Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Van Court & Aldridge LLP

6 pending office actions • 4 clients • 5 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 23 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
0
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.

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

Rejection Statute Mix

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

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
2
Information Tech
33% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
67% 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
SHARON, AYAL I 2 43.1% +28.7%
YU, XIANG 1 54.7% +46.9%
AZAD, MD ABUL K 1 81.2% +21.1%
PRESSLEY, PAUL DEREK 1 62.3% +23.6%
JAYAN, AKHIL ADAI 1 66.7% +0.0%

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
18412720 INTELLIGENT SENSOR-DRIVEN PROCESSING OF ORGANIC MATTER WITH ENHANCED PATHOGEN DESTRUCTION FOR THE SMART HOME AZAD, MD ABUL K 9d

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
15145721 LOAN PROCESSING SERVICE UTILIZING A DISTRIBUTED LEDGER DIGITAL ASSET SHARON, AYAL I 15d overdue
15697799 LOAN PROCESSING SERVICE UTILIZING A DISTRIBUTED LEDGER DIGITAL ASSET AS COLLATERAL SHARON, AYAL I 4d overdue

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18412733 INTELLIGENT SENSOR-DRIVEN PROCESSING OF ORGANIC MATTER WITH SOFT AND HARD STALL MOTOR GRINDER DETECTION PRESSLEY, PAUL DEREK 66d overdue
18752538 REMOTE CONTROL OF VARIABLES FOR ROUTING IN COMMUNICATION NETWORKS YU, XIANG 59d overdue
15145721 LOAN PROCESSING SERVICE UTILIZING A DISTRIBUTED LEDGER DIGITAL ASSET SHARON, AYAL I 15d overdue
15697799 LOAN PROCESSING SERVICE UTILIZING A DISTRIBUTED LEDGER DIGITAL ASSET AS COLLATERAL SHARON, AYAL I 4d overdue
18412720 INTELLIGENT SENSOR-DRIVEN PROCESSING OF ORGANIC MATTER WITH ENHANCED PATHOGEN DESTRUCTION FOR THE SMART HOME AZAD, MD ABUL K 9d

Client Portfolio (4 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36952
24551
21191
37251
37851

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18752538 REMOTE CONTROL OF VARIABLES FOR ROUTING IN COMMUNICATION NETWORKS Curated Networks YU, XIANG 2455 §103 Non-Final OA 59d overdue Pending Jun 24, 2024
18412720 INTELLIGENT SENSOR-DRIVEN PROCESSING OF ORGANIC MATTER WITH ENHANCED PATHOGEN DESTRUCTION FOR THE SMART HOME Chewie Labs LLC AZAD, MD ABUL K 2119 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Jan 15, 2024
18412733 INTELLIGENT SENSOR-DRIVEN PROCESSING OF ORGANIC MATTER WITH SOFT AND HARD STALL MOTOR GRINDER DETECTION Chewie Labs LLC PRESSLEY, PAUL DEREK 3725 §102 Non-Final OA 66d overdue Pending Jan 15, 2024
18328747 OVERSUIT WITH STATIC POSITION SUPPORT Seismic Holdings, Inc. JAYAN, AKHIL ADAI 3785 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Jun 04, 2023
15697799 LOAN PROCESSING SERVICE UTILIZING A DISTRIBUTED LEDGER DIGITAL ASSET AS COLLATERAL Ripio Holding SHARON, AYAL I 3695 §101 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Sep 07, 2017
15145721 LOAN PROCESSING SERVICE UTILIZING A DISTRIBUTED LEDGER DIGITAL ASSET Ripio Holding SHARON, AYAL I 3695 §101 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending May 03, 2016

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