Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino LLP

10 pending office actions • 4 clients • 10 examiners • 9 art units • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 22 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

10
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
0
Due this week
4
Due this month
1
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. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 30 days (4)Due ≤ 60 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 (10%)
7
Medium (70%)
1
Easy (10%)
1
Unknown (10%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (10%)
§103 only6 (60%)
§102 only1 (10%)
§112 only1 (10%)
No statute on record1 (10%)

Industry Mix

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

8
Life Sciences
80% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
10% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
10% 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.

100 h
Manual time on pending OAs
20 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
35 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
FOX, JOSEPH PATRICK 1 68.3% +14.6%
SCOTLAND, REBECCA LYNN 1 0.0% +0.0%
LAU, MICHAEL J 1 70.5% +25.1%
DAVIDSON IV, CULLEN LEE GARRETT 1 36.5% +46.7%
CLEMENTE, ROBERT ARTHUR 1 80.8% +7.2%
QIAN, YUN 1 54.5% +20.8%
KARST, DAVID THOMAS 1 64.5% +10.2%
KUYKENDALL, ALYSSA LEE 1 11.1% +94.1%
KUCKLA, ANNA GRACE 1 51.3% +52.1%
TRAN, UYEN M 1 30.3% +39.9%

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
18260506 ELECTRET MELT-BLOWN WEBS WITH IMPROVED FILTRATION PROPERTIES CLEMENTE, ROBERT ARTHUR 5d overdue

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18462001 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING AND PREVENTING CASES OF SUDDEN UNEXPECTED INFANT DEATH CAUSED BY SUDDEN UNEXPECTED POSTNATAL COLLAPSE LAU, MICHAEL J 1d overdue
17792819 HEATED GAS STREAM FOR REDUCING OLIGOMER AND WAX BUILD UP IN RECYCLE COOLERS KUYKENDALL, ALYSSA LEE 13d
18597085 BIPHASIC OSTEOTENDINOUS REPAIR SCAFFOLDS SCOTLAND, REBECCA LYNN 70d

Interview Candidates (8)

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
17631773 COMPOSITION COMPRISING STEROL DERIVATIVES FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF A NEURONAL PATHOLOGY RELATED TO HYPOXIA, HYPOGLYCEMIA AND/OR HYPERGLYCEMIA KUCKLA, ANNA GRACE 22d overdue
18005009 ADHESIVE POLYETHYLENE COMPOSITION KARST, DAVID THOMAS 2d overdue
18462001 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING AND PREVENTING CASES OF SUDDEN UNEXPECTED INFANT DEATH CAUSED BY SUDDEN UNEXPECTED POSTNATAL COLLAPSE LAU, MICHAEL J 1d overdue
17792819 HEATED GAS STREAM FOR REDUCING OLIGOMER AND WAX BUILD UP IN RECYCLE COOLERS KUYKENDALL, ALYSSA LEE 13d
19225637 DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS FOX, JOSEPH PATRICK 23d
18260623 FIBER REINFORCED POLYPROPYLENE COMPOSITION DAVIDSON IV, CULLEN LEE GARRETT 23d
16965918 POLYMER COMPOSITION FOR APPLICATIONS COMPRISING A LAYER ELEMENT TRAN, UYEN M 29d
18107842 PREPARATION OF PHTHALATE FREE ZN PP CATALYSTS QIAN, YUN 33d

Client Portfolio (4 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17672
26221
16151
37961
17731
17381
17741
16261
17261

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19225637 DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS Tianma Advanced Display Technology Institute (Xiamen) Co., Ltd. FOX, JOSEPH PATRICK 2622 §102 Non-Final OA 23d Pending Jun 02, 2025
18597085 BIPHASIC OSTEOTENDINOUS REPAIR SCAFFOLDS Case Western Reserve University SCOTLAND, REBECCA LYNN 1615 §103 Final Rejection 70d Pending Mar 06, 2024
18462001 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING AND PREVENTING CASES OF SUDDEN UNEXPECTED INFANT DEATH CAUSED BY SUDDEN UNEXPECTED POSTNATAL COLLAPSE Case Western Reserve University LAU, MICHAEL J 3796 §101 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Sep 06, 2023
18260623 FIBER REINFORCED POLYPROPYLENE COMPOSITION BOREALIS AG DAVIDSON IV, CULLEN LEE GARRETT 1767 §103 Non-Final OA 23d Pending Jul 07, 2023
18260506 ELECTRET MELT-BLOWN WEBS WITH IMPROVED FILTRATION PROPERTIES BOREALIS AG CLEMENTE, ROBERT ARTHUR 1773 §103 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Jul 06, 2023
18107842 PREPARATION OF PHTHALATE FREE ZN PP CATALYSTS BOREALIS AG QIAN, YUN 1738 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Feb 09, 2023
18005009 ADHESIVE POLYETHYLENE COMPOSITION BOREALIS AG KARST, DAVID THOMAS 1767 §112 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Jan 10, 2023
17792819 HEATED GAS STREAM FOR REDUCING OLIGOMER AND WAX BUILD UP IN RECYCLE COOLERS BOREALIS AG KUYKENDALL, ALYSSA LEE 1774 §103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Jul 14, 2022
17631773 COMPOSITION COMPRISING STEROL DERIVATIVES FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF A NEURONAL PATHOLOGY RELATED TO HYPOXIA, HYPOGLYCEMIA AND/OR HYPERGLYCEMIA Dendrogenix KUCKLA, ANNA GRACE 1626 Other Final Rejection 22d overdue Pending Jan 31, 2022
16965918 POLYMER COMPOSITION FOR APPLICATIONS COMPRISING A LAYER ELEMENT BOREALIS AG TRAN, UYEN M 1726 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Jul 29, 2020

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