Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

The Grafe Law Office, P.C.

6 pending office actions • 4 clients • 6 examiners • 6 art units • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 7 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.

0
Hard (0%)
4
Medium (67%)
2
Easy (33%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (50%)
§102 only1 (17%)
§112 only2 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
33% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
17% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
50% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MEHMOOD, JENNIFER 1 64.5% +32.7%
FERNANDEZ, KATHERINE L 1 57.6% +38.1%
MENON, KRISHNAN S 1 59.8% +11.8%
PARENT, ALEXANDER RENE 1 58.9% +16.7%
D ABREU, MICHAEL JOSEPH 1 67.0% +22.1%
YOON, CHANEL J 1 52.1% +38.2%

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18146568 METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR OXIDANT CONCENTRATION CONTROL PARENT, ALEXANDER RENE 91d overdue
17713844 Observational Heart Failure Monitoring System D ABREU, MICHAEL JOSEPH 46d overdue
18359304 SPACERS COMPATIBLE WITH ACTIVE LAYER IN FLUID FILTRATION ELEMENTS MENON, KRISHNAN S 26d overdue
17713110 Methods and Apparatuses for Assessment and Management of Hemodynamic Status YOON, CHANEL J 4d overdue
18618730 Noninvasive Structural and Valvular Abnormality Detection System based on Flow Aberrations FERNANDEZ, KATHERINE L 1d overdue
18636080 AIRPORT PAVEMENT CONDITION ASSESSMENT METHODS AND APPARATUSES MEHMOOD, JENNIFER 6d

Client Portfolio (4 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
MEDICI TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 3
Bye UAS 1
Aqua Membranes 1
Aqua Research 1

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
26641
37981
17771
17951
37961
37911

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18636080 AIRPORT PAVEMENT CONDITION ASSESSMENT METHODS AND APPARATUSES Bye Uas, Inc. MEHMOOD, JENNIFER 2664 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Apr 15, 2024
18618730 Noninvasive Structural and Valvular Abnormality Detection System based on Flow Aberrations Medici Technologies, LLC FERNANDEZ, KATHERINE L 3798 §103 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Mar 27, 2024
18359304 SPACERS COMPATIBLE WITH ACTIVE LAYER IN FLUID FILTRATION ELEMENTS Aqua Membranes, Inc. MENON, KRISHNAN S 1777 §102 Non-Final OA 26d overdue Pending Jul 26, 2023
18146568 METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR OXIDANT CONCENTRATION CONTROL Aqua Research, Inc. PARENT, ALEXANDER RENE 1795 §103 Non-Final OA 91d overdue Pending Dec 27, 2022
17713844 Observational Heart Failure Monitoring System Medici Technologies, LLC D ABREU, MICHAEL JOSEPH 3796 §112 Final Rejection 46d overdue Pending Apr 05, 2022
17713110 Methods and Apparatuses for Assessment and Management of Hemodynamic Status Medici Technologies, LLC YOON, CHANEL J 3791 §112 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Apr 04, 2022

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