Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Stetina Garred Brucker & Newboles

42 pending office actions • 26 clients • 40 examiners • 37 art units • 0 of 42 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 140 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

42
Total Pending OAs
22
Non-Final OAs
20
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 42 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

27
Overdue
1
Due this week
10
Due this month
3
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. 42 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (27)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (10)Due ≤ 60 days (3)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.

1
Hard (2%)
35
Medium (83%)
4
Easy (10%)
2
Unknown (5%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (2%)
§103 only32 (76%)
§102 only3 (7%)
§112 only4 (10%)
No statute on record2 (5%)

Industry Mix

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

8
Life Sciences
19% of docket
4
Information Tech
10% of docket
2
Communications
5% of docket
6
Semiconductors
14% of docket
22
Mechanical / Eng
52% 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.

420 h
Manual time on pending OAs
84 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
147 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ABRAHAM, TANIA 2 72.1% +17.3%
DOVE, TRACY MAE 2 69.3% +10.2%
HAYES, BRET C 1 80.3% +15.7%
FISHER, VICTORIA HICKS 1 40.3% +38.0%
PEREZ BORROTO, ALFONSO 1 73.4% +18.9%
ROBERT, DANIEL M 1 79.1% +8.8%
BRAUCH, CHARLES JOSEPH 1 81.7% +13.9%
SHRIEVES, STEPHANIE ALEXANDRA 1 73.1% +18.8%
RUMMEL, JULIA L 1 34.5% +52.2%
ROSEN, NICHOLAS D 1 70.7% +22.6%

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
18906962 RECONFIGURABLE VEHICLE ACCESSORY CONTROLLER BRAUCH, CHARLES JOSEPH 87d overdue
19199592 STORAGE AND LOADING SYSTEM FOR LARGE CALIBER AMMUNITION HAYES, BRET C 27d

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17847946 METHOD AND SYSTEM OF VEHICLE DIAGNOSTICS BASED ON KNOWN COMMUNICATION ARCHITECTURE OF THE VEHICLE SEOL, DAVIN 124d overdue

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
18779942 SAFETY JOINT SHRIEVES, STEPHANIE ALEXANDRA 149d overdue
18906962 RECONFIGURABLE VEHICLE ACCESSORY CONTROLLER BRAUCH, CHARLES JOSEPH 87d overdue
19188622 ANATOMICAL CLOSING SYSTEM FOR HEALTH AND WELLNESS FISHER, VICTORIA HICKS 79d overdue
18629506 SYSTEM AND RELATED METHODOLOGY OF USING VEHICLE DATA IN CONNECTION WITH THE SALE OF A VEHICLE ROSEN, NICHOLAS D 46d overdue
18672785 BOOSTER SEAT CONFIGURED FOR COMPACT SIDE-BY-SIDE POSITIONING ABRAHAM, TANIA 45d overdue
18110627 DRY ELECTRODE MANUFACTURE BY TEMPERATURE ACTIVATION METHOD DOVE, TRACY MAE 29d overdue
18769064 LUMINOUS HANGING ORNAMENT RUMMEL, JULIA L 11d overdue
18653826 DRY ELECTRODE MANUFACTURE BY TEMPERATURE ACTIVATION METHOD DOVE, TRACY MAE 7d

Client Portfolio (26 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36362
17252
37542
26552
37852
36411
37861
28361
36651
37471

