Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP

13 pending office actions • 12 clients • 13 examiners • 13 art units • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 40 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

13
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 13 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

9
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
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. 13 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (9)Due ≤ 30 days (2)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.

0
Hard (0%)
11
Medium (85%)
2
Easy (15%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only9 (69%)
§102 only2 (15%)
§112 only2 (15%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
15% of docket
1
Information Tech
8% of docket
1
Communications
8% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
8
Mechanical / Eng
62% of docket
1
Business / Other
8% 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.

130 h
Manual time on pending OAs
26 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
46 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BYUN, HAE RIE JESSICA 1 33.3% +63.5%
WOOD, SAMANTHA N 1 92.0% -3.4%
YE, XINWEN 1 43.4% +46.1%
HOGE, GARY CHAPMAN 1 63.6% +22.6%
ALLEN, JEFFREY R 1 47.3% +26.7%
LEUBECKER, JOHN P 1 74.8% +10.6%
TSWEI, YU-JANG 1 84.3% +16.9%
LO, ANDREW S 1 72.7% +27.8%
VELEZ-LOPEZ, MARIO M 1 74.7% +4.5%
SIMMS JR, JOHN ELLIOTT 1 65.2% +12.3%

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
35523241 Faucet handle WOOD, SAMANTHA N 34d
18655224 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTERACTIVE DIGITAL OVERLAYMENT TSWEI, YU-JANG 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
18377611 ARM LAUNCHED PROJECTILE TOY SIMMS JR, JOHN ELLIOTT 195d overdue
18776208 MEMORABILIA DIPSLAY DEVICE HOGE, GARY CHAPMAN 86d overdue
19235505 FLYING INSECT TRAP WITH PHOTOLUMINESCENT GLUE BOARD BYUN, HAE RIE JESSICA 72d overdue
18669511 TONGUE BASE SAMPLING INSTRUMENT LEUBECKER, JOHN P 53d overdue
18440924 GRIP RESISTANCE DEVICE LO, ANDREW S 45d overdue
18908762 COTTON CANDY MACHINE WITH ENHANCED SAFETY YE, XINWEN 14d
18767978 FEEDING BOTTLE WITH ONE-WAY LIQUID FLOW TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION ALLEN, JEFFREY R 23d
18655224 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTERACTIVE DIGITAL OVERLAYMENT TSWEI, YU-JANG 70d

Client Portfolio (12 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36431
29141
17541
36311
37331
37951
26141
37841
21181
37111

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19235505 FLYING INSECT TRAP WITH PHOTOLUMINESCENT GLUE BOARD Ap&G Co., Inc. BYUN, HAE RIE JESSICA 3643 §103 Non-Final OA 72d overdue Pending Jun 11, 2025
35523241 Faucet handle Gessi S.p.A. WOOD, SAMANTHA N 2914 §112 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Oct 11, 2024
18908762 COTTON CANDY MACHINE WITH ENHANCED SAFETY Ps Gems LLC YE, XINWEN 1754 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Oct 07, 2024
18776208 MEMORABILIA DIPSLAY DEVICE Bracha Partners LLC HOGE, GARY CHAPMAN 3631 §103 Non-Final OA 86d overdue Pending Jul 17, 2024
18767978 FEEDING BOTTLE WITH ONE-WAY LIQUID FLOW TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION Ap&G Co., Inc. ALLEN, JEFFREY R 3733 §112 Final Rejection 23d Pending Jul 09, 2024
18669511 TONGUE BASE SAMPLING INSTRUMENT Sentry Endoscopy Ltd. LEUBECKER, JOHN P 3795 §102 Non-Final OA 53d overdue Pending May 20, 2024
18655224 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTERACTIVE DIGITAL OVERLAYMENT ZUMEDIA INC. TSWEI, YU-JANG 2614 §103 Final Rejection 70d Pending May 03, 2024
18440924 GRIP RESISTANCE DEVICE The Crab Grip LLC LO, ANDREW S 3784 §103 Final Rejection 45d overdue Pending Feb 13, 2024
18510610 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE OF DIGITAL UNDERLAYMENT BACKSKIN INC. VELEZ-LOPEZ, MARIO M 2118 §103 Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending Nov 15, 2023
18377611 ARM LAUNCHED PROJECTILE TOY Audioec Inc. SIMMS JR, JOHN ELLIOTT 3711 §103 Non-Final OA 195d overdue Pending Oct 06, 2023
18121556 INTEGRATED MATTRESS SHEET AND WATERPROOF MATTRESS COVER Ely Baby LLC HARE, DAVID R 3673 §103 Final Rejection 45d overdue Pending Mar 14, 2023
18020881 LOW MELT COPOLYETHERESTER Ester Industries Limited DESTEFANO, AUDRA JEAN 1766 §102 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Feb 10, 2023
17909794 Insole Si Shape Industries GmbH GmbH LYNCH, PATRICK JOHN 3732 §103 Final Rejection 147d overdue Pending Sep 07, 2022

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