Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Thompson Hine L.L.P.

26 pending office actions • 16 clients • 23 examiners • 20 art units • 0 of 26 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 78 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

26
Total Pending OAs
17
Non-Final OAs
9
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 24 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

8
Overdue
1
Due this week
5
Due this month
4
Due in next 60 days
6
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. 24 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (8)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (5)Due ≤ 60 days (4)Due later (6)

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 (4%)
18
Medium (69%)
7
Easy (27%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (4%)
§103 only17 (65%)
§102 only1 (4%)
§112 only7 (27%)

Industry Mix

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

6
Life Sciences
23% of docket
4
Information Tech
15% of docket
1
Communications
4% of docket
3
Semiconductors
12% of docket
12
Mechanical / Eng
46% 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.

260 h
Manual time on pending OAs
52 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
91 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
DODDS, SCOTT 3 68.5% +35.2%
BOECKMANN, JASON J 2 48.9% +28.9%
DUCKWORTH, BRIANNA T 1 44.2% +55.0%
LIN, HANG 1 65.0% +1.6%
ZALESKAS, JOHN M 1 61.7% +19.8%
THEIS, MATTHEW T 1 41.4% +33.6%
MUSSER, BARBARA J 1 71.0% +27.3%
ARYAL, AAYUSH 1 86.0% +8.4%
LAMBE, PATRICK F 1 62.4% +29.2%
PATEL, BRIJESH V 1 65.0% +41.0%

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
18750302 Data Firewall for Enterprise Use of LLM Systems ARYAL, AAYUSH 42d

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
18227415 TECHNIQUE FOR PROVIDING ELECTRONIC MESSAGES NANO, SARGON N 28d

Interview Candidates (11)

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
18730958 MACHINE FOR APPLYING SAFETY STRIPS TO THE UPPER PART OF CONTAINERS MUSSER, BARBARA J 70d overdue
18940360 EXPLOSION PROOF STARTER SOLENOID ARRANGEMENT FOR ENGINES ZALESKAS, JOHN M 10d overdue
18039581 LABELING MACHINE DODDS, SCOTT 5d overdue
18834688 LABELLING MACHINE WITH A FOOTBOARD DODDS, SCOTT 3d overdue
18839620 LABELING MACHINE WITH DETECTION OF PRESENCE OR ABSENCE OF LABELS ON A WORK DRUM DODDS, SCOTT 7d
17569821 ADJUSTABLE NOZZLE AND METHOD OF OPERATION BOECKMANN, JASON J 63d
18810087 HAMMER SLEEVE, HAMMER SLEEVE ATTACHMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED TOOL BELT SYSTEM THEIS, MATTHEW T 70d
17828093 NOZZLE WITH ADJUSTABLE SPRAY BOECKMANN, JASON J 70d

Client Portfolio (16 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17465
37322
37522
26261
37471
37341
24351
36761
37361
21791

