Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

The Watson Ip Group, PLC

18 pending office actions • 18 clients • 18 examiners • 17 art units • 0 of 18 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 30 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

18
Total Pending OAs
15
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 18 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

11
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
3
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. 18 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (11)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (3)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%)
14
Medium (78%)
3
Easy (17%)
1
Unknown (6%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only13 (72%)
§102 only1 (6%)
§112 only3 (17%)
No statute on record1 (6%)

Industry Mix

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

6
Life Sciences
33% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
6% of docket
11
Mechanical / Eng
61% 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.

180 h
Manual time on pending OAs
36 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
63 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HEFLIN, BRIAN ADAMS 1 40.9% +33.6%
RO, YONG-SUK 1 85.4% +7.7%
EISEMAN, ADAM JARED 1 55.0% +26.2%
GARFT, CHRISTOPHER 1 58.9% +22.9%
HAFIZ, HAMID TARIQ 1 0.0% +0.0%
SEMBER, THOMAS M 1 84.6% +11.2%
CASTRIOTTA, JENNIFER 1 61.8% +28.7%
SEIFU, LESSANEWORK T 1 79.4% +0.7%
LAUX, JESSICA L 1 54.7% +28.3%
PRESSLEY, PAUL DEREK 1 62.3% +23.6%

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
18835978 MEASUREMENT OF PARTICLE CONCENTRATION IN A STREAM RO, YONG-SUK 25d overdue

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
18618958 TRAINING AID ASSEMBLY HAFIZ, HAMID TARIQ 34d

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19061939 METHOD FOR FILTERING MOBILE DEVICE DATA TO UNCOVER COMMON UNKNOWN CORRELATIONS HEFLIN, BRIAN ADAMS 60d overdue
18600629 ENTERAL FEEDING SYSTEM CASTRIOTTA, JENNIFER 58d overdue
18601830 CANOPY LIGHT SEMBER, THOMAS M 3d overdue
18763865 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PENILE TUMESCENCE MONITORING EISEMAN, ADAM JARED 1d overdue
18731202 PORTABLE SCALE STAND ASSEMBLY GARFT, CHRISTOPHER 15d
18525762 WALL SILL ASSEMBLY AND WALL CONSTRUCTION HAVING A WALL SILL ASSEMBLY LAUX, JESSICA L 26d
18518480 CAN SEAMING APPARATUS PRESSLEY, PAUL DEREK 33d

Client Portfolio (18 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17742
36281
36761
37911
36321
37151
28751
37331
36351
37251

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19061939 METHOD FOR FILTERING MOBILE DEVICE DATA TO UNCOVER COMMON UNKNOWN CORRELATIONS Geogentia HEFLIN, BRIAN ADAMS 3628 §103 Non-Final OA 60d overdue Pending Feb 24, 2025
18835978 MEASUREMENT OF PARTICLE CONCENTRATION IN A STREAM Canopus Drilling Solutions Holding B.V. RO, YONG-SUK 3676 §103 Non-Final OA 25d overdue Pending Aug 05, 2024
18763865 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PENILE TUMESCENCE MONITORING Adam Sensor Limited EISEMAN, ADAM JARED 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Jul 03, 2024
18731202 PORTABLE SCALE STAND ASSEMBLY Scales Plus, LLC GARFT, CHRISTOPHER 3632 §103 Final Rejection 15d Pending May 31, 2024
18618958 TRAINING AID ASSEMBLY Artisan Medical Displays, LLC HAFIZ, HAMID TARIQ 3715 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Mar 27, 2024
18601830 CANOPY LIGHT Jarvis Corp. SEMBER, THOMAS M 2875 Other Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Mar 11, 2024
18600629 ENTERAL FEEDING SYSTEM Lactalogics, Inc. CASTRIOTTA, JENNIFER 3733 §103 Non-Final OA 58d overdue Pending Mar 08, 2024
18587678 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DESULFURIZATION OF HYDROCARBON FUELS Alternative Environmental Technologies Sulfex Corp. SEIFU, LESSANEWORK T 1774 §102 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Feb 26, 2024
18525762 WALL SILL ASSEMBLY AND WALL CONSTRUCTION HAVING A WALL SILL ASSEMBLY Advanced Architectural Producrs, LLC LAUX, JESSICA L 3635 §112 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Nov 30, 2023
18518480 CAN SEAMING APPARATUS Oktober, LLC PRESSLEY, PAUL DEREK 3725 §103 Final Rejection 33d Pending Nov 23, 2023
18201090 FASTENER WELDING APPARATUS Jr Automation Technologies, LLC ISKRA, JOSEPH W 3761 §112 Non-Final OA 83d Pending May 23, 2023
18143060 FILM FOR FLEXIBLE PACKAGING Sig Combibloc Services AG FREEMAN, JOHN D 1787 §112 Non-Final OA 34d Pending May 03, 2023
17926576 PROCEDURE FOR OBTAINING FLEXIBLE EXPANDABLE MATERIAL (FEM) RESISTANT TO COMBUSTION USING BIOPLASTIFICIZERS Smartfireblock Doo Beograd-Cukarica AHVAZI, BIJAN 1763 §103 Non-Final OA 229d overdue Pending Nov 18, 2022
17988555 MIXED MODE MOBILE SERVICE ROBOT WITH MANUAL AND AUTONOMOUS MANEUVERABILITY Loop Robots TURNBAUGH, ASHLEIGH NICOLE 3667 §103 Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending Nov 16, 2022
17910783 LOAD-BEARING PLATE WITH CELLULAR STRUCTURE AND ITS MANUFACTURING PROCESS Isokon, D.O.O., Slovenske Konjice CHU, KATHERINE J 3671 §103 Non-Final OA 22d overdue Pending Sep 09, 2022
17866433 DUAL DENSITY MOLDED MEMBER, TOOLING AND METHOD THEREFOR Intex Technologies, LLC WASHVILLE, JEFFREY D 1766 §103 Non-Final OA 126d overdue Pending Jul 15, 2022
17558486 MOBILE INDUSTRIAL MIXING APPARATUS One Pass Innovators, LLC COOLEY, CHARLES E 1774 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Dec 21, 2021
17416454 MEMBRANE FOR SEPARATION OF STEM CELLS FROM BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES, PRODUCTION PROCESS FOR SAID MEMBRANE, AND PROCESS AND DEVICE FOR SEPARATION, COMPRISING SAID MEMBRANE BIO-RECELL LTD. BEHARRY, ZANNA MARIA 1632 §103 Non-Final OA 267d overdue Pending Jun 18, 2021

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