Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

True Shepherd, LLC (S)

27 pending office actions • 19 clients • 27 examiners • 21 art units • 0 of 27 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 202 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

27
Total Pending OAs
19
Non-Final OAs
7
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 26 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

20
Overdue
0
Due this week
4
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. 26 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (20)Due ≤ 30 days (4)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%)
22
Medium (81%)
4
Easy (15%)
1
Unknown (4%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only20 (74%)
§102 only2 (7%)
§112 only4 (15%)
No statute on record1 (4%)

Industry Mix

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

6
Life Sciences
22% of docket
2
Information Tech
7% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
8
Semiconductors
30% of docket
11
Mechanical / Eng
41% 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.

270 h
Manual time on pending OAs
54 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
94 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
VO, TUYEN KIM 1 78.3% +17.7%
YANG, NIEN 1 72.5% +28.2%
SAMARASEKARA, SARA NELUM 1
MORAN, EDWARD JOHN 1 41.4% +60.6%
KEENA, ELLA LORRAINE 1 22.2% +87.5%
GUIDOTTI, LAURA COLE 1 61.5% +29.5%
REISNER, NOAM S 1 74.4% -9.1%
QURESHI, MOHAMMED AHMED 1 84.8% +9.6%
LIPPERT, JOHN WILLIAM 1 55.7% +42.6%
PATEL, MUKUNDBHAI G 1 74.7% +30.2%

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
18830599 KITCHEN SLICING DEVICE KEENA, ELLA LORRAINE 19d

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
19280046 HUMAN DETECTION AND WARNING METHOD, SIGHTING DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM VO, TUYEN KIM 22d overdue
18946818 DENTAL HANDPIECE MORAN, EDWARD JOHN 18d overdue
18624168 PREPARATION METHOD FOR SILICON DIOXIDE, AND TOOTHPASTE LIPPERT, JOHN WILLIAM 9d overdue
18797542 CLEANING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF GUIDOTTI, LAURA COLE 4d overdue
19066190 INFRARED IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, APPARATUS AND DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM YANG, NIEN 14d
18607595 COMPACT LIQUID COOLING UNIT AND ENERGY STORAGE CONTAINER PATEL, MUKUNDBHAI G 14d
18830599 KITCHEN SLICING DEVICE KEENA, ELLA LORRAINE 19d

Client Portfolio (19 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17553
37722
37232
37612
28572
28761
24841
37241
28521
28341

