

28

Overdue

3

Due this week

23

Due this month

6

Due in next 60 days

3

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. 63 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

Overdue (28)Due ≤ 7 days (3)Due ≤ 30 days (23)Due ≤ 60 days (6)Due later (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.

1

Hard (2%)

55

Medium (86%)

6

Easy (9%)

2

Unknown (3%)

Rejection Statute Mix

Bucket	Cases
§101 only	1 (2%)
§103 only	42 (66%)
§102 only	13 (20%)
§112 only	6 (9%)
No statute on record	2 (3%)

Industry Mix

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

6

Life Sciences

9% of docket

6

Information Tech

9% of docket

1

Communications

2% of docket

21

Semiconductors

33% of docket

29

Mechanical / Eng

45% of docket

1

Business / Other

2% 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.

640 h

Manual time on pending OAs

128 h

Time saved (low, 20%)

224 h

Time saved (mid, 35%)

5.6 wks

FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

Examiner	Apps on this docket	Allow rate	Interview lift
ELEY, JESSICA L	2	83.3%	+5.6%
NGO, HOANG X	2	93.5%	+6.9%
CICCHINO, PATRICK D	2	80.7%	+13.3%
IMPINK, MOLLIE LLEWELLYN	2	55.5%	+23.7%
HEREDIA OCASIO, ARLENE J	2	75.2%	+3.9%
QUINN, NATASHA DEPHENIA	2	93.3%	+7.1%
NEWAY, BLAINE GIRMA	2	29.7%	+40.4%
SANDERS, HOWARD J	1	80.9%	+7.9%
GOKHALE, PRASAD V	1	85.8%	+8.3%
THERRIEN, CARLA J	1	86.5%	+4.4%

Quick Wins (11)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #	Title	Examiner	Due in
18767457	INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS	QUINN, NATASHA DEPHENIA	46d overdue
18731888	INK-JET RECORDING APPARATUS	QUINN, NATASHA DEPHENIA	43d overdue
18762292	BELT CONVEYOR DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS	CICCHINO, PATRICK D	2d overdue
19047140	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS	NGO, HOANG X	8d
19068580	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS	ELEY, JESSICA L	12d
19084200	SHEET DISCHARGING DEVICE AND SHEET POST-PROCESSING APPARATUS THEREWITH, AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM	GOKHALE, PRASAD V	15d
19053974	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS	THERRIEN, CARLA J	22d
19048557	INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER UNIT, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER UNIT	NGO, HOANG X	26d

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 #	Title	Examiner	Due in
18142395	APPARATUS FOR SEARCHING SODIUM SUPERION CONDUCTOR MATERIAL USING MACHINE LEARNING METHOD	HUYNH, PHUONG	22d
18718919	COLLAPSIBLE CONTAINER	NEWAY, BLAINE GIRMA	28d
18718587	COLLAPSIBLE CONTAINER	NEWAY, BLAINE GIRMA	28d

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 #	Title	Examiner	Due in
19018916	CUSHIONING MEMBER FOR PACKED OBJECT	IMPINK, MOLLIE LLEWELLYN	17d overdue
19020088	CUSHIONING STRUCTURE FOR PACKED OBJECT	IMPINK, MOLLIE LLEWELLYN	15d overdue
18762292	BELT CONVEYOR DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS	CICCHINO, PATRICK D	2d overdue
18718919	COLLAPSIBLE CONTAINER	NEWAY, BLAINE GIRMA	28d
18718587	COLLAPSIBLE CONTAINER	NEWAY, BLAINE GIRMA	28d
19045222	SHEET CONVEYING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS	CICCHINO, PATRICK D	40d

Client Portfolio (23 clients)

Client (Assignee)	Pending OAs
Kyocera	25
SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION	10
TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.	4
Soongsil University	4
Hong Kong Polytechnic University	3
Pismo Labs Technology Limited	1
Hurom	1
HAM-LET (Israel-Canada) Ltd	1
GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES AS REPRESENTED BY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE U.S.	1
Hyperlab	1
CHONGQING TIANYU ELECTRONIC COMMERCE CO., LTD.	1
SOMANSA CO., LTD.	1
UNIONPLACE CO., LTD.	1
Pin Genie Inc.	1
REGERON, INC.	1
HME Square	1
BIOCOS INC.	1
Dae Joong KIM	1
KCTECH CO., LTD.	1
DENKA COMPANY LIMITED	1
REY CERA CREATION PRIVATE LIMITED	1
SHIFT DYNAMICS INC.	1
APA SCIENCE INC.	1

Top Art Units

Art Unit	Apps
2853	8
2852	7
3653	3
3798	2
3619	2
3747	2
3799	2
3735	2
2857	2
3663	1