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19213311 GARMENT WITH PROTECTIVE COLLAR RETAINER Lion Group, Inc. DUCKWORTH, BRIANNA T 3732 §103 Non-Final OA 83d Pending May 20, 2025
19194844 SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR REDUCING LED DISPLAY BRIGHTNESS Media Resources Inc. LIN, HANG 2626 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Apr 30, 2025
18940360 EXPLOSION PROOF STARTER SOLENOID ARRANGEMENT FOR ENGINES Clarke Fire Protection Products, Inc. ZALESKAS, JOHN M 3747 §112 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Nov 07, 2024
18810087 HAMMER SLEEVE, HAMMER SLEEVE ATTACHMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED TOOL BELT SYSTEM The Hillman Group, Inc. THEIS, MATTHEW T 3734 §103 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Aug 20, 2024
18839620 LABELING MACHINE WITH DETECTION OF PRESENCE OR ABSENCE OF LABELS ON A WORK DRUM P.E. Labellers S.p.A. DODDS, SCOTT 1746 §112 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Aug 19, 2024
18834688 LABELLING MACHINE WITH A FOOTBOARD P.E. Labellers S.p.A. DODDS, SCOTT 1746 §112 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Jul 31, 2024
18730958 MACHINE FOR APPLYING SAFETY STRIPS TO THE UPPER PART OF CONTAINERS P.E. Labellers S.p.A. MUSSER, BARBARA J 1746 §112 Non-Final OA 70d overdue Pending Jul 22, 2024
18750302 Data Firewall for Enterprise Use of LLM Systems Plurilock Security Solutions Inc. ARYAL, AAYUSH 2435 §103 Final Rejection 42d Pending Jun 21, 2024
18659137 SPRING-BASED SUPPORT DEVICE FOR ANCHORING AND/OR CENTRALIZING A BOLT OR PIPE IN A BOREHOLE S3 Group Ltd. LAMBE, PATRICK F 3676 §103 Non-Final OA 84d Pending May 09, 2024
18703123 MULTI-CHAMBERED LIQUID STORAGE VESSEL Whirlbottle LLC PATEL, BRIJESH V 3736 §103 Final Rejection 71d Pending Apr 19, 2024
18625347 KNOWLEDGE CAPTURE ORCHESTRATION Digital Intelligence Systems, LLC YI, RINNA 2179 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Apr 03, 2024
18696119 TROLLEY FOR SUPPORTING A LABELING STATION IN A LABELING MACHINE P.E. Labellers S.p.A. MILLER, CAITLIN ANNE 3614 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Mar 27, 2024
18692897 CRAWLER CHAIN Knds Deutschland Tracks GmbH ROGERS, ADAM D 3617 §112 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Mar 18, 2024
18690858 LABELING MACHINE WITH AN EXTRACTION HOOD P.E. Labellers S.p.A. KOCH, GEORGE R 1745 §103 Final Rejection 41d Pending Mar 11, 2024
18686590 SERVO VALVE A.U.K. Müller GmbH & Co. Kg BARRY, DAPHNE MARIE 3753 §102 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Feb 26, 2024
18514359 GARMENT WITH ADJUSTABLE EXTREMITIES Lion Group, Inc. NGUYEN, UYEN T 3732 §112 Final Rejection Pending Nov 20, 2023
18387936 LOW NOISE AMPLIFIER X-Fab France SAS RAHMAN, HAFIZUR 2843 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Nov 08, 2023
18387945 SWITCH LNA MODULE X-Fab France SAS WARREN, MATTHEW E 2817 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Nov 08, 2023
18278035 LABELING MACHINE P.E. Labellers S.p.A. GROSS, CARSON 1746 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Aug 21, 2023
18227415 TECHNIQUE FOR PROVIDING ELECTRONIC MESSAGES Retarus GmbH NANO, SARGON N 2443 §101 Final Rejection 28d Pending Jul 28, 2023
18039581 LABELING MACHINE P.E. Labellers S.p.A. DODDS, SCOTT 1746 §112 Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending May 31, 2023
18201563 SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR UNMANNED POWER LINE DIAMETER MEASUREMENT BEIROBOTICS LLC MIRZA, ADNAN M 3667 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 24, 2023
18157383 TAG HOLDING CASSETTE ASSEMBLY FOR USE IN ENGRAVING MACHINES The Hillman Group, Inc. VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO 2853 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Jan 20, 2023
18080893 OFF-GRID ELECTRICAL POWER SYSTEM Ravolt LLC PAN, YUHUI R 2116 §103 Final Rejection 23d overdue Pending Dec 14, 2022
17828093 NOZZLE WITH ADJUSTABLE SPRAY Hen Nozzles Inc. BOECKMANN, JASON J 3752 §103 Non-Final OA 70d Pending May 31, 2022
17569821 ADJUSTABLE NOZZLE AND METHOD OF OPERATION Hen Nozzles Inc. BOECKMANN, JASON J 3752 §103 Non-Final OA 63d Pending Jan 06, 2022

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