Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

The Law Office Of Vincent G. Lotempio

6 pending office actions • 3 clients • 5 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 18 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
0
Due this week
1
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 ≤ 30 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%)
0
Easy (0%)
2
Unknown (33%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (67%)
No statute on record2 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

6
Life Sciences
100% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% 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
LI, CHANGQING 2 30.0% +34.0%
AFREMOVA, VERA 1 50.6% +29.2%
STEVENS, MARK V 1 65.4% +42.8%
RODGERS, ARIEL M 1 12.5% +20.0%
CLARKE, TRENT R 1 41.2% +26.0%

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18402707 HYDROLYSATE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING THEREOF RODGERS, ARIEL M 43d overdue

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
18985909 METHOD FOR ENHANCING IMMUNE SYSTEM FUNCTIONS IN A SUBJECT AFREMOVA, VERA 163d overdue
18368888 METHOD FOR ENHANCING IMMUNE SYSTEM FUNCTIONS IN A SUBJECT CLARKE, TRENT R 103d overdue
18402707 HYDROLYSATE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING THEREOF RODGERS, ARIEL M 43d overdue
17551163 NATIVE EDESTIN PROTEIN ISOLATE AND USE AS A TEXTURIZING INGREDIENT LI, CHANGQING 26d overdue
18599845 COMPOSITION FOR THE TREATMENT OF REFRACTORY PAINFUL INTERVERTEBRAL DISC RELATED DISORDERS AND METHOD FOR DELIVERY THEREOF TO TREAT THERETO STEVENS, MARK V 18d overdue
18119815 INSTANT TEXTURIZED MEAT ALTERNATIVE LI, CHANGQING 15d

Client Portfolio (3 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17912
16531
16131
17921
16511

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18985909 METHOD FOR ENHANCING IMMUNE SYSTEM FUNCTIONS IN A SUBJECT Macularity, Inc. AFREMOVA, VERA 1653 §103 Final Rejection 163d overdue Pending Dec 18, 2024
18599845 COMPOSITION FOR THE TREATMENT OF REFRACTORY PAINFUL INTERVERTEBRAL DISC RELATED DISORDERS AND METHOD FOR DELIVERY THEREOF TO TREAT THERETO Progressive Health Partners STEVENS, MARK V 1613 Other Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending Mar 08, 2024
18402707 HYDROLYSATE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING THEREOF Steuben Foods, Inc. RODGERS, ARIEL M 1792 §103 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Jan 02, 2024
18368888 METHOD FOR ENHANCING IMMUNE SYSTEM FUNCTIONS IN A SUBJECT Macularity, Inc. CLARKE, TRENT R 1651 Other Non-Final OA 103d overdue Pending Sep 15, 2023
18119815 INSTANT TEXTURIZED MEAT ALTERNATIVE Steuben Foods, Inc. LI, CHANGQING 1791 §103 Final Rejection 15d Pending Mar 09, 2023
17551163 NATIVE EDESTIN PROTEIN ISOLATE AND USE AS A TEXTURIZING INGREDIENT Steuben Foods, Inc. LI, CHANGQING 1791 §103 Non-Final OA 26d overdue Pending Dec 14, 2021

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