Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Stevens & Showalter LLP

9 pending office actions • 3 clients • 9 examiners • 9 art units • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 37 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
2
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.

3
Overdue
1
Due this week
2
Due this month
3
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 (3)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 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.

0
Hard (0%)
7
Medium (78%)
1
Easy (11%)
1
Unknown (11%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only6 (67%)
§102 only1 (11%)
§112 only1 (11%)
No statute on record1 (11%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
33% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
11% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
56% 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
JELSMA, JONATHAN G 1 69.3% +14.9%
NGUYEN, TAN QUANG 1 90.5% +7.2%
ELAHMADI, ZAKARIA 1 76.1% +11.6%
NGUYEN, TRUC T 1 87.4% +7.1%
BAAJOUR, SHAHIRA 1 71.9% +21.1%
WASIL, DANIEL D 1 79.8% +24.8%
YIM, EISEN DONGKYU 1 56.5% +36.3%
MERRIAM, ANDREW E 1 23.0% +31.4%
KIM, BRYAN 1 28.7% +36.7%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18534883 TAMPER RESISTANT CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY NGUYEN, TRUC T 2d overdue

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17059908 TEXTURE MODIFIED FOOD PRODUCT MERRIAM, ANDREW E 89d overdue
17049181 TEXTURE MODIFIED FOOD PRODUCT KIM, BRYAN 59d overdue

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17059908 TEXTURE MODIFIED FOOD PRODUCT MERRIAM, ANDREW E 89d overdue
17049181 TEXTURE MODIFIED FOOD PRODUCT KIM, BRYAN 59d overdue
18611898 OPERATOR CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A MATERIALS HANDLING VEHICLE ELAHMADI, ZAKARIA 7d
19187224 BATTERY SYSTEM FOR AN INDUSTRIAL VEHICLE JELSMA, JONATHAN G 16d
18554010 RADIOISOTOPE PRODUCTION TARGET FOR LOW MELTING POINT MATERIALS WASIL, DANIEL D 34d
18340332 INTRUSIVE INDUSTRIAL VEHICLE ALIGNMENT YIM, EISEN DONGKYU 40d
18522971 ADAPTIVE ACCELERATION FOR MATERIALS HANDLING VEHICLE BAAJOUR, SHAHIRA 41d

Client Portfolio (3 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Crown Equipment 6
I Cook Catering 2
Best Theratronics 1

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17221
36611
36181
28341
36661
36461
36691
17911
17921

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19187224 BATTERY SYSTEM FOR AN INDUSTRIAL VEHICLE Crown Equipment Corporation JELSMA, JONATHAN G 1722 §103 Non-Final OA 16d Pending Apr 23, 2025
18820593 MODIFY VEHICLE PARAMETER BASED ON VEHICLE POSITION INFORMATION Crown Equipment Corporation NGUYEN, TAN QUANG 3661 Other Non-Final OA 22d Pending Aug 30, 2024
18611898 OPERATOR CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A MATERIALS HANDLING VEHICLE Crown Equipment Corporation ELAHMADI, ZAKARIA 3618 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Mar 21, 2024
18534883 TAMPER RESISTANT CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY Crown Equipment Corporation NGUYEN, TRUC T 2834 §102 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Dec 11, 2023
18522971 ADAPTIVE ACCELERATION FOR MATERIALS HANDLING VEHICLE Crown Equipment Corporation BAAJOUR, SHAHIRA 3666 §103 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Nov 29, 2023
18554010 RADIOISOTOPE PRODUCTION TARGET FOR LOW MELTING POINT MATERIALS Best Theratronics Ltd. WASIL, DANIEL D 3646 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Oct 05, 2023
18340332 INTRUSIVE INDUSTRIAL VEHICLE ALIGNMENT Crown Equipment Corporation YIM, EISEN DONGKYU 3669 §103 Non-Final OA 40d Pending Jun 23, 2023
17059908 TEXTURE MODIFIED FOOD PRODUCT I Cook Catering Services Pty Ltd. MERRIAM, ANDREW E 1791 §112 Final Rejection 89d overdue Pending Nov 30, 2020
17049181 TEXTURE MODIFIED FOOD PRODUCT I Cook Catering Services Pty Ltd. KIM, BRYAN 1792 §103 Final Rejection 59d overdue Pending Oct 20, 2020

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