Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Stratum Law LLC

5 pending office actions • 5 clients • 5 examiners • 4 art units • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 137 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
3
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 30 days (1)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 (20%)
4
Medium (80%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (20%)
§103 only4 (80%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
20% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
80% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
VAN SELL, NATHAN L 1 53.8% +24.3%
KEENA, ELLA LORRAINE 1 22.2% +87.5%
JACKSON, DANIELLE 1 65.4% +26.5%
WATSON, HALEIGH NOELLE 1 30.0% +82.4%
HOFFA, ANGELA MARIE 1 67.3% +27.1%

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
18268316 ACTIVE NAVIGATION SYSTEM OF SURGERY AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF HOFFA, ANGELA MARIE 89d overdue
18435885 FIXED BLADE STRUCTURE KEENA, ELLA LORRAINE 42d overdue

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18268316 ACTIVE NAVIGATION SYSTEM OF SURGERY AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF HOFFA, ANGELA MARIE 89d overdue
18435885 FIXED BLADE STRUCTURE KEENA, ELLA LORRAINE 42d overdue
18525863 DOUBLE-LAYER CLOTH STRUCTURE OF SUN UMBRELLA JACKSON, DANIELLE 36d overdue
18588218 MULTIFUNCTIONAL FOOT PAD VAN SELL, NATHAN L 20d
18237498 CUTTER HEAD ASSEMBLY WITH GUIDE STRUCTURE AND WRENCH ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM OF ELECTRIC HAIR CUTTER WATSON, HALEIGH NOELLE 85d

Client Portfolio (5 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37242
17831
36361
37991

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18588218 MULTIFUNCTIONAL FOOT PAD Smart International Trade Co.,Ltd VAN SELL, NATHAN L 1783 §103 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Feb 27, 2024
18435885 FIXED BLADE STRUCTURE Ningbo Iclipper Electric Appliance Co., Ltd. KEENA, ELLA LORRAINE 3724 §103 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Feb 07, 2024
18525863 DOUBLE-LAYER CLOTH STRUCTURE OF SUN UMBRELLA Zhejiang Qirong Leisure Products Co. Ltd. JACKSON, DANIELLE 3636 §103 Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending Dec 01, 2023
18237498 CUTTER HEAD ASSEMBLY WITH GUIDE STRUCTURE AND WRENCH ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM OF ELECTRIC HAIR CUTTER Ningbo Iclipper Electric Appliance Co., Ltd. WATSON, HALEIGH NOELLE 3724 §103 Final Rejection 85d Pending Aug 24, 2023
18268316 ACTIVE NAVIGATION SYSTEM OF SURGERY AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF Shenzhen Research Institute Of Nankai University HOFFA, ANGELA MARIE 3799 §101 Non-Final OA 89d overdue Pending Jun 20, 2023

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