Pending Office Actions

App #	Title	Client	Examiner	Art Unit	Statutes	Status	Due in	AI	Filed
19195973	SHEET FEEDING DEVICE AND IMAGE FOMING APPRATUS THEREWITH	Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.	SANDERS, HOWARD J	3653	§103	Non-Final OA	56d	Pending	May 01, 2025
19084200	SHEET DISCHARGING DEVICE AND SHEET POST-PROCESSING APPARATUS THEREWITH, AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM	Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.	GOKHALE, PRASAD V	3653	§102	Non-Final OA	15d	Pending	Mar 19, 2025
19068580	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS	Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.	ELEY, JESSICA L	2852	§103	Non-Final OA	12d	Pending	Mar 03, 2025
19068626	INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER UNIT, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER UNIT	Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.	ELEY, JESSICA L	2852	§103	Non-Final OA	41d	Pending	Mar 03, 2025
19053974	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS	Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.	THERRIEN, CARLA J	2852	§103	Non-Final OA	22d	Pending	Feb 14, 2025
19051676	ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC TOOL FOR RENAL FIBROSIS ASSESSMENT	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University	YANG, YI-SHAN	3798	§103	Non-Final OA	14d	Pending	Feb 12, 2025
19048557	INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER UNIT, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER UNIT	Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.	NGO, HOANG X	2852	§102	Non-Final OA	26d	Pending	Feb 07, 2025
19047140	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS	Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.	NGO, HOANG X	2852	§102	Non-Final OA	8d	Pending	Feb 06, 2025
19045222	SHEET CONVEYING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS	Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.	CICCHINO, PATRICK D	3619	§103	Non-Final OA	40d	Pending	Feb 04, 2025
19024997	INSTALLATION STRUCTURE FOR RESERVOIR TANK	Suzuki Motor Corporation	LATHERS, KEVIN ANTHONY	3747	§103	Non-Final OA	7d	Pending	Jan 16, 2025
19020088	CUSHIONING STRUCTURE FOR PACKED OBJECT	Suzuki Motor Corporation	IMPINK, MOLLIE LLEWELLYN	3799	§112	Non-Final OA	15d overdue	Pending	Jan 14, 2025
19018916	CUSHIONING MEMBER FOR PACKED OBJECT	Suzuki Motor Corporation	IMPINK, MOLLIE LLEWELLYN	3799	§112	Non-Final OA	17d overdue	Pending	Jan 13, 2025
19015285	SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING GUIDED AND MONITORED EXERCISE ROUTINES	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University	LI, JOHN DENNY	3798	§103	Non-Final OA	14d	Pending	Jan 09, 2025
19010894	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS	Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.	HEREDIA OCASIO, ARLENE J	2852	§102	Non-Final OA	33d	Pending	Jan 06, 2025
18972033	FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED THEREWITH	Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.	HEREDIA OCASIO, ARLENE J	2852	§103	Non-Final OA	26d	Pending	Dec 06, 2024
18958987	AUTOMATIC DOCKING DEVICE AND AUTOMATIC DOCKING SYSTEM	Suzuki Motor Corporation	SILVA, MICHAEL THOMAS	3663	§103	Non-Final OA	10d overdue	Pending	Nov 25, 2024
18956572	REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE	Suzuki Motor Corporation	BEDEWI, RAMI NABIH	3666	§103	Non-Final OA	28d	Pending	Nov 22, 2024
18952491	FUEL VAPOR PROCESSING DEVICE AND COMPONENT UNIT	Suzuki Motor Corporation	MOUBRY, JAMES G	3747	§102	Final Rejection	21d	Pending	Nov 19, 2024
18848756	METHODS FOR REDUCING PACKET LOSS DURING SLOW START STAGE OF A SESSION	Pismo Labs Technology Limited	DUONG, OANH	2441	§103	Non-Final OA	19d	Pending	Sep 19, 2024
18884000	JUICER	Hurom Co., Ltd.	MCPARTLIN, SARAH BURNHAM	3993	§103	Non-Final OA	9d overdue	Pending	Sep 12, 2024
18815491	BERTHING ASSISTANCE DEVICE	Suzuki Motor Corporation	PAIGE, TYLER D	3664	§103	Final Rejection	70d	Pending	Aug 26, 2024
18806106	MULTILAYER CERAMIC ELECTRONIC DEVICE, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME, AND CIRCUIT BOARD	Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.	FERGUSON, DION	2848	§103	Non-Final OA	8d	Pending	Aug 15, 2024