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19199592 STORAGE AND LOADING SYSTEM FOR LARGE CALIBER AMMUNITION Meggitt Defense Systems, Inc. HAYES, BRET C 3641 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending May 06, 2025
19188622 ANATOMICAL CLOSING SYSTEM FOR HEALTH AND WELLNESS Intake Breathing Technology, LLC FISHER, VICTORIA HICKS 3786 §103 Final Rejection 79d overdue Pending Apr 24, 2025
19014958 Magnetic Device Mount Scosche Industries, Inc. PEREZ BORROTO, ALFONSO 2836 Other Non-Final OA 12d Pending Jan 09, 2025
18910795 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ASSISTANT FOR VEHICLE DIAGNOSTICS Innova Electronics Corporation ROBERT, DANIEL M 3665 §103 Non-Final OA 71d overdue Pending Oct 09, 2024
18906962 RECONFIGURABLE VEHICLE ACCESSORY CONTROLLER Kc Ip Holdings, LLC BRAUCH, CHARLES JOSEPH 3747 §103 Non-Final OA 87d overdue Pending Oct 04, 2024
18779942 SAFETY JOINT Tatsuno Corporation SHRIEVES, STEPHANIE ALEXANDRA 3753 §112 Non-Final OA 149d overdue Pending Jul 22, 2024
18769064 LUMINOUS HANGING ORNAMENT Shandong Meikeda Electronic Graphic Inc. RUMMEL, JULIA L 1784 §103 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Jul 10, 2024
18672785 BOOSTER SEAT CONFIGURED FOR COMPACT SIDE-BY-SIDE POSITIONING Diono, LLC ABRAHAM, TANIA 3636 §103 Non-Final OA 45d overdue Pending May 23, 2024
18653826 DRY ELECTRODE MANUFACTURE BY TEMPERATURE ACTIVATION METHOD Licap Technologies, Inc. DOVE, TRACY MAE 1725 §103 Final Rejection 7d Pending May 02, 2024
18629506 SYSTEM AND RELATED METHODOLOGY OF USING VEHICLE DATA IN CONNECTION WITH THE SALE OF A VEHICLE Innova Electronics Corporation ROSEN, NICHOLAS D 3689 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Apr 08, 2024
18604178 FILLING NOZZLE SUPPORT STRUCTURE Tatsuno Corporation LONG, DONNELL ALAN 3754 §103 Final Rejection 22d Pending Mar 13, 2024
18416724 OPERATION BASED VEHICLE DIAGNOSTICS Innova Electronics Corporation MOSCOLA, MATTHEW JOHN 3663 §103 Final Rejection 39d Pending Jan 18, 2024
18408914 EMBEDDABLE TILES CONTAINING PASSIVE DEVICES FOR PACKAGED SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES Saras Micro Devices, Inc. INOUSSA, MOULOUCOULAY 2818 §102 Non-Final OA 60d Pending Jan 10, 2024
18390208 VEHICLE IDENTITY DETERMINATION BASED ON VEHICLE COMPUTER RESPONSE ADDRESS Innova Electronics Corporation AYAD, MARIA S 2172 §112 Final Rejection 11d overdue Pending Dec 20, 2023
18560190 Means for Removably Installing Fins on a Board for Use in Water Sports Future Fins, LLC POLAY, ANDREW 3615 Other Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Nov 10, 2023
18505450 GAS FILLING DEVICE Tatsuno Corporation CHEYNEY, CHARLES 3754 §102 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Nov 09, 2023
18491063 PLACEHOLDER IMAGE IDENTIFICATION Rakuten Group, Inc. GIULIANI, GIUSEPPI J 2153 §103 Final Rejection 23d Pending Oct 20, 2023
18488624 BOOSTER SEAT CONFIGURED FOR COMPACT SIDE-BY-SIDE POSITIONING Diono, LLC ABRAHAM, TANIA 3636 §103 Final Rejection 12d Pending Oct 17, 2023
18485590 NON-INVASIVE AND NON-CONTACT BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING WITH HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING Algorithmic Mashup, Inc. AGAHI, PUYA 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 99d overdue Pending Oct 12, 2023
18285402 NOISE REDUCING NOSECONE FOR AIRCRAFT Scientific Applications And Research Associates, Inc. SAN MARTIN, EDGARDO 2837 §103 Non-Final OA 39d Pending Oct 03, 2023
18477295 METHODS AND DEVICES FOR IMPROVING QUALITY OF BEDREST Your Foot Pillow LLC SOSNOWSKI, DAVID E 3673 §103 Final Rejection 45d overdue Pending Sep 28, 2023
18474600 Water Sensor Buoy with Removable Sensor Package Precision Measurement Engineering, Inc. CULLER, JILL E 2853 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Sep 26, 2023
