Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Sunstein LLP

9 pending office actions • 9 clients • 9 examiners • 9 art units • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 32 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.

7
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
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 (7)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (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 (11%)
6
Medium (67%)
2
Easy (22%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (11%)
§103 only5 (56%)
§102 only1 (11%)
§112 only2 (22%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
11% of docket
1
Information Tech
11% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
7
Mechanical / Eng
78% 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
CONLEY, FREDRICK C 1 70.7% +13.2%
HELVEY, PETER N. 1 54.5% +18.7%
EL-BATHY, MOHAMED N 1 29.5% +32.4%
FLICK, JASON E 1 80.3% +13.5%
MANIWANG, JOSEPH R 1 85.4% +14.0%
RATCLIFFE, LUKE D 1 87.3% +10.2%
HULL, JAMES B 1 44.8% +52.7%
WASEEM, HUMA 1 17.5% +21.1%
ELLINGTON, MARRIAH C G 1 42.9% +27.1%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18357393 Intelligent Bioelectric Module for Use with Drug Delivery System FLICK, JASON E 44d overdue
18304845 3D Image Sensor Ranging System, and Ranging Method Using Same RATCLIFFE, LUKE D 17d overdue
18043800 Identifying an Electronic Device Connected to an Electrical Power Source MANIWANG, JOSEPH R 10d 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
18677381 User Interface for Obtaining Response Data on a Mobile Computing Device EL-BATHY, MOHAMED N 183d overdue
18162316 Aid for Medical Care Dispatch WASEEM, HUMA 12d

Interview Candidates (9)

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
18677381 User Interface for Obtaining Response Data on a Mobile Computing Device EL-BATHY, MOHAMED N 183d overdue
18833961 Improved Bag for Carrying Textiles and Loading and Unloading a Washing and Drying Machine HELVEY, PETER N. 111d overdue
18357393 Intelligent Bioelectric Module for Use with Drug Delivery System FLICK, JASON E 44d overdue
18710753 Spring Mattress and Method for Assembling a Spring Mattress CONLEY, FREDRICK C 30d overdue
18026899 ANATOMICAL MODEL OF A JAW FOR SIMULATING A DENTISTRY GESTURE HULL, JAMES B 28d overdue
18304845 3D Image Sensor Ranging System, and Ranging Method Using Same RATCLIFFE, LUKE D 17d overdue
18043800 Identifying an Electronic Device Connected to an Electrical Power Source MANIWANG, JOSEPH R 10d overdue
18162316 Aid for Medical Care Dispatch WASEEM, HUMA 12d

Client Portfolio (9 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36791
37341
36241
37831
24411
36451
37151
36861
17731

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18710753 Spring Mattress and Method for Assembling a Spring Mattress Adova Group CONLEY, FREDRICK C 3679 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Oct 17, 2024
18833961 Improved Bag for Carrying Textiles and Loading and Unloading a Washing and Drying Machine Et Pourquoi Pas Nous HELVEY, PETER N. 3734 §103 Non-Final OA 111d overdue Pending Jul 29, 2024
18677381 User Interface for Obtaining Response Data on a Mobile Computing Device Intuify, Inc. EL-BATHY, MOHAMED N 3624 §103 Non-Final OA 183d overdue Pending May 29, 2024
18357393 Intelligent Bioelectric Module for Use with Drug Delivery System Bioelectric Devices, Inc. FLICK, JASON E 3783 §112 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Jul 24, 2023
18043800 Identifying an Electronic Device Connected to an Electrical Power Source Source To Site Accessories Limited MANIWANG, JOSEPH R 2441 §103 Final Rejection 10d overdue Pending Jul 19, 2023
18304845 3D Image Sensor Ranging System, and Ranging Method Using Same Rayz Technologies (Suzhou) Co. Ltd. RATCLIFFE, LUKE D 3645 §102 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Apr 21, 2023
18026899 ANATOMICAL MODEL OF A JAW FOR SIMULATING A DENTISTRY GESTURE Dentalhitec HULL, JAMES B 3715 §112 Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Mar 17, 2023
18162316 Aid for Medical Care Dispatch Insted, LLC WASEEM, HUMA 3686 §101 Final Rejection 12d Pending Jan 31, 2023
18012013 COMPACT WATER FILTRATION DEVICE Fgwrs ELLINGTON, MARRIAH C G 1773 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Dec 21, 2022

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