18805275	MAINTENANCE DEVICE AND INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS	Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.	AMEH, YAOVI M	2853	Other	Non-Final OA	16d overdue	Pending	Aug 14, 2024
18777226	FLUID-FLOW CONTROL DEVICE	Ham-Let (Israel-Canada) Ltd.	MCCALISTER, WILLIAM M	3753	§103	Final Rejection	60d overdue	Pending	Jul 18, 2024
18767457	INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS	Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.	QUINN, NATASHA DEPHENIA	2853	§103	Non-Final OA	46d overdue	Pending	Jul 09, 2024
18763889	METHODS TO REMEDIATE SOIL CONTAMINATED WITH POLY- AND/OR PERFLUORO ALKYL SUBSTANCES (PFAS), AND/OR OTHER ANIONIC ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS	Government Of The United States AS Represented By The Administrator Of The U.S.	FIORELLO, BENJAMIN F	3678	§103	Non-Final OA	4d overdue	Pending	Jul 03, 2024
18762292	BELT CONVEYOR DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS	Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.	CICCHINO, PATRICK D	3619	§103	Final Rejection	2d overdue	Pending	Jul 02, 2024
18760618	BELT CONVEYOR DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS	Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.	TAWFIK, SAMEH	3731	§102	Final Rejection	72d	Pending	Jul 01, 2024
18760962	INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS	Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.	POLK, SHARON A	2853	§112	Non-Final OA	35d overdue	Pending	Jul 01, 2024
18724502	A VISUAL TARGET ASSISTED WORKOUT DEVICE	Hyperlab Sportech Private Limited	UTAMA, ROBERT J	3715	§103	Non-Final OA	13d	Pending	Jun 26, 2024
18718919	COLLAPSIBLE CONTAINER	Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.	NEWAY, BLAINE GIRMA	3735	§103	Non-Final OA	28d	Pending	Jun 12, 2024
18718587	COLLAPSIBLE CONTAINER	Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.	NEWAY, BLAINE GIRMA	3735	§103	Non-Final OA	28d	Pending	Jun 11, 2024
18718229	COLLAPSIBLE CONTAINER	Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.	ISLAM, SANJIDUL	3736	§103	Final Rejection	23d overdue	Pending	Jun 10, 2024
18732088	INK-JET RECORDING APPARATUS	Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.	RICHMOND, SCOTT A.	2853	§103	Non-Final OA	28d overdue	Pending	Jun 03, 2024
18731888	INK-JET RECORDING APPARATUS	Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.	QUINN, NATASHA DEPHENIA	2853	§103	Non-Final OA	43d overdue	Pending	Jun 03, 2024
18731920	OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME	Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.	VO, ANH T N	2853	§102	Non-Final OA	29d	Pending	Jun 03, 2024
18704794	SPRAY BOTTLE	Chongqing Tianyu Electronic Commerce Co., Ltd.	PANCHOLI, VISHAL J	3754	§103	Non-Final OA	77d overdue	Pending	Apr 25, 2024
18640594	INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS	Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.	VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO	2853	§103	Final Rejection	44d overdue	Pending	Apr 19, 2024
18617235	MULTILAYER CERAMIC ELECTRONIC DEVICE	Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.	MCFADDEN, MICHAEL P	2847	§103	Non-Final OA	8d	Pending	Mar 26, 2024
18409451	SHEET DISCHARGE DEVICE, AND SHEET POSTPROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, PLUS IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM EACH INCLUDING THE SHEET DISCHARGE DEVICE	Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.	NICHOLSON III, LESLIE AUGUST	3653	§103	Final Rejection	79d overdue	Pending	Jan 10, 2024
18396468	COWLING STRUCTURE	Suzuki Motor Corporation	PANG, ROGER L	3655	§102	Non-Final OA	1d overdue	Pending	Dec 26, 2023
18396208	COWLING STRUCTURE	Suzuki Motor Corporation	COLILLA, DANIEL JAMES	3612	§102	Non-Final OA	5d	Pending	Dec 26, 2023
18391871	CLEANING LIQUID	Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.	PAUL, SHREYA	1761	§103	Non-Final OA	71d	Pending	Dec 21, 2023