18474852 Water Sensor Buoy with Integrated Anti-Fouling Wheel Precision Measurement Engineering, Inc. WALSH, RYAN D 2852 §103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Sep 26, 2023
18472188 INTEGRATED PASSIVE DEVICE WITH VIA FORMED IN ISOLATION TRENCH Saras Mirco Devices, Inc. TRAN, DZUNG 2893 §103 Final Rejection 29d Pending Sep 21, 2023
18455801 MECHANICALLY ATTACHED EDGE SYSTEM FOR TWO OR MORE WORK PIECES De Lorenzo Marble & Tile, Inc. FERGUSON, MICHAEL P 3619 §102 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Aug 25, 2023
18223194 PRE-DRILLED VIAS TO CAPTURE DOUBLE SIDED CAPACITANCE Saras Micro Devices, Inc. KIM, PAUL D 3729 §112 Non-Final OA 19d Pending Jul 18, 2023
18348917 CONFIGURABLE MONITORING AND ACTIONING WITH DISTRIBUTED PROGRAMMABLE PATTERN RECOGNITION EDGE DEVICES Aondevices, Inc. REYNOLDS, DEBORAH J 2458 §103 Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending Jul 07, 2023
18344765 DISCRIMINATING BETWEEN DIRECT AND MACHINE GENERATED HUMAN VOICES Aondevices, Inc. WITHEY, THEODORE JOHN 2655 §103 Final Rejection 111d overdue Pending Jun 29, 2023
18143537 CONTROL OF SOIL CONTAMINANT MASS DISCHARGE WITH HORIZONTAL PERMEABLE COLLOIDAL SORBENT BARRIERS Regenesis Bioremediation Products ANDRISH, SEAN D 3678 §103 Non-Final OA 66d overdue Pending May 04, 2023
18137753 HIGH VOLTAGE BATTERY STATE OF HEALTH Innova Electronics Corporation ESPINOZA, ABIGAIL LEE 3657 §103 Final Rejection 53d overdue Pending Apr 21, 2023
18042984 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE TREATMENT OF POLLUTED WATERS, IN PARTICULAR WITH HEAVY METALS Ecospray Technologies S.r.l. ROYCE, LIAM A 1777 §103 Final Rejection 28d overdue Pending Feb 24, 2023
18113339 OXYGEN FEEDBACK CONTROL OF HIGH FLOW NASAL CANNULA DEVICE Hill-Rom Services, Inc. HUSSAIN, MISHAL ZAHRA 3785 §103 Non-Final OA 45d overdue Pending Feb 23, 2023
18110627 DRY ELECTRODE MANUFACTURE BY TEMPERATURE ACTIVATION METHOD Licap Technologies, Inc. DOVE, TRACY MAE 1725 §112 Non-Final OA 29d overdue Pending Feb 16, 2023
18003675 CORRECTION APPARATUS FOR CORRECTING THE PLANARITY OF A METAL STRIP AND RELATED CORRECTION METHOD Danieli & C. Officine Meccaniche S.p.A. BOWMAN, ANDREW J 1717 §103 Final Rejection 60d overdue Pending Dec 28, 2022
17942579 DRY ELECTRODE MANUFACTURE FOR SOLID STATE ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES Licap Technologies, Inc. RUTISER, CLAIRE A 1751 §103 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Sep 12, 2022
17759094 STRUCTURE FOR THE TREATMENT OF POLLUTING LIQUIDS Novideas S.r.l. JEONG, YOUNGSUL 1772 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Jul 19, 2022
17847946 METHOD AND SYSTEM OF VEHICLE DIAGNOSTICS BASED ON KNOWN COMMUNICATION ARCHITECTURE OF THE VEHICLE Innova Electronics Corporation SEOL, DAVIN 3662 §101 Non-Final OA 124d overdue Pending Jun 23, 2022
17835205 FREE-STANDING ELECTRODE FILM FOR DRY ELECTRODE MANUFACTURE Licap Technologies, Inc. KYLE, MADISON LEIGH 1722 §103 Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending Jun 08, 2022
17655761 IMPROVED DILATATION DEVICE INCORPORATING INFLATABLE BALLOON Growth Armor, LLC HOWELL, GWYNNETH LINNEA 3785 §103 Final Rejection 8d Pending Mar 21, 2022
17675947 ALWAYS-ON WAKE ON MULTI-DIMENSIONAL PATTERN DETECTION (WOMPD) FROM A SENSOR FUSION CIRCUITRY Aondevices, Inc. FLANDERS, ANDREW C 2655 §103 Final Rejection 25d overdue Pending Feb 18, 2022
17450398 ADAPTIVE TUNING PARAMETERS FOR A CLASSIFICATION NEURAL NETWORK Aondevices, Inc. LEWIS, MATTHEW LEE 2144 §103 Final Rejection 62d Pending Oct 08, 2021
16804991 LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS RECONDENSATION SYSTEM AND RELATED METHODOLOGY Imi Japan KK PETTITT, JOHN F 3763 §103 Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending Feb 28, 2020

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