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19280046 HUMAN DETECTION AND WARNING METHOD, SIGHTING DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Raytron Technology Co., Ltd. VO, TUYEN KIM 2876 §103 Non-Final OA 22d overdue Pending Jul 24, 2025
19066190 INFRARED IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, APPARATUS AND DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Raytron Technology Co., Ltd. YANG, NIEN 2484 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Feb 28, 2025
19001601 HAIR CURLER Shenzhen Aosen Hande Electronic Commerce Co., Ltd. SAMARASEKARA, SARA NELUM 3772 §103 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Dec 26, 2024
18946818 DENTAL HANDPIECE Beyes Dental Canada Inc. MORAN, EDWARD JOHN 3772 §103 Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending Nov 13, 2024
18830599 KITCHEN SLICING DEVICE Jingsong Liao KEENA, ELLA LORRAINE 3724 §103 Non-Final OA 19d Pending Sep 11, 2024
18797542 CLEANING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF Shenzhen Inxni Innovation Technology Co., Ltd. GUIDOTTI, LAURA COLE 3723 §102 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Aug 08, 2024
18733867 ROTARY CONNECTION STRUCTURE AND PHOTOGRAPHY KIT Shenzhen Leqi Network Technology Co., Ltd. REISNER, NOAM S 2852 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Jun 05, 2024
18710188 BRUSHLESS MOTOR AND ROTOR THEREOF Shenzhen Topband Co., Ltd. QURESHI, MOHAMMED AHMED 2834 Non-Final OA 14d Pending May 15, 2024
18624168 PREPARATION METHOD FOR SILICON DIOXIDE, AND TOOTHPASTE Jinsanjiang (Zhaoqing) Silicon Material Co., Ltd. LIPPERT, JOHN WILLIAM 1615 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Apr 02, 2024
18607595 COMPACT LIQUID COOLING UNIT AND ENERGY STORAGE CONTAINER Shenzhen Envicool Technology Co., Ltd. PATEL, MUKUNDBHAI G 2835 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Mar 18, 2024
18605756 AUTOMATIC CLEANING DEVICE BEIJING ROBOROCK INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. FORDJOUR, SARAH AKYAA 3723 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 14, 2024
18687821 CURRENT PEAK VALUE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, HIGH VOLTAGE GENERATOR, AND THERAPEUTIC DEVICE FOR VASCULAR CALCIFICATION Jiangsu Polylive Medtech Co., Ltd. LE, THANG XUAN 2858 §103 Non-Final OA 153d overdue Pending Feb 29, 2024
18552672 VEHICLE-MOUNTED RADAR ADJUSTING DEVICE AND VEHICLE-MOUNTED RADAR DEVICE Autel Intelligent Technology Corp., Ltd. EPPS, TODD MICHAEL 3632 §112 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Sep 27, 2023
18282799 LIQUOR MANUFACTURING SHARING METHOD, APPARATUS AND SERVER ZHEJIANG GEELY HOLDING GROUP CO., LTD. GARCIA-GUERRA, DARLENE 3625 §112 Final Rejection 120d overdue Pending Sep 19, 2023
18278009 ONLINE AND OFFLINE HYBRID EDUCATION METHOD AND SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM ZHEJIANG GEELY HOLDING GROUP CO., LTD. TUNGATE, SCOTT MICHAEL 3628 §103 Final Rejection 67d overdue Pending Aug 21, 2023
18277778 QUOTE DISPLAY METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FAULTY AUTOMOBILE ACCESSORY, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Autel Intelligent Technology Corp., Ltd. ARAQUE JR, GERARDO 3629 §102 Final Rejection 51d overdue Pending Aug 18, 2023
18225697 DIRECT-FEEDING LIQUID-PASSING HEAT-GENERATING ATOMIZATION DEVICE, ATOMIZATION ASSEMBLY, AND ELECTRONIC ATOMIZATION APPARATUS Shenzhen Aerosol Technology Research Co., Ltd. DAVISON, CHARLOTTE INKERI 1755 §103 Non-Final OA 29d overdue Pending Jul 25, 2023
18035937 HEATING ATOMIZATION ASSEMBLY, HEATING ATOMIZATION DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC ATOMIZER COMPRISING HEATING ATOMIZATION DEVICE Shenzhen Huachengda Precision Industry Co. Ltd. PHAM, VU PHI 1755 §103 Non-Final OA 50d Pending May 09, 2023
18033563 ATOMIZATION DEVICE WITH GOOD ATOMIZATION EFFECT Shenzhen Huachengda Precision Industry Co. Ltd. DIYAN, OLUWATOSIN OLUWATUMININ 1755 §103 Final Rejection 26d overdue Pending Apr 25, 2023
18305350 METHOD FOR FULL-CHIP QUICK SIMULATION OF NEGATIVE TONE DEVELOPMENT PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY PROCESS, NEGATIVE TONE DEVELOPMENT PHOTORESIST MODEL, OPC MODEL, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Dongfang Jingyuan Electron Co., Ltd. DOAN, NGHIA M 2851 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Apr 23, 2023
18032345 CARBON FIBER REINFORCED CERAMIC ATOMIZING CORE AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF Shenzhen Anxin Precision Components Co., Ltd. SIMONE, CATHERINE A 1781 §103 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Apr 18, 2023
18026598 HEATING MECHANISM FOR HEATING IN STAGES, AND ATOMIZATION APPARATUS USING SAME Shenzhen Huachengda Precision Industry Co. Ltd. KHLOK, BONITA 3761 §103 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Mar 16, 2023
18150764 Method for Detecting Storage Battery of Vehicle and Battery Detection Device Autel Intelligent Technology Corp., Ltd. MANG, LAL C 2857 §112 Non-Final OA 150d overdue Pending Jan 05, 2023
18069196 Method for Measuring Battery Reserve Capacity of Storage Battery, and Battery Detection Device Autel Intelligent Technology Corp., Ltd. QUIGLEY, KYLE ROBERT 2857 §112 Final Rejection 63d Pending Dec 20, 2022
17800223 FRAME-TYPE HEATING ASSEMBLY, HEATING UNIT, AND ATOMIZATION SYSTEM Shenzhen Huachengda Precision Industry Co. Ltd. MOORE, STEPHANIE LYNN 1747 §103 Non-Final OA 113d overdue Pending Aug 16, 2022
17777223 SHAVING HEAD ASSEMBLY, HANDLE ASSEMBLY AND INDUCTIVE SHAVER Shenzhen Soocas Technology Co., Ltd. PULLIAM, CHRISTYANN R 2178 §103 Non-Final OA 357d overdue Pending May 16, 2022
17680336 ELECTRONIC ATOMIZING DEVICE AND ATOMIZER THEREOF Shenzhen Smoore Technology Limited OLIVA, STEPHANIE RENEE 3761 §103 Final Rejection 22d overdue Pending Feb 25, 2022

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