18515576	METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY SCALING DYNAMIC COMPUTING RESOURCES BASED ON PREDICTED TRAFFIC PATTERNS	Foundation Of Soongsil University-Industry Cooperation	TOLENTINO, RODERICK	2439	§103	Non-Final OA	7d	Pending	Nov 21, 2023
18511813	METHOD FOR BUILDING AND DEPLOYING INFORMATION LEAKAGE PREVENTION APPLICATION BASED ON CONTAINER	Somansa Co., Ltd.	KABIR, MOHAMMAD H	2192	§112	Non-Final OA	97d overdue	Pending	Nov 16, 2023
18507700	ACOUSTIC WAVE DEVICE, FILTER, AND MULTIPLEXER	Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.	TRA, ANH QUAN	2843	§103	Non-Final OA	56d	Pending	Nov 13, 2023
18490575	INKJET INK AND INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS	Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.	SHENDEROV, ALEXANDER D	2853	§112	Final Rejection	100d overdue	Pending	Oct 19, 2023
18470168	METHOD OF COMMUNICATING VEHICLE DATA FOR VEHICLE CONTROL	UNIONPLACE CO., LTD.	SHOLEMAN, ABU S	2496	§103	Non-Final OA	133d overdue	Pending	Sep 19, 2023
18462205	AUTOMATIC DETECTION SYSTEM FOR INSTALLATION OF INTELLIGENT DOOR LOCK	Pin Genie Limited	FORRISTALL, JOSHUA L	2857	§112	Non-Final OA	60d overdue	Pending	Sep 06, 2023
18547851	NATURAL EXCIPIENT HAVING MULTIFUNCTIONAL APPLICATION AND PROCESSES FOR THE PREPARATION THEREOF	Regeron, Inc.	LEE, CHIHYI NMN	1628	§102	Non-Final OA	56d overdue	Pending	Aug 24, 2023
18365827	FIXING STRUCTURE	Suzuki Motor Corporation	LEE, MICHAEL S	3677	§102	Final Rejection	42d	Pending	Aug 04, 2023
18035696	PHOTOACOUSTIC DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE AND METHOD	Hme Square Inc.	HEALY, NOAH MICHAEL	3791	Other	Final Rejection	70d overdue	Pending	May 17, 2023
18142395	APPARATUS FOR SEARCHING SODIUM SUPERION CONDUCTOR MATERIAL USING MACHINE LEARNING METHOD	Foundation Of Soongsil University-Industry Cooperation	HUYNH, PHUONG	2857	§101	Non-Final OA	22d	Pending	May 02, 2023
18135593	DYNAMIC SECURITY POLICY ENFORCEMENT METHOD FOR CONTAINER SYSTEM, RECORDING MEDIUM AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING THE SAME	Foundation Of Soongsil University-Industry Cooperation	AVERY, BRIAN WILLIAM	2495	§103	Non-Final OA	17d overdue	Pending	Apr 17, 2023
18134107	HYDROGEL PREPARATION METHOD USING CROSSLINKING STRUCTURE CONTROL BY ELECTRON BEAM IRRADIATION AND NATURAL POLYSACCHARIDE HYDROGEL PREPARED BY THE SAME	BIOCOS INC.	MCDONOUGH, JAMES E	1734	§103	Non-Final OA	22d	Pending	Apr 13, 2023
18028093	SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME	Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.	SIDDIQUEE, MUHAMMAD S	1723	§103	Non-Final OA	2d overdue	Pending	Mar 23, 2023
18021368	POROUS MULTILAYER TUBULAR STRUCTURE HAVING PHYSIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE SUBSTANCES CONTAINED IN PORES	Dae Joong Kim	BARIA, DINAH N	3774	§103	Final Rejection	35d overdue	Pending	Feb 14, 2023
18020904	APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTION AND CLASSIFICATION OF MALICIOUS CODES BASED ON ADJACENCY MATRIX	Foundation Of Soongsil University-Industry Cooperation	CHOLLETI, RAGHAVENDER NMN	2492	§103	Final Rejection	19d	Pending	Feb 10, 2023
18104592	SUBSTRATE CHUCK USED IN SCRUBBING PROCESS	Kctech Co., Ltd.	BESLER, CHRISTOPHER JAMES	3726	§103	Final Rejection	27d	Pending	Feb 01, 2023
18087443	DIGITAL ULTRAVIOLET LITHOGRAPHY METHOD AND APPARATUS	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University	DOAN, NGHIA M	2851	§103	Final Rejection	4d overdue	Pending	Dec 22, 2022
18007690	KIT AND METHOD	Denka Company Limited	EIX, EMILY FAY	1653	§102	Final Rejection	8d	Pending	Dec 01, 2022
17926432	A CONTINUOUS LAYOUT RANDOM TILE AND METHOD THEREOF	Rey Cera Creation Private Limited	HUNTSINGER, PETER K	2682	§103	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Nov 18, 2022
17860837	MULTI-ROTOR AIRCRAFTS WITH PASSIVELY TILTABLE ROTOR GROUPS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME	Shift Dynamics Inc.	GORDON, ANNA L	3642	§103	Non-Final OA	26d	Pending	Jul 08, 2022
17290986	STERILIZING ELECTRODES SET, METHOD OF STERILIZING AND STERILIZATION APPARATUS USING SAME	Apa Science Inc.	JEBUTU, MOFOLUWASO SIMILOLUWA	1795	§102	Final Rejection	92d overdue	Pending	May 03, 2021

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